Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is bringing Budokai Tenkaichi back, and Bandai Namco promised it would keep the franchise’s classic spirit alive through enhanced gameplay and a massive roster of playable fighters spanning the entire Dragon Ball series.
Pulling back to the last core release for the franchise in 2007, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, or Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor in Japan, the game featured 98 individual characters you could play as or unlock. When counting the various transformations and alternate forms across the roster, that number expanded to 161—though not every form could be selected outright. That total makes it the biggest roster in a Dragon Ball game by far, but at a glance, it looks like Sparking! ZERO is going to surpass it when it drops on modern platforms.
Full Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO roster: All confirmed playable characters
While Dragon Ball FighterZ was getting its moment in the spotlight with its 2023 World Tour Finals, Bandai Namco highlighted Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO with a new trailer giving fans a first look at the game’s roster.
When the first gameplay teaser dropped at The Game Awards 2023, we saw a glimpse of a few characters that would be returning. But a Jan. 28 trailer showed off a grid filled with those same characters we saw in the teaser and a slew of spots for Goku and Vegeta—which has since been filled out in other trailers.
Based on the grid, there are 164 character slots in Sparking! ZERO, three more than in Budokai Tenkaichi 3. This appears to include transformations as separate characters, meaning the actual number of unique characters will be significantly lower than that, barring any future changes or DLC.
All Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO characters
This is a full list of every confirmed playable character in Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO. Bandai Namco is numbering some of the fighters similar to how Super Smash Bros. Ultimate did—though we do have a few other confirmed characters that do not have numbers yet. Any fighter with no number will still be listed in no particular order.
| Fighter Number | Fighter |
| No. 1 | Goku (Z – Early) |
| No. 2 | Goku (Z – Mid) |
| No. 3 | Goku (Z – Mid), Super Saiyan |
| No. 4 | Goku (Z – End) |
| No. 5 | Goku (Z – End), Super Saiyan |
| No. 6 | Goku (Z – End), Super Saiyan 2 |
| No. 7 | Goku (Z – End), Super Saiyan 3 |
| No. 8 | Goku (Super) |
| No. 9 | Goku (Z – Mid), Super Saiyan |
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| No. 10 | Goku (Super), Super Saiyan God |
| No. 11 | Goku (Super), Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan |
| No. 12 | Vegeta (Z – Scouter) |
| No. 13 | Great Ape Vegeta |
| No. 14 | Vegeta (Z – Early) |
| No. 15 | Vegeta (Z – Early), Super Saiyan |
| No. 16 | Super Vegeta |
| No. 17 | Vegeta (Z – End) |
| No. 18 | Vegeta (Z – End), Super Saiyan |
| No. 19 | Vegeta (Z – End), Super Saiyan 2 |
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| No. 20 | Majin Vegeta |
| No. 21 | Vegeta (Super) |
| No. 22 | Vegeta (Super), Super Saiyan |
| No. 23 | Vegeta (Super), Super Saiyan God |
| No. 24 | Vegeta (Super), Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan |
| No. ??? | Yamcha |
| No. ??? | Tien |
| No. ??? | Kirllin |
| No. ??? | Piccolo |
| No. ??? | Freiza |
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| No. ??? | Cell |
| No. ??? | Android 17 |
| No. ??? | Android 18 |
| No. ??? | Trunks (Z) |
| No. ??? | Trunks (Super) |
| No. ??? | Hercule/Mr. Satan |
| No. ??? | Majin Buu |
| No. ??? | Jiren |
| No. ??? | Bergamo |
| No. ??? | Broly (Super) |
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| No. ??? | Super Saiyan Broly (Full Power) |
| No. ??? | Master Roshi, Max Power |
| No. ??? | Super Trunks |
| No. ??? | Nappa |
| No. ??? | Burter |
| No. ??? | Jeice |
| No. ??? | Hit |
| No. ??? | Super Saiyan Kale (Berserk) |
| No. ??? | Toppo |
| No. ??? | Dyspo |
| No. ??? | Kakunsa |
