Frieza

From left to right, each of Frieza's four forms (in order of appearance).

Frieza is an extraterrestrial anime and manga character who features in Dragon Ball Z.

Biography

Origin

Freiza (Japanese: フリーザ, Hepburn: Furīza) (? - August 764) was the son of King Cold and leader of a band of intergalactic pirates that became the Frieza Force in Universe 7 in the Multiverse. He was one of the most feared beings in the universe- even the great King Kai feared him. Frieza employed powerful beings of many races, including Dodoria, Zarbon, the Ginyu Force, and the entire Saiyan race (which he destroyed when they threatened to become a danger to him, leaving only the ostensibly loyal Raditz, Nappa and Vegeta alive).

After learning about the Dragon Balls during the Saiyan attack on Earth, Frieza and the bulk of his forces went to Planet Namek, the world from which Kami, the Dragon Balls' creator, originated. The alien tyrant hoped to find a set of Dragon Balls there, and he was not disappointed. Frieza intended to use the Dragon Balls to wish for immortality. However, his efforts to acquire them were frustrated by the Namekian people, as well as the Z Warriors of Earth.

When all his warriors were defeated, Frieza battled the interlopers himself, using his formidable fighting prowess along with three successively more empowering transformations. Finally, only Goku stood in his way, and after a furious battle, during which Frieza was finally outclassed by the newly transformed Super Saiyan Goku, the villain was defeated.

Maimed (missing an eye, and arm, and his lower body), but alive, Frieza was found by King Cold in the asteroid field where Planet Namek once existed. Rebuilt as a cyborg, Frieza and his father travelled to Earth for revenge, but were interrupted by the time traveller Trunks, who destroyed Frieza once and for all.

Frieza persisted in the Other World's Hell (HFIL), participating in a bid (along with the Ginyu Force, his father and Cell) to take the place over- however, they were defeated by Goku and Pikkon. Frieza cheered on Majin Buu during his final battle with Super Saiyan 3 Goku.

Overview

Personality and attributes

It was said that he took delight in other people's suffering and treated life as a disposable commodity. Frieza was shown to destroy home and took the lives of innocent peaceful loving people which even included children. He was said to had done this for his own amusement and personal gain.

Frieza was shown to have nothing but disdain for the Saiyan race as he considered them nothing more than primitive monkeys. He came to consider the talk of a Legendary Super Saiyan to had been a simple legend and myth.

He commented about Goku that he had never met a sentimental Saiyan before and that this weakness would be his downfall.

It was said that he had a great fear of the God of Destruction Beerus. In fact, his father had told him to never challenge two figures in the universe with these being Beerus and Majin Buu.

Frieza's father was the great King Cold (コルド大だい王おう Korudo Daiō, lit. "Great King Cold") who headed their clan and their mighty empire in Universe 7. Though never shown seeking to depose him, he neither was shown any particular love or attachment to his father. In fact, he scoffed at the idea of his troops using the Dragon Balls to resurrect him with Frieza instead looking to rule his empire alone.

Powers and abilities

Such was his strength that he was considered one of the most powerful mortal warriors in Universe 7 and the multiverse as a whole. Frieza initially lacked the ability to sense ki and instead relied on a scouter in order to find his quarry.

Frieza had the ability to transform into various states where his lower forms were used to conserve energy. He was able to increase his power level by transforming into another one of his states that unlocked his power even further.

He later came to gain he ability to sense ki which meant he required no equipment to determine power readings in others. In time, his control over his ability increased to the point that he could fire multiple ki beams from his hands and arranged them as a cage around a person. Contact with the beams was enough to cause anyone intense pain due to the energy running through it. Though able to create this cage, Frieza was only able to maintain it for a set period of time.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Death Beam (デスビーム Desubīmu) : the Frieza Beam was a powerful and lethal finger beam that was one of his signature attacks. This involved him extends his right arm and firing a small, thin, very fast and concentrated laser-like beam of ki from his index finger, which barrelled down and pierced through his opponent. He was able to fire the attack very quickly whilst maintaining a precise aim.
• Death Ball (デスボール Desu Bōru) : Death Ball
• Death Cannon (デスキャノン Desu Kyanon) :
• Nova Strike (ノヴァストライク Novua Sutoraiku) :
• Death Saucer (追跡気円斬 Tsuiseki Kienzan, lit. "Tracking Spirit Circle Cut") : Kienzan Discs

He could survive in any environment, had no discernible internal organs (able to function even after losing limbs) and could transform into three forms of successively greater power beyond his normal, diminutive shape.

Through training, he managed to undergo the Ultimate Evolution (究極進化 Kyūkyoku Shinka) of his race allowing him to attain a superpowered state that he called Golden Frieza (ゴールデンフリーザ Gōruden Furīza). He managed to attain this form after a short time of training but he was only able to keep this state for a short period of time. Frieza came to improve his endurance allowing him to stay in that state for a longer period of time. He achieved this after his previous death where whilst trapped in Hell he began to meditate and fixate in defeating Goku.

Notes

• Freiza was created by Akira Toriyama where he featured in the Dragon Ball universe.
• As noted in Kanzeshuu, an interview with Toriyama had him note that, "Freeza is what you might call a mutated life-form. Strictly speaking, Freeza’s father is a mutant with an abnormally high battle power. And, born from his father alone4, still in strong possession of the mutant traits, was Freeza. Accordingly, even saying “Freeza’s race”, these two are the only ones who possess an abnormal [level of] battle power and cruelty."

Alternate Versions

• In Dragon Ball GT, an alternate version of Frieza was shown to exist in a reality that was set many years after the Majin Buu Saga. He was shown to be trapped in Frieza where he along with Cell were among those that sought to be freed when Artificial 17 came online who freed the trapped evil souls in that realm. Seeking to stop the plot, Goku went to Hell only to be confronted by Frieza and Cell but the pair were easily defeated by him leading to their defeat and them remaining trapped in that dimension.

In other media

Films

• In Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, Frieza was referenced in the setting of the 1991 animated film. It was shown that he had an older brother by the name of Cooler.

Video games

• In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Frieza appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese actor Ryûsei Nakao and by English actor Daman Mills in the dubbed version.
• In Jump Force, Frieza appeared as a plaayble character in the setting of the crossover fighting video game where he was voiced again by Japanese actor Ryûsei Nakao.

Appearances

• Dragon Ball Z:
• Dragon Ball GT:
• Dragon Ball Super:

External Links

• Dragon Ball Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry