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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 Gokū in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences from the Hong Kong action cinema of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Goku 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.
Vegeta
( ), fully referred to as , is a fictional character in the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta made his appearance in chapter #204 "Sayonara, Son Goku", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on January 7, 1989, seeking the wish-granting Dragon Balls to achieve immortality.
Bulma
is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball franchise, first appearing in the original manga series created by Akira Toriyama, Goku's first friend and the eventual wife of Vegeta and mother of Trunks and Bulla. She made her appearance in the first chapter "Bulma and Son Goku", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on 19 June 1984, issue 51, meeting Goku and befriending him and traveling together to find the wish-granting Dragon Balls.
Krillin
, known as Kuririn in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, and Klilyn in Japanese merchandise English translations, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter #25 "A Rival? Arrival!!", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on May 21, 1985, as Goku's fellow martial arts student under Master Roshi. As the series progresses, Krillin becomes Goku's closest ally and best friend as he fights every villain along with Goku or before him and is often depicted as the comic relief.
Gohan
is a fictional character in the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. The elder son of Son Goku and Chi-Chi, he made his appearance in chapter #196 "Kakarrot", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 8, 1988.
Frieza
, also spelled as Freeza in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists of the Dragon Ball series created by Akira Toriyama. He makes his debut in Chapter #247: "Dark Clouds Swirl Over Planet Namek", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 24, 1989, as the main antagonist of his eponymous saga, depicted as a galactic tyrant feared as the most powerful being in the universe.
list of Dragon Ball characters
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Piccolo
character from the Dragon Ball manga
Master Roshi
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Trunks
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Tien Shinhan
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Majin Buu
Dragon Ball character
Cell
fictional supervillain in the Dragon Ball franchise
Yamcha
is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball series created by Akira Toriyama. He is first introduced as a desert bandit and an antagonist of Son Goku in chapter #7 "Yamcha and Pu'ar", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on September 11, 1984, alongside his constant companion Pu'ar. He is eventually depicted as being reformed, becoming an ally of Goku. He was initially portrayed as gynophobic, although this characteristic has fluctuated or subsided throughout the original Dragon Ball series.
Chi-Chi
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Bardock
, Burdock in Viz Media's English manga translation, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball series. Created by Toei Animation based on series protagonist Goku's visual design by franchise creator Akira Toriyama, he appears in the television special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990), but the first time he appears in the canon Dragon Ball universe is in the 78th episode of Dragon Ball Z in a flashback of Frieza destroying planet Vegeta. Bardock has few overall manga and anime appearances within the series, though he plays a pivotal part as Goku's biological father in setting
Android 18
Dragon Ball character
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 Sai
Mr. Satan
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Android 17
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Broly
is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball media franchise, the son of Paragus who is the unstoppable Legendary Super Saiyan, born the same day as Goku.
Beerus
is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He made his debut appearance in the 2013 film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods serving as the main antagonist and returned in the 2015 sequel ''Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' in a supporting role, as well as in the anime series Dragon Ball Super''. He is a deity known as a God of Destruction and resembles a purple sphynx cat wearing traditional Egyptian clothing and ornaments, whose occupation is to maintain balance in the universe by destroying, in contrast to the Supreme Kais who create and preserve.
Arale Norimaki
fictional character from Dr. Slump
Zamasu
, spelled Zamas in Viz Media's English localization of the Dragon Ball Super manga, is a fictional character and an antagonist in the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. He is the first main antagonist of the sequel series Dragon Ball Super, who appears in various incarnations, first introduced as in the forty-seventh episode of the Dragon Ball Super anime series, which first aired on June 12, 2016, and in chapter #14 "An SOS from the Future!!" from the manga.
Red Ribbon Army
Dragon Ball fictive organization
Mr. Popo
fictional character from Dragon Ball
Jiren
Dragon Ball Super character