Heihachi Mishima[]
Profile:
Name: Heihachi Mishima
Catch copy: King of Iron Fist
Nationality: Perhaps Japanese
Fighting style: Mishima Combat Karate
Age: 54-years-old
Height: 180cm
Weight: 82kg
Blood type: B
Occupation: Pursuit of knowledge
Hobby: Collecting Geta
Favorite thing: World Peace
Story:
Heihachi, beaten by Kazuya in the last tournament, instantly lost his dignity and fortune.
Grief-stricken over his past transgressions and for neglecting his studies drove Heihachi
to a life of seclusion deep within the mountains with his dear friend, Kuma, where he
refined his Mishima Combat Karate.
Heihachi descended from the mountains after catching wind of Kazuya's new Tekken
tournament with the intentions to participate.
Determined to rein supreme from his throne once again, Heihachi sharpened his hair to meet
the battle head on.
Paul Phoenix[]
Profile:
Name: Paul Phoenix
Catch copy: Hot-blooded fighter
Nationality: American
Fighting style: Judo based Mixed Martial Arts
Age: 27-years-old
Height: 187cm
Weight: 81kg
Blood type: O
Occupation: Unemployed, but when low on money, Paul lives off money earned from street
fighting and working as a bodyguard.
Hobby: Motorcycles
Favorite thing: Pizzas
Story:
When Paul Phoenix was a young boy, he idolized Willy 'Bear Killer' Williams, and now that
he has grown up, he's become a prominent world warrior.
Despite his success over the ferocious Kuma in the previous tournament, Paul didn't have
the strength needed to capture the championship.
One day, while devoting himself to his training with his eternal sparring partner and
friend, Marshall Law, information about a new tournament being held arrived.
With his sights set on becoming the world's best, no, the universes, Paul decides to take
part in the tournament.
Nina Williams[]
Profile:
Name: Nina Williams
Catch copy: Silent Assassin
Nationality: Irish
Fighting style: Koppou and Aikido
Age: 22
Height: 161cm
Weight: 49kg
Blood type: A
Occupation: Assassin
Hobby: Traveling
Favorite thing: Tom from 'the Tom and Jerry Show,' milk tea, and Scotch
Story:
Nina Williams is an Irish assassin who has an excellent command of Koppou and Aikido
techniques.
As one should expect, Nina's relationship with her estranged sister is at its worse.
Knowing the evils fueling his daughters' hatred, [Richard Williams] pled with Nina to make
things right between them before his death, but she couldn't bring herself to comply with
her father's last wishes.
This time, at the tournament, Nina intends to bring an end to her and her sister's deadly
quarrelling, brushing aside her assignment to assassinate Kazuya.
Marshall Law[]
Profile:
Name: Marshall Law
Catch copy: The Legendary Dragon who has returned
Nationality: American
Fighting style: Marshal Arts
Age: 27-years-old
Height: 179cm
Weight: 69kg
Blood type: B
Occupation: Works at a Chinese restaurant and at a martial arts school as an instructor
Hobby: Fishing
Favorite thing: Money
Story:
Marshall Law, a martial arts master, works at a martial arts school near a Chinese
restaurant in China Town.
While he was out one day, a mysterious man appeared before the martial arts school where
Marshall works and tore it to pieces, defeating and injuring every one of the school's
pupils.
Marshall, taking full responsibility for what had happened, enters the martial arts
tournament in order to regain his schools honor.
King[]
Profile:
Name: King
Catch copy: Mysterious Masked Wrestler
Nationality: Mexican
Fighting style: Professional Wrestling
Age: 32-years-old
Height: 190cm
Weight: 85kg
Blood type: A
Occupation: Aside from Professional Wrestling it's a mystery
Favorite thing: Jaguars (the animal)
Story:
King is a veteran wrestler.
Armor King approached King, who had become preoccupied by booze and bars, one day and gave
him a flyer to an upcoming martial arts tournament.
For the trust of the children, and for the respect he once had for himself, King decided
to participate in the tournament.
Jack-2[]
Profile:
Name: Jack-2
Catch copy: Super Homicidal Weapon
Nationality: Russian
Fighting style: Entrusts in power
Age: 5-years-old
Height: 235cm
Weight: 168kg
Blood type: Plutonium
Occupation: Currently on the run from the army that created him
Hobby: Overhauling itself
Favorite thing: Akihabara parts centers
Story:
Jack-2, a military android powered by atomic energy, is the full product version of the
Jack series [androids] with improved A.I. circuitry.
