Mishima Dojo is a stage in Tekken 7. It is an enormous wooden dojo with a large bodhisattva shrine as its centerpiece. There are rows of candles along the sides and its rafters and doors are highly engraved. On the floor of the dojo is a large dharma wheel, with the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac inscribed on an inner wheel, and a tiger fighting a phoenix in the center.
The Tekken 7 version of the dojo has it partially destroyed and open to moonlight as a result of Heihachi's fight with Akuma. The dojo is intact in flashbacks, such as when Heihachi and Kazumi fight.
Background[]
After World War Two, Jinpachi Mishima turned his attention away from the Mishima Family company and instead to teaching Mishima Style Fighting Karate. The Mishima Dojo was where Jinpachi trained his students, Heihachi Mishima and Kazumi Hachijo. Heihachi and Kazumi engraved their names together on the dojo floor when they fell in love. The dojo is situated on the Mishima Estate and is the ancestral dojo of the Mishimas, making it likely also the dojo Kazuya Mishima and Lee Chaolan grew up using.
Kazumi and Heihachi were training here not long after Kazuya was born, when Kazumi collapsed and seemingly suffered from a split personality. After nursing her back to health, Heihachi thought nothing of it. Similar bouts of illness came upon her however, and one time when they were in the dojo, Kazumi attacked Heihachi, in the form of a devil. Heihachi killed her in self defense. Kazumi died at his hand in the Mishima dojo.
Many years later, during the events of Tekken 7, Heihachi is attacked here by Akuma. Their fight is interrupted by a number of Jack-7s sent by G Corporation, who force them to briefly join forces. Much of the dojo is destroyed during this fight.
Stage Description[]
This stage is a training dojo owned by the Mishima family. It has a Buddhist shrine and the dojo has wooden floors and several statues adorning the sides. Knocking an opponent hard against the walls on this stage can cause the statues to collapse.
In the original Tekken 7, a spotlight (possibly from a helicopter flying overhead or the sunlight) surveys the area inside the dojo but this feature of the stage was removed in Tekken 7: Fated Retribution. In Fated Retribution, the stage appears less illuminated and as though the battle is taking place in the dead of night. In Tekken 7 as well, the wall facing the moon was still intact whereas the Fated Retribution version of the stage has it destroyed, showing the mountains outside.
The undamaged Mishima Dojo still appears in the console release of Tekken 7 but only during the Mishima Saga.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Mishima Dojo appears as a selectable stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, available as part of Kazuya's downloadable content pack, based on its original arcade appearance. During the match, it is possible to destroy the walls by sending a character through them, making it look more like its Fated Retribution counterpart. Heihachi can also be seen sitting in the background.
Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE[]
The Mishima Dojo features as a playable stage in the mobile game Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE, where characters from Tekken are fought during a special Fist of the North Star X Tekken 7 crossover event.
Background Music[]
The BGM is titled "Dojo".
First Round[]
Final Round[]
No. | Song | Duration | Audio |
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01 | House of Hachijyou | 4:35 |
*: The above BGM only plays during the Tekken 7 story mode.
No. | Song | Duration | Audio |
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02 | I'm here now 7's REMIX | 4:35 |
*:The above BGM plays in Story Mode when fighting in Hon-Maru against the Jack-4s, like in the Tekken 5 intro.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Mishima Dojo was one of three stages available to play in early location tests of Tekken 7. The other two stages were Forgotten Realm and Jungle Outpost.[1]
- The statue that sits in the center of the stage is Buddhist deity Fudo Myo-o. Fudo Myoo is the wrathful manifestation of Dainichi, the sun buddha. The smaller statues on this stage depict the remaining four wisdom kings; that begin Aizen Myoo, Daiitoku Myoo, Gundari Myoo, and Kongo Yasha Myoo.
- The Mishima Dojo is a recreation of the Tekken 2 stage Pagoda Temple.
- Kazumi Mishima is seen in some trailers praying before the giant bodhisattva in the middle of the altar.
- Akuma also visits her in the trailers and she requests of him to stop Heihachi, and if necessary, Kazuya too.
- This stage shares aspects with Hall of Judgement from Tekken Tag Tournament 2, being that both stages contain statues of bodhisattvas.
- It also shares design elements in common with Hon-Maru from Tekken 4, again referencing the Buddhist imagery and general aesthetic of the stage.
- The confrontation between Heihachi and Akuma as well as they fought the Jack-6's takes place in this stage, however the wall that shows the full moon wasn't destroyed until the second fight between Heihachi and Akuma has ended.
- Leo & Yoshimitsu's endings take place in this stage.
- Asuka and Kuma's Character Episode prologues take place in this stage, however the stage looked more lit and there is no open wall in the stage.
- In Treasure Battle, Jin will always be fought in this stage if the player faces him in a special match.
- In the original arcade version of Tekken 7, Jin could be fought here in place of Heihachi as a secret boss fight, but this was removed in Fated Retribution.
- I'm Here Now 7's REMIX is a remix of "I'm Here Now", the song that plays in the first half of the Tekken 5 intro.
- When the player plays Arcade Mode, this stage is always the 4th stage, and the character who is always fought in this stage is Heihachi.
- This is the only stage that was aesthetically modified for Tekken 7: Fated Retribution from the original arcade release of Tekken 7 (the other stages only received lighting updates).