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	In the 2000 English fan translation of ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' by "Omniverse and Vincent", Yūzu is named "Yuz". In subsequent fan translations, '''...TBD...'''		In the 2000 English fan translation of ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' by "Omniverse and Vincent", Yūzu is named "Yuz". In subsequent fan translations, '''...TBD...'''

	A similar name was later used in 2019 in the ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga for [[Yuzun]] (ユズン ''~~Yūzun~~''), another character with a design intentionally echoing that of Zarbon.		A similar name was later used in 2019 in the ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga for [[Yuzun]] (ユズン ''Yuzun''), another character with a design intentionally echoing that of Zarbon.

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	As with many characters in video games of the era, Yūzu is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_swap palette swap] of an ~~exiting~~ character (in this case, [[Zarbon]]; in fact, the guide book for ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' specifically groups Yūzu with Zarbon as a "Zarbon-type"<ref name="guide"></ref>). These types of characters were created to act as general enemies to battle in the lead-up to bigger fights against the named, known characters.		As with many characters in video games of the era, Yūzu is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_swap palette swap] of an existing character (in this case, [[Zarbon]]; in fact, the guide book for ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' specifically groups Yūzu with Zarbon as a "Zarbon-type"<ref name="guide"></ref>). These types of characters were created to act as general enemies to battle in the lead-up to bigger fights against the named, known characters.

	==Performance==		==Performance==

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'''Yūzu''' is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, a "Zarbon-type"<ref name="guide">{{Cite game guide|Title="TBD"|Book=5|Page=p. 36}}</ref> alien debuting as one of Freeza's miscellaneous henchmen in the 1991 Nintendo Famicom game, ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]''

==Biography==

En route to [[Planet Namek]], [[Son Goku]] comes across [[Planet Kanassa]], which is under siege by a group of [[Freeza]]'s henchmen, led by [[G'prae]]. Goku takes on the group, consisting of G'prae, Yūzu, and two [[Karbosu]]. Upon defeating them, a Kanassian thanks Goku, and notices his similarities to [[Bardock]], a [[Saiyan]] who attacked their planet twenty years prior; this Saiyan subsequently fought and was killed by Freeza, leaving behind two sons, [[Raditz]] and Kakarot. Goku tells the Kanassian his life story, receives a gift of thanks, and continues on his way to Namek.<ref name="dbz2">{{Cite videogame|Game=c6}}</ref>

Yūzu is later fought alongside [[Appule]] when fighting [[Jheese]], and alongside Karbosu when fighting [[Ginyu]].<ref name="dbz2"></ref>

Yūzu has 250 hit points, and a [[battle power]] of 15,000.<ref name="dbz2"></ref><ref name="guide"></ref>

<gallery widths="256px">
File:Yuzu-game-battle-1.png|thumb|256px|[[G'prae]], Yūzu, and two [[Karbosu]] challenge the player
File:Yuzu-game-battle-2.png|thumb|256px|[[Son Goku]] battles Yūzu
File:Yuzu-game-battle-3.png|thumb|256px|Yūzu fires his Energy Wave at the player
File:Yuzu-game-battle-4.png|thumb|256px|The player scans Yūzu with a [[scouter]] to view his hit points and [[battle power]]
</gallery>

==Name==
[[File:Gekishin-freeza-guide-zarbon-types.png|thumb|250px|The "Zarbon-type" characters, [[Zarbon]] and Yūzu, from the ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' guide book.<ref name="guide"></ref>]]
Yūzu is named both within ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' itself<ref name="dbz2"></ref> as well as within the game's respective guide book.<ref name="guide"></ref>

The character's name is likely sourced from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu yuzu], a small citrus fruit and plant, adapting the syllables in katakana as ユズ (''yuzu'') and enlongating the first syllable as ユー (''yū''). Considering the character's design elements, this pun source would nicely fall in line with that of [[Zarbon]]: the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo pomelo], the largest citrus fruit (called ザボン ''zabon'' in Japanese) in the family Rutaceae, of which yuzu is also a member. Incidentally, the Chinese source word (柚子 ''yòuzi'') now refers to the pomelo itself.

Yūzu's name is erroneously transliterated as "Yuze" in the game's ending credits.

In the 2000 English fan translation of ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' by "Omniverse and Vincent", Yūzu is named "Yuz". In subsequent fan translations, '''...TBD...'''

A similar name was later used in 2019 in the ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga for [[Yuzun]] (ユズン ''Yūzun''), another character with a design intentionally echoing that of Zarbon.

==Techniques==

===Energy Wave===

Yūzu's sole ''ki''-based technique is a basic [[Energy Wave]] (エネルギー波 ''enerugī-ha'').<ref name="dbz2"></ref><ref name="guide"></ref> Due to the game's exclusive usage of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana'', the 波 (''ha'') character is rendered in-game as は (''ha''), though it is spelled out in full in the game's guide book.<ref name="guide"></ref>

===Other===

While not specifically cited by either the game or its strategy guide, Yūzu can be observed using a variety of basic melee attacks, as well as [[flight]].<ref name="dbz2"></ref>

Yūzu is not shown in a transformed state a la Zarbon or later game enemies such as [[Avoga]] and [[Mandarin]].

==Production==

As with many characters in video games of the era, Yūzu is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_swap palette swap] of an exiting character (in this case, [[Zarbon]]; in fact, the guide book for ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' specifically groups Yūzu with Zarbon as a "Zarbon-type"<ref name="guide"></ref>). These types of characters were created to act as general enemies to battle in the lead-up to bigger fights against the named, known characters.

==Performance==

Yūzu is unvoiced in ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]''

==Notable Appearances==

Yūzu thus far appears exclusively in ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' Of note, Yūzu (as well as his cohorts) do not appear in 1992's ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu]]'', a Super Famicom quasi-remake of both 1990's ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiya-jin]]'' and 1991's ''[[Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Furīza!!]]'' from the Nintendo Famicom.

==References==
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