Wanting to test Jack-2's effectiveness against germ warfare, its superiors flung it into
battle'their tactic failed. Rather than joining the war, Jack-2 rescued a germ infected
little girl in a forest on the battlefield, and fled; even now, its location is unknown.
Keeping this information from the public, the military did everything in its power to
recover Jack-2 and the little girl.
Jack-2 heads to the tournament to save the scientist who designed it from his captor,
Kazuya [Mishima], the tournament's sponsor, upon rescuing Dr. Boskonovitch, Jack-2 plans
to ask him to make it human.
Michelle Chang[]
Profile:
Name: Michelle Chang
Catch copy: Wandering Female Kenpo Practitioner
Nationality: American
Fighting style: various forms of Chinese Kenpo
Age: 20-years-old
Height: 163cm
Weight: 53kg
Blood type: B
Occupation: Hunter
Hobby: Hunting
Favorite thing: Buffalos
Story:
Michelle Chang, an American of Chinese and Native American descent, is a Chinese kenpo
master.
Before Michelle's father was murdered, he showed her a Native American treasure'a pendant,
which is also a key'and entrusted its safekeeping to her.
Knowing the pendant's secret, Kazuya has his people kidnap Michelle's mother.
In order to save her mother, Michelle participates in the tournament once more.
Yoshimitsu[]
Profile:
Name: Yoshimitsu
Catch copy: Space Ninja
Nationality: None (formally Japanese)
Fighting style: Manji jujutsu
Age: unknown
Height: 178cm
Weight: 63kg
Blood type: O
Occupation: Leader of the Manji Party thieves' guild
Hobby: Watching Sumo matches
Favorite thing: Playing video games
Story:
Yoshimitsu is the leader of the international thieves guild known as the Manji Party.
With a perpetual engine powering his artificial arm, and his katana at his side, he's an
expert of Manji Jujutsu.
The scientist who developed Jack-2 is the same scientist who developed Yoshimitsu's
perpetually powered artificial arm, Dr. Boskonovitch.
Some time ago, Yoshimitsu's sword arm was completely severed during a botched raid when he
tried to steal the secrets of the perpetual engine from the laboratory where it was kept.
The very same doctor who had developed the technology he sought to steal saved his life,
and attached the perpetually powered artificial arm to the Manji leader.
Yoshimitsu, who had safely escaped, has entered the tournament to rescue Dr. Boskonovitch,
a man to whom he owes his very life, from his captor, Kazuya [Mishima].
Wulong Lei[]
Profile:
Name: Wulong Lei
Catch copy: Super Police
Nationality: Chinese
Fighting style: Kenpo
Age: 26-years-old
Height: 175cm
Weight: 65kg
Blood type: A
Occupation: Police Investigator
Hobby: Watching movies
Favorite thing: Sony products
Story:
Wulong Lei, Hong Kong's International Police Agency's Number 1, uses a self-developed form
of Chinese Kenpo.
Following the trail his deceased colleague left behind, Wulong pursued the puzzling case
of the mafia's money laundering operation. A mafia account, who was on board the same
flight that killed Wulong's partner, was on his way to deliver some very important
documents to Kazuya before the flight went down.
Wulong has entered the tournament to confront Kazuya about this matter.
Jun Kazama[]
Profile:
Name: Jun Kazama
Catch copy: Ecological Fighter
Nationality: Japanese
Fighting style: Kazama classical martial arts
Age: 22-years-old
Height: 170cm
Weight: 54kg
Blood type: AB
Occupation: Animal Protection Officer for an environmental protection group
Hobby: Bird watching
Favorite thing: Nature bathing
Story:
Jun Kazama, an Animal Protection Officer for an environmental protection group (W.W.W.C.),
uses Kazama classical martial arts, a martial form which has been passed down from
generation to generation inside the Kazama family.
Brought up within Yakushima Island's abundant nature, Jun was instructed in the secrets of
Kazama Aiki-Jujutsu, but unfortunately dwelling in Tokyo for a long period of time has
cost her the ability commune with Mother Nature.
One night, Jun saw her late father's spirit and came to understand paranormal phenomenons.
Jun has joined the tournament determined to arrest Kazuya for smuggling protected animals,
and to release him from the mystic forces surrounding him.
