dragon ball Fans have had a distorted idea that Super Saiyan is 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 first transformed into a Super Saiyan on Namek. Not only that, but Akira Toriyama immediately introduced Future Trunks as a much younger Super Saiyan just a few chapters after Goku's final battle with Frieza.
Despite being framed as a legendary transformation that only a few can achieve, several young Saiyans go on to unlock Super Saiyan. dragon ball. Vegeta infamously states that there is a “Super Saiyan Bargain Sale” if Goten and Trunks unlock SSJ1 without the emotional turmoil he, Goku, and Gohan put them through to unlock the form. all the time dragon ball Throughout history, many young people have activated Super Saiyan and competed against their older peers with little effort.

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Goten is the youngest Super Saiyan in history.
7 years old
Until Pan finally transforms Super Saiyan. dragon ball superGoten is currently the youngest Super Saiyan. dragon ball history. Goten first turned into a Super Saiyan while training with Chichi. Only seven years old, Super Saiyan Goten is said to rival Super Saiyan Gohan at the start of the Majin Buu Saga.
By sheer virtue of unlocking Super Saiyan at a young age, Goten has more natural potential than any other Saiyan. dragon ball. Unfortunately, he grew up with virtually no interest in training or martial arts. At the Tenkaichi Budokai on the 28th, Goten became so weak that a four-year-old fan beat him in the tournament.
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Trunks unlocked Super Saiyan around the same time as Goten.
8 years old
Shortly after it is revealed that Goten can change Super Saiyan, Trunks shows Vegeta that he can also change Super Saiyan when they train together in the gravity room. It is implied that Trunks unlocked Super Saiyan around the same time as Goten. Trunks, who is a year older than Goten, was eight years old when he first became a Super Saiyan.
Trunks is slightly stronger than Goten due to his age, but only slightly stronger. To fuse into Gotenks, Trunks must lower his Ki to match Goten's Ki. However, like Goten, Trunks grows up with no real interest in increasing his power level. This is a stark contrast to his future counterpart, who struggled for years to become a Super Saiyan.

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Super Saiyan Gotenk was stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku when he was young
7-8 years old
Gotenks is the result of Goten and Trunks performing the Fusion Dance to fuse. When first fused, Gotenks cannot transform into a Super Saiyan, but after the boys begin training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he unlocks Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 3 very quickly. 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 between the duo, being roughly seven and a half years old. at the end Dragon Ball ZGotenks was the fourth strongest character in the series, behind Vegito, Buuhan/Buutenks, and Ultimate Gohan. Gotenks fell. dragon ball superHowever, he is still one of the most powerful fusions in the world. dragon ball.
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Goku Jr. turns into a Super Saiyan to find the 4-Star Dragon Balls.
9 years old
Son Goku Jr. is Son Goku's great-grandson and the main character. Dragon Ball GT: Legacy of Heroes. When Pan falls ill, Goku Jr. sets out to find the Four-Star Dragon Ball, believing that one Dragon Ball is enough to make his wish come true. Over the course of the film, Goku Jr. unlocks Super Saiyan, saving a bear cub and defeating the film's main villain, Lord Yao.
Goku Jr. first became a Super Saiyan at the age of nine. Despite being a 1/16 Saiyan, Goku Jr. was able to unlock the Super Saiyan transformation, but Fan was not. Dragon Ball GT. Later, Goku Jr. appears. Dragon Ball GT In episode 64, he participates in the 64th Tenkaichi Budokai and fights Vegeta Jr. in the Junior Division finals.
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Vegeta Jr. does not reveal when exactly he unlocked Super Saiyan.
9 years old
Vegeta Jr., like Goku Jr., is the great-grandson of Vegeta and Bulma and the 1/16th Saiyan. Unlike Goku Jr., Vegeta Jr. Dragon Ball GT Episode 64 where he fights Son Goku Jr. in the 64-hour World Martial Arts Tournament. It is not revealed when and how Vegeta Jr. learned how to transform into a Super Saiyan, but he ends up fighting SSJ Goku Jr. on equal footing.
Vegeta Jr. is the same age as Goku Jr., and is 9 years old when they fight. Dragon Ball GT's final episode. Vegeta Jr. likely unlocked Super Saiyan at a younger age than Goku Jr., but considering they are evenly matched in the tournament, it stands to reason that both have been using Super Saiyan for roughly the same amount of time.
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Gohan first turned into a Super Saiyan while training with Goku.
9 years old
Before Majin Buusa, Gohan was the youngest Super Saiyan. Dragon Ball Z. By training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gohan finally learns to control his anger and unlocks Super Saiyan 1. It is also implied that Gohan unlocked Super Saiyan 2 through training with Goku, and that he gave Gohan the idea to fight Perfect Cell and unleash his anger on the Android.
Gohan was nine years old when he began training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Goku. Because he spends 9 months with Goku in the Chamber of Spirit and Time, Gohan actually ages by a year, making him 10 years old when he participates in the Cell Games. that Dragon Ball Z The anime runs by featuring a filler episode depicting Gohan's birthday.

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Future Trunks unlocked Super Saiyan six years later than in the main timeline.
14 years old
Future Trunks, who did not train with Vegeta, went to great lengths to unlock Super Saiyan for the first time. Future Gohan mistakenly believed that Namek's Super Saiyan Goku was the pinnacle of Super Saiyan power, so he failed to reach the maximum heights of his main timeline counterpart and ended up sabotaging Future Trunks.
in Dragon Ball Z: History of TrunksTrunks turns Super Saiyan for the first time when he discovers Future Gohan's body. Trunks was fourteen when he first became a Super Saiyan. at dragon ball In the comics, Future Trunks was already a Super Saiyan before Gohan's death, so it is unknown 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.
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Goku was still a young man when he transformed into a Super Saiyan.
25 years old
Goku was a 25-year-old young man when he first became a Super Saiyan on Namek. He may not be as young as the youngest Saiyans, but compared to Vegeta, Goku beats him to the punch. Vegeta didn't unlock Super Saiyan until his early 30s. In the grand scheme of things, Goku is still pretty young on Namek. Especially when compared to his age by the end of the series.
Goku of Namek was a young father who did not yet have much life experience. As Goku gets older, he matures considerably in Cell and the Majin Buu Sagas and seeks to pass the torch to the next generation. Goku is not the youngest Super Saiyan. dragon ballBut he was the first in centuries.
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