Did "Kakarot/Goku" Have A Different Name Before Dragonball Became A Reality?

[Sovran Nila]

Did Toriyama ever mention if "Kakarot/Goku" could have had a different name when Dragonball was just a concept?

 

[KyuubiAhri]

Kurwong

 

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[KyuubiAhri]

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Hasagi

Asaryo

 

[Hector]

Naruto.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Naruto.

This is funny, because Sanji from One-Piece's original name was supposed to be Naruto too.

 

[ahill1]

Luffy

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Sun Wukong, Dragon Boy, Tangtong, Tongpoo

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[Fantastische Hure]

Sun-Wukong is still his name technically. Son-Goku is just Sun-Wukong in Japanese. There was an Osamu Tezuka manga called “Son-Goku, the Monkey” based on Journey to the West or some-thing before & also another anime called Goku no Dai-Bōken (Goku’s Great Adventure) also based on that before I think.

 

[Yoshi]

Ichigo.