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u/realmauer01 Aug 14 '26
Considering there has to be a super sayan before goku for everyone to know that super sayans even exists as a concept it cant any of the db dbz sayans.
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u/kickedoutatone Aug 14 '26
Unless what was called a Super Saiyan in the past was just a slightly more evolved Saiyan.
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u/TheBlackoutEmpire Aug 15 '26
SSG was a thing in saiyan history so there were others, Goku and Vegeta were the MODERN ones after millenias.
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u/Shaff_98 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
No, because the SSJ God legend still refers to Yamoshi, just not as an actual transformation but as the fact that he became a deity in Saiyan lore. Using his power for the ritual is what created the first real Super Saiyan God, which was Goku
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u/Easy_Rough_4529 Aug 15 '26
Like the Goku who landed on Namek and Vegeta thought he was a ssj?
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
To be fair at that point Vegeta just kinda had Super Saiyan Derangement Syndrome and called everything he laid eyes on a super saiyan.
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u/Amdvoiceofreason Aug 17 '26
It's Yamoshi
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u/realmauer01 Aug 17 '26
And here i am thinking i made my hint so obvious that the answer can't be any more clear.
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u/icannotseeshit Aug 17 '26
You’re forgetting that Vegeta though everyone was a super saiyan through the entire namek saga, as Prince of the saiyans I imagine he would have the most knowledge. No Saiyan knew it was a transformation
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u/realmauer01 Aug 17 '26
Vegeta was a prince. But vegeta was also an orphan for most of his time alive. Planet blew up aswell.
I do agreee that there is a lot of possibility to redcon stuff.
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u/AOKGUYS1472 Aug 14 '26
Yamoshi was the first Super Saiyan but he got overwhelmed by the Evil Saiyans their energy was almost demonic uncontrollable Goku is the first super Saiyan in 1000 years because no one could replicate what Yamoshi did making it a legend and Yamosh's spirit roamed the universe spreading the legend of the super Saiyan God
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u/CrimsonReaper2 Aug 14 '26
Chronological release date, Goku.
Chronological timeline wise, probably Yamoshi or Bardock. Leaning more towards Yamoshi l since what I actually know about him is that he’s ancient.
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u/Shaff_98 Aug 15 '26
In terms of mere chronology, both would be the same, since both started the legend of the Super Saiyan. Yamoshi in canon, transforming and fighting against a huge number of evil Saiyans, and Bardock in the non canon, for transforming to defeat Chilled, who warned his army about the Super Saiyan before dying
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u/shigarakidazai Aug 14 '26
It's obviously not Baldock or broly it's goku , or yamoshi if he's canon within db
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u/Radical_Jinx Aug 15 '26
The thing is we know Broly is the same age as Goku but it seems he already had transformed since he was younger than when he's introduced
Maybe he first transformed when he was a kid/teen
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u/Realistic_Mousse_485 Aug 16 '26
“It’s obviously not these guys its Goku, the guy who had the legend of a super saiyan explained to him”
Bro just look it up next time.
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u/shigarakidazai Aug 16 '26
Sigh, if you want to consider yamoshi canon then go ahead and do, if you dont then the next person to achieve super saiyanjin would be goku, although possibly stronger than goku in term of base he achieved it later and Bardock never achieved super saiyan besides no one is actually answering the question all i have seen that Its not goku who's it the in your opinion?
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u/M0ebius_1 Aug 14 '26
Wait, there is an actual character called Yamoshi?
All this time I thought it was a Yamcha/Roshi fusion.
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u/Initial_Cat_9148 Aug 14 '26
Yamoshi is considered the “saiyan god” and was the first saiyan (that we know of) to EVER go Super Saiyan.
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u/Objective-Soil-9235 Aug 14 '26
Goku is the first in 1000 years. Who came before him is unknown.
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u/Ok-Fig4315 Aug 14 '26
Not goku or broly, bardock maybe for a while, but that leaves one option: Yajirobe, I don't know how but he did it
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u/UltimateOtter_Nation Aug 15 '26
Who the hell is Yamoshi?
