54 Facts About Gohan

Son Gohan is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series, created by Akira Toriyama.

Chi-Chi is a strict and protective mother to Gohan, forcing him to focus on his studies and forbidding him from practicing martial arts.

Gohan is initially trained by his father's former nemesis Piccolo, ultimately becoming one of the strongest characters in the series due to his hidden potential, awakened by his rage.

Gohan has been well received by both fans and critics, the latter usually citing the character's growth from his initial appearance to his defeat of Cell.

The narrative will further explore human drama, most notably the characterization of Gohan being a warrior as well as a scholar at the same time.

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Gohan is voiced in the original Japanese anime and all other media by Masako Nozawa.

Nozawa, who voices Goku, revealed that she did not know she would be playing Gohan until receiving the script on the day of recording his debut episode.

Gohan remembered scheduling conflicts thanks to her wedding, setting the stage for the studio to audition other voice actors for the part of Gohan, and being disappointed at the role being recast.

Gohan possesses superhuman strength and durability, as well as superhuman speed and reflexes, as seen during his training with his younger brother Goten.

Gohan's potential was unlocked twice in the series: first by the Namekian Grand Elder, and then further unlocked by the Old Kaio-shin, which sees his power level rise to new heights, capable of easily overwhelming the seemingly invincible Majin Buu.

Gohan lost this ability after his tail was cut by Piccolo, and later Vegeta.

Gohan was the third youngest Saiyan to achieve the Super Saiyan transformation at the age of nine whilst training and surpassing his father Goku in the Room of Spirit and Time and as a display of his hidden potential which he unlocked during his training with his father, Gohan becomes the first Saiyan in the series to become a Super Saiyan 2 during his battle against Cell.

Ever since this fight, Gohan has given up on fighting and has continually gotten weaker to the point that he can't use his Super Saiyan transformations without straining himself.

Gohan has the ability to freely manipulate a life-force energy known as ki to fly using Buku-jutsu,.

Gohan has displayed the use of his ki in a defensive manner, such as generating protective energy shields.

Gohan is introduced as the four-year-old son of Goku and Chi-Chi, named after Goku's adoptive grandfather.

Piccolo then takes Gohan away following the fight and Goku's death, and trains him for the upcoming battle against the two other Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, though Piccolo is aware that training the son of his greatest enemy will be a risk.

Gohan is extremely angered by being unable to save Krillin and attacks Frieza without hesitation.

Gohan manages to knock Frieza into a small island below, and then he blasts him with a series of energy blasts before ending the attack with a Masenko.

Frieza is able to send it back at Gohan without taking any damage, but he is shocked that a child could produce such an attack.

Gohan is outraged by this and unleashes all of his power against Frieza.

Gohan is shown to settle back into school life on Earth, waiting for Goku to return home from Namek.

Cell, instead of heeding Gohan's warning, attacks him in an effort to force Gohan to show his true power.

Gohan holds his own for a while until Cell becomes impatient and bored.

Gohan uses this moment to unleash all his fury into his attack, which causes it to overpower Cell's.

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Gohan is ultimately killed by the two androids during a battle where they ganged up on Gohan, killing him with machine gun-like ki blasts.

Gohan is depicted as having grown weaker, which the Daizenshu World Guide book explains as due to a lack of training and anger in transforming.

Gohan, after having his chi absorbed by Spopovich and Yamu, pursues the two and enters Bobbidi's spaceship with the Kaio-shin, Goku and Vegeta, where Gohan later fights with Dabura.

Gohan becomes a stuntman for a movie featuring his Great Saiyaman persona against Mr Satan, defeating Watagash and being attacked by Jaco, who thinks Gohan is Watagash's new host.

Gohan then lends Goku some of his energy to help kill Moro.

Swiftly retaliating and without hesitation, Gohan unleashes his final attack against Cell Max, assisted by Piccolo, killing the abomination and saving the world.

Gohan appears in twelve of the thirteen Dragon Ball Z side story films; in the first movie, Gohan is kidnapped by Garlic Jr.

Gohan appears in the anime-only sequel, Dragon Ball GT in a reduced role.

Gohan is the second Saiyan on Earth to be taken control of by Baby, who previously controlled his younger brother Goten and moved to possessing Gohan during their battle.

Gohan then participates in the fights against Super 17 and Omega Shenron.

The second was "I Lo~ve Mr Piccolo" in the album Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection III: Space Dancing, released in 1990, Gohan singing Piccolo praises and speculating on what species he is.

Gohan has been used in promotional merchandising at fast-food chain Burger King, and collectible cards, such as the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game, have featured Gohan frequently.

Gohan is referenced in the song "Goku" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, where he brags that he looks and feels like Gohan and a few other Dragon Ball related characters.

Gohan appears for a scene in a parody of the film Moneyball in an episode of Mad being drafted by Billy Beane.

Gohan confronts Dr Gero, who he defeats and is warned by of an upcoming threat from Cell, the latter announcing the Cell Games after being revealed and Gohan training with Piccolo in the Room of Spirit and Time to prepare.

Piccolo is turned evil when taking a blast from Bobbidi to protect Gohan, who is forced to fight Piccolo before the latter flees.

Gohan then confronts Cooler after seeing him search for a Dragon Ball and bests him in battle, before Cooler escapes with the Dragon Ball using the Shunkan Ido.

Later, influence by Janemba allows Gohan to kill Cell with ease and nearly become consumed with evil energy before Goku's intervention.

Gohan meets Pikkon and his grandfather Bardock for the first time.

Gohan realizes his strength and urges the player to leave while he holds him off before the two defeat Android 16 and are approached by Mira, who takes interest in Gohan's potential.

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Gohan later participates in destroying Android 21 by firing a Masenko at her.

Gohan has appeared in crossover games such as Battle Stadium D O N, Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars as a playable character.

In 1993, Gohan placed first in a Dragon Ball character popularity poll voted on by Weekly Shonen Jump readers, and was voted the third most popular character by fans of the series for the 2004 book Dragon Ball Forever.

Smith liked how during the Cell Games, Gohan has more screen time than Goku, and praised his scenes as one of the biggest moments from said story arc.

Josh Begley enjoyed Gohan trying to find his place in high school and his role as big brother to Goten, but thought his Great Saiyaman guise was not comedic and became embarrassed on the character's behalf.

The site addressed fans' complaints about how Gohan's character was nearly forgotten by the staff members as well as his marriage with Videll.

Collider claimed that Gohan was the character with the most of the character development given in the entire series as the plot of Dragon Ball Z primarily focused on his coming-of-age history as he faces enemies despite his young age to the point that Toei almost turned the title of the anime into Dragon Ball: Gohan's Big Adventure.

However, Gohan was still overshadowed by Goku who still was the main hero in the story arcs even though Gohan was the developed hero.

However, Gohan being replaced by his father as the series' hero due Toriyama not finding him equal to Goku for the Buu arc disappointed the writer and thus hopes that the upcoming moving Super Hero will give him the catharsis he wants as it meant to properly focus on Gohan .