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The term was coined by Dragon Ball author Akira Toriyama, whose wife suggested the name in honor of Kamehameha the Great, a legendary conquerer of the Hawaiian Islands.

Within the context of the actual anime characters, the Kamehameha wave was created by Muten-Rôshi (Master Roshi), and was taught to several of the Z Fighters of Earth, including Son Goku, Kuririn (Krillin), Son Gohan, Son Goten and YamchaYamcha the desert bandit is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball/ Dragon Ball Z and the anime Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. He is a human and at one time had a relationship with Bulma. His constant companion is the shape-changing Puar. His fi. CellCell is a fictional character in the Anime Dragon Ball Z. He is a Bio Android. Cell is the product of Doctor Gero's creative mind. Cell was designed to have all the abilities of the greatest fighters on Earth, including cells from: Son Goku, Son Gohan, Fr can also perform the Kamehameha due to having some of Goku's cellstained for keratin The cell is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms. Some organisms, such as bacteria, are unicellular, consisting of a single cell. Other organisms, such as humans, are multicellular, (humans have an estimated 100,0s. This is Goku's signature attack.

The attack is performed by cupping the hands at the side of the body, usually the right, drawing them back and saying "KA - ME - HA - ME - HA" in five stages, before thrusting the hands forward and shooting a blue energy beam towards the target. Variations of this move include Goku's Instant Transmission Kamehameha, Gohan's one handed Kamehameha, and Goten's Kamekameha (Goten could not pronounce "Kamehameha" as a child).

Although every syllable is fully enunciated when performing the attack, in conversation characters tend to pronounce the word as a rapid "kameya-meya", as this is easier to say.

The name "kamehameha" is a pun in JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honshese, since kame means "turtle" and Muten-Rôshi is the "Turtle Hermit".