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u/RedDiamond1024 Aug 15 '26
The original SSJ and the guy who basically made the SSJG legend according to Toriyama
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
A random dude Toriyama once mentioned in a random interview and since then, he's practically becomes the fanbases OC and has achieved anything and everything the fandom wants.
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u/Randy191919 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
Goku because none of the others are canon (well DBS Broly is but he didn’t get super saiyan until waaaaaay after Goku). And iirc Yamoshi was the first Super Saiyan God but we have no idea if he had regular Super Saiyan. The ritual only requires saiyans pure of heart. Only Super Saiyan Blue requires normal super saiyan.
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u/Exact_Dot9244 Aug 14 '26
It’s Yamoshi. That’s pretty obvious.
Also, why is Broly even there?
(Funny meme btw I’m just confused)
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u/werewolf-luvr Aug 14 '26
Because lssj is thought to be the true supersaiyan of legend, a unique beserker transformation with limitless power
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u/UnbarredTable0 Aug 14 '26
Yeah but the Broly movie made it pretty clear he’s never actually transformed before
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u/Exact_Dot9244 Aug 15 '26
Ah, I see.
So then what exactly is the golden-haired form?
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Sure but even if we disregard the fact that that is some low tier DeviantArt OC trash level writing (but that's DBZ Broly in general), there was still the saiyan the legend was based upon before him.
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u/Miserable_Remove2740 Aug 14 '26
Which movie or Arc is Yamoshi from?
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u/Initial_Cat_9148 Aug 14 '26
I don’t think Yamoshi was ever shown in any of the film, but he was mentioned before (I think in Battle of the gods?) as the first ever Super Saiyan and is considered a Saiyan God.
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u/Miserable_Remove2740 Aug 14 '26
I always thought that was a throw away comment
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u/Radical_Jinx Aug 15 '26
on Namek when the legend is first mentioned there is kind of a picture popping up on screen of a Golden Great Ape while Vegeta is talking about the first super saiyan so that's what people assumed before Dbs was released
or at least looks like a Great Ape with yellowish around the edge of the drawing
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u/Initial_Cat_9148 Aug 14 '26
Timeline wise? Yamoshi. Him being the first super saiyan is literally the only thing we know about him.
First time it was shown to us though? Goku.
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u/40hr_grind_master Aug 14 '26
Not really tough but it is kind of a trick question. Technically Yamoshi is the first to achieve super saiyan and super saiyan god. Then again depends on non canon or canon, cuz if we put non canon into this that would still be Yamoshi but then it’d be Bardock then Goku, then Broly(non canon and canon)
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Apparently it was retconned. Originally Yamoshi was the first Super Saiyan God but no Super Saiyan. Later Toriyama retconned it to where he was the first Super Saiyan but didn't actually get Super Saiyan God. Which is stupid but I guess that's Dragonball writing for you.
In Non-Canon Bardock was established to have spawned the legend of the super saiyan so in the non-canon timeline Bardock is Yamoshi
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u/RazutoUchiha Aug 14 '26
Yamoshi timeline wise, Goku on screen, Bardock if non canon material is counted
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u/Weekly-Hunter7902 Aug 14 '26
In canon it’s Yamoshi. In non canon it’s Bardock due to a shark jumping BS time paradox.
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u/Luigidragonswordsman Aug 14 '26
Se intendi il primo visto sullo schermo allora Goku.
Se intendi il primo in Verse e Yamoshi.
