Characters of the Tekken series

The following is a list of characters from the fighting game series Tekken. Characters are listed in alphabetical order.

The conflict between the Mishima family serves as the main focus of the series plot. As seen from left to right: Jinpachi Mishima, Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama.

Characters

Main series

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 and Roger the kangaroo 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 three characters have been playable in all eight main Tekken installments to date: Yoshimitsu, Nina Williams, and Paul Phoenix. While King and Kuma also have been playable in all the games but as two different characters, with King I and Kuma I being in first two games and King II and Kuma II being in remaining games.

Four characters: Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima, Marshall Law, and Lee Chaolan would come close, having been playable in seven installments. Jack also have been playable in seven main installments with 7 different models and names (Jack, Jack-2, Gun Jack (Jack-3), Jack-5, Jack-6, Jack-7 and Jack-8), with Tekken 4 being the only game a Jack robot was absent from (although a Jack-4 was created, this version was mass-produced instead of only one produced like the other Jack robots, although Jack-4 made cameo appearance in Tekken 5 and appeared as a NPC in the story mode of Tekken 7).

Comparison table

 Yes  = Playable and available by default.

 Yes  = Playable via update or unlockable.

 Costume  /  Costume  = Playable, whether by default, unlockable, or via update, but as a palette swap or in-battle transformation of another character instead of a standalone character.

 DLC  = Playable as paid downloadable content.

 Guest  = Third-party character.

 NPC  = Appears, but is not playable.

 Cameo  = Makes a cameo appearance in cinematics, intros, trailer, background of a stage, or in a picture.

 ?  = To be confirmed.

 No  = Does not appear.

(Notes are given below the table for more details).

Character information		1	2	3	4	5/DR	6/BR	7/FR/Rnd2	8	Total
Name	Nationality
Akuma	Japanese	No	No	No	No	No	No	Guest^5	No	1
Alex	Unknown/None	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	1
Alisa Bosconovitch	Russian^e	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^3	Yes	Yes	3
Ancient Ogre	None	No	No	Yes	Cameo	No	No	No	Cameo	3
Angel	None	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	1
Angel Jin	Japanese^c	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	NPC^11	1
Anna Williams	Irish	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	DLC^5	No	6
Armor King I	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Cameo	Cameo	No	Cameo	No	No	5
Armor King II	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes^2	Yes	DLC^5	No	3
Asuka Kazama	Japanese	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Azazel	Unknown^a	No	No	No	No	No	NPC	Cameo^5	NPC	3
Azucena Milagros Ortiz Castillo	Peruvian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Baek Doo San	South Korean	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	3
Bruce Irvin	American	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	3
Bryan Fury	American	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Christie Monteiro	Brazilian	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cameo	No	4
Claudio Serafino	Italian	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Combot	Unknown/None	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Cameo^5	No	2
Craig Marduk	Australian	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	DLC^5	No	4
Crow	Unknown^b	No	No	NPC	No	No	No	No	No	1
Devil Jin	Japanese^c	No	No	Cameo	Cameo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Devil Kazumi	Japanese^c	No	No	No	No	No	No	NPC	No	1
Devil Kazuya	Japanese^c ^d	Costume	Yes	Cameo	Cameo	No	No	Costume	Costume	6
Dr. Bosconovitch	Russian	No	Cameo	Yes	Cameo	Cameo	Cameo	No	No	5
Eddy Gordo	Brazilian	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^5	DLC	6
Eliza	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC^5	No	1
Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort	Monégasque	No	No	No	No	Yes^2	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Fahkumram	Thai	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC^5	No	1
Feng Wei	Chinese	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Forest Law	American	Cameo	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	2
Ganryu	Japanese	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	DLC^5	No	5
Geese Howard	American	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC/Guest^5	No	1
Gigas	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
Gon	Unknown/None	No	No	Guest	No	No	No	No	No	1
Gun Jack (Jack-3)	Unknown	No	No	Yes	No	NPC^7	No	No	No	2
Heihachi Mishima	Japanese^d	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cameo	8
Hwoarang	South Korean	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Jack	Russian^e	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	1
Jack-2	Russian^e	No	Yes	Costume	No	No	No	No	No	2
Jack-5	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	1
Jack-6	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	NPC^8	No	2
Jack-7	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Costume	2
Jack-8	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Jin Kazama	Japanese	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Jinpachi Mishima	Japanese	No	No	No	No	Yes^1	Cameo	Cameo	No	3
Josie Rizal	Filipina	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
Julia Chang	American	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	DLC^5	No	5
Jun Kazama	Japanese	No	Yes	Cameo	Cameo	No	No	No	Yes	4
Katarina Alves	Brazilian	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
Kazumi Mishima	Japanese	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
Kazuya Mishima	Japanese^d	Yes	Yes	Cameo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Kid Kazuya	Japanese	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^5 ^6	No	1
King I/II	Mexican	Yes^9	Yes^9	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^10	8
Kinjin	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	No	No	Cameo	No	1
Kuma I/II	Japanese^e	Yes^9	Yes^9	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^10	Yes^5 ^10	Yes^10	8
Kunimitsu I	Japanese	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Cameo^5	No	3
Kunimitsu II	Japanese	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC^5	No	1
Lars Alexandersson	Swedish	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^3	Yes	Yes	3
Lee Chaolan	Japanese^f	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^5	Yes	7
Lei Wulong	Hongkonger	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	DLC^5	No	6
Leo Kliesen	German	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Leroy Smith	American	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC^5	Yes	2
Lidia Sobieska	Polish	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC^5	No	1
Ling Xiaoyu	Chinese	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Lucky Chloe	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
Marshall Law	American^h	Yes	Yes	Cameo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Master Raven	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^5	No	1
Michelle Chang	American	Yes	Yes	Cameo	No	No	No	No	No	3
Miguel Caballero Rojo	Spaniard	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes^5	No	2
Miharu Hirano	Japanese	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	1
Mokujin	Japanese^e	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Cameo	No	4
NANCY-MI847J	Japanese^e	No	No	No	No	No	NPC^4	Cameo^5	No	2
Negan Smith	American	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC/Guest^5 ^8	No	1
Nina Williams	Irish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^5	Yes	8
Noctis Lucis Caelum	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	DLC/Guest^5	No	1
Panda	Chinese^e	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^5	Yes	6
Paul Phoenix	American	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Prototype Jack	Russian^e	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	2
Raven	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Cameo	Yes	4
Reina	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Robert"Bob" Richards	American	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes^5	No	2
Roger	Unknown/None	No	Yes	No	No	Cameo	Cameo	No	No	3
Roger Jr.	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	2
Sebastian	Monégasque	No	No	No	No	Cameo^2	Cameo	No	No	2
Sergei Dragunov	Russian	No	No	No	No	Yes^2	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Shaheen	Saudi Arabian	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Slim Bob	American	No	No	No	No	No	Cameo	No	No	1
Steve Fox	British	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Tiger Jackson	Unknown	No	No	Yes	No	Cameo^2	No	No	No	2
True Ogre	None	No	No	Yes	No	NPC^7	No	No	No	2
Victor Chevalier	French	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Violet	Japanese^f	No	No	No	Yes	Cameo	No	Yes^5	No	3
Wang Jinrei	Taiwanese	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Cameo	No	5
Yoshimitsu	Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Zafina	Unknown^g	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	DLC^5	Yes	3
Total (Playable characters)		18	25	24	23	36	41	54	36

Notes:

^ Not including arcade history mode of Tekken 5 and gallery mode of Tekken 7.
^1 NPC in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: DR (PSP, arcade, and online only)/Unlockable in Tekken 5:DR (PS3 and offline only)
^2 Only in Tekken 5: DR.
^3 Only in Tekken 6: BR (arcade and console).
^4 Playable in a campaign level.
^5 Only in Tekken 7: FR (arcade and console)/Round 2.
^6 Only playable in story mode for a short amount of time in console version.
^7 Only in Tekken 5 and in the Devil Within mode.
^8 Not playable and available in Round 2.
^9 As King I/Kuma I.
^10 As King II/Kuma II.
^11 Only playable in story mode in The Dark Awaken.

