List of Saiyans in Dragon Ball

This is a list of Saiyans who first appeared in the Dragon Ball manga and anime series, the Dragon Ball films and the self-parody manga series Neko Majin. Following some characters' profiles are external links that focus upon them.

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Full-blooded Saiyans

Broli

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Broli as the Legendary Super Saiyan.

• English-language dubs: Broly
• Name pun: Broccoli
• Seiyū: Bin Shimada
• Voice actor: Vic Mignogna

Broli (ブロリー, Burori) is the featured villain in the eighth and tenth movies of the anime Dragon Ball Z, with his clone acting as antagonist in the eleventh. He is described as the once-in-a-millennia "Legendary Super Saiyan", born on the same day as Goku. At birth, he had an unusually high level of strength for a Saiyan, and their king, fearing the boy's potential, ordered for his execution, leaving he and his father Paragus for dead. Both would survive, with Broli growing in strength from his brush with death. Freeza would then act on his own fear of the Super Saiyan legend, laying waste to Planet Vegeta. Amid the destruction, Broli encased himself and his father in a powerful shield of energy and escaped.

As strong as Broli was, his emotional instability was greater. Fearing Broli's state of mind, Paragus had a scientist create a special control device to keep Broli controlled. Successful in controlling him, Paragus planned to have revenge on King Vegeta's son. When Broli encountered Son Goku his behavior became erratic, driven to attack Goku without provocation over a perceived childhood trauma. Eventually, Broli overpowered the device, fully manifesting his powers and unleashing his fury on Goku, Vegeta, Son Gohan, Future Trunks, Piccolo, and his own father. The Z warriors eventually channeled their energy into Goku, who with one last powerful blow seemingly killed Broli.

Broli survived and entered a Saiyan Space Pod, coincidently landing on Earth. The crater caused by his landing filled up with water and froze over time, during which he fell into a coma. During this time, Gohan grew up, Son Goten was born and Goku was in the Afterlife. In an adventure to collect the Dragon Balls, Goten, Trunks, and Gohan find themselves in the mountain range where Broli crashed. Broli awakens and Goten, Trunks, Videl, and Gohan became victims to his rampage. It was only after some spiritual help from Goku that they were able to send Broli straight into the sun. After death, he is mentioned to still be causing trouble in Hell.

It is later revealed that a sample of his blood was preserved, which was used to clone Broli in a bioengineering laboratory. With his power, the Broli clone shatters the tank in which he was created. Once in open air, the liquid that drenched the clone became corrosive and devoured cellular matter that was unlike itself, turning the clone into a bio-mutant. This Bio-Broli goes on a rampage, causing leaks in other bio-liquid containers and spilling them throughout the laboratory and the island on which it was located. Goten and Trunks help others escape from the lab and fire ki blasts onto the sea, causing a tidal wave to flood the island and solidifying the bio-liquid, neutralizing the hazard. However, Bio-Broli reemerged as a giant only to be solidified himself. Seeing their opportunity, Goten, Trunks, and Kuririn blasted the indurate clone into oblivion.

Burdock

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Burdock

• English-language dubs: Bardock
• Viz manga: Burdock
• Name pun: Burdock
• Seiyū: Masako Nozawa
• Voice actor: Sonny Strait

Burdock (バーダック, Bādakku) is first introduced in the television special, Bardock - The Father of Goku. It was only after the film's airing in Japan that he was later shown in two panels of the manga by Akira Toriyama, who helped design the character for Toei Doga's television production. His name is a pun on "burdock" (バードック, bādokku), an herb. While the Viz manga and FUNimation's Japanese-language English-subtitled anime both use "Burdock", FUNimation's English anime dubs uses "Bardock", and some Japanese merchandise even use "Barduck".

