Saiy-jin Bios

Son Goku (Aka: Kakarot - his Saiya-jin name) or Son Gokou

He's the main character for most of the series (Gohan "takes over" the series when his father dies the second time). He starts the manga as a young and innocent boy with black spiky hair, a strange monkey tail and an expanding stick (nyoibo). Incredibly strong for his age (which he claims to be of 14 years but later we find out that he canīt count), he has one of the Dragonballs which he refers to as his Grandfather (it was the only thing that his Grandfather left before dying, so he considers it to posses his soul). Goku while carrying his lunch home (a giant fish that he killed with one kick) literally bumps into Bulma. After a brief discussion, and Bulma explaining the power that lies in the Dragonball, both leave to search for the Dragonball. It is in this way that the series of adventures begin. Soon after, both meet Kamessenin who then gives him his "first" magic cloud ( he frequently has it destroyed, but later we find out there's a bunch of them), also known as Kintoen. After some 17 mangas, Goku has had many adventures and friends and is already an adult, married (with ChiChi) and has a child (Songohan, he was given the same name as Goku's Grandfather). - On the TV series the name is changed to Dragonball Z- . By this time, with the coming of Goku's brother: Raditz, we find out that Goku isn't human. He was found by his "Grandfather"(SonGohan isnīt his real grandfather, but an adoptive one) inside a space capsule; Gokuu had been sent to Earth in order to conquer it, but due to a big fall he lost his memory thus, becoming the innocent boy that we meet at the beginning of the manga; we are told that Goku is really a Saiya-jín (-jin is used in Japanese to say that a person is part of the people that the "-jin" follows, therefore, Gokuu is part of the Saiya people; living the Saiya in planet Vejiita (they are not originally from this planet-this we find out in one of the films). Later Goku finds out that he can turn into Super Saiya-jin when he gets really angry (this occurs the first time when Freeza, one of the most dangerous enemies during the series, kills Kulilin, during the quest for the Namekian Balls). This transformation increases greatly Gokuu's power and gives him physical transformations (his hair becomes blond and more spiky, his eyes green, his face linear and an aura forms around him); afterwards, he finds that he can also turn into Super saiya-jin 2 and 3, which means an increase of all the caracteristics of the first stage.

Note: Son Goku is inspired in the monkey god of the Shinto religion (Son Goku really looked like a monkey in the first Toriyama sketches for Dragonball) .

Son Gohan (in japanese Gohan means meal or rice, if this is a pun, I don't know !!!)

Son of Songoku and ChiChi, he appears the first time at the age of 4, about the same time that Raditz appears (beginning of the anime series Dragonball Z). Having been given the same name as SonGoku's "Step-Grandfather", SonGohan can become more powerful than his father (because he is half-Saiya-jin --> hybrids are stronger). However, ChiChi is always telling him to study, therefore, he never really explores his fighting capabilities or gains the taste for a good fight. Gohan has his first fight training with Piccolo, after Goku's death. During the fight against Raditz, Piccolo decides to train Gohan and sort of allie with Goku against Vejiita and Nappa. Though Piccolo is very harsh with him during the training, Songohan and Piccolo become friends, being Piccolo an idol to Gohan (Piccolo finnaly got killed by Nappa in an atempt to protect Gohan). This motivates the participation of Gohan in the Quest for the Namekian Dragonballs in a chance to revive Piccolo. Songohan is often seen during part of the series using clothes much like those worn by Piccolo. Gohan becomes the main character after the Cell Saga (during this time Goku is "dead"), assuming a diferent identity with which he fights against Crime (he was first known as The Golden-Haired Warrior - he gets his "instant" costume from Bulma (when pressing a button on his watch an instant costume appears), using his transformation into Super Saiyan and sunglasses as a facial disguise, but because the disguise isn't very good he finally decides to turn into: The Great Saiya-man, using this time a helmet; he spends most of the time praticing poses instead of fighting crime... At the end of the series Gohan becomes a scholar in a local college (he looks a little nerdy). He joins and marries Videl (also known as Beederu). This union results in a daughter, Pan.

Raditz

Saiya-jin with hair about his waist length. He is the first enemy to appear in the Dragonball Z series. Songokuu's older brother comes to Earth in the belief that his brother has conquered the planet. After knowing that Gokuu has lost his memory, he kidnaps Gohan demanding that Gokuu presents, the next day, 100 dead humans on the beach in front of the Kame House, or else, he will kill his son (Gohan is 4 at the time). Gokuu and Piccolo (Piccolo wanted to be the only one to get to kill Gokuu) join forces and fight Raditz. Raditz is much stronger than any of the them, so Gokuu has to grab him, while Piccolo performs his "Screw" Attack, this attack goes through both Raditz and Gokuu body, which causes the death of both.

Vegita

Prince of the Saiya-jin, appears after the death of Raditz. He comes with Nappa to Earth in an attempt to gain immortality by wishing it to Shen-long. He appears first with brown hair (in the anime) and slightly different looks, but after a year, when he comes to earth, his looks are already the same as those that we see for the rest of the series(Vejiita seems to be about 10 years old in his 1 year space journey). Vejiita finally joins Gokuu and friends but never gets to be a real allie; he's only purpose in life is to defeat Gokuu and prove that he is stronger. During the series he slightly settles down with Bulma having with her two kids: Trunks and Bra

Nappa

Tall and bald Saiya-jin comes to Earth with Vegita seeking immortality (he became aware of the existence of the Dragonballs when Raditz came to earth, in search of his brother -Kakarot- knowned as SonGokuu). While on Earth he kills Chaoz (he actually "self-explodes" in an attempt to kill Nappa). In addition, he also kills Tenshinhan and Piccolo (Nappa was going to kill Songohan but Piccolo stood in the way of the blow) before Gokuu could help. Gokuu finally appears and he is defeated. Vejiita didn't like the weakness of his partner so he kills Nappa. Nappa had with him the Saibaimen (see the second image), seeds that when planted give "birth" to 6 humanoids,one of these killed Yamcha, but were then all killed by Krilin, except one that when atacking Gohan was stoped and then killed by Piccolo (the saibamen have the special capability to split their head in two and throw acid out of it..

note: Nappa was, in past times Vegita's caretaker.

