History Sandbox / DragonBallOtherWorld

!!King Kai (界王, ''Kaiō-sama'')/North Kai (北の界王, ''Kita no Kaiō'', "North King of the World")
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/JojiYanami (most media), Creator/NaokiTatsuta (''Super'' episode 12 onward)\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/SeanSchemmel (Creator/FUNimation dub); Don Brown (''Z'')[[note]]Creator/ScottMcNeil in Episode 231[[/note]], Dean Galloway (''GT'') (Ocean/Blue Water dub); Paul Bandey (''The Tree of Might'' and ''Lord Slug''), Ed Marcus (''Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan'' and ''Bojack Unbound'') (AB Groupe/"Big Green" dub); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Ricardo Hill ('''current voice'''), José Luis [=McConnell=] (Arc Majin Buu, Movie 4-12 and ''GT''), Leonardo García (''Kai'' until chapter 58), Eduardo Fonseca (''Kai''), Héctor Lee (''Battle of Gods'')

Goku's fourth mentor in the series (after Master Roshi, Korin, and Kami). A small cricket-like man with a penchant for bad jokes. Helps train Goku to fight Nappa and Vegeta while Goku is in the afterlife. Also provides much information on the races in the series. He's actually the North Kai--one of four gods who rule over the four galaxies of the universe (and who act like bickering siblings).

* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: He's a bit bemused to find Goku imitating his pet monkey Bubbles when they first meet.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Downplayed. Several times he lays down "safety rules" about his technique or procedures, occasionally ''just'' as Goku is about to exceed them. A good example is his rule about never going higher than Kaio-ken x2, higher than which you might explode. Goku's max is Kaio-ken x10 (x20 in the anime); against Lord Slug he even hit Kaio-ken x100.
* BigFun: He can be amusing, but comes across as an OnlySaneMan when Goku is around.
* BigGood: Shares this role with Kami during the first part of the Saiyan Saga and the last leg of the Frieza Saga. He remains the primary big good until the Cell Games.
* ButtMonkey: Becomes this to the other Kais after he dies. Is nearly resurrected by Goku at the end of the "Future" Trunks saga of Dragon Ball Super, but the latter is interrupted one too many times, leading Shenron to disintegrate before the wish can even be made.
* TheChessmaster: He came up with the plan to use the Earth's Dragon Balls to revive everyone that was killed on Namek. He gambled that the Grand Elder would also be revived since his life was shortened by Frieza killing his children. With the Grand Elder alive, the Dragon Balls on Namek were revived, and he used the last wish to wish everyone except Frieza and Goku (upon the latter's request) to Earth. His plan all but saved the Namekian people from extinction.
* CoolCar: He owns a red 1950s Chevrolet sedan that he drives around his planet when he gets bored. He's jealous of the Grand Kai's car, a blue Cadillac convertible, that he considers much cooler than his Chevy.
* CoolShades: He wears round glasses. [=ALL=] the kais at his tier have them.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: True of almost every character, but lampshaded and PlayedForLaughs when Goku transports a self-destructing Cell to his planet, annihilating him (and Goku... once again.) But since this is the afterlife, they both pop back instantly with halos. King Kai is very annoyed and has to put up with ribbing from the other Kais for a while.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While training Goku for his fight against Vegeta and Nappa, he realizes on the day before the Saiyans arrive on Earth that he forgot to take into account that Goku would have to travel back down the Snake Way before returning to the living world. Luckily, Goku's improved speed meant he would ''only'' be a day late...which was enough time for Nappa to mercilessly kill the other Z-Fighters except for Krillin and Gohan.
* DubNameChange:
** To Kaito in some European dubs. This even got carried over to his Kaio-ken technique.
** The name King Kai itself is also a name change. It's Kaiō in the original Japanese version (with "ō" meaning "king"), making Kaio-ken LostInTranslation in the English dub.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being a god and overseeing the entire northern galaxy, he gets little respect from Goku or the other lower Kais. Goku treats King Kai like an old buddy. He eats all his food and often uses his planet for training without any regard for him. To the other lower Kais, he's the ButtMonkey because he's dead.
* EccentricMentor: His methods are very unorthodox and he comes across as very silly.
* GreatGazoo: Subverted. He's got incredible power and abilities that bely his funny-looking appearance and personality, but it's established very early on that he's outclassed by Nappa and Vegeta at his weakest.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Played for laughs when Piccolo [[BlatantLies promises]] not to use Kaioh's training to fight Freeza.
-->'''Kaioh''': Hmm... Alright, you have an honest face.
-->'''Piccolo''': ''<Thinking>'' You have terrible eyesight.
* KilledOffForReal: When he and his friends die in the Cell Saga, they are never revived. ''Kai'' adds some lines about him coming back, but retains scenes of him with his halo. It's really a moot point given he already lives in the afterlife. Even so, he wants to be revived, and it's a RunningGag in ''Super'' that the heroes keep forgetting to wish him back whenever they summon Shenron. In the manga, it's said that he was revived by the wish about Cell's victims but later panels have him and Bubbles keep halos anyway...though the halos ''are'' gone in the Buu arc's panels.
* LoserDeity: Played with. King Kai for the most does his job quite well, but he became a joke among his fellow Kais due to being the only one who died thanks to Goku, necessitating a halo above his head.
* MasterApprenticeChain: He is Goku's third teacher and he went on to teach his own students: King Kai > Son Goku > Son Gohan, Pan, and Uub.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Ironically his cause of death wasn't to get Goku as a student but because Goku teleported the '''exploding Cell''' to his house.
* ObsoleteMentor: Subverted. Even though he was already ''weaker'' than Vegeta ''before'' he taught Goku, King Kai is still a veritable library of skills, techniques and literally centuries of wisdom.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: King Kai (as well as Gregory and Bubbles) are all to eager to remind Goku that ''they are still dead'' every time he visits them.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the wisest and most serious of the four lower Kais. He's also kept up to date on current events in the living world.
* ParentalSubstitute: When King Kai starts berating Piccolo for his decision to fight Frieza alongside Krillin and Gohan (worried that he'll just get himself killed again), Piccolo jokes that this must be what it's like to have a mom.
** He definitely has this relationship with Goku. When Goku wants to stay on a soon-to-explode Namek to fight Frieza, King Kai is VERY reluctant to leave Goku there.
* PhysicalGod: The status, not the power that the fighters wield. It should be noted however that his power level is given in Weekly Jump and Daizenshuu 7 as 3,500. This makes him far stronger than the likes of Raditz and in the same league as Nappa (stronger if he can do even a basic version of the Kaio-Ken which he invented, which would boost him to 7,000). So he's actually quite strong (''far'' stronger than anyone from ''Franchise/DragonBall''), he's just far outclassed by most fighters in ''Z''. However, his telepathy is much better than that of East Supreme Kai, despite the latter being his superior. While East Supreme Kai couldn't let Vegeta communicate with the Earth's entire population as Babidi did, North Kai had that ability.
* PromotedToPlayable: ''Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden'' marks his debut as a playable character.
* PungeonMaster: In addition to being a martial arts master. Before he agrees to train you, you have to make him laugh, and he only likes really lame jokes.
* PsychicPowers: Can use his "cricket antennae" to have psychic conversations with others. He uses this to communicate with Goku and the others, coordinate plans (the wishes to revive everyone who died on Namek and send them to Earth while Goku was fighting Frieza, and later convince everyone on Earth to contribute to Goku's Spirit Bomb while fighting Buu), and warn Goku of potential danger to Earth (several of the movies). And anyone touching his back can piggyback on his telepathy.
* RenownedSelectiveMentor: He is one of the lower gods of the ''Dragon Ball'' universe and only trains those who can make it to the end of Snake Way, which is several times longer than the circumference of the Earth. Although he trains Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu, Goku is the only one he teaches the Spirit Bomb and Kaio-ken to. Goku is also the only one he keeps a personal relationship with.
* SenseLossSadness: His main point of contention when it comes to being dead. When pressed on why he wants so badly to be brought back to life, he explains that just because he's still got a physical form in the afterlife, that doesn't mean he still feels the same as how he did when alive. [[DudeWheresMyRespect Nobody especially believes him or cares however.]]
* SignatureMove: He invented the Kaio-Ken and Spirit Bomb, although we only see Goku using them.
* {{Telepathy}}: He has possibly the strongest form of telepathy in the series since he can communicate with an entire planet and allow others to do the same.
* TopGod: He was introduced as the highest godly authority in the Saiyan arc, with other gods such as Kami and Yemma being deferential to him. Retcons rendered him increasingly irrelevant as higher gods were introduced, though he's still supposed to be the highest god of North Galaxy at least. First the other Kais, then the Grand Kai, then the Supreme Kais, then the Grand Supreme Kai (currently deceased), then the God of Destruction, then the other Gods of Destruction, then the Grand Minister, and finally the Omni-King (Zeno).
* TookALevelInJerkass: {{Downplayed|Trope}} and {{justified|Trope}} towards Goku in ''Super'', where King Kai is noticeably bitter towards him. Given Goku keeps forgetting to wish him back to life and constantly uses his planet as training grounds (thrashing King Kai's planet as a result), it's not surprising that Goku's attitude has become too much to handle for King Kai. Even Goku himself [[LampshadeHanging noticed]] this change in behavior multiple times... although he keeps forgetting why it's the case.
* UnreliableExpositor: Unintentionally, but King Kai makes a ''lot'' of assumptions that flat out aren't true. Some notable examples include: When he assumes Goku reached Super Saiyan in the Slug movie, when he claims Frieza was defeated by the Spirit Bomb, and when he states Goku was killed on the explosion of Planet Namek.
* WaxOnWaxOff: First task: catch a monkey. Second task: hit a bug with a hammer (though the second task is anime only).
* WeakButSkilled: When he debuted he was already weaker than Vegeta. He also happens to be an ''awesome'' martial arts master, training Goku from being weaker than Raditz to be able to mop the floor with Nappa ''without'' the Kaio-ken... that he also invented alongside the Spirit Bomb. To say nothing of Goku just taking his training a little further in insanely high gravity, and getting strong enough that Ginyu got a major freakout. Then his next power-up from coming back from death's door would put Goku on Frieza's final form's tier.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets on Goku for fighting Beerus despite warning him several times that he stood no chance against him. And also for getting him, Gregory and Bubbles killed.
* YankTheDogsChain: Goku finally intends to have him and his friends wished back to life at the end of the "Future" Trunks saga... but the rest of the gang on earth has other ideas, interrupting him until Shenron disappears again.