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^a Probably none.
^b There are several people, therefore unknown.
^c Origin of the devil gene is unknown, but the person is from Japan.
^d The person has denied nationality.
^e Comes from this country but is not a citizen.
^f He was born in China, but his nationality is currently Japanese.
^g Alluded to be Egypt but not confirmed.
^h American fighter of Chinese descent.

Major spin-offs

Bryan Fury, Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Paul Phoenix, King II and Nina Williams are the only characters to have appeared as playable in all five major spin-off games. Games highlighted in green are no longer supported.

Comparison table

 Yes  = Playable and available by default.

 Yes  = Only playable in update version/Unlockable.

 DLC  = Free downloadable character.

 Guest  = Third-party character.

 NPC  = Non-playable character.

 Cameo  = Cameo appearance - characters appearing in cinematics, intros, trailer, background of a stage, or in a picture.

 No  = Not included.

(Notes are given below the table for more details).

Character information		TCC	TTT	TTT2	TR	TM	Total
Name	Nationality
Akuma	Japanese	No	No	No	No	Guest	1
Alex	Unknown/None	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	3
Alisa Bosconovitch	Russian^d	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Ancient Ogre	None	Yes	Yes	DLC	No	Cameo	4
Angel	None	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	2
Anna Williams	Irish	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	4
Armor King I/II	Unknown	No	Yes^5	Yes^6	Yes^6	No	3
Asuka Kazama	Japanese	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Baek Doo San	South Korean	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	2
Bruce Irvin	American	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	3
Bryan Fury	American	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Christie Monteiro	Brazilian	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Combot	Unknown/None	No	No	Yes^1	No	No	1
Craig Marduk	Australian	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	2
Crow	Unknown^a	Yes	Cameo	NPC	No	No	3
Devil Jin	Japanese^b	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Devil Kazuya	Japanese^b ^c	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	3
Dr. Bosconovitch	Russian	Yes	Cameo	DLC	No	No	3
Eddy Gordo	Brazilian	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	3
Eliza	Unknown	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Emilie De Rochefort (Lili)	Monégasque	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Feng Wei	Chinese	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Forest Law	American	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	3
Ganryu	Japanese	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	2
Gun Jack (Jack-3)	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	2
Halloween Dragunov	Russian	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Heihachi Mishima	Japanese^c	Yes	Yes	Yes	NPC	No	4
Hwoarang	South Korean	Yes^2	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	4
Isaak	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Jack-2	Russian^d	No	Yes	No	No	No	1
Jack-6	Unknown/None	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Jaycee	American	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Jin Kazama	Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Jinpachi Mishima	Japanese	No	No	Yes	NPC	No	2
Julia Chang	American	Yes	Yes	Cameo	No	No	3
Jun Kazama	Japanese	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	3
Katarina Alves	Brazilian	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Kazuya Mishima	Japanese^c	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
King II	Mexican	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Kinjin	Unknown	No	No	No	NPC	No	1
Kuma II	Japanese^d	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	4
Kunimitsu I	Japanese	No	Yes	DLC	Yes	No	3
Lars Alexandersson	Swedish	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Lee Chaolan	Japanese^e	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Lei Wulong	Hongkonger	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	3
Leo Kliesen	German	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Ling Xiaoyu	Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Marshall Law	American^g	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Michelle Chang	American	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	2
Miguel Caballero Rojo	Spaniard	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Miharu Hirano	Japanese	No	No	DLC	No	No	1
Mokujin	Japanese^d	Yes	Yes	Yes	NPC	NPC	5
Nina Williams	Irish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Panda	Chinese^d	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	4
Paul Phoenix	American	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Prototype Jack	Russian^d	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	2
Raven	Unknown	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Revenant	Unknown	No	No	No	No	NPC	1
Robert Richards (Bob)	American	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Rodeo	American	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Roger	None	No	Yes	Cameo	No	No	2
Roger Jr.	None	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Ruby	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Sebastian	Monégasque	No	No	DLC	No	No	1
Sergei Dragunov	Russian	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Shaheen	Saudi Arabian	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Slim Bob	American	No	No	DLC	No	No	1
Steve Fox	British	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Summer Asuka	Japanese	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Summer Bob	American	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Summer Lili	Monégasque	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Summer Nina	Irish	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Super Combot DX	Unknown/None	No	No	Yes^3	No	No	1
Tetsujin	Unknown	No	Yes	No	NPC	NPC	3
Tiger Jackson	Unknown	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	2
Tiger Miyagi	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
True Ogre	None	NPC	Yes	Yes	NPC	No	4
Unknown	Japanese	No	Yes^4	DLC^4	No	No	2
Violet	Japanese^e	No	No	DLC	No	No	1
Wang Jinrei	Taiwanese	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	2
Yoshimitsu	Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	3
Yue	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Zafina	Unknown^f	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Total (Playable characters)		21	39	61	30	37

Notes:

^1 Unplayable in online mode.
^2 Unlockable if not selected in Adventure Mode.
^3 Only playable in Fight Lab mode for the prologue.
^4 Unplayable in arcade mode.
^5 As Armor King I.
^6 As Armor King II.

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^a There are several people, therefore unknown.
^b Origin of the devil gene is unknown, but the person is from Japan.
^c The person has denied nationality.
^d Comes from this country but is not a citizen.
^e He was born in China, but his nationality is currently Japanese.
^f Alluded to be Egypt but not confirmed.
^g American fighter of Chinese descent.

Other games

Jin Kazama has appeared as playable in eight out of the ten games listed, while Ling Xiaoyu and Nina Williams have appeared as playable in seven out of the ten games listed. Game highlighted in green is no longer supported and game highlighted in blue is currently on pause in production.

Comparison table

 Yes  = Playable and available by default.

 Yes  = Only playable in update version/Unlockable.

 DLC  = Paid downloadable character (Free in PlayStation Vita version).

 NPC  = Non-playable character.

 Cameo  = Cameo appearance - characters physically appeared in cinematics, intros, trailer, background of a stage, or in a picture.

 ?  = Unconfirmed.

 No  = Not included.

(Notes are given below the table for more details).

