Turtle Hermit

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Turtle Hermit
亀仙人 (Kame-Sen'nin) 武天老師 (Muten Rōshi)
Manga Anime
English Name(s)	Master Roshi (Ocean/Funi, Viz) Mūten Roshi (Viz) Turtle Hermit (Viz)
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Chapter 3
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Episode 3
Japanese VA	Kōhei Miyauchi (DB/Z), Jōji Yanami (DB 137, uncredited), Masaharu Satō (DBZ M13-Super), Hiroshi Masuoka (Z 288-GT 64), Kinya Aikawa (DB M4)
Canadian VA	Ian James Corlett Peter Kelamis Don Brown Terry Klassen
Funimation VA	Mike McFarland
Personal Data
Birth	Age 430
Death	08 May, Age 753 08 May, Age 774
Aliases	Jackie Chun
Universe	Universe 7
Occupation	Martial Arts Master
Title	Invincible Old Master Turtle Hermit
Notable Skills	Kamehameha Mafūba
Relationship Data
Family	Fortuneteller Crone (Sister)

The Turtle Hermit is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Also known as Muten Rōshi, he makes his debut in chapter 3, published in the 1985 #01/02 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Name

The Turtle Hermit's driver's license is only seen in Dragon Ball Episode 8. It reads "Muten Rōshi" (武天老師).

The Turtle Hermit's given name is not known. Akira Toriyama initially just called him the "Turtle Hermit", but then he decided to give him a more impressive title, "Muten Rōshi".

There really isn't any great reason; Kame Sen'nin just didn't seem like all that amazing a name for whatever reason, so I thought up a name that sounded suitably renowned and powerful.
— Akira Toriyama

武 (mu) stands for all things martial, while 天 (ten) means "heaven" and 老師 (Rōshi) means an old master or teacher.

For the name "Kame Sen'nin", 亀 (kame) means "turtle", while 仙人 (sen'nin) is a type of sage or saint in Japanese folklore. They generally live in the mountains and gain miraculous powers through asceticism, and they are accompanied by familiars such as a toad, a horse, or a tortoise. The Japanese sen'nin are derived from the Xian of Chinese Daoism.

Music

Shunsuke Kikuchi composed a theme for the Turtle Hermit that debuts in Dragon Ball Episode 3. The theme is rearranged and used throughout the series and films.

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Shunsuke Kikuchi's Turtle Hermit theme
Debut	Kanzenshuu Catalogue	Official Catalogue	Tonality	Releases
Dragon Ball Episode 3	K-39	J17-B	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:6(b)
Dragon Ball Movie 1	K-237	K-237		Unreleased
	K-239	K-239
	K-245	K-245
	K-247	K-247†
Dragon Ball Episode 65	K-325	J17A		Daizenshuu 2:6(a)
Dragon Ball Movie 2	K-440	K-440		Unreleased