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| name          = Planet Yardrat
| jpn_name      = ヤードラット星 (''Yādoratto-sei'')
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{{tab | Anime (Z) | [[File:location_yardrat-anime.png|320px|Planet Yardrat (Anime)]]}}
{{tab | Manga (Super) | [[File:location_yardrat-manga.png|320px|Planet Yardrat (Dragon Ball Super)]]}}
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| eng_name      = Yardrat (Ocean/FUNimation)<br />Yardrat (Viz)
| manga_debut   = [[Dragon Ball Chapter 334]] (''mentioned'')<br />[[Dragon Ball Super Chapter 51]] (''seen'')
| anime_debut   = [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 122]] (''mentioned'')<br />[[Dragon Ball Z Episode 123]] (''seen'')
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| area          = [[Universe 7]]
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'''Planet Yardrat''' is home to the [[Yardratians]], a race of aliens capable of peculiar techniques such as [[Teleportation]].
==General Overview==
Yardrat is a planet outside of the [[Galactic Patrol|Galatic Patrol's]] jurisdiction<ref name="dbschp55"></ref> with yellow skies, tall structures,<ref "dbzep123">{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=123}}</ref> and weak inhabitants who employ a number of strange techniques. The [[Ginyu Special Force]] had planned to invade Yardrat, but due to [[Freeza|Freeza's]] urgent need of their services on [[Planet Namek]], the operation was shelved.<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="World View Dictionary"|Book=31|Page=p. 54}}</ref> The planet is about a week away from [[New Planet Namek]]<ref name="superchp51">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=51}}</ref> and ten days away from [[Earth]]<ref name="dbschp60"></ref> by way of [[Iriko|Iriko's]] [[Galactic Patrol]] spaceship.

Yardrat is first mentioned in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' [[Dragon Ball Chapter 334|chapter 334]] when [[Son Goku]] reveals to [[Future Trunks|Trunks]] that he has learned how to [[Teleportation|teleport]]. When Goku reveals to [[Vegeta]] that he escaped to Yardrat in one of the Ginyu Special Force's [[Space Pod|space pods]], Vegeta remembers that the Special Force had been meant to conquer Yardrat, and that the planet's coordinates must have still been in the pod's systems.<ref "chp336">{{Cite manga|Chp=336}}</ref>

In ''[[Dragon Ball Super (manga)|Dragon Ball Super]]'', [[Vegeta]] travels to Yardrat seeking to learn a technique capable of defeating [[Moro]].<ref name="dbschp52"></ref>

==Yardratians==
[[File:DBZ123-Yardratians.png|thumb|200px|Yardratians as they first appeared in ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 123|episode 123]].]]
"Yardratian" (ヤードラット星人; ''yādoratto-seijin'') is a term which describes the inhabitants of Yardrat, and does not refer to a specific single race. At least two different species exist on Yardrat:<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=2019|Month=December|Date=21 October 2019|Title="DBと異星人"|Page=pp. 184-185}}</ref> a tall and wrinkly species which appeared in ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' and a small and pudgy species which debuted in ''[[Dragon Ball Online]]''. Both versions of Yardratians appear in ''[[Dragon Ball Super (manga)|Dragon Ball Super]]''.

Though they lack strength, all Yardratians are capable of utilizing [[Spirit Control]] to perform many strange techniques. In [[Pybara|Pybara's]] view, all Yardratian techniques are one through Spirit Control. Though the nature of this ability is unclear, Yardratians seem able to know information without acquiring it naturally and can sense the [[Ki|spirit]] of those far away.<ref name="dbschp52">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=52}}</ref>

Learning Yardratian techniques requires the pupil to balance their body and mind, and includes activities such as stabilizing oneself on a fine point, which [[Son Goku]] is said to have done for about 150 days.<ref name="dbschp53">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=53}}</ref> Vegeta trains on Yardrat for about two months,<ref name="dbschp54">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=54}}</ref> magnifying his power by finding spiritual balance.<ref name="dbschp52"></ref>

