Nappa

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Nappa (拿帕)
Species/Race	Saiyan 29 36
Gender	Male 123
Affiliation	Vegeta's subordinate; formerly served Frieza; later allied with Earth's warriors and joined the Galactic Patrol 26 36 124
Occupation/Role	Mid-class Saiyan warrior; former planetary conqueror; Galactic Patrol member 26 34 124
Status	Alive; his severed right arm was restored by Son Gohan 204 262
First Appearance	Mentioned during the account of a planetary conquest; first directly shown traveling with Vegeta 26 28

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Base training ceiling: 150,000; King Kai Fist: over 300,000	38	After three months of training on Earth, successfully performs the King Kai Fist taught by Raditz.
Potential unlocked — Base: 800,000; King Kai Fist: 1.6 million	39	The Grand Elder develops his potential on Namek. His history of indiscriminate killing prevents him from controlling higher King Kai Fist multipliers.
Pseudo Super Saiyan — Base: 1.8 million; transformed: 45 million	69	Has mastered Pseudo Super Saiyan by the confrontation with Ginyu. Neither he nor Raditz has yet reached full Super Saiyan.
Super Saiyan: 200 million	93	Demonstrates the transformation during Gohan's assessment before the Android threat. His beard turns gold, but his head remains hairless.
Full-Power Super Saiyan — Base: 150 million; transformed: 12 billion	111	Competitive training with Goku and Vegeta greatly increases his strength. Following Goku's instruction, he spends three months continuously transformed and achieves the stable, eightyfold Full-Power state.
Super Saiyan 2: 150 billion	133 135	Reports having recently broken through after two and a half years of Galactic Patrol missions and sparring. Reveals its measured power against Raditz; he has not reached Full-Power Super Saiyan 2.

Background / History

Saiyan Service

King Vegeta assigned Nappa and Raditz to Prince Vegeta as part of an intended reform of the Saiyan ranking system. The king had recognized that battle power at birth did not reliably determine later potential. Nappa did not learn the reasoning behind his assignment until Vegeta revealed it on Earth 93.

Nappa survived Planet Vegeta's destruction because he, Vegeta, and Raditz were away on a mission. The three continued conquering planets under Frieza's organization, including an unnamed planet shortly before Raditz traveled to Earth 26 36.

Arrival on Earth

While returning toward Frieza's base, Nappa and Vegeta intercepted Raditz's transmission about the Dragon Balls. Nappa initially suggested traveling to Namek, but Vegeta ordered a course change to Earth, recognizing that Frieza monitored their scouters 28.

Upon landing, Nappa destroyed an entire city after Vegeta complained about the noise. Raditz, who had already pleaded for the pair to be spared, rushed to confront him. Ordered to kill Raditz, Nappa discovered that his former low-class comrade could withstand both his physical attacks and Mouth Energy Cannon without injury 33 34.

Nappa refused to accept that ordinary training had made Raditz stronger. Under threat of death, he agreed to surrender only if Vegeta did so first. After Vegeta's defeat, Nappa requested permission to remain on Earth, train with Raditz, and help fight Frieza. Vegeta reluctantly allowed it 35 36.

Training and Namek

At Mount Paozu, Nappa performed household chores assigned by Chi-Chi and joined Goku and Raditz in the Gravity Chamber. Raditz subsequently taught him the King Kai Fist 37 38.

Nappa accompanied Gohan's party to Namek, received the Grand Elder's potential awakening, and remained with Goku, Raditz, Krillin, and Piccolo to defend the planet. He and Raditz concealed their strength when Dodoria and Zarbon arrived; Nappa's suppressed scouter reading was only 3,000 39 46.

After returning to Earth, Nappa wanted to imitate Raditz's Pseudo Super Saiyan transformation. Gohan initially refused, explaining that Nappa's greater brutality delayed the development of the necessary S-Cells. Nappa nevertheless later mastered the form and fought alongside Raditz against Ginyu, who occupied Frieza's body 62 69 136.

Appearance

Nappa is a large, heavily muscled Saiyan with a hairless head and facial hair. He insists that he is naturally hairless rather than bald 33 34 93.

