As a child, Goku was born a low level soldier, who screamed incessantly in his bed. His father saw him as an outcast, and allowed him to be sent to the planet Earth, to conquer it. He fell off a cliff whilst there, and lost his ‘programming’, forgetting about hurting everyone, and becoming the kind hearted, compassionate warrior that we all know. He made some good friends in Krillen, Bulma, and a former enemy of his – Yamcha. As his life went on, he became friends with the other Z fighters – Tien, Chao-zu, Piccolo and Vegeta. Born with a tail, it was removed because of the trouble that it caused, allowing Goku to transform into some kind of huge monster, which was the eventually downfall of his grandfather, despite the fact that Goku didn’t realize what he was doing. He accomplished a host of good things too in his lifetime, all of which are mentioned here, in this huge, detailed life story.

Goku has one of the biggest families in the whole series. Almost everyone who belongs to it are fantastic warriors, or at least well-known. His father was a Saiyan named Bardock, a great fighter who was the man who found out about Frieza’s plans to destroy the planet Vegeta (The Saiyan homeworld). He discarded Goku at first, but soon after regretted the decision, and wanted to meet with him again, but it was too late. Frieza had killed him.

His Earth father was an old man named Gohan, who found Goku after he crashed in his pod, and adopted him, caring for him a lot, and despite Goku’s harsh attitude at first, after he fell down a cliff and bumped his head, he soon grew to love his saviour. Gohan was very close to Goku, until his death, where he was crushed by a monster. The monster was Goku in his transformed state, where he had no control over his actions, and didn’t remember anything that had happened.

Goku married a young lady called Chi-Chi, a somewhat moody person, with black hair, and an over protective attitude towards her loved ones. She had been rescued by Goku when he was just a boy, where she had made him promise to marry her. A long time later, when they were both adults, they met at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, where they fought, with Goku winning easily. After the battle Chi-Chi reminded Goku of the promise they had made, and he agreed to marry her (when he had made the promise as a child, he thought that marriage was some kind of a food).   They grew old together, and had two children, both sons.

Goku’s first son was a young child who he named after his grandfather. This boy started off to be a shy, whining crybaby, but ended up being stronger than Goku at one point. The momentum of the training was quickly diminished as Chi-Chi made Gohan do more studying and less fighting.

The second son of Goku was a kid named Goten, someone with a beaming smile, and a comical personality. He was a winner with many of the fans, being dubbed as the ‘cutest’ character in DBZ. 

Over the course of his life, Goku did a lot of training. This is the secret to his strength. Whenever his friends were in danger, he would train even harder, gaining a new level of power. He didn’t become the fighter that he was by himself though. Many people took him under their helm, and trained him to be fluent in the martial arts. When Goku was a small boy, his Grandfather Gohan trained him. When he had learnt and become fairly prestigious in martial arts, he went on to be trained by Master Roshi, where he learnt a host of new techniques, including the popular KameHameHa attack. The next two trainers that he had were Kami the Namek, who allowed Goku to use his room of spirit and time, and Karin the cat, who taught Goku a great deal about calmness in battle. His final trainer was possibly the most popular one – King Kai. He helped Goku become infinitely stronger, and taught him a wealth of new attacks and techniques, including the Spirit Bomb, and the Kai-o-ken.

Goku charges at Raditz, and gives all that he has, moving at an almost undetectable speed. He still isn’t fast enough though, as Raditz easily dodges and counters each and every punch and kick, eventually sending Goku skidding across the floor, hurt badly. Before Raditz does anything else though, his scouter blinks, and he turns round to see Piccolo firing his special attack, dubbed the ‘Special Beam Cannon’. Goku watches on from the floor, hurt badly. Raditz can only watch in horror as it closes in on him, and eventually makes contact. Somehow though, Raditz had managed to use his superior speed to semi-dodge the attack, sacrificing only the shoulder piece of his armour, as that is what was hit. Piccolo can’t believe that anyone could possibly move so fast, and can only look on in fear and awe. Raditz looks to Piccolo in frustration, but sees that Goku is getting up. He tells Piccolo that he will deal with Goku first, and then him.

Goku struggles to his feet, and prepares to fight some more with Raditz. He puts everything he has into it once again, but he is no match for Raditz, as he is pummelled, and beat as if he was an insignificant flea. Raditz beats Goku to the point where he is unable to get back onto his feet, and laughs, then turns to Piccolo. He starts to taunt him, and raises his arm, charging up an energy ball in his hand. It is shining brightly, and Piccolo can only watch in fear. Before Raditz can do anything though, he falls to the floor, losing the energy in his hand, screaming out in pain. Behind him stands Goku, bruised, battered, but not beaten. He has clenched Raditz tail hard in between his hands, and tells him that he remembered how much his tail hurt when he was a kid. Raditz pleads with him to let go, and Goku begins to think about it. Piccolo screams at him not to, and begins charging up another Special Beam Cannon, in the hope that this one can finish off Goku’s brother. Goku has an agonizing change in his conscience, and reluctantly and compassionately lets go. Piccolo yells at him calling him an idiot, and Raditz swiftly jumps to his feet, and delivers a penetrating elbow to Goku’s face, knocking him down. Raditz then stands on Goku’s ribs, putting a great deal of pressure on them, laughing with all his might, like a maniac. He taunts Piccolo, but the green man knows he can’t do anything until his attack is fully charged up. Goku screams out in agony as Raditz increases the pressure, laughing manically all the time. It seems as though all is lost, until Goku’s screams get to his son.