King Piccolo (ピッコロ大魔王, Pikkoro Daimaō; lit. "Piccolo the Great Demon King"), sometimes referred to just as the Daimao (大魔王; Great Demon King) is a demon who once precipitated the Earth into utter mayhem and pandemonium,[2] spawning an army of animal-like Demon sons and converting a peaceful planet into a living hell.[2] Later, it is revealed that he is the evil Demon counterpart of Kami; who once witnessing the evil deeds of humans became a single entity with the great demon king.
Thanks to his usage of the Pokopen Demonic ability, King Piccolo was able to "reincarnate" himself as Piccolo Jr. (ピッコロ・ジュニア, Pikkoro Junia).
Appearance
Young King Piccolo
When King Piccolo is introduced in chapter 135, "The Death of Kuririn",
he is designed to appear as a strange-looking divine creature, like a
goblin, who has pointy ears and fangs. The audience is later introduced
to Kami, King Piccolo's good counterpart, and the two share an almost
identical resemblance; with Kami's outfit even being a palette swap of
King Piccolo's robe outfit. Kami never removes his robe for combat, but
in a flashbacks, he is shown wearing the same dark gi as King Piccolo, but with his own kanji on under it. Later in the series, when other normal Namekians
are introduced, it is revealed that this is the Namekians' typical
appearance. At over eight feet tall, King Piccolo is by far one of the
tallest and largest of the villains in the original Dragon Ball series, towering over all his opponents, including Master Mutaito, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, and Goku.
King Piccolo's size and height are never explored upon, as no other
Namekian (including Kami) is shown in their normal state to be King
Piccolo's size and height, being that most are shown to be the size of
normal humans, even Nail, their last remaining warrior,
being at the height of Piccolo's reincarnation who was slightly
shorter. Though, it is never determined if he is actually taller than
Kami in his advanced age. One explanation to this could be His demon
origins are much larger and less sleek than the namekians, as shown from
Grand Elder Guru and his humongous size namekians can probably control their size at will.
King Piccolo sometime early in his first conquest
When he first fully appears, King Piccolo is very aged and wears a black robe outfit with his own kanji, a red cape, along with brown light-weight footwear. His main outfit, without the robe and cape, is an indigo Asian martial arts uniform, with a light purple obi. King Piccolo's outfit is later revealed in the Namek Saga
as being of Namekian Clothing with Demon Symbols, rather than actually
having much to do with martial arts, though his kanji is something he
added when he came into being which was meant to be the opposite to
Kami's kanji.
After, King Piccolo removes the robe for better performance, he nearly kills Goku with simple blasts and temporarily stops his heart, which may imply that, like his son Piccolo Junior's cape, his robe is weighted.
