Paikuhan is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball universe, introduced as one of the many fighters in the Afterlife Tournament that Son Goku encounters in Age 767, hailing from the West Galaxy.

Paikuhan is first introduced in episode 195 of the Dragon Ball Z television series, as scripted by Aya Matsui, which debuted 28 July 1993 on Fuji TV. Paikuhan went on to appear in a supporting role in 1995's twelfth Dragon Ball Z film, and following the nostalgia boom in the aughts with various video game releases, began making regular appearances as a playable character, particularly in fighting games.

Biography

TBD

Name

Characters from the Afterlife Tournament have names that are largely sourced from east/southeast Asian food, or are an on-the-nose description of their appearance.

Paikuhan's name is written in katakana as パイクーハン (Paikūhan), a name spelling that is adjusted from 排骨 (paikū) meaning "pork ribs" and 飯 (han) meaning "rice"; in other words, his name is effectively an adaptation of "pork ribs with a side of rice."

"Pikehan" as a spelling was regularly used in English fansubs, while FUNimation themselves adopted a name change of "Pikkon" for the character.

Production

Character designs, rough sketches, Toriyama notes

Notable Skills

Paikuhan
	パイクーハン (Paikūhan)
English Name(s)	Pikkon
Name Pun	Pork ribs + rice
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Episode 195
Japanese VA	Hikaru Midorikawa
Canadian VA	Brian Drummond
Funimation VA	Kyle Hebert
Personal Data
Classification	Alien
Occupation	Martial Artist
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Hyper Tornado

TBD

Thunder Flash

TBD

Performance

Japanese

Paikuhan is played in all appearances by Hikaru Midorikawa, a veteran voice actor who previously played Artificial Human No. 16. Midorikawa took over several of Hirotaka Suzuoki's roles after his passing, starting in 2009 for the Dragon Ball franchise as Tenshinhan in the "refreshed" Dragon Ball Kai television series, and onward into Tenshinhan's video game performances and other cameo appearances.

English

TBD

Notable Appearances

Dragon Ball Z Episode 196 to Dragon Ball Z Episode 199 (1993): Paikuhan appears throughout the entirety of the Afterlife Tournament
Dragon Ball Z Movie 12 (1995): Paikuhan returns as a side character during this film, the events for which partially take place in the afterlife
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury (2004): Paikuhan is a rare notable case of appearing in this western-produced video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance ahead of any major appearances in a Japanese-developed game, albeit as an opponent rather than as a selectable character.
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai (2006): Paikuhan makes his debut as a playable character in this fighting game for the Sony PlayStation Portable
Super Dragon Ball Heroes Promotional Anime (TBD): TBD
Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 (TBD): TBD

External Links

Notes

References

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