[[folder:West Kai]]
!!'''West Kai (西の界王, ''Nishi no Kaiō'', "West King of Worlds")'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/BinShimada\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KyleHebert (Creator/FUNimation dub); Terry Klassen (Ocean dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' José Arenas, Carlos Magaña (ep. 278), Enrique Mederos (Movie 12)\\

The West Kai is the god of the western quadrant of the universe and North Kai's personal rival. He is also Pikkon's master.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Although he may be short-tempered and a SoreLoser, he is undoubtedly the best teacher among the Kais next to King Kai. Tapkar made it to the quarterfinals, Maraikoh was in the semifinals and lost to Goku, and Pikkon nearly beat Goku during their match. He's also the one who taught Pikkon his signature Thunder Flash Attack.
* CanonImmigrant: He's never seen in the original manga, so he was created for the anime. However, we can assume he exists in some form in the manga since there is a South and North Kai.
* HotBlooded: He has a very short temper, especially when he's being teased by [[TheRival King Kai]].
* OnlySaneMan: Despite being somewhat immature, he's the most grounded after King Kai.
* PhysicalGod: He is a god and is quite powerful compared to a normal mortal, however, Goku has long surpassed him by the time they meet. He also has a similar powerset to King Kai, like people seeing events on the lower worlds when they touch his back.
* TheRival: Has a somewhat heated rivalry with King Kai. They often argued over who has the best student when it comes to Goku and Pikkon.
* SoreLoser: He doesn't take losing well. During the Otherworld Tournament, he often makes excuses for why someone on his team lost. King Kai calls him out on this.

[[folder:South Kai]]

!!'''South Kai (南の界王, ''Minami no Kaiō'', "South King of Worlds")'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Toku Nishio (''Z''), Hiroshi Naka (''Kai'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/DameonClarke (''Z''), Creator/JasonDouglas (''Kai'') (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/ScottMcNeil (Ocean dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' César Soto (Z and Movie 12)\\
'''Voiced by (Italian):''' Aldo Stella

The South Kai is the god of the southern quadrant of the universe. He is the only lower Kai besides King Kai to appear in the original ''Dragon Ball'' manga.
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* CanonImmigrant: Unlike West and East Kai, he actually makes a physical appearance in the manga, where he got a cameo before the World Tournament Saga.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Compared to the other Kais, he seems to be the most spacey and have the oddest group of fighters. One of his students, Caterpy, tries to beat Goku by literally [[TickleTorture tickling him]], which shocked and confused everyone, including his fellow Kais.
* CoolShades: Like King Kai, he always wears sunglasses.
* InformedAbility: It is stated that he focuses on defense fighting, however, we only see one fighter use any type of defense style.
* PhysicalGod: Like the other lower Kais, he is the god who overlooks his section of the universe. Although how his power compares to King Kai is unknown, he is a great deal weaker than most of the main characters. He does, however, have special abilities like being able to increase weight.
* TheRival: Although nowhere near as heated as the rivalry between West and North Kai, he often compares his students to others, calling them the best. He tries to show off Papoi as his best student to North Kai, only to back down once he realizes how much more powerful Goku is.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He completely underestimates Goku, thinking that his best pupil Papoi can easily beat him. He quickly realizes how wrong he is when he sees Super Saiyan Goku easily train with forty tons worth of weights.
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!!Shin (シン)/(East) Supreme Kai ((東の)界王神, ''(Higashi no) Kaiōshin'', "(East) World King God")
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/YujiMitsuya (''Z'' and ''Kai''), Shin'ichiro Ota (''GT'' and ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KentWilliams (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/MichaelDobson (Ocean dub); Creator/DavidVincent (Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub in ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Genaro Vásquez ('''Current Voice'''), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (''Battle of Gods'')

The TopGod (until Old Kai is released) who appears to be a short, purple alien with a white mohawk. He is assisted by his servant Kibito. He is the last surviving Supreme Kai since Majin Buu came to his world and killed/absorbed the others. However, he managed to avenge them by killing the monster's creator, the wizard Bibidi and leaving Buu's cocoon on Earth. Millions of years later, he returned to Earth when Bibidi's son, Babidi, sought to revive Majin Buu and enlisted Goku's, Gohan's, Vegeta's, Krillin's and Piccolo's help to stop him. While they failed to prevent the release of Majin Buu, he was generally surprised by the incredible powers of Super Saiyans and assisted Gohan. One fusion later, he resumes his role as the second Supreme Kai.