Yardratian techniques which employ the use of Spirit Control include the following:
*[[Teleportation]] (瞬間移動; ''shunkan'idō''): One of Goku's signature techniques which he learns after defeating [[Freeza]] on [[Planet Namek]]. By focusing on someone's ''[[ki]]'', the user is able to teleport to their location in an instant. Mastery of teleportation takes a while, but it is possible to pull off the technique in a pinch having only learned its principles. Yardratians are forbidden from teleporting off-world, but it seems as though this rule may be broken during emergency situations.<ref name="dbschp60">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=60}}</ref> Pybara considers teleportation to be a basic technique which he generally teaches first.<ref name="dbschp55">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=55}}</ref>
*[[Gigantification]] (巨大化; ''kyodaika''): A technique in which the user becomes larger. Pybara appears to be the only Yardratian regularly using this technique.<ref name="dbschp52"></ref>
*[[Multiplication]] (増殖; ''zōshoku''): A technique to make multiple copies of the user which Hatsuka uses to keep others from looking down on him.<ref name="dbschp52"></ref>
*[[Recovery Technique]] (回復の術; ''kaifuku no jutsu''): One of Pybara's special techniques which he considers to be quite advanced.<ref name="dbschp55"></ref>
*[[Forced Spirit Fission]] (スピリットの強制分離; ''supiritto no kyōsei-bunri''): A technique which enables the user to reverse the effects of [[Fusion]] and [[Absorption]] by extracting [[Ki|life energy]] from a source. Vegeta learns this technique while training with Pybara and uses it against [[Moro]]. Vegeta claims that this technique can be used to separate [[Nail]] and [[Earth's God|the former Earth's God]] from [[Piccolo]].<ref name="dbschp61">{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=61}}</ref>
<!--chapter 55 "Honing your spirit allows you to sense other spirits -- even ones faaar, far away."-->
===Dragon Ball Super===
The following are Yardratians who appear by name in the [[Dragon Ball Super|anime]] and [[Dragon Ball Super (manga)|manga]] of ''Dragon Ball Super''.
{| class="biography"
|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-jimizu-anime.png|left|80px|link=Jimizu]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Jimizu]]''' <small>'''(ジーミズ)'''<br />'''Debut: '''[[Dragon Ball Super Chapter 33]] / [[Dragon Ball Super Episode 96]]<br />'''Japanese VA:''' [[Yasuhiro Mamiya]]</small>
A Yardratian who competes on behalf of [[Universe 2]] in the [[Tournament of Power]]. After dueling with [[Son Gohan]], he is knocked out of the ring by [[Freeza]].<ref name="dbsep108">{{Cite episode|Series=Super|Eps=108}}</ref>
|}
{| class="biography"
|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-hatsuka-manga.png|left|80px|link=Hatsuka]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Hatsuka]]''' <small>'''(ハツカ)'''<br />'''Debut: '''[[Dragon Ball Super Chapter 52]]</small>
A Yardratian who greets [[Vegeta]] and [[Iriko]] upon their arrival on Yardrat. He assists [[Pybara]] as he trains Vegeta.
|}
{| class="biography"
|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-pybara-manga.png|left|80px|link=Pybara]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Pybara]]''' <small>'''(ピバラ)'''<br />'''Debut: '''[[Dragon Ball Super Chapter 52]]</small>
The Yardratian elder who taught [[Son Goku]] how to [[Teleportation|teleport]] many years ago. He trains [[Vegeta]], who comes to Yardrat seeking new techniques to defeat [[Moro]].
|}

