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Lord Yao (in Chinese: 妖魔王) is a giant boar-like demon and the main antagonist of the movie special Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy and a major antagonist in the Dragon Ball franchise. He is referred to as Lord Yao (妖魔王 King Youma in the Japanese version) due to being the king of Mount Paozu, as well as a Demon Lord.

He was voiced by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo in the Japanese version, and by the late Brice Armstrong in the English version.

Biography[]

Yao installed himself in Mount Paozu sometime during the 100 year timeskip between the end of Dragon Ball GT and A Hero's Legacy. Becoming the self-proclaimed King of Demons, he recruited three lackeys to serve him: Mamba (Dragon Ball), Susha and Torga. Together, the four terrorized villagers and devoured any humans unlucky enough to cross paths with them or that were lured by his minions into a trap.

He would eventually find out two children, Goku Jr. and Puck, venturing in his territory and sent his goons to kill them, but grew furious at their failures and opted to take matters into his own hands. Arriving while Mamba and her goons were chasing Goku Jr., Puck, a mother bear and her cub, he fired a cannonball at Goku Jr. to challenge him. He then unleashed a powerful snout blast as a follow-up before scaring his minions for their failure. The mother bear started to attack Yao, but was easily overpowered and nearly killed when Yao grabbed the bear by her neck and proceeded to choke her by turning his hand into a root that wrapped around the bear's neck. His other hand then turned into a blade to finish her off, but before Yao could kill the bear, Goku Jr. tapped into his true potential, transformed into a Super Saiyan and quickly defeated the Demon Lord and sent his minions running away.

What remains of him currently remains a mystery, as he was last seen passing out under some rubble after Goku Jr. sent him flying into a rock wall.

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Trivia[]

  • He's essentially the future version of some Dragon Ball antagonists all rolled up into one character, mirroring the threats Goku encountered in his first adventures and beyond:
    • He physically resembles the Bear Thief, the monster that attempted to rob Goku and Bulma and eat Master Roshi's turtle and the first antagonist of the franchise ever encountered; primarily in his body type, clothing and wielding a sword.
    • Most of his other traits come from Oolong, being a shapeshifting pig demon based on Zhu Bajie from Journey to the West who terrorized innocents in the mountains until a Saiyan child (Goku with Oolong and Goku Jr. with Yao) crossed paths with and defeated him, but unlike Oolong, he's genuinely dangerous, evil, commands a gang of demons and doesn't redeem himself.
    • His title of the King of Demons also brings to mind King Piccolo (Dragon Ball), the first major antagonist of the franchise.
    • Finally, him triggering the first Super Saiyan transformation of a Saiyan is reminiscent of the indirect actions of Frieza and Cell (Dragon Ball) (who provoked Goku's and Gohan's transformations respectively).
  • He also takes inspiration from Ganon, being a Demon King with magical properties that attempts to stop a hero's quest.
  • Yāo (妖) means demon/monster in Chinese.

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