The biological father of Raditz and Son Goku, Burdock is a Saiyan who is given the gift of precognition. In several of his recurring visions, he witnesses the destruction of his home planet Vegeta by the hand of Freeza. After escaping certain death from Dodoria, he tries desperately to change his planet's grim future by attempting to combat Freeza and his legion of men head on. He ultimately fails on ceasing Freeza's attack on the planet and is killed in the process. He was not very attached to goku until his end when he see's his son who tell's him that he should be different than freeza. Bardock then feels remose and wishes he cuold have held Goku and loved him as he should of. He is seen again in Budakai another road for the psp meeting Goku for the first time as an adult Moments before his death, he received a vision of his son facing the warlord. According to the anime special, Burdock was estimated a battle power of 10,000 by observant doctors while recovering from his last mission.

King Vegeta

• Name pun: Vegeta
• Seiyū: Banjō Ginga (TV series), Masaharu Satō (movie 8)
• Voice actor: Christopher Sabat

King Vegeta (ベジータ王, Bejīta Ō) was the king of all Saiyans and the father of Prince Vegeta. Believed to have been the strongest among the normal Saiyan, in the manga, it was said that he had been surpassed by his son, Vegeta, as a child. Before the attack on Planet Vegeta, he realized that Freeza had no further use for the Saiyans and no longer needed them around. According to the anime filler, his attempt to attack Freeza failed as he is killed with a single blow to the chin. The Saiyan elites that followed were also defeated by Freeza. In the movie Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan, he ordered both Broli and his father Paragus' assassination because he was afraid of the child's growing power level.

King Vegeta is only seen in the anime special, the film Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan, and some filler episodes. King Vegeta's appearance is never shown nor described in the manga, but he is mentioned briefly in a dialogue from Freeza to Vegeta in the original manga.Altough strong King Vegeta doesn't attack frieza's elites not because he can't we he can but because of frieza's rule but on top of that his strength. King Vegeta is the only saiyan besides Bardock to challenge frieza but ends up suffering the same fate.

Nappa

• Name pun: Chinese cabbage
• Seiyū: Shōzō Iizuka
• Voice actor: Phil Parsons (FUNimation), Michael Dobson (Ocean Group)

Nappa (ナッパ) is an elite Saiyan warrior that accompanied Vegeta to Earth in search of the Dragon Balls. He has a somewhat violent nature. He survived the attacks of Tenshinhan and Chaozu which drained their lives. He put Piccolo to death with his incredible might, but fell powerless to Son Goku who had returned to Earth with new training from North Kaio. Vegeta ordered Nappa to stop fighting due to Goku's clear dominance over him. He was then executed by Vegeta when defeated by Goku.

Onio

• Name pun: Onion

Onio is a short fat Saiyan from the self-parody Neko Majin Z. He comes to Earth in a spaceship that reads "Just Marriage" (An Engrish version of "Just Married"), and tells his wife he's thinking of making the planet their summer home. When Z sees them land, he decides they must be Japanese tourists, and puts on a Koala suit. Z tricks Onio and his wife into getting their picture taken, but grabs the wife's right breast while the picture is being taken. Onio notices this, and transforms into a Super Saiyan. After a short battle, Z transforms, and says now he's a "Super Neko Majin". The two continue to fight for a while, and Z beats him with a "NekoHameHa". Onio's wife drags him to the ship, and the two leave Earth.

Onio later comes back to Earth with Kuriza, and says that Kuriza is the strongest warrior in the universe, so it appears that Onio is Kuriza's henchman. Onio sticks around on Earth for a while to watch Kuriza fight Z and to play soccer.

Paragus

• Name pun: Asparagus
• Seiyū: Iemasa Kayumi
• Voice actor: Dameon Clarke

The father of Broli, when Freeza destroyed Planet Vegeta, Broli used a sphere of his own power to protect himself and Paragus, and transport them to another planet. Paragus raised Broli, and eventually had a scientist create a crown capable of restraining, and controlling Broli's rage and power. Paragus later came up with a plan to get revenge on Vegeta, but failed due to Broli breaking the crown and going berserk. He was killed by Broli who threw his escape pod into a comet. Paragus also makes a cameo appearance in Movie 12 as a villain in the background behind Freeza after they escape from hell.

