Kamehameha

Main article: Kamehameha

The signature technique known by most students of the Turtle School, it consists of a large ball of energy propelled by a powerful beam. It is among the most flexible of all attacks in Dragon Ball. The Kamehameha was created by Muten-Ro￣shi (Kame Sen'nin, known as "Master Roshi" in the English dubbs), and was taught to several of the Z Fighters on Earth, including Kuririn, Gohan, Goten, Pan and Grandpa Gohan. Goku learned the technique initially by seeing Roshi perform it, but it was an imperfect version whose use drained him and left him incredibly hungry, due to inefficient channeling of Ki energy. He fully mastered it by the time he faced Roshi (as Jackie Chun) at the 21st Tenka-ichi Budo￣kai. Cell can also perform the Kamehameha due to having some of Goku's cells. Yamcha learned this move on his own (and later perfected it while training with Muten-Ro￣shi) during the training for the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. Tenshinhan gained the ability to perform the Kamehameha when he observed it being used against himself by Yamcha.

Non-manga usage
In the anime, Vegetto uses the Kamehameha against Super Buu.

In Dragon Ball Z Movie #11, Kid Trunks uses this attack alongside Goten to finish off Bio-Broly.

In Dragon Ball GT, Pan, Trunks, Uub, and Gogeta are all able to perform this move.

The Cell Juniors also seem to be able to perform this move, presumably inheriting this ability from Cell himself.


Kanji / Kana：かめはめ波
Romaji：Kamehameha
Translated：Turtle Destruction Wave
English anime：Kamehameha Wave
English manga：Kamehameha
English Videogame(s) ：Kamehameha
Creator：Muten-Ro￣shi
Other Users：Grandpa Son Gohan / Goku Muten-Ro￣shi / Jackie Chun / Yamcha / Tenshinhan / Kuririn / Son Gohan / Cell / Son Goten / Majin Buu (All) / Gotenks / Gogeta / Vegetto / Pan / Trunks / Uub