The Yemma tree in Area 1, Sector 3 in Attack of the Saiyans. King Kai witnesses the entire situation when an ancient demon, Majin Buu, is revived thanks to the evil wizard Babidi. As seen only in the anime, on Grand Kai's Planet, a tournament is set up in commemoration of King Kai's death. This Ogre is the only witness to Saike's transformation into Janemba, and rushes to tell King Yemma, though he is covered in crystal en route. arrived on Earth with a seed of the Tree of Might, King Kai informed Goku and the other Z-fighters (Along with Master Roshi, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Oolong and Puar) of the tree's origins and its devastating effect. King Kai in fear of the God of Destruction Beerus' arrival on his planet. However, before he could speak, Goku shows up and wishes for King Kai's planet to be the same, as it is perfect for his training regimen. After traveling to the forest, Goku, Bubbles and Gregory find Raditz destroying Yemma trees and stop him. Frieza powered up to full power (half of which he was using prior to Goku's transformation) and began to fight Goku. Soon, Beerus and his ally Whis arrive on King Kai's planet to question Goku about the Super Saiyan God. Goku sees the two as good old friends and begins his gravity training. However, he was surprised to see improvements in the other three's skills during a sparring match, though this took place only in the anime. Kami's fusion with Piccolo had left the Earth without a guardian, and the Dragon Balls had become inert, so when Goku planned to travel to New Namek to draft a new guardian, he enlisted King Kai's help in locating the planet.

Goku manages to make King Kai laugh, but then King Kai learns Goku is not here to train in comedy. After three weeks, Goku eventually caught Bubbles, which pleased King Kai. King Kai (界かい王おう様さま, Kaiō-sama, lit. Later in the series, when the power of the villains increases, this becomes less impressive.


In Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans, the Yemma tree's first appearance follows the anime, with Goku landing in Hell and using the tree as bait to lure Mez. In the Cell Games Saga, King Kai states that he has the ability to use Instant Transmission (this is stated only in the anime, while in the manga, King Kai was amazed by the existence of Instant Transmission). He also thought Goku was dead when Namek blew up. King Yemma (閻魔大王, Enma Daiō) is the boss of all ogres and is the one who judges the dead souls and tells them if they go to Heaven or Hell. There, he lives with a monkey named Bubbles and a motor-mouth grasshopper named Gregory, and he spends his time counting the blades of grass, contemplating the heavens, riding his Red 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop, and seeing how far he can pee. He appears in Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans. Ogres have humanoid appearance. He is based on the Buddhist and Chinese deity Yama. Goku promises to revive him next time, as a profusely frustrated King Kai loudly berates Goku. During The Black Star Dragon Ball Saga, he warns Goku turned back into a child by the Black Star Dragon Balls and his family and friends of the dangers of the Black Star Dragon Balls. Mez attempts to stop him, and Goku uses the opportunity to catch Mez, thus guaranteeing Goku passage out of Hell. King Kai was contacted by Old Kai who was furious with him. King Kai then said that though Chiaotzu could be revived, Goku and Krillin had died on Namek, and as Porunga resurrects people to the location at which they died, they would die again in the vacuum of space if they were wished back. Here, King Kai is revealed to be the North Kai. This event releases Bojack and his team from their prison. Goku leaves the boss with King Kai anyway, but King Kai objects, despite the boss no longer posing any threat because he was unable to move his body due to the planet's increased gravity, fearing about his planet's destruction again after what Goku did to Cell, despite being dead. King Kai, along with Bubbles and Gregory, two years after Kid Buu's defeat on Earth at Mr. Satan's banquet at Mr. Satan's newly made hotel which celebrate Buu's defeat. Although not instantly destroyed (due to Frieza's fear of being caught in its explosion), Frieza estimated that the planet would survive only five minutes longer. Being dead does not seem to hamper King Kai's affairs, except that it is the source of great embarrassment for him to his fellow Kais (although he was extremely perturbed at Goku for sacrificing someone as holy as he was for a measly insignificant planet like Earth). Main articles: Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga, and Kid Buu Saga They wear T-shirts with "HELL" label on them in matching color.

Since the match ends in a draw, neither wins the bet, although West Kai briefly seemed as if he was prepared to go back on the deal. He is very strict and short tempered and punishes his son, Koenma, for incompetence at a job that is actually his responsibility. They are suddenly contacted by Dende, who informs them that the boss was lying about having a self-destruct device, and it was all a bluff to try and ensure his escape. In time, Goku accomplished this as well. King Kai explains to Goku his job and what he does in order to maintain balance in the universe. With the help of King Kai's telepathy, Goku provided spiritual support for Gohan, who had been forced to engage Cell once again. Goku arrives on King Kai's planet after six months of running on the Snake Way to train for the coming battle against the Saiyans Nappa and Vegeta.

The Sweeper speaks with adding おに (oni) to each sentence. Goku is eager to help Gohan but King Kai tells him that it wasn't in his power. Saiyan. King Kai tells Goku not to challenge Beerus but his pleas fell to deaf ears. You still can't seem to deliver a good joke when the pressure's on." Despite King Kai's protests, Goku transforms anyway, fulfilling his mission to distract Buu long enough so the Dragon Radar could be located and brought to the Lookout. Additionally, his development of the Kaio-ken allowed Goku to defeat or outclass various minor villains and henchman, as well as allowing him to briefly surpass Vegeta during their original battle on Earth, forcing Vegeta to resort to using his Great Ape form when he failed to destroy the Earth with his Galick Gun due to Goku's x4 Kaio-ken Kamehameha. In his incident, King Kai slips the name, which makes Goku curious. King Kai sensed Beerus' ki approaching his planet and attempts to hide Goku away from him. In the early Dragon Ball movies and anime, alternate Ogres appeared, unlike the Other World variant these Ogres were evil, with a group of them serving under the vampiric Demon God Lucifer in Devil's Castle and another group acting as servants of the Demon King Shula. However it should be noted that five years had passed since the Attack of the Saiyans meaning King Kai could have learned the technique at some point during that five year period and the situation with Goku during the Vegeta Saga may have even inspired King Kai to learn it. https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Yemma_tree?oldid=1904778. Dragon Ball Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community.
It debuts in the Dragon Ball Z episode "Global Training". Sometime before Dragon Ball, King Kai and the other Kai's encounter Bojack.

In Dragon Ball GT, King Kai is still on Grand Kai's planet. King Kai, along with the other Kais, are present at Grand Kai's Planet to watch another Tournament featuring deceased warriors from across the universe. A moment later, Goku realizes that he forgot to revive King Kai and at this moment, King Kai becomes frustrated. In Journey to the West, the Handsome Monkey King, Sun Wukong (who Goku is loosely based on), is appointed to guard the Heavenly Peach Garden and the Peach tree. When King Yemma agrees to send Goku on Snake Way, he provides him with a guide who takes him to the start of the road with his Messerschmitt KR. King Kai has a strong sense of humor, so much so that before he can agree to train someone, they have to make him laugh, and he tells very bad jokes.

King Yemma is strong enough to stay in control in any situation and easily overpowered Raditz (who had a power level of 1,200). Main article: "Future" Trunks Saga as the distortion is dimensional in nature not temporal thus effects timespace differently than time distortions.