Character Profiles
This page is a gateway to information about most of the characters in Dragon Ball.
Akira Toriyama initially based most of the characters from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. He also redeveloped one of his earlier one-shot manga series, Dragon Boy. To be creative with the character, Toriyama stated that he designed Son Goku not as a monkey like the Journey to the West character, but as a human-looking boy with a monkey tail.
During this period of the series, Toriyama placed less emphasis on the series art work, simplifying the lines and sometimes making things "too square". He found himself having problems determining the colors for characters and sometimes ended up changing them unintentionally mid-story. For the female characters, Toriyama felt it was not fun to draw "weak females" so he created women that he felt were not only "beautiful and sexy", but also "strong". Going against the normal convention that the strongest characters should be the largest in terms of physical size, he designed many of Dragon Ball's most powerful characters with small statures, including the protagonist, Goku.
After the first chapters were released, readers commented that Goku seemed rather plain, so his appearance was changed. More characters (such as Kame-sennin and Kuririn) and martial arts tournaments were added to give the manga a greater emphasis on fighting. Knowing readers would expect Goku to win the tournaments, Akira-san had him lose the first two while continuing his initial goal of having Goku be the champion and hero. When having fights in the manga, Toriyama had the characters go to a place where nobody lived to avoid difficulties in drawing destroyed buildings. In order to advance the story quickly, he also gave most fighters the ability to fly so they could travel to other parts of the world without inconvenience. This was also the reasoning behind Goku learning to teletransport (thus allowing characters to move to any planet in a second).
Here are the pages with the new layout and bigger images. This way it's easy to find the character your looking for. But for some reason, I assigned characters by race. Inaccurately, I choose the names whenever I pronounce it. To clear things up, some character's info are sourced from the Super Exciting Guide and other Japanese Dragon Ball-related guidebooks in some special cases. Here, you will see each information I provided you with:
Japanese Names: Romaji (漢字)
Name Pun: Pun on any object
FUNimation Name: FUNimation character name
Silver Shenron Name: My convenient character name
Other Names: any other names
Race: Character's race
Height: Character's height
Weight: Character's weight
Birth Year: Character's birth year (depending on any issue)
Death Year: Character's death year ("Revived" if revived by the Dragon Balls)
Hobbies: Character's hobby
Favorite Food: Character's food
Favorite Vehicle: Character's ride
First Appears: Character's debut (Chapter for Manga, Episode and any other anime stuff for Anime)
Appearances: DB, DBZ, DBGT
Seiyuu: Japanese voice actors
Voice Actor: English voice actors (by default, I used the FUNimation dub)
Characters
SAIYANS
Cabba
Caulifa
Kale
Paragus
HUMAN/SAIYAN HYBRIDS
Son Gohan (Mirai) - Half (50%)
Gotenks - Half (50%)
Gotan - Half (50%)
Vegeta Jr.'s Mother (AKA "Bulma Jr.") - Eighth (12.50%)
Goku Jr. - Sixteenth (6.25%)
Vegeta Jr. - Sixteenth (6.25%)
HUMANS
Adjutant Black
Bacterian
Bora
Chaotzu
Colonel Silver
Colonel Violet
Commander Red
Dr. Briefs
Dr. Flappe
Dr. Kori
Emi
General Blue
General Copper
General White
Grandpa Gohan
Gurumes
Gyuumao
Hasky
Honey (Neko Majin)
Karoni
Lunch
Lieutenant/Captain Dark
Lime
Lord Jaguar
Mai
Maloja
Maron
Marron
Muten Roshi (Kame-Sennin)
Muten Shen (Tsuru-Sennin)
Men-Men
Mr. Lao
Mr. Satan
Mrs. Briefs
Mutaito
Nam
Ninja Murasaki
Penny
Pilaf
Piroshki
Pizza
Pocowatha
Puck
Ranfan
Rising Dragon
Senbei Norimaki
Sherman Priest
Sharpner
Sky Dragon
Suno
Tao Pai Pai
The Dictator
Thunderbolt
Tights
Uranai Baba
Uub
Weaver
Yajirobe
Yamcha
Yamhan
ANIMALS
Mr. Pig
Bear Thief
Bee
Boss Rabbit
Bubbles
Captain Yellow
Chopey
Gregory
King Koku
Konkichi
Karin-sama
Neko Majin
Oolong
Puar
Shu
Umigame
NAMEKIANS AND DRAGONS
Cargo
Cymbal
Dende
Drum
Guru
Kami-sama
Kattatsu
Muuri
Nail
Nameless Namek
Piano
Piccolo Damiao
Slug
Tambourine
Polunga
Shenlong
Black Star Shenlong
Black Smoke Shenlong
Ii-Shenlong
Ryan-Shenlong
San-Shenlong
Suu-Shenlong
Uu-Shenlong
Ryuu-Shenlong
Chii-Shenlong
FROST DEMONS AND COLD'S MILITARY REGIME
Kuriza
Frost
Kikino
Beriblue
Dore
Freeza Soldier
Olen
Apule
Iru
Fishi
Banan
Suica
Namole
Blueberi
Raspberi
Naple
Sorbet
Tagoma
Shisami
Dodoria's Elite
Kyvira
Toubi
Abo
Kado
Malaka
Planthorr
Cheelyai
Lemo
JINZONINGEN (ARTIFICIAL HUMANS)
Major Metallic
Jinzoningen # 8
Jinzoningen # 17 (Mirai)
Jinzoningen # 18 (Mirai)
Arale Norimaki
Obotchaman
Dr. Kochin
Dr. Wheelo
Hatchiyack
MAJINS
Babidi
Bibidi
Dabra
Majin Buu
Pui Pui
Spopovich
Yakon
Yamu
TSUFURU-JINS, GT ANTAGONISTS, AND MACHINE MUTANTS
Veiz
Commander Nezi
Dr. Myu
General Rilldo
Giru (T2006)
Luud
Natt
Ribet
Dolltaki
Mutchy
Commander Nezi
Para Brothers
Ledgic
Don Kia
Gale
Sheila
Bebi
Dr. Raichi
Tsufuru-jin King
Zoonama
Hell Fighter #17 / Super #17
AFTERLIFE PEOPLE AND GODS
Haigishi-Kaio
Dai-Kaio
Kaio (Kita-Kaio)
Minami-Kaio
Nishi-Kaio
To-Kaioshin
Dai-Kaioshin
Kibito-shin
Kita-Kaioshin
Minami-Kaioshin
Haigishi-Kaioshin (Shin)
Nishi-Kaioshin
Gowasu
Zamasu
Mirai Zamasu
Enma-Daio
Jadoushin
Goz
Mez
Saike
Arqua
Caterpy
Chapuchai
Froug
Maraikoh
Mijorin
Olibu
Papo
Paikkuhan
Sarta
Tapkar
Torbie
Ivan
Xerex
Moskva
Quitela
Arak
Vados
Champa
Beerus
Liquir
Sidra
Rumoosh
Vermoud
Gene
OTHER CHARACTERS
Janempa
Bojack
Gokua
Zangya
Bujin
Bido
Hiderugarn
Hoi
Tapion
Dorodabo
Angira
Ginger
Nikki
Sansho
Spice
Mustard
Salt
Vingear
Garlic
Garlic Jr.
Gure
Beri
Ipana
Plant Village Mayor
Monaka
Hit
Magetta
Botamo