Other characters: Neutral or minor characters, and characters never given names.

Shenlong Shenlong is the Dragon God. When all 7 Dragon Balls are brought together and the words "Ide yo, Doragon!" (Come out Dragon) are said, he comes out and grants the first wish asked of him. Shenlong can never grant the same wish twice; this became a big deal in the second series, as hero deaths were fairly common and nobody could be revived twice. For the most part, bringing back dead people is the usual wish, too. After Dende becomes the Earth's Kami, he powers up the dragon Balls so they can grant mo re wishes. Porunga This is the Nameck-sei equivalent of Shenlong. He looks much different than Shenlong. He is much bigger and is sort of like the upper torso of a dragon-like humanoid, rather than a long Eastern Dragon. Porunga's powers differ slightly than Shenlong' s; he cannot bring large numbers of people back from the dead at once, but he can grant three wishes and can grant the same wish more than once. Later Porunga gains a power-up so that he can bring large numbers of people back to life in one wish. The Announcer/Judge at the Tenkaichi-Budokai The Announcer of the Tenkaichi-Budokai has been the same for all five in the entire series. He's a man with blond hair and sunglasses. After the second Budokai he grew a moustache. He considers the Tenkaichi-Budokai "his;" he gets really distraught at having it destroyed (very common when Gokou-tachi fight) and at having nothing but boring fights held there. That's why he's so happy at having Gohan and the others compete there after 17 years of "boring" Budokais. Bacterion One of the competitors in the first Tenkaichi-Budokai in the DB series. A very fat, smelly man whose attacks are mostly smell-related. (ie farting on his opponent, breathing his bad breath, etc...) Krillin fought him, and was down due to bad smell, but managed to win when Gokou pointed out that Krillin couldn't lose because he had no nose. Ranfan Another competitor in the first Tenkaichi-Budokai. Ranfan is a woman with purple hair that looks a little bit like psycho Lunch. One of her main battle tactics is to act like a weak innocent girl and then attack while her opponent's guard is down. A fa irly good fighter; nothing compared to anyone in DBZ but not bad for the period in the series when she appeared. Namu Yet another competitor in the first Tenkaichi-Budokai. Namu is from a village with a drought so bad that no rain was going to come for two months. He entered the Budokai to get money so that he could buy enough water to hold the village over until the n ext rain. He is one of the better fighters to enter the first tournament. Although he didn't win, Master Roshi helped him out by giving him a capsule with which to get water so he could help his town. Giran Only two more Tenkaichi-Budokai competitors to deal with after this one! Giran is a dinosaur-like creature with wings. Giran relies mostly on cheap shots and brute strength to win his fights, and he can't lose by being knocked out of the ring because he can fly. Panput Another competitor at the Tenkaichi-Budokai, he has a lot of curly dark hair and is fairly strong. However, his first fight was against Gokou (need I say more?) and he lost in one hit. Otoko-ookami Yes, this is the last Tenkaichi-Budokai competitor. Otoko-ookami is in the tournament with a score to settle with Jackie Chun. (Master Roshi) He is a wolfman except when the moon is full, when he becomes a human. Since Jackie Chun destroyed the moon, he w ants to get back at him. Jackie Chun cures his problem by having him look at the back of Krillin's head. The people of Jingle village When Gokou's plane crashed in the snowy regions and knocked him unconscious, a girl from Jingle village, Snow saved him from freezing to death. She told him about the imprisoned elder in Muscle tower, thus starting Gokou's first major encounter with the Re d Ribbon Army. While most of the people from the village remain unnamed they were an important part of the story line for a while. We get to see them all again at the very end of the second series. We don't actually get to learn Snow's name until then ei ther. Brief and Bulma's mother Brief is Bulma's father, but we never learn Bulma's mother's name. Brief is the head of the Capsule Corporation, the company that makes the Hoipoi capsules that turn into big things like cars and houses. Both Brief and Bulma's mother make appearances ev ery once in a while throughout both DB and DBZ, but aren't really major characters. Occasionally Brief will make some important invention, though. The people of Penguin Village The characters from Dr. Slump, another manga/anime series by Toriyama Akira, made a cameo appearance in Dragon Ball when Gokou was chasing Blue from the Red Ribbon Army. I'm not going to go into detail about every character shown during this cameo appearance since most of them only appeared only long enough to be seen. The only ones that had any real importance to the storyline were Arale, who actually beat Blue, and Turbo, who made a new Dragon Radar for Gokou. Uranai-no-baba's champions If you can't pay Uranai-no-baba's fee for seeing the future, you have to fight her champions. They are: Draculaman, a vampire with boxing gloves who can turn into a bat and hates garlic and crosses (of course), Suke, an invisible man, Miira, a mummy that can use his bandages as a tool, and Akkuman, a devil-man who can fly and can use the evil in people's hearts to make them explode. We never learn who her fifth champion was usually but when Gokou came it was Son Gohan, his adopted grandfather The Kokuoo (King) An anthropomorphic animal of some sort, (raccoon, maybe?) he rules the land and lives in King Castle. When Piccolo-Daimao revived, the Kokuoo became a primary target. Piccolo-Daimao forced the Kokuoo to give the country to him, and thus took over the wo rld until he could be defeated. The Saichoryo(s) of Nameck-sei The Saichoryo of Nameck-sei is like Kami-sama; he created the Nameck Dragon Balls, and they are bound to his life force. Therefore, if he dies, the Dragon Balls disappear. The first Saichoryo had the power to power-up people just through touch; he power ed-up Krillin, Gohan, and Dende this way. After he died, the elder of what was Dende's village, Muri, became the Saichoryo of the new Nameck-sei. Shapner and Ireza Shapner and Ireza are two of Gohan's classmates. Shapner is a long-haired guy with a fairly big ego, and Ireza is a short-haired blond girl with a crush on Gohan. They never play a large role in the story but they do uncover Gohan's identity as Great Sa iyaman at the Tenkaichi-Budokai. Punta, Killer, Jewel, and Mighty Mask Oh no, not more Budokai competitors! These four were in the fourth Budokai in the series. They are the only non-main-characters to compete in this Budokai. Punta is a very large man who lost to Sataan in the final round of a Tenkaichi-Budokai that we ne ver get to see, and returns to try and take the title again, only to be beaten by Krillin. Goten and Trunks knock out Mighty Mask and steal his clothes to compete in the competition. Killer and Jewel are beaten by #18 and Goten/Trunks.