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| funi_voice    = [[Stephanie Nadolny]] (Child)<br />[[Colleen Clinkenbeard]] ([[Dragon Ball Movie 1|DB M1]])<br />[[Ceyli Delgadillo]] ([[Dragon Ball Movie 2|DB M2]], [[Dragon Ball Movie 3|M3]])<br />[[Sean Schemmel]] (Adult)
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| birth        = Age 737<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=pp. 20-21}}</ref>
| birth        = [[Age 737]]<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=pp. 20-21}}</ref>
| death        = October 12, Age 761<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=pp. 26-27}}</ref><br />May 26, Age 767<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=pp. 30-31}}</ref>
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| alias        = Kakarrot
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'''Son Goku''' is a fictional character in the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. Goku makes his debut in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 1|chapter 1]], published in the 1984 #51 issue of Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.
'''Son Goku''' is a fictional character in the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga series by [[Akira Toriyama]]. Goku makes his debut in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 1|Chapter 1]], published in the 1984 #51 issue of Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Son Goku was born on the Planet Vegeta in Age 737, under the name of Kakarrot. He was sent to Earth as in infant and adopted by a man named Son Gohan, who gave him the name Son Goku. Gohan raised Goku as his grandson and trained him in the martial arts. Goku and Gohan lived a peaceful life together until an accident involving Goku's Ōzaru form resulted in Gohan's death.
===Childhood===
Son Goku is born under the name Kakarrot on [[Planet Vegeta]], in circa '''[[Ages 701 - 748|Age 736]]'''<ref name="minus">Toriyama, Akira. "[[Dragon Ball Minus]]". ''Jaco the Galactic Patrolman''. Japan: Shueisha, 04 April 2014. ISBN 978-4-08-870892-8.</ref> in ''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman|Jaco the Galactic Patrolman's]]'' series of events and in '''[[Ages 701 - 748|Age 737]]'''<ref name="ch4p12">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 12}}</ref> in [[Dragon Ball Z TV Special 1|the anime's]] series of events. He is sent to [[Planet Earth|Earth]] as an infant and adopted by a man named [[Son Gohan (Grandpa)|Son Gohan]],<ref name="ch197">{{Cite manga|Chp=197}}</ref> who gives him the name Son Goku. Gohan raises Goku as his grandson, gives him the ''[[Nyoi-Bō]]'' weapon<ref name="ch162">{{Cite manga|Chp=162}}</ref> and trains him in the martial arts. Goku and Gohan live a peaceful life together, until an accident involving Goku's [[Great Ape]] form results in Gohan's death.<ref name="ch21">{{Cite manga|Chp=21}}</ref>
[[File:Db chp001 goku-kan.png|thumb|250px|The very first appearance of Son Goku in the very first panel of ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]''.]]
In '''[[Age 749]]''',<ref name="choz4p14">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 14}}</ref> Goku meets [[Bulma]], a teenage girl in search of the [[Dragon Balls]]. One of these, the [[Four-Star Ball]], belonged to Gohan before he died. Bulma tells Goku that when all seven balls are gathered, a dragon emerges to grant the summoner a single wish.<ref name="ch1">{{Cite manga|Chp=1}}</ref> On the journey to collect the Dragon Balls, Goku and Bulma are joined by [[Oolong]],<ref name="ch6">{{Cite manga|Chp=6}}</ref> [[Yamcha]] and [[Pu'er]].<ref name="ch18">{{Cite manga|Chp=18}}</ref> They also meet the [[Turtle Hermit]] along the way, from whom Goku receives ''[[Kinto'un]]''<ref name="ch4">{{Cite manga|Chp=4}}</ref> and copies the ''[[Kamehameha]]'' technique.<ref name="ch15">{{Cite manga|Chp=15}}</ref> The group is captured by [[Pilaf]], who steals the Dragon Balls and summons [[Shenlong]].<ref name="ch19">{{Cite manga|Chp=19}}</ref> However, Oolong manages to get a wish in before Pilaf, and the Dragon Balls scatter in seven directions.<ref name="ch20">{{Cite manga|Chp=20}}</ref> The full moon causes Goku to transform into his Great Ape form and wreak havoc upon Pilaf's castle,<ref name="ch21"/> until Yamcha finds an opportunity to remove Goku's tail and return him to his normal state.<ref name="ch22">{{Cite manga|Chp=22}}</ref>


On 01 September, Age 749, Goku met Bulma, a teenage girl in search of the Dragon Balls, one of which, the Four Star Ball, belonged to Gohan before he died. Bulma told him that when all seven balls were gathered a Dragon would be summoned to grant the possessor a single wish. On the journey to gather all the Dragon Balls, Goku and Bulma were joined by Oolong, Yamcha and Pu'er. On 09 September, the group were taken hostage by Pilaf, who stole the Dragon Balls and summoned Shenlong. However, Oolong was able to get a wish in before Pilaf and the group were sentenced to death in a room that would cook them alive in the sun's rays. The transparent ceiling of the room allowed Goku a clear view of the full moon that night allowing his Ōzaru form to wreak havoc upon Pilaf's castle. Once Goku's allies were clear of the castle wreckage, Yamcha took the opportunity to remove Goku's tail, returning him back to his normal state.
Goku goes his separate ways from the others to train under the Turtle Hermit,<ref name="ch24">{{Cite manga|Chp=24}}</ref> Gohan's former master. Alongside the Turtle Hermit's other apprentice, [[Kuririn]], Goku trains for the [[Tenka'ichi Budōkai]] that takes place in '''[[Age 750]]'''.<ref name="choz4p16">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 16}}</ref> Goku makes it all the way to the final round, where he is defeated by [[Turtle Hermit|Jackie Chun]].<ref name="ch53">{{Cite manga|Chp=53}}</ref> Afterwards, Goku sets out on a quest to retrieve Gohan's Four-Star Ball.<ref name="ch54">{{Cite manga|Chp=54}}</ref> Also searching for the Dragon Balls are the [[Red Ribbon Army Characters|Red Ribbon Army]], but they are little to no match for Goku and lose their [[Colonel Silver|Silver]],<ref name="ch56">{{Cite manga|Chp=56}}</ref> [[General White|White]],<ref name="ch66">{{Cite manga|Chp=66}}</ref> [[General Blue|Blue]]<ref name="ch83">{{Cite manga|Chp=83}}</ref> and [[Colonel Yellow|Yellow]]<ref name="ch84">{{Cite manga|Chp=84}}</ref> Corps trying to eliminate him. The desperate army hires the assassin [[Tao Pai-pai]],<ref name="ch85">{{Cite manga|Chp=85}}</ref> who kills Goku's new friend [[Bora]] and knocks Goku unconscious.<ref name="ch86">{{Cite manga|Chp=86}}</ref> After receiving training from [[Karin]] atop [[Karin Tower]],<ref name="ch89">{{Cite manga|Chp=89}}</ref> Goku defeats Tao Pai-pai in a revenge match,<ref name="ch92">{{Cite manga|Chp=92}}</ref> storms the Red Ribbon Army's main base and destroys what little remains of them.<ref name="ch96">{{Cite manga|Chp=96}}</ref> In order to revive Bora, Goku needs the final Dragon Ball's location to be divined by the [[Fortuneteller Crone]].<ref name="ch97">{{Cite manga|Chp=97}}</ref> After reuniting with and fighting Gohan, who was allowed to return to the living world for a day,<ref name="ch108">{{Cite manga|Chp=108}}</ref> Goku gets his wish and completes his quest by grabbing the Four-Star Ball before it can fly off again.<ref name="ch112">{{Cite manga|Chp=112}}</ref>