• Head: Reflective enough to appear especially shiny beneath his golden transformation aura 38 93 203.
• Super Saiyan: His beard lengthens and turns gold, while no hair grows on his head 93.
• Super Saiyan 2: Golden eyebrows and beard, green eyes, pronounced musculature, and dense lightning surrounding his aura 135 204.
• Right arm: Severs it to stop Dabura's petrification; Gohan regrows it within a few breaths 204.

Personality

Initially brutal and status-conscious, Nappa treats Saiyan birth rank as proof of superiority. His defeat by Raditz is difficult for him to accept precisely because Raditz is a low-class warrior. He also retains some loyalty to Frieza even after Raditz identifies Frieza as the Saiyans' true enemy 34 35.

His loyalty to Vegeta is mixed with fear. Even after becoming a Super Saiyan, he remains intimidated by the prince and listens more readily to Vegeta's reprimands than to Gohan's advice 93 155.

Nappa genuinely enjoys training and competition, choosing the Galactic Patrol because he wants challenging fights. Goku's influence teaches him greater mercy during their missions, but his arrogance persists: he underestimates Earth's martial arts and later allows anger and overconfidence to draw him into Dabura's trap 123 125 135 204.

Abilities & Skills

Saiyan Transformations

Nappa progresses from Pseudo Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan, Full-Power Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan 2 69 93 111 133.

• Pseudo Super Saiyan: Raises his documented battle power from 1.8 million to 45 million 69.
• Full-Power Super Saiyan: Provides an eightyfold increase after sustained transformation training 111.
• Super Saiyan 2: Reaches 150 billion during his match with Raditz 135.
• Super Saiyan God limitation: Vegeta acknowledges that neither he nor Nappa meets the kind-hearted requirement for Gohan's ritual shortcut 152.

King Kai Fist

Raditz teaches Nappa the King Kai Fist, which produces a crimson aura, intense heat, and visibly swollen muscles 38.

• Doubles his post-awakening battle power from 800,000 to 1.6 million 39.
• Higher multipliers are initially inaccessible because his violent past interferes with control 39.

Ki Attacks and Control

Nappa uses ki for destructive blasts, mobility, close-range defense, and emergency injury management.

• Two-finger explosive attack: Vaporizes a city shortly after arriving on Earth 33.
• Mouth Energy Cannon: Attacks Raditz and later destroys Dabura's incoming ki blasts 34 203.
• Hand-fired energy blasts: Coordinates an explosive ground strike with Raditz's air cannons against Ginyu 70.
• Eye beams: Fires two beams at Dabura while holding the demon's sword 204.
• Ki suppression: Conceals his actual strength from enemy scouters on Namek 46.
• Defensive control: Coats his hands in ki to catch Dabura's blade and later seals the bleeding from his severed arm 204.

Flame Meteor Wave

A combined technique created with Raditz, the Flame Meteor Wave merges their energies into a red-and-gold attack. It is an attack fusion, not a fusion of their bodies 70 136 212.

• Their coordinated combat impresses Gohan; Goku credits extensive practice behind the scenes 70.
• Its qualitatively transformed energy can challenge Ginyu's Death Comet, but Ginyu's greater battle power forces Gohan to intervene 70 136.
• Gohan later pierces the combined attack with Piercing Star, prompting Raditz to kick Nappa clear of the counterattack 212.

Flame Meteor Strike

Nappa develops an independent variation of the Flame Meteor Wave with advice from Vegeta. He gathers golden Saiyan energy in one hand and a red, flame-like energy stream in the other before merging them 136.

• Detonates upon contact with Raditz's Turtle School Ki Attack instead of entering a prolonged beam struggle 136.
• The contact-triggered explosion is Nappa's modification; the original combined technique lacked this property 136.
• Exhausts his stamina, leaving Raditz to catch him as he falls 136.

Close-Quarters Combat

Nappa employs powerful punches, kicks, elbows, and knees, with enough strength and coordination to catch Dabura's sword and briefly overwhelm him 34 204.

