Vegeta IV (Japanese: ベジータ四世 Hepburn: Beji-ta yon sei)[1] is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appears in chapter #204 Sayonara, Son Goku (さようなら孫悟空 Sayōnara Son Gokū), published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on November 7, 1988[2] seeking the wish-granting Dragon Balls to gain immortality.