Kuririn

Kuririn
Dragon Ball character
First appearance	Dragon Ball chapter #25: A Rival? Arrival!! (1985)
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Voiced by	Japanese Mayumi Tanaka English See Voice actors
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Aliases	Bongo (Harmony Gold dub) Krillin (Funimation dub) Clearin (AB Groupe dub)
Relatives	Android 18 (spouse) Marron (daughter)

Kuririn (Japanese: クリリン^?), known as Krillin in Funimation's English anime dub, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter #25 A Rival? Arrival!! (ライバル？参上!!, Raibaru? Sanjō!!^?), first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on June 3, 1985, as Goku's fellow martial arts student under Kame-Sen'nin. As the series progresses, Kuririn becomes Goku's closest ally and best friend and is often depicted as the comic relief.

Toriyama originally created Kuririn along with the Tenka'ichi Budōkai as a method to help add depth to the story, as his editor Kazuhiko Torishima had stated that the series' protagonist, Goku, was too plain. Yūsuke Watanabe, who wrote the screenplay for the film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, had originally written the film to take place at Kuririn and Android #18's wedding, but Toriyama wrote it to take place at Bulma's birthday party. Watanabe thought Toriyama made the change because he wanted fans to imagine the wedding for themselves. Toriyama cited Kuririn and Bulma's older ages at the end of the manga as a reason he chose for Battle of Gods to take place after the Boo arc since they were in their "strongest condition at that time."

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