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The following is a list of playable characters from the fighting game series Tekken. The characters are listed in order of the games they debuted in.

Characters

Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fighting styles. A few characters have supernatural origin, such as Devil and Ogre, while animal characters like Kuma the bear provide comic relief.^[1] In the story mode of the game, each character generally has their own personal reasons for entering the tournament and competing for the prize.

Only six characters have appeared in all eight main Tekken installments to date: Heihachi Mishima, Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams, Yoshimitsu, King, Kuma (the latter two albeit technically being two different characters with the same name). The Jack cyborgs, Anna Williams, Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan and Lei Wulong also come close having appeared in seven installments.

Character	1	2	3	TTT	4	5	6	TTT2	Total
Alex	No	Yes²	No	Yes²	No	No	No	Yes³	3
Alisa Bosconovitch	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes¹	Yes	2
Ancient Ogre	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes³	3
Angel	No	Yes²	No	Yes²	No	No	No	Yes³	3
Anna Williams	Yes³	Yes	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Armor King I/II	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes¹	Yes	Yes	6
Asuka Kazama	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Azazel	No	No	No	No	No	No	Boss⁴	No	1
Baek Doo San	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Bob Richards	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Bruce Irvin	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Bryan Fury	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Christie Monteiro	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Combot	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes³	2
Craig Marduk	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Devil/Devil Kazuya	Yes² ³	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes²	4
Devil Jin	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Dr. Bosconovitch	No	No	Yes³	No	No	No	No	Yes³	2
Eddy Gordo	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes² ³	Yes²	Yes	Yes	6
Feng Wei	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Forest Law	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes³	3
Ganryu	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Gon	No	No	Yes³	No	No	No	No	No	1
Heihachi Mishima	Yes³	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Hwoarang	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Jack series	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Jin Kazama	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Jinpachi Mishima	No	No	No	No	No	Yes¹ ³	No	Yes	2
Julia Chang/Jaycee	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Jun Kazama	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	3
Kazuya Mishima	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
King I/II	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Kuma I/II	Yes³	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Kunimitsu	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes³	4
Lars Alexandersson	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes¹	Yes	2
Lee Chaolan	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Lei Wulong	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Leo Kliesen	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Lili de Rochefort	No	No	No	No	No	Yes¹	Yes	Yes	3
Ling Xiaoyu	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Marshall Law	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Michelle Chang	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes³	4
Miguel Caballero Rojo	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Miharu Hirano	No	No	No	No	Yes² ³	No	No	Yes³	2
Mokujin	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
NANCY-MI847J	No	No	No	No	No	No	Boss⁴	No	1
Nina Williams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Panda	No	No	Yes²	Yes²	Yes²	Yes²	Yes²	Yes	6
Paul Phoenix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Prototype Jack	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes³	4
Raven	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Roger Sr./Jr.	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Sebastian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes³	1
Sergei Dragunov	No	No	No	No	No	Yes¹	Yes	Yes	3
Slim Bob	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes³	1
Steve Fox	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Tetsujin	No	No	No	Yes²	No	No	No	No	1
Tiger Jackson	No	No	Yes²	Yes²	No	No	No	Yes³	3
True Ogre	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	3
Unknown	No	No	No	Yes³	No	No	No	Yes³	2
Violet	No	No	No	No	Yes²	No	No	Yes³	2
Wang Jinrei	Yes³	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Yoshimitsu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Zafina	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Total	18	25	23	39	23	36	41	60

Notes:

^1 Update version only.
^2 Skin/palette swap.
^3 Playable in console versions only.
^4 Unplayable boss or enemy character.

Introduced in Tekken

Anna Williams

Armor King

Armor King (アーマー・キング, Āmā Kingu) was a rival of King's when the latter was still an inexperienced wrestler. One of his eyes accidentally got damaged during a fight with King. Armor King eventually disappeared from the official Lucha Libre scene but showed unrivaled prowess in shady fights. When his rival and friend King ran away, choosing the path of the drunkard, Armor King became worried and intervened just in time, as King was at the edge of a breakdown. Finding King distraught and drunk in an alleyway, he convinced him to get back into the spirit of fighting and enter the second tournament. In that game, he is also revealed to suffer from an unknown sickness (as shown by his heartbeat and drops of blood in his ending). Years later, King was attacked and killed by Ogre. However, Armor King saw a new fighter with a jaguar mask step into the wrestling ring in order to save the orphanage, and decided to train him to become the second King. Before The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Craig Marduk started a bar brawl in Arizona. Armor King participated, but he was brutally beaten to the point that because of his sickness, he died. This is the extent of his involvement in this game, as he does not make an actual appearance, but instead becomes King's reason for entering the tournament, for revenge. Armor King returned supposedly in Tekken 5 where he attacked Marduk and left King confused. However, it was revealed in the next title, Tekken 6, that this new figure is actually the original's younger brother who seeks revenge on Marduk for killing his brother.

Devil/Devil Kazuya

Ganryu

Ganryu (巌竜, Ganryū) was banned from the sumo ring after he was caught fixing fights in his favor. Blackballed from the only sport that he was capable of fighting in, Ganryu ended up being employed by Heihachi Mishima in Tekken. He fights Yoshimitsu, who defeats him and steals his ill-gotten money. Later, he works for Kazuya Mishima in Tekken 2. Entering the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, Ganryu ended up falling in love with Michelle Chang - a love that Michelle was oblivious to, believing Ganryu to be a disgusting, woman-crazed madman. After Michelle defeated him, and the disappearance of Kazuya, Ganryu returned to Japan. However, his ban from Sumo was lifted, and he became the youngest ever Rikishi. Among the dialogue in Tekken 5, it is stated that Ganryu has never won a championship. After the events of Tekken 2, Ganryu opened a sumo stable and worked as a trainer to other sumo wrestlers. He did this to finally forget about Michelle. One day, while watching a televised showing of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, he spotted Julia Chang as one of the competitors. Remarking how much she looked like his old crush, Michelle, Ganryu decided to enter the fifth tournament, convinced that he would win Julia's heart if he recovered her lost Forest Rejuvenation Data. During the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Ganryu lost his way. By accident, he entered the lab of the Mishima Zaibatsu and found the Forest Rejuvenation data—the very data that Julia Chang was searching for. With it in hand, he hoped to finally be able to propose to Julia and make her his wife. However, during their meeting, Julia received the disc and left before Ganryu got the chance to propose. Putting the episode behind him, Ganryu moved to Hawaii and opened a restaurant, Chanko Paradise. However, the management was poor and the restaurant was not getting anywhere. Knowing that another The King of Iron Fist Tournament was being held, Ganryu decided to enter in hopes of advertising his restaurant.

He appears briefly in the 2011 CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance as a teacher (presumably PE) in Ling Xiaoyu's school.

Heihachi Mishima

Jack

Kazuya Mishima

King

Kuma

Kuma (クマ, lit. "Bear") is Heihachi Mishima's pet. Like King, there are actually two characters by the name, and between them, they have appeared in all the Tekken games so far.

Raised and trained in the Mishima style of fighting arts, the first Kuma became an avid bodyguard for his master. In the first two tournaments, Kuma enters to defeat Paul Phoenix. However, he loses to Paul in both tournaments, and shortly after, he dies of old age, leaving behind a young cub, who becomes a bodyguard in his place for Heihachi. In Tekken, Kuma was represented as a Sun Bear; however in Tekken 2, Kuma is either a grizzly bear or a polar bear, depending on which costume is used.

The second Kuma is the son of the first Kuma. Learning of his father's defeat, Kuma Jr. decides to train with his master and enter The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. However, he fails, and realizes that due to his docile upbringing by Heihachi, he could not utilize his animal instincts to his full potential. Leaving Heihachi, Kuma Jr. travels to the mountains of Hokkaidō to train himself, both mentally and physically. Now hearing of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Kuma enters, more powerful than ever to defeat Paul. He succeeds, and he quickly returns home in triumph. Now learning that Jinpachi Mishima has taken over the Mishima Zaibatsu, Kuma once again takes his role of the loyal pet, vowing to return the syndicate to Heihachi by entering the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, but he is defeated by Paul. After the death of his former master, Heihachi Mishima, Kuma believed no one but he could rescue the Mishima Financial Group (MFG) from its captor. Eager to do just that, Kuma confronted the MFG. However, the MFG's new CEO, Jin Kazama, was waiting. Kuma was easily beaten and discarded in the Hokkaido wilderness. Though defeated, his fighting spirit was not lost and he found his former master Heihachi.

Kuma appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Heihachi. He also makes an appearance in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale as part of one of Heihachi's super moves.

Kuma practices "Advanced Bear Fighting", a move set closely resembling Mishima family's style of karate. This fighting style is considered one of the most unique, as it does not rely on straight attacks, but instead uses tricks such as rolls, dodges, and various other stances. Because of this, Kuma is one of the hardest characters to master, as he is quite slow and not very flexible.

