Goku

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Goku (悟空)
Alias(es)	Son Goku; Kakarot; Great Sage Equaling Heaven; Great Sage Sun 1990 5007 6355
Species/Race	Saiyan in the Dragon Ball account; a stone monkey/demon born from a Sky-Repairing Stone in the Three Realms account 2678 4948 5206
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Flower Fruit Mountain and the Demon Clan; later travels with Xuanzang's westbound party 5333 5957
Occupation/Role	Martial artist; Great Sage and Demon King; protector of Earth and Xuanzang 2753 5957 6355
Status	Active 6465
First Appearance	1990

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Super Saiyan	2097	Awakens the golden-haired transformation through rage and determination during his battle with Frieza; its power overwhelms Frieza.
Super Saiyan 2	2699	Reveals the form during his World Martial Arts Tournament match with Vegeta, then surrenders to avoid exposing their full strength.
Golden Great Ape → Super Saiyan 4	2743	Transforms to block Vegeta's Gamma Energy Flash and protect the spectators; the complete Super Saiyan 4 form has blue hair. He is identified as the first Super Saiyan 4. 2753
Great Unity Golden Immortal	4810	Has entered this cultivation realm by the time he fights through the Heavenly Court's gate guardians.
Great Luo Golden Immortal-level strength	5003	His combat power is compared to a Great Luo Golden Immortal's, though demon formations and demonic qi severely restrict him.
Nirvana rebirth	5270	Emerges from the Eight Trigrams Furnace stronger than before, with golden eyes; the furnace fails to refine him because he exists beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements. 5282
Shin Immortal	5958	His strength falls to this realm after the Five Elements Mountain period, but he retains exceptional talent and combat experience.
Mystic Immortal	6035	His post-imprisonment realm is identified as Mystic Immortal while he travels west with Xuanzang.
Late Golden Immortal	6156	Recovers at Flower Fruit Mountain, reaches the late Golden Immortal stage, and senses that he is nearing Great Unity Golden Immortal again.

Background / History

Origin accounts

The novel presents Goku with two origin accounts. In the Saiyan account, he was born in the Saiyan world and sent away as a newborn by his parents after that world suffered a catastrophic attack. Although Raditz calls him Kakarot and claims him as his brother, Goku rejects that identity and declares himself an Earthling. 1990 2678

In the Three Realms account, Goku emerged from a Sky-Repairing Stone at Flower Fruit Mountain, lived there for several hundred years, and later journeyed to the Western Ox-He Continent to study under Patriarch Bodhi. 4948 5206 Subhuti eventually expels him from Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave because his temperament does not suit cultivation discipleship; Goku accepts the decision respectfully and returns toward Flower Fruit Mountain on the Flying Nimbus. 4204

Saiyan conflicts

Goku reunites with Master Roshi, Krillin, Bulma, and the others after five years away, introducing his four-year-old son Gohan. Raditz soon arrives, reveals their familial connection, and kidnaps Gohan after Goku refuses to join him. 1990

On Namek, Goku decisively outclasses Burter and later raises his battle power to 180,000 against Captain Ginyu. Ginyu exploits Goku's mercy and inattention with his Change technique, but Goku eventually regains his original body. 2068 2072 2075 During the battle against Frieza, he pushes Kaio-ken to twenty times its normal strength before awakening as a Super Saiyan. 2095 2097

Tournament and interstellar threats

Goku becomes a prominent World Martial Arts Tournament fighter and works alongside Uchiha Madara, Piccolo, and Vegeta against threats connected to the White-Clad Interstellar Society and the new Dragon Balls. He suspects Liu Sanqing of concealing a non-Earthling identity, defeats her with Super Shock Wave, and acts to keep dangerous Dragon Balls out of hostile hands. 2751 2753 2756

While investigating anomalous routes with Madara, Goku deduces that they are traveling through outer space and tests the road's artificial gravity himself. 2681 He also confronts Apostles of the White-Clad Interstellar Society, escalating from Super Saiyan 3 and Golden Great Ape to complete Super Saiyan 4 against Apostle Ri'er Hekimanba. 2797 2798

