Yajirobe

The lazy samurai who grows the Senzu beans and cut off Vegeta's tail.

Yajirobe is an overweight samurai, rude, lazy and cowardly, who supports Goku and his friends mostly from the sidelines.

Quick Facts

Lives with: Korin
Japanese voice: Mayumi Tanaka

Story

He first meets Goku angry over a stolen fish, but after King Piccolo beats Goku he carries him to Korin to be healed. A wanderer before that, he goes to live with Korin, grows the Senzu beans and delivers them to the fighters. In Goku's first fight with Vegeta he cuts off Vegeta's tail to undo his Great Ape form. After that arc he only appears briefly.

Voice

When Krillin died, Toriyama asked for Yajirobe to be voiced by Krillin's actress, Mayumi Tanaka, who gave him a Nagoya accent to tell the two apart once they shared scenes.