Kabochan

The Kabochan are the native inhabitants of Planet Kabocha, a world whose name derives from the Japanese word for pumpkin. They are a humanoid species of average Earthling height with a diet that centers on fruit. Virtually nothing is known about their broader population, culture, or the state of their homeworld, as all available information about the race comes from a single individual: Daiz.

Daiz himself bears a humanoid appearance that could pass for a slightly unusual Earthling at a glance. He was the prince of the Pukinpa Dynasty, the ruling house of Planet Kabocha, though how he went from royalty to interstellar piracy is never detailed in any Dragon Ball source material.

Daiz's sole appearance in the franchise is as a member of the Turles Crusher Corps in the film Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might. Under the command of the rogue Saiyan Turles, Daiz participated in the plot to plant the Tree of Might on Earth and harvest its fruit. The fruit of this parasitic tree could grant enormous power boosts to anyone who consumed it, making the scheme attractive to power-hungry warriors from across the galaxy.

During the battle on Earth, Daiz confronted Goku and put up a respectable fight, utilizing energy-based attacks including the Meteor Ball technique. However, like the rest of the Crusher Corps, Daiz was ultimately defeated by the combined efforts of the Z Fighters. Whether his defeat meant death or merely incapacitation varies by interpretation, but he never appeared again in any subsequent Dragon Ball material.

The Kabochan join a long tradition of Dragon Ball races named through vegetable and food-based wordplay. "Kabocha" means pumpkin in Japanese, and the "Pukinpa Dynasty" rearranges the syllables of "pumpkin." This naming convention sits comfortably alongside the Saiyans (vegetables), Frieza's clan (cold-related words), and countless other species whose names carry hidden food references.

As a race known entirely through one member, the Kabochan remain one of Dragon Ball's deepest mysteries. Whether Daiz abandoned his throne willingly, was exiled, or whether Planet Kabocha even still exists are questions the franchise has never revisited. The prince of a pumpkin dynasty who fell in with space pirates and met his end on a planet he was trying to drain of life force: it is a story that could only exist in the Dragon Ball universe.