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Saiyans, or saiyajin (ƒTƒCƒ„l) abbreviated SJ, are a fictional, almost extinct race in the anime and manga Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, and the self-parody Neko Majin Z.
4 full blooded saiyans (Nappa, Son Goku, Vegeta, and Raditz).The saiyans are a powerful alien simian warrior race and play a central role in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT once it is revealed that the main character, Son Goku, is actually a saiyan.
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1 Name
2 The saiyan race
2.1 History
2.2 Homeworld
2.3 Appearance
2.4 Personality
2.5 Racial traits
2.5.1 Strength
2.5.2 Energy
2.5.3 Tail
2.5.4 Healing
2.5.5 High metabolism
2.5.6 Life span
2.5.7 Oozaru
2.5.8 Super Saiyan
2.6 Reproduction
2.6.1 Inter-species Saiyans
2.7 Family
2.8 Caste System
2.9 Ruler
3 Character lists
3.1 List of full-blooded saiyans
3.2 List of partial saiyans
3.3 List of saiyan fusions
[edit] Name
The name is an anagram of yasai (–ìØ), which is Japanese for "vegetable", followed by jin (l or ‚¶‚ñ) which is Japanese for "person".
All pure-blood saiyans that appear in the series and related movies are named using puns on various vegetables.
[edit] The saiyan race
[edit] History
In the manga, the distant history of the saiyans is not described. In the anime series however, it is described that there were two separate races on the Planet Vegeta: the saiyans, a barbaric and backwards people, and the Tsufurujin (FUNimation dub: Tuffles), an advanced, scientific race. The Tsufurujin and the saiyans fought a civil war, but the saiyans were ultimately victorious thanks to their ability to turn into their Oozaru forms at the full moon. The saiyans then renamed the planet, calling it Planet Vegeta. Over the years they also learned how to use the Tsufurujin's advanced equipment and become somewhat smarter and less barbaric, although they still lusted for fighting and destruction.
At some unknown time following the saiyan victory the planet was conquered or annexed by Freeza's empire and the saiyans (like many other races) were drafted to serve as soldiers in Freeza's military. Because of the saiyans' innate strength and penchant for violence, they were considered to be useful mercenaries and assisted in the conquering of many planets, or if assignment called for, eradication of the planet's population. (Even saiyan children were considered powerful enough to conquer some of the weaker planets, such as Earth).
Eventually, seeing how quickly some of the more gifted saiyan warriors were gaining power through battle, Freeza grew concerned with the potential of the saiyan race and thought that they would grow strong enough to face him or even become the fabled Super Saiyans, able to defeat him in battle. So the maniacal warlord destroyed Planet Vegeta, almost eradicating the saiyan race.
Only a small number of saiyans remained after the destruction of their planet. Son Goku, Raditz, Nappa and Prince Vegeta were all off-world at the time, thus evading death. Various Dragon Ball films reveal three more survivors; Broly, Paragus and Tullece.
[edit] Homeworld
Originally called Planet Plant, Planet Vegeta was the homeworld of the saiyans following their migration there from an unnamed world (As revealed in Dragon Ball GT, however how a backwards race is capable of space travel is not explained, even before Freeza's conquest). Planet Vegeta was conquered by the saiyans after they exterminated the dominant race, the Tsufurujin, an incredibly intelligent but physically weak race. Lead by Vegeta's father, King Vegeta, the saiyans were victorious and took the planet as their own, re-naming it Vegeta.
The planet has a natural gravity that is 10 times that of Earth which helps give saiyans a greater natural strength than most races.
With the advice of Zarbon, Freeza realized that the saiyans were evolving, becoming stronger than they'd ever been, and hearing the legend of a saiyan being with colossal power called a Super Saiyan, he decided that if just one saiyan ever reached this power, the saiyan race could potentially pose a threat to his tyranny. He used his power to completely obliterate Planet Vegeta, leaving only a few survivors.
[edit] Appearance
Saiyans are outwardly very similar to Humans, except for their increased natural strength, ability to manipulate ki with great ease, which allows them to undergo physical metamorphoses, and their monkey-like tails. They are commonly seen to have black hair, usually spiky, although there have been rare occasions when they have also been shown to have brown hair.
Pure-blood saiyan hair never changes length or style once it has fully grown. This is not the case with half-breeds like Gohan and Trunks who are shown to have several different hair-styles throughout the series'. Both of Vegeta and Bulma's children inherited their hair color from their mother's side. Goku's children both have black hair like him, but their mother Chi Chi also has black hair. They can grow facial hair. Saiyans also all have black eyes, though half-breeds do not always share this trait as Vegeta's son, Trunks, and daughter, Bra, inherited blue irises from Bulma.
Similar appearances can be noted in:
Goku looks like Burdock.
Vegeta looks like King Vegeta.
Gohan looks like Chi-Chi.
Goten looks like Goku.
Trunks is a male version of Bulma with slight similarities to Vegeta.
Bra looks like Bulma.
Pan looks like Videl.
Goku Jr. looks like Goten and Goku.
Vegeta Jr.'s mother looks like Bra and Bulma.
Vegeta Jr. looks like Vegeta and King Vegeta.
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