Krillin has been a zombie from Dragon Ball for decades as he is a character who is always defeated by enemies and always needs to be revived with the dragon spheres.
And this has certainly happened several times, usually in a situation that is exaggerated and, at the same time, the power of the human warrior is minimized.
We are rigorously formed, as Krillin’s deaths are just two: a penultimate arc in the first part of Dragon Ball and another in the Freeza saga, in Dragon Ball Z.
We do not have the saga of the Majin Buu arc, because absolutely everyone dies in this saga. The only one who did not die was Goku, who was no longer dead and was revived.
So, let’s list the times that Krillin died in a fight.
- First death: Krillin dies for the first time in Tambourine’s hands, one of Piccolo’s two sons (Demon King for Piccolo that we know), in the Martial Arts Tournament in which Goku loses to Ten Shin Han. The demon was defeated with a single blow to the head.
- Explosion in Frieza’s hands: Krillin dies for the second time among Frieza’s children, on Namek. The Imperator of the Universe explodes with a wave of energy.
As others, there is an observation: the Majin Buu game that we explained in detail above and Dragon Ball GT, which was part of Super 17, but as we already know, it is not part of the canon.