Kazumi Mishima

Community wise it's Alisa and i'm not biased since really lot of people hate this character for various reasons: gameplay, design, voice, fighting style etc and is the first character who needs to be humiliated and her players. (it's also worth to mention that Alisa isn't very popular character in pick ratio) Alisa is also very often used in ryona videos to be HUMILATED as well.

Devs wise it's Zafina i would like to complain that devs treat Alisa bad as well but she at least got movie where she was deuteragonist but well nothing can be compared to Zafina. (Kazumi maybe but she was in only one game) At least Zafina got her Tekken 6 outfit back and a new panel but she probably won't get much more.

Devs also treat Forest Law bad since devs make him Lili jobber and got replaced by his older predecessor (Christie has similar situation but she was recognized by lot of people and some even prefer her than Eddy and she was in 4 games while Forest was in only 2) even though he was supposed to replace Marshall Law in Tekken 3. (but well a lot of characters were used to make Lili shine like Alisa and Asuka for example)

I'm thinking about Eddy too because he was kicked by Lucky Chloe but let's just say it was funny.

Mine are

1.Alisa (My favorite character + she deserves way better moment in main story despite being very important character)

2.Yoshimitsu (Kinda same like Alisa minus him being that important but his origin makes him one of most mysterious characters and it would be cool to know him more)

3.Raven (Such awesome character who was like tritagonist in Tekken 6 replaced by Master Raven and Victor)

4.Zafina (They treat her like trash despite having an interesting roots and story related to Azazel)

5.Either Jinpachi or Kazumi (But i would say Kazumi since both are Mishimas and was treaten almost like Zafina in series but Jinpachi at least was an actual boss in Tekken 5 unlike Kazumi who was which turned out so poorly that she got replaced by guest...)

Let's continue and end the list

10. Claudio Serafino

Master of his exorcism sorcery strong enough to match Heihachi his arts can deal serious damage to Devils even as strong as True Devil Kazuya and can fire such powerful attacks like Spear Of Kephalos which i'm pretty sure can take down everyone i placed below him. He can fight close and in distance, he can also trap someone in his chains enough powerful that it takes Kazuya some time to break it so Claudio is incredibly powerful. (he possibly should be higher)

9. Eliza

She's only there because she was supposed to be Claudio rival, Regularly fight with Archers of Sirius even not in her best shape even though her vampire powers are gone she can still release dark waves, fly or trap an opponent and efficiently manipulate her energy as well as heal herself from sleep or drinking blood. I'm pretty sure full awaken Eliza will be stronger than Claudio but unfortunately they made her joke character.

8. Jun Kazama

I may have a bad assumption but it seems to me that Kazama purification powers can suprass Claudio sorcery especially someone as skilled as Jun like she actually boosted Jin to be equal or even slightly above to True Devil Kazuya. Jun also beat Ogre back then. There is not much known about her but from Kazuya's words we can assume that she was pretty strong and it's hard to impress that person. Kazama Essence may be the best counter and one of the strongest power that can match Devil Gene.

7. Kazumi Mishima

Why Kazumi is that high? Because she was sure she can destroy the world with her Devil Gene power. She was also trained by Jinpachi and managed to use some pseudo electric abilities like other Mishimas have and she was also rival to Heihachi she lost to him most likely because she didn't want to kill him and Heihachi is insanely strong so losing with him isn't something you could be ashamed of. She has all powers other Devil Gene users have like shooting lasers using telekinesis or other stuff. So basically she was trained by strongest characters and have strongest power ever existed in the universe.

6. Jinpachi Mishima

Strongest fist the person who trains Heihachi and Kazumi and the original Mishima was trapped by Heihachi because he probably couldn't face him yet. Jinpachi also trains young Kazuya their martial arts which he later developed. upon his return he was possessed by an unknown demon who at that time could only be stopped by Jin in. Main protagonist managed to defeat Jinpachi but he didn't really want to fight him what can we see in his ending where he cries and regrets his actions he performed while he was under demon control. Jinpachi also has some of his demon forms and also can use fire based powers along with his electric Mishima gens even without being possesed. It's unknown how truly strong he was but i feel like every Mishima suprasses him already.

5. Lars Alexandersson

The main protagonist of Tekken 6, the guy defeated literally the entire roster (except for Julia, Lei and Zafina) and faced Jin, Kazuya twice and Heihachi once. Lars also beats Azazel but couldn't kill him because only Devil Gene can do that. Lars has nearly infinite stamina due to traveling all the time fightning dozens of enemies and facing Kazuya, Azazel, Alisa and Jin one after another without getting out of breath. In Tekken 8 he was also able to give good fight to True Devil Kazuya and even give him PTSD of Heihachi. Most similar to Heihachi, Lars also doesn't have Devil Gene and seems to rely more on his electric powers which he can use at such a range that he can even send lightning after his attacks.

