Vegeta

He introduces himself as the Prince of all Saiyans. His planet was destroyed before the story started. There is no kingdom, no throne, no subjects. He kept the title anyway. And in forty years he has never beaten Goku. Not once, not in the fight that counted. He trains harder, he suffers more, he gets there second every single time. Then he goes back to the gravity chamber. That is why people pick him. Goku wins because he is gifted. Vegeta keeps standing up because he refuses not to, and when it finally mattered he blew himself apart to buy everyone else a few more minutes. On a bank card you know him from the outline alone. The hair, the armour, the folded arms. Second place, permanently. Still here.