• Technical weakness: Raditz exploits openings in his punches and kicks and repeatedly deceives him with afterimages 135 136.
• Temperamental weakness: Pain and anger make his attacks broader and more aggressive, reducing his judgment 204.
• Martial arts development: Gohan recommends studying Crane School martial arts under Tien Shinhan; Nappa agrees after Vegeta reprimands him 155.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Saiyan spacecraft — Used to travel with Vegeta and change course toward Earth 28.
• Original scouter — Detects approaching fighters on Earth; is destroyed during the confrontation with Raditz 33 34.
• Advanced scouter — Gohan supplies an earpiece model with laser projection and no stated measurement ceiling. Nappa uses it during the Android preparations and Cell battle 93 100.
• Space Capsule and Senzu Beans — Receives a capsule containing twenty Senzu Beans before departing for Namek 39.
• Bulma's battle armor — Included among the expedition supplies; described as tougher than the Saiyans' original armor 39.

Relationships

• Vegeta — Prince, commander, and later Galactic Patrol partner. Nappa fears his displeasure, continues addressing him respectfully, and follows his advice. Vegeta initially resents Nappa's decision to remain on Earth but later warns him how to survive Dabura's petrification 35 36 77 155 204.
• Raditz — Former comrade, teacher, teammate, and rival. Raditz defeats him on Earth, teaches him the King Kai Fist, develops the Flame Meteor Wave with him, and repeatedly saves his life 34 38 70 204 212.
• Son Gohan — Training organizer and adviser. Gohan supplies equipment, arranges advanced training and Galactic Patrol admission, and restores Nappa's arm while warning him against losing control in battle 39 77 124 204.
• Sun Wukong (Goku) — Training partner and moral influence. Goku welcomes him into Gravity Chamber training, teaches Full-Power Super Saiyan, and encourages mercy during Galactic Patrol missions 37 111 125.
• Frieza — Former overlord. Nappa initially defends him against Raditz's criticism, then stays on Earth intending to help kill him 34 36.
• Grand Elder — Unlocks Nappa's potential on Namek 39.
• Merus — Galactic Patrol captain to whom Nappa and Vegeta are assigned 124.
• Whis — Gohan requests that Whis train Nappa; Nappa later remains inside Whis's angel staff with Raditz 157 200.
• Tien Shinhan — Recommended teacher for Crane School martial arts after Nappa recognizes that he is falling behind 155.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Advanced Training and Galactic Patrol

• Hyperbolic Time Chamber: Gohan brings Nappa and Raditz from their sparring session to train with Vegeta, Goku, and Piccolo. He also intervenes when Vegeta treats Nappa coldly over his earlier departure from the prince's service 77.
• Android and Cell preparations: Nappa demonstrates Super Saiyan, learns the truth about the flawed Saiyan ranking system, and monitors Vegeta's rising power during the Cell battle 93 100.
• Galactic Patrol recruitment: Gohan argues that Nappa and Vegeta's atonement and combat ability justify their admission. Both agree to obey Patrol rules and are assigned to Merus 123 124.
• Two-and-a-half-year training period: Missions and frequent sparring with Goku and Vegeta bring Nappa to Super Saiyan 2. Goku also influences the pair to show greater mercy 125 133.
• Rematch with Raditz: Despite possessing the higher transformation, Nappa loses the advantage to Raditz's stronger base and superior martial arts. His Flame Meteor Strike ends the exchange in an explosion and leaves him exhausted 135 136.
• Further instruction: Unable to recognize Gohan and Tien's mental sparring, Nappa receives an explanation from Raditz. Gohan later recommends Tien as a teacher and includes Nappa among those he asks Whis to train 137 155 157 200.

Dabura and Later Battles

• Battle with Dabura: Nappa initially matches Dabura and then gains the upper hand. His reckless pursuit exposes him to petrifying saliva; at Vegeta's warning, he cuts off his right arm. Raditz rescues him, and Gohan restores the limb 203 204.
• Group battle against Gohan: Nappa and Raditz open with the Flame Meteor Wave. Gohan breaks through it and later knocks both unconscious with hand chops after another transformation 212 213.
• Underworld disaster: With stronger enemies claimed by Goku and Vegeta, Nappa and Raditz challenge remaining opponents and compete over who can kill more 234.

Notable Quotes

“I'm not betraying you. I want to stay and train with Raditz, get stronger, and I want to contribute when we kill Frieza!” 36

“I'm naturally hairless, not bald!!” 93