Goku
His real name is Kakaroto. He discovered that from his brother Raditz which is also the first time he learned that he is a Saiyan.
Not only is he a great warrior, but also a spectacular leader. Throughout the entire series, he had inspired many, including both of his sons, Gohan and Goten and especially Vegeta. He is a diligent and hardworking person who would never fail to take on new challenges. Even though he had became the most powerful warrior in the universe by defeating Freeza, he still strive to become better. After Future Trunks had foretold the arrival of the cyborgs and Dr. Gero. He could have opted for the easy path by getting to Dr. Gero before the cyborgs were created, but he chose to challenge himself instead by preparing for their arrival.
Goku's unfaltering spirit and confidence is remarkable. After he forfeited the battle against Cell, no one, not even Gohan himself had the confidence to defeat Cell. Goku was the only one who had confidence in Gohan and followed through all the way to the end, even after Gohan was seriously injured and lost the will to fight. He never quits under any circumstance. Even after everyone gave up, his mind never stopped looking for solutions. Seconds before Cell was about to explode and destroy Earth, Goku realized he could teleport Cell to another location.
His leadership and inspiration was proved pivotal as Future Trunks unveiled the grim story of his time where Goku died of a rare heart disease and everyone except for Trunks were killed. The most tragic of all was that Gohan's tremendous talent was never realized as he died under the hands of #17.
After the Dragon Ball Warriors initial encounter with #17 and #18 and subsequently Cell, Goku realized that he must transcend the Super Saiyan to stand a chance against the cyborgs. Under his guidance, an intensive training program in the "Time Room" was launched. During that time, he trained Gohan for the first time and fully unleashed Gohan's potential.
The one person he had inspired most throughout the series was Vegeta. Vegeta entered the story as as an evil individual who would find any means necessary to satisfy his hunger for power who was also too proud to accept defeat. Through Goku's inspiration, Vegeta slowly transformed into a good hearted person who accepted himself. During Goku's final battle with Majin Buu, he openly accepted that he was no match for neither Buu nor Goku and willing to participate in the sidelines (by gathering energy for Goku's final strike) rather than the actual fight.
Gohan
He is the first child of Goku. Named after Goku's adopted grandfather, his tremendous talent and power was readily apparent in his childhood. In the battle against Raditz, Gohan's horrifying power substantially injured him, assisting both Piccolo and Goku.
As Piccolo said, he was too pampered by his parents in the early ages to even realize his talent. Piccolo decided to start training him by leaving him in an island for six months to learn independence before teaching him anything at all. After one year of training, Gohan became a much more independent and strong in character.
Even though Gohan became more independent, he still lacked the kind of confidence that his father had, which was evident when he fled from where he was supposed to attack Nappa in his first battle against the Saiyajins. His lack of confidence persisted even after he became the most powerful warrior (Super Gohan) in the epic battle against Cell. During the "Kame Hame Ha" final confrontation between the two of them, Gohan was about to give up the battle. During that time, his father had more confidence in him then he did himself as Goku motivated Gohan to unleash his full potential to completely destroy Cell.
Because his mother had always wanted him to be a scholar, Gohan has a dilemma between fighting and studying, even though he is equally assiduous in both. Because of the constant invasion of "evil," Gohan focused on fighting. However, he finally got the opportunity to become a scholar after Buu was defeated and realized his mother's wishes.
Piccolo
He is one of the characters who was originally "evil", but through series of unexpected events, the "evil" in him was slowly washed away as Piccolo took different forms.
Piccolo is the offspring of Daimon, who was the pure "evil" which separated from Kami-sama as another body. Piccolo and Kami-sama is one person in two bodies. If one of them die, both will die.
When Daimon was killed by Son Goku, he vowed that his offspring Piccolo will avenge him. Thus, Piccolo's character is not just pure "evil" the way Daimon is. He is simply focused on destroying Son Goku. The two of them first met in the Budokai.
Because of the arrival of Raditz, Piccolo found himself an unwilling partner of Son Goku and together defeated Raditz. When he learned that two more poweful Saiyajin will avenge Raditz, Piccolo only found himself even more unwillingly on Goku's side by volunteering to train his Son, Gohan to become a warrior to fight against the Saiyajin.
Piccolo's militant training style made Gohan a stronger person, gradually unleashing Gohan's tremendous talent. During the time he spent with Gohan, Piccolo began to develop love and care for Gohan, which was fully realized when he sacrificed his life for Gohan in the battle against Nappa. His love and care for Gohan is readily apparent throughout the Freeza and Cell series.
Vegeta
Even though he is evil at heart, Vegeta is perhaps one of the most strong-willed character in the series. Like Goku, he is extremely industrious, constantly striving to be better, but different purposes drove Vegeta's spirit. Goku fought to defend the lives of others and to challenge his limitations while Vegeta fought to satiate his bloodthirsty appetite and die hard pride, which is unwilling to accept defeat. This gradually changes throughout the series.
The primary driver of his will is Goku. Vegeta's defeat in his first encounter with Goku and his unwillingness to accept Goku being more powerful had constantly fuelled his strong will to continue to train himself. After seeing Goku turn into Super Saiyan and defeating Freeza, he grew even more jealous of Goku achievements and immersed himself in intensive training. After much sweat and frustration, he finally became Super Saiyan. He only enjoyed a fleeting moment of pride in destroying #20, before being defeated by #18.
Vegeta first catharsis occurred during Gohan's battle with Cell. Cell had caused Gohan's arm to be seriously injured when Gohan saved his life. Because of his rash decision to attack Cell when he did not have the power to defend him self, Gohan got the upper hand and defeat Cell. Not only was he not even close to Gohan's power, but also owed his life to Gohan. That was the first time Vegeta accepted his incapabilities by making an apology to Gohan.