UGO Networks listed Kuma as one of the "The 50 Cutest Video Game Characters", adding "It’s always adorable when bears try to do human things".^[2] 1UP.com listed Kuma as one of the characters they wanted to see in Street Fighter X Tekken, stating "you can't have Tekken in the title without some sort of animal that is ready for a throwdown".^[3]

Kunimitsu

File:Kunimitsu (TTT2).png

Kunimitsu in Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Kunimitsu (州光) was a former member of the Manji clan of ninja bandits led by Yoshimitsu. She lost her Japanese identity when she joined the group to maintain her anonymity. Upon joining, she was taught the skills of the stealth knife and Manji-style ninjutsu. She stayed with the group for a few months, until a series of petty thefts from the band's funds led to her dismissal. At a loose end, she decided to train as a mechanic mending air conditioners. She entered the first King of Iron Fist Tournament intending to steal a Native American treasure from a young brave Michelle Chang. Kunimitsu, fearing the wrath of the vengeful Michelle, went into hiding. Feeling humiliated, Kunimitsu sought solace with her grandfather. He was a swordsmith with a reputation. He informed Kunimitsu that the sword used by Yoshimitsu is a relic of unimaginable value. She learned that it was handed down through the Manji band and it had the power to sever an enemy both spiritually and mentally. The sword exchanges hands when a new leader is elected. The old leader is ritually sacrificed and the sword's power is transferred to its new owner. Kunimitsu's grandfather has spent his entire existence trying to forge a copy of the sword. Kunimitsu had to enter the second tournament to face and defeat Yoshimitsu and claim the sword so that her grandfather could make a copy before his death. Her fate, however, is unknown as she has not made a canonical appearance since Tekken 2.

She also appears in the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament and appears as one of the console exclusive characters via DLC in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.^[4]

As she is a former Manji Clan member, her fighting style is Manji Ninjutsu, similar to Yoshimitsu. At first, she had the same move set as Yoshimitsu in Tekken, like all other sub-boss characters. In Tekken 2, while still borrowing some of Yoshimitsu's moves, she was given a unique move set of her own that made use of her iconic kunai. She kept this move set in Tekken Tag Tournament, receiving even more unique moves. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Kunimitsu's move set was revamped to be even more unique to her.

In the official poll by Namco, Kunimitsu is currently ranked as the 8th most requested Tekken character to be playable in Tekken X Street Fighter, at 10.97% of votes.^[5]

Lee Chaolan/Violet

Lee Chaolan (李超狼, Rī Chaoran) is Kazuya Mishima's foster brother, and Heihachi Mishima's adopted son. Lee's parents died when he was a child, leaving him to fend for himself on the streets. Facing a hostile environment each day, Lee quickly became a skilled scrapper with reflexes that were amazing for a boy of his age. These qualities caught the attention of Heihachi while he was away on a business trip, so he decided to adopt him and took him back to Japan to be educated. However, Heihachi never actually felt any emotion to Lee as it seems that he was adopted simply to inherit the Mishima Zaibatsu in place of Heihachi's blood son Kazuya or to make him Kazuya's rival to inspire him.

Before the events of the original Tekken, Heihachi sent Lee to the U.S. to handle the Zaibatsu's operations there, where he studied martial arts alongside Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law. After Kazuya took the Zaibatsu from Heihachi in the end of Tekken, Lee decided to work with Kazuya as his secretary, where he was also being involved in other projects such as becoming the boss of Kazuya's personal bodyguards and supervising Dr. Boskonovitch's experiments. He joined the second tournament to secretly snatch the Zaibatsu from Kazuya when the time comes. However, Heihachi returned from his supposed demise and defeated both Kazuya and Lee; he threw the former to the mouth of an active volcano and banished the latter from any aspect of his life at the threat of death. While he tried to assassinate Heihachi for a short while, he decided to quit from the world of fighting and went to the Bahamas to set foundations for his longtime ambition: a robotics corporation. Lee was apparently one of the fighters that was attacked by Ogre before the events of Tekken 3, as he had several of his moves, though Lee is shown to be alive and well in subsequent games.

Before the events of Tekken 4, Lee is now a successful businessman and CEO of his robotics corporation. While he was overseeing the trade stocks online, he saw a huge selloff of G Corporation's stocks; as he eventually learn that the company was attacked by the Mishima Zaibatsu's Tekken Force. Rekindling his fierce resentment of the Mishima clan as well as to test his new robot "Combot", he decided to join the fourth tournament. He changed his appearance and switched his name to "Violet" so the Zaibatsu would not discover his identity too early.^[6] However, in the tournament, Lee was shocked when he saw his adopted brother, Kazuya joining the tournament as he believed that he had died a long time ago. He lost his focus and was quickly defeated by Kazuya.^[7] Sometime after the events of Tekken 4, news reached Lee about Heihachi's apparent death and that someone else had controlled the Zaibatsu. Believing it to be Kazuya, Lee entered the fifth tournament to take the Zaibatsu from him.^[7] However, he soon learned that the person is in fact Heihachi's father Jinpachi Mishima. Losing interest, he dropped out from the tournament to resume his usual business. After Jin Kazama became the new head of Mishima Zaibatsu, he brought the world to chaos, while G Corporation suddenly became its major opposition. Surprised by its sudden military action, Lee learned through private investigation that Kazuya had taken the company at the end of the fifth tournament. Learning that Kazuya will take part in the sixth tournament, Lee used a shareholder's preferential treatment ticket (as he is a major shareholder himself) and entered the tournament to get close to Kazuya.

In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, while he is still playable normally, his alterego Violet is the Fight Lab instructor and was released as playable character as part of a free update for the console version on November 13, 2012.^[8] Lee appears briefly in the 2011 CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance as an overzealous, eccentric and often ignored yet extremely wealthy teacher at Kyoto International School. He aids Alisa and Ling Xiaoyu during an escape by providing them shelter and seems nonchalant when part of his home was destroyed by Anna and Nina Williams' fight.

News.com.au listed Lee on their "Top 10 sexiest game characters" list, ranking him as third.^[9] Complex ranked him at 39th in their "50 Most Dominant Fighting Game Characters" list, calling him "the man that invented "swagged out martial arts".^[10] GamesRadar listed him as one of the characters they wish was included in Street Fighter X Tekken, commenting "It’s not often that you’ll think "badass" when you see a guy wearing a skintight fishnet tank top under a purple leather jacket".^[11]

Marshall Law

Michelle Chang

Michelle Chang (ミシェール・チャン, Mishēru Chan) is a Chinese-Native American woman (her father Bernard Chang was from Hong Kong and her mother is a Native American from Arizona) and the foster mother of Julia Chang. Her father was killed along with the rest of the tribe by Heihachi Mishima's forces, who were searching for a treasure, a pendant that allegedly could control and subdue great powers and spirits. When the Mishima Zaibatsu forces had left, Michelle's father gave Michelle the pendant before dying. Michelle entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament to seek vengeance on Heihachi for the murder of her father and tribe. Michelle also encountered Kunimitsu, a treasure hunter that was seeking the pendant. Michelle defeated Kunimitsu and secured the amulet. She promptly withdrew from the tournament; as she had achieved what she then realised should have been her main goal, and although she did not win the tournament, Michelle was still satisfied that another fighter (Kazuya Mishima) defeated Heihachi. In Tekken 2, Michelle's mother had been kidnapped by Ganryu, who was working for Kazuya, who desired the amulet. She had entered the tournament to rescue her mother. Michelle meets Ganryu and battles him. After defeating Ganryu, she rescues her mother and returns home. However, unknown to her, Ganryu had fallen in love with her. Upon returning home, Michelle casts the amulet into the ocean so that it can no longer cause any trouble. A couple of years later, Michelle discovers an abandoned baby girl nearby her village. She adopts the infant, names her Julia, and loves her as if she were her own daughter. When Julia grows into a teenager, Michelle teaches her Chinese martial arts such as xingyiquan. Later, Michelle is kidnapped by Heihachi Mishima for her amulet, which had the power to awaken Ogre with its great power and spirits. Julia had entered the tournament to defeat Heihachi and save her mother. She appears in Julia's ending, being reunited with her adopted daughter.

She also appears in Tekken Tag Tournament and appears as one of the console exclusive returning characters via DLC in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.^[4]

Michelle also briefly appears in Tekken: The Motion Picture with a bigger role than most of the other contenders. Before the tournament, she attempts to kill Heihachi with an axe, but Heihachi breaks the axe with his teeth and welcomes Michelle's challenge if she makes it to the tower. Michelle encounters and defeats Ganryu, but is beaten by Kazuya to the point that she begs him to let her face Heihachi and take revenge for Heihachi burning down her village and inadvertently killing both her parents, but Kazuya refuses and almost kills her when she attacks him relentlessly but for Jun Kazama's timely intervention. She is later found and rescued from the crumbling island by Paul Phoenix.

Complex featured Michelle among the 50 "hottest women in video games" in 2010^[12] and ranked her as the 13th "best looking sideline chick in games" in 2011.^[13] Her breasts were also ranked as 23rd on the list of the "greatest boobs in video game history" by GameFront in 2011.^[14] Dorkly listed her as one of the most stereotypical Native American characters in fighting game history, ranking her at seventh place, tying with Julia Chang.^[15]

Nina Williams

Paul Phoenix

Prototype Jack

Wang Jinrei

Wang Jinrei (王椋雷, Wan Jinrei) was a companion of Jinpachi Mishima, Heihachi Mishima's father. Wang watched Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima with great interest as they grew and chose their respective paths of life. Wang remained generous and kind whilst living as a recluse in the Mishima gardens. Wang also tutored Ling Xiaoyu, his granddaughter, in the martial arts at a young age. Furthermore, Wang Jinrei took Marshall Law on in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, which ended in a draw. Wang eventually entered the second King of Iron Fist Tournament in order to fulfill the wishes of the long-dead Jinpachi. During his life, Jinpachi watched with grief as Heihachi and Kazuya followed the path of evil. He instructed his faithful friend to eliminate both of them when the time was right. Wang theorises that the best way to fulfill this plea is to face all challengers giving way to those adept enough to defeat Kazuya and dispatches those unworthy of his attention. Heihachi will stare into the face of destiny at another time. However, he lost to Jun Kazama in the tournament.