Raditz

• Name pun: Radish
• Seiyū: Shigeru Chiba
• Voice actor: Jason Gray-Stanford (Ocean Dub), Justin Cook (FUNimation dub)

Raditz (ラディッツ, Radittsu) is the biological brother of Son Goku and the eldest son of Burdock. Raditz went to Earth to help in the planet's invasion, and to persuade his younger brother Goku to join the Saiyans in their conquest. However, disappointed to discover that Goku had lost his memories and adjusted to life on Earth, Raditz kidnapped Gohan and tried to force Goku to become an ally. During his battle with Goku and Piccolo, Gohan seeing his father in danger explodes with rage and delivers a massive amount of damage to Raditz in a single blow. Taking advantage of the situation, Goku puts Raditz in a full nelson and demands Piccolo to kill them both with the Special Beam Cannon. Just before his death, he sneered that two more powerful Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, would be coming to Earth in one year's time. Raditz has appeared in several Dragon Ball video games including the Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi series of games.

Seripa

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Seripa

• English-language dubs: Fasha
• Name pun: Parsely (anagram)
• Seiyū: Yūko Mita
• Voice actor: Linda Young

The only female member of Burdock's crew. After Burdock is attacked by one of the last surviving members of Kanassa, Seripa and others decided to return him back to their homeworld Planet Vegeta so that he could be healed. After hearing that there is some possible damage in his brainwave patterns they've decided to leave without him to destroy the inhabitants on Planet Meat as their next assignment. After reaching Meat they immediately destroy all of its natives, but before they could celebrate the moment, she and the rest of the team were ambushed and killed by a group of Freeza's minions on his orders, including Dodoria. She resembles Videl in both looks and hairstyle but is more muscular.

Son Goku

Main article: Son Goku

Toma

Toma

• English-language dubs: Tora
• Name pun: Tomato
• Seiyū: Kazuyuki Sogabe
• Voice actor: John Burgmeier

A tall masculine member of Burdock's team. He is Burdock's best friend and the only person Burdock gets a chance to talk to when he finds his group slaughtered by Dodoria and some of Freeza's underlings. The bloodstained headband that Burdock wears was worn by Toma as an armband when he was still alive. Burdock removed it from him after his death and wore it as a headband honoring his team.

Tullece

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Tullece

• English-language dubs: Turles
• Name pun: Lettuce (anagram)
• Seiyū: Masako Nozawa
• Voice actor: Chris Patton

Tullece (ターレス, Tāresu) is a lower-class Saiyan warrior and former servant of Freeza. He leads a small group of renegade warriors across the universe on a spree of destruction. His appearance is similar to that of Son Goku. He was the main villian in the movie.The Tree of Might.

Illusion Saiyans

Brocco & Pumpkin are Illusion Saiyans (Maboroshi no Saiya-jin) who only appear in the Pendulum Room. Brocco is a tall, muscular Saiyan with long brown hair and grayish skin, while Pumpkin is a short, bald Saiyan with navy blue hair around his head and two scratches on his face. In the Saiyan Saga, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, Kuririn and Chaozu use the Pendulum Room to travel through time and face Brocco and Pumpkin in the past to prepare for the upcoming battle with Vegeta and Nappa.

Vegeta

Main article: Vegeta

Partial Saiyans

Bra

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Bra

• English-language dubs: Bulla
• Name pun: Bra
• Seiyū: Hiromi Tsuru
• Voice acting: Parisa Fakhri

Bra (ブラ, Bura) is the second child (after Trunks) of Bulma and Vegeta. Unlike Pan who acts tomboyish, Bra acts feminine and sticks around her mom. Like Bulma, Bra has blue hair in the anime and purple hair in the manga. Her father doesn't appear to make a point of encouraging her to train (like he does to her brother Trunks), but the two are quite close, as it becomes apparent in DBGT, where Vegeta proves to be very protective of his daughter on multiple occasions. During the Baby Saga, Bra (along with the rest of the world) is possessed by Baby. She is one of the four characters who help Baby become stronger; after this, however, her role is greatly reduced. Although she has never been seen in combat (She'd rather shop than train), except when Baby had her under his control, she does have the ability to fly through use of her chi.

