Goku

GOKU
Attributes
Anime Name(s)	Goku Kakarot
Manga Name(s)	Son Gokuu Kakarrot
Also Called	Gokuu Son Goku Monkey Tailed Boy The Super Saiyan Songo (Polish Dub) Goku-chan
Sex	Male
Race	Saiyan
Date of Birth	Age 737
Date of Death	Age 761 (Revived) Age 767 (Revived)
Height	5' 9"
Weight	140 lbs
Resides in	East City
Occupation	Radish farmer Martial Artist Low Class Saiyan
Family	Grandpa Gohan (Adopted Grandfather) Bardock (Father) Raditz (Brother) Chi-Chi (Wife) Ox-King (Father-in-Law) Gohan (Son) Goten (Son) Videl (Daughter-in-Law) Pan (Granddaughter) Goku Jr (Great-Great-Grandson) Hercule (Relative)

 Goku (孫悟空 Son Gokū) birth name Kakarot (カカロット Kakarotto) is the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball series. He is a member of the alien race called Saiyans and is one of the only three living pure blooded saiyans (Other being Vegeta and Tarble). He is married to Chi-Chi and have two children Gohan and Goten. He is named Goku by Grandpa Gohan who adopted him as his grandson.

Concept and CreationEdit

Goku's full name Son Goku is the japaneese word for Sūnwùkōng (孙悟空) which means monkey, the character Son Wukong is the main protagonist of the chineese novel Journey to the West, on whom Goku is slightly adapted. The name Goku means "Awakened to Emptiness" as the syllable 'go' meant enlightenment and 'ku' means emptiness. Goku (ごく) in japanese means 'very'. Like all pure-blooded saiyans, his saiyan birth name Kakarot is a pun of a vegetable, in his case a carrot.

Goku's appearence is slightly similar to that of Tongpoo from Adventures of Tongpoo and that of Tanton from Dragon Boy, both characters of Akira Toriyama's mangas prior to Dragon Ball.