Chaolan Lee[]
Profile:
Name: Chaolan Lee
Catch copy: Silver Haired Devil
Nationality: Japanese
Fighting style: Mishima combat karate and marshal arts
Age: 27-years-old
Height: 178cm
Weight: 65kg
Blood type: A
Occupation: Kazuya's personal secretary and odd job handler
Hobby: Hang gliding, paragliding, flying kites
Favorite thing: Metal Cigarettes
Story:
Chaolan, Heihachi Mishima's adopted son, had the same imperialistic teachings that were
driven into Kazuya driven into him. Those teachings drove him to master the martial arts.
Though [Chaolan] was clever and skilled in the martial arts, he was ultimately defeated by
Kazuya, destroying him mentally and physically.
Secluding himself in the mountains, [Chaolan], trained, diligently'rashly'and his talented
techniques became less and less precise as he became more and more absorbed in his
training, and just when he had given up all hope, a mysterious old man appeared before
him, and made him an offer he couldn't refuse. In exchange for his tutelage, Chaolon
would have to do something for him.
Determined to face Kazuya once again, Chaolan has decided to take part in the tournament
to take Kazuya out'even if it kills him.
Kuma[]
Profile:
Name: Kuma
Catch copy: Mad Bear
Nationality: N/A
Fighting style: Heihachi's Kuma-shinken
Age: 22 ~ 26 years of age by human standards
Height: 280cm
Weight:210kg
Blood type: N/A
Occupation: Heihachi's pet
Hobby: Napping
Favorite thing: Human flesh and Heihachi
Story:
Heihachi's pet, Kuma, uses a martial arts created just for it by Heihachi, himself.
Heihachi's Kuma-shin-ken.
Kuma, a hot-blooded bear, wants nothing more than to tear Paul to shreds. Knowing that
there are far stronger opponents the world over, Kuma along with its master, Heihachi,
trains diligently in their secluded mountain retreat. For reasons unknown, Kuma is
intelligent (it understands perfectly the languages of men).
With thoughts of attacking Paul on its mind, Kuma has decides to take part in the
tournament.
Anna Williams[]
Profile:
Name: Anna Williams
Catch copy: Scarlet Lightning
Nationality: Irish
Fighting style: Koppo & Aikido (Knows some Mishima combat karate)
Age: 20
Height: 163cm
Weight: 49kg
Blood type: A
Occupation: Student
Hobby: Travel
Favorite thing: Jerry from 'The Tom & Jerry Show,' espressos, and red wine
Story:
Anna's dislike for her father and sister has gradually increased, and as expected, the
rivalry between her and her sister still continues.
To call their rivalry mere quarrels would be an understatement; their rivalry has elevated
to the next level. Nina has tried to take Anna out by attaching a bomb to her sister's
car, and Anna has returned the favor with machinegun fire tearing through Nina's bedroom.
Baek Doo San[]
Profile:
Name: Baek Doo San
Catch copy: Killing Hawk
Nationality: Korean
Fighting style: Tae Kwon Doo
Age: 27-years-old
Height: 180cm
Weight:70kg
Blood type: B
Occupation: Fighter
Hobby: Skydiving
Favorite thing: Memories of his father
Story:
Baek Doo San, a master of Tae Kwon Do, is the son of a former Tae Kwon Do champion.
During his childhood, his father received a career-ending injury. Devastated, his father
turned to alcohol and became a heavy-drinker, which ultimately led to his incarceration.
Plunged into a life of poverty, the young master's family was forced to deal with hard
times, and just when things looked as though they couldn't get any worse, his mother
disappeared, leaving him and his siblings alone. Not too long after that, his father
escaped from prison to assist the family, but due to the deprivation of proper
nourishment, Baek Doo San mistakenly killed his father, a man he respected above all else.
The frightening experience left him traumatized, driving him crazy every time he saw
blood. When the police found him, they took him into their care and raised him.
Years later, he found himself walking the path of late his father, a Tae Kwon Do master
and champion. But unfortunately, a person knowing the truth about his father's death,
threatened to go public with the truth of his past if he didn't destroy his blackmailer's
competition.
The attack on the martial arts school Marshall Law instructs at took place while the
schools instructor was away; a confrontation between Beak Doo San and Marshall Law is
inevitable.