* AchillesHeel: He's Beerus' walking, talking AchillesHeel. He's the Kami to Beerus' Piccolo in that he's a much weaker being than Beerus that, through a life link, will take Beerus to the grave with him if he's killed.
* AllForNothing: PlayedWith. Almost all of Shin's efforts go to waste: He fails to prevent Buu from waking up, and fails to defeat him afterward, his wayward attendant Kibito is murdered, he fails to get a meaningful powerup from his fusion, and he fails to convince Goku and Vegeta to fuse again. Luckily, Buu is still killed thanks to Goku, Vegeta, and the planet Earth.
* AscendedExtra: He has a far more active role in ''Super'' than he was in ''GT'', since ''Super'' heavily surrounds the plotlines of {{Top God}}s in each universe, [[CantLiveWithoutYou his life being linked with Beerus]], and the Future Trunks Saga, which surrounded the plot of a [[Characters/DragonBallZamasu renegade Supreme Kai in training]]. This is especially true in the manga adaptation of the Future Trunks Saga, where he takes a time ring to confirm Zamasu's evil deeds, and he personally fights him to avenge [[spoiler:Gowasu being stabbed]] despite being outclassed.
* BigDamnHeroes: He arrives at the very last minute as Kibito Kai to save Goku and Vegeta (along with Hercule, Bee and Dende) from being blown up along with Earth.
* BigGood: Takes over from King Kai for the first half of the Buu Saga. He tells the heroes about Buu and the need to stop him. After failing to stop Buu's revival, he takes Gohan back to the World of the Kais to release the Z Sword and train. He eventually shares this role with Old Kai for the rest of the series.
* {{Bishonen}}: He is cute looking and boyish with pretty puppy eyes and earrings, and the way he is drawn makes him look cute. After fusing with Kibito, he becomes a LongHairedPrettyBoy. It should be noted that, despite being several million years old at the minimum, he was by far the youngest of U7's Supreme Kais before Buu attacked, so his appearance reflects that.
* BreakTheCutie: In the past, when Bibidi had Buu kill his TrueCompanions and the other Supreme Kais at the time, right before his eyes.
* ButtMonkey: In the ''Super'' manga, at least, Beerus has no respect for him and the amount of crap he gets from him is quite pitiful. ''Z'' has a bit of this as well, where part of the Buu saga's comedy comes from his (and Kibito's) reaction to how he never expects things to go the way they do.
* CantLiveWithoutYou: Similar to Piccolo and Kami, Old Kai and his life are tied with Beerus, meaning if he dies, so will Beerus. He happens to be lucky that the Grand Supreme Kai sacrificed himself so he can live. Humorously, this pretty much makes him capable of mouthing off to Beerus despite being several orders of magnitude weaker, as the God of Destruction wouldn't dare harm him.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When first introduced, Shin is a mix between a SmugSmiler and TheStoic and seemingly a morally grey character in the world of Dragonball, unphased by the brutality of Spopovich's beatdown on Videl unlike everyone else watching. But as the saga goes on, he is shown to be ''much'' nicer, have a much wider range of emotions, and his moral compass is far stronger than it first seemed.
* CowardlyLion: He's constantly freaking out, even in the face of threats ''weaker'' than he is, but when the chips are down he can be trusted to fight with all his might, even if he has no chance. He gave it his best against Buu and saved Gohan's life during that battle despite getting hammered himself, and pulled an effective HeroicSacrifice in Trunks' timeline to help him defeat Dabura. He was also very willing to potentially take on Super Buu once he fused, who had a status as TheDreaded. And in the ''Super'' manga, he was willing to take on '''Black''' after the latter nearly killed Gowasu. He had no chance and got a beating from Future Zamasu for his trouble, but give him points for his guts. ''GT'' unfortunately [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderizes]] his cowardice as he outright tries to run and hide when he hears what the Shadow Dragons' negative energy would do to the universe.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough:
** He never once thought about how strong the fighters of Earth would be, and by allowing Spopovich and Yamu to take Gohan's energy while powered up, they provide Babidi with most of the energy needed to be revived, much to his concern.
** After killing Bibidi, he manages to seal Buu and leaves him on Earth with the assumption no one would ever be able to revive him, so no other precautions were taken. Justified as Bibidi would be the only person who could manage to wake and control Buu. However, he never considered that one of Bibidi's clones would survive to continue the original's work, as he manages to recover the sealed Buu easily enough.
** PlayedForLaughs. He decides the best way to test the Z-sword is to throw the hardest material in the universe at it: Katchin Steel. This, unsurprisingly, ends up turning the Z-sword into the Z-dagger. Fortunately, this ended up helping Gohan significantly.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He harshly critiques Beerus's work ethic during the Universe Survival Arc. Luckily, since he's life-linked to Beerus, he can get away with it. That said, as he probably didn't know that killing him would kill Beerus himself, it took some serious moxie to say so to a Destroyer who is far stronger than Goku.
-->''(Beerus is blaming him for U7's low mortal level because of his [[TheGodsMustBeLazy merely watching events]].)''\\
'''Shin:''' What about ''you?'' What have you done besides spend most of your time ''sleeping?''
* ADogNamedDog: He's a PhysicalGod whose name means god.
* DubNameChange:
** To Neptune in the French dub and all the dubs derived from it (the translators got his title, Kaioushin, mixed up with the Japanese name for the planet Neptune, Kaiousei).
** The name Supreme Kai itself is also a name change. It's Kaiōshin in the original Japanese version. The Viz English manga translation goes with "Lord of Lords", a somewhat liberal translation of his title (God of the Kings of the Worlds).
* {{Foil}}: His intended role with Beerus in-universe. Shin is the God of Creation while Beerus is the God of Destruction. Dialogue in ''Super'' states it is his role to create new planets and nurture newer lifeforms while Beerus is supposed to destroy planets to fill in new ones. While he is weaker than Beerus, one another cannot live without each other, and Shin and Old Kai are the only two Supreme Kais left who are linked to Beerus.
* FusionDance: PlayedForLaughs with his servant Kibito, which results in his more elf-like appearance [[PowerUpLetDown and little else]]. [[spoiler:Until they use the Namekian Dragon Balls and separate in ''Super''.]]
* GoThroughMe: Prior to Goku and Majin Vegeta's fight, Shin steps in-between the two, stating that Goku will have to get around him if he truly believes this is the right decision. Goku [[GoodIsNotSoft shocks everyone present]] when he charges a Ki Blast and makes it clear he ''will'' blast Shin if he doesn't get out of the way, and ultimately, Shin is forced to give in.
* GodIsGood: Regardless of his level of competence, Shin really cares for all living beings, and is willing to put his life on the line to stop monsters like Babidi and Zamasu.
* GodIsInept: While he means well, he's unsuccessful at preventing Buu's revival and spends most of the saga in OhCrap mode. In the end, he's completely reliant on Earth's fighters and Old Kai to stop Buu. Justified by him being young and IncompletelyTrained, along with the Saiyans not listening to him when he warns how powerful Buu is.
* TheGodsMustBeLazy: ZigZagged. He takes no direct action against beings like Frieza, most likely seeing Frieza as being orderly and not destroying planets willy-nilly despite being evil. However, he takes personal action to stop Buu's revival. It doesn't work and he's helpless to stop Buu once he's released. Dialogue in ''Super'' suggests that the Kais aren't ''allowed'' to interfere on the mortal plane (only the God of Destruction is allowed to do that); he and his fellows only went after Buu because Buu attacked the Kais first. However, other universes show the two are supposed to work together, and Shin didn't know who Beerus ''was'' to allow that, justifying it on some level.
* GoodIsNotSoft: While certainly ''polite'', Shin is not above doing dirty things to get results. Notably, he actually forces Gohan to be drained of his energy so that they could track down Babidi's ship.
