
To which, the tyrant went to the planet and completely obliterated them from space, wiping out all but a small group of Saiyans. He ultimately ordered Frieza to destroy the planet and the entire Saiyan race, who was of a similar mind set as he came to see the Saiyan race as potentially posing a threat to his tyranny. Saiyans' rocky home as seen in " Goku's Ancestors"Īt some point, Planet Vegeta was visited by the God of Destruction Beerus, who ultimately deemed the Saiyans as a savage race with no chance of improving (or more accurately he felt that they were just annoying). In Universe 7, Planet Plant is conquered by the Saiyans after the defeat of the Tuffles, and they renamed it "Planet Vegeta" after their most powerful warrior and ruler, King Vegeta. In Universe 7, the Saiyans lived here but their planet got destroyed by internal discord in Universe 6, the planet still exists. The planet has a natural gravity that is ten times that of Earth, which helps give Saiyans a greater natural strength than most races. The homeworld of the Saiyans is Planet Sadala. In the Japanese language, Saiya-jin (サイヤ 人 じん) is pronounced "Sigh-ya-jeen" while in FUNimation's English dubs, "Saiyan" is pronounced "Sey-uhn".Īll full-blooded Saiyans (such as Raditz, Kakarot, Vegeta, Nappa, Paragus, Broly, or Bardock) have names that are a pun on various vegetables.įrom one of Akira Toriyama's memos, shows a bit of Planet Plant and the rocky homing areas used by the Saiyans "Saiyan" is the English transliteration of the roman letter term Saiya-jin.


The name is a pun on y ajin (野人) which means "wildman", and an anagram of yasai (野菜) which means "vegetable".