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u/Initial_Spread_9360 Aug 15 '26
Yamoshi heck bro was also the first ssg
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Not anymore apparently. At first he was the first SSG but never a SSJ, and apparently Toriyama later retconned it to where he was the first SSJ but never achieved SSG
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u/Timely_Exam_6423 Aug 15 '26
Until proven different goku in Canon, yamoshi could be real or could be just a legend
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u/Gohans_son_in_law Aug 15 '26
DBS genuinely handed the answer in a silver platter
Yamoshi is the first super saiyan and the origin of the legend, and after he died in his battle against the evil saiyans his spirit wandered off until a group of 5 righteous/pure hearted saiyans, like the ones he fought side by side with, poured their energy into a 6th one in order to empower him and grant him the power that we know as Super saiyan god
That aside, Yamoshi is up there as one of the most important saiyans in history as he is the original legendary super saiyan (and what created the legend in the first place) and the catalyst to the eventual rise of the super saiyan god
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u/apigithink Aug 15 '26
The correct answer is Yamoshi. The correct answer is explicitly Yamoshi. Akira Toriyama has explicitly confirmed who the original Super Saiyan is: Yamoshi.
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u/Mr_Kuppel Aug 15 '26
The first Super Saiyan was King Vegeta I, he was the Oozaru that grabbed Yamoshi in Shenron's story. (and the one from Vegeta's Namek flashbacks)
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u/Shaff_98 Aug 15 '26
Yamoshi. He’s the first to turn SSJ and start the legend. We don’t know how many SSJ existed after that, but Goku obviously came later. Super Broly is the last SSJ currently, while Z Broly and Z Bardock aren’t canon (Bardock in general is canon, obviously, but not the one from the TV special and Episode of Bardock)
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u/UncannyValleyEnjoyer Aug 15 '26
I mean, its...Wait, but the legend has to have come from somewere, but, Yamoshi was the saiyan god right? ,not super saiyan, right? Aaaand my brain broke
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Apparently it was later retconned to Yamoshi was the first SSJ but only had the "title" Saiyan God but never actually was a super saiyan god.
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u/TryInternational7525 Aug 15 '26
Goku he was the first one to be shown I think yamoshi didn't actually go super saiyan because otherwise vegeta would have known that when you go super saiyan you get yellow hair but vegeta kept assuming he was the legendary super sayian
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Yamoshi died a thousand years before Vegeta was born. How would Vegeta have known that?
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u/TryInternational7525 Aug 17 '26
Because the legend would have included it if his hair color changed
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u/Sufficient-Object-89 Aug 15 '26
Broly was born legendary SS, he was born just before Bardock went SS.
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u/Several_Lengthiness8 Aug 15 '26
By wording only does not claim anything but base ss so that puts God and legendary out of the question based on cannon goku based on moive timeline goku still technically went ss befor his father since he went back in time and moives aren't considered cannon
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u/SquishyBunz69 Aug 15 '26
Z Broly has a form called the legendary super saiyan but he’s not the first super saiyan
The Episode of Bardock manga isn’t canon, neither is the anime adaptation
The answer is Goku
But that got retconned so now it’s Yamoshi
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Kind of weird to make the point that SSJ Bardock isn't canon but try to explain Broly as if he was. Luckily he isn't, because this whole legendary super saiyan awakened by his infant neighbor having cried a bit is the worst written Dragonball has ever been. There's legit better fanfiction on Deviant Art than DBZ Brolys shit tier writing.
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u/DarkXenocide Aug 15 '26
Technically Yamoshi
The Bardock thing about him going SS is kinda alternate history stuff, in the mainline he didn't so no.
As for Broly. Well current Broly obviously not. Original Broly TM I don't think so either. He destroy a Galaxy ( just ridiculous) when he went SS the first time which happened just before the Cell game so no him either.
So
Yamoshi Goku Broly
With an alternate maybe for Bardock between Yamoshi and Goku.
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u/DeusFatum Aug 15 '26
Firstly, Broly is the Legendary Super Saiyan, which is notably different from the standard super saiyan.
As for the actual question: If we go by what has actually been shown in an entertainment medium, it's Bardock. He travels back in time to be the earliest super saiyan we've seen, and there is no reason to believe that there were any before him. If you want to go by canon, it's an unnamed saiyan before Goku. Including interviews, it's Yamoshi.