* GreaterScopeParagon: He's the highest-level Universe 7 Kai after the Grand Supreme Kai got absorbed by Buu.
* HeroWorshipper: He appears to be this to Gohan in ''Z'', while Goku and Vegeta critique Gohan's rustiness resulting in his battles taking longer than they should, Shin never once has his faith falter in Gohan. He verbally puts his belief in Gohan multiple times during their time together and is eager to have him try what the kais could not, even ribbing Kibito for his insensitive comments when doing so.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: He was introduced using the name "Shin", which turned out to be shorthand for his title of "Kaiōshin". ''Super'' later revealed that his actual name was indeed Shin, making his use of it as an alias during the World Tournament a case of RealNameAsAnAlias.
* HumbleHero: As the last Supreme Kai ruling over at least 6 other lesser Kai, Shin had every right to declare himself the Grand Supreme Kai. For whatever reason, he never did but it had to with being IncompletelyTrained.
* IncompletelyTrained: Old Kai's assessment of him when he appears. The Supreme Kai is trying his best, but he missed out on a lot of instruction when Buu killed all of his superiors, forcing him to take on the role before he was ready. This is expanded in ''Super'' where he is shown to be even more ignorant by not knowing who Beerus was except for rumors, which stands out since he's supposed to work with Beerus. He didn't even know who ''Zeno'' was, much to Old Kai's annoyance.
* InformedAbility: Piccolo regards Shin to be much stronger than he was, which was why he threw the fight upon discovering Shin's identity. However, Shin's combat record doesn't really back up those claims. It doesn't help that surpassing Piccolo (who was as strong as a regular Super Saiyan at least) was SoLastSeason now that Super Saiyan 2s and 3s have made an appearance.
* ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce: Being a Kai, he would have some degree of omniscience, and doesn't need antennae for it.
* ItsPersonal: Not only does Shin judge Buu to be a threat on a universal scale out of his general knowledge, he also attempts to interfere because the Majin had been responsible for taking four people from him that he held dearly.
* LoserDeity: While he seems like a proper God at first, the more time there is spent in his company the more it becomes clear [[GodIsInept he's terrible at his job]]. He's practically [[AChildShallLeadThem a child]] with little experience and prone to making mistakes, which is especially prevalent when his ancestor Old Kai is released and shows him how it's done. Old Kai has called him out on being an idiot, while even Goku teases Shin for being less useful than Old Kai.
* MeaningfulName: Shin is part of Kaio''shin'', emphasizing his position as the ''Supreme'' Kai. This is how Piccolo was able to figure out his true identity when he was using his name as a mysterious alias.
* NiceGuy: He's polite and hardly gets mad at the good guys.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He deliberately ''let'' Spopovich and Yamu absorb Gohan's energy, and explicitly forbade the Z-Fighters from interfering, for the purpose of following them back to Babidi's hideout; said energy gave Babidi half of what he needed to revive Majin Buu in one shot, something he [[OhCrap wasn't expecting]]. On top of that, his plan for stopping Babidi from gathering enough energy to resurrect Buu involves... bringing individuals with a lot of energy right to him. Though Babidi's plan has a few hitches, it succeeds without sacrificing [[BadBoss anything Babidi cares about]]. Babidi takes great pleasure in rubbing in the Supreme Kai's face how he pretty much handed him victory on a silver platter.
* NoIndoorVoice: In the Westwood dub, as Kibitoshin, he more often than not shouts his dialogue, even when the situation doesn't require it.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: He's ''extremely'' powerful compared to nearly all mortal lifeforms and even the gods - he could have felled Frieza (the strongest mortal in the universe at the time) as he was on Namek in a single blow, and was considered stronger than Piccolo at the time they faced each other, and probably could have given Cell a decent fight even if he couldn't win. However, he's fairly weak for a Supreme Kai since his fellow Supreme Kais (his teachers) were killed by Buu before his training could be completed, coupled with his (for a god) young age. As of ''Super'', he's outclassed by most if not all of the Z-Fighters, despite being in a position that normally means he would hopelessly dwarf most of their powers.
* NotQuiteTheAlmighty: As the only Supreme Kai to survive Buu's onslaught, Shin was introduced as the strongest and highest-ranked god in the series. ''Battle of Gods'' and ''Super'' would reveal that he's not only surpassed in strength by [[DestroyerDeity Beerus]] (though they share the same place in the pecking order) but that both are only the [[TopGod top gods]] in one of twelve universes, with [[KingOfAllCosmos the Omni-King]] being their superior.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: At some point, Shin was able to track down and kill Bibidi and sealed Fat Buu after the latter killed four of his fellow kais and nearly him as well.
* OhCrap:
** His reaction to discovering the power of the Saiyans on Earth. To really understand his surprise, imagine that you thought you were the ultimate lifeform in the universe…until you went to a backwater planet and found a group of beings who were so powerful as to render you utterly insignificant engaged in what amounts to a pissing match.
--->'''Supreme Kai:''' Who ''are'' you people?!?
** Goes FromBadToWorse when his plan to let Spopovich and Yamu absorb Gohan's energy in order to get them to lead him to Babidi backfires. He wasn't expecting Gohan's energy to supply half of what Babidi needed to revive Majin Buu.
** His reaction when he realizes that Vegeta is the new fighter Dabura mentioned.
** He, along with Kibito, has a comical version when the Z-Sword broke on accident (they were expecting it to be much sturdier). Luckily it released Old Kai from it.
** When he fused with Kibito, he has this reaction about its permanent effects.
** He is absolutely ''terrified'' when he realizes that Super Buu is changing back into the mindlessly destructive Kid Buu.
** In ''Super'', he has a massive freak-out when Zeno wanted to meet Goku. It nearly took a toll on him due to how casual [[IdiotHero Goku]] was being towards Zeno.
** Has an even bigger one after [[spoiler:Universe 9 is erased]]. The look on his face is of pure despair.
** He has his biggest one yet after his gushing over how romantic 18 and Krillin's relationship is, which angers 18 so much that she shoots a ki blast at his head from inside the arena.
* PhysicalGod: He is strong enough to make Z-era Piccolo piss himself, which makes him many times stronger than most of the cast outside of the adult Saiyans, Dabura, and Majin Buu. He becomes even stronger after merging with Kibito and gains the ability to teleport to any of the lower worlds, whether they have life or not. He can also materialize objects with a mere thought. Despite his powers, he is the ''weakest'' and least experienced of all the Supreme Kais in Universe 7. His superiors were murdered by Buu.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He has a bad habit of only mentioning important information ''after'' it's needed such as Dabura's spit turning people into stone or details on Babadi's fighters. The worst part may be he never bothered to mention Buu's absorption abilities. Because of this, no one expects Buu to absorb them.
* PowerUpLetDown: After fusing with Kibito he says he is ready to fight alongside Goku but Old Kai stops him, saying that he's still no match for Buu.
* PragmaticHero: ''Tries'' to be this, but is less than effective due to constantly [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating how strong the Saiyans are]] and [[BloodKnight how much they love fighting]]. His counterpart from Future Trunks' timeline succeeds (if at the cost of his own life) specifically because Future Trunks' relative weakness and much greater pragmatism allow him to not underestimate the situation.