Twenty one years later, Wang received a letter from Jinpachi, which quite shocked him as he believed Jinpachi had died a long time ago. His friend told him to come and meet him at the The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. In the middle of the tournament, he was defeated by Jin Kazama, who reassured him that his purpose was to wipe out the Mishima family's cursed blood. However, the real chaos began when Jin assumed control of the Mishima Financial Group (MFG). Blaming his failure on his indifference, Jinrei lamented his lack of action. Once again, The King of Iron Fist Tournament is held, and with newfound purpose, Wang participates in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. He appears as an enemy in the Scenario Campaign mode in the console version. After defeating him, he had a secret conversation with Lars, telling him about the Mishima Zaibatsu as well as to be cautious with Alisa, apparently knowing that she is in fact a robot spying him. He also had an alliance with Zafina, and convinced her that Lars could defeat Kazuya and Jin.

Wang's fighting style is heavily based on xingyiquan. He originally used moves similar to Michelle Chang, but later installments in the series in which he has appeared have revamped his moveset to be more reminiscent of xingyiquan, as well as to differentiate him from Michelle and Julia Chang.

Yoshimitsu

Introduced in Tekken 2

Angel

Angel (エンゼル, Enjeru) first appeared in Tekken 2 as a palette swap of Devil. According to her official bio, she was a representation of Kazuya's good side, frequently depicted fighting with Devil, Kazuya's evil side who have controlled him into becoming a tyrant head of Mishima Zaibatsu during the events of Tekken 2. Unlike Devil who had explicitly stated as having met Kazuya and becoming a part of him, Angel is never referred as such, adding mysteries to the character. Furthermore, Angel has not appeared or mentioned in subsequent canonical games after her debut. Presumably, she was defeated by Devil or gave up saving Kazuya altogether after he decided to choose the evil path.

As she is a palette swap of Devil, she has the same move set as him, which in turn borrows Kazuya's moves heavily with the addition of extra abilities such as flying and firing lasers. However, she is shorter and has smaller body size than Devil, which makes her slightly inferior. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, she is made a separate character, but still borrows many moves from Kazuya as well as the Devil incanation of Jin, Devil Jin.

She also appears in the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament and appears as one of the console exclusive returning characters via DLC in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.^[4]

Baek Doo San

'Baek Doo San (白頭山, Peku Tō San) (Hangul: 백두산) first appeared in Tekken 2 as the sub-boss of Marshall Law. According to the storyline, Baek accidentally killed his father during a sparring session, which left him in doubt over his own skills. As a result of his father's death, Baek went on a rampage, destroying several dojos. One of the worst hit happened to be Marshall Law's. Baek then left a note there telling him that he will be in the second King of Iron Fist tournament. The two met there and had a match, in which Baek lost. According to the Tekken 3 storyline, Baek was presumed dead after encountering Ogre, the fictional Aztec God of Fighting. One of his closest students, Hwoarang, entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 to exact revenge for his master's death and to have a rematch with Jin Kazama. According to the Tekken 5 storyline, Baek's encounter with Ogre had left him in a coma, not dead as initially presumed. He woke up over a year later, after Hwoarang had already competed in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. Baek later began teaching traditional style of Tae Kwon Do at military bases. Hwoarang was drafted into the South Korean military, but he ran away to compete in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. When he was arrested by the South Korean Military Police, he was informed that Baek was alive. Two months later, Hwoarang completed his service, and Baek asked him to enter The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Baek also entered the tournament to test his student's skills.

However, Baek withdrew from the tournament when he found out that Hwoarang lost to Devil Jin, and he was seriously injured. Baek then rushed to the hospital to visit Hwoarang. Although Hwoarang's condition was not considered as something serious after his treatment, Hwoarang would not wake up, and Baek started blaming himself for being an inadequate instructor. It took Hwoarang three days to regain consciousness. They discussed the details, and Hwoarang told Baek that he not only has to recover, but he has to strengthen himself even further. Baek sensed his strong will and his unprecedented modesty, and hence he decided to teach him everything he knows. Baek and Hwoarang returned to Korea, and endeavoured to practice intensely. Eventually, the announcement of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 came from the Mishima Zaibatsu, and Baek decides to enter the tournament one last time to widen his personal experience-collection.

His name is notable for being a play on the common Korean surname Baek and the mountain called Baekdusan, the highest mountain in Korea and the most sacred to Korean folklore.

Bruce Irvin

Bruce Irvin (ブルース・アーヴィン, Burūsu Āvin), who had lost both his parents and elder brother in his infancy, grew up living a life plagued by hunger and much violence. Disliking the cards fate had dealt him, Bruce yearned to live the good life, he therefore turned to fighting and joined the police force. Bruce was sent to Japan to investigate the Mishima Zaibatsu and its leader Kazuya Mishima. Kazuya arranged for the plane Bruce was on to crash, however Bruce survived the crash, although he lost his memories. Kazuya then found him and hired him as a bodyguard. In Tekken 2, Bruce fought his old Police partner Lei Wulong, who entered the tournament to arrest Kazuya. Bruce was defeated and attempted to escape on another plane, however the plane exploded. In Tekken 3, it was shown that Ogre had one of Bruce's moves, The Leg Bazooka, so it might be possible Bruce was one of the fighters who were attacked by Ogre. In Tekken 5, it was revealed that Bruce had been working for several special units, and he was currently working as a survival technical guidance instructor. He entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 in order to test his skills once again. After becoming reacquainted with Kazuya Mishima at the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Bruce Irvin decided to assist Kazuya with his scheme to take over G Corporation, and after they had succeeded Kazuya managed to control the corporation from behind closed doors. G Corporation waged war with the Mishima Financial Group (MFG), and Bruce, as Kazuya's captain, led Kazuya's private corps into battle, fighting the MFG over the world. Soon afterwards, G Corporation made preparations to annihilate the MFG by placing an enormous bounty on Jin, and as anticipated, the MFG began to show signs of movement: the opening of King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 was announced. Bruce Irvin has entered the tournament to capture Jin.

He also makes an appearance in Tekken: The Motion Picture when fighting Jack-2. Bruce breaks his fist against Jack-2's steel alloy and Jack-2 knocks him into the water.

Jun Kazama

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Jun in Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Jun Kazama (風間準, Kazama Jun) is an officer of the wildlife protection organization WWWC. She is called "The Chosen One" by her relatives. She is highly psychic, being able to sense that Kazuya's power stemmed from Devil. At the WWWC's orders, she sets out to arrest Kazuya, who smuggles environmentally-protected animals. When the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 was coming to an end, Jun comes to the stunning realization that Kazuya's supernatural strength stems from Devil. But she cannot help being drawn to him by a mystic force beyond her control. She then became pregnant by Kazuya Mishima. After Kazuya was thrown to the volcano by Heihachi in the conclusion of the tournament, parts of Devil left him and attempted to possess Jun's unborn child. However, she was able to defeat him and fled to the forests of Yakushima, where she intended to raise her child away from evil and danger. She later gave birth to a baby boy, whom she named Jin. Fifteen years later, Jun sensed the approaching of Ogre and warned Jin to seek out his grandfather Heihachi Mishima should anything happen to her. One night, Ogre did indeed attack. Jun screamed for Jin to run away, but he wished to protect his beloved mother from Ogre and charged at him, but was well outmatched and was quickly knocked unconscious. When Jin woke up, the Kazamas' house had burned to the ground and Jun was missing. Jin searched frantically through the rubble, but could not find his mother anywhere. Jin was devastated and swore revenge on Ogre.

Although Jun did not appear in subsequent canonical games, she is still mentioned throughout. She appears as a soul or vision in Jin Kazama's Tekken 4 ending, which persuades Jin to spare Heihachi's life in honor of herself. She is also mentioned numerous times by Jin and Kazuya during the prologue of the Scenario Campaign mode of Tekken 6, which retells the main events of previous games. She appears in the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament as well as its sequel, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, where she transforms into Unknown in the final stage after defeating her. Jun also appeared as a main character of Tekken: The Motion Picture, which focused on Jun as she tries to free Kazuya from evil and stop him from killing his father, Heihachi. In the 2010 live-action film Tekken, Jun is portrayed by Japanese actress Tamlyn Tomita. She also appears as a main character in both the Tekken Forever comic and the ASPECT Comics' Tekken series. A mix of hers and Asuka's outfit from TTT2 was released in the "Sexy" series costumes DLC for Soulcalibur V.^[16]

Jun practices "Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts" which incorporates various Japanese martial arts such as the Traditional aikido, aiki-jujitsu and jujutsu. She also taught this to Jin, which became both her and Kazuya's replacement in Tekken 3, before forgoing it in Tekken 4 (though his Devil form still has it). Most of her moves were later given to her relative, Asuka Kazama in Tekken 5. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, she was given a greatly updated move set to differentiate her with Asuka. She also serves as the boss in the game, transforming into Unknown.

In merchandising, Jun is featured as a plush toy based on her appearance in Tekken 2 and an action figure based on her appearance in Tekken Tag Tournament. Along with Kazuya, is featured in an action figure based on her appearance in Tekken Tag Tournament 2,^[17] launched at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con.

Common Sense Media said of Jun in Tekken: The Motion Picture that her character and morals give the film its only "shred of redeeming social value".^[18] As of May 13, 2012, Jun was the 21st most used character in the online arcade version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 up to that point.^[19] GameSpot was pleased to see Jun back in the franchise, saying she "makes a welcome return".^[20] In the official poll by Namco, Jun is currently the most requested Tekken character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, raking up 16.60% of votes.^[21] Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono stated that Jun is the character he most wants to be included in the game, in addition to his desire for her to return to the main Tekken series.^[22] Tekken series' director Katsuhiro Harada acknowledged the high number of requests for Jun's return, stating that Jun was "missing", not dead like many believed and that he would consider her return to the series if he reached 5000 followers on Twitter and continued to receive requests for her from fans.^[23] This was greatly succeeded and surpassed, leading to her inclusion in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.^[24] GamesRadar listed Jun as one of the top ten gaming "MILFS", stating "Jun’s baby’s daddy, Kazuya, may have fled for the hills to shirk his paternal duties, but that doesn’t mean this hottie is damaged goods".^[25] GamesRadar also listed Jun as one of the "ugly polygon 'babes' of yesteryear" for her in-game model in Tekken 2 in an article about attractive video game characters from older games whose low rate graphical in-game models belied their good looksm, adding, "Jun always projected a sort of soft, nurturing femininity that contrasted sharply with her chosen career of punching people in the teeth."^[26]

Lei Wulong

During Tekken 2 and Tekken 3, Lei Wulong (雷武龍, Rei Ūron) was a respected police officer (dubbed Super Cop) who put countless criminals behind bars. Just as Marshall Law bears a resemblance to Bruce Lee, Lei bears a strong resemblance to Jackie Chan (to the point where he is voiced by Hiroya Ishimaru, Chan's official Japanese voice actor), who also plays a super cop in some of his movies like the Police Story series. He was investigating the illegal hunting and trading of endangered animals done by the Mishima Zaibatsu during Tekken 2 and fought Bruce Irvin, a former cop and a former comrade of his, currently working for Kazuya Mishima. Lei defeated Bruce, who escaped in an airplane, but it crashed. He discovered that the crash was staged and doubted on Bruce's supposed demise.

After the third tournament, Lei continued his job as a crime investigator. However, his recent depression due to his girlfriend dumping him over his assistant and his failures in solving crimes led to his reputation waning. When he found out about a syndicate sending an assassin, Nina Williams to assassinate Professional boxer Steve Fox, he sets out to stop her in order to restore his reputation by joining The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. He tracks down Nina and prevents her from killing Steve, but he could not stop her from escaping through a window. Upon chasing after Nina, he had her at gunpoint, but Steve intervened and saved Nina by tackling Lei to the ground. But he did stop the organization who sent Nina, and became famous. Lei enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to search for Feng Wei, the man that has been destroying dojos in China and Japan. Asuka Kazama is also searching for Feng because he nearly killed her father, who was one of the dojo owners sought by Feng Wei. Lei informs her about Feng and that it is possible he might enter the fifth tournament. He is also attempting to destroy the Mishima Zaibatsu with the help of Steve Fox. In pursuit of Feng Wei for his criminal offenses, the military sends Lei to Japan. As the trail for Feng Wei is unsuccessful, Lei is helpless and returns to Hong Kong. With China in utter chaos and riots happening frequently, Lei grew impatient. Lei knew the true reason for the riots were cause of the Mishima Zaibatsu. In an attempt to arrest Jin Kazama, Lei enters The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 6. Unlike the majority of characters, he appears as an ally in the Scenario Campaign mode of the console version. He assisted Lars and Alisa in defeating the G Corporation's forces at ICPO and telling them that Kazuya claimed the Corporation after eliminating all who opposed him.

The fighting style of Lei Wulong is called the Five animals-style kung-fu. The style includes elements of tiger, crane, leopard, snake and dragon kung fu. Lei Wulong has also some techniques from Zui Quan also known as the drunken fist.

Lei appears briefly in the 2011 CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance, appearing on Xiaoyu's phone sending her a text message informing her that Heihachi Mishima is confirmed alive. He appears as a playable character via DLC in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Christie Monteiro.

Roger and Alex

As the Mishima Zaibatsu became more corrupt than ever under Kazuya's leadership which engaged in many illegal activities, Kazuya kidnapped Doctor Boscononovitch and later commanded him to create genetically engineered creatures as one of his projects. Through Bosconovitch, modified animals were created with DNA samples. Roger (ロジャー, Rojā) was created from Kangaroo DNA, whereas Alex (アレックス, Arekkusu) was created using DNA from Dromaeosaurid fossil samples. However, Kazuya thought that both of them were worthless creations and wanted to kill them, though they were able to escape and met Armor King, who taught them to wrestle. Both Alex and Roger then enter to fight in the Second Iron Fist Tournament. During the tournament, Jun, who is a WWWC officer assigned to arrest Kazuya for smuggling and experimenting on endangered species, found Roger and Alex. She quickly arranged for them to live out their lives in Australia, where they would be safe. While Alex does not appear or mentioned in subsequent canonical games, Roger's story was expanded in Tekken 5. He was revealed to live peacefully alongside his wife and his son, whom he named Roger Jr.. One day, he was kidnapped by Mishima Zaibatsu, and Roger Jr., aided by his mother enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to find him. They soon found out that Roger was not "abducted", but rather was enjoying an easy and luxury life. In Tekken 6, Roger's wife, having been divorced from Roger decided to start a new life with Roger Jr.. However, she found that living a life without Roger is hard. When she heard announcement of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, she joins in hopes to win and secure their financial security.

Both Roger and Alex also appear the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament as well as its sequel Tekken Tag Tournament 2, although Roger Jr. replaces Roger in the latter game. In Tekken 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament, Roger and Alex share the same slot as they have exactly the same stance and move set, similar to Kuma and Panda. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2 however, Alex was separated and given several unique moves to differentiate him from Roger Jr..

The fighting style of Roger (and later Roger Jr.) and Alex is Commando Wrestling, a mix of professional wrestling and boxing. Some of their moves are shared with King, possibly as a result of Armor King teaching them.

Introduced in Tekken 3

Ogre

Ogre (オーガ, Ōga) is a mysterious giant immortal humanoid creature that was described as a weapon left upon by the aliens during ancient times. He was first mentioned in Heihachi Mishima's character profile. Heihachi sent his own military force, Tekken Force to search an ancient Aztec temple located somewhere in Mexico. Soon after arriving there, Heihachi learned that his entire force had been obliterated by Ogre. Heihachi, having witnessed the power of Ogre, sought to capture him in hopes of creating the ultimate life form. According to official canon, Ogre attacked many world-renowned martial arts masters around the world. One of his victim is Jun Kazama, the mother of the then-fifteen year old Jin. Eventually, Heihachi announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in order to lure Ogre out. Ogre was thought to be defeated by Paul Phoenix during the final phase of the tournament. However, he soon transforms into a more powerful being that resembles a chimera called True Ogre. Still, he is defeated, this time by Jin Kazama and he dissolves into dust. He appears briefly in Tekken 4 during Heihachi's prologue. It is explained that Heihachi have prepared to inject Ogre's blood into his own body to make himself immortal. However, the blood requires a special gene called "Devil Gene". As Heihachi did not possess it, he announces the King of Iron First Tournament 4 in order to capture both his son and grandson (Kazuya and Jin) as they possess it. Ogre makes appearance as a boss in the Devil Within mini-game in Tekken 5, where he was apparently resurrected by the G Corporation. In this game, he is able to transform into a more powerful version called Monstrous Ogre.

At the time of Ogre's introduction in Tekken 3, he (in both forms) mostly compromises moves from most of the Tekken 2 characters such as Armor King, Baek, Bruce, Jun, Kunimitsu, Lee, and Wang as well as the moves of Jin Kazama in Tekken 3. In addition to a couple of moves of his own (his "Deadly Spear" attack and his "Ancient Power" move, which works like an attack reversal or parry technique). True Ogre has the same moveset as Ancient Ogre (lacking his "Ancient Power"), but with the addition of specific moves such as flying and breathing fire. Because of this, both his Ancient and True forms lack string combos (which other characters have). Both forms also gained a unique low attack in Tekken Tag Tournament.

Both Ogre forms also re-appear in the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament as well as its sequel Tekken Tag Tournament 2 where his True form serves as the Stage 8 sub-boss and his Ancient form appears as downloadable content for the console version. His ancient form also appears in Street Fighter X Tekken, where he is one of the bosses (alongside Akuma).

