GOKU(Kakarot)-Goku is the main character and a Sayjian from Planet Vegita. He was sent to earth when he was a baby. He was sent buy the sayjians to destroy all life on earth so it could be ready to be sold. The sayjians are a race, althouhgh anthropamorohic(human in apperance), much different than humans. They have a very high Ki or power reading. They destroy habbital planets and then restore the plant and animal life so that they can sell it to another race.When goku arrived on earth...somthing went wrong, he was found by a old man named Gohan, Gohan gives him the earth name of Goku. Although at first he didn't like gohan and would try to fight him, Gohan kept him. One day Goku hit his head on a rock, and had forgotten everything that he was supposed to do, so he just treated Gohan as a father. All Sayjians have a tail, and in moonlight they turn into a giant monkey like creature. Gohan had Goku's tail permently removed. All these events occured in Dargonballl not Z, but are recaped in Z, in the third epi-Arrival. In this episode Goku learns of his real backround and why he was sent ot earth, by his brother Radiks. He says that no matter what he was, now he is a earthling. He also learns that planet Vegitia, and all the other saiyjians except for 3 were killed. was destroyed by a person named Freezer. As the show continues Goku gains strength and power and learns to go Super-saiyjen, this is when i consider to actully be worth watching(they haven't gotten that far in the crapy american seiries yet). Goku marries a earthling named Chichi and has a son, who he calls Gohan, after the father figure who raised him and tought him the martial arts.Goku can fuse with Vegita to make Gogetia.

GOHAN-Gohan is Goku's son. He is named after the man who found Goku when he arrived on earth. even though his mother is a human (there are no sayjian women), he is still born with a tail, and is a sayjian. Even from birth his power level isvery high, and everyone knows that he will be the strongest sayjian. Right after Radicks is defeated, Piccolo, a namek (see piccolo) in a way kidnapps gohan, in other words doenst ask but tells goku that he is going to take away Gohan and train him, he knows how powerful he is.Radicks told pickalo and Goku that some other sayjains were on there way now that they knew what the dragon balls were and would arrive in one year. Gohan begins to like Piccolo and Piccolo becomes sort of a guardian.

VEGITA-Vegita is the saiyjian that Goku and Piccolo are warnd of by Radiks. When he arrives on earth he is the most powerful and is very hard to beat. Even after the first battle everytime one of our heros runs into Vegita there will ba fight. Vegita would be the prince of planet Vegita and this is always going through his head. He is the only one who should be able to go super sayjian because Goku is a lower class warrior, he should not have the power. When Goku goes super sayjian before Vegita, Vegita hates him even more but finds out soon enough that he can not beat him and stops finghting him. When ever there is a big battle Vegita shows and always gets pissed-off when he finds out he will be fighting along side of Goku.Him and Goku can fuse to make Gogeta or put on these specail earings to become Vegito. After awhile Vegita can be considerd a good guy. He marries a earthling named Boma who is the daughter of the owner Capsule Corp. the company who makes all of the dbz crews spaceships. Vegita is one of my favortie characters because he doesnt make the mistake of trusting everyone he sees like Goku. In fact he just fights most people that he sees.

TRUNKS-Trunks is the son of Vegita and Boma. Unlike Vegita he is good form the start, mainly because he lives with the rest of the crew, Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, etc. He is real good freinds with Goten, Gohans little brother and Gokus other son. In the later epi's a older trunks comes back from the future to save Vegita, so there is two trunks running around, well there not both running, this happens when trunks is real little, a baby. The show never gets to the time period where future Trunks is from. Trunks like Vegita and Goku can fuse. Him and Goten were the first two saiyjens to fuse, the fuse to make gotenks.

PICCOLO-Piccolo is a Namek, (back row, with what look likes tape on his head, the picture is drawn chibi though, he doesn't really look that stupid) and came to earth as another namik, he is the bad side of a Namek who split himself in 2. Although hes the bad, Piccolo contains his evil and after his trianing with Gohan joins Goku. At first he only wants to kill Goku and try to take over (as childish a plot as that sounds). But after a while he respects Goku alot and likes son too, so he is always there to help them, even though he isn't the strongest, he always big help.

KING KI- King ki is a portly blue guy, he looks like an over wait Namek and he trains those who can make it to his island, sort of like a pergatorie. Usaully you have to die and get permission to travel the dangerous road to get there. He has very odd training techniqes, but they work. Goku and the others wouldn't be as strong if it weren't for King-KI.

OTHERS-There are many other characters in the show, but im afraid I dont know that much about them to be a help, but just so ya know other important people are-Goten, Boma, Krillan,Chatsu,Yamcha, and Brolie who is the legendary Super Saiy-jan. One of the best Dragon ball Z's ever is the fight with Brolie. I think it was of the best single anime episodes ever! You gotta see it.

SHEN-LONG-Shen-long is the etternal dragon, he is the one who grants you your wish when you find all the dragon balls. He is a huge massive dragon, hes green and yellow. He is totally nuetral when it comes to good and evil, he will grant any wish to anyone. If you find all the balls he will come and say "I am the eternal dragon, I will grant one wish and one wish only." Then you make your wish and makes so what ever you said ans says "the eternal dragon has spoken" The balls scatter all over the earth again ans he disapears.

THE DRAGON BALLS-There are to types of dragon balls, earth balls and Namek balls, the Namek balls look the same but are much much bigger(basket ball size), well the earth balls are about that of a softball. Most would spend there whole life looking for the balls but Goku and the others can find them in a flash, they use them at least once every 5 shows after about a the first 50 episodes.You find them all you lay them together and the eternal dragon appears.