Piccolo (Japanese: ピッコロ, Hepburn: Pikkoro) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga
series created by Akira Toriyama. He is first seen as the reincarnation of the evil Piccolo Daimaō in
chapter #161 Son Goku Wins!! (孫悟空勝つ!!, Son Gokū Katsu!!), published in Weekly Shōnen
Jump magazine on February 9, 1988,[1] making him a demon and archrival of the protagonist Son
Goku. However, it is later revealed that he is a member of an extraterrestrial humanoid species
called Namekians, those able to create the series' eponymous wish-granting Dragon Balls. After
losing to Goku, Piccolo decides to team up with him and his friends in order to defeat newer, more
dangerous threats, such as Vegeta, Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu. He also trains Goku's first
child Gohan in martial arts, with the two forming a strong bond.
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