Vegeta's strong character development has received high praise and is regarded as the biggest in the series. He initially debuted as the main antagonist of the Vegeta Saga but progressed into a more anti-heroic tritagonist role for the rest of Dragon Ball Z.
Prince Vegeta was born into royalty on the home planet of the alien race known as the Saiyans. He was considered an elite warrior at birth, born with a power level that surpassed all his peers. This gave him an immense sense of pride, both in his Saiyan heritage, and in his personal power.
Named after his home planet, [1] Vegeta was born in Age 732 to King Vegeta, who was king of the Saiyan race, though he and his people were under the dominion of the interplanetary warlord Frieza, and King Vegeta was forced by Frieza to surrender him to the latter through undisclosed means.
Vegeta is one of the most powerful mortal warriors in the Universe 7, being sometimes recognized as the second most powerful among them, in turn making him one of the strongest fighters of the multiverse as a whole.
Vegeta is the first antagonist of the overall series to seek the Dragon Balls for immortality. Though rarely, he has addressed Gokū by his Earthling name, rather than his Saiyan name.
Vegeta was introduced as the last Saiyan survivor besides Son Goku and desired the dragon balls so he could become the strongest in the universe. His obsession with power and discontentment with inferiority was replaced by an obsessive desire to surpass Son Goku.
Vegeta (ベジータ 'Bejīta'), more specifically Vegeta IV (ベジータ四世 'Bejīta Yonsei', lit. "Vegeta the Fourth"), recognized as Prince Vegeta (ベジータ王子 Bejīta Ōji) is the prince of the fallen Saiyan race and the deuteragonist of the Dragon Ballseries. He is the eldest son of Vegeta III, the older brother...
As the first major antagonist of Dragon Ball Z, Vegeta is the prince of an elite extraterrestrial warrior race known as the Saiyans.