4. Heihachi Mishima

Strongest ''normal'' character in this game. No devil powers, magic and other stuff only his Mishimas electric genes. He was always deal with Devil Gene users starting with Kazumi. Heihachi always was equal or maybe even little above to Kazuya since he most likely lost against him in Tekken 1 because of Devil Gene and beat him in Tekken 2 he also makes Jin to use his Devil Gene against him where he beat Kazuya without it in Tekken 4. In Tekken 7 he even managed to face Super Devil Kazuya and knock him out of his form despite being weaker but was ultimately beaten. He came back stronger in Tekken 8 by his traning with Tekken Monks most likely suprassing Lars and capable of casually headbutting metor and beating all the Tekken Monks, Lidia, Eddy and Yoshimitsu at once. Like Lars he relies more on electric abilities capable of sending thunder from the sky with his punches.

3. Reina

An unknown woman who is in no way inferior to the rest of the Mishima in terms of strength and skills. She has Mishima electric abilities so he is most likely related with them or he just has Mishimas genes she may be also related with Hachijo members because she has Devil Gene powers same as other users. Reina is strong enough to tower in the fight with Jin even though he was weakened but later we can see her being able to face True Devil Kazuya like Lars did altrough she lose she did good so i would assume that Reina and Lars are equal maybe Lars is slightly better because of his experience but... Reina has devil form at the end of Tekken so she's most likely above Lars and i think Heihachi too because of that.

2. Kazuya Mishima

As the next Mishima is the pinnacle of strength and he is the main boss of the last part of the game he fought and defeated people like Heihachi in the past, Devil Jin and Azazel while using his own power but after he possesed Azazel he beats Lars and Reina as well as barely being scratched by combined forces of Alisa, Hwoarang, Lee, Victor and the other two Mishimas (if we assume Reina is Mishima) initially without much paying attention. True Devil Kazuya is strong enough to make his strength cover half of planet when he fought Angel Jin. His powers are the same as the rest of the Devil Gene users except he now has Azazel's powers so he can use his crystal abilities. He will be obviously strongest character if Angel Jin doesn't appear.

1. Jin Kazama

Our main protagonist already from the moment of his debut in Tekken 3 doing impressive things such as beating Ogre who was powerful enough to face Heihachi. He also defeats Kazuya and Heihachi in Tekken 4 as well as Jinpachi in Tekken 5. In Tekken 6 he also beats Azazel but both ended up barely alive after that fight. In Tekken 8, he initially lost his shape and even though according to Claudio his devil is stronger than Kazuya devil he lost the fight to him, later he also lost to Reina and even to someone like Hwoarang or Leroy who, despite being inhumanly strong, are normal people, however he defeated them all (although Reina probably did not take it seriously) after visiting Yakushima he accepted his Devil Gene and mixed it with his Kazama gene, thanks to which he was able to combine the powers of the demon with the puficiation Kazama powers thanks to which he was able to face True Devil Kazuya however it was not enough because of which he unlocked a new even stronger form called Angel Jin which finally helped him defeat True Devil Kazuya. Jin also he can use both Kazama and Mishima styles and all the powers associated with his genes and combined it as he used huge light lasers and also chains that are unique to his devil. Jin in his Angel form was able to cover half of planet with his blows when he fought with True Devil Kazuya. Angel Jin has good counter against True Devil Kazuya because of Kazama powers, is slightly stronger devil and slightly better fighter so he is truly indeed strongest character in Tekken.

Thanks for reading and Sorry for editing it some times.

Let's talk from the beginning. I would make Heihachi a slightly worse guy i mean that warming up his image in Tekken 7 was okay but not if we take into account the whole story.

Kazumi and Jinpachi would hide from Heihachi that she and Kazuya have the Devil Gene because Jinpachi knew that they could try to control it and he would support and accept it unlike Heihachi who furiously beat and throw Kazuya off a cliff for it Kazuya barely survived by awakening his Devil Gene for the first time after which furious Kazumi would attack him after a tiring fight it would turn out that Kazumi was sent by the Hachijo clan to eliminate Mishimas because they are too powerful and influence family but she loved her new family so much that she turned against them however seeing what Heihachi did she decided that she would kill him despite all this Heihachi would still have a remnant of humanity in him and would shed a tear after defeating and killing Kazumi.

Next Heihachi tell Jinpachi about the whole incident and offer him a fight in Hon Maru. Jinpachi, taking Kazumi's side would like to punish Heihachi but as he is an honorable warrior he agrees to fight but Heihachi cheats and uses chains that would weaken Jinpachi (in canon chains had affect on Devil Gene users but in my version it would overall weaken everyone) enough for Heihachi to lock him up where he would die by starving like in canon and why would there be chains there at all? because Jinpachi would weaken Kazumi by using them and that would help her control the Devil Gene.