Character information		Adv	DbD	Res	TB	3D: PE	SFxT	TCT	Ar	G:TE	TxSF	Total
Name	Nationality
Alisa Bosconovitch	Russian^c	No	No	No	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	NPC	?	3
Ancient Ogre	None	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	1
Anna Williams	Irish	No	Yes^1	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	NPC	?	3
Armor King II	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Asuka Kazama	Japanese	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	4
Baek Doo San	South Korean	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Bruce Irvin	American	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Bryan Fury	American	No	No	No	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	No	?	2
Christie Monteiro	Brazilian	No	No	No	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	No	?	2
Claudio Serafino	Italian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	1
Craig Marduk	Australian	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	NPC	?	3
Devil Jin	Japanese^a	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	NPC	Yes	4
Dr. Bosconovitch	Russian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	NPC	No	?	1
Eddy Gordo	Brazilian	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	NPC	?	2
Emilie De Rochefort (Lili)	Monégasque	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	4
Feng Wei	Chinese	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	NPC	No	?	2
Forest Law	American	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	1
Ganryu	Japanese	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	NPC	?	2
Gun Jack (Jack-3)	Unknown/None	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	1
Heihachi Mishima	Japanese^b	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	6
Hwoarang	South Korean	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	4
Jack-6	Unknown/None	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	NPC	?	2
Jack-X	Russian^c	No	No	No	No	No	DLC	No	No	No	?	1
Jaycee	American	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	NPC	?	1
Jin Kazama	Japanese	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	8
Julia Chang	American	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	2
Kazuya Mishima	Japanese^b	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	6
King II	Mexican	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	NPC	?	6
Kuma II	Japanese^c	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	NPC	?	3
Lars Alexandersson	Swedish	No	No	No	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	No	?	2
Lee Chaolan	Japanese^d	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Lei Wulong	Hongkonger	No	No	No	No	Yes	DLC	No	No	No	?	2
Leo Kliesen	German	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Ling Xiaoyu	Chinese	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NPC	?	8
Lucky Chloe	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	?	1
Marshall Law	American^f	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NPC	?	6
Miguel Caballero Rojo	Spaniard	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Mokujin	Japanese^c	No	No	No	Cameo	Yes	No	No	No	NPC	?	3
Nina Williams	Irish	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NPC	?	8
Panda	Chinese^c	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	NPC	?	4
Paul Phoenix	American	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NPC	?	7
Raven	Unknown	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	NPC	?	4
Robert Richards (Bob)	American	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	NPC	?	3
Roger Jr.	None	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Sergei Dragunov	Russian	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Steve Fox	British	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	3
Unknown male Character 1	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	1
Unknown male Character 2	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	1
Unknown male Character 3	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	1
Wang Jinrei	Taiwanese	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Yoshimitsu	Japanese	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	NPC	?	6
Zafina	Unknown^e	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	1
Total		10	2	8	3	41	25	13	15	25	2

Notes:

^ Only including Tekken characters in SFxT and TxSF.
^1 Only playable in "Anna Mode".

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^a Origin of the devil gene is unknown, but the person is from Japan.
^b The person has denied nationality.
^c Comes from this country but is not a citizen.
^d He was born in China, but his nationality is currently Japanese.
^e Alluded to be Egypt but not confirmed.
^f American fighter of Chinese descent.

Adaptations

Only Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima have appeared in all five adaptations of the series.

Comparison table

 No  = Not included.

(Notes are given below the table for more details).

Character information		TMP	Tek	BV	KR	Bl	Total
Name	Nationality
Alisa Bosconovitch	Russian^c	No	No	Yuki Matsuoka / Cristina Vee	No	No	1
Anna Williams	Irish	Kaori Yamagata / Claire Hamilton	Marian Zapico	Akeno Watanabe / Tara Platt	No	No	3
Baek Doo San	South Korean	Kyousei Tsukui / Lowell B. Bartholomee	No	No	No	No	1
Bruce Irvin	American	Seiji Sasaki / Peter Harrell	No	No	No	No	1
Bryan Fury	American	No	Gary Daniels	No	Gary Daniels	No	2
Christie Monteiro	Brazilian	No	Kelly Overton	No	No	No	1
Devil Jin	Japanese^a	No	No	Isshin Chiba / Darren Daniels	No	Isshin Chiba / Kaiji Tang	2
Dr. Bosconovitch	Russian	Tamio Ōki / Ken Webster	No	No	No	Jamieson Price	2
Eddy Gordo	Brazilian	No	Lateef Crowder	No	No	No	1
Ganryu	Japanese	Takashi Nagasako / Lowell B. Bartholomee	No	Hidenari Ugaki / Paul St. Peter	No	Hidenari Ugaki / Earl Baylon	3
Heihachi Mishima	Japanese^b	Daisuke Gōri / John Paul Shephard	Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	Unshō Ishizuka / Jamieson Price	Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	Taiten Kusunoki / S. Hiroshi Watanabe	5
Hwoarang	South Korean	No	No	No	No	Toshiyuki Morikawa / Todd Haberkorn	1
Jack-2	Russian^c	Akio Ōtsuka / Mark O'Brien	No	No	No	No	1
Jin Kazama	Japanese	Minami Takayama / Jacob Franchek	Jon Foo	Isshin Chiba / Darren Daniels	No	Isshin Chiba / Kaiji Tang	4
Julia Chang	American	No	No	No	No	Seiko Yoshida / Jeannie Tirado	1
Jun Kazama	Japanese	Yumi Tōma / Edi Patterson	Tamlyn Tomita	No	No	Mamiko Noto / Vivian Lu	3
Kazuya Mishima	Japanese^b	Kazuhiro Yamaji / Adam Dudley	Ian Anthony Dale	Masanori Shinohara / Kyle Hebert	Kane Kosugi	Masanori Shinohara / Eliot	5
King II	Mexican	No	No	No	No	Masayuki Hirai / Leandro Cano	1
Lee Chaolan	Japanese^d	Shin-ichiro Miki / David Stokey	No	Ryōtarō Okiayu / Kaiji Tang	No	No	2
Lei Wulong	Hongkonger	Akio Nakamura / Gray Haddock	No	No	No	No	1
Leroy Smith	American	No	No	No	No	Yasuhiro Kikuchi / Krizz Kaliko	1
Ling Xiaoyu	Chinese	No	No	Maaya Sakamoto / Carrie Keranen	No	Maaya Sakamoto / Faye Mata	2
Marshall Law	American^e	No	Cung Le	No	No	No	1
Michelle Chang	American	Narumi Hidaka / Jessica Robertson	No	No	No	No	1
Miguel Caballero Rojo	Spaniard	No	Roger Huerta	No	No	No	1
Mokujin	Japanese^c	No	No	Keiko Nemoto / Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	No	No	1
Nina Williams	Irish	Minami Takayama / Ellie McBride	Candice Hillebrand	Atsuko Tanaka / Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	No	Yumi Tōma / Erika Harlacher	4
Ogre	None	No	No	No	No	Bill Butts	1
Panda	Chinese^c	No	No	Taketora	No	No	1
Paul Phoenix	American	No	No	No	No	Hōchū Ōtsuka / Jamieson Price	1
Raven	Unknown	No	Darrin Dewitt Henson	No	No	No	1
Sergei Dragunov	Russian	No	Anton Kasabov	No	No	No	1
Steve Fox	British	No	Luke Goss	No	No	No	1
Yoshimitsu	Japanese	No	Gary Stearns	No	No	No	1
Total		14	15	12	3	15

Notes:

^a Origin of the devil gene is unknown, but the person is from Japan.
^b The person has denied nationality.
^c Comes from this country but is not a citizen.
^d He was born in China, but his nationality is currently Japanese.
^e American fighter of Chinese descent.

