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Goku (Disambiguation) Japanese Name Son
Goku (Disambiguation) Japanese Name Son
Son Goku
Voiced by Japanese
Masako Nozawa
English
Stephanie Nadolny (child)
Species Saiyan
Gine (mother)
Raditz (brother)
Chi-Chi (wife)
Gohan (son)
Goten (son)
Pan (granddaughter)
Videl (daughter-in-law)
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From left to right: Goku in his base form, and in his Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan
3 forms.
Goku is usually recognized by his unique hairstyle, which does not change in length except
in his Super Saiyan forms, where his hair changes in color and length according to the form
he takes. This is explained by Vegeta to be a common characteristic of full-blooded
Saiyans.[16] Goku's hair color changes from black to golden after ascending to a Super
Saiyan, and his irises change from black to turquoise. In his Super Saiyan God form, both
his hair color and irises change to a deep red. In his Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan form,
both his hair color and irises change to blue (hence its nickname "Super Saiyan Blue").
In Dragon Ball GT, he has a noticeably darker skin complexion in his regular form. Goku
prefers dressing in a dgi uniform to show his devotion to Earth, instead of the standard
battle fatigues of his race;[17] the only time he actually does wear these garments is during
his training with Gohan before the Cell Games.[18]
In his early childhood, Goku is introduced wearing a dark colored dgi uniform with red
wristbands and a white obi tied in a bow over the waist. Throughout the majority of the
series, however, Goku is commonly seen wearing an orange dgi uniform with a blue short-
sleeved undershirt, blue wristbands, a blue obi tied in a knot over the waist, and dark boots
with yellow or red stripes. Goku also often wears the encircled kanji of his training masters
on the front and back of this uniform; the first being Kame-Sen'nin's, "kame" (, meaning
"turtle");[19] the second being Kai-sama's, "kaio"(, meaning "world king");[20] and the
third being his own, "Go" (, meaning "wisdom" or "enlightenment").[21] Eventually, Goku
stops wearing a kanji[22] and replaces his obi with a blue sash for a belt.[22] In Dragon Ball
GT, he is seen wearing a multi-colored dgi that consists of a blue fold-over shirt, yellow
pants, pink wristbands, a white obi tied in a knot over the waist, and black shoes with white
stockings.[23] In Dragon Ball Super, Goku wears his signature orange and blue dgi with
his "Go" kanji again, though during the Golden Freeza arc and Universe 6 arc he wears a
new dgi uniform consisting of an orange fold-over shirt and matching pants with blue
wristbands, blue boots and a blue obi tied in a knot at the side of his waist (which debuted
in the film Resurrection 'F').
Voice actors
In the Japanese version of every Dragon Ball anime series and subsequent related media,
Goku has been voiced by Masako Nozawa. Toriyama selected Nozawa upon hearing her
audition sample, remarking that only Goku could sound like that.[24] Nozawa stated that she
was ecstatic when she got the role because she had always wanted to be in one of
Toriyama's works. She said she had to be mindful of the fact that Goku grew up in the
mountains and did not know much of the world. Despite having to voice Goku,
Gohan, Gotenand Burdock, Nozawa claims she is able to instantly get into the respective
character simply upon seeing their image.[25] Nozawa explained that she did not read the
manga so that she would not know what was coming in the story until recording, making
her reactions the same as Goku's.[26]
In the numerous English versions, Goku has been played by different actors because
different companies produced the dubs, by reason of changes of ADR companies and
recording studios, or due to actors quitting.
As a child, Goku had been voiced by Saffron Henderson in Funimation's original dub of the
first 13 episodes of Dragon Ball and the movie Curse of the Blood Rubies (produced in
association with BLT Productions).[27]
As an adult, Goku has been voiced by Ian James Corlett and Peter Kelamis in Funimation's
original dub of the first 67 episodes of Dragon Ball Z (edited into 53 episodes; produced in
association with Saban and Ocean Productions).[28][29]
In Funimation's in-house English dub, Goku has been voiced by Stephanie Nadolny as a
child in the original Dragon Ball series in the United States[30][31] and consistently by Sean
Schemmel as an adult in Funimation's in-house dub of the entire Dragon Ball franchi