On 10 September, Goku went his separate ways from the others to train under Muten Rōshi, Gohan's former master who he had met during the quest for the Dragon Balls. Alongside Rōshi's other apprentice Kuririn, he trained for the 21st Tenka'ichi Budōkai taking place on 07 May, Age 750. Goku made it all the way to the final round of the tournament where he was defeated by Jackie Chun. Inspired to become even stronger following his loss, Goku set out on a mission to search for Gohan's Dragon Ball which had scattered following the previous wish. Also searching for the Dragon Balls were the Red Ribbon Army, entire squadrons of which were single-handedly destroyed by Goku. As the army became desperate they hired Tao Pai-pai, the world's greatest assassin, who managed to kill Goku's new friend Bora and severely wounded Goku. In order to become strong enough to defeat the assassin, Goku climbed Karin Tower and received training from Karin, allowing him to defeat Tao Pai-pai in a revenge match. Goku then stormed the Red Ribbon Army's main base, destroying what little remained of them. Having gathered all seven Dragon Balls, Goku was able to use them to restore Bora's life, making sure to get his hands on the Four Star Ball before it scattered with the others.
After three years of solitary training, Goku attends the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai in '''[[Age 753]]'''.<ref name="choz4p17">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 17}}</ref> [[Tenshinhan]] and [[Chiaotzu]], apprentices of the [[Crane Hermit]], enter the tournament alongside Goku and his friends. The Crane Hermit, being not only the Turtle Hermit's rival but also Tao Pai-pai's brother, insists his students exact revenge on Goku.<ref name="ch120">{{Cite manga|Chp=120}}</ref> Tenshinhan grows conflicted, however, and rebels against his master during the final match against Goku.<ref name="ch131">{{Cite manga|Chp=131}}</ref> Shortly after the tournament's conclusion, which Goku narrowly loses, the demon [[Tambourine]] murders Kuririn and takes the Four-Star Ball.<ref name="ch134">{{Cite manga|Chp=134}}</ref> The furious Goku chases after him and ends up facing the [[Demon King Piccolo]]. After being defeated thoroughly,<ref name="ch144">{{Cite manga|Chp=144}}</ref> Goku returns to Karin for more training and risks drinking the life-threatening [[Super God Water]].<ref name="ch151">{{Cite manga|Chp=151}}</ref> Goku survives, however, gaining an increase in power that allows him to destroy Piccolo.<ref name="ch161">{{Cite manga|Chp=161}}</ref> Earlier, Piccolo managed to summon and kill Shenlong.<ref name="ch148">{{Cite manga|Chp=148}}</ref> In order to restore the dragon, Goku goes to meet [[God]], the creator of the Dragon Balls and the Demon King's benevolent half.<ref name="ch164">{{Cite manga|Chp=164}}</ref> At [[God's Temple]], Goku is told that Piccolo survived in the form of a [[Piccolo|reincarnated offspring]]. God asks Goku to train at the temple for three years, and resurrects Shenlong in exchange for this so that Piccolo's victims may be revived.<ref name="ch165">{{Cite manga|Chp=165}}</ref>


After three years of training on his own, Goku attended the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai on 07 May, Age 753, where he reunited with his old friends. In addition to Goku and his friends, Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu, apprentices of Muten Rōshi's rival, Tsuru-Sen'nin, had also entered the tournament. Not only that, but Tsuru-Sen'nin was also the brother of Tao Pai-pai, and swore revenge on Goku when he discovered that he had killed his brother. However, as the tournament progressed, Jackie Chun's words of wisdom got to Tenshinhan, causing him to rebel against Tsuru-Sen'nin during his finals match with Goku. The match was a close one, with Tenshinhan winning by a nose. Shortly after the tournament's conclusion, Kuririn was murdered by a monster who took the Four Star Ball. Goku hastily chased after the monster, which eventually lead him to a confrontation with the King of Demons, Piccolo Daimaō. After a humiliating defeat, Goku returned for more training with Karin and risked his life by drinking the Super God Water which would either increase his power exponentially, or kill him. Surviving the Super God Water, Goku went to face off against Piccolo once again, who had restored his youth with the Dragon Balls before subsequently killing the Dragon. Goku eventually won the fight using an attack which he poured all his remaining energy into to pierce through Piccolo's torso.
===Adult Life===
The 23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai takes place in '''[[Age 756]]'''.<ref name="choz4p17"></ref> Goku faces [[Chi-Chi]] in the first round, who insists Goku keep the promise of marriage he made to her as a child. Goku had misinterpreted that promise has having something to do with food, but keeps his word and agrees to marry Chi-Chi after the tournament.<ref name="ch171">{{Cite manga|Chp=171}}</ref> After winning a rematch with Tenshinhan,<ref name="ch179">{{Cite manga|Chp=179}}</ref> the final match pits Goku against the offspring of Piccolo, who threatens to kill everyone and take over the world. Despite this, Goku refuses help from his friends, not wanting to risk being disqualified from the championship match.<ref name="ch188">{{Cite manga|Chp=188}}</ref> Persevering, Goku finally wins the Tenka'ichi Budōkai.<ref name="ch193">{{Cite manga|Chp=193}}</ref> He spares Piccolo's life, not only because killing him would also kill God, but also because Goku enjoys having a rival around to keep him on his toes.<ref name="ch194">{{Cite manga|Chp=194}}</ref> A year later, Goku and Chi-Chi have their first child, [[Son Gohan]].<ref name="choz4p17"></ref>
[[File:Db chp196 goku-waving.png|thumb|250px|Goku introduces his son [[Gohan]] to his friends.]]
During a reunion with his friends in '''[[Age 761]]''',<ref name="choz4p19">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 19}}</ref> Goku is visited by his alien brother [[Raditz]], who reveals that they are both members of the [[Saiyan]] race. When Goku refuses to cooperate with Raditz, who expects Goku to embrace the bloodthirsty nature of his species, Raditz kidnaps Gohan.<ref name="ch197"/> Teaming up with Piccolo, Goku sacrifices his life to take Raditz down with him. Before dying, however, Raditz transmits information about the Dragon Balls to his fellow Saiyans out in space.<ref name="ch204">{{Cite manga|Chp=204}}</ref> Faced with the impending arrival of two more bloodthirsty Saiyans, Goku travels the Serpent Road and trains with the [[North Kaiō]] in the afterlife<ref name="ch210">{{Cite manga|Chp=210}}</ref> before being revived with the Dragon Balls.<ref name="ch212">{{Cite manga|Chp=212}}</ref> Due to a miscalculation, however, Goku cannot return in time to prevent several of his comrades, including Piccolo, from dying at the hands of the Saiyans.<ref name="ch223">{{Cite manga|Chp=223}}</ref> Using his newly acquired ''[[Kaiō-Ken]]'' and ''[[Genki-Dama]]'' techniques, Goku puts up a fierce fight and gets severely injured in the process. The remaining Saiyan, [[Vegeta]], is also down for the count, but Goku spares his life and lets him escape, thinking it would be a waste for such a powerful rival to die.<ref name="ch241">{{Cite manga|Chp=241}}</ref>
With Piccolo's death rendering the Earth's Dragon Balls unusable, Gohan, Kuririn and Bulma depart for [[Planet Namek]] in '''[[Age 762]]'''<ref name="choz4pp19-21">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=pp. 19-21}}</ref> hoping to use the Namekian Dragon Balls to revive the Saiyans' victims. Goku stays behind in the hospital,<ref name="ch245">{{Cite manga|Chp=245}}</ref> but by the time he recovers he learns that the situation on Namek is dire. Traveling to Namek himself,<ref name="ch251">{{Cite manga|Chp=251}}</ref> Goku has a showdown with the galactic warlord [[Freeza]] and his men. When Freeza mercilessly murders Kuririn, Goku undergoes a rage-fueled transformation into a [[Super Saiyan]].<ref name="ch317">{{Cite manga|Chp=317}}</ref> The battle against Freeza leads to the destruction of Planet Namek, which Goku narrowly escapes by using a space pod that was pre-programmed to go to [[Planet Yardrat]]. He learns the [[teleportation]] skill there<ref name="ch336">{{Cite manga|Chp=336}}</ref> and does not return to Earth until '''[[Age 764]]'''.<ref name="choz4p21">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 21}}</ref>


