Genki Dama

Main article: Genki Dama

A move taught to Son Goku by North Kaio, it is a blue ball of energy collected from all living things. At first, Goku made a Genki Dama by collecting spare energy from nature in his battle against Vegeta; though he was too battered to use it himself and had Kuririn throw it for him. Later, in his confrontation against Freeza, Goku made a much bigger one on Planet Namek by collecting energy from Planet Namek's stars and planets, as there was very little life left on the planet itself. Finally, while fighting Majin Buu, Goku makes a huge Genki Dama from as much energy as the people of Earth could give, as well as from other planets and even the afterlife.

Despite the Genki Dama's uncanny power, it has only succeeded in destroying its target once in the manga, though it heavily weakened those that it failed to kill.

In the Cell Saga, Cell claimed that he was also able to use the Genki Dama due to having Goku's cells, though he never actually used it.

Non-manga usage
Goku used this move in:
◇The World's Strongest
◇The Tree of Might
◇ Lord Slug
◇ Super Android 13

◇In this movie, he absorbed the energy directly in order to ascend to a higher level of power rather than throw it at his opponent.


Also, in the Japanese-only Playdia console game movie, in one of the special secret endings:
◇Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku


In Dragon Ball GT, Goku also used to defeat Yi Xing Long at the end of the series; this was the ultimate form of the technique, as Goku harnessed the power from all living creatures in the universe.

Cell is able to use the Genki Dama as his most powerful move in the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai video game series.

Character meaning
元 gen "first, principal, basic"
気 ki "vital energy"
玉 tama (-dama) "ball"
Note: 元気 genki "vigor"

The name of the attack is also a pun on denki-gama, which means "electric rice cooker".


Kanji / Kana：元気玉
Romaji：Genki Dama
Translated：Spirit Ball
English anime：Spirit Bomb
English manga：Genki Dama
English Videogame(s)：Spirit Bomb
Creato：North Kaio
Other Users：Son Goku