Introduced in Tekken

Anna Williams

"Anna Williams (Tekken)" redirects here. For other topics, see Anna Williams (disambiguation).

 

Anna Williams cosplay at E3 2012.

• Nationality :   Irish
• Fighting style : Hapkido
• Voiced by :

English
Claire Hamilton (Tekken: The Motion Picture)^[2]
Lenne Hardt (TK5 - TK6 [full voice], TTT2 - TK7 [battle grunts])^[3]
Tara Platt (TK6 Scenario Campaign, TK: Blood Vengeance, TTT2 - present)
Japanese
Yumi Tōma (TK1 - TTT)
Kaori Yamagata (Tekken: The Motion Picture; drama CD)
Tamako Nohama (2009 live-action film)
Akeno Watanabe (TK: Blood Vengeance)

Anna Williams (Japanese: アンナ・ウィリアムズ, Hepburn: An'na U~Iriamuzu) is the flamboyant younger sister of Nina Williams.^[4] Their father, Richard, a former assassin, trained the two in a variety of martial arts. However, when Richard dies under mysterious circumstances, the sisters accuse each other, marking the beginning of a fierce, long-lasting feud. With both sisters going their separate ways, Anna enlists in a paramilitary organization and becomes an officer in the Tekken Force.

Anna plays a minor role in the story of the first game, only appearing as a sub-boss character for Nina. Later games, however, would begin to flesh out her story. Tekken 2 saw Nina once again contracted to assassinate the tournament's sponsor, this time being Kazuya Mishima. Whether at Kazuya's behest or Anna's own choice, Anna becomes a bodyguard for Kazuya, along with Ganryu and Bruce Irvin. Soon after, Nina is captured by Mishima Zaibatsu's forces and becomes a subject of Dr. Bosconovitch's cryongenic research. Likewise, Anna is captured by Kazuya and joins her sister in a cryogenic slumber.

In Tekken 3, following their subjection to cryogenic sleep in Tekken 2, Nina awakes fifteen years later under the possessive influence of the recently unearthed Ogre, who compels her to target Jin Kazama for assassination. Anna awakens with her sister, though is unaffected by Ogre's influence. In an act of compassion, Anna sets out to stop Nina, who had lost her memories, from reverting to her assassin ways and to help regain her memories. However, her efforts are in vain as Nina suddenly recalls her lifelong feud with Anna, resulting in Nina leaving and severing all ties with her younger sister.

Anna is absent as a playable character in Tekken 4 but makes her return in Tekken 5, when the sisters' reunion triggers Nina's repressed hostility towards Anna. Anna retaliates, leading to a prolonged gunfight lasting several days. Eventually, the sisters reach a deadlock and agree to settle their grievances once and for all, with a glimpse of their battle appearing in the game's opening sequence. In the following tournament, both sisters agree that only one will emerge alive. However, despite Nina's victory over Anna, she decides to spare her life, feeling unsatisfied with the outcome.

In Tekken 6's "Scenario Campaign" story mode, Anna leads G Corporation's defenses against the Mishima Zaibatsu and Lars Alexandersson's rebel army; during a confrontation with the rebels, Anna's actions indirectly result in the death of Lars' friend, Tougou. She also accompanies Kazuya to Azazel's Temple in the desert. Following Kazuya's stalemate with Lars, Anna flees with him.

Anna additionally appears in Nina's 2005 spin-off action game Death by Degrees as a commander of the Tekken Force.

Anna later becomes playable in Tekken 7 as part of the Season 2 DLC. After the tumultuous events of Tekken 6, Anna's spirit grew weary of constant conflict. After finally retiring, she meets and falls in love with an elite soldier in the G Corporation. However, tragedy strikes on the day of their planned wedding, when the sound of gunfire suddenly fills the venue amidst preparations. Anna rushes toward the commotion only to discover her beloved killed and her sister, Nina, escaping in Anna's wedding dress. Fueled by vengeance, Anna resolves to reengage in combat once more.

Anna's fighting style is based on hapkido, a martial art known for its use of spinning back kicks, jumping kicks and close-range throws. Although their father taught Anna and Nina the same martial arts skills, each sister has developed a distinct fighting style seen in the games.^[5]

Armor King I/II

• Nationality : Unknown
• Fighting style : Professional Wrestling (AK1 - US style, AK2 - Japanese style)

Armor King (アーマー・キング, Āmā Kingu) is a professional wrestler and was a rival of King when the latter was still an inexperienced wrestler. He suffered eye damage in a fight with King, but when he later found King distraught and drunk in an alleyway, Armor King convinced him to get back into fighting and enter the second King of Iron Fist tournament. After King is killed by Ogre, Armor King trains a new fighter who sports a jaguar mask similar to that of King's. Armor King is not selectable in Tekken 4, as he is beaten to death in a bar fight instigated by Australian brawler Craig Marduk, who then steals his mask and mockingly wears it in the tournament, provoking Armor King's protege King into entering the competition to seek revenge.^[6] Marduk is then attacked in Tekken 5 by what is believed to be Armor King, but his assailant is revealed in Tekken 6 as the original Armor King's younger brother. After recovering from a brutal beating where he and Marduk knocked out each other and brought to hospital by King, the younger Armor King accepts Marduk's challenge for a retirement match arranged by King in Tekken 7.

Ganryu

• Nationality :   Japanese
• Fighting style : Sumo
• Voiced by:

English
Lowell B. Bartholomee (Tekken: The Motion Picture)
Earl Baylon (Tekken: Bloodline)^[7]
Japanese
Banjō Ginga (Tekken)
Takashi Nagasako (TK2-Tekken Tag Tournament; Tekken: The Motion Picture)
Hidenari Ugaki (TK5-present)

Ganryu (Japanese: 巌竜, Hepburn: Ganryū) is a Japanese sumo wrestler who is barred from the sport for infractions such as firebreathing and taunting his opponents. This rejection, coupled with his mounting gambling debts, steers him into a life of crime. Heihachi Mishima hires him as a henchman for the first King of Iron Fist tournament, in which Ganryu loses to Yoshimitsu, who then drains Ganryu's remaining finances and leaves him broke. Kazuya Mishima pays him handsomely for his services in his Mishima Zaibatsu corporation. Ganryu participates in the second tournament as Kazuya's bodyguard, but he also wishes to build his own sumo ring to impress his secret crush, Michelle Chang, but instead, she defeats him in battle and Ganryu returns to Japan. Two decades after the events of Tekken 2, Ganryu opens a sumo stable and trains other wrestlers. However, after seeing Michelle's daughter Julia on television fighting in the fourth tournament, he enters the fifth in hopes of wooing Julia if he is able to recover her lost "Forest Rejuvenation Data" that he eventually finds inside the Mishima Zaibatsu's laboratory, but Julia receives the information and flees before Ganryu can propose marriage. Now faced with a failing restaurant he had opened afterward in Hawaii, Ganryu enters the tournament again in Tekken 6 in attempt to advertise the restaurant and bring in revenue. Unfortunately, Ganryu accidentally donated all his restaurant earnings to Julia's reforestation campaign. In order to fix his financial problems, Ganryu decided to enter the seventh tournament.

Ganryu's occupations have varied in alternate Tekken media; in the animated film Tekken: The Motion Picture, he is Lee Chaolan's bodyguard, and in Tekken: Blood Vengeance, he is a PE teacher at the Mishima Polytechnic School.

