Ever since Goku was first
Introduced as the Main Character of the DragonBall Series, He has met up
with some of the most interesting people in rare occurances. Friends become
foe, Foe becomes friend...Family always stands by, and always carries on
tradition...Therefore a quick and easy guide of all characters will be
introduced in this Character FAQ, along with a short description of each.
Some Main Enemies Goku and Co. meet up with compose the main sagas of the
series. They include Boo, Cell, Freza, and the Androids. and some of them
eventually join our Hero's side. Most of these enemies were modeled after
Akira Toriyama's Editors, a different enemy modeled after each different
editor that supervised him for a time period. If there is any other information
willing to be donated involving the characters please contact me. Note:
a more in-depth view of Vegeta will be covered soon.....Stay Tuned!!
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The "Good" Characters--Heroes That Fight on Goku's
Side
| Name | Name Notes | Family | Ethnicity | Special Abilities | Other Notes |
| SonGoku (Kakaratto) | Originated from Journey to the West's "Son-WuKong"
Kakaratto means Carrot in Japanese, and is his true name. |
Wife: ChiChi
Sons: Gohan, Goten Father: Bardock Brother(s): Raditz and Taurus Mother: Unknown |
Full-blooded Saiyan.
Goku and Vegeta are the only two full-breed Saiyans left ever since the destruction of their planet. |
Learned Many Fighting Techniques (waza) from different Planets.
Super Saiyan Jin Powers:
SSJ1, SSJ2(god-form), SSJ3(only one)SSJ4(in GT) |
Goku is the main character of our Story. He was originally found by Granpa Gohan, but came from the Planet Vegeta-home of all the Saiyans. |
| Vegeta (Vejita) | Vegeta is supposed to mean "vegetable" in Japanese. | Father: K.Vegeta
Wife: Bulma Son: Trunks Daughter : Bra |
Full-blooded Saiyan as well. Vegeta is a Saiyan Prince, and Son of King Vegeta, ruler of the Saiyan Planet. | Acquires Techniques from training and training. Super-Saiyan Jin Powers:
SSJ1, SSJ2(Cell Saga) SSJ4(with help from a special invention-in GT only) |
Being a Saiyan Prince, Vegeta is extremely proud of his Saiyan race. He is angered when a low-class warrior, Kakarotto defeats him in combat, therefore he remains furious towards Goku.He later marries Bulma, (I dunno really why) and has a son named Trunks a half-Saiyan. More about him will be covered in a special section. |
| SonGohan | Gohan basically means "rice" or "dinner" in Japanese. | Mother: Chi-Chi
Father: Goku Brother: Goten Wife: Videl Daughter: Pan |
Half-blood Saiyan.
Has the ability to turn into SSJ. Grew a tail like his father at a young age as well. |
Acquires Techniques from training with his father, and training with
the Kaoshins. SuperSaiyaJin Powers:
SSJ1, SSJ2(during Cell Series), Battle-Form (His normal form that the Kaoshins strenghtened) |
Gohan's transformation to SSJ is later on in the series.As we watch him grow, the perspective shifts to him as the main character. Sorta like an epic story. |
| Trunks | Trunks is based on the word for Men's shorts or the english word "Trunks" | Mother: Bulma
Father: Vegeta Sister: Bra |
Half-blood Saiyan. Has the ability to turn SSJ in the future, as well as at a young age at the current time. | Acquires Techniques from training and his father. SuperSaiyaJin Powers:
SSJ1(in the Future and Present) SSJ3( With fusing ability-Gotenks) |
Trunks Story is a complex saga with different timelines involved. One involves his Future grown-up version, the other his alternate present life.(Chibi-Trunks) |
| SonGoten | Goten is the word for "Sky" | Mother: ChiChi
Father: Goku Brother: Gohan |
Half-Blooded Saiyan. Has the Ability to turn into SSJ at a very early age, just like Chibi-Trunks. | He learns many techniques through training, and has an awesome array of powers to use when he is fused with Trunks -"Gotenks" | Goten is first introduced after the Cell Saga, and resembles Chibi-Goku. Later on, he becomes your average Teen, and gets more stronger. |
Piccolo- From the Planet Namek, the saga of the Piccolos
involves a long story. Piccolo in this case was first introduced in the
last Tenkaichi-Budokai of the original DragonBall series. He was the "good"
Piccolo that was born from the bad one. In DragonBall Z, Piccolo joins
the good side and becomes Gohan's idol. He helps him train and stays faithful
to the whole crew for the rest of the series. He fuses with Nail permanently.Piccolo's
name comes from the musical instrument "piccolo".
