How many dubs cast a woman as adult Goku?

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How many dubs cast a woman as adult Goku?

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:37 am

The casting of Masako Nozawa has always received overwhelming praise from Japanese fans and more of a mixed reception among segments of the international fans (at least until Goku Black first appeared).

I say as long as people respect Nozawa despite not being a fan that is perfectly fine, art is subjective at the end of the day.

But how many dubs have featured a woman playing adult Goku?

Off the top of my head I can think of the Macedonian dub (in which I think he's voiced by Hristina Grkova but could be wrong) and the mainland Chinese dub of original Dragon Ball episodes 79-153 (where both kid and adult Goku are played by Liu Yi).

Are there any others?
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Re: How many dubs cast a woman as adult Goku?

Post by MasenkoHA » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:39 pm

The French dub apparently kept young Goku’s actress for when he became an adult in 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai arc but recast with a male actor for Z

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Re: How many dubs cast a woman as adult Goku?

Post by TheRed259 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:04 pm

- Castilian (DBZ TVSP1)
- Catalan (DB eps. 133-153)
- French (DB eps. 133-153 & DBGT ep. 32)
- Greek (DB eps. 133-153 & DBZ eps. 38-39)
- Korean (DB eps. 133-153)
- Mandarin (DB eps. 133-153 & DBS Movie 1)
- Valencian (DB eps. 133-153)

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