Kikōha

                

Please note that this is the Dragon Ball Universe Wiki's article on the Ki Manipulation Technique also called an Energy Bullet. If you are looking for the article on the ammunition created by Bulma then you should head to Energy Bullet.

Kikōha
気（き）功（こう）波（は） Kikōha
Literal English	Energy Cultivation Wave
Games	Energy Blast Energy Shot Full Power Energy Wave (フルパワーエネルギー波, Furu Pawā Enerugī Ha)
Other	Fireball
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Volume #2, Chapter #14
Anime Debut	DB008
Movie Debut	Movie 1
OVA Debut	OVA 1
Game Debut	Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku
Data
Type	Ki Manipulation Technique
Sub-Type	Basic Type
Class	Offensive
Range	All ranges
Derived technique(s)
Continuous Kikōha Continuous Kikōha from the Fingertips Double Kikōha Energy Emission Kikōha from the Mouth Kikōha from the Fingertips Photosphere Model Kikōha Scattering Kikōha Tracking Kikōha Tracking Scattering Kikōha
Related technique(s)
Lightning Sword Slash (Anime only)
Users
Many individuals
Image Gallery
Technique Image Gallery

The Kikōha, also referred to as an Energy Wave (エネルギー波, Enerugī-ha) and/or Energy Bullet (エネルギー弾, Enerugī-dan), is a basic Ki Manipulation Technique that is the most influential forms of combat in the entirety of the Dragon Ball series. The Kikōha is the most commonly used skill utilized by various races throughout the universes.

Usage

Multiple different methods of firing Kikōha from the palms.

The use of this technique is accomplished by amassing the ki from within the body and expelling it, to fire it onto a target. This is done by condensation of the ki within the body releasing all the energy at once as an energy wave. The size and power of the technique is based on various variable factors that includes the output of ki and the user of the technique. The amount of ki optimizes the destructive power of the technique.

Some individuals can release the Kikōha from mainly the palm of the hand, but in other cases other warriors can release them from various body parts such as the fingertips, mouth, eyes. Gokū and Basil a warrior from the 9th Universe at one point were able to release various these techniques through the use of their feet. Others can also make it change into a disk or its shape, or have the potential of operating its direction. Earthlings although are able to use, a scarce amount of people have any knowledge or able to amass how to use them, as there has only been a small group of Earthlings who've learned to use the Kikōha. Often these techniques are dismissed by Earthlings as "tricks".

Types

There are two types of Kikōha based on the shape, distribution of the Energy Waves such as:

• Beam Type (光線型, Kōsen-gata) which are techniques akin to the Kamehameha, Galick Cannon and the Kikōha from the Mouth that are formed as gargantuan beams with a sphere at the end of the technique.
• Photosphere Type (光球型, Kōkyū-gata) which are techniques akin to the Crusher Ball and the Genki Dama. The use of the Photosphere type are only used for combustive properties and rarely able to penetrate a target.

Trivia

• The Kikōha possesses the most variations out of any technique in the series, as nearly every Ki Manipulation Technique stems from the Kikōha in some manner.
• The concepts of the Kikōha is based on Qigong, a Chinese pseudoscience that pertains to concepts of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment that has a main focus on improving blood-breathing. Where one can control energy that comes from one's own spirit (気（き）, ki) and life force.

See Also

• Energy Emission