How Old Goku Is In Each Dragon Ball Saga

The Dragon Ball franchise has encompassed over 30 years of adventures for Goku and the Z-Warriors. Here’s how old the character is in every saga.

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The Dragon Ball universe’s canon has encompassed over 30 years of stories for Goku – and his age in each saga has changed quite a bit. In all this time, the franchise has taken the Saiyan hero and the Z-Warriors to all sorts of different places, from the Saiyan homeworld to King Kai’s planet. The original Dragon Ball focuses on the adventures of a young Goku, while Dragon Ball Z instead centers on a later point in Goku’s life after the character has started a family of his own with Chi-Chi and Gohan.

The three Dragon Ball shows conspire to put Goku through the proverbial ringer as his character grows exponentially, with Goku unlocking new forms throughout the franchise. The child who was once beaten up by both Yamcha and Tien is eventually depicted as powerful enough to fight gods. Goku, who defies the odds by going Super Saiyan and beating Frieza in Dragon Ball Z, shatters his supposed limits and now has access to numerous variations of the Super Saiyan form.

Over the years, viewers have seen Goku as a child, a teenager, a young man, and even a grandfather. Generally, every saga is followed by a time skip in several forms, with some being bigger than others. For example, Dragon Ball Z contains time skips that would go as far as seven years into the future. This happens a lot less, however, in Dragon Ball Super, with the series following a far more linear narrative. In Dragon Ball Z, the Super Saiyan Goku would of course age with these time jumps, making him older in the later sagas (that exist in Dragon Ball canon). Here’s how old Goku is in each Dragon Ball saga to date.

Emperor Pilaf Saga

The first arc in the original Dragon Ball anime is the Emperor Pilaf Saga, the story that sees the young Saiyan cross paths with Bulma, Yamcha, Krillin, and Master Roshi for the first time. When his journey begins, Goku is stated to be 14 years old despite his youthful appearance. Dragon Ball later retconned Goku being 11 years old, with the explanation being that he had trouble counting when asked his age at the start of the Pilaf saga.

Tournament & Red Ribbon Army Sagas

At the young age of 12 years old, Goku competes in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament and battles Master Roshi in the final round. In the same year, he engages in a search for the Dragon Balls that brings him and his allies into heated conflicts with the Red Ribbon Army, General Blue, and Mercenary Tao. It was also during this time that he met the prophetic Fortuneteller Baba.

Tien Shinhan & Demon King Piccolo Sagas

As the years pass in the Dragon Ball canon, Goku keeps himself busy with his training and his adventures. When Goku is 15, he enters the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament and loses in a memorable showdown with Tien (who would later go to be a member of the Z-Warriors). Following his fight with Tien, the teenage Goku goes up against his deadliest adversary yet: Demon King Piccolo.

Piccolo Jr. Saga

Three years later, a visibly older Goku fights Chi-Chi in the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, with the two’s obvious attraction to each other ending with the pair becoming engaged. Afterward, the 18-year-old Saiyan encounters the reincarnation of Demon King Piccolo, and is barely able to defeat him in battle. Goku has no idea, of course, that his latest enemy will soon become one of his closest allies.

Saiyan & Frieza Sagas

Dragon Ball Z kicks off with the Saiyan Saga, which starts off with a 23-year-old Goku raising his young son, Gohan. After dying in the battle with Raditz, one year passes before he is finally wished back with the Dragon Balls. Once Goku returns, he leads the remaining Z-Warriors’ efforts to defeat Nappa and Vegeta. Following a slow recovery, Goku heads off to planet Namek to help Gohan, Krillin, and Bulma survive a battle with the villain who destroyed his planet: Frieza.

Android & Cell Sagas

Two years after Frieza’s defeat, Goku makes his way back to Earth, where he meets Future Trunks and learns about the impending arrival of the fearsome Androids 17 and 18. By the time preparations for the androids are completed, Goku is stated to be 29 years old. When the androids are absorbed by Cell, Goku and his friends have to train for another year before competing in the Cell Games. Goku is 30 years old when he sacrifices himself (and King Kai) to save the planet from Cell’s internal self-destruction device.

Buu Saga

The biggest time skip in Dragon Ball canon happens after Super Saiyan 2 Gohan’s victory over Cell. Seven years pass, with Goku electing to remain dead this entire time so that he can further his training on Otherworld. After Goku saves the world from Kid Buu with the Spirit Bomb, the character is able to return to his family on Earth, once again among the living. It’s important to note here that since Goku hasn’t technically been alive at all in the last seven years, he hasn’t physically aged a day. Goku is 37 years old, but when looking at both of Goku’s deaths in the Dragon Ball universe, he hasn’t been alive for eight of those years, with his physical age being closer to 30 as a result.

Battle of Gods Saga

Consequently, Dragon Ball Super moves Goku’s story forward by four years. At this point in the franchise, his son is married to Videl, Krillin becomes a member of the police force, Vegeta is doggedly pursuing perfection through training, and Goku is living a simple albeit boring life as a farmer. The 41-year-old Goku’s new conflict-free lifestyle comes to an end when Beerus, the God of Destruction, travels to Earth in search of the legendary Super Saiyan God.

Golden Frieza, Universe 6, & Future Trunks Sagas

Approximately one year goes by between Goku’s fight with Beerus and the return of Frieza in Dragon Ball Super, which places Goku at 42 years old. Shortly after saving Earth from the rebuilt Frieza Force, Goku and his friends fight under Beerus against Champa’s team of warriors from Universe 6. Goku and Vegeta aren’t allowed much rest after the tournament, as both characters are enlisted by Future Trunks in the fight to save his timeline from Zamasu and Goku Black. By the conclusion of these sagas, Goku has become a grandfather following the birth of Gohan’s daughter, Pan. It is revealed in a series of flashbacks that Videl was pregnant with Pan during the lead-up to Goku’s transformation into a Super Saiyan God.

Universal Survival Saga

Only a minute period canonically of a few months passes in between the Future Trunks Saga and the Universal Survival Saga in Dragon Ball Super. Goku, now 43 years old, faces one of the greatest challenges of his life when he battles with seven teams of ten fighters from the other universes. Thanks to his brand-new Ultra Instinct form as well as noteworthy contributions from characters like Gohan, Vegeta, and Android 17, Goku is able to help his team secure a hard-fought victory over Universe 11’s Jiren in the Tournament of Power.

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