Heihachi Mishima

Heihachi Mishima
'Tekken series character
File:Heihachi tekken 6.jpg Heihachi Mishima in Tekken 6.
First game	Tekken

Heihachi Mishima (三島 平八, Mishima Heihachi) (roughly translates to "Eighth Peace of the Third Island") is a fictional Japanese character in the Tekken fighting game series. He is one of only four characters (the others being Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams and Yoshimitsu) to have appeared in every game in the series. The official backstory for each game somehow involves Heihachi or his immediate actions, and he makes two appearances within the series as the main antagonist (in both Tekken and Tekken 4), marking him as one of series' central characters.

History

Heihachi is the son of Jinpachi Mishima, the father of Kazuya Mishima, the adopted father of Lee Chaolan and the grandfather of Jin Kazama. He fights with the power of Mishima Style Karate and is the founder and the Commander of the Tekken Force Unit. He has hosted all but the second, fifth and sixth King of Iron Fist Tournaments (which were hosted by Kazuya, Jinpachi, and Jin respectively).

Before the Iron Fist Tournament

Heihachi was born as the heir to the rich, powerful, and well-respected Jinpachi Mishima, the owner of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu and a world-famous martial arts master. During this time, Heihachi married and eventually had a son of his own, Kazuya. Heihachi raised Kazuya harshly; in his mind, he needed to forge a strong heir to eventually pass the Mishima Zaibatsu to. Much to his chagrin, Kazuya grew up kind and frail. At some point, Heihachi betrayed Jinpachi and stole the Zaibatsu from his father. After assuming control, Heihachi began to steer the Zaibatsu into the military industry while his father vanished. After some time, Jinpachi attempted to retake the Zaibatsu from his son, but he failed and was ultimately imprisoned underneath Hon-Maru, where he would remain for approximately 50 years.

The First and Second Tournaments

Finally fed up with Kazuya's "weakness", Heihachi tossed his son down a deep ravine, claiming that if he were truly his son, he'd be able to survive the fall and climb back up. Kazuya actually managed to do so, but only because he'd made a deal with the Devil in order to survive. To further motivate Kazuya, Heihachi adopted a Chinese orphan named Lee Chaolan and raised him as a rival to his true son. Over the years, Kazuya traveled abroad and competed in martial arts championships, becoming an undefeated champion (the only blemish on his record being a draw against Paul Phoenix). Eventually, Heihachi decided it was time to test his son's strength, and he announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament.

Much to Heihachi's surprise, he was defeated by his son, Kazuya. Kazuya tossed Heihachi from a cliff just as Heihachi did when he was younger. However, being no ordinary man, Heihachi survived and returned two years later as a competitor in Kazuya's second King of Iron Fist Tournament. After winning the contest, he battles his adopted son Lee and has a showdown with Kazuya and defeats him. Afterwards, he tosses Kazuya, who had proven to be much too dangerous, into a volcano and kills him.

Tekken 3

Sometime later, he created the Tekken Force (Tekkenshu in the Japanese version), and used them as a quick-response group to appease the nations of the world. One day, 15 years after the end of the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, the Tekken Force found ruins in Central Mexico and discovered Ogre, who destroyed them all. Later, Heihachi was approached by a 15-year-old young man claiming to be his grandson, Jin Kazama. Heihachi took him in and taught him Mishima Style Karate, intent on using using him as bait for Ogre. Four years later, Heihachi announced that he would be hosting the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 which would surely lure Ogre to the gathering of fighters. At the conclusion of the tournament, Jin succeeded and defeated True Ogre, but Heihachi betrayed him and shot him in the forehead. Surprisingly, Jin survived, transformed into Devil Jin, and struck Heihachi before escaping.

Tekken 4

Afterwards, Heihachi intended to combine his own DNA with that of Ogre, but he discovered that he would need the Devil Gene that he knew Jin possessed in order to combine the DNA. Heihachi searched desperately for Jin over the next two years, but could not locate him anywhere. Fortunately for Heihachi, Jin was not the only one with a compatible Devil Gene. Heihachi discovered evidence that his son Kazuya's body was taken by G Corporation (a rival company) and used for research. Heihachi's Tekken Force raided G Corporation's facilities to discover that Kazuya had been resurrected by the corporation. Heihachi decided to hold the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament (with his very company's ownership as the grand prize) in an attempt to lure Kazuya so that he may extract the Devil Gene. At the same time, he expected Jin Kazama to become involved, so he set a trap. His plan was to send the Tekken Force to capture Jin, make the two Devil hosts fight one another, and then defeat the winner while he was hopelessly weakened. With Jin captured by the Tekken Force, Heihachi faced Kazuya in the finals of the tournament, and Heihachi won the fight. He then led Kazuya to his Hon-Maru compound, where Jin was being held captive. Everything went as planned, except that Jin was able to defeat both his father and Heihachi. Luckily, Heihachi was spared Jin's wrath when a vision of Jun Kazama stopped Jin in his tracks. Heihachi is left unconscious as Jin takes flight from Hon-Maru.

Tekken 5

Right after Jin's departure, an army of Jack-4 units, sent by G Corporation, invaded Hon-Maru. Heihachi and Kazuya fought together, managing to destroy several Jack-4s, but Kazuya threw Heihachi to the Jack-4s, and he used the opportunity to escape by transforming into Devil, and then he flew away. One of the Jack-4s activated a self-destruct sequence, detonating and completely destroying Hon-Maru, leading everyone to believe that Heihachi was dead. In reality, Heihachi was thrown miles from the site, landing in a graveyard and remaining unconscious for weeks. But Heihachi, no ordinary man, survived the near-impossible odds.

Tekken 6

Heihachi has been confirmed to appear in the upcoming game, Tekken 6. Heihachi awakens after being blown away by the Hon-Maru explosion to find that the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 has already ended. When Heihachi returns to the Mishima Zaibatsu headquarters, guards block his way and refuse to let him in. He becomes enraged to find Jin to be the new leader of the Zaibatsu, and after the announcement of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, he enters to get everything back.

Other appearances

• Heihachi makes a very brief appearance on the Tekken spin-off game, Death by Degrees. He appears on a monitor talking with Enrique Ortega, explaining that he has assigned the Tekken Force to help him. When Nina arrives, he recognizes her as the great assassin, and signs off leaving Enrique to fight her. Heihachi also has his own mode, Heihachi mode, unlocked when Anna mode is completed. The player can also choose on the last stage on Nine mode, weather they want to fight Heihachi or Anna in case Anna mode has been completed.
• Heihachi is one of the bonus characters available to play as or against in Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis for the PlayStation, alongside fellow Namco characters, including Richard Miller (from Time Crisis), Pac-Man, Reiko Nagase and fellow Tekkenites Eddy Gordo, and Yoshimitsu in his Tekken 3 incarnation.
• He also makes an appearance as a playable character in the PS2 version of Soul Calibur II.
• In the manga series, GTO, the title character, Onizuka, arm-wrestles a man who looks strikingly like Heihachi Mishima as he appeared in Tekkens 1 & 2. When Onizuka defeats this look-alike, one of the onlookers says, "So much for the Mishima style!"
• Heihachi also makes a guest appearance in the RPG Tales of the Abyss as one of Anise's custom dolls.
• Heihachi also appears in Pac-Man Fever, alongside Tiger Jackson, Astaroth from Soul Calibur, Reiko from Ridge Racer, and Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man.
• Heihachi makes a cameo appearance in the popular italian satyrical comic Don Zauker, where he fights the musclebound and libidinous exorcist, just to be beaten and shown "who has the best God".
• Heihachi appears in Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 as a unlockable character.
• Heihachi also appears in Namco x Capcom as a playable character.

Heihachi's endings

Tekken 2

Heihachi defeats Kazuya and throws him into a volcano. He then flies away in a helicopter, smiling as the volcano erupts.

Tekken 3

Heihachi defeats True Ogre, who then dissolves into nothing. He finds Jin Kazama's unconscious body, and he brings it aboard his helicopter with him. While in the air, Heihachi discovers Devil markings appearing on Jin's face. Rather than confront a Devil-possessed Jin, Heihachi throws Jin's body out of the helicopter. Heihachi watches as Jin to fall towards the ground.

Tekken Tag Tournament

A smiling Heihachi reminisces about brutalizing Jin and Kazuya.

Tekken 4

Heihachi and Kazuya arrive in Hon-Maru to find that Jin has been chained up. Heihachi then turns on Kazuya, chaining him up as well. Heihachi is going to extract the Devil Gene from both of them, which he will use to complete his world domination plan.

Tekken 5

Heihachi has Jinpachi, Kazuya, and Jin chained to the top of a rocketship, and he uses binoculars to watch as it blasts off into the sky, laughing maniacally.

Soul Calibur II

Heihachi, after defeating many combatants, shatters Soul Edge with a single punch and returns to his time.

See also

• Jinpachi Mishima
• Kazuya Mishima
• Jin Kazama