Jun Kazama

Jun Kazama is a major character introduced in . She is the mother of Jin Kazama and the former love interest of Kazuya Mishima. 
Story-wise, Jun only appears in flashbacks in the subsequent chapters (with a possible spirit-like appearance in Tekken 4), serving as the overarching protagonist of Jin’s story. She returns as a playable character in Tekken 8 and also appears in the game's story.
Jun is a playable character in the two non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament games and she also serves as the final boss in her alter-ego form (simply called "Unknown").
==Appearance==
Jun is one of the tallest women in the Tekken series. She has shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes. She has bangs that frame her face, and wears a white headband or scarf in her hair. She often has a monochrome palette, wearing clothes of white and black, emphasizing her purity of character. She wears functional clothes, usually associated either with her work as a W.W.W.C officer, or martial arts training gear. 
In Tekken 2, she wore her W.W.W.C. outfit, consisting of a midriff top, shorts, and knee-length socks in a pale-blue color scheme with a pair of brown shoes, and a casual outfit made up of black capris, a sleeveless white blouse, and black shoes over white socks. In Tekken Tag Tournament, an additional outfit saw her wearing martial arts attire, namely a blue karate gi with matching shorts, as well as knee pads and sneakers. When she returned in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Jun wore a close-fitting white outfit decorated with black crow print, reminiscent of the flame design wrapped around the leg of her son Jin's gi pants.
==Personality==
Jun seems to embody tranquility and purity, as well as develop a peaceful nature. This is evident in her mission to save Kazuya from the corruption of Devil in Tekken 2, the forest animals' natural affinity towards her, her choice of vocation as an animal welfare officer, and her ability to suppress the Devil Gene.
Jun is someone for whom spirituality is important. After coming to Tokyo for her work, she became disillusioned being so far from nature, only becoming renewed in her dedication after she was visited by the ghost of her father. Her desire to save Kazuya is always referred to in spiritual terms and she has some psychic or empathetic abilities of her own.
That Jun became close to Kazuya, and desired to free him of Devil despite his part in illegal animal smuggling suggests that Jun may have had a forgiving outlook and a propensity to see past a person's negative traits.
Jun held a deep and strong love for she and Kazuya's son, Jin Kazama. Having raised Jin as a single parent since his birth, she and Jin appear to have shared a very powerful bond. Even Kazuya becomes beyond redemption, she is still not giving him up to save Jin and Kazuya from their mutual destruction, which succeeds along with breaking the curse of the Mishima.
==History==
===Tekken 2===
Jun is a wildlife surveillance officer of the conservation group WWWC. She used Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts, a martial art that has been handed down the Kazama family for generations.
She grew up surrounded by nature on the island of Yakushima, where she was taught the ways of the Kazama-style martial arts and developed strong psychic abilities. She moved to Tokyo when she reached adulthood. City life distanced her from her spirituality until, one day, her father's ghost appeared to her, reaffirming her belief in the supernatural. Besides her duty to arrest Kazuya, who smuggles protected animals, she wants to free Kazuya of his evil power during the tournament.
===Tekken 3===
She has taught and trained Jin her Kazama self-defense Kazama classic fighting style. 15 years later, Jun sensed the approaching of great evil and told Jin that if anything should happen to her, that he should seek out his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima. 
Jun's words proved to be prophetic, and some time after Jin's fifteenth birthday, Ogre did indeed attack. Jun screamed for Jin to run away, but Jin wished to protect his beloved mother and prepared to fight Ogre in order to save Jun. Ogre was too much of a match for Jin and knocked him unconscious. 
What happened next is unknown, but by the time Jin woke up, the Kazama house was burnt to the ground and Jun was missing. Jin desperately searched for her, but she was nowhere to be found or seen, her current status is unknown. Jin assumed that Jun was dead and swore revenge on Ogre.
=== Tekken 4 ===
In the aftermath of the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament, Jin was on the verge of killing Heihachi before a brief vision of his mother stayed his hand. Jin instead retreated, leaving Heihachi unconscious but alive.
=== Tekken 8 ===
Several months later, during a fight between Devil Jin and his father, Jin found himself struggling to hold back a massive attack. The struggle triggered a vision of Jun in a field of flowers. Jun reminded Jin that a Kazama's power was to foster life and cleanse evil, which strengthened Jin's resolve to live and protect those he loved. Jin was then able to assume a new form, Angel Jin, and Jun told him to use his power to save himself and his father.
In his angel form, Jin was able to purge his father and himself of their Devil Genes; he subsequently reverted to his human form and defeated Kazuya in a one-on-one fight. Jun later found Kazuya unconscious on the battlefield where Jin had left him.
== Relationships ==
* Jin Kazama - The son of Kazuya and Jun
* Asuka Kazama - The relative of Jun, the cousin of Jin
* Mr. Kazama - The relative of Jun, the uncle of Jin
* Jun's father - The father of Jun, the maternal grandfather of Jin
==Voice actors==
===Japanese===
* - TK2, TTT
*Yumi Toma - TK: TMP
* - TK: TMP (as a child)
* - TTT2, TK:B, TK8
===English===
* - TK: TMP
*Vivian Lu - TK:B
==Appearances==
===Games===
*Tekken 2 (1996)
*Tekken Tag Tournament (2000)
*Tekken 3 (1998)
*Tekken 4 (2002)
*Tekken Pachi-Slot 3rd (2004)
*Tekken 5 (2005)
*Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (2009)
*Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2012)
*Tekken Revolution (2013)
*Pachi-Slot Tekken 3rd (2014)
*Project X Zone 2 (2015)
*Tekken R
*Tekken 8 (2024)
===Comics===
*Tekken Saga (1997, 1 appearances)
*Tekken 2 (1998, 1 appearances)
*Tekken: Tatakai no Kanatani (2000, 1 appearances)
*Tekken Forever (2001, 1 appearances)
==Gallery==
duality_by_arch_vile81-d5sd65h.png|Jun and Unknown together
Mother and son unknown with jin kazama by shannyyums-d5wlkym.jpg|Unknown and her son Jin, Approach each other for the first time in her transformation
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Jun02.jpg|Jun from Tekken 2
357365-tek2jun_9_super.jpg|Jun in a forest.
Jun_kazama_intro.jpg|Jun in the Tekken 2 intro.
Jun_in_Tekken_3_Arcade_Into.png|Jun in Tekken 3 Arcade intro.
Jun-ttt-intro.jpg|Jun in the intro.
Jun_Kazama_2.png|Jun in her primary outfit.
Jun_White_Dress.jpg|Jun in her white dress.
JunTT2Intro.png|Jun's intro pose.
Screen16SCREAM.jpg|Jun and Jin.
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