June 4, 2007
# In the Dragon Ball series, the Kamehameha wave is a powerful energy-based attack used by various characters. The name was suggested to author Akira Toriyama by his wife and means (in Japanese) roughly “Turtle Power Wave” or “Turtle Destruction Attack”, a reference to the in-story character who originally created the technique, Master Roshi the Turtle Hermit. Some fans have fervently suggested a connection to the Hawaiian leader, but it is likely a coincidence.
# According to legend, Kamehameha once carried a 1000 lb rock between two villages without dropping it.
# Legends say that King Kamehameha overturned the nearly 5,000 pound Naha Stone. Prophecy stated that the one who could lift the stone would conquer all the islands.
# His birth name in Hawaiian, Paiʻea, means ‘hard-shelled crab’.
# The only paintings of him were done by visiting explorers. He is said to have been 6’6 (approximately 1, 98 m) in height.