Frieza

Frieza
Dragon Ball character
Frieza in his final form (right), as drawn by Akira Toriyama
First appearance	Dragon Ball chapter #247 Dark Clouds Swirl Over Planet Namek, October 24, 1989 (Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989)
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Voiced by (Japanese)	Ryūsei Nakao
Voiced by (English)	Pauline Newstone (Ocean; 1997–1998, 2001–2003) Linda Young (Funimation; 1999–2009) Christopher Ayres (Funimation; 2009–2019) Daman Mills (Funimation; 2018–present) Other: Apollo Abraham (Creative Products Corp.) Jennifer Bain (Blue Water; Dragon Ball GT) Ed Marcus (AB Groupe) Derek Stephen Prince (Bang Zoom!; Dragon Ball Super)
In-universe information
Species	Unnamed race
Gender	Male
Family	Chilled (ancestor; Episode of Bardock) King Cold (father) Cooler (brother; Dragon Ball Z films 5 and 6, Super Dragon Ball Heroes) Kuriza (son; Neko Majin)
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, durability, endurance, stamina and healing Flight Energy sensing Energy projection Energy absorption Telepathy Telekinesis Transformation
Archenemy	Son Goku

Frieza (Japanese: フリーザ, Hepburn: Furīza), also spelled as Freeza in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He makes his debut in Chapter #247: "Dark Clouds Swirl Over Planet Namek", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 24, 1989,^[1] as the main antagonist of his eponymous saga, depicted as a galactic tyrant feared as the most powerful being in the universe.

Despite not appearing until the manga's second half, Frieza is widely considered to be the most iconic and popular villain in Dragon Ball, and the archenemy of Goku - since he effectively serves as the catalyst of many of the events depicted in the story, due to the destruction of the Saiyan homeworld Planet Vegeta at his hands and Goku's arrival on Earth and subsequent conflicts with Raditz, Nappa and Vegeta. Freeza later appears as the primary villain in the 2015 film Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and as a recurring character in Dragon Ball Super.