All of this would be to show that Heihachi was deceived by everyone but he also had such a big thirst for revenge and inner evil that he became what he is known as today and it would also be shown how Heihachi actually defeated Jinpachi by trickery and Kazumi would not come out as such a weakling because Heihachi would go all out against her. He would also inherit the Mishima Zaibatsu from Jinpachi like he kinda did in canon.

Thanks for reading soon i will prepare part 2.

Is it ever explained how she is there as a final boss, and with her Devil version as well, when she is supposedly dead? I heard it was just artificial intelligence but I don't think I ever saw a confirmation.

It's time for grandma.

Kazumi is Heihachi's wife and a member of the Hachijo Clan which is known as the assassin clan with Devil Gene so they are probably strongest clan in the universe which can also be confirmed by the fact that Kazumi was rivals with Heihachi before they fell in love with each other, so she must have had enough strength and talent to at least keep up with him. I bet even in base form and the girl was taught martial arts by Jinpachi. (personally i think that another person from Hachijo's clan and not related to Mishima could be a good villain for the next Tekken game but that's not what i'm talking about here) As a person who was to become a threat to the world possessing Devil Gene and trained by probably strongest (or one of) people in the world and being a rival of his son who had even greater potential she promised to be a really powerful character but was she actually so strong? not necessarily.

In fact she fought against Heihachi which alone should put her high but it was younger Heihachi (which was probably also weaker than he is currently) and i don't think he wanted to kill her because hed a tear after battle and screams her name he was probably concerned about the fact that he had to do it. Personally i like to think Heihachi had to struggle against Kazumi a lot more like he did with Kazuya but not really. Let's also take into account that this Heihachi is probably weaker than the one from Tekken 3 who lost to Ogre, whom Paul (basically an ordinary person) defeated (the only thing that can be said in defense of Ogre is that Heihachi weakened Ogre and Paul only finished him off but still should be likely stronger than Kazumi) so Kazumi is quite weak in comparison. For me Kazumi as someone with such impressive power should be far stronger than likes of Paul for me her base form should be comparable or superior to Paul and definitely should in Devil form force Heihachi to really go all out. I don't mind that Heihachi wins this battle because the guy is really strong but at least she should give him really tough battle.

As for her tier

This is her scale according to story events

Normal Mokujin = base form

Silver Mokujin = Devil form

Base Kazumi it's hard to say how strong she is but she's definitely somewere around low, mid and high tier which could put it even lower even Kuma II... a character who should be world threat...

and this is the level i would give her myself

In my opinion Kazumi should be around that strong since she rivals Heihachi from the beginning so she should be comparable to other Mishimas and as for her Devil Gene form we have seen (although mainly non canon when Devil Gene users could actually be a threat to the entire world and a person with such impressive things like Kazumi should defiintely be among the strongest characters in series and no ordinary human or animal (for Tekken verse) should be able to surpass such character.

(Part 4 will be about Jack)

I have a questions : Whos Reina's Mother ? How did Reina live her life ? Because we now at the end of Tekken 8 that Reina has the Devil Gene. But Heihachi, his father, hates the Devil Gene. So how did she live? Since Heihachi hates the Devil Gene, Reina should have suffered the same fate as Kazuya.

Suppose that is the case and Heihachi had try to kill Reina, it is not very logical since Reina adores her father. So that's not the case? Would Heihachi have spared Reina? But why ?

I have two theories: The first is... Kazumi is not Reina's mother, she died before Reina was born. But how did Reina get the devil gene? It can't come from Heihachi because Lars doesn't have it, Heihachi gave birth to Lars precisely for this purpose. So... Heihachi would have mated with another woman possessing the Devil Gene and Heihachi would not have known it. Reina would remain at her father's side without ever revealing her second form. But it's unlikely. How could Heihachi have been fooled a second time? How did Reina manage to hide her Devil Gene?

The second theory is: Kazumi is indeed Reina's mother. But for some completely unknown reason, Heihachi would have spared Reina and unlike Kazuya, Heihachi would have taken care of Reina. And that's why Reina loves her father and wants to take up the torch in order to pay tribute to him. But again, that's not likely. Why did Heihachi do this? Don't say that Heihachi learned from his mistakes because in the possible case that Kazumi is Reina's mother, Reina and Kazuya are only children at the time of Kazumi's death so Heihachi has not yet learned from his mistakes. And then Heihachi will do the same thing to Jin during Tekken 3 so how can we explain that he tries to kill Kazuya, but not Reina, but he will later try to kill Jin?

Both of these theories are unlikely and need clarification.