* PurpleIsPowerful: He is still a PhysicalGod, even though the Saiyans have long eclipsed him in power.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: Originally subverted, later played straight. The name "Shin" was introduced as a stealth shorthand for his title of "Kaiōshin", which Piccolo was able to figure out alongside his attire and aura in order to identify him as the Supreme Kai. Once his Kai status was out and the adventure left the tournament he was never simply called "Shin" again since there was no more need to be coy about his identity. When the newer material introduced the concept of the Kais having names outside their titles, Toriyama decided to go ahead and make Shin his real name. It wasn't much of a stretch to do so — his assistant Kibito was using his own real name, their fusion was called Kibitoshin ("Kibito Kai" in the dub, but Sabat as Vegeta has occasionally slipped up and called him Kibitoshin as well), and if it helps any, Universe 11's Supreme Kai, Shin's {{foil}} among the Kaiōshins, also a name that's also ShapedLikeItself — ''Khai''.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Even though he's millions, or maybe even ''billions'' of years old, he's still seen as the "junior" Supreme Kai and looks much younger than the other Kais.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite some actions of DidNotThinkThisThrough, Shin is a rather reasonable person who knows how to set his priorities straight, he makes it clear that rushing ahead without a plan, or getting distracted by age-old rivalries, are all lower than stopping Buu from being revived. He's only actively hindered because the only people strong enough to help are the ChallengeSeeker Saiyans, as the more pragmatic Piccolo and Krillin are taken out of the fight before it began, along with Kibito.
* RedHerring: His first appearance at the tournament seems to imply that he'll be the arc's BigBad, and the Latin American Spanish dub even gave him the same voice actor as Android 17, another young-looking guy who spelled trouble in his first appearance, but it turns out he's a good guy. Spopovich and Yamu were the ones you should've watched out for.
* {{Retcon}}: Kibito Kai still existing in ''GT'' is retconned by ''Super'', who have them using the Dragon Balls to defuse.
* ShesAManInJapan: The Catalan dub and the European Spanish edition of the manga (Planeta-Deagostini Comics) turned him into a woman.
* SkewedPriorities: During the end of the Buu arc, when Goku and Vegeta are fighting Kid Buu on the World of the Kais, Shin is more worried about the damage the Saiyans are doing to the planet then defeating Buu. Old Kai calls him out on this since it is more important they defeat Buu then worry about the damage done to "some old rock." On the flip side, Shin has numerous [[OhCrap panic attacks]] as Babidi reveals his enslaved fighters, while the Z-Fighters themselves are playing rock-paper-scissors to determine who gets to fight first. He's less than amused.
* SmallRoleBigImpact:
** It was he who killed Bibidi and stopped Buu's initial rampage 5 million years ago. Had he failed and been killed, Universe 7 (or at least the sapient life within) would probably have ceased to exist.
** His future counterpart only appears for one chapter in the ''Super'' manga, yet it is only by his intervention that Trunks is able to defeat Dabra and Babidi. Not only would he have been ''much'' weaker ''and'' unaware of their coming if not for Shin, but he would not have been able to best Dabura in combat without Shin first distracting and then paralyzing him. Finally, Shin is the one who grants him his HealingHands powers, which come in handy to ensure victory during the fight against Fused Zamasu.
* TheStoic: He manages to pull this off at the tournament in the Buu Saga, with his emotive range and expression being calm cool, and collected, if not a bit smug no matter what happens. However, as time goes on we see that this is thoroughly subverted.
* SoLastSeason: He's apparently stronger than Piccolo was at the time of the 25th world tournament, while Piccolo was as strong as a Super Saiyan during the Cell Games and might have been training since then. That would've been considered amazing seven years ago; not so much in the Buu Saga. Still, he's ''far'' stronger than many of the heroes outside of Gohan, Vegeta, and Goku. Piccolo gave up his match instead of even trying to fight him.
* SquishyWizard: While he is extremely powerful by regular standards, his magical abilities are more impressive than his raw power. He can completely paralyze Super Saiyan 2 level fighters with his psychic powers, teleport anywhere in the universe at will, materialize any desired object from thin air, read minds, heal people from the brink of death, and so on.
* {{Teleportation}}: After fusing with Kibito, he can do something akin to Instant Transmission called ''Kai Kai'' or Instant Movement, although, unlike Instant Transmission, he doesn't need to sense ki and can go anywhere he wants in the lower realm. In ''Super'', he can still perform the Instant Movement even after being defused from Kibito, suggesting that he always knew it even before fusing. He has teleported in at the last minute to save Goku from deadly predicaments in ''Z'', ''GT'' and ''Heroes''.
* TopGod: Shares this title with Beerus for Universe 7; he's the Creator Deity that opposes, and compliments, Beerus' DestroyerDeity.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: His future self in ''Super'' had tried to rush Babidi out of impulsiveness when Trunks couldn't compete with Dabura in a straight fight anymore (due to Dabura's strength significantly surpassing the former's outside of a duel between swords). Unfortunately, Dabura managed to shoot him down before he can try anything. This results in Kibito's guard being lowered and getting killed, and Shin sustaining injuries that led to his death. Granted, his efforts do get Trunks the win by helping trigger a Super Saiyan 2 transformation but still counts. Even worse, his death leads to the death of his timeline's Beerus due to them sharing one life force, allowing Goku Black to come and lay waste to the timeline without opposition.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He doesn't quite seem to realize just what Vegeta, Goku, and Gohan are capable of, and when he sees their true power he is outright flabbergasted at how such fighters could exist in the lower realms. He also doesn't recognize the power of the Saiyans' ego and pride. For that matter, ''Super'' retroactively makes his judgement on Frieza a lot more iffy; While Shin wasn't wrong in his assessment that he could beat Frieza with ease he seemed to believe this was all Frieza was capable of, when in reality Frieza wasn't rven scratching the surface of his potential.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the Universal Survival Arc of ''Dragon Ball Super'', when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Universe 7 is the second weakest universe and all universes who lose the Tournament of Power will be eradicated]], Beerus calls out the Supreme Kai for deciding to take a back seat and let the mortals of that universe grow stronger on their own. He shoots back that Beerus is at fault too since all he does is sleep.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Completely averted. It only ''looks'' like he's being set up to be the BigBad of the arc when we first see him entering the tournament.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Anything related to Majin Buu, in particular, his Fat and Kid forms. He freaks out about those forms more than the much stronger and smarter Super Buu. Justified by his background; those two Buus are the ones who rampaged across the galaxy and murdered his fellow Kais (and de facto family) millions of years ago, and the former in particular is a twisted caricature of the old Grand Supreme Kai created when Buu absorbed him. Going by the flashback in the manga, the fat form is also the one who beat him nearly to death (in the anime, it's South Supreme Kai-Buu).
* WildHair: While it isn't that noticeable, in ''Super'', he apparently grew out his hair as he has more fringes on his head.
* TheWorfEffect: He has raw power strength and ki far surpassing Piccolo's level and PsychicPowers strong enough to incapacitate [=SS2=] Gohan with little effort, yet even when teaming up with Gohan, neither can do anything against Fat Buu.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Majin Buu's attack on the Supreme Kai's, he was left as the functional Grand Supreme Kai of Universe 7. Both ''Z'' and ''Super'' reveal he's ignorant of several things an acting grand supreme Kai should be aware of, like that he can order Beerus to destroy dangerous mortals.
* YouKilledMyFather: Babidi's reason for hating him.

[[folder:South Supreme Kai]]
!!'''South Supreme Kai (南の界王神, ''Minami no Kaiōshin'', "World King God of the South")'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/KazuyukiSogabe (''Z''), Creator/TetsuInada (''Kai: The Final Chapters'')\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Chris Rager (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/ScottMcNeil (Ocean dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' José Luis Castañeda

The Supreme Kai who watched over the southern quadrant under the direction of the Grand Supreme Kai. He was the strongest Supreme Kai in Universe 7 and the only Kai able to fight and even hurt Kid Buu. His strength got him absorbed by Buu, who transformed into the mighty Buff Buu.

* TheAce: He was far and away the strongest Supreme Kai seen in the series until [[spoiler:Zamasu stole Goku's body and later fused with an alternate version of himself using the Potara earrings]]. He was the only one able to hurt Kid Buu, who easily killed West and North Supreme Kai, and only lost when absorbed by surprise. In comparison, only Super Saiyan 3 Goku, Ultimate Gohan, and Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks managed the same feat. He's also the only Supreme Kai shown who stood with the Grand Supreme Kai against Moro.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: In the anime filler, we see South Supreme Kai humorously fall off a cliff while chasing after West Supreme Kai who'd snatched his lunch. He's also the strongest of them all and managed to put up a fight against Kid Buu who easily stomped the other Supreme Kais, even physically ripping off his arm at one point.
* BloodKnight: Implied, as he was the only one of the Kais to train for combat, he smirks while fighting Kid Buu, and Super Buu (who is modeled after him) very much enjoys a good fight.

* MightyGlacier: He's stated to have been big and burly. While he's hardly slow, his size is indicated in his {{filler}} fight with Kid Buu to be something of a detriment. He was shown to possess power rivaling Buu's, but Buu's small size and maneuverability relative to him means that the latter still gains a decisive advantage.
* PhysicalGod: The mightiest Supreme Kai seen in the series until the introduction of Zamasu (though the Grand Supreme Kai was stronger originally before sacrificing most of his power to seal away Moro). He was able to fight and hurt Kid Buu, making his power rival Super Saiyan 3 Goku from the Buu Saga.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for millions of years by the time of the manga, permanently absorbed by Buu. The only hints as to what he was like come in the form of Super Buu's personality, as his height and physique heavily imply that this form of Buu is modeled after him.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: As a tall, muscular ginger man with a mohawk haircut, he greatly resembles Android 16 except for the Kai robes, a wider jawline, and pointed ears.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He has a one-panel appearance in the manga and a two-minute appearance in the anime, but he's the reason that Super Buu even exists.
* TopGod: He was a Supreme Kai who oversaw the southern quadrant and the strongest of them all in Universe 7 after the Grand Supreme Kai sacrificed most of his power to defeat Moro.

[[folder:North Supreme Kai]]
!!'''North Supreme Kai (北の界王神, ''Kita no Kaiōshin'', "World King God of the North")'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Yukitoshi Hori\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Jeff Muenstermann (''Z''), Charlie Campbell (''Kai: The Final Chapters'') (Creator/FUNimation dub); Don Brown (Ocean dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' José Luis [=McConnell=]

He was one of the rulers of Universe 7 who overlooked the northern quadrant of the universe under the Grand Supreme Kai, as well as an excellent swordsman. He was the second to be killed by Kid Buu during his original rampage.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's shown joyfully fishing in his first scene but later doesn't hesitate to cut Buu with his blade, [[NoSell even if it didn't work.]]
* CanonImmigrant: Sorta. He's never seen in the manga, so his design is completely created by Toei. However, he was mentioned in the manga as being killed by Buu during his original rampage, just like in the anime.
* CoolOldGuy: He's seemingly the eldest of the then generation of Supreme Kais but is no less willing to take up arms against Majin Buu, even managing to cut the monster in two. Unfortunately for him, slicing Buu in half barely annoys him.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Due to ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introducing names to the Supreme Kai, the fallen Kais real names are unknown.
* MasterSwordsman: He was handy with a sword and used it during his battle against Kid Buu. He still lost badly despite his efforts. It's implied that he tried and failed to free the Z-sword sometime before his death (as Kibito's wording[[note]]"There’s no way that some human would be able to free the Z Sword! That legendary sword which not merely myself, but '''numerous''' Kaioshins were utterly unable to handle"[[/note]] implies at least one Kai in addition to Shin tried but not all five, and {{filler}} depicts him with a sword).
* PhysicalGod: He's a Supreme Kai who was many times stronger than most mortals and was a capable swordsman. However, he was nothing compared to Buu.
* SingleStrokeBattle: Buu kills him in the {{filler}} flashback with one small ki blast.
* TopGod: A Supreme Kai who watched and guided over the northern quadrant under the supervision of the Grand Supreme Kai.