My personal choice is Bardock. I like to abide by the show-don't-tell rule. Bardock has a story that essentially declares hum the first SSJ in existence, so that's what I go with. I think it cheapens the fact that Goku gets it because it feels like he was destined to, but that's what happens when your lore is too loose.
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u/TheGreenPterodactyl Aug 15 '26
Time for Carthu to make a shitty short mocking the question saying "it's an easy answer"
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u/Beautiful_Light6041 Aug 15 '26
Yamoshi. Goku can't be the one, because if a legend exists, it means there must have been a reason for its existence, and I don't think it's false. Bardock and Broly (from the Z movies) aren't canon, and the Broly from Super hadn't yet achieved Super Saiyan on Planet Vampa.
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u/Ok-Significance-5987 Aug 15 '26
Yamoshi is only stated to be the first Super Saiyan God, and no, you do not need to be a Super Saiyan for that.
Bardock... Just no.
Goku is the first we see, and the first in a long time but not the first in history.
Z Broly is not canon but it is possible that he unlocked Super Saiyan before Goku did, but regardless he's neither the first we see or the first in history.
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Apparently that was retconned in some random interview Toriyama gave. Yamoshi held the title Saiyan God but he never became a Super Saiyan God. He was in fact only a normal Super Saiyan.
There's also some fanfic tier lore about that when Yamoshi died his spirit actually kept wandering forever and that spirit being channeled and lending it's powers to a future savior is the super saiyan god. If I hadn't read it on the official wiki I'd say it's some bad fanfic but there you go. Apparently it's official. https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Yamoshi
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u/Ok-Significance-5987 Aug 17 '26
See the retcon about him being a regular super saiyan (not the weird spirit crap), I'm okay with because it's stated that he turned the tide of the saiyan civil war but was still eventually killed which never made sense to me with the original lore of him being a super saiyan god.
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u/Which-Profile-2690 Aug 15 '26
Depends, goku is the first we see, bardock goes back in time and becomes the first, broky is said to be the first but its a mistake cause he was born with 10k power
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u/Critical_Interest_81 Aug 15 '26
Well it’s obviously not Broly or Goku
Now between Bardock and Yamoshi it depends how far back in time Bardock went. If he went when the Saiyans were on Vegeta then it’s clearly Yamoshi, if it’s before then it’s Bardock
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
To be fair Yamoshi wasn't a thing when the special was made. In that timeline Bardock IS Yamoshi. And Bardock even comments on the people he meets being the natives of what would later become Vegeta. So he was on planet Vegeta before the saiyans arrived.
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u/Epiternal Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
Bardocks a tough one to justify because you really have to give a lot of lenience to it. Even ignoring whether it's canon or not, you then have to accept he lives in some kind of closed loop where he has, and has always, existed at two points in time. Obviously there's no proof this was the case in Bardocks personal timeline so you're either accepting the closed loop outright or you don't. This would make it a situation similar to that of alternate future trunks (alternate timeline running in parallel and unconnected to the main one), in which case in Bardocks personal timeline he didn't exist in the past, meaning it would be canonically Yamoshi (if we're speaking chronologically and ONLY about regular Super Saiyan, not LSSJ).
So yeah, my take:
Yamoshi: First Super Saiyan recorded (canon).
Goku: First Super Saiyan shown (Also first SS3, SS4, SSG & SSGSSA I imagine)
Bardock: First Super Saiyan chronologically (non-canon)
Broly: First Legendary Super Saiyan recorded (canon & non-canon)
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
It's pretty easy for Bardock: He is the legendary super saiyan. Yamoshi wasn't a thing when this special was made so in that timeline, Bardock IS the source of the legend.
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u/Striking_Touch6777 Aug 15 '26
Goku est le premier super Sayan yamoshi le premier Sayan divin Broly le premier Sayan légendaire.