GameSpy named Ganryu as one of their "25 Extremely Rough Brawlers" in video gaming: "Ganryu is more of a tragic character as his unrequited love for fellow fighter Julia fuels his brutality."^[8] In 2011, Computer and Video Games deemed Ganryu one of the series' "worst ever characters": "If losing some weight and not wearing a massive nappy all the time isn't the first thing you do to attract someone whose mother you've already failed to hit on, then you're doing something terribly, horribly wrong."^[9]

Heihachi Mishima

Main article: Heihachi Mishima

Jack (series)/Prototype Jack

• Nationality :   Russian (Jack-1, Jack-2, Prototype Jack, and Jack-X only)
• Fighting style : Sheer force
• Voiced by:

English
Mark O'Brien (Tekken: The Motion Picture) (Jack-2)
Jordan Byrne (Street Fighter X Tekken) (Jack-X)

Japanese
Banjō Ginga (Tekken - Tekken 5)
Akio Ōtsuka (Tekken: The Motion Picture) (Jack-2)
Kenichiro Matsuda (Street Fighter X Tekken) (Jack-X)

The various Jack models were originally created by the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation for different purposes:

• Jack (introduced in Tekken) is the original model, created by Heihachi's Mishima Zaibatsu in order to counter a coup from Kazuya Mishima in the King of Iron Fist Tournament. In-game, the player is one of these machines.
• Jack-2 (introduced in Tekken 2) is a direct upgrade of the Jack model, also created by the Mishima Zaibatsu. Once a Jack-2 witnesses a young girl named Jane lose her mother during a battle, he takes it upon himself to look after her, until he is destroyed by Dr. Abel. Jack-2 also appears in Tekken 3 as a palette swap of Gun Jack.
• Prototype Jack (or P. Jack) (introduced in Tekken) is a prototype created to combat both Jack and Jack-2. After the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, the remains of Prototype Jack are almost destroyed by Jack's combat abilities. His body is later remodeled by Dr. Bosconovitch and goes on to combat Jack-2. P. Jack is seemingly destroyed by Jack-2 in the second tournament. This is the only Jack to appear in more than three games, appearing in the original Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken Tag Tournament, and the console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
• Gun Jack (also known as "Jack-3") (introduced in Tekken 3) is a more advanced prototype, created by Jane in an attempt to revive her friend, Jack-2. She is successful in implanting her Jack-2's memories, including an energy shield inside him. However, as Gun Jack's energy shield ran out of power, it is destroyed by gunfire by the Tekken Force when he and Jane attempt to break into the Mishima Zaibatsu labs. G Corporation rescues her in time and retrieves Gun Jack's body as well. This is the only Jack that is associate to Jane and not mass produced.
• Jack-4 (introduced in Tekken 5) is an upgrade of Gun Jack, created by G Corporation and the only one in the Jack series that is non-playable. Like P. Jack, this model has a separate personality. Unlike other models in the Jack series, this one is mass-produced to serve as the foot soldiers of the G Corporation. While these never participate in any tournament, they are sent by G Corporation's Nebraska branch to kill Kazuya Mishima after they no longer need him, and the subsequent battle in Hon-Maru almost results in the death of Heihachi Mishima. However Heihachi survived and blasted far away from Hon-Maru, until he recovered from a comatose for days when the fifth tournament was announced. These specific models have a self-destruct device embedded in them, indicated when one of them peels away its face to reveal a countdown. They also appear as enemies in the Scenario Campaign mode in Tekken 6 and a Tekken 5 flashback chapter of Tekken 7.
• Jack-5 (introduced in Tekken 5) is an upgrade of Jack-4, created by Jane during her first time at G Corporation to participate in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Currently upgraded into Jack-6 after Kazuya's take over.
• Jack-6 (introduced in Tekken 6) is an upgrade of Jack-5, upgraded from Jack-5 with same model of previous version, with a minor body part upgrade by G Corporation with the mission of destroying the Mishima Zaibatsu in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. As of Tekken 7, starting from Jack-6, a previous Jack model which was playable in a previous tournament has been mass produced in a later tournament, where the later Jack model serves as a main playable model in a corresponding number within the tournament series is deployed for combat experimental purposes.
• Jack-X (introduced in Street Fighter X Tekken) and his official tag partner, Bryan Fury were released on July 31, 2012, as downloadable content.^[10] Unlike Jack-5 – 6, this Jack can talk, although it was revealed to be in prototype stage between both of these main Jack series.
• Jack-7 (introduced in Tekken 7) is an upgrade version of Jack-6. It finally has a proper model modification since it was ended with Jack-5, albeit recolored from Jack-6. Jack-7 also appears inTekken 7 as a palette swap of Jack-8.
• Jack-8 (introduced in Tekken 8) is an upgrade version of Jack-7. Besides receiving further upgrades based on the previous Jacks above, he is now equipped with both visor and summonable giant flying drill/laser cannon-hybrid weapon, and he can now utilizes projectile-based rocket punches, similar to Alisa Bosconovitch’s. It was created as an anti-suppression weapon against G Corporation's enemies.

The Jack series robots also appear in Tekken Tag Tournament (Jack-2, Gun Jack, and Prototype Jack) and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Jack-6 and Prototype Jack). The player's Jack character (barring original Jack, Prototype Jack, Jack-X and Jack-4) in most series is belonged to Jane.

In-game, the Jacks have traditionally shared a number of their moves with Kuma/Panda and Ganryu. In Tekken 5, however, Namco made a pronounced effort to differentiate all the shared moves between characters: the fighters still have a few similar moves, but their executions are completely different. In Tekken 5, Jack-5 is considered one of the most difficult characters to play.^[11] Inversely, in Tekken 6, Jack-6 is considered one of the easiest characters to learn.^[12]

Kazuya Mishima/Devil Kazuya/Kid Kazuya

Main article: Kazuya Mishima

King I/II

Main article: King (Tekken)

Kuma I/II

• Nationality :   Japanese (but not a citizen)
• Fighting style : Kuma Shinken (later adopts Heihachi's Shorin-ryu-styled Mishima Fighting Karate as of TK8)
• Voiced by: Katsuhiro Harada (Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory) (Kuma II)^[13]

Kuma I

The first Kuma was once an abandoned bear cub in the forests of the Mishima estate. Heihachi Mishima found Kuma and took him in as his pet. Despite Kuma's unflinching loyalty to his master, Kuma often left Heihachi's side to sleep, even during the summer. This lazy approach means that Kuma's fighting style has never really matured and is very disjointed. This was demonstrated in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, where Kuma was easily defeated by Paul Phoenix. Kuma was very impressed with Paul's fighting prowess, as he'd thought that the only strong human was Heihachi. Heihachi was also defeated in the last tournament (by Kazuya Mishima), and so he and Kuma retreated to a mountain dojo to re-train. Kuma traveled to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 with his master, vowing to destroy Paul Phoenix this time, and to eat anyone who got in his way. Kuma was immediately defeated by Paul Phoenix again.