[[folder:West Supreme Kai]]
!!West Supreme Kai (西の界王神, ''Nishi no Kaiōshin'', "World Queen God of the West")
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/HiromiTsuru\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Denise Logan (''Z''), Creator/AlexisTipton (''Kai: The Final Chapters'') (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/KellySheridan (Ocean dub)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Circe Luna

She was the ruler of the western quadrant of Universe 7 under the guidance of the Grand Supreme Kai. She's the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female Supreme Kai]] and only one of two female Kais ever seen in the series. She's the first to be killed by Kid Buu.
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* ActionGirl: She fought Kid Buu in combat. Although she stood no chance against the demon and was killed quickly, you got to give her props for trying.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Her introductory scene shows her mischievous side in snatching South Supreme Kai's food and comedically luring him over a cliffside. That same prankster later is shown viciously brawling against Majin Buu without a hint of lightheartedness.
* CanonImmigrant: Sorta. She is never seen in the manga, so her design is completely created by Toei. However, she was mentioned in the manga as being killed by Buu during his original rampage, just like in the anime.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Due to ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introducing names to the Supreme Kai, the fallen Kais real names are unknown. Some fan works imagine her name was Lila, but this is pure speculation on their part.
* PhysicalGoddess: She's a Supreme Kai who was many times stronger than most mortals outside of the adult Saiyans during the Buu Saga. However, she was utterly no match for Kid Buu.
* SamusIsAGirl: Neither the North nor the West Supreme Kai's gender was specified by Shin in the manga, meaning the anime's depiction of the West Kai as a female was all Toei's doing.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She is the only female Supreme Kai in Universe 7 and only the second female Kai after East Kai.
* TopGod: One of the Supreme Kais who watched over the Universe 7 and personally looked over the western quadrant.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: As the only female Supreme Kai, and explicitly much more powerful than Shin (who was stronger than Piccolo), she was the most powerful woman in the universe when she was alive.
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!!'''Old Kai (老界王神, ''Rō Kaiōshin'')'''
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->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Reizou Nomoto (''Z''), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (''Z'', Young), Isamu Tanonaka (''Budokai 3''), Ryouichi Tanaka (''Battle of Gods'' onwards)\\
'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KentWilliams (Creator/FUNimation dub); Creator/ScottMcNeil (Ocean dub); Creator/SteveKramer (Creator/Bang Zoom!/Toonami Asia dub of ''Super'')\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American):''' Enrique Mederos (''Z'' and ''GT''), Ernesto Lezama (''Battle of Gods'' and ''Super''), Pedro D'Aguillón Jr (''Kai: The Final Chapters'')

A Kai from 15 generations in the past, he was sealed inside the Z Sword by [[Characters/DragonBallUniverse7 Beerus]] (at the time described only as "a terrible monster"). When it is broken, he is released and aids the heroes in their fight against Majin Buu. Being more experienced and knowledgeable than the current Supreme Kai, it is implied that he takes that position, or that the two rule jointly.

* AmbiguousSituation: It is currently unknown if his life is still severed from Beerus. ''Super'' makes it clear that the Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction are linked with each other, and Shin is currently active in his role. Before restoring Goku back to life, he willingly gave up his own to resurrect Goku, and immediately came back with a halo. However, he was restored ''back to life'' via Vegeta's wish. Whether or not his link with Beerus still holds is up to Toriyama.
* BackFromTheDead: He was brought back to life with the Namekian Dragon Balls by Vegeta's request to bring back good people prior to the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament.
* BigGood:
** For the remainder of the series he shares this role with the Supreme Kai. Although not physically strong, he's by far the most knowledgeable character in the series. In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', he is the one Goku asks for advice more than anyone since he knew about the Super Saiyan 4 transformation.
** He also serves this role in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'', serving as half of the MissionControl role with the Supreme Kai of Time.
* BoringButPractical: His ability to power up a being to beyond its full potential: It takes ''hours'', but the returns are ''very'' good.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He often acts like a fool and an old pervert. He's also a lot more competent than Shin and has abilities that no other Supreme Kai has.
* BusCrash: His AlternateSelf in Future Trunks' timeline, apparently, was a victim of this, courtesy of Dabura's Stone Spit destroying the Z Sword before he could be freed. This is on top of [[spoiler:Future Zeno destroying the Future Timeline, and making him, along with everyone else in that timeline, DeaderThanDead]].
* CantLiveWithoutYou: It's left ambiguous if his life is still tied Beerus' own but if it is, that means if him and Shin die so will Beerus.
* ClippedWingAngel: He regrets fusing with the witch, as though it gave him all sorts of nifty abilities, it also made him an ugly old geezer. It's also implied that it made him a lot weaker in terms of raw strength.
* DeusExMachina: Quite literally. He is introduced into the story after being released from the Z-Sword, but the build-up to his first appearance is nonexistent since none of the characters even knew who he was. However, his role in unlocking Gohan's full potential makes him quite vital to the plot.
* DirtyOldMan: Uses his "omniscient vision" to peep on girls across the universe. During the Tournament of Power, he felt interested in the fighters of Universe 2 and was openly excited when Universe 4 fighter, Caway, was trying to trick Roshi by taking her clothes off, much to Shin's annoyance.
--> '''Old Kai:''' That's right! Take it off!
* DubNameChange: Like his successor, he is also called Kaiōshin in the original Japanese version, being called the one from "15 generations in the past" (１５代前の東の界王神; ''Jūgo-daimae no Higashi no Kaiōshin'') when needing to distinguish him from Shin. In English, most characters just call him "Old Kai", while Shin refers to him as "ancestor".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Beerus simply sealed him away after a dispute rather than killing him outright as would be more typical for him because a Destroyer's life is tied to their Supreme Kais.
* FusionDance: The reason he looks so wizened is that he accidentally fused with an old witch a long time ago. On the other hand, this also added to his already considerable magic powers.
* GrumpyOldMan: Despite his goofiness, he has a bit of a temper.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: In a technical sense, since he's the fusion of a male Kai and a witch. In practice, the Kai is always the dominant personality and form of a fusion with a non-Kai, meaning the witch's power and wrinkles were likely all that was added to him.
* HonourBeforeReason: While Old Kai is usually pretty good at inverting this (such as trading in his life for Goku's or allowing the Saiyan's to destroy the empty world of the Kai's to fight Kid Buu) he is adamant against using the Dragon Balls since they upset the natural balance of the Universe even though the Universe is at stake against Buu. As ''GT'' shows though [[ProperlyParanoid he had a damn good reason to be nervous.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: He berates the defused Goku and Vegeta for allowing Vegito to toy with Buu instead of finishing him off, despite having waited five minutes himself to tell Gohan he was powered-up for the sake of drama.
* ImmortalImmaturity: While waiting to unlock Gohan's hidden powers, he spends the time reading manga. He also threw a tantrum when the crystal ball couldn't [[ItMakesSenseInContext see the action inside Super Buu's head]].
* IWasQuiteALooker: His younger self prior to his permanent fusion with the witch looked like a purpler, slightly more mature Shin.
* MagicFeather: Played with, since the Z-Sword, a regular, if heavy, sword is given billing as a legendary weapon of great power, whereas, in actuality, he's the real source of the legend, and he's trapped inside it.
* NoNameGiven: Since ''Super'' has introduced more Supreme Kais with their own names, including revealing U7 Supreme Kai name [[RealNameAsAnAlias was really Shin]], Old Kai's name hasn't been revealed yet.
* NowYouTellMe: He introduces Potara fusion and guides Shin and Kibito through it as a demonstration, but he doesn't mention until after they've fused that it's permanent. Luckily, the two are able to unfuse in ''Super'' with the Namekian Dragon Balls.
* OhCrap: He had a startling reaction when he realized Beerus had awakened and had already destroyed several planets in the process in ''Super''.
** Back in the early days, he had this reaction moments before he and the witch merged into one.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the Buu arc, Old Kai is adamantly against using the Dragon Balls since they disrupt the natural balance of the Universe. This seems overly paranoid until ''GT'' wherein the Dragon Balls' constant abuse leads to the creation of the Shadow Dragons, which threaten all of reality.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Outside of his reluctance with using Dragon Balls (''Anime/DragonBallGT'' justifies it, but outside of that it's largely just paranoia) and some of his loopiness, he's largely this, being fully aware in the Buu saga of just how far the GodzillaThreshold has been crossed. He gives away his life to revive Goku and allows Goku to use the world of the Kais as a battleground to prevent collateral damage.
* SealedGoodInACan: Many generations ago, a powerful monster [[spoiler:(Beerus)]] sealed him inside [[spoiler:the Z Sword]], out of fear of his abilities (or, as [[http://www.saiyanisland.com/2014/05/akira-toriyama-reveals/ Toriyama suggests]], as a short-tempered response during a petty argument).
* SkewedPriorities: He only agrees to help out the heroes (by making Gohan stronger and helping them use the Namekian Dragon Balls) when Goku offers to send him naked pictures of Bulma ([[BerserkButton to Vegeta's anger]]). Also, when Gohan offers to have his powers unlocked, he spends five hours on a traditional 'ceremonial dance' to presumably celebrate the unlocking of his potential, despite knowing that for someone like Gohan, the process would take around twenty hours, while Majin Buu was nearly done wiping out Earth's inhabitants.
* SquishyWizard: He acts pretty frail and fails to deflect even a very weak blast from base Goku. He {{Lampshade|Hanging}}s this himself, stating that it's his mystical abilities that make him powerful, not his physical strength.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He's Shin's ancestor, and looked a lot like him prior to fusing with the old witch.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Dirty old man who, while lacking in physical power, holds a vast amount of wisdom and is able to teach the heroes something new. When Goku meets him, he immediately thinks of Roshi. When Caway tries to seduce Roshi in Super, they both [[DirtyOldMan have the same reaction]].
* TimeAbyss: He claims to be the Supreme Kai from 15 generations prior to Shin's. Considering that Shin is a several million-year-old deity himself, this can only make Old Kai unfathomably ancient.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: One of his abilities is to power up a person to above the absolute maximum of their potential. It takes over 24 hours and involves a strange dance and lots of meditation, but it also made Gohan the single most powerful fighter in the universe (for a time, anyway. Goku's immediately speculating on how the state can be surpassed).
* {{Troll}}: As stated before, he likes acting ridiculous and seemingly enjoys ticking people off. This may also be a kind of SecretTestOfCharacter since he tries to teach Gohan patience and focus (Old Kai doesn't need to even focus on the unlocking ceremony since he is so good at multi-tasking and keeping his mind clear). Unfortunately, it doesn't stick, as Super Buu uses mind games to slowly break Gohan down.
* WhatTheHellHero: In ''GT'', when the heroes' constant use of the Dragon Balls leads to the creation of the Shadow Dragons, he tells everyone that he warned them about constantly abusing their power and singles out Bulma in particular for creating the Dragon Radar.