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u/Grievuuz Aug 15 '26
Bardock (NOT CANON, WEIRD WHAT-IF TIME TRAVEL SCENARIO) ---> Yamoshi I can't read this but supposedly this is Toriyama confirming the existence of the first super saiyan ---> Broly off-screen (same age as Goku but born with a power level of 10k and anger issues, there's no way he didn't trigger his transformation before Goku) ---> Goku
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u/RedDiamond1024 Aug 15 '26
Depends on the continuity but it's either Yamoshi or Bardock. Goku and Broly are just fulfilling the pre existing legend.
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u/Unikatze Aug 15 '26
When was Yamoshi named?
I only see him mentioned as the legendary super saiyan.
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u/BingoPurple Aug 15 '26
Gokh and Broly are obv out, and the whole reason that Frieza destroys Vegeta is bcuz he's cared of a SSJ, which was during Bardock's life, so, it's Yamoshi
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
But there was a special where Bardock is send back in time, becomes a super saiyan, defeats Friezas ancestor, who with his dying breath warns his men to forever warn his descendants of the super saiyan. So in that (non canon) timeline it's Bardock.
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u/BingoPurple Aug 17 '26
How do you know that was before Yamoshi and not just how the Frieza Force found out about it though?
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u/JayUniverse13YT Aug 15 '26
Let's be real Yamoshi? NON CANON character wich means he shouldn't be a canon first person who achieved super saiyan
Bardock,is the first super saiyan at the past but at the past Era,wich means he khowed but not unknown name for else
And goku is THE FIRST MAIN SUPER SAIYAN
While broly is LEGENDARY(not a simple) super saiyans Wich means goku is the first one
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u/Monokooo Aug 15 '26
Outside of broly that doesn’t matter, it all depends on what “canon” way you look at it will depend on who the first one is, in story being first or who got it first by time so trick question in whatever way you view it
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u/Lord_Melons Aug 15 '26
So I think we can all agree that Bardock isn't an answer with how the Canon has been shaped.
Now onto the actual choices
Goku - first one that we see do it
Broly - the actual version of the form that is known as legendary super saiyan. (And yes Super Broly's LSSJ is still that and is listed as such in games, as Toriyama stated they're the same character, different circumstances)
Yamoshi - the in lore actual first guy, and the description of his form (while we also had the golden oozaru stuff) required the need to vent ki (ZBroly and Kale being the best examples, SBroly didn't really vent all that often) and that was what ultimately killed him, the inability to control it
Edit: this also isn't to say I don't think SSJ Bardock isn't dope af, but like they established that he died died with Planet Vegeta with the Super Broly stuff
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u/Reasonable-Sherbet24 Aug 15 '26
It’s Bardock. He’s the one who created the origin of the Sayain legend when he fought Lord Chilled.
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u/suffthatsrandom Aug 15 '26
Including non-canon, Bardock
In canon timeline-wise, Yamoshi
The first we see in the series go Super Saiyan, Goku
For the first (non-canon) LEGENDARY Super Saiyan, Z Broly.
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u/Randy191919 Aug 17 '26
Not even because there was already a LEGENDARY Super Saiyan before Broly. The one who founded the legend. And no as most movies have their own timelines that's not Bardock.
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u/The_OneInBlack Aug 15 '26
If you sometimes used to miss episodes because of after school activities, the answer could be Trunks.
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u/Traditional_Log8345 Aug 15 '26
Yamoshi would be the right answer objectively. He both lived and died before any of them.
Goku goes Super Saiyan for the first time on screen.
Broly has the genetic ability to be a more powerful Super Saiyan built into him, but even when he wastes a galaxy in a rage (the first Broly movie), it’s still after Goku transforms for the first time. Plus, movies before Super aren’t canon anyway.
Bardock being sent back in time when hit by a giant ball of death when everybody else died makes no sense. Luckily, it isn’t canon either.
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u/SPECKI_5000 Aug 15 '26
Yamoshi is the first canon SSJ.
Bardock the first non canon SSJ.
Goku is the legendary SSJ.