Future Gohan

Main article: Future Gohan

Future Trunks

Main article: Future Trunks

Pan

Main article: Pan

Son Gohan

Main article: Son Gohan

Son Goku Jr.

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Son Goku Jr.

• English-language dubs: Goku Jr.
• Name pun: Sun Wukong (Japanese pronunciation)
• Seiyū: Masako Nozawa
• Voice acting: Stephanie Nadolny

Son Goku Jr. (孫 悟空, Son Gokū Junia) is Son Goku's great-great grandson (Pan's grandson). He is seen at the end of Dragon Ball GT, fighting in what may be the 64th Tenkaichi Budōkai against a distant descendant of Vegeta's, Vegeta Jr. He also appears in the DBGT special, A Hero's Legacy, in which he meets his ancestor, Goku. Despite his lack of Saiyan blood he has the ablility to transform into a Super Saiyan.

His gi resembles Goku's, with the exception of having blue pants and a teal shirt underneath his vest (though in the finale of Dragon Ball GT, he wore Goku's preserved, ancient gi). Goku Jr.'s hair is in the same style, shape and form of Goku's. His hair and eye color are both black. His headband is red, which makes it resemble the headband Burdock wore. His skin color resembles Son Gohan's; milky white or very lightly tanned.

Vegeta Jr.

• Name pun: Vegetable
• Seiyū: ?
• Voice actor: Christopher Sabat

Vegeta Jr. (ベジータ, Bejīta Junia) is a descendant of Vegeta, seen once at the end of Dragon Ball GT. He is much like Vegeta in name, appearance, and attitude. He fights in the Tenka'ichi Budōkai against Son Goku's great-great grandson.

He is the great-great grandson of Vegeta and Bulma. He enters a tournament and his challenger is Son Goku Jr. The two competitors are matched equally. Vegeta Jr. eventually goes Super Saiyan, and is surprised to see Goku Jr. can as well.

Son Goten

Main article: Son Goten

Trunks

Main article: Trunks

Fusions

Gogeta

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Super Gogeta

• Name pun: Goku and Vegeta
• Seiyū: Masako Nozawa and Ryō Horikawa
• Voice acting: Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabat

Gogeta (ゴジータ, Gojīta) is the result of Son Goku and Vegeta merged together as a single entity by the means of the Fusion Dance. He first appears in Fusion Reborn. Even when fighting side-by-side, Goku and Vegeta realized they wouldn't be able to defeat the monster Janemba. Thus, Goku persuaded Vegeta to do the Fusion Dance with him. Gogeta's appearance has characteristics inherited from both Goku and Vegeta, but the clothes he wears are in the fashion of the Metamorans, the alien race that developed the Fusion Technique. While neither Goku nor Vegeta were a match for Janemba on their own, Gogeta had the strength and speed to overpower the monster, and easily defeat him.

Gogeta makes a second appearance in Dragon Ball GT, this time transformed into a Super Saiyan 4. At Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta's suggestion, he and Super Saiyan 4 Goku unite to battle the seemingly unstoppable Super Yi Xing Long. Aside from his bright scarlet hair, Gogeta's characteristics are similar to that of a Super Saiyan 4 with the upper half of his body covered in red fur, still wearing his previously seen Metamoran costume. Unlike his regular Super Saiyan state, in which he is a deliberate, no-nonsense fighter, Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta takes on a somewhat of a wild, cocky demeanor, similar to Vegetto. He toys with and taunts the evil dragon lord, only getting serious after he'd tricked the dragon into using his Negative Karma Ball so that he could turn it into positive energy and undo the damage that had been done to the earth by the Evil Dragons. He is completely invulnerable to any attack due to the immense power gap between him and pretty much all other opponents. His only weakness, his inability to maintain the fusion for more than 10 minutes, left him just short of time to finish off Super Yi Xing Long after repairing the planet.

