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The World Martial Arts Tournament (天下一武道会, Tenka'ichi Budōkai; ; Literally meaning "Strongest Under the Heavens"; ) refers to an event in the Dragon Ball manga, and in the anime series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.

In all the Dragon Ball series there is a World Martial Arts Tournament on Earth, occurring every 5 years (which later changes to every 3 years). The tournament features Earth's strongest fighters as well as the regular participation of the Z Fighters.

In the tournament, anyone who comes into contact outside of the ring, is knocked out for more than ten seconds, or gives up automatically loses. The tournament forbids any use of weapons or protective body gear. Poking someone in the eyes or hitting them in their vital areas is also not allowed. The most important rule is that killing the opponent is not allowed. Anyone who disobeys any of these rules result in disqualification for participating in the tournament. However, more than one villain in the manga has entered the tournament with more interest in killing someone against whom they have a vendetta than in winning the prize.

All tournaments in the original Dragon Ball series follow a certain pattern:

  • Yamcha always loses in the quarter-finals, often to the main opponent.
  • Goku far outclasses his opponent in the semi-finals.
  • One of the other Z Fighters makes it to the semifinals (usually Krillin, once Tien) but loses to a more powerful opponent (usually the one Yamcha fought).
  • Goku makes it to the finals, and takes on the powerful opponent who has defeated at least one of his friends.

World Martial Arts Tournaments are hosted, run and announced by the same World Martial Arts Tournament announcer. At the end of Dragon Ball GT he is replaced by his descendant.

List of former champions

  • Akkuman (two unknown World Martial Arts Tournaments)
  • King Chappa (20th World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Jackie Chun (21st World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Tien (22nd World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Goku (23rd World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Mr. Satan (the longest reigning champion) (24th through the 31st World Martial Arts Tournament and possibly one or two more after that)

Notes

  • King Chappa - Coincidentally, he was Goku's first opponent in both of the preliminary matches of the 22nd and 23rd tournament. King Chappa is mentioned to have won a tournament without even being touched, though it is not specified in the manga if the tournament he competed in was a Tenkaichi Budokai. In the anime, King Piccolo Saga, Chappa was revealed to be one of the targets on Tambourine's hitlist and was killed by the demon, indicating that the tournament he combated in was in fact a World Martial Arts Tournament.
  • Master Roshi under Unknown Alias - When Master Roshi is fighting Goku as "Jackie Chun", in episode 27, he says he fought Gohan, Goku's adoptive grandfather, and won. While it is possible Roshi and Gohan fought each other on an occasion outside the tournament, it is unlikely Roshi would have used the Bankoku Bikkuri Sho in a simple sparring match. Roshi would only have used such a devastating attack if he felt he had to win at any cost and the only reason he would feel this way about a pupil he loved was if he was trying to help him as he helped Goku by preventing his victory and keeping his passion alive. It is impossible to estimate how many tournaments Roshi won using this disguise, or in fact if he used different disguises, or even if he disguised himself as Jackie Chun and that it was simply so long ago people forgot about him. Regardless, it is safe to assume Master Roshi won at least one tournament in the days of Gohan and the Ox King's youth.

List of known World Martial Arts Tournaments

Dragon Ball

21st

Contestants:

Winner: Jackie Chun
Runner Up: Goku

22nd

Contestants:

Winner: Tien
Runner Up: Goku

23rd

Contestants:

Winner: Goku
Runner Up: Piccolo

  • It is interesting to note that this is the only Budokai Goku ever won, despite his participation in several before and after. This the first tournament where the outcome determines the fate of the Earth.

Dragon Ball Z

24th

Junior Division Contestants:

  • Videl
  • Other Children Competitors

Winner: Videl
Note: All that is known is that this was the first tournament to feature a Junior Division, and that Videl had won it.

