Trunks (Dragon Ball)

Trunks
Dragon Ball character
Future Trunks, as drawn by Akira Toriyama.
First appearanceDragon Ball Z chapter #331 The Young Boy of Mystery, 2 July 1991 (Weekly Shōnen Jump 1991)
Created byAkira Toriyama
Voiced by
In-universe information
SpeciesSaiyan/human hybrid
Family
  • Vegeta (father)
  • Bulma (mother)
  • Bulla (younger sister; present timeline)
  • King vegeta III (paternal grandfather)
  • Queen eschalot (paternal grandmother)
  • Tarble (uncle)
  • Vegeta II (great-grandfather)
  • Vegeta I (great-great grandfather)
  • Dr.brief (maternal grandfather)
  • Miss brief (maternal grandmother)
  • Tights (aunt)
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, durability, endurance, stamina and healing, flight, energy sensing, energy projection, energy absorption, telepathy, telekinesis

Trunks (Japanese: トランクス, Hepburn: Torankusu) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Within the series, he is the half-Saiyan half-human son of Vegeta and Bulma and has at least two noteworthy incarnations. Trunks makes his debut appearance in chapter #331 "The Young Boy of Mystery", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on July 2, 1991,[1] as an unidentified young man who traveled back in time to warn Son Goku and his allies of a deadly new enemy, the Androids of the Red Ribbon Army. This alternate future timeline incarnation of Trunks, who is usually referred to as "Future Trunks" (未来のトランクス, Mirai no Torankusu, "Trunks of the Future") in media to distinguish him from his present-timeline counterpart, is one of the Dragon Ball series' most popular characters and has been praised for his unique role within the series.

The present-timeline incarnation of Trunks is introduced as an infant during the story arc, which features the first appearance of the Red Ribbon Androids. This version of Trunks makes recurring appearances as a major character in the Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super and various other media such as Dragon Ball GT and films produced by Toei Animation.

  1. ^ "週刊少年ジャンプ 1990/07/02 表示号数30". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 21, 2017.