Veku

Veku appears in Fusion Reborn, with Vegeta reluctant to perform the Fusion Dance, he and Son Goku botched the first attempt. The result was the creation of the fat, roly-poly warrior named Veku. Since the Fusion that created him had been a blunder, Veku's power level was extremely low, and perhaps his stomach was upset as well, for he pathetically and repeatedly passed gas. Due to his unpredictable motion and repeated gas attacks, Veku somehow managed to survive for 30 minutes against Janemba, after which a second Fusion Dance was performed correctly and Gogeta was formed.

Gotenks

• Name pun: Goten and Trunks
• Seiyū: Masako Nozawa and Takeshi Kusao
• Voice acting: Kara Edwards and Laura Bailey

Gotenks (ゴテンクス, Gotenkusu) is the persona of Son Goten and Trunks, merged together by the means of the Fusion Dance. After a few failed attempts at the fusion, Gotenks was finally born. In Gotenks, only the worst traits from Trunks' and (surprisingly) Goten's personalities seemed to appear. He is selfish, rude and extremely overconfident. Even so, the incredible power Gotenks displays more than make up for his attitude. At his first appearance, Gotenks immediately raced off to challenge Fat Buu. For his foolhardy efforts, he was rewarded with a sound beating from Buu. Afterwards, he trained in the Room of Spirit and Time, powering up even more in preparation for his battle against Super Buu. During his training in the Room of Spirit and Time, Gotenks developed an arsenal of super attacks, which made for an interesting (and somewhat silly) battle with Super Buu. Gotenks is capable of making the Super Saiyan 3 transformation, however the energy consumed in this form greatly reduces the amount of time Gotenks can maintain the fusion. Coupled with Gotenks' tendency to become easily distracted, this can be a somewhat serious liability. Gotenks was shown to have enough power to kill Buu, but the fusion wore off just as he was about to deliver a finishing blow. Gotenks is the third strongest hero in the manga series surpassed only by Vegetto and Mystic Gohan but his childish attitude makes him less dangerous than his power would let him to be.

Vegetto

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Vegetto

• English-language dubs: Vegito
• Viz manga: Vegerot
• Name pun: Vegeta and Kakarotto
• Seiyū: Ryō Horikawa and Masako Nozawa
• Voice acting: Christopher Sabat and Sean Schemmel

Vegetto (ベジット, Bejitto) was a desperate fusion by Vegeta and Goku using the Potara Earrings in an effort to defeat Majin Buu. He outclassed Super Buu, launching the gigantic energy ball Buu made with energy from all the planets he had destroyed into outerspace. Super Buu then realized that Vegetto must have been toying with him all along, but still believed he was superior. Buu became so angry at the thought of this that he tapped into his evil power reserves to cause a dimensional collapse, but even this fails as Vegetto was able to break through the barrier Buu had created around himself. In desperation Buu turned Vegetto into a jawbreaker. Since he could not fight back against an opponent that small and fast, Buu reverted Vegetto back to his original self. Buu then absorbed Vegetto, but was unable to obtain his power either as Vegetto had created an energy barrier to stop Buu from gaining his power. Vegetto had purposely gotten himself turned into a jawbreaker and absorbed so he could free everyone else who had been absorbed by Super Buu. Once inside Buu's body, the fusion was reverted.

The name Vegetto is a portmanteau of the names Vegeta and Kakarotto, the latter being Goku's Saiyan birthname. The spelling Vegetto is the official trade name of the character in Japan, as evident by its appearance in Jump Ultimate Stars and merchandise such as the Super Battle Collection action figures. Because of the way Viz transliterates Goku's Saiyan name into Kakarot, Vegetto's name was changed into "Vegerot" in their translation of the manga.