Captain Ginyu

Ginyu (ギニュー, Ginyū), referred to as Captain Ginyu (ギニュー隊長, Ginyū-taichō) by his subordinates, is the strict but loyal captain of the elite mercenary platoon, the eponymous Ginyu Force. Ginyu is an honorable, yet merciless fighter who constantly strikes poses. He possesses the ability to swap bodies. Captain Ginyu is the main antagonist of the Captain Ginyu Saga and the secondary antagonist of the Frieza Saga. In the anime, he also returns as a supporting antagonist in the Golden Frieza Saga. In his most commonly seen body, Captain Ginyu is a tall, purple humanoid alien. The top of his head displays prominent veins, similar to that of a human brain. Two black conical horns protrude from the top sides of his head, he's bald, has purple skin and red eyes.

Ginyu wears a black variant of the Battle Armor that Frieza's forces wear, with lower side guards, black and white wrist bracers, and the addition of the Ginyu Force insignia on the upper left side of the chest plate. He wears black underwear as his lower body armor. Ginyu is equipped with a green Scouter. While very arrogant and merciless in battle, Ginyu has displayed a strong sense of honor in combat and prefers fairness in his battles, as shown when he refused to break Goku's neck due to Jeice interfering in their fight, and even threatening to kill Jeice if he did it again. Goku takes note of this and insinuates that Ginyu may not be all bad and even capable of redemption.

Ginyu is shown to care deeply about his teammates, becoming incredibly furious when learning from Jeice that his three other subordinates were defeated and killed. However, he also can be quite harsh to his team members if they fail a mission, as shown when he harshly scolds Jeice for letting Burter and Recoome lose to Goku and running away from the fight. Ginyu is one of the few men who genuinely reveres Frieza. His loyalty is further shown by following any order Frieza gives him. Even after he swapped bodies with a Namekian Frog, despite his long tenure being stuck in this form, he endured without giving up hope due to his belief that one day he would be able to one day serve Frieza again. Presumably, this genuine loyalty is why Ginyu never uses (or attempts to use) his Body Change technique on Frieza. Despite his loyalty to Frieza, however, he nonetheless claimed to Goku that he "doesn't follow the orders of anyone" when the latter told him to surrender upon exposing his true power level of 180,000.

Unlike his comrades, Ginyu is a very calculating and methodical man, preferring a pragmatic approach in battle. He is noted by his subordinates to always research the mission at hand before acting. He is shown to have a very developed understanding of ki and fighting. This is seen when he is the only one of his comrades to recognize that Goku was concealing his true power level and releasing it in short spurts. In the anime, during Goku's fight with Frieza, he notes Frieza's body was spontaneously reacting to Goku's power.