By the time Majin Buu appeared, what used to be a cold-hearted Vegeta changed. Right before he proceeded to sacrifice his life in an attempt to destroy Buu, he told Trunks that he cared about him and how he felt bad about giving Trunks much less attention then Trunks deserved.
During Goku's final battle with Majin Buu, Vegeta goes through a complete catharsis. He realized that Goku's pure and kind heart gave Goku the power that Vegeta never had. He finally realizes that the good ultimately prevails.
Trunks
First, one of the DBZ's most imprtant charactors, he is the son of Vegeta and Bulma.
Future Trunks comes from the future (of course), when Androids 17 & 18 kill all of the Z warriors and cause havoc all over the Earth. Future Trunks is trained by Gohan (in the future), the only surviving warrior (untill the Androids kill him, that's why Future Trunks traveled to the present).
Upon arriving in our timeline, he easily kills Freiza and King Cold. He keeps his identity secret from everyone, escept for when he tells Goku to preserve his existence. Future Trunks carries a sword givin to him by Tapion. Trunks (in the present time) is best friends with Goku's second don, Goten. Trunks is a little stronger than the younger Goten (1 year difference). He too was easily able to transform into a Super Saiyan, which surprised and angered Vegeta a little, as did Gohan with Goten.
Determined to avenge his father's death, Trunks attemps to master the fusion technique (with Goten) and defeat Buu. In Dragon Ball GT, Trunks neglects training and work because he sees them as too boring. However, when the black star dragon balls are sought after, he unwillingly joins Goku (and Goten) in the search.
Freeza
Frieza is one of the most important, if not the most important, villians in DBZ. He destroys practically all of the super saiyan race, their ome planet, and many others.
He goes to Planet Namek in search for the dragon balls after hearing Raditz's message in the beggining of the series.
He has multiple forms, used to keep his true power hidden. The first is short and has a tough-guy appereance. The second is much taller and looks kinda like his father (King Cold). The third form is like the queen in the movie, Aliens. His fourth and final form is short and much better for fighting.
After being killed by Goku, he is rebuilt by his father and travels to earth, only to be killed by Future Trunks. He is killed again in the 12th movie, this time by the Great Saiyan, Gohan.
Cell
The ultimate creation of Dr. Gero. After extensive research of gathering information about the Namic, Saiyan and Freeza's race's fighting techniques as well as their biological make-up, Dr. Gero was able to combine the best of everyone into a single entity called Cell. Cell's purpose seemed to be nothing but to do be ultimate fighting machine regardless of the methods (such taking millions of lives to fuel his power).
Cell's power is not fully realized until he absorbs both #17 and #18, which is called the "Complete Form" or the 3rd stage of development. After he had reached Complete Form and believed that no could defeat him, everything became a game to him.
He subsequently spared the life of Trunks after Trunks forfeited the fight against him. He announced the Cell Game and gave the Dragon Ball Warriors time to "get up to speed" in order to seek more challenge.
He had always believed that Goku was his ultimate challenge. It wasn't until Son Goku forfeited the fight and handed it over to his more powerful son, Gohan (no pun intended).
When Cell was finally confronted with defeat and even death by Gohan, nothing was a game to him anymore. Vegence was the only thing that filled his evil mind. He became much more powerful after his unsuccessful attempt to destroy the world by his self-destruct mechanism. But he was still no match for Gohan.
Yamcha
He is one of the original characters of the series. He was too shy to speak to a woman, so he wanted to obtain a girlfriend through the Sheng Lung instead. It was love at first site between him and Bulma. The two of them became a couple for many years. However, Bulma ended up with Vegeta instead.
Although he was a formidable competitor in the first Budokai, Like Kuririn, his importance was overshadowed by a Super Saiyajin dominated environment throughout Dragonball Z.
Tien
He was a disciple of Tsurusennin, who is a rival of Kamesennin training to become an assassin like Tao Paipai (Tsurusennin's brother). He first appeared in the 22nd Budokai and presented himself to be quite an arrogant character who was quite certain that he'll win the competition. All that changed after he met Goku.
Goku defeated Tao Paipai. Tien wanted vengeance, even if it means cheating in the competition and killing Goku. When Tien faced Goku on the final match, Goku turned out to be such a challenge that he no longer wanted to be a killer nor a disciple of Tsurusennin. He only wanted to have a fair match against Goku using his own strength. After defeating Goku by a very narrow margin, he realized he did not want to learn the evil ways of Tsurusennin and he along with Chao-zu became disciples of Kamesennin instead. Thereafter, Goku became someone he constantly tried to emulate. Even the presence of poweful Saiyans does not stop him from trying to become the best.
Krillin
As a young boy, Krillin studied martial arts with Goku under Master Roshi. Originally he and Goku were fierce rivals, but now they are best friends. A short, bald warrior, Krillin provides comic relief in tense situations as he tries to keep up with Goku and some of the powerful warriors. A good fighter on his own accord, he's always there to help Goku. He can and has saved his friend's life more than once. In fact, Krillin unleashes an incredibly powerful energy blast shaped like a flying disk that can slice through mountaintops.
Goku constantly encourages Krillin to have confidence in his own abilities as Krillin learns to be a remarkable fighter--that is, for an Earthling. Loyal, couragous, and dedicated to his friends. Krillin was willing to fight the Saiyans even though he doesn't want to, and knows he can't be brought back to life with the Dragon Balls. Krillin and Gohan become great friends through there adventures on Earth and Namek. Krillin would do anything for Gohan.
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