Bulma- Bulma has been with the series ever since the
beginning of DragonBall. She aids Goku in the finding of dragonballs, and
remians a companion and friend for the whole series.and later on setles
down with Vegeta and has a family. There seems to be no apparent reason
why. She has a son, Trunks, and a daughter, Bra..who takes on like her.
Bulma supposedly means "bloomers" in English.
ChiChi- The wife of Goku. She proposes the Goku during
childhood, where small Goku thought "marriage" was somethign to eat, so
he gladly agreed. Later on, during a Tenkaichi-Budokai Tournament, Goku
faces her as a young-adult but dosent rememebr her. When they fight again,
she falls in love...and they get hitched. They have two sons, Gohan and
Goten-both being half-saiyans. Her father is the Ox-King or Guamaoo.
Kame-Senin (Master Roshi)- Goku and Krilyin's childhood
trainer, he trains them in the "Kame-Senin" Style..which helps them fly
and learn special techniques. His trademark attack, the "KameHameHa"-is
a special fireball that he passes onto his students. Kame I think is supposed
to mean "Turtle" and he trains the boys by having steel turtle shells placed
on their back.
Kuilyin(Krilyin)- Goku's longtime friend, Kuilyin meets
up with Goku at a very young age. He is first a monk, and recieves Master
Roshi's training as well. At first they are competitive rivals, but then
they become best friends eventually. Kuilyin only is a strong fighter during
the Freeza series, and later marries Android #18 and grows old. They have
a daughter, Marron.
Android #18- First introduced in the beggining of the
Cell/Android series-Android # 18 is a half-human half-robot cyborg created
by Dr.Gero along with Android # 17 as an attempt to get revenge on Goku.
Later on, she gets engulfed by Cell, but is spared. It is found out that
Kuilin has a crush on her. After the defeat of Cell, they marry and have
a daughter named Marron-(or chestnut in Japanese)-she joins the crew and
stays a main character till the end of the series.
Puaar- a special antomorph-shape shifter creature that
resembles a cat. It always hangs around Yamcha, and it seems it went to
the same kindergarden as OOlong, the pig. During the beginning of the series
it is more of a main character.
Yamcha- We meet Yamcha as a desert rebel in the very
beggining of the series. Bulma first has a crush on him. Later on, he joins
the group to help them find the dragonballs as well. During DragonBall
Z he goes under the training of Master Roshi, and eventually trains with
Tenshin-Han at Kaoshin's Planet.He remains strong during the DragonBall
series, and the beginning of the Z series. At the end of Z, Yamcha is seen
with more of a laidback look.
WuLong- a Pig antomorph (ability to shape shift) that
accompanies the crew since the very beginning of DragonBall. He first is
an enemy at the beginning of the series,and is known as a little pervert
that transforms just to raid towns for girls and food. Young Goku is eventually
dispatched and stops the maenace. Eventually sides with Bulma and Master
Roshi to donate his help. Later on, he just hangs around-not much of a
contribution to the team anyways. (named after type of tea)
Chazuu- a small, doll like creature that alwways acompanies
Tenshin-Han during training and fighting. He has special abilities like
physcopathic powers, but he isnt that strong of a fighter.
Tenshin-Han- A 3-eyed ally that befriends Goku during
DragonBall. He was an enemy before, but decides to join Goku and Co. for
their purpose of the DragonBalls. From then on, he remains a good character,
and helps battle all enemy threats...even during the Buu series he tries
to fight Majin-Buu, but it ends up he is too weak. He was mainly strong
during the Piccolo and Vegeta/Raditz Sagas, as well as the Freeza saga.]
