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Taro (タロ Taro)[3][4] is a Saiyan and old comrade of Bardock's.
Appearance[]
Like all Universe 7 Saiyans, Taro possesses a tail and also wears clothing of Saiyans who worked under the Frieza Force. He also possesses a mustache and has a well-built physique. Like most Saiyans, Taro possesses jet black hair, and his hair is short and flat at the top. He is also light in skin complexion and appears to be medium in height.
Personality[]
Not much is known about his overall personality other than he seems to care about his teammates, Bardock and Leek's wellbeing as he thought they wouldn't make it back alive during their mission.
Biography[]
Background[]
Under the orders of the Frieza Force, Taro was among the Saiyans that took part in the invasion of Planet Cereal when they were dispatched to the planet to decimate its population and lay waste to it, along with other alien members of the Frieza Force. During the invasion, Taro and the other Saiyans, thanks to the help of a full moon being present on the planet at the time of the invasion, were able to transform into Great Apes and use their forms to demolish cities and kill many of the planet's inhabitants, dwindling the number of Cerealian and Namekian inhabitants on the planet significantly, to the near point of extinction. However, A Cerealian named Flayk managed to use a Finger Beam energy to blast to destroy the full moon, causing Taro and the other Saiyans to revert back to their base forms. However, Taro confronts Flayk and tells the Cerealian not to get his hopes up as, even in their base forms, they're still powerful enough to defeat the Cerealians. Taro then easily kills the Cerealian with one hit, throwing his body off the ceiling of a Cerealian building where he defeated him. After the invasion, Taro then leaves the planet after their order to withdraw from Planet Cereal.
Dragon Ball Minus and Dragon Ball Super Broly[]
Main articles: Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child and Dragon Ball Super: Broly After Bardock and Leek return from a mission due to Frieza's order and heads to his village, Taro is seen calling out to Bardock that Frieza has spotted a planet which requires all the Saiyans to conquer, leaving Leek not to be suspicious of Frieza anymore. But then, Taro mentions that Frieza has been asking about the legendary Super Saiyan, which increases Bardock's suspicion even more. Taro then dies with the rest of the Saiyans when Frieza destroys Planet Vegeta.
Power[]
As a member of Team Bardock, Taro is a low class Saiyan like his comrades. He was able to kill Flayk in one hit.
Forms and Transformations[]
Great Ape[]
Main article: Great Ape A giant, anthropomorphic, monkey-like creature that Saiyans can transform into at the full moon or when exposed to any source of Blutz Waves to increase their already formidable strength tremendously.
Voice Actors[]
- Japanese: Masaya Takatsuka
- Funimation dub: Marcus Stimac
- Brazilian Portuguese dub: Fábio de Castro
- Latin American Spanish dub: Jesús Cortez
Battles[]
- Pre-Dragon Ball
- Taro (Great Ape/Base), Bardock (Great Ape/Base), Leek (Great Ape/Base), and other Saiyans (Great Ape/Base) vs. Flayk and Cerealians
List of Characters Killed by Taro[]
- Pre-Dragon Ball Super
- Manga
Trivia[]
- Taro is named after the taro plant, which continues the veggie-themed naming puns of the Saiyans.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Dragon Ball Super: Broly, 2018
- ↑ Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child, 2014
- ↑ Herms' tweet on the Broly novel. Twitter (December 14, 2018).
- ↑ Taro guide. Twitter.
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Frieza Force | ||
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Leaders | Chilled • Frieza Race Conton City Hero • King Cold (Future • Cell) • Frieza (Future • Cell) • Frost • Frieza's Honor Guard (Captain Wata • Rigll) | |
Sub-leaders | Captain Ginyu • Cooler (Meta • Future) • Froze • Garana • Sorbet • Tagoma • Kuriza • Frieza's Honor Guard (Bullgokin • Compression-01 • Toki Toki City Hero) | |
Executives and elite soldiers | ||
Mid-level soldiers | ||
Low-level soldiers | Combatants • Cranberry • Cyclopian Guards • Three Planet Frieza #79 soldiers • Bardock (Future • Xeno) • Blueberry • Borgos • Cheelai • Fasha • Fisshi • Frieza Soldiers • Frog-Face • Guprei • Iru • Kakarot (Future • Cell • Xeno) • Krumbo • Leek • Mei • Melone • Monre • Nabana • Namole • Navel • Orlen • Raspberry • Robery • Scarface • Shorty • Shugesh • Taro • Tora • Turles (Xeno) | |
Non-combatants | ||
Fused members | ||
Squadrons | Cooler Force (Cooler's Armored Squadron • Meta-Cooler Corps.) • Dried Fruitz • Team Dodoria • Frieza's Elite (Ginyu Force • Frieza's Honor Guard) • Namek Invasion Task Force • Frieza's Subordinates • Galaxy Soldiers • Third Stellar Region • Frieza Soldiers • New Frieza Army • New Gadget Super Lovers • Saiyan Army (Team Bardock • King Vegeta's Elite • Phantom Saiyans) • Team 5 • Team Zarbon | |
Races controlled | Aka's race • Ankoku-seijin • Appule's race • Arcosians • Arlians • Boulean • Beppa-seijin • Blueberry's race • Bowlean • Brench-seijin • Burter's race • Buonean • Cabira's race • Cranberry's race • Cui's race • Dodoria's race • Earthlings • Fishman • Frieza Race • Frieza Soldier race • Frog-Face's race • Ginyu's race • Hera Clan • Inhabitants of Plant • Iru's race • Jiggler • Kanassan • Kettlean • Ledgic's race • Litts • Malaka's race • Majins • Mixxileean • Namekians • Namekian Frogs • Recoome's race • Rejinean • Saibamen • Saiyans • Serpent • Sinkleean • Slug-jin • Sui's race • Toasterean • Tobi's race • Vewonean • Yardrat • Zalt-seijin • Zarbon's race | |
Planets | Arcose • Bas • Big Gete Star • Cereal • Cooler No. 6 • Cooler's Unnamed Planet • Frieza No. 17 • Frieza No. 79 • Cooler No. 98 • Cooler No. 256 • Frieza No. 448 • Frieza's Training Planet • Kanassa • King Cold's planet • Litt • Meat • Shikk • Tritek • Vegeta • Zeshin and Bun's planet | |
Motherships | ||
Technology | Attack Ball • Battle Armor • Cosmic Suit • Drones (Assist Drone • Attack Drone • Recovery Drone) • Fruit of the Tree of Might (Demon Realm) • Galactic Arena • Grenade • Hovercar • Hover Pod • Kiri Charging Machine • Laser Sword • Medical Machines • Metamo-Ring • Ray Gun • Rocket Launcher (Frieza's Rocket Launcher) • Saibamen Set • Scouter | |
Operations and Wars | Attack on Planet Plant • Occupation of Planet Vegeta • Kanassan war • Invasion of Planet Meat • Genocide of the Saiyans • Shikk conflict • Tritek conflict • Attack on Zeshin and Bun's planet • Attack on Gure's planet • Attacks on Earth • Fight on Planet Frieza 448 • Broly conflict • Frieza's Siege • Tournament of Time | |
Allies & Affiliated Groups | Beerus • Cells (Cell • Cell Jr.) • Dragon Ball Heroes (Froze) • Dark Empire • Dark Namekians (Naraku) • Frieza Race • Heeter • Mastermind's group (Mastermind • Giblet) • Pilaf Gang (Emperor Pilaf • Mai • Shu) • Red Ribbon Army (Red Pants Army) • Team Beerus (Shallot) • Team Universe 7 • Time Patrol • Whis | |
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