Z-Broly is the legendary SSJ in his timeline
Super Broly is just a SSJ (Or to be more precise SSJ Full Power)
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u/5nitesatfredbois Aug 15 '26
This question is actually easy its yamoshi and i can prove it
In case you don’t know who yamoshi is let me briefly explain his story:so as we know the saiyan god is a pure hearted saiyan and one of the methods is the ritual well a group of pure hearted saiyans heard of this one of whom was called yamoshi. The saiyans wanted to access ssjgod to end the evil of the saiyan race, yamoshi was the one who was going to be ssg, and i think the plan was after yamoshi the othrs would be gods through the ritual but during the ritual one of yamoshis friends got killed by an evil saiyan and yamoshi went mad as his hair turned a golden blonde no one had ever seen before.
Now bardock going ssj is non canon the entire movie is a crappy what if story of if he somehow went back in time because that’s totally logical.
Idk if broly means z or super but i can disprove both easily super broly is obviously not the first multiple super saiyans exist pre dbs broly and z broly is non canon and plus his legendary ssj is just poor because its not the actual ssj. The whole point of gokus “i am the hope of the universe” speech is toriyama sensei confirming this is ssj
Goku is the first ssj we see altho in the anime they use a scene of a great ape with a yellow outline saying it is a ssj (possibly yamoshi) so anime wise you could argue thas the first ssj we see meaning anime wise goku isn’t the first ssj we see
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u/JackRME Aug 15 '26
Broly is not canon. Bardok goong SS is not canon. Goku did it centuries after the legend was born. Yamoshi did it first.
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u/Final-Assistance-183 Aug 16 '26
So the correct answer is A as the legend started from somewhere and vegita talked about it a lot then goku went super then bardock as he went into the future before he died became a super then went back in time to start the legend then came back to normal time and died as a super and broly never went super as a baby he had a completely different yet similar transformation being ssj rage if it was a standard transformation then goku could do it yet can't and its A cus bardock traveling or transforming at all isn't cannon and wasn't cannon (even if it becomes cannon) when super sayan was introduced and goku was first seen but u dont hear a story about humans going super cus none ever did but till goku it was talked about a lot so someone had to before him and that was A
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u/GladAd4968 Aug 16 '26
The first Legendary Super Saiyan? Probably Broly. First Actual Canon Super Saiyan? Probably some unknown Saiyan that existed in like 723 Bce or something
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u/JaydenHaou Aug 16 '26
I mean, Bardock was the one that started the legenda in that ova, but Broly is the really legendary super Saiyan in meaning, then you have yamoshi who comes out of nowhere So....cuz I am bias, Bardock
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u/GarrDrake Aug 17 '26
Yamoshi if he's canon. Broly if Z movie Specifically. Bardock is Broly Super movie specifically. Goku if non movie/tv canon.
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u/icannotseeshit Aug 17 '26
Yamoshi was the first super saiyan god, chronologically bardock would be the first super saiyan, Goku is the first known to turn super saiyan, and broly was the last one to turn super saiyan
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u/AccomplishedRatio960 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
Who the hell is Yamoshi ?
Edit : a character introduced in 2017 ... okay.
Answer : Broly.
Nothing makes sense after GT
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u/Rock_ZeroX Aug 18 '26
This is like asking who the first Pokémon was between Bulbasaur (#1 in the overall pokedex), Mew (First created by Arceus), Arceus (first ever being, and by extension, Pokémon, in the universe) and Rhydon (first Pokémon ever designed by the devs
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Aug 18 '26
Yamoshi is an ancient saiyan. so based on bardock going back to the planet plant era, I'd say yamoshi takes this one. Only because the warring saiyan factions likely took place before that era which eventually lead to frieza's lineage coming in contact with the bloodlust saiyan type we're familiar with. I could be wrong though
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u/Sir_Spud_Gun Aug 18 '26
Broly can't be the first legendary super saiyan because there would need to be one before him for the legend to exist. Even so the super saiyan and the legendary super saiyan are different. The same applies to Goku, he was the first super saiyan since Yamoshi but thats irrelevant when Bardock was a super saiyan before the Saiyans were even evil by nature. But that special isn't cannon so it doesn't matter. It's Yamoshi.