Armor King[]
Profile:
Name: Armor King
Catch copy: Wicked Flower
Nationality: Unknown
Fighting style: Wrestling
Age: Unknown
Height: 193cm
Weight: 91kg
Blood type: Unknown
Occupation: Professional Wrestler
Hobby: wrecking dojos (has encountered a bodyguard named Paul in the past)
Favorite thing: Beer
Story:
The King of Underground Professional World Wrestling.
Armor King and King desperately fought one another in the past, but now they're bound together by a powerful friendship that only a comrade would know.
Worried about the dead-end lifestyle his former adversary, had drank himself into, Armor King tells King of the tournament Kazuya [Mishima] is sponsoring, thinking this is King's ticket out of despair.
The King of Underground Professional World Wrestling looks forward to his rematch with King.
P-Jack[]
Profile:
Name: Prototype Jack
Catch copy: Lost Memory Monster
Nationality: Russian
Fighting style: Entrusts in power
Age: 7-years-old
Height: 235cm
Weight: 185kg
Blood type: Gasoline
Occupation: Unemployed (ordinarily its careless with gas so it cannot move)
Hobby: Vandalism
Favorite thing: inputting any old information
Story:
Prototype Jack, an android built for military applications.
Prototype Jack solicited Kazuya's assistance with upgrades after learning that only its successor, Jack, was making advances in that area, and for reasons beyond its understanding, Kazuya promptly agrees and has Dr. Boskonovitch comply with the androids request'unbeknownst to it, the only changes made were to its outer shell, which was now armor plated.
Prototype Jack despises both Jack and its developers, namely Russia. Recent overwrites of its own CPU has resulted in memory loss, causing Prototype Jack even more grief.
Ganryu[]
Profile:
Name: Ganryu
Catch copy: Reckless Great Maidenhair
Nationality: Japanese
Fighting style: Sumo
Age: 34-years-old
Height: 189cm
Weight: 125kg
Blood type: B
Occupation: Kazuya's guard
Hobby: Gambling
Favorite thing: Buri Daikon (a dish consisting mainly of yellowtail & Japanese radish)
Story:
Ganryu, a gifted Rikishi, was the youngest sumo wrestler in the history of the sport to be promoted to Oozeki (champion) rank. He was also, without a doubt, the strongest wrestler in the world of sumo, but due to his unacceptable conduct (gaudy attire, smoking while entering the ring, etc.), he was not promoted to the rank of Yokozuna (Sumo Grand Champion).
Believing a real man, the world's strongest man, walks 'the road to the ring' and does grand things, Ganryu decides to join the tournament once again.
During the last tournament, the unthinkable happened when he came across a fighter named Michelle Chang'it was love at first sight.
Rumor has it that he begged Kazuya to set things up so that he could confess his love to her.
Kunimitsu[]
Profile:
Name: Kunimitsu
Catch copy: Traitorous female ninja
Nationality: N/A (formally Japanese)
Fighting style: Manji Jujutsu
Age: Unknown
Height: 173cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood type: O
Occupation: Theif
Hobby: Fiddling with machinery (Things like air conditioners she can do alone)
Favorite thing: Sheathed knives
Story:
The sword in Yoshimitsu's keep, the katana Enchanted Yoshimitsu, severs the life force of its enemies'it seems that a commandment among the Manji Party dictates that the current leader of the group must kill the former leader with the sword when a change of leadership is at hand.
No matter how many times Kunimitsu's grandfather, a sword smith, tried to forge a sword as
precious as the katana the Enchanted Yoshimitsu, he was unsuccessful. Believing her frail grandfather desires to make a high quality katana before his death, Kunimtsu decides to join the tournament in order to seize Yoshimitsu's blade.
Bruce Irvin[]
Profile:
Name: Bruce Irvin
Catch copy: Nightmare Impact
Nationality: American
Fighting style: Kick Boxing
Age: 32-years-old
Height: 190cm
Weight: 85kg
Blood type: A
Occupation: Member of Kazuya's private force
Hobby: Collecting handguns
Favorite thing: Gun powder
Story:
Bruce Irving: Invincible fighter.
Bruce, 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, and his resolve made him a very strong fighter.
As he was a kickboxing practitioner, Bruce went to Thailand to compete in a Muay Thai Kickboxing tournament, and his performance destroyed the former popular champion's hopes of ever returning, and as a result, a Muay Thai gambling organization put out a contract on Bruce's life.