Known Contestants:

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner Up: Jewel

25th

Junior Division Contestants:

Winner: Trunks
Runner Up: Goten


Contestants:

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner Up: Android 18 (bribed to take a dive by Mr. Satan)

26th

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Mr. Buu (Mr. Buu loses to Mr. Satan on purpose)

27th

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Mr. Buu (Mr. Buu loses to Mr. Satan on purpose)

28th

Contestants/Participants:

Winner: possibly none, due to the cancellation of Uub and Goku's fight. However, given the brackets, the only fight between Z-fighters in round one (other than Uub/Goku) is Buu - Goten, where, because of Goten's reaction to the pairing, it may be assumed that Buu is favored. If Buu proceeds, round two would have two matches: 6. Nareg vs 7. Buu (Captain Chicken withdrew), and 9. Trunks vs. 12. Vegeta, due to Pan's entry into the third round by default. Vegeta, with his greater emphasis on training, and generally superior strength throughout the series, would likely win his bout, and Buu would breeze through his own. Round three would feature 1. Pan vs. 7. Buu, where, save for a Gohan-esque burst of hidden power, Buu would probably win. The next fight would be 7. Buu vs. 12. Vegeta, which is more difficult to predict. At the time of the Kid Buu saga, it would seem Buu is more powerful. If Buu did win the fight, he would allow Hercule to become champion. If Vegeta won, however, he would likely not be so generous.

Dragon Ball GT

31st

Junior Division Contestants:

Winner: Crying Child
Runner Up: Goku

  • This is this first tournament where "Kid" Goku fights in the Junior Division. Goku had fought in previous regular tournaments as a child.

Kid Goku lost in the tournament because the Crying Child was tickling Goku and Goku fell out of the ring.

Contestants:

  • Mr. Satan vs. Uub - Uub is pounding him, but after a message from Mr. Buu he is stunned and Mr. Satan defeats him.

Unknown, possibly: 64th

Other tournaments

There have been other martial arts tournaments in the series.

Cell Games

Main article: Cell Games Contestants:

Contestants who didn't fight:

"Official" Winner: Mr. Satan
Actual Winner: Gohan
Runner Up: Cell

Note: The Cell Games weren't technically a World Martial Arts Tournament. However, Cell himself stated that he would "revive the World Martial Arts Tournament," and he did. Also this is only tournament where contestants actually die (in the series at least, in 9th DBZ Movie during Tenka'ichi Grand Tournament, Bojack and his Henchmen murder several of the tournament's human competitors). Android 16, Future Trunks, and even Goku die at the hands of Cell. Cell and the 7 Cell Juniors died at the hands of Gohan. This is also the second tournament where the outcome determines the fate of the Earth.

Tenka'ichi Grand Tournament (Intergalactic World Tournament)

Another tournament that was featured in the 9th DBZ Movie (Bojack Unbound). It was sponsored by the millionaire Gyosan Money (X.S. Cash in the FUNimation Dub) as a birthday present for his only son "Doll" ("Monty" in the FUNimation Dub) and was supposed to feature fighters representing the four corners of the galaxy (in reality, the 4 fighters were actually the pupils of Mr. Satan; made-up to look like aliens). The winner of said tournament would have won a prize of 100,000,000 Zeni and gone on to fight "The Champ", Mr. Satan (due to him been the "official" winner of the Cell Games). However this tournament was ruined by intrusion of Bojack and his henchmen who killed Mr. Satan's pupils (the fake galaxy warriors), who then fought the contestants in their place. Bojack and his minions was eventually defeated by Gohan (with a little help from Goku). It is also the second tournament where Mr. Satan takes the credit for Gohan's victory. This is technically the third tournament in which the outcome determines the fate of the Earth (and possibly all the four galaxies). Note: This is the only other tournament where fighters are actually killed (though, unlike the Cell Games, the killing was against the rules).

Known Contestants:

Final eight contestants:

  • Gohan
  • Trunks
  • Piccolo
  • Krillin
  • Tien
  • Doscoy
  • Udo
  • Flying Dragon

Quarter-finalists:

  • Gohan (defeats Udo)
  • Krillin (Piccolo forfeits)
  • Trunks (Defeats Tien)
  • Doscoy (Defeats Flying Dragon)

Official Winner: Mr. Satan Actual Winner: Gohan Runner Up: Bojack

The whole tournament was somewhat flopped, since Bido killed Doscoy. Later, Mr. Satan who was supposed to fight the winner of the quarter-finals was introduced in the battle arena as a safety measure against Bojack and crew.

Finally, he convinced everyone that he defeated Bojack due to the unavailability of video proof.

Other World Tournament

The Other World Tournament is where fighters in the Other World compete. Goku and Pikkon both fought in it. This tournament was technically won by Goku (the third time Goku actually won a tournament). This tournament has occurred only twice in the series, once during the anime and later in the 12th DBZ Movie. Note: Interestingly this is the only tournament where killing an opponent is not a problem as all the fighters are already dead.

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