Rebellion in the Three Realms

Goku repeatedly absorbs Earth Core Power, gaining physical strength but accumulating a dangerous baleful aura. Peach Demon initially helps stabilize the aura with peach blossom immortal qi, while Uchiha Shin and Jade Ding Zhenren later arrange for the Earth Core Wheel to reinforce Goku's Earth Core Power and reduce the backlash. 4501 4534 5004

After Shen Gongbao engineers insults against him and excludes him from the Peach Banquet, Goku's resentment toward the Heavenly Court erupts. He defeats numerous Heavenly Generals, breaks through their formations, and later leads demon forces in attacks against Buddhist Sect disciples across the Southern Jambu Continent. 4803 4810 5333

Taishang Laojun ultimately captures Goku with the Diamond Snare after Goku battles Yang Jian for three days. The Demon-Slaying Platform's yin wind cannot harm him, and Laojun sends him to the Eight Trigrams Furnace instead. 5222 5240 Goku undergoes Nirvana within the furnace, emerges with golden eyes, destroys the furnace, and creates Flame Mountain when its fire falls to the Western Ox-He Continent. 5270

Despite challenging the Three Pure Ones, Zhenyuan Daxian, Maitreya Buddha, and Tathagata Buddha, Goku is eventually sealed beneath Five Elements Mountain. He remains unharmed but immobile, using the confinement to cleanse his violent aura and cultivate. 5372 5571 5572

Journey to Western Heaven

After centuries beneath the mountain, Goku meets Xuanzang and agrees to protect him on the journey to Western Heaven, though he refuses to acknowledge Xuanzang as his master. 5941 5957 The westward journey also becomes Goku's path toward resolving his baleful aura: the group is instructed to seek twelve Earth Core Pills, which can suppress the aura and help Goku reach his true self. 5989

His reduced realm does not erase his combat ability. Even opponents far above his cultivation recognize his courage, experience, and ability to fight beyond his level. 6108 At White Tiger Ridge, he endures severe pain and overcomes White Bone Demon's influence, later recovering to the late Golden Immortal stage. 6152 6156

Appearance

Goku is depicted as a young-to-middle-aged martial artist with black hair in his ordinary Saiyan form, commonly wearing a red martial arts uniform. His appearance changes substantially through transformations and rebirth. 1990 2680

• His childhood form has a monkey tail and carries the Adamantine Staff. 2840
• Super Saiyan gives him golden hair and a blazing golden aura. 2097
• Complete Super Saiyan 4 is a blue-haired form reached through the Golden Great Ape transformation. 2743
• After his Nirvana rebirth, his eyes become golden. 5270
• When identified publicly as the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, he returns to a majestic original monkey form. 6355

Personality

Goku is direct, proud, and intensely protective. He refuses Raditz's demand to abandon Earth, fights to rescue Gohan, and later treats the protection of Earth and its Dragon Balls as his responsibility. 1990 2753 He dislikes cruelty for its own sake: after defeating Burter, he initially spares him, and Frieza's execution of the already-defeated Vegeta enrages him. 2068 2091

Although often impulsive, Goku is not thoughtless. He investigates unfamiliar environments through experimentation, reads concealed threats quickly, and is willing to surrender a tournament match rather than expose Earth to greater danger. 2681 2699 2752 His martial instincts also let him rapidly adapt to unfamiliar powers, including Tathagata's Buddhist Dharma. 5354

Goku's greatest internal weakness is his baleful aura. It can amplify anger, disrupt his power circulation, and drive him into destructive rampages. 4924 5003 5974 Even so, he possesses extraordinary endurance and willpower, remaining composed through agony that would break ordinary cultivators. 5003 5363

Abilities & Skills

Saiyan Physiology and Transformations

Goku possesses Saiyan blood, exceptional growth potential, and the ability to raise his battle power explosively in combat. 2070 2072

