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Gohan
is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series, created by Akira Toriyama. Gohan is introduced as the first son of the protagonist Goku, and his wife Chi-Chi, in chapter #196 "Kakarrot", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on October 8, 1988. Chi-Chi is a strict and protective mother to Gohan, forcing him to focus on his studies and forbidding him from practicing martial arts. However, due to the various threats to the Earth, she reluctantly allows him to fight. Gohan is initially trained by his father's former nemesis Piccolo, ultimately becoming one of the strongest characters in the series due to his hidden potential, awakened by his rage. Gohan has been well received by both fans and critics, the latter usually citing the character's growth from his initial appearance to his defeat of Cell. However, his characterization after the Cell Saga has received a more mixed reception. Creation and design Gohan's name comes from the Japanese word , a contin ...
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List Of Dragon Ball Z Chapters
''Dragon Ball Z'' (originally published in Japan as ''Dragon Ball'' chapters 195–519) is the English title for the last two thirds of the '' Dragon Ball'' manga, which was written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. The story follows Son Goku as he discovers that he comes from the extraterrestrial Saiyan warrior race and faces powerful enemies who threaten the inhabitants of earth and the wider universe. The original series was issued in the magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''. The individual chapters were collected by Shueisha in a series of 42 ''tankōbon'' volumes; The first ''tankōbon'' was released on September 10, 1985, while the last one was released on August 4, 1995. In 2002, the manga was re-released in a collection of 34 '' kanzenban'', which included a slightly rewritten ending, new covers, and color artwork from its ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' run. There have also been two anime adaptations, both produced by Toei Animation. The first, also named '' Dragon Ball'', ad ...
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Goten
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, '' Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes anthropomorphic animals, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Team "Z" in other media, and the Earth's Special Forces in the English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Background Ove ...
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Saiyan (Dragon Ball)
'' Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes anthropomorphic animals, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Team "Z" in other media, and the Earth's Special Forces in the English dub of '' Dragon Ball Z''. Backgroun ...
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Pan (Dragon Ball)
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, '' Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes anthropomorphic animals, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Team "Z" in other media, and the Earth's Special Forces in the English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Background Ove ...
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Grandpa Gohan
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animals, Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deity, deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Goku, Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks (Dragon Ball), Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell (Dragon Ball), Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Tea ...
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List Of Dragon Ball Characters
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, '' Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes anthropomorphic animals, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Team "Z" in other media, and the Earth's Special Forces in the English dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Background O ...
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Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He is first seen in chapter #161 "Son Goku Wins!!", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on February 9, 1988, as the reincarnation of the evil Piccolo Daimaō, who was positioned as a demonic antagonist of the series. However, it is later revealed that he is in fact a member of an extraterrestrial humanoid species called Namekians, those able to create the series' eponymous wish-granting Dragon Balls. After losing to Son Goku, Piccolo decides to team up with him and his friends in order to defeat newer, more dangerous threats, such as Vegeta, Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, Beerus, Zamasu, Jiren, Broly, and Moro. He also trains Goku's eldest son, Gohan, in martial arts, with the two forming a strong bond. Piccolo is one of the most popular and recognizable characters of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. The character has been consistently well received by fans and video game publication ...
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Masako Nozawa
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor. Nozawa is the voice of Son Goku, Son Gohan, & Son Goten in the popular anime franchise '' Dragon Ball''. She has also voiced Tetsurō Hoshino (''Galaxy Express 999'') and Kitarō (''GeGeGe no Kitarō'', first and second series and '' Hakaba Kitarō'' and '' Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu''). In addition, she has also voiced two separate characters named "Hiroshi"; a character in '' Dokonjō Gaeru'', and the characters known in the U.S. as "Pidge" and "Haggar" in '' Hyakujūō Golion''. She also voiced Doraemon in the 1973 anime, replacing Kōsei Tomita, who voiced the character in the first 26 episodes. In the 1979 anime, she was replaced by Nobuyo Ōyama, however, Nozawa voiced Doraemon again in a ...
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Goku
Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Goku in Japan and Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' (16th century), combined with influences from the Hong Kong martial arts films of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Goku first made his debut in the first ''Dragon Ball'' chapter, ''Bulma and Son Goku'', originally published in Japan's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on December 3, 1984. Goku is introduced as an eccentric, monkey-tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses superhuman strength. He meets Bulma and joins her on a journey to find the seven wish-granting Dragon Balls. Along the way, he finds new friends who follow him on his journey to become a stronger fighter. As Goku grows up, he becomes the Earth's mightiest warrior and battles a wide variety of villains with the help of his friends and f ...
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Videl
is a fictional character from the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise. Created by Akira Toriyama, she first appears in Chapter 421 of the ''Dragon Ball manga'' originally published in Issue 23 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on May 11, 1993. Her name is a play on words with her father's name Mr. Satan. Within the series, she is adept in martial arts like her father and using her abilities to fight crime in the city. She is the love interest of Gohan and plays an important role during the story arc where he is the lead character of ''Dragon Ball''. When Gohan appears as a costumed vigilante known as the Great Saiyaman, she quickly figures out his identity, and blackmails him into teaching her new techniques using her '' ki''. After the main antagonist of the story arc Majin Buu is defeated, the two establish a settled lifestyle and later have a daughter named Pan. Videl's reception has been generally positive with series fans, whereas commentators have mixed views about her relevance as a ...
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History Of Trunks
''Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks'', known in Japan as is a TV special anime based on Akira Toriyama's '' Dragon Ball'' manga series. Originally airing in Japan on February 24, 1993, between episodes 175 and 176, the special is based on an extra chapter of the manga series. It depicts the original post-apocalyptic future in which Goku dies from the heart virus and a teenage Trunks tries to defeat Androids 17 and 18 (native name:人造人間), humanoid robots who were originally designed to murder Goku and his allies, before their immense destructive power destroys the Earth completely. Plot In an alternate timeline, two years after defeating Frieza and King Cold, Goku succumbs to a viral heart disease. Goku's death, being the result of natural causes, means that he can no longer be revived with the Dragon Balls. Six months later, Piccolo, Vegeta, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu are killed by Android 17 and Android 18. With the death of Piccolo, Earth ...
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Kyle Hebert
Kyle Henry Hebert ( ) is an American voice actor and DJ who works for anime and video game series, such as the teenage/adult Gohan and the narrator in the Funimation dub of the ''Dragon Ball series'', Sōsuke Aizen in ''Bleach'', Ryu in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series, Kiba Inuzuka in ''Naruto'', Kamina in ''Gurren Lagann'', Ryuji Suguro in '' Blue Exorcist'', Noriaki Kakyoin in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'', Dribble and Dr. Crygor in '' WarioWare Gold'', and Big the Cat in ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. Career Hebert got his start in voice-over during the mid-1990s as a disc jockey for Radio Disney, under the pseudonym Squeege. This lasted until September 2005, when he moved from Dallas to Los Angeles, to get bigger interests in the world of voice acting. He had cameo roles in various anime dubs such as ''Case Closed'', ''Fruits Basket'', and ''One Piece'' with recurring roles including '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', Kiba Inuzuka on ''Naruto'', Sōsu ...
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