I decided to group together the character names that appear within
the Dragon Ball manga, just to see what would happen. Preliminary results
are:
1) All of the Red Ribbon main characters are colors, with the exception of
Zombie #8 (Hatchan), and the robot Metallic (which could be considered
a color.)
2) All of Piccolo's minions are musical instruments.
3) Most of the martial arts masters (excepting Mutaito) are animal-related.
4) There's a preponderance of food names, puns, and a couple of outside
references.
Notes:
(Sousei -- Commander-in-chief Murasaki == Is the name of the
Shogun -- General author of the famous
Hosa -- Adviser "The Tale of Genji"
Taisa -- Lieutenant
Gunsou -- Sargeant
Souchou -- Chancellor)
Foods: Colors: Instruments:
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Yamcha -- a dish Silver Piccolo
Oolong -- a tea Red Sousui Piano
Puuaru -- Another tea White Shogun Tamborine
Pilaf -- a dish Blue Shogun Cymbol
Son Gohan -- rice or "supper" Black Hosa Drum
Tenshinhan -- a dish Yellow Taisa
Chao-zu -- "gyouza" Violet Taisa
Shuu & Mai -- "Pot stickers" Metallic Gunsou
Vejiita -- Vegetable Murasaki (purple) Souchou
Ranchi -- Lunch Tao-pie-pie (Peach-white-white)
Karin -- A Chinese quince
Karintou -- Fried dough cookies (tou could be "sugar" or "tower")
Bora -- A grey mullet (a fish)
Pan -- Bread
Marron -- Chestnut paste
Scrambled food Numbers (Androids)
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Kakarot -- Carrot #8, #16 -- #20
Jiisu -- Juice, or Cheese
Baata -- Butter
Ginyuu -- Beef (Gyuniku) or Milk (Gyunyuu)
Gurudo -- Gourd or yogurt
Rikuum -- Cream
Radditz -- Raddish
Zarbon -- Zabon, a citrus fruit
Dodoria -- Durian, a disgusting Middle Eastern fruit
Animals:
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Kamesennin Mutenroushi -- Turtle Master
Tsurusennin -- Crane Master
Senpyou -- Is a Cat
Temperature-related:
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Freeza -- Freezer
Cold -- Cold (Freeza's father)
Cooler -- Freeza's brother (in one movie)
Clothing:
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Buruma -- Bloomers
Briefs -- Pants (Buruma's father)
Trunks -- Short pants, cut-offs
Bra -- Bra (Buruma's daughter)
References & Puns:
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Son Gokuu -- Original Monkey King
Kushami -- A sneeze
Kuririn -- "kurikuri"; from an obscure Japanese fixed phrase
that translates to "a priest's shaved head."
Uranai Baba -- Old fortune-telling granny
Yajirobee -- A kind of spinner toy, held between finger and thumb
Chichi -- Breast/tit.
Mr. Satan -- The western "devil"
Beederu -- Which could be written as "Videl", switching "vi" and
"de" gives us "devil".
Jackie Chun -- Jackie Chan
Shenlon -- (Shen lon) Chinese for "the godly dragon"
Cheng Long is Jackie Chan's Mandarin name
Dr. Gero -- Sound of throwing up, and also the "ribbit" sound
made by frogs
Cell -- Biological cell
Bibi-di --
Babi-di |- Disney movie song lyric/magic spell
Buu |
Darbura --
Kaiou-sama -- Mr. World King
Kaiou-shin -- God of the World Kings
Dai Kaiou-shin -- Big God of the World Kings
Enmadaiou-sama -- Traditional name of the gate keeper god that determines
where the dead are to go in the after-life.
Mutaito -- Could simply be "a master (of some activity)"
Moukekko -- "I'm fine."
Otoko Suki -- "I like men."
Names that I need help with:
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Upa (Bora's father (or vice versa, I forget))
Assistance from:
Gautama Buddha
Rika
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