Bardock

Gokuu's and Raditz's father (we know nothing about their mother). Many years aho about the same time that SonGokuu was send to Earth, his father and other Saiya-jin fought against Freeza (Freeza was afraid of the power of the Saiyans ), like most of the Saiyans he was killed by Freeza (this fight motivated the destruction of the Saiyan-jin planet: Vejiita)- so after this, the only remaining pure Saiyans are: SonGokuu, Raditz (now dead), Nappa (also dead) and Vejiita.

Trunks

Vegita's and Bulma's son. Appears the first time when coming from the future to warn Gokuu and friends about the coming of Cell and the androids in 3 years (and save Gokuu from dying, who because of the use of teleport has aquired a heart disease. He first appears, when Cyborg Freeza and Great King Cold appear, killing both. He often during the series carries a sword and uses a capsule corp. jacket.

We can say that there are two Trunks:

- Future Trunks , who because of his tough life is a lot stronger (in his time he lives in constant fighting so this gives him a lot more training, making him one of the strongest of the series) and also makes him more polite; In his future all of the earth population (including the Z warriors) had been killed by the androids (except for Gokuu who had died of heart disease provoked by his teleporting tecnique). Hence, Trunks travels 20 years back in time to give medicine to Gokuu and warns the Z warriors about the coming of the androids (he comes back from the future at the same time that Cyborg Freeza and great King Cold appear, killing them both; Trunks knew that by this time, Gokuu would have returned to Earth. Afterwards, Trunks goes back to his own time, but returns again three years later to help the Z fighters battle the Artificial humans. During his stay in the present, he becomes extremely strong, being stronger than any of the Z warriors (excluding Gohan and maybe Gokuu). After Cell is killed by Gohan, Trunks returns to the future and kills the cyborgs #17, #18 and Cell (in his future #17 and #18 seemed to be stronger), that terrorized his future.

- The "present" Trunks is not so strong or polite as his future self,- thus always gets himself (and his friend Goten) in trouble. During the Z warriors fight against Buu, Trunks fuses with Goten becoming Gotenks, a very powerful character.

Son Goten Gokuu's second son, born while Gokuu was dead (he is even a little afraid of his father when he first sees him). With 7 years of age he is much stronger and faster in comparison to his father and older brother at the same age. In appearance he's very similar to Gokuu (though at the end of the series he doesn't look anything like his father). He first becomes Super Saiya-jin when practicing with his mother. He is slightly weaker and slower than his friend Trunks (Trunks is one year older) to which he fuses to become Gotenks.

At the end of the series Goten had become really lazy, so his fighting tecniques have not improved much.

Bra

Vegita's and Bulma's daughter (looking a bit like her mother). She does not have an important roll in the series. In fact, she only says one line in the series.

Pan

Gohan's and Videl's daugter. Appears for the first time in the last two chapters of the series, at the age of 4. She looks a bit like her mother when she was younger. Pan is really strong for her age and size, and surely capable of becoming a lot better (she can fly around the world in half an hour). She's a 1/4 of a Saiyajin, so she surely has some fighting potential, however she's only seen in one fight ( in the Tenkaichi - Budoukai). Before the series ends, she fights against Moukeko, winning due to Ring Out and Knock Out at the same time. She is one of the heros of Dragonball GT.

Fusion (this is a little introdution for the following characters)

Tecnique learned by Son Gokuu, in the other world, originally conceived in Metamoru. It allows two people to "fuse" into one, giving the fused person a much higher power level. Fusion can be done by anyone but it's necessary that the two individuals have the same power level. To achieve fusion some special moves are required, therefore the two individuals need to learn the correct pose in which to stay to originate fusion. Mistakes can be done during the fusion dance, being the consequences the transformation into something much weaker (and strange looking). The Fusion lasts for 30 minutes before the fused person becomes two again. Later we find out that fusion can also be achieved without the special moves, but only when using 15-dai-mae kaioshin's special earings (the two individuals have to use an earing each, on opposite ears), but this special kind of fusion has a downside: it never "wears off", meaning that the two individuals are fused forever. It's called Potara.

Gotenks Goenks, being the fusion (done with the special moves) between SonGoten and Trunks, Gotenks, is incredibly strong: being one of the most powerful characters of the series. Besides Gokuu, he is the only character able to change into Super Saiyajin 3. Gotenks has also one of the biggest egos in the series, meaning trouble most of the time! In order to transform into Gotenks, Trunks and Goten, go trough some errors, generating some strange forms (last two images). Though Gotenks is very powerful he is still no match for Majin Buu.

Vegito

Wen Gokuu and Vegita fuse, using Potarra, they become Vegito, problably the most powerful character in the DBZ world. Like Gotenks, Vegito has a very huge ego (it seems to be a "side-effect" of fusion). Vegito completly overpowers Majin Buu, but due to his ego and distraction he finally gets absorbed by Buu. Once inside Buu's body, the hero "unfuses" into Gokuu and Vegita. Vegita considers this a lucky break, and destroys his earring to prevent a second merge from ever happening. In this way the fusion between Son Gokuu and Vegita ends.