While on board a returning flight home, the contract killer attempted to take Bruce's life, but an investigator of Hong Kong's International Police force, who was also on the flight, thwarted his efforts. A fight ensued and when it was over the plane went down.
A unit from Kazuya's facilities later rescued Bruce, who had been surviving off of human remains for several months.
Jinrei Wang[]
Profile:
Name: Jinrei Wang
Catch copy: Fighting Sage
Nationality: Chinese
Fighting style: Shinirokugo-ken
Age: 84-years-old
Height: 165cm
Weight: 56kg
Blood type: B
Occupation: Usually growing vegetables
Hobby: Nothing in particular
Favorite thing: Early morning air
Story:
Jinrei, an old man with whom bravery still runs strong, is a practitioner of Shinirokugo-ken. He was also best friend to Kazuya's grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima.
Wrapped up in the wishes of Jinpachi "In order to bring about peace the Mishima clan
must be destroyed." Jinrei decided to join the tournament, but he seeks to transfer the burden of taking Kazuya out to someone else capable of doing so. But, if there is no other, he's prepared to do what must me done (He will not leave until the deed is done).
Kazuya Mishima[]
Profile:
Name: Kazuya Mishima
Catch copy: Cold-blooded son
Nationality: none (renounced his Japanese citizenship)
Fighting style: Mishima combat karate
Age: 28-years-old
Height: 181cm
Weight: 76kg
Blood type: AB
Occupation: Head of the Mishima family
Hobby: Collecting Sneakers
Favorite thing: His father's vexed expression and a world in chaos
Story:
Kazuya defeated Heihachi in the previous tournament, and in doing so inherited all the power of the Mishima Financial Group's head; he now takes pride in surpassing Heihachi's power.
Presently, Kazuya has nearly seized all of Hokkaido for the purpose of building his ideal independent nation, where he's trying to establish a strong military force.
Devil Kazuya[]
Profile:
Name: Devil Kazuya
Catch copy: N/A
Nationality: Unknown
Fighting style: Unknown
Age: infinite
Height: Adaptable
Weight: Adaptable
Blood type: N/A
Occupation: Unknown
Hobby: Unknown
Favorite thing: Unknown
Story:
On Kazuya's shoulders rests the fate from a distant past. Its history has been built many times over, again and again with each reincarnation.
Unbeknownst to Kazuya, something with mysterious intentions watches over him.
Devil's appearance may be the embodiment of the mysterious intentions watching over Kazuya's fate.
Angel[]
Profile:
Name: Angel
Catch copy: N/A
Nationality: Unknown
Fighting style: Unknown
Age: infinite
Height: Adaptable
Weight: Adaptable
Blood type: N/A
Occupation: Unknown
Hobby: Unknown
Favorite thing: Unknown
Story:
Angel existence is entwined with Devil's.
Bewitched by Devil, Kazuya's appearance changes from person to person. Some see a jet-black devil, while others see the brilliant rays of an angel.
Roger[]
Profile:
Name: Roger
Catch copy: Animal Commander
Nationality: N/A
Fighting style: Commando wrestling
Age: Unknown
Height: 160cm
Weight: 80kg
Blood type: Unknown
Occupation: In training
Hobby: None
Favorite thing: None
Story:
When Kazuya built his private military force, he didn't have his sites set on only humans, but also animals too, and thus the development of animals for military use moved forward.
The research team for the development of animals for military use conducted tests using drugs and DNA manipulation. And as a result, Roger, came to have more mobility than the usual kangaroo'he jumped 23-meters on one occasion, and ran as fast as 60km/h.
Since the [announcement of the] martial arts tournament, Roger continuously waits for anything to mistakenly enter his territory in order to obliterate it.
Alex[]
Profile:
Name: Alex
Catch copy: Dinonics Commander
Nationality: N/A
Fighting style: Commando wrestling
Age: Unknown
Height: 155cm
Weight: 75kg
Blood type: Unknown
Occupation: In training
Hobby: N/A
Favorite thing: N/A
Story:
The Research team developing the strongest animals for military use for Kazuya has created a ferocious life form using dinosaur DNA found in insects trapped in amber, missing DNA strands were spliced with that of kangaroos. It doesn't appear to be fully developed yet, as its combat capabilities are identical to that of Roger's; however, it has been hypothesized that once it reaches maturity, it will be the strongest living creature on the planet.