Saiyans
The Saiyans are a species that feature in Dragon Ball Z.
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History
The Saiyans were race of humanoid aliens whose homeworld was Planet Vegeta. A warrior race, Saiyans have formidable combat skills and an innate proficiency in the use of ki energy. Additionally, Saiyans come out of every battle stronger, especially after healing from grievous wounds. They also possess monkey-like tails, which enable them to transform into the mighty Oozaru beneath the rays of a full moon.
The Saiyans came to rule their planet by exterminating a competitor species, the Tuffles, and stealing their technology- most notably the scouters. The Saiyans eventually fell under the domination of Frieza, who used them as some of his best mercenaries. They took advantage of their alliance with Frieza, exchanging technologies and shipping their weaker children to unknown planets, using them as advance forces for future conquests.
However, when Frieza realized that the Saiyans' growing strength could one day challenge him, he resolved to destroy the Saiyans. Despite the efforts of Vegeta's father King Vegeta and Goku's father Bardock, Frieza was able to use his Death Ball technique to obliterate Planet Vegeta. Of the entire race, only a handful remained, most in Frieza's employ: Vegeta, Nappa, Raditz and Kakarot (Goku).
Overview
Saiyans are typically aggressive and stubborn with an explosive short temper. They display an enjoyment for fighting and challenging opponents during battle, often letting their emotions get the better of them when aroused in stimulating situations, leading to rash decisions on their part. Saiyans and even hybrid Saiyans have large appetites eating much more than the average person, sometimes eating more than their body weight. They also lack sympathetic emotions towards each other or their offspring (with the exception of Goku, due to the head injury he received during infancy that erased his Saiyan aggression, not to mention Bardock, Goku's father showed little interest in seeing his son when asked about it after he was born), though they appear to be close to team members, since most have grown up and fought together. Vegeta and Nappa display a care-free attitude following Raditz's death, finding it amusing, referring to him as a "weakling". Likewise, Raditz did not hesistate in his attempt to kill his own brother and nephew, nor Vegeta when he killed Nappa.
Within their bodies they contained S-Cells that were microscopic cells found in most of their kind. It was claimed that those with more gentle spirits had greater amount of these cells. However, those of their kind that increased in battle power faced a similar increase of S-Cells in their body. It was shown that the presence of S-Cells were a factor for the individual to become a Super Saiyan.
Saiyans display a wide array of special abilities, possessing incredible natural strength, ki energy manipulation, superhuman agility and reflexes, heightened sensitivity to smell, hearing, and vision, and all are naturally born to fight.
Members
- King Vegeta :
- Bardock :
- Vegeta :
- Goku :
Notes
- As an in-joke, Akira Toriyama based all the Saiyans' names on various vegetables, and the species name comes from an anagram of "yasai," Japanese for vegetable.
In other media
Films
Video games
- In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Saiyans appeared as a playable race with the player making a custom character for the story mode.
Appearances
- Dragon Ball Z:
