    is a fictional character in the dragon ball manga series created by akira toriyama. vegeta first appears as a major antagonist in chapter #204 , published in weekly shÅnen jump magazine on december 19, 1988, seeking the wish-granting dragon balls to gain immortality. as prince of the saiyans, an extraterrestrial race of warriors that the series' protagonist son goku also belongs to, vegeta is extremely vain, believing he is the strongest and becoming obsessed with surpassing goku.
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