Gohan

Gine (paternal grandmother)

Ox-King (maternal grandfather)

Goku (father)

Chi-Chi (mother)

Raditz (paternal uncle)

**Son Gohan** is a half-breed Saiyan. He is the elder son of Goku and his wife Chi-Chi, the eldest nephew of Raditz. He is named after Goku's adoptive grandfather, Gohan.

Unlike his father, Gohan lacks a passion for fighting (although, he does possess a strong power within him) and prefers to do so only when his loved ones are threatened. Nevertheless, Gohan fights alongside the Z-Fighters in the defence of Earth for much of his life.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Birth

Gohan was born in Age 757 to Son Goku and Chi-Chi he remained unnamed until Goku mentioned his adoptive grandfather in passing, Gohan reacted to the name by laughing causing him to be named it.

#### Life at Home

While at home his mother forced him to study giving him an intelligence much higher than either the average Saiyan or Earthling. Despite his mothers reservations, Gohan did some basic training with his father.

### Saiyan Saga

#### First Exposure

Gohan's first exposure to Goku world of fights came at a very early age. In Age 761, at the age of four, Goku took him to meet Master Roshi, Bulma and Krillin at Kame House. After they talked for a bit, Goku's long-lost brother, Raditz arrived revealing to him that he was a Saiyan thus making Gohan a Half-Saiyan. After defeating Goku, Raditz kidnapped Gohan taking him to his pod.

Raditz locked him in his pod but when he scanned for power levels, he read Gohan's as much higher than anything that he read on the planet before. When Goku arrived with Piccolo to fight Raditz, Gohan could only watch as his father was beaten, until he renally had enough, and overtaken with rage, burst out of the pod and attacked Raditz surprising all. The attack was too much for him and Gohan was knocked out afterward leaving him venerable.

#### A Year to Train

When he woke up again, he was with Piccolo who told him that his father was dead and that two more Saiyans were on their way and they only had a year to train to beat people stronger than Raditz by over ten-fold. Gohan had no choice and was dropped by Piccolo onto the top of a mountain. Piccolo took pity after a while giving him some apples.

During the night Gohan woke up and stared at the full moon transforming him into a Great Ape. Piccolo, confused then deduced that the moon was the source of it and destroyed the moon. Afterwards, Piccolo removed Gohan's tail and gave him cloths that resembled his fathers but with his symbol on them and a sword. When Gohan woke up he knew he was on his own. Gohan survived off the land for the next six months before Piccolo found him to train him.

#### Fighting his Own Kind

After a year had passed, Gohan and Piccolo met up with the other Z-Fighters in North City after Kami had evacuated it. They awaited the arrival of the Saiyans and after losing their first warrior, Yamcha, to a Saibamen, the bodies continued to drop. Chiaotzu and Tien to the Saiyan Nappa then after a lengthy struggle, Piccolo as well. In the rage that overcame Gohan after that, he nearly matched Nappa in power. It was at that moment that Goku returned after having been revived and training in Other World. Goku told Krillin and Gohan to leave after giving them both a Senzu Bean.

Goku was able to keep up with Vegeta until he transformed into a Great Ape at witch point he and Krillin returned. And following a complex battle witch involved cutting off Vegeta's tail and Gohan becoming a Great Ape and Vegeta cutting of his tail, they defeated Vegeta who escaped back to space. They were picked up and taken to hospital by Roshi, Bulma, Chi-Chi and Korin.

### Frieza Saga

#### A New Planet

After recovering from his injuries in West City hospital, Gohan chose to go to the planet Namek with Krillin and Bulma to gather the Namekian Dragon Balls to bring back his friends back to life, because Piccolo's death caused Kami's death too, which caused the Earth's Dragon Balls to turn to stone. Gohan was on a personal mission to wish back Piccolo, and went so far as to wear a copy of Piccolo's dōgi to honor him.

When they arrived Gohan and Krillin left to find the natives and found a village that was currently being raided for the dragon ball by Frieza and his goons.

## Appearance

Gohan resembles Yamcha in hairstyle, but inherits his father's facial features and black eyes. At the same time, he has his mother's light peach complexion rather than his father's light tan. Also taking after his father, Gohan inherited a Saiyan tail, which was long and prehensile with brown fur. It was removed and regrew a few times during his childhood until removed permanently by Vegeta in their first battle.

When first introduced as a young child, he had short and spiky but relatively well-kept hair. He wore a white sleeveless shirt and green pants with black boots with white lacing, this outfit was covered in a Hanfu-style top that was yellow with green sleeves and on the front his family name, 'Son', written in kanji within a large white circle with black lining. He also wore a red cap with the Four-Star Dragon Ball attached to the top. He later removes the Hanfu-style top to show his outfit when he is ready to train with Piccolo.

While training with Piccolo, after losing his previous outfit from transforming into a Great Ape, he wears an outfit similar to Goku's original, consisting of an orange gi and black belt with a black undershirt, blue wristbands, and black boots with yellow lasing. In the Anime, his uniform is the same as Piccolo's consisting of a purple gi with a red sash and armbands, bronze grass shoes, and a white collar around his neck. At the same time, he wore with the 'Ma' symbol (魔) and his hair grew out more into a mullet-style that reached his shoulders. By the fight against the Saiyans, Gohan grows noticeably more muscular for a child and dons a similar attire to the Namekian warriors. He also sported a white bandana. Gohan's hair has been cut short and has three thick fringes on his head. Before going to Namek with Krillin and Bulma, Gohan is initially seen wearing an outfit worn in private elementary school and later his Namekian outfit. During his battle against Frieza, Vegeta gave Gohan a Battle Armor, which consisted of a blue jumpsuit with white gloves and boots, and a white torso protection with yellow shoulder pads.

## Personality

As a child, Gohan is a shy and studious intellectual child who lacks the Saiyan fighting spirit, so he had to utilize his incredible half-breed Saiyan potential and emotional reserves to protect those he loves, becoming one of the most powerful Z Fighters. As an adult, he achieves his dream career of becoming a great scholar.

Being only half-Saiyan, Gohan is unusual in his values and personality compared to most full-Saiyans. These unique values and personality separate him from pure Saiyans; as powerful as he is, he does not like fighting much. However, when he is forced to fight, he shows special interest in protecting his family and friends. Like his father, Gohan has a truly pure and gentle heart, apart from having the typical Saiyan appetite and will eat anything.

Though he claims he does not share the love of fighting Goku has, Gohan does indeed love martial arts and adventures.