Kuma II

Just after the second tournament Kuma died of old age, Heihachi trains a replacement, also named Kuma, Just like his father, the second Kuma is Heihachi Mishima's pet and bodyguard. Kuma is in love with the panda bear Panda, but she neither feels the same nor has any interest in him. It is noted that although she does not love him, she does occasionally give him a thought - that Kuma II is smarter than his father, and a good bodyguard for Heihachi. One day, when Kuma was absorbed in watching TV, he suddenly went wild at the sight of a martial artist with a scarlet go-gi - it was Paul Phoenix. Kuma has trained since that day to defeat Paul in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. He doesn't think anything of Ogre, who is the God of Fighting; only of defeating Paul. However, during the third tournament Kuma was once again easily defeated by Paul. Kuma would finally accomplish his goal of defeating Paul in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. However, Kuma's happiness was brought to an abrupt end with the death of his master Heihachi. Kuma lived in sorrow over Heihachi's presumed death, but on seeing the uncertainty surrounding the Mishima Zaibatsu, Kuma realized that saving it would be the ultimate display of loyalty to his presumed deceased master. However, the chaos at Mishima Zaibatsu had already subsided when Kuma arrived, and he was thrown out of the building by security. Kuma had no choice but to return to the mountains.

When the Mishima Zaibatsu announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Kuma decided he would enter the tournament and take back the Mishima Zaibatsu. During the fifth tournament Kuma fought his old enemy Paul Phoenix but just barely lost to him. Sometime after the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 and the death of his master Heihachi Mishima, Kuma was convinced that he was the only one who could save the Mishima Zaibatsu. He set out to the Mishima Zaibatsu headquarters with resolve.

Waiting for him there was the new leader of the Zaibatsu, Jin Kazama. Easily defeated by Jin, Kuma was dumped out of a helicopter into the Hokkaido wilderness. Despite that, Kuma survived, traversed the vast forests, and entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, determined to defeat Jin and take his place as the rightful successor of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Following Heihachi's surprising return as a Mishima Zaibatsu leader since Jin's disappearance, Kuma was found by his master's Tekken Force army, and learned that his master promotes him to lead his own Tekken Force unit. Due to being busy with important tasks as a leader of his Tekken Force unit, Kuma forfeit his spot in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 where he supposedly would have fought his old enemy Paul again. Instead, Paul's opponent is Kuma's crush, Panda (unbeknownst to Kuma himself). Kuma's last known location during the tournament was the Philippines, where he and his unit provides supplies for the Filipino survivors of a typhoon disaster. After earning the local country's trust, Kuma became the final opponent for the Zaibatsu's employment exam. Many young participants either quit or lost to Kuma during the exam: only one participant, a typhoon survivor named Josie Rizal, succeeded - despite Kuma's misgivings about her crybaby attitude.

Unfortunately following the true death of Heihachi at the hands of Kazuya during the seventh tournament, Kuma begins to adopt Heihachi's fighting style and dons his signature gi, with a headband of matching red color as Heihachi's karate belt. Before G Corporation fully takes over Mishima Zaibatsu and its assets, Kuma rescues one of the researchers from Mishima Heavy Industries in time, who eventually provides him aimable salmon-like rocket explosives during The King of Iron Fist Tournament 8. After Kuma learns the truth behind Heihachi's death, he ultimately sides with Jin against Kazuya. During the war, Kuma sneakily attempt to take Paul and Marshall out, but instead accidentally taking a hit by a rocket meant to aim both men and thereby saving them, to Kuma's dismay.

Kunimitsu I/II

• Nationality :   Japanese
• Fighting style : Manji Ninjutsu
• Voiced by :

Kunimitsu I :

Katsuhiro Harada (TK)

Shiho Kikuchi (TK2 and TTT)

Megumi Toyoguchi (TTT2 and TKR)

Kunimitsu II :

Saori Hayami

Kunimitsu I

Kunimitsu made her debut in the original Tekken as a thief and rival of Yoshimitsu. A former member of Yoshimitsu's clan, known as the Manji Clan, she was banished from the clan for her theft. In order to make ends meet, Kunimitsu enters the King of the Iron Fist Tournament to attempt to steal valuable treasure from Michelle Chang. Michelle manages to defeat her in battle.

Two years later, upon learning that Yoshimitsu's sword also holds value, she enters the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2 to try and steal it. When she confronts Yoshimitsu in battle, she is once again defeated.

After the previous two failures, Kunimitsu decides to retire from thievery and does not participate in any more King of the Iron Fist Tournaments. Meanwhile, she gives birth to her daughter, who would also take the title of Kunimitsu.

Kunimitsu I would also appear in the non-canon games Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

Kunimitsu II

Kunimitsu II first appeared in Tekken 7 as a DLC character. This Kunimitsu enters the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 7 with the same goal her mother once had: To steal Yoshimitsu's sword, in an attempt to cheer up her ill mother. She also had an undercover mission at Mishima Polytechnical School, prior to rushing back to her mother to finish what the latter started.

Lee Chaolan/Violet

• Nationality :   Japanese (naturalized)
• Fighting style : Martial Arts (main fighting style), Mishima Style Fighting Karate (TK1, TK2 and TTT)
• Voiced by:

English
Kaiji Tang (Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Tekken Tag Tournament 2)^[14][15]
David Stokey (Tekken: The Motion Picture)^[2]

Japanese
Jōji Nakata (Tekken - Tekken Tag Tournament (laughs))
Nozomu Sasaki (Tekken 2 - Tekken Tag Tournament)
Ryōtarō Okiayu (TK5—present; Tekken: Blood Vengeance)
Shin-ichiro Miki (Tekken: The Motion Picture)

Lee Chaolan (Chinese: 李 超狼; pinyin: Lǐ Chāoláng; Japanese: リー・チャオラン; Hepburn: Rī Chaoran) is the adoptive son of Heihachi Mishima, whose own son Kazuya's defeat is Lee's motivation for entering the numerous King of Iron Fist tournaments held throughout the Tekken series.^[16] Lee was adopted by Heihachi to provide a rival for Kazuya, who he felt was too weak to lead his Mishima Zaibatsu company.^[17] Lee studies in the United States alongside Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law. After Kazuya wins control of the company, Lee works as Kazuya's secretary, in addition to overseeing Kazuya's team of bodyguards and Dr. Bosconovitch's experiments, all while secretly hoping to take over the Zaibatsu. However, Lee is soon expelled from the Zaibatsu for unknown reasons while Heihachi disowns him,^[17] causing him to leave the world of fighting and pursuing a career in robotics.^[17]

Lee returns in Tekken 4 as a playboy whose robotics operation is a success. Upon learning that the Zaibatsu's rival G Corporation was attacked by the Tekken Force, Lee joins the fourth tournament with a vastly different appearance, competing under the name of Violet, in order to conceal his identity, while hoping to test his new "Combot" experiment in the process.^[16] However, he is defeated in the later stages by Kazuya, whom Lee had believed to be dead, but he then learns someone else had controlled the Zaibatsu in Heihachi's absence. Believing it to be Kazuya, Lee enters the fifth tournament in Tekken 5 to take him out personally and regain control of the Zaibatsu, but upon learning that the culprit is Lee's adoptive paternal grandfather Jinpachi, he drops out of the tournament and returns to his business.^[16] After Kazuya legitimately takes control of the company, Lee enters the next tournament in attempt again to come in contact with Kazuya. In the game's "Scenario Campaign" story mode, Lee joins forces with Julia Chang, Lars Alexandersson, and Dr. Bosconovitch's android daughter Alisa, with a shared objective of stopping Kazuya and Jin, but Lee and Lars are not aware at first that Alisa was created to serve Jin, thus acting as a mole for Lars. When Alisa is destroyed at the climax, Lee promises Lars that she will be reconstructed with his company's resources, which he finally succeeds at the same time of Heihachi's return in the seventh tournament, shortly before the latter's true demise at the hands of Kazuya in their final battle. During the seventh tournament, Lee also recruits a journalist who lost his family in the war that occurred during the sixth tournament to join his cause, as well as a redeemed Jin to investigate how the Mishima affair first started.^[16] In the eighth tournament, ahead of Kazuya's public revelation to the world as a devil, Lee manages to recruit Alisa's "father", Doctor Bosconovitch, and by extension, Manji Clan, in co-developed armored suits for their allies, including Lee himself against Kazuya, while also aiding the doctor in removing the remaining inhibitor inside Alisa's body, so as to set her free.

Lee is also selectable in the non-canon games Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, and Tekken Revolution.

As mentioned before, Violet was first introduced in Tekken 4 as an alter-ego of Lee Chaolan. Serving as his public persona as the CEO of Violet Systems, Lee used this alter-ego to allow himself to enter the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament without being found out by the Mishima Zaibatsu. While primarily a main palette swap of Lee in most mainline games since his debut game, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is the only game where Violet has his own character slot, even being the main character in the Fight Lab mode of the game.

Marshall Law

• Nationality :   American
• Fighting style : Jeet Kune Do
• Voiced by :

English
Julian Macfarlane (TK4 [dialogue])
Robert Clotworthy (TK5 [dialogue])
David Vincent (TK6–present)
Japanese
Katsuhiro Harada (TK1–TK7 [grunts])
Keisuke Fujii (Street Fighter X Tekken)
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama (2009 live-action film)

Marshall Law (Japanese: マーシャル・ロー, Hepburn: Māsharu rō) is a martial artist who owns a restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown,^[18] and like his close friend Paul Phoenix, financial difficulty becomes his primary motive for entering the King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments held throughout the Tekken series. His appearance and fighting style are based on Hong Kong martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.^[19] Sometimes known as "The Fighting Chef", Law is the father of Forest Law. He enters the first King of Iron Fist Tournament in the original game in hopes of opening his own dojo with the winnings, Law would eventually draw against Wang Jinrei. Despite not winning the tournament, Marshall would eventually open his own dojo. However, in Tekken 2, his students are soon attacked and his dojo destroyed by Baek Doo San, provoking Law into entering the second tournament to seek revenge. Law would eventually face his villainous assailant and successfully defeated him, Law would drop out of the tournament after achieving his goal. In Tekken 3, his storyline details that he rebuilt his dojo while running a successful restaurant chain called "Marshall China" in the United States. Meanwhile, Paul convinces Marshall's son Forest Law to enter the third tournament, which causes friction between Law and Paul.^[20]

Similar to Paul's storyline in Tekken 4,^[21] Law's restaurant business goes under and he is consequently bankrupt. He attempts to use the fourth tournament as a crutch to ease his money troubles, but is unable to do so and he is afterwards relegated to taking a dishwashing job in Japan, where the tournaments are held.^[22] While participating in the fifth tournament in Tekken 5 in hopes of being able to cover medical bills stemming from Forest being hurt in a motorcycle accident,^[23] Law is deported to the United States upon discovery that he was employed illegally in Japan.^[24] Paul approaches Law with the proposition of forming a team for the upcoming sixth tournament, believing that the odds of victory (and winning the prize money) would be better as a group than individually, and Law accepts. They later add boxer Steve Fox to their ranks, while they did well in the tournament, Paul and Law ended up being paired against each other and they both fought to a draw, as a result they were unable to claim the top prize nor restore their respective previous aims, though Steve already got what he need in Tekken 7, yet still haunted by the truth about his past, until Marshall and Paul restore his fighting spirit and reason to live.^[24] Marshall's opponent during the second tournament was Feng Wei, whom Marshall initially planned to look after the recently restored dojo he neglected, but changes his mind and retreat when finding out how dangerous Feng is, prior to the latter's defeat by Leroy Smith. During Kazuya's tyranny in the eight tournament, Marshall’s dojo has been repossessed as a collateral before he finds out about the recent events. He temporarily join G Corporation in desperation to get his money to pay off his debt, and was deceived into believing Paul, who won the North American qualifier of the eight tournament unable to keep his promise, unaware that the tournament was cancelled during the quarter finals and is actually a set up for Kazuya's scheme. He and Paul are accidentally saved by Kuma from a G Corporation tank's rocket meant to hit him and Paul during the war. After Jin Kazama's victory against Kazuya, and signaling the world's freedom from the latter's tyranny, Marshall, reconcile with Paul and return to the good side where they and their allies, including Azucena opens food kitchens at Manhattan and help restore the city.

Marshall also appears in the noncanonical Tekken games Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken Revolution, Street Fighter X Tekken, and the 2005 Namco beat 'em up Urban Reign.^[25] Marshall appears as a Spirit in the Nintendo crossover video game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.^[26]

Michelle Chang

Main article: Michelle Chang (Tekken)

Nina Williams/Summer Nina

Main article: Nina Williams

Paul Phoenix

"Paul Phoenix (Tekken)" redirects here. For the British tenor and singer, see Paul Phoenix (singer).

• Nationality :   American
• Fighting style : Integrated Martial Arts based on Judo
• Voiced by :

English
Eric Kelso (TK4—TK6, TK3D:PE (grunts))
Jamieson Price (since TK6 (dialogue), later also grunts as of TTT2)
Mike McFarland (Street Fighter X Tekken)
Japanese
Hōchū Ōtsuka (drama CD, Tekken: Bloodline)^[27]
Kanehira Yamamoto (Street Fighter X Tekken)

Paul Phoenix (ポール・フェニックス, Pōru Fenikkusu) is a hot-headed American biker and martial artist who regularly enters the King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments to prove he is "the toughest fighter in the universe" while hoping to use the prize money to pay off his debts, yet he falls short of victory each time due to various circumstances. He is also a family friend of Marshall Law and his son, Forest, alongside the former used to train together with Lee Chaolan sometimes after the latter was adopted by Heihachi Mishima and in charge of American branch of Zaibatsu at San Francisco, where Law family live. In the first Tekken, Paul remained undefeated in battle until he fought Kazuya Mishima to a draw. When he heard the announcement of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, he entered, seeing the opportunity to face his rival, Kazuya, and prove himself to be the best. Paul performed well in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, and he went to go on to face Kazuya in the semi-finals but he was narrowly defeated after a furious battle that lasted for hours. Shaking his head in disbelief, Paul left the Mishima estate and returned to New York. He battles his way to the finals of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 in Tekken 2, earning the right to have a rematch with Kazuya, only to end up having to forfeit and replaced by Heihachi after getting stuck in traffic as a result of a multi-car collision on the expressway, and therefore unable to make the match on time.^[20] Paul goes undefeated throughout the entire King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in Tekken 3, leaving victorious after defeating the opposing fighters including Kuma, Jin Kazama, and the god of fighting, Ogre. Unbeknownst to him, Ogre morphs into his monstrous form, True Ogre, after absorbing Heihachi's fighting force and is then defeated a second time by Paul's replacement Jin, who was reinstated in the tournament and cheating Paul out of his victory.^[21] As a result, by Tekken 4, Paul's dojo has gone out of business due to lack of students and he ends up a homeless alcoholic.^[21] He again enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 in an attempt to get his life back together and go head-to-head with Kazuya, a rival he hadn't fought in over 20 years.

