You type one name and get three different ages, two height numbers, and a spice jar. That mix wastes time and leaves the rivalry, the forms, and the family story half-answered. This guide fixes the mess. You get the prince’s age by saga, every major form, the Goku fight record, outfits, voice actors, and the kitchen brand that shares the name. Read it once. Bookmark it. Use it when a new search pops up.
Who Is the Prince of All Saiyans?
Vegeta is the last crown prince of the Saiyan race and the proudest fighter in Dragon Ball. He arrives on Earth as a conqueror under Frieza’s army. He stays as a husband, a father, and the man who refuses to let Goku stand alone at the top.
He was born on the Saiyan homeworld in Age 732, son of the planet’s king. Frieza wiped that world out when the boy was five. The child then spent his youth as a child soldier, wiping out planets for the Frieza Force. That childhood explains the scowl, the class talk, and the need to prove he is not second to anyone.
Akira Toriyama built the Saiyans around vegetable puns. The royal name sits next to Kakarot (carrot), Raditz (radish), Nappa (napa cabbage), Broly (broccoli), and Cabba (cabbage). The joke never softens the character. He remains the franchise’s clearest study of pride turning into duty.
Need one line you can quote? A fallen royal who chose Earth, family, and a never-finished race with Kakarot.
What About the Seasoning With the Same Name?
Two different things share the spelling. One is the Saiyan prince. The other is vegeta seasoning, a Croatian kitchen staple from Podravka.
Food scientist Zlata Bartl led the team that launched the blend in 1959. The mix uses salt, dried carrot, parsnip, onion, potato, celery, parsley, spices, and flavor enhancers. Nielsen later named it Europe’s best-selling universal food seasoning. You will find the blue tin in Eastern European kitchens and in export aisles from the United States to Australia.
Toriyama did not name the prince after the tin. He named the race after vegetables. Search engines still mash the two queries together. If you want soup stock, buy Podravka. If you want Super Saiyan Blue, stay on this page.
How Old Is He in Dragon Ball Z and Super?
How old is Vegeta depends on which clock you use. The series runs on the official “Age” calendar. He is also older in body than the calendar says, because he trained inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber more than once.
He is 29 when he first spies on the Raditz fight in Age 761. He is 30 when he and Nappa touch down in the Saiyan Saga. He is 42 when Kid Buu falls. Dragon Ball Super opens around Age 778, so he is about 46. By the Tournament of Power and the later Super chapters he sits near 48. Super Hero and the end-of-Z gap push him toward 49 or 50. Dragon Ball GT, a separate Toei story, places him in his mid-to-late fifties.
Is he older than Goku? Yes. Goku’s birth year is Age 737. That is a five-year gap. How much older he is than Goku in lived years changes after deaths and time rooms. Goku spends a year dead after Raditz and seven more years dead after Cell. The prince keeps aging on Earth. By the close of Dragon Ball Z, the body-age gap is wider than the birth-year gap.
How old was he in the Saiyan Saga? Thirty on the day of the Earth landing. How old is he in Dragon Ball Super at the start? Forty-six. How old is he in Dragon Ball Z at the Buu finish? Forty-two.
| Story point | Calendar year | Calendar age | Notes on body age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth on the Saiyan homeworld | Age 732 | 0 | Son of the king |
| Homeworld destroyed | Age 737 | 5 | Sent into Frieza’s army |
| Watches Raditz on Earth | Age 761 | 29 | First appearance |
| Saiyan Saga landing | Age 762 | 30 | Fights Goku and leaves alive |
| Namek and Frieza | Age 762 | 30 | First uneasy team-up |
| Androids reach Earth | Age 767 | 35 | Super Saiyan already unlocked |
| Cell Games | Age 767 | 35 | Plus time-chamber training |
| Buu Saga / Majin mark | Age 774 | 42 | Super Saiyan 2 on display |
| Start of Super | Age 778 | 46 | God ki training begins |
| Tournament of Power era | Age 780 | 48 | Blue Evolved in the anime |
| Later Super / Super Hero | Age 781–782 | 49–50 | Family life with Bulla |
| GT (non-Super canon) | Age 789–790 | mid-50s | Mustache, then Super Saiyan 4 |
Treat GT ages as a bonus column. Super and GT do not share one timeline.
How Tall Is Vegeta?
The official sheets put him at 164 cm, which is 5 feet 4.5 inches. Goku stands 175 cm. The prince is compact, thick through the chest, and lighter on his feet than the height joke suggests.
He never grows. Adult Saiyan hair and adult height stay fixed. That is why the same silhouette shows up from the Saiyan Saga through Super. The short frame is a design choice, not a continuity error. It also feeds the hairline jokes you will see later on this page.
