Once a simple Buddhist priest who followed the Old Ways. More recently, a Shinto priest who was once a Buddhist priest who followed the Old Ways. It was when his student, Goku, rebelled against him and burned Kamimura's place of worship to the ground that changed everything. In a fit of rage, the old man absorbed part of Goku's mind, and then became Kamimura Sponge. After seeing a vision of Biocom's dastardly plan, he decided to use that for intense Evil. Enslaving the world, and awakening the Old Gods once more.