Following this battle, Goku returned to Karin's who told him to go above the tower to God's palace. After riding the Nyoi-Bō there, he is told that in his dying moments Piccolo released an offspring containing his essence, meaning that he was not truly dead. In exchange for three years of training at the palace for the rematch with Piccolo, God agreed to resurrect the Dragon so that the Dragon Balls may be used to save those killed by Piccolo and his men.
Upon returning, Goku meets the time traveling son of Bulma and Vegeta named [[Future Trunks|Trunks]], who gives him medicine for the fatal heart disease he will soon contract and warns him of an impending attack by [[Artificial Humans]] created by former Red Ribbon scientist [[Dr. Gero]].<ref name="ch335">{{Cite manga|Chp=335}}</ref> Three years later, Goku falls ill as predicted and is out of commission for the battle against the Artificial Humans.<ref name="ch342">{{Cite manga|Chp=342}}</ref> By the time Goku recovers, another creation of Dr. Gero's known as [[Cell]] is going after the Artificial Humans to absorb them.<ref name="ch363">{{Cite manga|Chp=363}}</ref> In order to become stronger than Cell, Goku and Gohan enter the [[Room of Spirit and Time]], where they can spend a year's worth of training within a single day.<ref name="ch366">{{Cite manga|Chp=366}}</ref> They attend the [[Cell Games]], a contest organized by Cell. Putting his faith in Gohan's hidden power, Goku forfeits his own match against Cell.<ref name="ch403">{{Cite manga|Chp=403}}</ref> When Cell decides to self-destruct out of desperation, Goku teleports him to [[Kaiō's Planet]] to save the Earth from the explosion.<ref name="ch412">{{Cite manga|Chp=412}}</ref> Goku dies in the process and declines being resurrected, arguing that the Earth would be safer without him attracting enemies towards it.<ref name="ch417">{{Cite manga|Chp=417}}</ref>


Three years later on 07 May, Age 756, Goku enrolled in the 23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai, where in the first round he fought a young woman who was adamant that he should know her and that he made an important promise years ago. That woman was Chi-Chi, the daughter of Gyūmaō who Goku and Bulma met on their initial quest for the Dragon Balls. Goku had promised to marry Chi-Chi later, but had only done so because he had mistaken 'marriage' for a food. Despite this, he agreed that a promise was a promise and decided to marry her after the tournament. However, the tournament was far from over, in the final round Goku fought Ma Junior, the offspring of Piccolo. Once his true identity was revealed to the public, Piccolo began launching attacks on the entire island as people evacuated. Goku's friends tried to step up to the fight, however he refused their help saying that if they interfered he'd be disqualified from the match, despite the fact the world was at stake. In the end, the victor was Goku, but instead of dealing the final strike to Piccolo he instead spared him because he needed a good rival to keep him on his toes.　A year later, in May of Age 757, Goku and Chi-Chi had their first child, Son Gohan.
After seven years of training in the afterlife, Goku receives permission to return to the living world for one day in '''[[Age 774]]'''.<ref name="choz4p24">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=31|Page=p. 24}}</ref> He reunites with his friends and family, including his second son [[Son Goten]], at the 25th Tenka'ichi Budōkai,<ref name="ch430">{{Cite manga|Chp=430}}</ref> but the tournament gets disrupted by the sorcerer [[Bobbidi]]'s plot to revive the magical being [[Majin Boo]].<ref name="ch446">{{Cite manga|Chp=446}}</ref> As Goku and friends assist the [[Shin|East Kaiōshin]] in trying to prevent this, Vegeta grows impatient and lets Bobbidi manipulate the evil in his heart in order to force a rematch against Goku while there is still time.<ref name="ch456">{{Cite manga|Chp=456}}</ref> Upon Boo's revival, Goku and Vegeta realize he poses a legitimate threat and Vegeta knocks Goku out<ref name="ch462">{{Cite manga|Chp=462}}</ref> before sacrificing his life trying to stop Boo.<ref name="ch467">{{Cite manga|Chp=467}}</ref> With Goku's time in the living world running out, he teaches Goten and [[Trunks]] the [[Fusion]] technique so that they might overpower Boo.<ref name="ch477">{{Cite manga|Chp=477}}</ref> After a brief return to the afterlife, Goku's life is restored by the [[Elder Kaiōshin]] when Boo continues to remain a threat.<ref name="ch500">{{Cite manga|Chp=500}}</ref> He [[Potara|fuses]] with Vegeta to become [[Vegetto]]<ref name="ch503">{{Cite manga|Chp=503}}</ref> and tries to free those absorbed by Boo, including Gohan and Goten.<ref name="ch506">{{Cite manga|Chp=506}}</ref> The attempt to rescue them is nullified when Boo destroys the Earth along with them, but Goku and Vegeta are able to escape to the [[Kaiōshin Realm]]<ref name="ch508">{{Cite manga|Chp=508}}</ref> where they have a final showdown with Boo. The Earth and its inhabitants are restored by the Namekian Dragon Balls during the battle,<ref name="ch514">{{Cite manga|Chp=514}}</ref> allowing Goku to borrow everyone's energy for a Genki-Dama and destroy Boo once and for all. Goku expresses a hope that Boo might be reincarnated into a good guy and give him a rematch someday,<ref name="ch516">{{Cite manga|Chp=516}}</ref> which comes to fruition at the 28th Tenka'ichi Budōkai ten years later. Attending the tournament with his granddaughter [[Pan]], Goku meets [[Oob]] and takes him on as his apprentice.<ref name="ch519">{{Cite manga|Chp=519}}</ref>


On 12 October, Age 761, Goku had a get together with his friends. However it did not last long before an alien invader named Raditz came to reveal Goku's heritage as a Saiyan and demanded that he join the other few remaining members of their species acting as interplanetary land sharks. Goku was able to team up with Piccolo and together the two of them defeated Raditz, with Goku sacrificing his own life in the progress. While the Dragon Balls would be able to bring him back, the Earth was still in peril due to the impending arrival of Raditz's comrades on Earth. Goku opted to stay dead and traverse the Serpent Road in order to train with the North Kaiō. While on Kaiō's planet he became exponentially stronger, but forgot to take into account the time it would take for him to return to Earth when the Saiyans arrived. He was resurrected on 02 November, Age 762 and did not arrive on the battlefield until the following day, at which point several of his comrades were dead. Goku fought a fierce battle with the Saiyans, and allowed one of them, Vegeta, to leave Earth alive.
===Beyond the Original Story===
The events of ''Dragon Ball Daima'', ''Dragon Ball Super'' and ''Dragon Ball GT'' have yet to be covered here.


