Yama

This article is about the minor character from Dragon Ball Z Episode 195. For the judge of the dead, see King Enma.

Yama
English Name(s)	Yama (Toei on-screen text)
Name Pun	Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Episode 195
Japanese VA	Uncredited
Funimation VA	TBD
Personal Data
Classification	Oni
Occupation	Office worker

Yama is a minor fictional character in the Dragon Ball universe by Akira Toriyama. He is a minor cameo character honoring director Tadayoshi Yamamuro that appeared in Dragon Ball Z Episode 195. Yama appears as an office worker working for King Enma.

Biography

Little is known about Yama, however he worked at King Enma's castle in Age 767 when Son Goku and Kaiō passed through. He was shocked to see that Goku still had his body and a "free pass" to train in the Afterlife.

Name

Yama is one of three oni in Dragon Ball Z Episode 195 to share names with Dragon Ball Z series directors. The others are Shimoto, likely named for Mitsuo Hashimoto and Suenaga, likely named for Yūichi Suenaga. He may have been named for Akira Toriyama himself; Chigusa Yokoyama, the art director for the episode that he appeared in; or other "Yama" names who worked on Dragon Ball Z at the time including Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Masayuki Uchiyama, Masuo Nakayama, Shigeyasu Yamauchi, or Takao Koyama. He may also have been named as a possible "English" variation on King Enma's name itself.

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 as a means of extending the runtime and to flesh out the Dragon Ball universe. Yama and the other cameo oni were created to flesh out the Afterlife during the Afterlife Tournament arc.

Notable Skills

None

Performance

Yama's voice actor is uncredited.

Notable Appearances

• Dragon Ball Z Episode 195 - Yama's only appearance to date.