The 8 youngest Super Saiyans in the series

Dragon Ball fans have this warped idea that Super Saiyan was a special form for a long time before the series started treating it as a commodity. Even on Namek, Goku was a relatively young man when he became a Super Saiyan for the first time on Namek. Not only that, Akira Toriyama immediately introduced Future Trunks as an even younger Super Saiyan just a few chapters after Goku's final battle with Frieza.

Despite being portrayed as a legendary transformation that only a few can achieve, several young Saiyans continue to unlock Super Saiyan all the time Dragon Ball. Vegeta infamously says that there is a “Super Saiyan Bargain Sale” when Goten and Trunks unlock SSJ1 without the emotional turmoil that he, Goku, and Gohan went through to unlock the forms. Throughout Dragon Ball history, many youngsters have triggered Super Saiyan and rivaled their older peers with little or no effort.

8

Goten is the youngest super saiyan in history

7 years old

Until Pan finally turns in the Super Saiyan Dragon Ball SuperGoten is currently the youngest Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball history. Goten ends up going Super Saiyan for the first time while training with Chichi. At just seven years old, Super Saiyan Goten is said to rival Super Saiyan Gohan at the beginning of the Majin Buu Saga.

Just by unlocking Super Saiyan at such a young age, Goten has more natural potential than almost any other Saiyan i Dragon Ball. Unfortunately, he grows up with virtually no interest in training or martial arts. On the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai, Goten has become so weak that a four-year-old Pan beats him in the tournament.

7

Trunks unlocked Super Saiyan around the same time as Goten

8 years old

Shortly after it is revealed that Goten can become a Super Saiyan, Trunks shows Vegeta that he can also become a Super Saiyan as they train together in the gravity chamber. It is heavily implied that Trunks unlocked Super Saiyan around the same time as Goten. A year older than Goten, Trunks was eight when he first became a Super Saiyan.

Trunks is also slightly stronger than Goten due to his age, but only slightly. In order to blend into Gotenks, Trunks must lower his Ki to match Goten's. But like Goten, Trunks grows up with no real interest in keeping his power level up – a stark contrast to his future counterpart who struggled for years just to become a Super Saiyan.

6

Super Saiyan Gotenks was stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku as a child

7-8 years old

Gotenks is the result of Goten and Trunks performing the Fusion Dance to fuse together. The first time they fuse, Gotenks is unable to reverse Super Saiyan, but he very quickly unlocks both Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 3 after the boys begin training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Notably, Super Saiyan 1 Gotenks was already stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku.

Since Gotenks is a fusion of Goten and Trunks, his age is somewhere in between the duo, making him roughly seven and a half years old. At the end of Dragon Ball ZGotenks was the fourth strongest character in the series behind Vegito, Buuhan/Buutenks and Ultimate Gohan. Gotenks has fallen off Dragon Ball Superbut he is still one of the most powerful fusions in the Dragon Ball.

5

Goku Jr. becomes a Super Saiyan in his quest for the 4-star Dragon Ball

9 years old

Goku Jr. is Goku's great-grandson's grandson and the main character of Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy. When Pan falls ill, Goku Jr. surrenders. out to find the Four Star Dragon Ball and believes that a single Dragon Ball is all he needs to get his wish. During the course of the film, Goku Jr. unlocks Super Saiyan to save a bear cub and defeat the film's main villain, Lord Yao.

Goku Jr. is nine years old when he becomes Super Saiyan for the first time. Despite being a 1/16th Saiyan, Goku Jr. unlocking the Super Saiyan transformation while Pan never did in Dragon Ball GT. Goku Jr. later appears Dragon Ball GT Episode 64, where he participates in the 64th Tenkaichi Budokai and fights Vegeta Jr. in the Junior division's last match.

4

Vegeta Jr. never revealing when exactly he unlocked Super Saiyan

9 years old

Vegeta Jr. is the grandson of Vegeta and Bulma's grandson and 1/16th Saiyan, just like Goku Jr. Unlike Goku Jr. Vegeta Jr. only appears in Dragon Ball GT Episode 64 to fight Goku Jr. during the 64h World Martial Arts Tournament. It is never revealed when or how Vegeta Jr. learned how to transform Super Saiyan, but ends up fighting SSJ Goku Jr. on an even footing.

Vegeta Jr. is the same age as Goku Jr., and is nine years old when they fight Dragon Ball GTlast episode. It is possible that Vegeta Jr. unlocked Super Saiyan at an even younger age than Goku Jr., but considering they're evenly matched in the tournament, it stands to reason that they've both been using Super Saiyan for about the same amount of time.

3

Gohan became a Super Saiyan for the first time while training with Goku

9 years old

Before the Majin Buu Saga, Gohan was the youngest Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball Z. By training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gohan finally learns how to control his anger and unlocks Super Saiyan 1. It is also implied that Gohan unlocked Super Saiyan 2 by training with Goku, which gave him the idea to have Gohan fight Perfect Cell and unleash his rage against the Android.

Gohan is nine years old when he begins training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Goku. Since he spends nine months with Goku in the Room of Spirit and Time, Gohan realistically ages a full year, making him ten when he enters the Cell Games. The Dragon Ball Z the anime runs with this, with a filler episode depicting Gohan's birthday.

2

Future Trunks unlocked Super Saiyan 6 years later than his main timeline counterpart

14 years old

Without Vegeta to train with him, Future Trunks struggled immensely to unlock Super Saiyan for the first time. Future Gohan mistakenly believed that Super Saiyan Goku on Namek was the pinnacle of a Super Saiyan's power, so he never reached the full heights of his main timeline counterpart, which ended up holding Future Trunks back.

IN Dragon Ball Z: History of TrunksTrunks becomes Super Saiyan for the first time when he finds Future Gohan's dead body. Trunks was fourteen when he first became a Super Saiyan. In it Dragon Ball manga, Future Trunks is already a Super Saiyan before Gohan dies, so there's no telling how old he was when he first unlocked the form. Unlike his mainline counterpart, Fuutre Trunks never stops training and becomes one of the strongest Saiyans in the series.

1

Goku was still a young man when he first became a Super Saiyan

25 years old

Goku was a 25-year-old young adult when he became a Super Saiyan for the first time on Namek. He's not as young as the youngest Saiyans, but compared to Vegeta, Goku beat him to the punch. Vegeta didn't unlock Super Saiyan until his early 30s. Overall, Goku is still pretty young on Namek, especially compared to how old he is at the end of the series.

Goku on Namek was still a young father without much life experience. Goku matures significantly in the Cell and Majin Buu sagas as he grows older and tries to pass the torch to the next generation. Goku is hardly the youngest Super Saiyan i Dragon Ballbut he was the first in centuries.

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Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball DAIMA

First TV show

Dragon Ball

Created by

Akira Toriyama

Latest TV show

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Air date of first episode

February 26, 1986