His original goal was to become the greatest assassin in the world, just like the infamous Taopaipai, but his feelings began to change after meeting Kamesennin and Goku at the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. His battle with Goku in the finals was so intense that the arena itself was destroyed! Tenshinhan unleased his ultimate Kikoho technique, putting his own life on the line to force Goku out of the arena to disqualify him, resulting in Tenshinhan winning the whole tournament.

(Tale 128)

(Tale 154)

At the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, Tenshinhan faced off against the newly cyborg-ified Taopaipai in the first round.
Taopaipai fired off a Super Dodonpa from a weapon that was installed in his right arm, but Tenshinhan was able to nullify it with his Kiai and knock the assassin out with an intense punch to claim victory.
After entrusting Taopaipai back into the care of Tsurusennin, his former master, Tenshinhan bid them a final farewell.

(Tale 170)

Tenshinhan then went on to face Goku in the second round.
Although he used his powerful Shishin-no-Ken (Four Bodies Technique) to split himself into four copies, Goku managed to exploit the technique's weakness of each copy having only one quarter of Tenshinhan's strength and defeated him by ring-out.

(Tale 118)

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