Japanese ドラゴンボール by
鸟山明 (Toriyama Akira). The Chinese title is a direct translation:
七 'seven' +
龙珠 'dragon pearl'. Mainland China's earliest dub (Liaoning TV, 1991) imprinted
悟空 (Gokū / Wukong) on a generation — Toriyama having explicitly based him on the Monkey King of 《
西游记》.