Shen

シェン

The alias Kami uses to enter the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai. He inhabits the body of a typical nerdy-looking guy to disguise himself, allowing him to defeat Piccolo (Ma Jr.) in public. His name is a pun on the first part of the Earth dragon's name, Shenlong, and means "God" (the second part means "dragon"). Kami enters the tournament with his soul in a nerd's body to defeat Piccolo. He does this because Mr. Popo told Son Goku that if Piccolo dies, Kami dies too, so Kami fears Goku will not kill Piccolo. Kami tries to defeat Piccolo using the "Mafaba" technique, but it backfires and Shen is nearly trapped in a bottle. However, Kami refuses to sacrifice the human and leaves the body before it is caught. The human awakens with no memory of the events and finds himself receiving cheers of "good fight" and "nice try" from the crowd. Believing he had gone on a severe alcoholic (sake) binge, he flees in embarrassment, only to run into his son, who is so proud of his dad, the great warrior.