===Video Games===
{| class="biography"
|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-soba-game_avatar.png|left|80px|link=Soba (Yardratian)]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Soba (Yardratian)|Soba]]''' <small><br />'''Debut: '''[[Dragon Ball Z: Sagas]]</small>
A large Yardratian with a [[Battle Power|battle power]] of 14,000,000<ref name="sagas">{{Cite videogame|Game=c28}}</ref> who appears as a boss during the "Goku on Yardrat" story chapter of ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Sagas]]''. During his battle, multiple [[Yaki]] will attack from the ground to assist Soba.
|}
{| class="biography"
|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-yaki-game_avatar.png|left|80px|link=Yaki]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Yaki]]'''{{efn|[[Yaki]] is never referred to by name in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Sagas]]'' or in any related marketing materials, and is only named inside of the game's files.}} <small><br />'''Debut: '''[[Dragon Ball Z: Sagas]]</small>
A type of finned Yardratian who appear toward the end of the [[Soba (Yardratian)|Soba]] boss battle. Multiple Yaki can appear at once and attack [[Son Goku]] from beneath the ground.
|}
====Dragon Ball Online====
[[File:DragonBallOnline-Yardratians.png|thumb|200px|[[Teleportation]] Service (''left'') and Yardrat Transportation (''right'') Yardratians as they appear in ''[[Dragon Ball Online]].]]
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the blue ones are labeled “Teleportation ( Shunkanido) Service”.
순간이동 서비스
The green ones are labeled “Yardrat Tranport(ation)”...
야드래트 운수
--->
{{See|List of Yardratians in Dragon Ball Online}}
The Yardratians designed by [[Akira Toriyama]] for ''[[Dragon Ball Online]]''<ref name="tori">{{Cite web|URL=https://dragonball.news/news/k191127000.html|Website=Dragon Ball Official Site|Title="『ドラゴンボール超』11巻発売記念！とよたろう先生直撃インタビュー&仕事場を大公開‼"|Date=15 July 2020|AccessDate=28 November 2020}}<br>——{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/dragon-ball-official-site-dbs-vol-11-toyotaro-workspace-interview/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="In commemoration of Dragon Ball Super Volume 11 going on sale! A point-blank interview with Toyotarō, and his workspace revealed!!"|Date=24 October 2020|AccessDate=28 November 2020}}</ref> serve the specific roles of [[Teleportation|teleportation]] and item storage (referred to as "Yardrat Transportation") duties. These Yardratians feature starkly different designs compared to their ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' counterparts, which [[Toyotarō]] incorporated into ''[[Dragon Ball Super (manga)|Dragon Ball Super]]'' beginning with [[Dragon Ball Super Chapter 52|chapter 52]].

==Name==
Yardrat and some of its inhabitants appear to be named after various kinds of rodents. Yardrat itself a simple combination of the English words "yard" and "rat". [[Pybara]] and [[Hatsuka]] likely owe their names to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara capybaras] and 二十日鼠 (はつかねずみ; ''hatsukanezumi''), the Japanese terminology for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_mouse house mice].

It is assumed that [[Jimizu]] gets his name from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakiniku#Typical_ingredients Misuji] (ミスジ) to match  the naming scheme of beef cuts that his fellow [[Universe 2]] combatants during the [[Tournament of Power]] seem to follow. Coincidentally, his name (ジーミズ) can also be interpreted to follow along with the pun style of his [[Universe 7]] counterparts, as his name shares most of the syllables from 地鼠 (じねずみ; ''jinezumi''), the word for a kind of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dsinezumi_shrew Japanese shrew].

The two Yardratians from North American-exclusive [[Dragon Ball Video Games|video game]] ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Sagas]]'', [[Soba (Yardratian)|Soba]] and [[Yaki]], source their names from the classic Japanese dish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakisoba yakisoba].

==Production==
[[File:Chouzenshuu3-Yardratians.png|thumb|200px|Original designs for Yardratians from [[Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 3|''Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 3: Animation Guide Part 2'']].]]
Neither Yardrat nor the Yardratians appear in the [[Dragon Ball (manga)|original manga]], but ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' staff prepared designs for both the planet and its inhabitants to be used in the anime. ''[[Dragon Ball Online]]'' featured its own Yardratians designed by [[Akira Toriyama]], notably different in appearance from their anime counterparts.

[[Toyotarō]] used ''[[Dragon Ball Super (manga)|Dragon Ball Super]]'' as an opportunity to reconcile these two designs by featuring both of them as cohabitants of Yardrat, as he described in a workspace interview with the [[Dragon Ball Official Site]]:<ref name="tori"/>

{{Quotation|'''Any characters we should pay special attention to in Volume 11?'''<br>I'd really like people to focus on the Yardratians. There were two designs previously: the ones that debuted in the anime, and the cuter, blank-faced ones Toriyama-''sensei'' had designed. At first I couldn't decide which ones to include, but after a meeting with my editor, [[Victory Uchida]], I decided to go with both. All kinds of people live on [[Earth]], right? In that case, there shouldn't be anything wrong with having different types of Yardratians.<br><br>When stories get to their fighting portions, they tend to get more and more serious, with character designs following suit. Going with that, the Yadratrians might have wound up being some kind of super strong, hermit-like types. I resisted that urge and tried to keep ''Dragon Ball''‘s sense of fun and cuteness intact. If I don't include whimsical characters every once in a while, the tension will never let up. I feel like having these cute, simple Yardratians show up helps the keep the story enjoyable, like a breather between fights.|Toyotarō}}
Toyotarō's landscape designs are largely reminiscent of how Yardrat appeared during ''Dragon Ball Z''.
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