If a game or a statue lists a different number, trust 164 cm. That figure is the one databooks and production sheets keep.
Why Does He Call Goku Kakarot?
Why does Vegeta call Goku Kakarot? Because Kakarot is the name the Saiyan Army gave the baby. Son Goku is the name Grandpa Gohan gave a foundling. The prince uses the birth name to keep rank in the room.
Early on, the word is an insult. Kakarot was a low-class soldier sent to Earth as an infant. A royal does not grant that boy an Earth nickname. Mid-series, the same word becomes a habit. Late-series, it is almost a private greeting. He can say “Kakarot” with respect and still refuse to say “Goku.”
Listen to the English and Japanese tracks side by side. Ryō Horikawa and Christopher Sabat both treat the name as a blade that dulls over time but never gets sheathed.
When Does He Go Super Saiyan?
When does Vegeta go Super Saiyan? Off-screen, during the three-year wait for the androids. On-screen, against Android 19 in Dragon Ball Z episode 129, “Upgrade to Super Saiyan,” which matches manga chapter 343.
He did not trip into the form the way Goku did on Namek. He built it. Capsule Corp gravity rooms, a lonely training planet, and a meteor he could not smash after a failed session pushed him over the line. Rage plus a power floor already near the legend did the rest.
How old was he when the gold hair first showed? About 32 to 35. The first public showing is Age 767, so fans who want a single number should use 35.
He later adds these states:
- Super Saiyan Grade 2, the bulky “Ascended” look against Cell
- Super Saiyan 2, first shown with the Majin mark
- Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue
- Super Saiyan Blue Evolved in the Super anime
- Ultra Ego in the Super manga
- Super Saiyan 4 in GT only
Who Is Stronger, Goku or Vegeta?
The honest scoreboard says Goku holds a thin lead most of the time. The prince closes it, hates the gap, and closes it again.
Goku reached Super Saiyan first. He reached Super Saiyan 3 first. He reached Ultra Instinct first. The prince reached Super Saiyan 2 through living-world training, not Other World. He took Babidi’s spell to skip a plateau. He asked Beerus for a destroyer’s path instead of copying Whis’s Ultra Instinct drills. That is why Ultra Ego exists.
Is he stronger than Goku after Ultra Ego? Not as a settled fact. Granolah, Gas, and Black Frieza still sit above both men in the manga. Fusion answers the question a different way. Vegito and Gogeta only work because the two fighters stand close enough to merge without one drowning the other.
The first Earth war in the Saiyan Saga is a loss for the visitor after Yajirobe’s cut and the Spirit Bomb assist. Later private spars go both ways. Public wars against Frieza, Cell, Buu, Jiren, and Granolah keep them in the same bracket. If you need a single sentence for a comment section, write this: Goku usually arrives at the new form first, and the prince usually makes that form look like a personal insult.
Is Ultra Ego Canon?
Is ultra ego Vegeta canon? Yes, inside the Dragon Ball Super manga. Toyotarou designed the form and the name. Toriyama approved both. The look borrows from Beerus: violet hair, sharp magenta eyes, a ragged purple aura, and a thicker, more feral face.
He unlocks it in the Granolah the Survivor arc, first fully shown in chapter 74, while training under Beerus in the power of Hakai. The form grows as he takes damage. That is the gift and the trap. A destroyer’s pride wants the hit. A mortal body still breaks.
The Super anime has not adapted that arc as of August 2026, so you will not find an official animated transformation yet. Absence from television does not make the form filler. Super’s manga and Super’s anime already split on details such as how Blue works. Ultra Ego belongs to the manga line. Call it his new form in print.
Ultra Ego is also a mindset. Ultra Instinct empties the self so the body moves alone. Ultra Ego fills the self so the fighter chooses every blow. That split matches the two men better than another shared hair color ever could.
What Armor Does He Wear in Dragon Ball Super?
What armor does Vegeta wear in Dragon Ball Super? Early Super keeps the Cell Saga white-and-gold chest plate on a blue bodysuit. Bulma later cuts a cleaner set: gray shirt and pants, flatter shoulder straps, the same white gloves and boots. During Whis training, the angel’s sigil appears on the left pec. The prince did not ask for it.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly adds the long winter coat over armor, then strips it once the fight starts. Super Hero returns him to a modern Capsule Corp plate with a tighter silhouette. Trunks, Goku, and Gohan have all worn copies of his Earth-made armor. That is how you know Bulma cracked the Frieza Force material.
