Instant Transmission

The Shunkan Ido￣ is a technique for instantly teleporting, learned by Goku￣ after his fight with Freeza. It allows Goku￣ and anyone that is in contact with him to instantly travel great distances (from meters to light-years, or even travel between the living world and the afterlife) just by concentrating on a particular individual's energy signature and 'transmitting' to that being's location. This action is usually accompanied by Goku￣ placing his index and middle fingers on his forehead to help him concentrate, though if extra time is taken the technique can be performed without this aid. In the FUNimation dub of the anime, Goku￣ describes the technique as allowing him to move at the speed of light, but this is clearly inaccurate given his use of the technique to travel from Earth to New Namek and to North Kaio's planet in the afterlife.

The people on the planet Yardrat taught Shunkan Ido￣ to Goku￣ during a stop over while he was racing Freeza back to Earth after their fight on the Planet Namek. He intended to use the technique to get to Earth before Freeza could harm anyone, but found it unnecessary because Future Trunks had already come to finish Freeza off.

Perfect Cell also learns this technique through absorbing Goku's cells after his self-destruction on the planet of the North Kaio (King Kai) (near the end of the Cell Games Saga of Dragon Ball Z). Kid Buu masters it after having only seen it once.

Kami, Mr. Popo and Kibito also know a variation of the technique called the Kai Kai technique (Instantaneous Movement in the FUNimation dub of Dragon Ball GT), but it does not require an energy signature to home in on. This knowledge is retained by Kibitoshin after East Kaioshin and Kibito use the Potara Earrings to fuse.

It can also be utilized in conjuncture with attacks; the Shunkan Ido￣ Kamehameha was used by Goku during his fight with Cell. Goku charges up for the Kamehameha (up to KA-ME-HA-ME) high up in the air, pretending to be shooting the Kamehameha from there (which would blow the Earth away if he did) and then uses the Shunkan Ido￣ to appear right in front of Cell and blasts him with the final syllable (HA!). In Dragon Ball Z Budokai, the attack is referred to as the Warp Kamehameha.

Non-manga usage
Coola's metal clone servants in the film Return of Cooler also have the knowledge of Shunkan Ido￣ Their method of obtaining the technique is unknown, however it was stated that Coola knew the technique before he came to Earth. Coola used it to escape from the sun after Goku￣ launched him there.

In the anime, North Kaio actually knew the technique and of the Yardats abilities when Goku visited him on his planet to find the location of New Namek. In the manga, North Kaio was amazed by the existence of such an ability.

Character meaning
瞬 (shun) = moment, second, instant.
間 (kan) = interval, space, between.
移 (i) = move, shift, change.
動 (do￣) = move, shift, change.
NOTE: 瞬間(shunkan) = instant, moment, second , 移動(ido￣) = movement, migration, removal.


Kanji / Kana：瞬間移動
Romaji：Shunkan Ido￣
Translated：Instantaneous Movement
English anime：Instant Transmission
English manga：Instantaneous Movement
English Videogame(s)：Instant Transmission
Creator：Inhabitants of Planet Yardrat
Other Users：Kami-sama/Mr. Popo / Son Goku / Cell / Kibito / Kibitoshin / Kid Buu / Coola / North Kaio