Ganos

Ganos (ガノス Ganosu) is a warrior from Universe 4 and a member of Team Universe 4.

Names	Ganos (ガノス Ganosu)
Gender	Male
Race	Alien Bird
Occupation	Martial Artist
Origin	Dragon Ball Super Episode 93: "You're Our Tenth Warrior! Goku Approaches Frieza!!"１０人にん目めの戦せん士しはおめえだ！悟ご空くうフリーザのもとへ！！Jūninme no Senshi wa Omē da! Gokū Furīza no Moto e!!lit. "You're the Tenth Warrior! Goku Visits Freeza!!"
Alignment	Unknown
Age	Unknown
Created By	Toei Animation, Akira Toriyama. Toyotaro
Height	Not Stated
Weight	Not Stated

Appearance

Ganos is a green-skinned humanoid with medium-length spiky black hair, magenta eyes, and pointy ears. His feet are large and bird-like, brown and orange in color, with two prominent black talons on each foot. He wears a dark green sleeveless vest with yellow accents, black and yellow arm bands, large baggy pants held up by a double brown belt with a red and yellow gem, and a red beret that has blue and yellow goggles fastened to his forehead with a brown strap.

When Ganos transforms, he becomes a large bird-like humanoid, growing long orange and yellow hair, feathers, and developing a thick beak similar to that of an eagle or a shoebill.

Personality

He is very loyal to his universe's gods, particularly Quitela, serving as a spy and gathering information for them. Ganos is perceptive and cautious in battle, recognizing potential threats like Frieza and advising Quitela not to underestimate Universe 7. He values his comrades, attacking Master Roshi to avenge his defeated teammates, but his arrogance about Roshi’s old age blinds him to the elder's true strength. Ganos holds a dismissive attitude toward older fighters, believing they are no longer useful, which leads to his eventual defeat at the hands of Master Roshi.

Biography

Dragon Ball Super

Universe Survival Saga

In the anime, Quitela sends Ganos to spy on Universe 7 as part of his strategy to weaken the competition before the Tournament of Power. Ganos oversees Universe 7's plan to resurrect Frieza and reports back to Quitela, warning that Frieza could be a major problem for their team. Quitela then devises a plan to have Frieza killed upon his resurrection, hoping to eliminate Universe 7 before the tournament even begins by leaving them one member short.

When the Tournament of Power starts, Ganos initially fights Goku but is knocked back by him after a brief exchange of blows. He then briefly listens to Brianne de Chateau’s cry during her transformation alongside fighters from other universes. Later, after witnessing Master Roshi eliminate two of his teammates, Ganos becomes enraged and transforms into his bird-like form to attack Roshi. However, despite the increase in his strength and speed, Ganos is unable to defeat Roshi, who has observed his fighting style and evades his attacks. Ganos powers up further and begins to overpower the older fighter as Roshi tires.

Roshi attempts to use hypnotism on Ganos, which nearly works until Ganos uses a ki blast on himself to nullify the effects, though it causes him considerable damage. Ganos resumes his assault, taunting Roshi to know his limits. In response, Roshi powers up to his maximum strength and charges a powerful Kamehameha. Ganos fires electricity at Roshi, but the older master unleashes the Kamehameha, sending Ganos over the edge of the arena and out of bounds. Ganos is later erased along with Universe 4 when Damom is defeated.

In the manga, Ganos is knocked from the arena by Kale when she becomes a Legendary Super Saiyan but manages to grab onto the edge and climb back up. However, he and Shantza are soon grabbed by Kale and thrown from the arena.

Ganos, like his universe, is erased but later revived when Android 17 uses the Super Dragon Balls to resurrect all of the erased universes.

Powers and Statistics

Tier: At least High 4-C, higher in Avian Form

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Afterimages Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Flight, Ki Manipulation (Master Level), Transformation, Stealth Mastery (Expert Spy), Electricity Manipulation, Statistics Amplification (In Avian Form, his strength increases every minute while he is in an intense battle atmosphere)

Attack Potency: At least Large Star level (Destroyed a part of the Kachi Katchin material), higher in Avian Form (Overpowered Master Roshi and was stated by him to be stronger than himself)

Speed: Massively FTL+, higher in Avian Form

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: At least Large Star level, higher in Avian Form

Durability: At least Large Star level, higher in Avian Form

Stamina: High

Range: Standard Melee Range. Stellar with ki blasts and attacks.

Standard Equipment: None

Intelligence: Highly Intelligent, was able to sneak into universe 7 and collect data for his master. He is very observant, he easily saw Frieza as a massive threat not to be underestimated. Along with that he is very cautious, seen by his avoidance of Goku after being briefly overwhelmed, while many others confronted the latter and lost.

Weaknesses: Sometimes lets his anger get the best of him. Prone to underestimate others by their age and thus gets overconfident. He is also vulnerable to hypnosis and Empathetic Manipulation (he was affected by the "Light of Love" attack and Roshi's hypnosis).

Attacks and Techniques

• Continuous Energy Bullet - In the anime, he is shown to fire rapid green ki blasts at his opponent.
• Pure Progress - In the anime, Ganos can increase his power every minute he struggles in battle, being able to improve at a fast rate due to the perilous nature of the Tournament of Power.
• Energy Punch - In the anime, Ganos surrounds his fist with a green aura, increasing his punching power. He does this to destroy a rock when approaching Roshi.
• Electricity - In the anime, Ganos can use electricity when fighting and can use it as an energy attack as well.
  • In the anime, Ganos injures himself using his electricity, this allows him to snap out of hypnosis techniques, though at the cost of injuring himself to the point he could not stand.
• Grand Eagle - An energy blade technique used to stab his opponents. Used in the anime.
• Circular Cutter - Ganos forms a circular saw from his Ki and throws it at his opponent. Appears as his Super Attack in Dragon Ball Heroes.

Trivia

• In Genkaitoppa X Survivor, Ganos is portrayed with a different color scheme.
• In Haruka, Ganos is erroneously depicted with normal rounded ears instead of his usual pointy ears.
• Ganos is presumably named after "Oregano" (オレガノ), sharing his name origin with Oregano.
• In the English dub, Master Roshi states Ganos' attack pattern as: "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right," which is a reference to the famous Konami Code from video games.