!!Miscellaneous
[[folder:The Demon Realm's Race]]
!!The Demon Realm's Race (魔界の種族, ''Makai no Shuzoku'')
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[[caption-width-right:350:The King of the Demon Realm, Dabura, and his sister Towa.]]

The Demon Realm race are a race that dwells within the Demon Realm (魔界, ''Makai''), a dimension separated from the main mortal universe, located on the opposite side of their dimension. It is the birthplace of Dabura, king of the realm, who was brainwashed by Babidi to do his bidding three hundred years before the Majin Buu saga. According to ''Xenoverse'', it was created by evil wizards like Demigra millions of years ago. The Demon Realm was sealed sometime after the events of ''Dragon Ball Z'', with Towa deciding to revive it along with Mira.

The Demon Realm is a pretty interesting place, as it's a pretty minor thing in the canon series, but its inhabitants became the main antagonists in many of the video games, including ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'', ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' and ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes''.

* AscendedExtra: The Demon Realm is purely stated to be the place of origin of Dabura, but never takes relevance in the manga or anime. However, the entirety of the realm became the main villains of the videogames from ''Videogame/DragonBallOnline'' to ''Videogame/DragonBallXenoverse'' and ''Videogame/DragonBallHeroes'' thanks to Towa, Dabura's sister.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Demon Realm is stated to be a place where only the wicked and corrupted exist. When Dabura was killed, King Yemma sent him to Heaven because Hell would feel too much like home. According to information, this place is ruled by dark counterparts from the Supreme Kai.
* EvilCounterpartRace: According to the Super Guide, evil Core People born from the Kaiju are sent to the Demon Realm to rule over it. They are named Makaioshin, or Demon Realm Supreme Kai, and rule over the Makaio, or Demon Kai, the equivalent of evil King Kais, and the demons.
* {{Hell}}: Averted. The Demon Realm and Hell are pretty different places, but we won't blame you if you think they are the same place. King Yemma thought that sending Dabura to Hell would feel like sending him home.
* TheGhost: The Entire Realm and its inhabitants are never seen in the manga outside of Dabura's and maybe Devilman, but the Demon Kai and Demon Supreme Kai never appear in video games outside of the manual.
* OutOfFocus: PlayedWith. While Towa, Mira, Fu and Dabura all get significant focus in suplimental materials, the specifics of the actual ''species'' of Demon and Demon Realm in general is largely up in the air. The only consistent portrayal so far is their affinity for magic carries across all known members.
* TokenWizard: In a sense. One of two species use magic as their hat, the other being Kais. But of the two, the Demon Realm's members seem to use magic much more often.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Dabura was the strongest demon, and ruled over the Demon Realm. He is stated to be as strong as Perfect Cell. After his death, he was succeeded by Mira, an artificial demon created by Towa combining the genes of many species, which surpassed him by a large margin.

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!!Majin (魔人, "Djinn")
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A race whose first known member was Majin Buu, who has existed since time immemorial under the magic of Bibidi and his doppelganger, Babidi. After the events of ''Dragon Ball Z'', Majin Buu spawned a wife for him due to reading an erotic novel owned by Mister Satan. The race grew considerably weaker by each passing generation, making the Majin descendants weak enough to be considered as powerful as normal Earthlings.

Unlike the other examples, the Majin race is a post-manga creation created for the video games of ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' and ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', and is pretty likely not existing in canon any time soon.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the beginning, there was only Majin Buu. Toriyama, feeling he was lonely, decided to give him a companion, thus, giving him an erotic novel owned by Mister Satan, Buu grew curious and a female was born out of him. And Toriyama thought it was hilarious. And with love beams, the two of them spawned a child, and then many, many other children.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: They can be of any color. They can be pink like the original Buu, blue like Miss Buu, or gray like the evil side of Majin Buu.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Almost all the female Majins seen are cute looking.
* GenerationXerox: All male Majins resemble Majin Buu, all female Majins resemble Miss Buu. Additionally, their pure forms are exact duplicates of Kid Buu, as Kid Buu is the basic slate of Majins as a whole.
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