The Z Fighters (孫 悟空, zetto senshi), also known as the Z Senshi, Z Warriors and Earth's Special Forces, are a small organization of superhuman martial artists in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise, all of whom are dedicated to protecting the Earth from those who would do it harm. The group's members vary greatly throughout the series' run, but Son Goku is generally the de facto leader of all of its incarnations. The first actual formation of the Z Team was out of necessity when Goku was faced with Raditz, who had kidnapped his son Gohan and wanted to kill the people of Earth and sell it onto an alien such as Freiza. Goku formed an alliance with his arch rival Piccolo in order to fight for a common cause. The alliance made from necessity was the birth of the Z team. The term itself is very rarely actually used in the series, the first, and one of the only occurrences being in the androids saga, when Trunks explains to Goku the order in which "The Z fighters" die, where it becomes something of a plot hole or inconsistency, as the term seemed to have come out of nowhere. The characters involved wouldn't really consider themselves a 'team'. The group works as a team and help each [ - ]

The Z Fighters (孫 悟空, zetto senshi), also known as the Z Senshi, Z Warriors and Earth's Special... [ + ]