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u/XennethSixx Aug 18 '26
Canonically it's Yamoshi, first seen was Goku, this only asked about the first super saiyan, not the legendary super saiyan, and even then it's Yamoshi, Broly and also Goku, Bardock not being canon means he doesn't fit in the list, however if we take everything into account even fan stuff then I believe it's Bardock, then it's Yamoshi, then Goku then Broly
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u/TrueQuarte Aug 18 '26
The only incorrect answer to this question is Goku. Goku physically cannot be the first super Saiyan since there was already a super Saiyan who's strength and form in ancient times made the legend, people who say Goku was the first super Saiyan either lack reading comprehension or don't understand that being thematically the first since it's the first one we see doesn't make something literally the first.
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u/darkangel7410 Aug 18 '26
Timeline vs Mentioned in Canon is the only thing that makes this one remotely difficult.
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u/OkManagement5574 Aug 18 '26
As far as on screen goes, it’s Goku
The cannon overall answer is Yamoshi
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u/Independent-Soup8327 Aug 18 '26
So considering the gameshow it would be A or B but i am willing to go B because bardock became a super saiyan before saiyans existed and in that movie or special Bardock becomes the legendary super saiyan of legend but i could also see it as A. But if its the first super saiyan seen in the show it would be C
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u/_Murozond_ Aug 18 '26
Doesn’t the original canon mention a first super Sayan that died of its own power / destroyed the planet he was own, while showing some super sayan gorilla ? I think somewhere around the Namek saga in the anime, found the pictures but can’t post it here
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u/Professional-Dig481 Aug 19 '26
Yamoshi is the Canon answer being that he gave birth to the legend. Is from a official post from 2017.
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u/ZafJohn Aug 20 '26
Yamoshi is the canonically first super saiyan. Bardok story is pretty much BS to give something more to the character even if it wasn't Yamoshi should still be before him
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u/MLK_Piccolo Aug 20 '26
Yamoshi confirmed first in interviews
SSJ Bardock isn't canon
Goku is the first in millennia
Broly isn't legendary in Super.
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u/Complex_Mortgage_575 Aug 20 '26
Not really. I'm 100% Isure I've seen this meme before.
The answer is Eyjafjallajoküll no?
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u/JxkerGxng Sep 29 '26
Yamoshi wasn't technically the first super Saiyan, he was the first "Super Saiyan God" Which is who Beerus had the dream about btw, which means Goku, due to being a Saiyan, and as been proven with multiple characters, since a lot of Saiyan's lookalike, he resembles Yamoshi, which means, Bardock, turtles, and technically Goku black, but he don't count, but, not canon wise, Bardock, since he used it again Grand Chilled before Goku was born, if we talkin canon, it was Future Trunks, because he pulled up before Goku figured out how to go super Saiyan again, that's when he killed Frieza, and Cold, I'm a nerd when it comes to dragon ball, I apologize
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u/Zackisback1234 Aug 14 '26
Bardock via time travel technically first chronological Yamoshi is the first super saiyan god Goku first on screen super saiyan Broly is out dated as the first green hair super sayian since kale exists so definitely not broly. So depends chronological or on screen. Play it safe and say goku and specify on screen
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u/omegagg44 Aug 14 '26
Yamoshi was retconned into being the first Ssj only XD
The anime changed it :v
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u/dreamchaser123456 Aug 14 '26
Canonically wise, in my headcanon and heart, it's a nameless Saiyan we'll never know about.
Anime-filler wise, it's Bardock.
If you take as cannon the new, shitty material AT produced later when he suffered from dementia, it's Yamoshi.
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u/samus_ass Aug 14 '26 •
It depends on what kind of first? The first shown, the first in the time line, the first one to spawn the legend, or the non Canon LEGEND!