Bryan Fury

An Interpol officer, Bryan Fury (ブライアン・フューリー, Buraian Fyūrī) was shot and killed by gunmen during a shootout in Hong Kong.^[27] His corpse is placed in the custody of Doctor Abel for scientific research and he is revived in order for him to be Abel's agent in obtaining classified information on raising a cyborg-led army.^[27] Bryan enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in hopes of killing Yoshimitsu and capturing Dr. Bosconovitch, Abel's rival. In Tekken 4, Bryan learns that his body is deteriorating and that he is close to death. Upon learning that his creator, Doctor Abel, has become head scientific advisor of the Mishima Zaibatsu, he grows to despise them for taking Abel away from him, and Abel himself, for abandoning him. Bryan enters the tournament with the hope of becoming the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu, enabling him to order Doctor Abel to modify his body and prevent him from dying. Despite not winning, Bryan eventually finds Abel, and uses his last ounce of strength to knock Abel out before losing consciousness. Later on, he wakes up in the laboratory of none other than Dr. Bosconovitch, who tells him that Yoshimitsu rescued him while robbing Heihachi Mishima's mansion, and promises to transfer Bryan's mind into a new body, although it will take a whole year. Bryan silently agrees to let Bosconovitch put him to sleep. Bryan, however, awakens a month later and is told by Bosconovitch that his body was too complicated for himself to work with, but as a last resort, he had installed a perpetual power generator in him to grant him immortality. Upon learning this, Bryan attacks Bosconovitch and the Manji clan members assigned to guard him, and leaves the laboratory. Bryan enters the Tekken 5 tournament to test his performance with the generator installed, unaware that Yoshimitsu is pursuing him for revenge. Yoshimitsu's repeated meddling hinders Bryan's hopes of unlocking the generator's true powers in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Soon afterwards, Bryan's frustration reaches its pinnacle, and he begins to destroy everything in sight after abandoning the tournament. Driven by rage, he joins various battlefields over the world, indiscriminately leveling everything in his way into rubble. However, he soon grows tired of the same thing repeating itself countless times. Around this time, he catches wind of the Tekken 6 tournament. Seeing another chance to test the generator's true powers, he signs up. Bryan and his official tag partner, Jack-X appears in Street Fighter X Tekken as playable DLC.

Dr. Geppetto Bosconovitch

Dr. Geppetto Bosconovich (ドクター・ボスコノビッチ, Dokutā Bosukonobitchi) originally worked for the Mishima Zaibatsu. During the first Tekken, the Manji ninja clan (led by Yoshimitsu) raided the Mishima Zaibatsu's vault. During the raid, Yoshimitsu lost his arm and was found by Bosconovitch who helped him escape and fitted him with a mechanical arm. He was kidnapped by Kazuya Mishima in the run-up to Tekken 2 and was forced to work for him. Some of the many projects involved the creation of the bio-weapons Roger and Alex and the completion of the Prototype Jack unit. He began the "Cold Sleep" project as a means of preserving his daughter's body (who seemingly died) by using Nina and Anna Williams as test subjects. After completing his tasks, and before being executed, Dr. Bosconovitch was rescued by Yoshimitsu. Nineteen years later, he contracted a rare disease that affects the spine as a result of working on his Cold Sleep project. In order to cure himself and to revive his daughter, he needed the blood of the fighting god, Ogre. He turned to an old friend, Yoshimitsu, for help. Yoshimitsu entered the Tekken 3 tournament and was successful in retrieving a sample of Ogre's blood after it had been killed by Jin Kazama. During Tekken 4, Yoshimitsu found an injured Bryan Fury. He brought him to the doctor to save him. Bosconovitch explained to Bryan that he would mechanize him and allow him to be completely reborn in a new incarnation. Bryan lays supine in the chair and Bosconovitch held an injector containing sleeping gas. Bidding him sweet dreams, he injected the gas into Bryan. Throughout, he spoke in a very gentle, paternal tone and was very calm. However, the doctor found Bryan's body too complex, and he instead installed a perpetual generator. Bryan proceeded to attack the doctor, as well as Manji Clan members who were with him. While the members were slain, Bosconovitch survived, though he was severely injured. In Tekken 6, he creates an android in his daughter's image.

Bosconovitch is also included as a secret bonus character in the console version of Tekken 3 and is playable in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as part of free update that was released on November 13, 2012.^[8]

Gon

Gon made his first video game appearance in the SNES game of the same name. It is a platformer game that relies on passwords than a save system. Gon goes to different types of ecosystems and fights off animals. Gon has three attacks tail whip, a head butt, or a chomp.

Gon is a licensed guest character appearing in Tekken 3. He is unlockable by defeating him in the Tekken Ball mode or by achieving a high score in Survival mode and inputing the name "GON". He is one of the two special hidden playable characters, along with Doctor Bosconovitch. It is unknown if Gon's appearance in Tekken 3 is canon or not. His appearance seems purely ornamental, considering no motive is given for him participating in the third King of Iron Fist Tournament. Gon's ending is the only ending in Tekken 3 that goes in a continuous loop. Gon's alternate costume for this game shows him with a turtle shell and blue gloves (the turtle shell being a reference to the time when Gon decided to wear a turtle shell that he found). Gon is the only character in Tekken 3 who is barely affected by True Ogre's fire blast. It only does 1 damage point to Gon and only flinches him as opposed to stunning him like all of the other characters in the game. Producer of the series Katsuhiro Harada has mentioned that Gon will not be returning in any future Tekken games due to licensing.

Eddy Gordo

Forest Law

The proud son of Marshall Law, Forest Law (フォレスト・ロウ, Foresuto Rou) trains at his father's dojo to achieve Marshall's success and greatness. As a protective father, Marshall has forbidden his son from entering any contests outside the dojo. Marshall's long-time friend and competitor, Paul Phoenix, visits once every few months to spar with Marshall. One day, when Paul arrived, Marshall was away supervising the building of a new dojo. Paul insisted that Forest join him in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. Although at first Forest declined, he eventually accepted. This caused a falling out between Paul and Marshall however, as Marshall was enraged when he found out what happened.

While Marshall re-replaces Forest in further installments, Forest is still mentioned throughout. He was mentioned in Tekken 5, where he was apparently involved in a motorcycle accident that left him hospitalized, which becomes Marshall's reason for entering The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. He also appears in Tekken Tag Tournament in replacement of Marshall, and its sequel, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as a console exclusive character.

Hwoarang

Hwoarang (花郎, Faran) (Hangul: 화랑) (Pronounced: Hwah-Rang or Had-A-Wai in some dialects) is a student of Baek Doo San and well-versed in sport Tae Kwon Do. He used to gamble in street fighting. His fellow gang members would lose matches, then Hwoarang would step in and win. During one of these matches, he faced Jin Kazama, and he was forced to end in a draw. This was the first time that he had not succeeded in winning a fight. Hwoarang decided to train harder and never lose again. Upon visiting the dojang, he saw the dojang destroyed. It had been attacked by Ogre. Frustrated and angry, he entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 to fight a conclusive battle with Jin, and to get revenge for his master. In Tekken 4, Hwoarang was drafted into the South Korean army, notably assigned to a SpecOps unit (apparently rising to the rank of Sergeant). Longing for the rush of the hand-to-hand combat that he used to find only with street hustling, he went AWOL and became a fugitive of the South Korean government. He heard of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, and he decided to enter so that he could face his rival, Jin, in the tournament. He gets his chance to face Jin, though, then later apparently escaped and fights again but the fight was interrupted when a South Korean special forces squad (including his field commander) arrived and supposedly arrested Hwoarang. In Tekken 5, while Hwoarang was awaiting court martial, he was taken to the South Korean embassy, where the ambassador issued him some urgent papers. After reading the papers, Hwoarang exclaimed, "I can't believe it! Are you sure this is correct?". It has been suggested that these papers were from Baek Doo San himself, informing Hwoarang that he survived Ogre's attack. Hwoarang completed his military service within two months, and then he entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, eager to fight Jin Kazama. He was also asked to compete by his master, Baek Doo San. Hwoarang faced Jin and defeated him. While Jin was lying on the ground, suddenly he roars paranormally and produces a gale that blows Hwoarang away. From Jin's back, two black wings spread and Jin rises with his devil form. Hwoarang is at his wits end - he is unable to fight back and soon he is knocked unconscious. When Hwoarang wakes up he finds himself in the hospital. Nearby he sees Baek standing as a visitor. Hwoarang hears the details from Baek. He ignores his nurse, tries to move from his bed, but falls down in order to beseech Baek to make him stronger. After leaving the Hospital, Hwoarang starts training with unprecedented devoutness in order to defeat the "paranormal" Jin. Thus, with the announcement of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, he prepares to enter the tournament.

His name is based on the 2nd Geup teul of the same name in ITF Tae Kwon Do.^[28] He can in fact be seen performing the pattern during the Tekken 3 embu attract screen (both arcade and PS versions).^[29]

Hwoarang appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Steve.

Jin Kazama

Julia Chang/Jaycee

Ling Xiaoyu

Mokujin

Mokujin (木人, lit. "wood(en) person") is inspired by the Jackie Chan movie Shaolin Wooden Men.^{[citation needed]} He is a wooden training dummy who comes to life in the presence of powerful evil. He has no fighting style of his own, and instead swaps between the fighting styles of the other characters featured in the game. At the beginning of a fight, Mokujin will assume another character's fighting style at random, and uses a wooden sword when he emulates Yoshimitsu, or a tail when emulating Roger. In this aspect, mastering Mokujin requires mastery of all the other Tekken characters' movesets. Mokujin was awakened when Ogre, the God of Fighting, was released. After Jin Kazama defeated Ogre in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, Mokujin grew lifeless once more, but he had a smile on his face (stated in Mokujin's Tekken 5 Prologue). With the awakening of another powerful evil entity (Jinpachi Mishima), Mokujin came to life once more. Even though Jinpachi was soon defeated, Mokujin stays living when another evil rises by; the ancient Egyptian demon and the source of Devil Gene, Azazel.

He appears in the multi-company crossover game Cross Edge as a training dummy in the game's practice battle mode under the name Woodman.^{[citation needed]} In Street Fighter X Tekken, Pac-Man fights using a small mech designed to resemble a Mokujin.

Gaming Target ranked Mokujin as the seventh best Tekken character in their "Top 11 Tekken Fighters", commenting his ending is the funniest in a Tekken game.^[30] GamesRadar included Mokujin among their list of favorite trees in a video game.^[31]

Panda

Panda (パンダ, Panda) is cared for at Ling Xiaoyu's high school. To participate in The King of Iron First Tournament 3, Xiaoyu moved to the Mishima Polytechnical School in Japan. Heihachi taught Panda "Advanced Bear Fighting" so that she could act as a bodyguard for Xiaoyu during the tournament. Although Kuma is fond of Panda, Panda dislikes him and keeps her distance. At the end of Tekken 3, Panda accompanied Xiaoyu back to her school. Panda also wondered where Kuma might be, as he disappeared in the end of the tournament. Two years later, Xiaoyu decided to enter The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, so once again Panda becomes her bodyguard. After the tournament ended, Xiaoyu suddenly became very depressed. She thought that the disappearance of Jin Kazama, who was Xiaoyu's best friend caused this, so she tried to find him, though she ultimately could not. One day, Xiaoyu became excited and asked Panda to help her participate in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Although Panda did not quite understand Xiaoyu's reason for entering the tournament, but she decided to help if it would make her happy. When learning that Heihachi was actually still alive, Panda and Xiaoyu decided to quit the tournament. However, her moment of relief did not last long when Mishima Zaibatsu launched a war and Xiaoyu asked her again to help her participate in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Reluctantly, she accepted.

Since her introduction, she has always been a palette swap of Kuma, and thus has the same move set as him. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, she is separated from Kuma and is given her own slot, even though she still has the same move set as Kuma's.

Tiger Jackson

Introduced in Tekken Tag Tournament

Tetsujin

Tetsujin (鉄人, lit. "iron man") is a secret character that debuts in Tekken Tag Tournament who appears to be a silver version of Mokujin. When hit he makes metallic noises indicating that he's made out of metal. While Tetsujin does not appear in any other installments, recent games allow Mokujin to be customized to look like Tetsujin. A training dummy that resembles Tetsujin also appears in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection practice mode.

Unknown

Unknown (アンノウン, Announ) appears to be a tortured soul which has been enslaved by the "Forest Demon" (which takes the form of a wolf-like appearance and appears behind her in fights, controlling and mimicking her actions). Unknown also has a symbol tattooed on her upper right arm which resembles that of Jin Kazama's

Unknown makes her debut in the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament, where she serves as the final boss. Her ending shows her finally defeating the Forest Demon and therefore freeing herself. She resumed her role as the final boss in the sequel, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, where Jun transforms into Unknown in the final stage, this time without the Forest Demon.

Unknown appears as a woman with short, dark brown hair and glowing yellow eyes (though her eyes does not glow and instead have demon-like pupils in Tekken Tag Tournament 2). Her default 'costume' appears to have her otherwise nude body mostly covered in purple, shiny body paint or oil, as if she had been submerged in it to her chest. Her second, alternate costume shows her dressed in the burnt, ripped remains of a dark brown dress, with bandages wrapped around her arms, shins and instep. An artbook included in the Tekken 6 Arcade Stick Bundle revealed that she was meant to be Jun's sister enslaved by the "Forest Demon" before the scenario was ultimately dropped.

Similar to Mokujin, Unknown does not have an original moveset. Instead, she mimics other character's fighting styles (with some exceptions), though her fighting style defaults to that of Jun Kazama. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, she instead uses Jun's moveset with added boss-esque moves such as summoning spikes and giant hands. In both her incarnations of the first Tekken Tag Tournament and its sequel, she originally appeared as an unplayable final boss in the arcade versions. She is made a playable character in the console version of both games, with the former giving her the ability to freely switch her fighting styles using analog stick and the latter toning down her boss moves.^[32]

Introduced in Tekken 4

Christie Monteiro

Combot

Combot (コンボット, Konbotto) is a general purpose robot created by Lee Chaolan (under the guise of Violet) to enter in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Combot is programmed to do a wide variety of things, from household chores to military action. This design was made to be the ultimate fighting machine and was programmed to learn every fighter's style as it progressed through the tournament. It was also used to increase the chance of Lee gaining the Mishima Zaibatsu if Heihachi were to be defeated by Combot. Unfortunately, the prototype was rushed due to time constraints and a few bugs were left in Combot's data. Because of this, whenever Combot is powered up, he can only utilize one opponent's fighting style at a time during game play, and switches through them randomly from match to match, it is unknown to the player which fighting style it is using until the fight starts, though a player can tell which style it is by watching it is movements before the fight starts. For some characters, it is immediately apparent when Combot is using their fighting style; if imitating Yoshimitsu, it will brandish a sword, and if imitating King, will have a tail comparable in length to King's. Essentially, Combot is the Tekken 4 version of Mokujin. However, Combot was dropped as playable character after Tekken 4 due to its low popularity and instead Mokujin retake his role.

Combot is featured as a training dummy in the new Fight Lab feature in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, where he can be customized and played as. According to the Fight Lab storyline (which is very similar to Combot's Tekken 4 story), Lee (under the guise of Violet) completes work on Combot as part of his Super Combot DX Plan. He is very excited at the result that he forgets to pay attention to Combot as it explodes. Violet then decides to build Combot from scratch, starting the Fight Lab mode.^[33]

Craig Marduk

Craig Marduk (クレイグ・マードック, Kureigu Mādokku) was an undefeated Vale Tudo fighter for four years as a professional. When he was involved in a minor scandal, his backers were only too glad to release him. Imprisoned in Arizona for a homicide accidentally committed in a bar fight, Marduk was suddenly released thanks to the influence of an anonymous benefactor. Upon his release he received a mystery package containing a newspaper clipping about the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, and an airline ticket. Unknown to Marduk, the man he killed in the brawl was Armor King. Swearing revenge, Armor's protege, King, paid for Marduk's release using money he earned in wrestling tournaments. He had also sent the newspaper clipping and airline ticket, so that he could exact revenge on Marduk when he entered the tournament. The two met at the tournament, where King sufficiently defeated him, leaving Marduk hospitalized. Later, King paid a visit to Marduk in the hospital to finish him off, but instead spared him after noticing a photograph next to Marduk's bed showing Marduk and his family. Unable to accept defeat, Marduk trained his body to its limits. Wearing Armor King's black jaguar mask, Marduk entered a Vale Tudo tournament and challenged King after emerging undefeated. The two fought in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, but victory and defeat eluded both fighters, and, in defeat, they found friendship. While returning to the waiting room, Marduk was attacked. Catching only a glimpse of the attacker's back as he fled, Marduk could have sworn he looked exactly like the man he was convicted of killing, Armor King. Determined to learn the assailant's true identity, Marduk set out with King to participate in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6.

Craig Marduk's nationality seems to have been retconned between Tekken 4 and Tekken 5, going from American to Australian. He does not speak with an Australian accent, however, suggesting that Marduk may have expatriated.^{[citation needed]} He appears in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner King.

Miharu Hirano

Miharu Hirano (平野美晴, Hirano Miharu) is Ling Xiaoyu's best friend and a student of Mishima Polytechnical High School. She first appeared as an alternate costume of Xiaoyu in Tekken 4, sharing the same moves, as well as her prologue, epilogue, and win animations. She wears a school uniform identical to Xiaoyu's and has short, feathered dark red hair. Miharu made her return appearance in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, being released as part of a free update on October 9, 2012.^[34]

Steve Fox

Steve Fox (スティーブ・フォックス, Sutību Fokkusu) was conceived in a lab in Australia; his mother is Nina Williams. After Nina failed to assassinate Kazuya Mishima, Heihachi Mishima captured her and used her as a test subject for cryogenic sleep studies. She gave birth to Steve during this time through in-vitro fertilization. As an undefeated boxing champion, Steve had everything he wanted; the only exception being information about his past. One day, the mafia organized a fight which he was supposed to lose. Refusing to co-operate, Steve won the fight instead. Pursued by the mafia, Steve fled to America, but came to a realization that no matter where he went, the mafia would always track him and he would never learn about his past. He entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 to put himself back into the limelight and gain the answers he sought. Despite failing to win the tournament, he learned that Nina Williams is his mother. Along the way, he also cooperated with Lei Wulong, who was also trying to break up the same crime syndicate. Two months after the conclusion of the fourth tournament, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 was announced. Steve entered the tournament, this time focusing on the destruction of the Mishima Zaibatsu's research institute, vowing that "The Mishima Zaibatsu will never make another monster like me!". Despite not winning the fifth tournament, Steve found and destroyed the research institute of the Mishima Zaibatsu, and finally settled a long-time feeling of resentment. Steve was intent on returning to the world of boxing again, but the majority of major boxing meets are cancelled by the war that broke out all over the world. Steve, who knew no other trade than the boxing ring, had effectively lost his job and his passion, and went into depression. Soon after, he received an invitation to train together with Marshall Law and Paul Phoenix. Steve, who liked the idea of training in a martial art other than boxing, accepted.

In the 2010 live-action film Tekken, Steve is portrayed by British singer/actor Luke Goss. In contrast to the video game character, this version of Steve is an older, retired fighter with no blood relation to Nina. He witnesses Jin Kazama defeat Marshall Law in battle and becomes Jin's sponsor for the Iron Fist tournament, also becoming a friend and mentor to the young fighter, and is killed by Jackhammers while breaking Jin and the other imprisoned participants out of their holding cells. Steve appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Hwoarang.

In Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (as a playable character) his childhood with the Mishima Zaibatsu is revealed. His was known as NT01 by Doctor Abel, who experimented on him, resulting in the scar on his left arm. He took refuge with Emma Kliesen, Leo's mother, who once worked for the Zaibatsu. A cutscene shows Steve in the present, lying on the ground looking over to a bright light and saying her name.

At one point during development Steve Fox was once known as Dean Earwicker, but was changed due to backlash.^[35] In Tekken, Steve Fox is a very fast boxer, but has almost no kick moves (instead, the kick buttons are used for dodges).

Introduced in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection

Asuka Kazama

Asuka Kazama (風間飛鳥, Kazama Asuka) was taught Kazama-style Traditional Martial Arts (based on the Traditional aikido and other Japanese martial arts) by her father, ever since she was a small girl. By nature, Asuka believes very strongly in justice and devotes much of her free time to being a vigilante of sorts, breaking up fights nearby. At the time in which the game takes place, Asuka is seventeen years old and is a high school student. She is also a relative of Jin Kazama and Jun Kazama. Asuka returned home from school one day to find that her dojo was in shambles. The students there had been beaten severely and her father was so badly hurt that he had to be taken to the hospital. In the next several days, a detective from Hong Kong, Lei Wulong, came to her and explained that the culprit would likely be entering The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. In order to get her personal revenge and redeem her dojo, Asuka enters the tournament as well. Along the way, she also met a Monegasque teenager Lili, whom she defeated, causing a bitter rivalry between them. However, she was unable to find Feng Wei, the man responsible for the attack, and as the tournament ended, she returned to her calm and normal life. Her life did not stay peaceful for long though, as Asuka discovered that she was related to Jin Kazama, and he was the one responsible for the terrible war occurring all over the world. She enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 in order to bring Jin to accountability.

When she was first introduced, Asuka was thought to be a replacement of series veteran Jun Kazama who has not made a canon appearance in the series since Tekken 2. Asuka has Jun's stance and many of her moves. Also in her Tekken 5 ending, she possesses the power to undo the Devil Gene, a power that only Jun was previously thought to possess. When Jun returned in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, she was given a new stance and moveset to differentiate herself from Asuka (though the two still have many notable similarities in their fighting styles).

Asuka appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken, with her official tag partner, Lili. In the official poll by Namco, Asuka is currently the fourth most requested Tekken character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, raking up 13.41% of votes.^[21]

Devil Jin

Feng Wei

As a boy, Feng Wei (馮威, Fen Wei) was raised as a disciple by a Chinese Kenpo (based on Shaolin kung fu) master who was so skilled he was known as Shinken 神拳 (literally God Fist). At 20 years of age, Feng was the best student his school had ever seen. When his master scolded him for fighting outside the dojo, Feng killed him. Now Feng seeks the secrets of the God Fist scrolls stolen by the Mishima family, and enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to do so. Asuka Kazama and Lei Wulong have connections with this ruthless, merciless Chinese Kenpo fighter. Feng severely beat Asuka's father and destroyed his dojo in his search for the scrolls. Lei is trying to capture Feng for his similar actions in China. Although Feng was successful in retrieving the treasured "God Fist" scroll from the Mishima Zaibatsu during The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, The scroll merely stated, "Destroyer of all styles, the one true ultimate style, it transcends the power of the Dragon God, which exceeds all human ability." Dumbfounded, Feng Wei later received information about The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, and, seeking more information, he once again looked towards Japan.

Jinpachi Mishima

Jinpachi Mishima (三島仁八, Mishima Jinpachi) was the original founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu and the father of Heihachi, grandfather of Kazuya and great grandfather of Jin. He is also Wang Jinrei's best friend. He was once a respected master of his own martial art called the "Mishima-ryū Karate" (based on the art of Shuri-te) and famous for founding the Mishima Zaibatsu, whom he used for world's peace. However, his greedy son, Heihachi sought to control the Mishima Zaibatsu as an industrial company. He overthrow his father, after which Jinpachi faded into obscurity. He attempted a coup d'état, but failed and was imprisoned below Hon-Maru by Heihachi. He died some years later due to starvation. Decades later, Hon-Maru had been blown up by a Jack-4 robot in attempt to kill Heihachi. Jinpachi, filled with evil energy, was able to set himself free. Regaining control of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Jinpachi announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.^[36]^[37] His motives were revealed throughout the tournament, where he attempted to find someone strong enough to kill him, as his mind was slowly consumed by the Devil. Eventually, his great grandson Jin came and defeated him, thus fulfilling his wish.

Jinpachi's fighting style is similar to the other Mishima characters, which involves many fast attacks and juggles. However, he is infamous for being an overpowered boss character, as he had a variety of unblockable and powerful moves, such as stunning his opponent, an attack that can absorb the opponent's life and firing fireballs that can take 3/4 of the opponent's life. He returns as a playable character in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. To balance himself as a playable character, a lot of his boss moves remain such as enmas fury which is his fire ball inferno, his teleportation were he can teleport is still there his stun is still there but now is different, instead of stuning you it bushes you back on fire, the only thing that is missing is the life absorption. His iconic fireball move also does less damage than it does on Tekken 5. Additionally, he serves as the Stage 7 sub-boss, alongside Heihachi.

Though Jinpachi does not appear in the 2010 film, he is mentioned (though not by name) as having been imprisoned and murdered by Heihachi many years prior to the film's events.

Lili

Raven

Codename Raven (レイヴン, Reivun) is an international intelligence agent who was considered highly skilled and iron-hearted. Apart from a scar in the shape of an "X" on his face, his details are unknown. Raven entered the fifth tournament to find out who or what is behind the event. Raven makes his first appearance in the opening movie for Tekken 5, as he witnesses the attack on Hon-Maru by Jack-4s while on a mission to look into the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation, as well as the subsequent explosion. It seems that he is the first one to report of Heihachi Mishima's supposed demise. After The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Raven encountered Heihachi, and fought him. Before a victor could be decided, Raven received orders to return to headquarters, and he had to withdraw from battle. After that encounter, the battle between both the Mishima Zaibatsu and G-Corporation intensified. In order to prevent any further losses, Raven was sent to investigate the Mishima Zaibatsu once again via The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Raven also appears a co-star in the Scenario Campaign mode of Tekken 6. Raven first appears as an enemy boss and is defeated by Lars Alexandersson and Alisa Bosconovitch. Later on, he returns to help Alisa and Lars escape from a rampaging NANCY robot. Once Alisa turns on Lars at the order of Jin Kazama, he becomes the CPU partner in Alisa's place for the final two stages of the mode. He joins Lars to chase down Jin in the desert. With his help, Lars is able to defeat Azazel and Alisa. After Jin defeats Azazel for good, he accompanies Lars with Alisa's body back to Lee Chaolan's robotics company. Lars attempts to thank Raven for his help but he declines, offering the ominous warning "Tomorrow, we might be enemies," before leaving Lars. Following the credits, Raven returns to the site where Azazel's temple once was to find Jin Kazama's half-buried body lying in the sand.

His dyed hairstyle is similar to the character Simon Phoenix from Demolition Man and his black clothing, sunglasses, and personality are reminiscent of the title character of Blade, both portrayed by Wesley Snipes. However, when Electronic Gaming Monthly asked if the similarities were intentional, Namco stated that they simply wanted a true ninjutsu practitioner and a "cool black guy" for a character and that the similarities were purely coincidental.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2010 live-action film Tekken, Raven is portrayed by Darrin Henson. He participates in the Iron Fist tournament where he defeats Eddy Gordo and later gives Jin Kazama some words of advice and encouragement before his fight with Bryan Fury. Raven appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Yoshimitsu

Sergei Dragunov

A member of Russian Spetsnaz, Sergei Dragunov (セルゲイ・ドラグノフ, Serugei Doragunofu) is considered the very symbol of fear on the battlefield whose overwhelming fighting prowess has earned him the title "The White Angel of Death". Involved in the investigation of an unknown body that fell to Earth in Siberia, Dragunov receives special orders presumably regarding Devil Jin, and entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 in order to carry them out. His precise motivations and the true nature of his orders then are unknown. In an in-game cutscene before his sub-boss fight against Raven, the agent says that he is "on to your [Dragunov's] organization." Tekken 6 reveals that Dragunov was unsuccessful in finding Jin, and he returned to Russia. As a result of the chaos and on-going war all over the world caused by Jin, now the new owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Dragunov would be travelling all over the country to help maintain order. Eventually, Dragunov was ordered to participate in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 to destroy the Mishima Zaibatsu.

In the 2010 live-action film Tekken, Dragunov is portrayed by martial arts actor Anton Kasabov. Like in the games, he does not speak. He participates in the Iron Fist tournament, and is rather brutally defeated and killed in combat by Bryan Fury.

Introduced in Tekken 6 and Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion

Alisa Bosconovitch

Azazel

Azazel (アザゼル, Azazeru) made his debut in Tekken 6 as the main antagonist. He is most likely named after the famed demon in Judeo-Christianity, Azazel. Little is known about Azazel's history, other than that he is the embodiment of the ultimate evil guarded in a tomb by Zafina, set to be released after the clash of "two evil stars". He is also the source that created the devil gene within the Mishima bloodline, as evidenced by the tattoos on his chest, which resemble Jin's in his devil form. Azazel looks much like the Egyptian god Set, with blue-gray skin, a large, spiked tail used for attacking, and huge spikes of ice/crystal growing out of his forearms. He also wears an Egyptian ceremonial headdress and loincloth. Like many supernatural entities before him, Azazel appears to own the advantage of superpowered abilities over his opponents. These include a powerful stun attack (similar to Jinpachi Mishima), and eye lasers (similar to Devil Jin, Devil, and Angel). He also has the ability to summon giant crystals from the ground to attack his opponents. He can also summon scarabs to attack opponents and parts of his body get destroyed after taking too much damage. Azazel appears in the final stage of the Scenario Campaign mode in the console versions of Tekken 6. As it turns out, it was Jin's motive all along to bring forth the creature so he may fight and defeat it (and subsequently end himself in the confrontation). By causing chaos across the globe, Jin awoke the physical form of the monster (Azazel's spirit was already resonating within Jin's psyche, being triggered by his struggle with his father Kazuya; hence the prophecy of "two evil stars"). Azazel eventually awakens but is defeated by Lars Alexandersson and Raven. After they return outside and confront Jin, Jin reveals that Azazel can only be vanquished by someone carrying the Devil Gene: indeed, Azazel erupts from underneath the ground, stronger than before. However, Jin begins to power himself up with his Devil form, making him immune to Azazel's attacks. Jin rushes towards Azazel and punches his fist straight through Azazel's chest, sending the both of them plummeting into the temple ruins below. Azazel's fate is not shown, but it is implied later that he is indeed gone.

Bob/Slim Bob

Bob (ボブ, Bobu) (Full name: Robert Richards) is a fighter who hails from America as a martial arts legend. However, due to being unable to defeat larger opponents, Bob disappeared from the fighting world and remains in hiding for a few years, with many wondering about his whereabouts. With The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 drawing near, Bob finally returns, stuns everyone with his new figure, that of a morbidly obese man. Though Bob claims to have engineered his body to increase his weight and strength while maintaining his speed (and thus having "the perfect body" as he describes it), few believe him, and most of his fans lose their faith and respect for him. In order to test his new power and regain his popularity, Bob enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Tekken developer and Executive Producer of Tekken 6 Katsuhiro Harada describes Bob as a" freestyle karate" practitioner from the U.S."^[38]

Bob appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Julia. His alternate version, Slim Bob, is playable in the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, where he is based on the skinny version of himself from his Tekken 6 ending. Slim Bob was released as part of a free update for the game on October 9, 2012.^[34]

Bob ranked 10th on GameDaily's list of the ugliest game characters, who commented "If the bright red shirt covering the gigantic frame isn't insulting enough, he also has a bleach blonde mop on his head".^[39] Complex ranked him 14th out "The 25 Most Badass Fat Guys In Games".^[40]

Lars Alexandersson

Leo

Leo (レオ, Reo) (full name Eleonore Kliesen (エレオノール・クリーゼン, Ereonōru Kurīzen))^[41] was part of a very talented family. Her father was a world-famous spelunker, while her mother, Emma Kliesen served as a G Corporation executive. Although Leo's father disappeared during an expedition when she was a child, she still wanted to follow in the family tradition and become a spelunker. Leo possessed a strong sense of character, thanks to a proper upbringing. Life was pleasant and relatively uneventful until one fateful day when her mother was killed by an unknown assailant. Depressed and filled with grief, she became incensed when the police called-off their investigation quickly and without explanation. She vowed to find the truth. During her investigation, the G Corporation's Kazuya Mishima materialized as a person of interest. The G Corporation was popularized at the time as a world hero, making it difficult to get close to Kazuya, and it looked as though Leo's quest had reached an insurmountable impasse. It was at this time that news of the Mishima Zaibatsu-sponsored The King of Iron Fist Tournament began to spread. Leo learned that Kazuya Mishima was scheduled to appear in person at the event. Realizing that this may be the only chance to take revenge against Kazuya, she decided to enter the tournament.

In her Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending, Leo infiltrates a train owned by G Corporation to gather a data about her mother's past with the corporation, as well as with her time working for the Mishima Zaibatsu. According to Emma's profile, Heihachi Mishima headed a project that combined the Devil Gene and Ogre's blood, calling it the Hybrid Gene. Leo also uncovered information about NT01, later known as Steve Fox. Leo begins to upload the information, but is discovered and surrounded. She manages to escape by jumping off the train and shooting a grapple beam from her wrist to the bottom of railroad bridge, having successfully uploaded the information about her mother.

Until Katushiro Harada revealed Leo's full name and gender at the Tekken: Blood Vengeance premiere in Cologne, her gender had been left ambiguous to the point that in the game itself, Leo was referred to only by name or gender-neutral terms and had no costumes revealing any portion of the torso.

Leo's fighting style is Bājíquán.

Miguel Caballero Rojo

After being forced to leave his home by his parents at the age of 15 for constantly starting fights, Miguel Caballero Rojo (ミゲル・カバジェロ・ロホ, Migeru Kabajero Roho) finds sanctuary at a bar. His sister, the only person whom he trusted or loved, visited him secretly behind their parents back. Miguel cared deeply for her, to the point where he even considered killing her fiance, but not wanting to break his sister's heart he decided against it. During his sister's wedding day, a group of jets attacked the church, destroying it and killing her. His investigations led him to realize that the attack was ordered by the Mishima Zaibatsu, and driven by anger, he entered the recently announced King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 to find answers from the Zaibatsu's CEO, Jin Kazama. Tekken developer and Executive Producer of Tekken 6 Katsuhiro Harada describes Miguel as "a brawler from Spain."^[38] His appearance resembles a bullfighter, yet he has no formal martial arts training.

In the live-action film Tekken, Miguel is portrayed by Roger Huerta. He is the only character introduced in Tekken 6 to appear in the film, and is renamed "Miguel Rojo". He participates in the Iron Fist tournament, where he is defeated by Jin.

NANCY-MI847J

NANCY-MI847J is an elephantine robot and security unit who is under orders from Jin Kazama. It is very difficult to destroy and possesses an arsenal of weapons. Like Azazel, NANCY is not an unlockable character. NANCY only appears in Arcade Mode and Time Attack Mode as a bonus round before the player fights Jin Kazama. There appear to be multiple NANCY robots, evidenced by the fact that Lars and Alisa encounter a hostile NANCY during a cinematic in Scenario Campaign. This NANCY is destroyed by Raven during the same cutscene. Another NANCY is actually made available to use in one level of Scenario Campaign (the initial infiltration of G Corporation's headquarters). The player is able to use many of NANCY's abilities to fight the legions of enemies in the G Corporation lobby and courtyard.

Zafina

Zafina (ザフィーナ, Zafīna) is a woman from the Middle East who was born into an ancient bloodline of dispellers of evil. Possessing spiritual powers, she was raised as a warrior and eventually became the clan's sole assassin while publicly using her spiritual gifts as an astrologist. She is tasked by the village elders with guarding a sealed royal tomb that is believed to maintain the well-being of the tribe. Many outsiders have tried to enter the tomb but Zafina has single-handedly defeated them all. She prophesizes the clash of two "evil stars" (Jin and Kazuya), which will destroy the seal on the tomb and bring about the end of the world. In order to prevent this, Zafina departs her homeland and travels to the far east, where the dark stars are predicted to meet. Like all other characters, she also appears in the Scenario Campaign mode in the console version of Tekken 6, where, unlike most other characters, she automatically allies herself to fight the Tekken Force with Lars and Raven upon meeting her and then gives them the location of Azazel's Temple. Also near the end of the mode, she is mentioned by Jin as the one who told him about the prophecy of the "two evil stars", which became his reason for launching the war around the world.

Zafina's fighting style, only referred to as "ancient assassination arts" based on Kalaripayattu which is one of the oldest martial arts in existence, emphasizes her extreme flexibility and muscular control. It also incorporates unique stances (namely, tarantula, scarecrow, and mantis), each of which allows for different attacks. The Tekken developer and executive producer of Tekken 6 Katsuhiro Harada likened her moves to those of a spider.^[38]

The European Tekken 6 website mistakenly refers to Zafina's nationality as Indian. However, her original Japanese bio, as well as her North American bio and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 bio state that her country of origin in unknown. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada described her as "a female character from the Middle East who uses ancient assassination arts".

Based on feedback from fans, game director Katsuhiro Harada and his development team made Zafina specifically to address the need for a smooth-hitting, prey-stalking female in the series.

Introduced in Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Sebastian

Sebastian (セバスチャン, Sebasuchan) is Lili's butler who made his debut as a playable character in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as part of a free update on October 9, 2012.^[34] He previous appeared as an unplayable character in Lili's Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and Tekken 6 endings. Sebastian also appears alongside Lili in the game Digimon World Re:Digitize with his trained Angemon.^[42]

Sebastian utilizes Lili's moveset, sharing many of her moves including the ones from Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection that were removed in the current releases.^[43]

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