With the Earth's Dragon Balls rendered unusable in the aftermath of the battle with the Saiyans, Gohan, Kuririn and Bulma departed for the planet Namek to use the Dragon Balls there to revive those killed by the Saiyans while Goku was hospitalized. However, the situation on Namek was dire upon their arrival and Goku also departed for the planet after being discharged on 18 December, arriving on Namek on 24 December. Shortly after his arrival on Namek, Goku ended up in a showdown with Freeza, a galactic warlord, during which Freeza mercilessly murdered Kuririn, triggering Goku's rage fueled transformation into a Super Saiyan. The showdown between Goku and Freeza ultimately lead to planet Namek's destruction, with Goku escaping the planet's fate in a space pod pre-programmed to go to planet Yardrat. He subsequently spent most of the year there training, not returning to Earth until August, Age 764.
==Name and Pronouns==
Son Gokū (孫悟空) is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese name [[Sun Wukong|Sūn Wùkōng]] (孫悟空), better known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_King Monkey King] from the Chinese fantasy novel ''[[Journey to the West]]''.<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="I want to know the characters' name sources!"|Book=20|Page=p. 158}}<br>{{Cite web|URL=http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12853|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Name Pun Round-Up"|Date=12 March 2010|AccessDate=09 November 2018}}</ref>
{{Quotation|This name was taken completely from that of the protagonist of ''Journey to the West''. This was because I originally planned on him being an actual monkey.|[[Akira Toriyama]], ''[[Dragon Ball Forever]]''}}
The word [https://jisho.org/search/悟 悟] (''go'') means roughly to understand or to perceive, and it is used to write the verb ''satoru'' (悟る), from which the name of the Buddhist concept of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satori ''satori''] derives. [https://jisho.org/search/空 空] (''kū'') can mean sky, empty, or void. It's the ''kanji'' for ''sora'', the Japanese word for sky. When read as ''kara'', it means "empty". The two characters together can imply meanings like "Perceiving the Void" or "Aware of Vacuity". In the story of ''Journey to the West'', the monkey king is given this name by a Buddhist sage who is Wùkōng's master for a time. For a family name, the sage gives him 孫 (''Son''), meaning "grandchild".


Upon returning to Earth, Goku was confronted by Trunks, the time travelling son of Bulma and Vegeta, who brought warnings about a fatal heart disease Goku would soon contract as well as the impending arrival of Artificial Humans created by Dr. Gero, a scientist formerly in the employ of the Red Ribbon Army, on 12 May, Age 767. Three years later, Goku fell ill as Trunks predicted, leaving him out of commission for a few days during the battle with the Artificial Humans until the medicine Trunks left restored his health, by which point another creation of Dr. Gero known as Cell, had come to absorb the Artificial Humans to obtain his perfect form.
Goku typically uses the first-person pronoun ''ora'' (オラ), a more gender-neutral, hick version of the masculine first-person pronoun ''ore'' (オレ). However, Goku uses ''ore'' whenever he becomes a [[Super Saiyan]]<ref name="ch317">{{Cite manga|Chp=317}}</ref><ref name="ch340">{{Cite manga|Chp=340}}</ref><ref name="ch342">{{Cite manga|Chp=342}}</ref> until his training with [[Gohan]] in the [[Room of Spirit and Time]], where they both mastered the volatile nature of the form.<ref name="ch390">{{Cite manga|Chp=390}}</ref> Afterward, he uses ''ora'' even as a Super Saiyan.


To gain the strength to defeat Cell, Goku and Gohan entered the Room of Spirit and Time on 16 May, where they could perform a full year of training in the span of one day. While they were in the room, Cell obtained his perfect form and announced an event known as the Cell Game scheduled for 26 May. On the day of the event, Goku forfeited his match against Cell and nominated Gohan as his successor. However, Gohan's reluctance to kill Cell put the Earth in danger when Cell decided to self destruct, leaving Goku with no option but to use the Yardratian Teleportation technique to move Cell to Kaio's planet before exploding. Goku was killed in the blast and declined being resurrected after the battle was over.
Goku also uses ''ore'' in the Next Episode Preview (NEP) of [[Dragon Ball Episode 3]]; it is written as 俺 (''ore'') in the official closed captions, and [[Masako Nozawa]]'s pronunciation is unmistakably ''ore''. The typical opening line—''Ossu! Ora Gokū.'' (おっす！オラ悟空。)—is first used in the [[Dragon Ball Episode 2|Episode 2]] NEP. Following the one-time usage of ''ore'' in Episode 3, it is always ''ora'' thereafter.


Goku spent the next seven years training in the afterlife until he received permission for a one day trip back to Earth on 07 May, Age 774, so he could meet up with old friends and participate in the 25th Tenka'ichi Budōkai. However, the tournament was soon put on hold due to a plot involving the revival of Majin Buu. Goku worked together with the East Kaiōshin to prevent Buu's revival, but Vegeta refused to let his chance for a rematch with Goku slip by and allowed Babidi to manipulate the evil in his heart. Buu was soon revived and Vegeta knocked Goku out before sacrificing his own life in an attempt to stop Buu. With little time remaining in the mortal realm, Goku taught the fusion technique to Son Goten and Trunks.
==Production==
 
==Performance==
Son Goku is played by [[Masako Nozawa]], who was selected by [[Akira Toriyama]] himself after he listened to several voice actors' audition tapes.<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="Akira Toriyama Super Interview"|Book=7}}</ref>
 
==Notable Appearances==
 
==Transformations==
===Great Ape===
As a [[Saiyan]], if Goku sees a full [[Moon|moon]] while he has his tail, he will transform into a [[Great Ape]] (大猿 ''Ōzaru''). He loses all rationality while in this state, and tends to go on a destructive rampage until the conditions for staying transformed no longer apply. One such rampage is what kills his adoptive grandfather [[Son Gohan (Grandpa)|Son Gohan]].<ref name="ch21">{{Cite manga|Chp=21}}</ref>
 
===Pseudo Super Saiyan===
In ''[[Dragon Ball Z Movie 4]]'', Goku's [[Super Saiyan]] powers manifest into a [[Pseudo Super Saiyan|form]] that looks different from the one in the manga{{efn|The Super Saiyan form had not appeared in the manga yet.}} when pushed to his limits by [[Slug]].<ref name="dbzmovie4">{{Cite features|Number=dbzmovie4}}</ref>
 
===Super Saiyan===
[[File:Legendarysupersaiyan-goku-chp317.png|thumb|250px|The first time Goku transforms into a [[Super Saiyan]].]]
The [[Super Saiyan]] (超サイヤ人 ''Sūpā Saiya-jin'') is a legendary warrior that supposedly appears once every thousand years.<ref name="ch280">{{Cite manga|Chp=280}}</ref> When [[Kuririn]] is killed by [[Freeza]] on [[Planet Namek]], Goku grows furious with rage and transforms into this state, increasing his power tremendously.<ref name="ch317">{{Cite manga|Chp=317}}</ref>
 
===Super Saiyan Grades===
Training in the [[Room of Spirit and Time]], Goku attempts to surpass the Super Saiyan level and reaches Super Saiyan Grades [[Super Saiyan Grade II|II]] and [[Super Saiyan Grade III|III]], more muscular and powerful versions of Super Saiyan.<ref name="ch387">{{Cite manga|Chp=387}}</ref> Goku finds the extra muscle mass cumbersome, however, and settles for Super Saiyan Grade IV, also known as [[Super Saiyan Full-Power]]. This state minimizes the strain on the body, and Goku is able to stay relaxed while in Super Saiyan form.<ref name="ch391">{{Cite manga|Chp=391}}</ref>
 
===Super Saiyan 2===
First reached by [[Son Gohan]] during the fight with [[Cell]], Goku attains [[Super Saiyan 2]] (超サイヤ人2 ''Sūpā Saiya-jin Tsu'') while training in the [[Afterlife|afterlife]], and is first seen using it to blow up [[Yakon]].<ref name="ch451">{{Cite manga|Chp=451}}</ref>
 
===Super Saiyan 3===
Another state Goku reaches while training in the afterlife, he uses [[Super Saiyan 3]] (超サイヤ人3 ''Sūpā Saiya-jin Surī'') to stall [[Majin Boo]] and [[Bobbidi]] during the one day he gets to visit the living world.<ref name="ch474">{{Cite manga|Chp=474}}</ref> It significantly drains his energy, though, to the point that he has to return to the afterlife earlier than intended.<ref name="ch476">{{Cite manga|Chp=476}}</ref> When he comes back to life, he tries using it against Boo once more, but finds he has difficulty maintaining the form outside of the afterlife.<ref name="ch513">{{Cite manga|Chp=513}}</ref>
 
===Metamoran Fusion===
Goku learns [[Planet Metamor|Metamoran]] [[Fusion]] (フュージョン ''Fyūjon'') in the afterlife, which allows him to merge with someone of similar size and power.<ref name="ch469">{{Cite manga|Chp=469}}</ref> He teaches the technique to [[Son Goten]] and [[Trunks]] before ever using it himself.<ref name="ch477">{{Cite manga|Chp=477}}</ref> Goku first does so in ''[[Dragon Ball Z Movie 12]]'' in order to defeat [[Janenba]], fusing with [[Vegeta]] to become [[Gogeta]].<ref name="dbzmovie12">{{Cite features|Number=dbzmovie12}}</ref>
 
===Potara Fusion===
An alternate method of fusion, Goku initially intends to use the [[Potara]] (ポタラ ''Potara'') earrings of the ''[[Kaiōshin]]'' to fuse with [[Son Gohan]], but he gets absorbed by [[Majin Boo]].<ref name="ch502">{{Cite manga|Chp=502}}</ref> Desperate for someone else to fuse with, Goku even considers [[Mister Satan]], but is not reassured by what he [[Gotan|imagines]] the result would be. He suddenly senses [[Vegeta]], however, and persuades him into fusing instead.<ref name="ch503">{{Cite manga|Chp=503}}</ref> The resulting [[Vegetto]] is overwhelmingly powerful compared to Majin Boo, even when the latter temporarily turns him into a candy ball.<ref name="ch505">{{Cite manga|Chp=505}}</ref>
 
===Super Saiyan God===
TBD
 
===Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan===
Also known as Super Saiyan Blue,
 
===Ultra Instinct===
Ultra Instinct -''Sign''- (身勝手の極意"兆" ''Migatte no Goku'i "Kizashi"''), Ultra Instinct (身勝手の極意 ''Migatte no Goku'i'')


Upon his return to the afterlife, Goku travelled to the Kaiōshin realm, where his life was restored by the Elder Kaiōshin allowing him to return to the living realm permanently. Goku returned to Earth to do battle with Buu, who had absorbed the powers of Goten, Trunks, Piccolo and Gohan. In order to save the ones who had been absorbed, Goku and Vegeta fused to become Vegetto and deliberately allowed themselves to be absorbed by Buu to free the others from the inside. After escaping from Buu's insides, the Earth was destroyed and the battle moved to the Kaiōshin realm. As the battle continued, the Earth and its people were restored allowing Goku to borrow everyone's energy to create a Genki Dama capable of defeating Buu once and for all.
===Golden Great Ape===
TBD


Goku returned to living with his family on Earth, continuing to train to become even stronger. In Age 778, Goku was confronted by the God of Destruction Beerus and obtained the power of a Super Saiyan God. He further refined this power by training under Beerus's attendant Whis.
===Super Saiyan 4===
Daima / GT


On 07 May, Age 784, Goku entered the 28th Tenka'ichi Budōkai and took Uub, the reincarnation of Majin Buu, on as his apprentice.
==Techniques==
===Jan-Ken===
''[[Jan-Ken]]'' (ジャン拳 ''Jan-Ken'') is a combination [[Martial Arts Techniques|martial arts technique]] based on the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors". Rock (グー ''Gu'') is a punch, Scissors (チョキ ''Choki'') is an eye-poke, and Paper (パー ''Pa'') is a palm slap. Son Goku learned the move from his adoptive grandfather, [[Son Gohan (Grandpa)|Son Gohan]],<ref name="ch49">{{Cite manga|Chp=49}}</ref> and is first seen using it in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 3]].<ref name="ch3">{{Cite manga|Chp=3}}</ref>


==Name==
===Kamehameha===
The name Son Goku comes directly from the protagonist of the Chinese tale ''Journey to the West'' Sun Wukong, "Son Goku" is the Japanese reading of his name. The name Kakarrot, like the names of other Saiyans, is a pun on a vegetable, specifically carrots.
[[File:Goku-First-Kamehameha.png|thumb|250px|The [[Dragon Ball Episode 8|animated]] version of Goku's first ''[[Kamehameha]]''.]]
The ''[[Kamehameha]]'' (かめはめ波 ''Kamehameha'') is a [[Ki Manipulation Techniques|ki manipulation technique]] devised by the [[Turtle Hermit]]. Though it took the old master fifty years of training to master it, Goku is able to copy it after seeing it just once.<ref name="ch15">{{Cite manga|Chp=15}}</ref> Over the course of the series, Goku uses many variations of it, such as the [[Bending Kamehameha|Bending ''Kamehameha'']],<ref name="ch157">{{Cite manga|Chp=157}}</ref> the [[Super Kamehameha|Super ''Kamehameha'']]<ref name="ch185">{{Cite manga|Chp=185}}</ref> and the [[Feet Kamehameha|Feet ''Kamehameha'']].<ref name="ch188">{{Cite manga|Chp=188}}</ref> He also uses it in combination with other techniques, such as the ''[[Kaiō-Ken]]''<ref name="ch231">{{Cite manga|Chp=231}}</ref> and [[Teleportation]].<ref name="ch401">{{Cite manga|Chp=401}}</ref>


==Production==
===Afterimage===
When appropriate, a description of the character's production, including who initially designed the character (if an anime original character), notes about their design or conception, etc.
Goku sees [[Turtle Hermit|Jackie Chun]] use the [[Afterimage]] (残像拳 ''Zanzō-Ken'') technique against [[Kuririn]] during the [[21st Tenka'ichi Budōkai]],<ref name="ch43">{{Cite manga|Chp=43}}</ref> and tries it out for himself in his own match against [[Namu]]. In the final match, Jackie Chun tricks Goku with a Double Afterimage, but Goku tricks him in return with a Triple Afterimage.<ref name="ch48">{{Cite manga|Chp=48}}</ref> The technique becomes a staple for Goku throughout his childhood battles; he uses it less often as an adult.
 
===Taiyō-Ken===
Goku first sees the ''[[Taiyō-Ken]]'' (太陽拳 ''Taiyō-Ken'') when [[Tenshinhan]] uses it to blind [[Turtle Hermit|Jackie Chun]] at the [[22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai]].<ref name="ch124">{{Cite manga|Chp=124}}</ref> Three years later, Goku uses Tenshinhan's own technique against him to counter his twelve eyes.<ref name="ch179">{{Cite manga|Chp=179}}</ref> Many more years later, Goku announces he is borrowing Tenshinhan's technique before blinding [[Great Ape]] [[Vegeta]] with it.<ref name="ch233">{{Cite manga|Chp=233}}</ref>
 
===Bukū-Jutsu===
At the [[22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai]], Goku and Kuririn notice that the students of the [[Crane Hermit School]] are floating in the air while they spectate the matches, using the levitation technique ''[[Bukū-Jutsu]]'' (舞空術 ''Bukū-Jutsu'').<ref name="ch119">{{Cite manga|Chp=119}}</ref> By the time the [[23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai]] rolls around, Goku has learned it and uses it to surprise [[Piccolo]] in the final match.<ref name="ch193">{{Cite manga|Chp=193}}</ref> From then on, Goku starts using ''Bukū-Jutsu'' more and more instead of relying on ''[[Kinto'un]]'' to fly from place to place.


==Notable Skills==
===Kaiō-Ken===
A list or description of notable skills or techniques. Video game techniques should be separated from those used in the series proper.
[[North Kaiō]] is excited by Goku's potential when he first starts training with him, thinking he has finally found someone who can master his signature technique, the ''[[Kaiō-Ken]]'' (界王拳 ''Kaiō-Ken''). Goku successfully learns it, though Kaiō warns him not to overdo it. Although the ''Kaiō-Ken'' multiplies all of the user's abilities by amplifying their ''[[Ki|ki]]'', it comes at the risk of destroying the user's body.<ref name="ch227">{{Cite manga|Chp=227}}</ref>


==Performance==
===Genki-Dama===
A list or description of the various voice actors that portrayed the character.
Another technique Goku learns from North Kaiō, the ''[[Genki-Dama]]'' (元気玉 ''Genki-Dama'') collects energy from all nearby living things, which can then be unleashed with devastating effects. Initially, Goku uses a small version of it that can be thrown with one hand,<ref name="ch212">{{Cite manga|Chp=212}}</ref> but later collects so much energy that it forms a gigantic sphere.<ref name="ch314">{{Cite manga|Chp=314}}</ref>


==Notes==
===Teleportation===
Information that does not fit into any other category. Reserved for real-world information. In-universe information should be incorporated into the biography or other available categories.
After narrowly escaping the destruction of [[Planet Namek]], Goku ends up on [[Planet Yardrat]], where he stays a while to learn the [[Teleportation]] (瞬間移動 ''Shunkan Idō'') technique. It allows him to go anywhere in an instant, provided he can lock on to someone's ''[[Ki|ki]]''.<ref name="ch336">{{Cite manga|Chp=336}}</ref> Teleportation becomes Goku's primary way of moving around from place to place, sometimes bringing other people along. In the battle against [[Cell]], he uses it in combination with the ''[[Kamehameha]]'' to surprise his opponent.<ref name="ch401">{{Cite manga|Chp=401}}</ref>


==External Links==
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Son Goku
孫悟空 (Son Gokū)
Manga
Son Goku (Manga)
Anime
Son Goku (Anime)
Manga Debut Dragon Ball Chapter 1
Anime Debut Dragon Ball Episode 1
Japanese VA Masako Nozawa
Canadian VA Saffron Henderson
Ian Corlett
Peter Kelamis
Kirby Morrow
Funimation VA Stephanie Nadolny (Child)
Colleen Clinkenbeard (DB M1)
Ceyli Delgadillo (DB M2, M3)
Sean Schemmel (Adult)
Personal Data
Birth Age 737[1]
Death 12 October, Age 761[4]
26 May, Age 767[5]
Height 175 cm[2]
Weight 62 kg[3]
Aliases Kakarrot
Classification Saiyan
Pronouns Ora (オラ) (typical)
Ore (オレ) (early Super Saiyan)
Universe Universe 7
Occupation Farmer
Notable Skills Kamehameha
Kaiō-Ken
Genki-Dama
Relationship Data
Family Bardock (Father)
Gine (Mother)
Raditz (Brother)
Spouse Chi-Chi
Children Son Gohan
Son Goten
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Son Goku is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Goku makes his debut in Chapter 1, published in the 1984 #51 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Childhood

Son Goku is born under the name Kakarrot on Planet Vegeta, in circa Age 736[6] in Jaco the Galactic Patrolman's series of events and in Age 737[7] in the anime's series of events. He is sent to Earth as an infant and adopted by a man named Son Gohan,[8] who gives him the name Son Goku. Gohan raises Goku as his grandson, gives him the Nyoi-Bō weapon[9] and trains him in the martial arts. Goku and Gohan live a peaceful life together, until an accident involving Goku's Great Ape form results in Gohan's death.[10]

The very first appearance of Son Goku in the very first panel of Dragon Ball.

In Age 749,[11] Goku meets Bulma, a teenage girl in search of the Dragon Balls. One of these, the Four-Star Ball, belonged to Gohan before he died. Bulma tells Goku that when all seven balls are gathered, a dragon emerges to grant the summoner a single wish.[12] On the journey to collect the Dragon Balls, Goku and Bulma are joined by Oolong,[13] Yamcha and Pu'er.[14] They also meet the Turtle Hermit along the way, from whom Goku receives Kinto'un[15] and copies the Kamehameha technique.[16] The group is captured by Pilaf, who steals the Dragon Balls and summons Shenlong.[17] However, Oolong manages to get a wish in before Pilaf, and the Dragon Balls scatter in seven directions.[18] The full moon causes Goku to transform into his Great Ape form and wreak havoc upon Pilaf's castle,[10] until Yamcha finds an opportunity to remove Goku's tail and return him to his normal state.[19]

Goku goes his separate ways from the others to train under the Turtle Hermit,[20] Gohan's former master. Alongside the Turtle Hermit's other apprentice, Kuririn, Goku trains for the Tenka'ichi Budōkai that takes place in Age 750.[21] Goku makes it all the way to the final round, where he is defeated by Jackie Chun.[22] Afterwards, Goku sets out on a quest to retrieve Gohan's Four-Star Ball.[23] Also searching for the Dragon Balls are the Red Ribbon Army, but they are little to no match for Goku and lose their Silver,[24] White,[25] Blue[26] and Yellow[27] Corps trying to eliminate him. The desperate army hires the assassin Tao Pai-pai,[28] who kills Goku's new friend Bora and knocks Goku unconscious.[29] After receiving training from Karin atop Karin Tower,[30] Goku defeats Tao Pai-pai in a revenge match,[31] storms the Red Ribbon Army's main base and destroys what little remains of them.[32] In order to revive Bora, Goku needs the final Dragon Ball's location to be divined by the Fortuneteller Crone.[33] After reuniting with and fighting Gohan, who was allowed to return to the living world for a day,[34] Goku gets his wish and completes his quest by grabbing the Four-Star Ball before it can fly off again.[35]

After three years of solitary training, Goku attends the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai in Age 753.[36] Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu, apprentices of the Crane Hermit, enter the tournament alongside Goku and his friends. The Crane Hermit, being not only the Turtle Hermit's rival but also Tao Pai-pai's brother, insists his students exact revenge on Goku.[37] Tenshinhan grows conflicted, however, and rebels against his master during the final match against Goku.[38] Shortly after the tournament's conclusion, which Goku narrowly loses, the demon Tambourine murders Kuririn and takes the Four-Star Ball.[39] The furious Goku chases after him and ends up facing the Demon King Piccolo. After being defeated thoroughly,[40] Goku returns to Karin for more training and risks drinking the life-threatening Super God Water.[41] Goku survives, however, gaining an increase in power that allows him to destroy Piccolo.[42] Earlier, Piccolo managed to summon and kill Shenlong.[43] In order to restore the dragon, Goku goes to meet God, the creator of the Dragon Balls and the Demon King's benevolent half.[44] At God's Temple, Goku is told that Piccolo survived in the form of a reincarnated offspring. God asks Goku to train at the temple for three years, and resurrects Shenlong in exchange for this so that Piccolo's victims may be revived.[45]

Adult Life

The 23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai takes place in Age 756.[36] Goku faces Chi-Chi in the first round, who insists Goku keep the promise of marriage he made to her as a child. Goku had misinterpreted that promise has having something to do with food, but keeps his word and agrees to marry Chi-Chi after the tournament.[46] After winning a rematch with Tenshinhan,[47] the final match pits Goku against the offspring of Piccolo, who threatens to kill everyone and take over the world. Despite this, Goku refuses help from his friends, not wanting to risk being disqualified from the championship match.[48] Persevering, Goku finally wins the Tenka'ichi Budōkai.[49] He spares Piccolo's life, not only because killing him would also kill God, but also because Goku enjoys having a rival around to keep him on his toes.[50] A year later, Goku and Chi-Chi have their first child, Son Gohan.[36]

Goku introduces his son Gohan to his friends.

During a reunion with his friends in Age 761,[51] Goku is visited by his alien brother Raditz, who reveals that they are both members of the Saiyan race. When Goku refuses to cooperate with Raditz, who expects Goku to embrace the bloodthirsty nature of his species, Raditz kidnaps Gohan.[8] Teaming up with Piccolo, Goku sacrifices his life to take Raditz down with him. Before dying, however, Raditz transmits information about the Dragon Balls to his fellow Saiyans out in space.[52] Faced with the impending arrival of two more bloodthirsty Saiyans, Goku travels the Serpent Road and trains with the North Kaiō in the afterlife[53] before being revived with the Dragon Balls.[54] Due to a miscalculation, however, Goku cannot return in time to prevent several of his comrades, including Piccolo, from dying at the hands of the Saiyans.[55] Using his newly acquired Kaiō-Ken and Genki-Dama techniques, Goku puts up a fierce fight and gets severely injured in the process. The remaining Saiyan, Vegeta, is also down for the count, but Goku spares his life and lets him escape, thinking it would be a waste for such a powerful rival to die.[56] With Piccolo's death rendering the Earth's Dragon Balls unusable, Gohan, Kuririn and Bulma depart for Planet Namek in Age 762[57] hoping to use the Namekian Dragon Balls to revive the Saiyans' victims. Goku stays behind in the hospital,[58] but by the time he recovers he learns that the situation on Namek is dire. Traveling to Namek himself,[59] Goku has a showdown with the galactic warlord Freeza and his men. When Freeza mercilessly murders Kuririn, Goku undergoes a rage-fueled transformation into a Super Saiyan.[60] The battle against Freeza leads to the destruction of Planet Namek, which Goku narrowly escapes by using a space pod that was pre-programmed to go to Planet Yardrat. He learns the teleportation skill there[61] and does not return to Earth until Age 764.[62]

Upon returning, Goku meets the time traveling son of Bulma and Vegeta named Trunks, who gives him medicine for the fatal heart disease he will soon contract and warns him of an impending attack by Artificial Humans created by former Red Ribbon scientist Dr. Gero.[63] Three years later, Goku falls ill as predicted and is out of commission for the battle against the Artificial Humans.[64] By the time Goku recovers, another creation of Dr. Gero's known as Cell is going after the Artificial Humans to absorb them.[65] In order to become stronger than Cell, Goku and Gohan enter the Room of Spirit and Time, where they can spend a year's worth of training within a single day.[66] They attend the Cell Games, a contest organized by Cell. Putting his faith in Gohan's hidden power, Goku forfeits his own match against Cell.[67] When Cell decides to self-destruct out of desperation, Goku teleports him to Kaiō's Planet to save the Earth from the explosion.[68] Goku dies in the process and declines being resurrected, arguing that the Earth would be safer without him attracting enemies towards it.[69]

After seven years of training in the afterlife, Goku receives permission to return to the living world for one day in Age 774.[70] He reunites with his friends and family, including his second son Son Goten, at the 25th Tenka'ichi Budōkai,[71] but the tournament gets disrupted by the sorcerer Bobbidi's plot to revive the magical being Majin Boo.[72] As Goku and friends assist the East Kaiōshin in trying to prevent this, Vegeta grows impatient and lets Bobbidi manipulate the evil in his heart in order to force a rematch against Goku while there is still time.[73] Upon Boo's revival, Goku and Vegeta realize he poses a legitimate threat and Vegeta knocks Goku out[74] before sacrificing his life trying to stop Boo.[75] With Goku's time in the living world running out, he teaches Goten and Trunks the Fusion technique so that they might overpower Boo.[76] After a brief return to the afterlife, Goku's life is restored by the Elder Kaiōshin when Boo continues to remain a threat.[77] He fuses with Vegeta to become Vegetto[78] and tries to free those absorbed by Boo, including Gohan and Goten.[79] The attempt to rescue them is nullified when Boo destroys the Earth along with them, but Goku and Vegeta are able to escape to the Kaiōshin Realm[80] where they have a final showdown with Boo. The Earth and its inhabitants are restored by the Namekian Dragon Balls during the battle,[81] allowing Goku to borrow everyone's energy for a Genki-Dama and destroy Boo once and for all. Goku expresses a hope that Boo might be reincarnated into a good guy and give him a rematch someday,[82] which comes to fruition at the 28th Tenka'ichi Budōkai ten years later. Attending the tournament with his granddaughter Pan, Goku meets Oob and takes him on as his apprentice.[83]

Beyond the Original Story

The events of Dragon Ball Daima, Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball GT have yet to be covered here.

Name and Pronouns

Son Gokū (孫悟空) is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese name Sūn Wùkōng (孫悟空), better known as the Monkey King from the Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West.[84]

This name was taken completely from that of the protagonist of Journey to the West. This was because I originally planned on him being an actual monkey.
— Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Forever

The word 悟 (go) means roughly to understand or to perceive, and it is used to write the verb satoru (悟る), from which the name of the Buddhist concept of satori derives. 空 (kū) can mean sky, empty, or void. It's the kanji for sora, the Japanese word for sky. When read as kara, it means "empty". The two characters together can imply meanings like "Perceiving the Void" or "Aware of Vacuity". In the story of Journey to the West, the monkey king is given this name by a Buddhist sage who is Wùkōng's master for a time. For a family name, the sage gives him 孫 (Son), meaning "grandchild".

Goku typically uses the first-person pronoun ora (オラ), a more gender-neutral, hick version of the masculine first-person pronoun ore (オレ). However, Goku uses ore whenever he becomes a Super Saiyan[60][85][64] until his training with Gohan in the Room of Spirit and Time, where they both mastered the volatile nature of the form.[86] Afterward, he uses ora even as a Super Saiyan.

