A major character in the Dragon Ball franchise, first introduced in Dragon Ball Z. Vegeta made his appearance in chapter #204 "Sayonara, Son Goku", published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on January 7, 1989, seeking the wish-granting Dragon Balls to achieve immortality.
Prince of the Saiyan race, and the main villain of the Saiyan arc before becoming a reluctant ally of the heroes during the Frieza arc. His family and home world was destroyed by Frieza, and was forced to serve under his wing, until he met and fought against Son Goku.
He always refers to Goku by his Saiyan name "Kakarot", who he regarded as his rival. He later becomes a full ally of the Z-Fighters after the Cell arc, marries Bulma and together they had two children, Trunks and Bra. Some of his most famous techniques are Big Bang Attack, Final Flash and Galick Gun.
Voiced by Christopher Sabat in English dub, René García in the latin american spanish dub and Horikawa Ryou in the Japanese version.
