Son Goku

Son Goku
孫悟空 (Son Gokū)
Manga 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 Colleen Clinkenbeard Ceyli Delgadillo Sean Schemmel
Personal Data
Birth	Age 737
Death	October 12, Age 761 May 26, Age 767
Height	175 cm
Weight	62 kg
Aliases	Kakarrot
Notable Skills	Kamehameha
Relationship Data
Family	Bardock (Father) Gine (Mother) Raditz (Brother)
Spouse	Chi-Chi
Children	Son Gohan Son Goten

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

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.

On September 1st, 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 September 9th, 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.

On September 10th, 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 Tenkaichi Budōkai taking place on May 7th, 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 training on his own, Goku attended the 22nd Tenkaichi Budōkai on May 7th, 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 is 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 said monster, which 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 poured all his remaining energy into to pierce through Piccolo's torso.

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.

It is three years later that Goku arrived at yet another Tenkaichi Budōkai, where in the first round he fought a young woman who seemed 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.

Five years after Piccolo's defeat, Goku had a get together with his friends along with his son Gohan. 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 who would raid planets, kill the inhabitants and sell them off to the highest bidder. Goku was able to team up with Piccolo and together the two of them won, with Goku sacrificing his own life in the progress. However, this was fine as the Dragon Balls would be able to bring him back. But rather than returning immediately, he instead went to the planet of Kaiō-sama in the afterlife to prepare for the arrival of Raditz's comrades who would be arriving on Earth in less than a year.

Name

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.

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