Fictional martial artists in anime and manga

Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Gokū in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences from the Hong Kong action cinema of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Goku made his debut in the first Dragon Ball chapter, Bulma and Son Goku, originally published in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 3, 1984.

fictional character from One Piece

fictional character from One Piece

( ), fully referred to as , is a fictional character in the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta made his appearance in chapter #204 "Sayonara, Son Goku", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on January 7, 1989, seeking the wish-granting Dragon Balls to achieve immortality.

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fictional character from Attack on Titan

fictional character from Death Note

is a fictional character in the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. The elder son of Son Goku and Chi-Chi, he made his appearance in chapter #196 "Kakarrot", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 8, 1988.

fictional character from One Piece

, known as Kuririn in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, and Klilyn in Japanese merchandise English translations, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter #25 "A Rival? Arrival!!", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on May 21, 1985, as Goku's fellow martial arts student under Master Roshi. As the series progresses, Krillin becomes Goku's closest ally and best friend as he fights every villain along with Goku or before him and is often depicted as the comic relief.

, also spelled as Freeza in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists of the Dragon Ball series created by Akira Toriyama. He makes his debut in Chapter #247: "Dark Clouds Swirl Over Planet Namek", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 24, 1989, as the main antagonist of his eponymous saga, depicted as a galactic tyrant feared as the most powerful being in the universe.

fictional character from One Piece

character from the Dragon Ball manga

fictional character from Dragon Ball

fictional character from Dragon Ball

fictional character from Dragon Ball

fictional supervillain in the Dragon Ball franchise

fictional character from Sailor Moon

fictional character from Bleach

fictional character from Bleach

fictional character from Bleach

fictional character from Bleach

fictional character from Fullmetal Alchemist

fictional character from Dragon Ball

, Burdock in Viz Media's English manga translation, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball series. Created by Toei Animation based on series protagonist Goku's visual design by franchise creator Akira Toriyama, he appears in the television special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990), but the first time he appears in the canon Dragon Ball universe is in the 78th episode of Dragon Ball Z in a flashback of Frieza destroying planet Vegeta. Bardock has few overall manga and anime appearances within the series, though he plays a pivotal part as Goku's biological father in setting

fictional character from Bleach

character in Fullmetal Alchemist

Dragon Ball character

fictional character from Gin Tama

fictional character from Dragon Ball

fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

'''' is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball media franchise. Created by Akira Toriyama, she first appears in Chapter 421 of the Dragon Ball manga originally published in Issue 23 of Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on May 11, 1993. Her name is a play on words with her father's name Mr. Satan. Within the series, she is adept in martial arts like her father and using her abilities to fight crime in the city. She is the love interest of Gohan and plays an important role during the story arc where he is the lead character of Dragon Ball. When Gohan appears as a costumed vigilante known as the Great Sai

character in Yu-Gi-Oh!

fictional character from Hunter × Hunter

fictional character from Rurouni Kenshin

is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball media franchise, the son of Paragus who is the unstoppable Legendary Super Saiyan, born the same day as Goku.

fictional character from Hunter × Hunter

fictional character from Jujutsu Kaisen

is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He made his debut appearance in the 2013 film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods serving as the main antagonist and returned in the 2015 sequel ''Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' in a supporting role, as well as in the anime series Dragon Ball Super''. He is a deity known as a God of Destruction and resembles a purple sphynx cat wearing traditional Egyptian clothing and ornaments, whose occupation is to maintain balance in the universe by destroying, in contrast to the Supreme Kais who create and preserve.

main character in part 1 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

fictional character from Bleach

fictional character from Bleach

, spelled Zamas in Viz Media's English localization of the Dragon Ball Super manga, is a fictional character and an antagonist in the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. He is the first main antagonist of the sequel series Dragon Ball Super, who appears in various incarnations, first introduced as in the forty-seventh episode of the Dragon Ball Super anime series, which first aired on June 12, 2016, and in chapter #14 "An SOS from the Future!!" from the manga.

is a fictional character from Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series Hunter × Hunter. Kurapika is the last remaining member of the who wishes to become a Hunter in order to avenge his clan and recover their scarlet-glowing eyes that were plucked from their corpses by a band of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe. In the series's first story arc, he befriends the protagonist and Hunter participant Gon Freecss after having a fight with Leorio Paradinight. After many trials together, Gon and his friends end up passing the exam. In hunting the Troupe, Kurapika learns of his Nen, a Qi-like life energy us

fictional character from Cowboy Bebop

fictional character from Dragon Ball

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fictional character from My Hero Academia

() is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fist of the North Star manga series created by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. In the story, Kenshiro is the rightful successor to an ancient art of assassination called Hokuto Shinken, which allows him to defeat his adversaries through the hidden meridian points.

fictional character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica

fictional character from Saint Seiya

fictional character from Psycho-Pass

fictional character from Saint Seiya

fictional character from Black Clover

is a fictional character in the manga series Fist of the North Star created by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. He is the eldest of four honorary brothers (including the protagonist Kenshiro) who trained in the ancient assassination art of Hokuto Shinken. Following his introduction in Chapter 42 of the original manga, Raoh serves as Kenshiro's primary rival and adversary during a great portion of the series, being in the case, the main antagonist of Fist of the North Star, having already taken the mantle of , a tyrannical warlord that seeks to dominate the post-apocalyptic world. In contrast to Kensh

fictional human from Lupin III

fictional character from Fullmetal Alchemist

fictional character from Psycho-Pass

Dragon Ball Super character

fictional character from Rurouni Kenshin