Mr.Satan- A fighter that is introduced first in the Cell-game
series. He boasts of his special skills and brags about that his title
ism the best fighter on the earth. So, when he finally has a chance to
prove it by going up against Cell, it is known he is quite weak. His pathetic
sense of pride leads him to hiding under a big rock for most battles, and
it ends up he claims the credit for defeating Cell, where truly it was
Gohan. He has a daughter named Videl that eventually marry Gohan.
Videl- Mr.Satan's Daughter. Her name comes from rearranging
the word "devil" (see a pattern here?). She first meets Gohan in Orange
Star High School and becomes his girlfriend. Later on, after the Buu saga-they
get married and have a daughter named Pan, who shows alot of fighting spirit.
(which makes both Satan and Goku grandpas)
Dende- the young namek we find in the Freeza series.
He suffers from the conquerer's terror unleashed on his some planet, but
is grateful to the Z Warriors and their rescue of both the villages and
DragonBalls. It ends up that the elder is killed, therefore the role of
Guardian of the Namek DragonBalls is given to him. He gets to summon the
Namek Dragon, Porunga, and speaks to fulfill the wishes. We discover that
the dragonballs on earth were created by a Namek God to instill hope into
the mortal's souls. Dende after the Buu Saga grows older and remains a
close friend to everyone.
Yarijobe- a samurai-character that appears in DragonBall
as an enemy, but remains a great help during the rest of the DragonBall
Z Series. He has possesion of a special type of seeds that give great amount
of energy to anybody who is weak, and constantly throughout the series
they are used to replenish energy when thier is no other hope of recovery.
It is also known that he cuts off Vegeta's tail when he is in full-monkey
form, helping out Goku during their battle. He resides in the sky-palace
with his Cat companion.
New Characters in the Series--
Bra- This is the daughter of Vegeta and Bulma, and the
sister of Trunks. she is first introduced in the epilouge of DragonBall
Z, and is seen attending the Tenkaichi-budokai as a spectator. She hasent
acuired the fighting spirit such as Pan, even though her father and brother
are both great fighters. She eventually appears again in DragonBall GT,
as a loud and independent-minded adolescent.
Boo (formely Majin Buu)- The creature that was fought
at the beggining of the Boo Saga, with the appearance of his fat form.
It is later understood that the true form of the monster Boo was really
a skinny little child, and the fat form was just a curse palced on it when
he invaded the Kaoshins years ago. When they split apart, the fat Boo is
turned into a cookie and is energy is absorbed. During the battle, he is
spat out and saves Satan's life from the evil Boo-He fights on our heroes
side and distracts the enemy long enough for Goku to prepare the Genki-Dama.
Therefore at the end of the series, Satan pleads for Boo's life to be saved--because
he has saved his life. All of them agree--and Boo changes his name to "Mr.Boo"
when he lives with Mr.Satan.
Ubuu (Oob)- During the epilouge at the end of DragonBall
Z, a young boy is seen that is paired up against Goku to fight. Goku senses
that he is actually the reincarnation of the evil boo that was fought 10
years ago, and Vegeta looks in suprise. Goku explains that 10 years ago
during the battle of Majin-Buu, he had made a personal wish to himself
that such an evil creature could have his soul brought back as a good-natured
human being...so he belives it was fulfilled. During the battle, Goku is
not suprised at this young boy's fighting potential--so he tells everyone
that he will take him as his student and train with Ubuu. He flies away
into the horizon with his student, and later on in GT--Ubuu becomes as
strong as Goku..they end up training once every year to improve their skills.
(note: also in GT, Boo and Ubuu realize that previously they were one,
so they end up fusing together to become stronger)
Pan- The young daughter of Gohan and Videl exhibits a
great amount of fighting force for such a young age. During the Tenkaichi-Bodokai
that occurs during the epilouge at the end of DragonBall Z, Pan is matched
up against a tough competitor. Pan easily wins, and everyone is amazed.
Her two grandparents, Goku and Satan are proud of such strength.
Well, I guess that well be it for now-I am planning to add a GT Character Section, as well as an Enemy Character Section as well, (Main enemies from the Sagas)-So Stay tuned and check back at DragonBall '98 regularly. Also, look for a Combination/Fusion Character Section in the works, as well as other Character Info. So, till then Bye..ad be sure to check out these following sites for immene sites of info perfect for any DragonBall fans! ^_^