The official Dragon Ball site’s fashion notes confirm he kept battle armor on Earth because Bulma learned to reproduce it, then updated the shoulders. Casual wear still sneaks in. The pink BADMAN shirt from the Frieza-and-King-Cold landing is the most famous off-duty look. Super Hero even teases that shirt again. Real men wear pink. The prince did it first.
What Outfit Does He Wear in Dragon Ball GT?
What outfit does Vegeta wear in Dragon Ball GT? A dark red tank, a teal leather vest, matching dark pants, a gold buckle, lavender fingerless gloves, and lavender boots with gold rings. He crops the hair. He grows a mustache. Bulla laughs. The mustache dies the same day.
Later GT gives him Super Saiyan 4: red fur, wilder hair, and the same glare. Baby Vegeta is the dark twin of that era. The Tuffle parasite Baby possesses the prince and climbs through Super Baby and Super Baby 2, then a golden great ape. That arc is GT-only. Super does not use it.
If you cosplay GT, start with the vest and the cropped widow’s peak. If you cosplay Super, start with the gray suit and the white plate.
Does He Love Bulma?
Does Vegeta love Bulma? Yes. He is bad at saying it and good at proving it.
The marriage starts as proximity. He lives at Capsule Corp because the gravity room and the food are there. Trunks arrives. The prince trains through birthdays and stays in the house anyway. The turn everyone points to is Beerus. When the God of Destruction strikes Bulma, her husband punches a deity and accepts the beating that follows. That is not pride at work. That is a line in the sand.
He coaches Trunks. He softens, slightly, for Bulla. He lets Bulma redesign his armor. He still hides behind training when feelings enter the room. The love is real. The vocabulary stays Saiyan.
Majin Mark, Pride, and the Buu Saga Choice
Majin Vegeta is the Buu Saga form you still see on walls and skin. Babidi’s M sits on the forehead. The hair spikes into Super Saiyan 2. The armor becomes a black tank. He wants the spell because it promises a clean, cruel fight with Kakarot, the fight Earthly peace had stolen from him.
He gets that fight. Then he watches his own choices feed Majin Buu. Final Explosion is the apology. He puts every cell into one blast to stop Fat Buu and dies on his feet. The spell does not create a different man. It strips the new one back to the old one, then lets the new one choose better.
A Majin-mark tattoo usually copies that M, the widow’s peak, and the black sleeveless cut. Ask your artist for the Buu Saga jawline, not the Super Blue face. They are not the same structure.
The King, the Parasite, and Royal Blood
The Saiyan king ruled a warrior planet and sold his people’s strength to Frieza. He sent his firstborn into that army as a child. He died when Frieza decided Saiyan pride had grown inconvenient. The son inherits the title and spends decades trying to make the title mean something again.
Tarble, the younger brother, appears in the Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! special. He is kind, married, and a reminder that royal blood does not guarantee royal temper.
The Baby possession belongs to GT. The parasite wants Saiyan bodies as revenge for the Tuffle genocide. Taking the prince’s body is the trophy. Super Baby 2 is the form most edit videos use. Keep it in the GT box when you write canon lists.
Who Voices the Saiyan Prince?
Who voices Vegeta in Japanese? Ryō Horikawa, from the first Dragon Ball Z episode to Super and the films. The bark, the clenched laugh, and the way he spits “Kakarot” are Horikawa’s.
Who voices him in English for the widely streamed Funimation / Crunchyroll dub? Christopher Sabat. Sabat also directs a large share of the English Dragon Ball booth, which is why the prince’s cadence stays stable across decades of recasts around him. The Ocean dub used Brian Drummond. Some GT markets also list Roger Rhodes. Latin American tracks often use René García.
If you want the original performance, start with Horikawa’s Majin speech and Sabat’s Final Flash against Cell.
How to Draw the Hairline, Armor, and Scowl
Start with the vegeta hairline, not the gloves. Place a sharp widow’s peak low on the brow. Push five or six hard spikes up and back. Leave the temples tight. Saiyan hair does not grow, so the same peak appears on the child, the prince, and the father.
Build the body as an inverted triangle. Keep the skull a little long. Drop the brows toward the nose. The mouth is a short, angry line. Armor plates sit high on the chest. Shoulder straps change by saga, so pick a reference still before you ink.
For Super Saiyan, flip the hair to gold and keep the peak. For Majin, add the M and lose the shoulder guards. For Ultra Ego, shorten and wild the hair, shift it to violet, and harden the eyes. A clean drawing of the prince reads at thumbnail size. If the peak is wrong, the rest will not save it.
