Son Gohan

Son Gohan
Dragon Ball character
Four different appearances of Gohan, drawn by Akira Toriyama.
First appearance	Dragon Ball chapter #196: Kakarrot (1988)
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Voiced by	Japanese Masako Nozawa English See Voice actors
Profile
Aliases	The Great Saiyaman The Golden Warrior
Species	Half-Saiyan/Half-Human
Relatives	Grandpa Gohan (adoptive great-grandfather) Goku (father) Chi-Chi (mother) Goten (brother) Videl (wife) Pan (daughter)

Son Gohan (Japanese: 孫 悟飯^?) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Gohan is introduced as the first son of the protagonist Goku, and his wife Chi-Chi, in chapter #196 Kakarrot (カカロット, Kakarotto^?), first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 24, 1988. Chi-Chi is a strict and protective mother to Gohan, forcing him to focus on his studies and forbidding him from practicing martial arts. However, due to the various threats to the Earth, she reluctantly allows him to fight, with him ultimately becoming one of the strongest characters in the series. 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.

Gohan's name comes from the Japanese word "gohan" (^?, lit. "cooked rice" or "meal of any sort"), a continuation of the naming scheme of foods by Toriyama. Rice, being a grain, is not normally considered to be a vegetable, even though it is a common food. However, as the word "vegetable" is a culinary term, and not a botanical term, the name can also continue the naming scheme for Saiyan characters, which derives names from puns on vegetables.