During the first two tournaments, Paul had fought and defeated Kuma, a large brown bear trained in combat by Heihachi.^[28] After the animal dies of old age, Heihachi trains a replacement, also named Kuma, who was easily defeated by Paul in the third tournament but Kuma manages to defeat him in the early stages of the fourth tournament.^[28] Paul adopts a new training regimen and gets his revenge against Kuma in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 in Tekken 5, but the match leaves Paul too exhausted to continue in the competition and he is forced to drop out. Again departing the tournament penniless and already burdened by his increasing debt, he wastes no time in entering the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 in Tekken 6 in hopes of finally easing his financial troubles.^[29] This time, he believes assembling a team would increase his chances of victory, and so he joins forces with Marshall and a boxer Steve Fox. While they did well in the tournament, Paul and Marshall ended up being paired against each other and they both fought to a draw, as a result they were unable to claim the top prize.

He entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 in Tekken 7 with not only the intention, but the necessity of winning as the hefty prize would keep him in the black. Things didn't exactly pan out for him when the previous tournament got suspended, placing him "into a life of destitution."

Paul returns in Tekken 8 as a playable character with new design and a significantly different hairstyle (although he was criticized for his new hairstyle). Though Paul and Steve join Jin’s side against Kazuya’s tyranny, their friend Marshall briefly joins Kazuya’s side due to Paul not keeping his promise to him. After Paul and Marshall are accidentally saved by Kuma from G Corporation's rocket, they reconcile and begin to help their allies repair the damages caused by the G Corporation, as well as celebrating their victories following Jin's defeat of Kazuya.^[30]

Paul is also selectable in non-canon spin-off Tekken games such as Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken Card Challenge, Tekken Advance, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and Tekken Revolution, in addition to the crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken. He is an unlockable character in the 2005 beat-'em-up multiplayer game Urban Reign.^[31] He also appears in SNK's mobile phone game The King of Fighters All Star.^[32] Paul appears as a Spirit in the Nintendo crossover video game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.^[33]

Wang Jinrei

• Nationality :   Taiwanese
• Fighting style : Xing Yi Quan
• Voiced by : Tamio Ōki (TK1~TTT); Hu Qian (TK5~TTT2 [dialogues]); Chan Ho (TK5~TTT2 [in-game grunts])

Wang Jinrei (Japanese: 王 椋雷(ワン・ジンレイ), Hepburn: Wan Jinrei, pinyin: Wáng Jīngléi) is an elderly Taiwanese old man who was a close friend of Heihachi Mishima's father Jinpachi, and lived as a recluse in the Mishima gardens. Wang tutors his distant relative Ling Xiaoyu (who debuts in Tekken 3) in the martial arts at a young age. He draws rival Marshall Law in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, then enters the second tournament in Tekken 2 in order to fulfill the deceased Jinpachi's wishes of eliminating Heihachi and Jinpachi's grandson Kazuya, who have both followed the path of evil. Wang opts to face all challengers giving way to those adept enough to defeat Kazuya, however Wang was defeated by Jun Kazama during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. In Tekken 5, set two decades after Jinpachi's death, Wang receives a letter from Jinpachi, who is actually alive but has been possessed by a demon, having been brought to life after starving to death years previously and requests Wang's participation in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Wang was defeated in the semi-finals of the tournament by Jin Kazama whose purpose was to wipe out the Devil Gene which had been plaguing within both himself and Kazuya. Wang holds no grudge towards Jin for Jinpachi's death, but does also shows distaste towards the Devil Gene. Wang is currently the oldest playable human character in the Tekken games, being 82 during Tekken 1, 84 in Tekken 2 and 105 in Tekken 5 and 6, respectively.

Yoshimitsu

Main article: Yoshimitsu

Introduced in Tekken 2

Angel

• Nationality : Unknown
• Fighting style : Mishima Style Karate
• Voiced by : Yumi Tōma (TTT1); Yuka Koyama (TTT2)^[34]

Angel (Japanese: エンゼル, Hepburn: Enjeru) is a female supernatural entity and opposite of Devil. According to Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada, she is the representation of what is left of the goodness in Kazuya Mishima after he had been controlled by Devil, although she herself is not a part of Kazuya's soul.^[35] Her Tekken Tag Tournament 2 profile states that she wields the power to purify things, and carries a compassionate and a cruel side. Angel was a palette swap of Devil in Tekken 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament, but receives a distinct design for Tekken Tag Tournament 2^[36] while her fighting style borrowed from Kazuya and Devil Jin.^[37] Because of this, she has a laser attack but it's clearly not a laser from her tiara, it's actually more like a light beam.

Angel's existence is likely the results from the first encounters and strange attractions between Kazuya and Jun Kazama, until Kazuya lost half of his power at time when he unknowingly caused Jun to be pregnant, shortly before Kazuya's defeat by Heihachi in second tournament, then the birth of Jin Kazama.

Baek Doo San

• Nationality :   South Korean
• Fighting style : Tae Kwon Do
• Voiced by :
  English
  Lowell B. Bartholomee (Tekken: The Motion Picture)
  Japanese
  Kaneto Shiozawa (TK2~TTT)
  Kyousei Tsukui (Tekken: The Motion Picture)
  Korean
  Yun Beyong hwa (TK5 [dialogues] ~TTT2)
  Il-Kwon Cho (TK5 [grunts])

Baek Doo San (Japanese: 白頭山(ペク・トー・サン), Hepburn: Peku Tō San, Hangul: 백두산 Baek Dusan) is a South Korean Tae Kwon Do practitioner who debuted in Tekken 2 as the sub-boss of Marshall Law. He accidentally kills his father during a sparring session, causing him to destroy several dojos—including Law's—in a fit of rage. He then challenges, and loses to, Law in the second tournament. In Tekken 3, Baek is presumed dead after encountering Ogre, and his student Hwoarang enters the third tournament to avenge his master's supposed death, but Tekken 5 reveals that Ogre had beaten Baek into a yearlong coma. After his recovery, Baek begins teaching traditional Tae Kwon Do at military bases. Hwoarang is drafted into the South Korean military but flees to compete in the fourth tournament, for which he is arrested, but is also informed that Baek is alive. After Hwoarang completes his service, he and Baek enter the fifth tournament to test Hwoarang's skills, but Baek later withdraws after Hwoarang is injured in battle and lays unconscious in the hospital for three days. Once he recovers, Baek and Hwoarang return to Korea, and devote themselves solely to improving their fighting skills. Baek's last playable appearance is in Tekken 6, in which he and Hwoarang enter the tournament together once again.

Bruce Irvin

• Nationality :   American
• Fighting style : Muay Thai
• Voiced by:

English
Peter Harrell, Jr. (Tekken: The Motion Picture)

Japanese
Seiji Sasaki (Tekken: The Motion Picture)

Bruce Irvin (Japanese: ブルース・アーヴィン, Hepburn: Burūsu Āvin) is a muscular and Mohawked American Muay Thai practitioner. He lost his parents and older brother in his youth, and grew up in a violent environment. He longed to make a difference, and became a police o

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