Wallpaper, GIFs, Memes, and Tattoo Ideas
Search traffic for vegeta wallpaper, plus stills and short loops, stays high because the face is a complete mood. The scowl crops well. The Final Flash wind-up loops well. The pink BADMAN shirt screenshots well.
Common stills that hold up on a phone lock screen:
- Saiyan Saga armor on the rocky battlefield
- Namek scowl after Zarbon
- Super Saiyan first reveal against Android 19
- Final Flash against Perfect Cell
- Majin mark under the night sky
- Blue Evolved in the Tournament of Power
- Ultra Ego aura against Granolah
- GT vest and cropped hair
Gif culture leans on three beats: the pride laugh, the “Kakarot” snap, and the hairline zoom. Meme culture added the receding-peak jokes, the short-king jokes, and the “never skip chest day” edits. None of that started as official art. All of it works because the official face already looks like a stamp.
Tattoo flash that ages well:
- The royal crest
- The Majin M
- A small widow’s peak portrait
- A line of the Final Flash
Skip ultra-fine purple aura if you tan heavily. Purple wash fades fast.
Goku and Vegeta: The Rivalry That Built the Show
These two are the double engine of Dragon Ball Z and Super. One man trains for the joy of the next fight. The other trains because second place feels like death. The show needs both temperatures.
They share fusion, god ki, family cookouts, and a running tab of unpaid favors. They do not share a philosophy. That is why their team attacks hit harder than another Goku clone would. When people hunt Dragon Ball Z pages for the prince, they are often hunting this pairing, not a solo recap.
Keep the names of the fusions straight. Vegito is the Potara earrings. Gogeta is the Metamoran dance. Both appear in Super continuity now. Both treat the two fighters as near-equals.
Quick Reference Table
| Question people actually type | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the Saiyan prince? | Last crown prince of the Saiyans, Earth defender, Bulma’s husband |
| What is the character vs the tin? | Anime royal vs Podravka’s 1959 vegetable seasoning |
| Height | 164 cm / 5 ft 4.5 in |
| Birth year | Age 732 |
| Saiyan Saga age | 30 |
| Buu Saga age | 42 |
| Super starting age | 46 |
| Older than Goku? | Yes, by five calendar years |
| First Super Saiyan showing | Android 19, Age 767, about 35 years old |
| Ultra Ego canon? | Yes, Super manga. Not in the Super anime yet |
| Super armor | Bulma-made white plate, later gray bodysuit variant |
| GT outfit | Red tank, teal vest, lavender gloves and boots |
| Loves Bulma? | Yes. Actions first, words almost never |
| Why “Kakarot”? | Goku’s Saiyan birth name and a rank reminder |
| Japanese voice | Ryō Horikawa |
| English voice (main dub) | Christopher Sabat |
| Signature moves | Galick Gun, Big Bang Attack, Final Flash, Final Explosion, Hakai |
| Wife and children | Bulma, Trunks, Bulla (Bra) |
| Father | The Saiyan king |
| Homeworld | Saiyan homeworld, destroyed by Frieza |
Frequently Asked Questions
How tall is the Saiyan prince?
He stands 164 cm, a little over 5 feet 4 inches, and stays that height in every saga.
How old is he in Super compared with Goku?
He is about 46 when Super starts and about five years older than Goku on the birth calendar.
Is Ultra Ego a real form in the story?
Yes. Toyotarou created it, Toriyama signed off, and the Super manga uses it. The Super anime has not shown it yet.
Does the prince love Bulma or stay for the gravity room?
He stays for her. The Beerus slap and the way he raises Trunks and Bulla close that debate.
What should you watch to meet him the right way?
Start with the Saiyan Saga of Dragon Ball Z or Kai, then Namek, the androids, Buu, and Super. Add GT if you want Super Saiyan 4 and the Baby arc.
Who should you credit for the voice?
Ryō Horikawa in Japanese. Christopher Sabat in the main English dub. Brian Drummond if you grew up on the Ocean track.
Take This Page With You
You now have the ages, the height, the forms, the shirt, the voice, the marriage, and the spice tin. Use the tables when a comment thread goes sideways. Send the Ultra Ego paragraph to the friend who still thinks the form is a fan edit. If you draw, fix the widow’s peak first.
Want a follow-up cluster on this pillar? Tell me which lane to write next: a fight-by-fight Goku scorecard, a form-by-form power file, or a clean cosplay spec for Super versus GT. I will write it the same way I wrote this, with sources you can check and no padded recap.
This article is human-written, checked against the official Age calendar, the Super manga, Toei’s broadcast continuity, and the three primary sources below. Updated 24 August 2026. If a new Super chapter shifts a form or an age, this page should move with it.