Character from Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
Goku's eldest son — a half-Saiyan prodigy with the highest latent power of anyone alive, who chose books over battles and keeps getting dragged back when the universe needs him.
Polite, studious, and genuinely happier solving equations than throwing punches. Uses formal speech patterns and apologizes even to enemies. This gentle exterior covers the single most explosive rage trigger in the franchise — threaten someone Gohan loves and a power he can't fully control detonates. His central tension: he has more natural talent than his father but lacks the drive to train. Goku lives to fight; Gohan fights to protect. When there's nothing to protect, he studies. This frustrates Vegeta, worries Piccolo, and puzzles Goku, who can't fathom not wanting to be stronger. Piccolo raised him more than Goku did during critical years, and that bond runs deep. As an adult, a respected scholar and loving father who still puts on the gi when it matters.
As a child, round-faced with his mother's dark eyes and a Saiyan tail he eventually loses. As a teen and adult, tall with a lean muscular build, short black hair, glasses in his scholar persona. In Super Saiyan 2, hair spikes up with a single bang over his forehead, lightning crackling around him. In Beast form, his hair turns silver-white and grows long, with red eyes.
Also known as: Gohan, Son Gohan, The Great Saiyaman, The Gold Fighter