Goku’s grandfather, father, mother, brother, wife, children, and cousins ​​play a big role in the entire Dragon Ball series. There are many things about them that you certainly don’t know or have never heard of.

Dragon Ball is the story of Goku – a monkey-tailed boy who grew up and became the greatest warrior in the world. Standing by his side are his beloved family members. Some people may not know everything about them, so we decided to bring you facts about Goku and his family, which readers may not know everything about.

1. Goku’s real name

When he accidentally found a monkey-tailed boy in the bamboo forest, Grandpa Gohan decided to call him Goku, a name derived from Journey to the West, the name of Sun Wukong – Son Goku in Japanese kanji. Gohan is not Goku’s biological grandfather, but he gave him a name, adopted him, and raised him as a child. In fact, on planet Vegeta Goku has another name, Kakarot, derived from “carrot”, based on vegetables like the names of all Saiyans. Of course, when he came to Earth, Goku was too young to remember this name.

2. Strange similarities between generations

Goku’s father is Bardock, a character we all know from Bardock: The Father of Goku. Judging by visual assessment, Goku is an exact and perfect copy of his father. Another character is Goten, Goku’s second son, who also inherits cloned genes and has an identical appearance to his father and grandfather. It seems that this gene is specifically passed down only to the second son in the family.

3. Bardock’s life

Goku’s father – Bardock is a quite interesting character. He is the leader of a group of low-level Saiyans sent by Frieza to planets to conquer them in order to serve the tyrant empire. However, Frieza soon became afraid of the Saiyan’s power, so he destroyed Vegeta. During the fight with Frieza, Bardock died, but his son became the one with the power to destroy him. It is not wrong to say that Bardock and Goku are “like father, like son”.

4. The mystery of Goku’s mother

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Goku’s mother is a mystery. We know nothing about this woman other than her sole appearances in a few video games and in Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, a manga by co-creator Akira Toriyama in the Dragon Ball universe. Gine, Goku’s mother is just like her second son, gentle and very kind. Although still a Saiyan, Gine does not possess the strength or desire to fight, so she lives life as a normal person, working in a meat distribution factory.

5. Bardock and Gine’s unusual relationship

In Saiyan culture, men and women choose mates only for reproductive purposes. However, from what we know through Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, Gine and Bardock are a rare couple when they really get married and stay together for love, not just to maintain the species.

6. Bardock, Goku, Goten, and Gohan are all voiced by a woman

Japanese voice actress Masako Nozawa voiced not only Goku but almost all of the male family members, including Goku, his father Bardock, and both of his sons, Goten and Gohan. The only person in the family not voiced by Masako Nozawa is Raditz.

7. Raditz revelations

When sent to Earth by Vageta, Goku’s mission is to destroy and conquer Earth. Who told Goku these things? Not Vegeta or Nappa, but Goku’s older brother, Raditz. Not only that, he also tells us everything about the Saiyans, their races and the powers they possess.

8. Goku turned his back on his own brother

Dragon Ball’s villains are all forgiven by Goku, given a second chance to change and live better. This happened to Yamcha, Piccolo, Buu, Frieza, and of course, Vegeta. However, Goku cannot do this to his brother. It’s not that Goku made the wrong choice, because Raditz is extremely evil. But then again, other villains have been forgiven for much worse things than what Raditz did. It’s sad that Goku can’t even forgive his brother!

9. Brothers share the same DNA

Dr. Gero is an excellent scientist who created a series of Androids for the Red Ribbon army in order to take revenge on Goku. Among them Android 18-18 is an impressive achievement, a great creation of him. Cell was created by combining the cells of the world’s greatest warriors: Picolo, Frieza, King Cold, Krillin, Vegeta, Goku and Gohan. Putting aside how these DNA gives him great strength and abilities, possessing the DNA of Goku and Gohan means that in some way, he is related by blood. with Son Goku’s family. It’s impossible to imagine what a family reunion between Cell and Goku would look like.