Karoni

Karoni
カロニー (Karonī)
English Name(s)	CaRoNi (Toei on-screen text) Caroni (Funimation)
Name Pun	"macaroni"
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Episode 176
Japanese VA	Hirotaka Suzuoki (Dragon Ball Z) Kazunari Tanaka (Dragon Ball Kai) Takahiro Fujimoto (Dragon Ball Super)
Funimation VA	TBD
Personal Data
Aliases	Karoni the Swift
Classification	Human-type Earthling
Occupation	Martial Artist

Karoni is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball universe by Akira Toriyama. He was one of two anime-only contestants introduced for the Cell Games and a pupil of Mister Satan, with his major contributions in an episode scripted by Sumio Uetake. Karoni is a martial artist but lost quickly to Cell during his Cell Games.

Biography

Little is documented about Karoni. By Age 767, he had come to train with Mister Satan and became his #1 pupil. He, like Mister Satan and Piroshki came to have their martial arts career managed by Pizza. In this time he also became famous, won many martial arts tournaments, and even shared a helicopter with his name on it.

At the Cell Games, Karoni made a surprise appearance with his comrade Piroshki and volunteered to be first to face the Artificial Human. He launched into his Beautiful Rose Flying Attack but is deflected by Cell using only the force of his ki. Disqualified with a ring-out, Karoni remains to watch the remainder of the Games and even participates in Mister Satan's victory parade. During the battle, Karoni comes to understand ki-based fighting and realizes how little he knows, compared to Mister Satan who continued to delude himself even as the battle raged beyond human limits.

After the Cell games, Karoni is not seen fighting again. He is not seen to participate in the 25th Tenka'ichi Budōkai, although he remains by Satan's side and is seen occasionally in the background of scenes involving his sensei.

Name

Karoni is one of three members of Mister Satan's entourage to get food names. In his case, he is named for "macaroni" while Pizza and Piroshki are named more directly for their foods. (Piroshki are an Easrern European/Russian style of filled buns.)

Production

Due to the production schedule inherent in producing a weekly anime series based on a weekly comic, the writers of Dragon Ball Z interjected anime-only material both as a means of extending the runtime and to flesh out the Dragon Ball universe. Karoni and the rest of Mister Satan's entourage were developed initially in an episode by Sumio Uetake and used to provide additional point-of-view characters to comment on the Cell Games, as well as to underscore just how powerful Cell was compared to the greatest "regular" martial artists on Earth.

Notable Skills

Karoni, despite being only at Mister Satan's level, is likely a formidable martial artist by human standards. He is particularly gifted at aerial and high-precision attacks and can even "catch a swallow from midair". He tends towards a flair towards the dramatic and cares deeply how his female fans see him. His trademark Beautiful Rose Flying Attack involves him jumping supremely high to pounce on his targets from above.

Performance

Karoni is played by Hirotaka Suzuoki in his original run in Dragon Ball Z, better known as the voice of Tenshinhan. Although he is a filler character, he was voiced by Kazunari Tanaka in Dragon Ball Kai. He was later played by Takahiro Fujimoto in his Dragon Ball Super appearances, best know as the voice actor behind Super's versions of Turtle and Bubbles.

Notable Appearances

• Dragon Ball Z Episode 176 - Karoni is introduced and fights against Cell.