• Super Saiyan — golden-haired transformation that vastly increases his combat power. 2097
• Super Saiyan 2 — a stronger form he can use on par with Vegeta. 2699
• Super Saiyan 3 — used against Apostle Ri'er Hekimanba. 2797
• Golden Great Ape / Super Saiyan 4 — Golden Great Ape serves as the preliminary form before he assumes complete blue-haired Super Saiyan 4. 2743 2798
• Tail weakness — in his childhood form, pulling or damaging his tail leaves him rigid and incapacitated. 2840

Ki Manipulation

Goku can control and concentrate ki with exceptional precision.

• Kamehameha — condenses ki into a blast whose output can exceed his ordinary battle power. 1993
• Kaio-ken — can force the technique to twenty times power, though doing so leaves his body near collapse. 2094 2095
• Flight Technique — allows aerial combat and movement; he states that he learned it from Chiaotzu. 2681
• Impact Wave and Super Shock Wave — powerful ranged techniques; Super Shock Wave defeats Liu Sanqing. 2681 2753

Adamantine Staff Arts

Goku's principal weapon is the Adamantine Staff, which responds to commands to extend or shrink.

• Can lengthen by dozens of meters or contract to a portable size. 2840
• Remains effective against powerful immortals and is used to damage the Ginseng Fruit Tree. 5310 5312
• Goku throws it away before his suppression to prevent its capture, later retrieving it from adversaries unable to control it. 5572 5902

Monkey Hair Multiplication

Goku can create large numbers of monkey copies from his hairs.

• Summons ten thousand monkeys to distract Tathagata Buddha. 5355
• Can split into countless copies, each wielding an Adamantine Staff. 5326
• The copies weaken and revert to ordinary hairs if his baleful aura backlashes. 5003

Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils

Goku uses his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to inspect hidden identities and magical presences.

• Detects that White Bone Demon is no ordinary human despite failing to see her true form outright. 6146
• His eyes become unusually clear and refreshed after recovering from Yellow Wind's effects. 6042

Earth Core Power and Unusual Durability

Goku can absorb Earth Core Power with unusual ease, gaining strength but risking severe baleful-aura backlash. 4501 5206

• Withstands the Demon-Slaying Platform's yin wind even while his power is sealed. 5240
• Survives the Eight Trigrams Furnace and undergoes Nirvana rather than being refined. 5270
• Is described as existing beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements, preventing the furnace from refining him. 5282
• His baleful aura can weaken him, possess him, or endanger allies when aggravated by demonic qi. 5003 5974

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Adamantine Staff — Goku's size-changing staff and primary weapon. 2840
• Flying Nimbus — the golden cloud he uses to travel after leaving Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave. 4204
• Earth Core Pills — pills sought during the westward journey to suppress his baleful aura; at least one is stored in his dantian. 5989 6004

Relationships

• Gohan — Goku's son; Raditz kidnaps him, and Goku repeatedly acts to protect him. 1990 2097
• Chi-Chi — Goku's wife and the mother of Gohan and Goten. 2674 2694
• Raditz — Goku's biological brother, whose attempt to recruit him triggers their conflict. 1990
• Vegeta — Saiyan rival and former enemy; their rivalry continues through tournament battles and shared efforts to protect Earth. 2698 2699
• Master Roshi — Goku's martial arts master. 2809
• Patriarch Bodhi — Goku's cultivation master, who expels him despite Goku's respect and gratitude toward him. 4204
• Uchiha Shin — Goku's sworn brother and most consistent supporter; he helps stabilize Goku's baleful aura, protects his interests, and persuades him to accompany Xuanzang. 5571 5957
• Peach Demon — a close companion with a deep bond to Goku; her connection to him allows her to stabilize his separated soul. 4534 5345
• Xuanzang — Goku's westbound companion; Goku agrees to serve as his protector without accepting him as master. 5957

Notable Quotes

“I'm Son Goku, an Earthling!” 1990

“I am Goku, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.” 6355