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goku
The main character and the strongest character in DB and throughout DBZ, his name is based on the Chinese mythological character of the same name. Although he doesn't look like the Monkey King as described in the scripture, he looks human in almost every way. He used to have a tail, which, at the sight of a full moon, transforms him into a giant oozaru form. He is of a race called Saiya-jins who goes around conquering planets and dealing them. Gokou was sent as an infant from his home planet Vegeta, which was destroyed immediately afterward, he was raised by a kindly old man named Son Gohan. Even as a child he showed remarkable abilities, such as great strength and an almost instinctive fighting skill. He was sent to Earth to conquer it, and may have done so if not for a blow to the head he received as a child. While that blow is responsible for the loss of Gokou's potentially vicious and evil Saiya-jin personality, it may have done more than that. Gokou is "good" in the truest sense of the word, but....well....outside of combat, he's not that bright. Oh, well. =) He doesn't need brains; he is the first of his kind in a thousand years to reach the legendary power-level known as Super Saiyajin, and keeps getting stronger throughout the series. He is known for the Kamehameha attack, which he learned from Kamesennin by only watching him doing the technique when it took Kamesennin 50 years to master it. As a child Gokou is much younger-looking than his actual age, he is introduced as approximately age 14 but looks 6 (some fans argue that this is because Saiyajin age differently than humans). He has the typical wild black hair of his race, sticking out all over his head even when wet, and for the first part of the series has the trademark Saiyajin monkey-tail, with which he can transform into the "oozaru" (a giant rampaging fire-breathing monkey with red eyes). The tail gets cut off and grows back several times during the series, until he loses it altogether as he grows up. Gokou is the first to reach SSJ in the DBZ saga but Gohan was the first to reach SSJ2 which he suprassed his fathers power level in the Cell saga, but in the Majin-Buu saga, Gokou suprassed his son being able to turn SSJ3 and he was the first to turn SSJ4 in GT. Gokou undergoed alot of training from Kamesennin, Kami Sama, and Kaio Sama. His favorite techniques are Kamehameha, Kaioken, and Genki Dama (AKA Spirit Bomb)