Goku also uses ore in the Next Episode Preview (NEP) of Dragon Ball Episode 3; it is written as 俺 (ore) in the official closed captions, and Masako Nozawa's pronunciation is unmistakably ore. The typical opening line—Ossu! Ora Gokū. (おっす！オラ悟空。)—is first used in the Episode 2 NEP. Following the one-time usage of ore in Episode 3, it is always ora thereafter.

Production

Performance

Son Goku is played by Masako Nozawa, who was selected by Akira Toriyama himself after he listened to several voice actors' audition tapes.[87]

Notable Appearances

Transformations

Great Ape

As a Saiyan, if Goku sees a full moon while he has his tail, he will transform into a Great Ape (大猿 Ōzaru). He loses all rationality while in this state, and tends to go on a destructive rampage until the conditions for staying transformed no longer apply. One such rampage is what kills his adoptive grandfather Son Gohan.[10]

Pseudo Super Saiyan

In Dragon Ball Z Movie 4, Goku's Super Saiyan powers manifest into a form that looks different from the one in the manga[a] when pushed to his limits by Slug.[88]

Super Saiyan

The first time Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan.

The Super Saiyan (超サイヤ人 Sūpā Saiya-jin) is a legendary warrior that supposedly appears once every thousand years.[89] When Kuririn is killed by Freeza on Planet Namek, Goku grows furious with rage and transforms into this state, increasing his power tremendously.[60]

Super Saiyan Grades

Training in the Room of Spirit and Time, Goku attempts to surpass the Super Saiyan level and reaches Super Saiyan Grades II and III, more muscular and powerful versions of Super Saiyan.[90] Goku finds the extra muscle mass cumbersome, however, and settles for Super Saiyan Grade IV, also known as Super Saiyan Full-Power. This state minimizes the strain on the body, and Goku is able to stay relaxed while in Super Saiyan form.[91]

Super Saiyan 2

First reached by Son Gohan during the fight with Cell, Goku attains Super Saiyan 2 (超サイヤ人2 Sūpā Saiya-jin Tsu) while training in the afterlife, and is first seen using it to blow up Yakon.[92]

Super Saiyan 3

Another state Goku reaches while training in the afterlife, he uses Super Saiyan 3 (超サイヤ人3 Sūpā Saiya-jin Surī) to stall Majin Boo and Bobbidi during the one day he gets to visit the living world.[93] It significantly drains his energy, though, to the point that he has to return to the afterlife earlier than intended.[94] When he comes back to life, he tries using it against Boo once more, but finds he has difficulty maintaining the form outside of the afterlife.[95]

Metamoran Fusion

Goku learns Metamoran Fusion (フュージョン Fyūjon) in the afterlife, which allows him to merge with someone of similar size and power.[96] He teaches the technique to Son Goten and Trunks before ever using it himself.[76] Goku first does so in Dragon Ball Z Movie 12 in order to defeat Janenba, fusing with Vegeta to become Gogeta.[97]

Potara Fusion

An alternate method of fusion, Goku initially intends to use the Potara (ポタラ Potara) earrings of the Kaiōshin to fuse with Son Gohan, but he gets absorbed by Majin Boo.[98] Desperate for someone else to fuse with, Goku even considers Mister Satan, but is not reassured by what he imagines the result would be. He suddenly senses Vegeta, however, and persuades him into fusing instead.[78] The resulting Vegetto is overwhelmingly powerful compared to Majin Boo, even when the latter temporarily turns him into a candy ball.[99]

Super Saiyan God

TBD

Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan

Also known as Super Saiyan Blue,

Ultra Instinct

Ultra Instinct -Sign- (身勝手の極意"兆" Migatte no Goku'i "Kizashi"), Ultra Instinct (身勝手の極意 Migatte no Goku'i)

Golden Great Ape

TBD

Super Saiyan 4

Daima / GT

Techniques

Jan-Ken

Jan-Ken (ジャン拳 Jan-Ken) is a combination martial arts technique based on the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors". Rock (グー Gu) is a punch, Scissors (チョキ Choki) is an eye-poke, and Paper (パー Pa) is a palm slap. Son Goku learned the move from his adoptive grandfather, Son Gohan,[100] and is first seen using it in Dragon Ball Chapter 3.[101]

Kamehameha

The animated version of Goku's first Kamehameha.

The Kamehameha (かめはめ波 Kamehameha) is a ki manipulation technique devised by the Turtle Hermit. Though it took the old master fifty years of training to master it, Goku is able to copy it after seeing it just once.[16] Over the course of the series, Goku uses many variations of it, such as the Bending Kamehameha,[102] the Super Kamehameha[103] and the Feet Kamehameha.[48] He also uses it in combination with other techniques, such as the Kaiō-Ken[104] and Teleportation.[105]

Afterimage

Goku sees Jackie Chun use the Afterimage (残像拳 Zanzō-Ken) technique against Kuririn during the 21st Tenka'ichi Budōkai,[106] and tries it out for himself in his own match against Namu. In the final match, Jackie Chun tricks Goku with a Double Afterimage, but Goku tricks him in return with a Triple Afterimage.[107] The technique becomes a staple for Goku throughout his childhood battles; he uses it less often as an adult.

Taiyō-Ken

Goku first sees the Taiyō-Ken (太陽拳 Taiyō-Ken) when Tenshinhan uses it to blind Jackie Chun at the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai.[108] Three years later, Goku uses Tenshinhan's own technique against him to counter his twelve eyes.[47] Many more years later, Goku announces he is borrowing Tenshinhan's technique before blinding Great Ape Vegeta with it.[109]

Bukū-Jutsu

At the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai, Goku and Kuririn notice that the students of the Crane Hermit School are floating in the air while they spectate the matches, using the levitation technique Bukū-Jutsu (舞空術 Bukū-Jutsu).[110] By the time the 23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai rolls around, Goku has learned it and uses it to surprise Piccolo in the final match.[49] From then on, Goku starts using Bukū-Jutsu more and more instead of relying on Kinto'un to fly from place to place.

Kaiō-Ken

North Kaiō is excited by Goku's potential when he first starts training with him, thinking he has finally found someone who can master his signature technique, the Kaiō-Ken (界王拳 Kaiō-Ken). Goku successfully learns it, though Kaiō warns him not to overdo it. Although the Kaiō-Ken multiplies all of the user's abilities by amplifying their ki, it comes at the risk of destroying the user's body.[111]

Genki-Dama

Another technique Goku learns from North Kaiō, the Genki-Dama (元気玉 Genki-Dama) collects energy from all nearby living things, which can then be unleashed with devastating effects. Initially, Goku uses a small version of it that can be thrown with one hand,[54] but later collects so much energy that it forms a gigantic sphere.[112]

Teleportation

After narrowly escaping the destruction of Planet Namek, Goku ends up on Planet Yardrat, where he stays a while to learn the Teleportation (瞬間移動 Shunkan Idō) technique. It allows him to go anywhere in an instant, provided he can lock on to someone's ki.[61] Teleportation becomes Goku's primary way of moving around from place to place, sometimes bringing other people along. In the battle against Cell, he uses it in combination with the Kamehameha to surprise his opponent.[105]

External Links

Notes

  1. ↑ The Super Saiyan form had not appeared in the manga yet.

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