Jinpachi Mishima

==Early Years==
Jinpachi Mishima was born in 1876 to Takamori Mishima, one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history from the Kagoshima prefecture. When Jinpachi was only 1 year old Takamori was killed during the Satsuma Rebellion, leading his family to relocate to Hakodate, Hokkaidō. However, at the age of 8, Jinpachi's mother was killed and Jinpachi was kidnapped, taken to an island off of the coast in between Japan and the Philippines, where he was trained to kill for Japan's nefarious Temple of Hades. They instilled in him that only the strong and worthy may thrive, that one must be completely immersed in the beliefs of Hades in order to achieves one's goal of becoming the strongest, as life is survived by the survival of the fittest. Jinpachi quickly excelled as did a Chinese boy kidnapped from his homeland, named Wang Jinrei. The two would go on to become best friends and rivals as they struggled to become the best of Hades' warriors. By the age of 16 the two friends would finally decide who was Hades' champion, commanded to fight one another to the death, for the sport of their master, Kawao Amano. However before a fatal blow can be delivered, or a winner can be clearly decided the Filipino army along with Japanese police raid the compound, and shut Hades' down, imprisoning Amano. Before the Master is taken away, he commands his teenaged warriors to keep the beliefs of Hades' alive, and wait for his command. From this Jinpachi and Wang Jineri go different paths, as Jinpachi elects to stay obedient to his master, while Wang Jineri, escapes back to his homeland.
==Imperial Japanese Army==
During this time Jinpachi enters the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, graduating in the 12th class, with top rankings. Due to his high marks Jinpachi accompanied War Minister Ōyama Iwao, on a year-long tour of Europe to examine the military systems of various European nations. In 1894 upon his return to Japan, the Emperor of Japan, Mutsuhito Meiji, asks Jinpachi's former master, the imprisoned Amano to rebuild, the Temple of Hades. Kawao Amano takes this message and personally asks Jinpachi to become the new leader of Hades, handing him his golden scepter, Jinpachi is honored and promises not to fail his master. 
==Wrath of Vajra==
On the orders of Amano, Jinpachi has a multinational group of Prisoners of War, come to the Temple for training, and sport. Jinpachi then kidnaps Chinese children to train them and become one of Hades' chosen warriors. When news broke out among China of Hades' return, as well as the missing children, Wang Jineri challenges Hades' mightiest warriors for their safe return. As Wang Jinrei wins Jinpachi's death tournament, he earns the right to challenge Jinpachi himself. Before their battle takes place however Jinpachi expresses his wish that they would’ve always remained friends. The former friends engage each other in a brutal bloody bout while it pours down rain upon the Temple. As Jinpachi appears to be the victor of the fight, he taunts the downed Wang Jinrei, giving enough time for Wang Jinrei's long thought dead older brother Wang Liángléi, to reveal he was still alive. Reinvigorated Wang Jinrei and Jinpachi renewed their battle. Wang Jinrei then preforms the deadly, 17 Seconds of Death technique. As Jinpachi realizes that he has been defeated, he looks over the balcony of the roof to see his warriors using katanas in a massive brawl between them and the prisoners. Jinpachi commands his men to stop, proclaiming that true warriors do not use weapons. Jinpachi then looks at Wang Jinrei and comes to understand that he was right in his path, he acknowledges Wang Jinrei as the King of Vajara, and falls off of the balcony to the floor, unconscious. When he awakes he is tied along with other surviving members of Hades, to a column, later being arrested for the kidnapping of the children, by Chinese officials. The prince hearing that the Chinese had Jinpachi negotiated for him, resulting in a trade of prisoners. Indebted to the Prince, Jinpachi was forced to rejoin the army in order to prepare for Japan's grand assault. 
==First Sino-Japanese War==
Jinpachi was made commander of the new Imperial Japanese Army's 5th Division, which saw combat under his command in the First Sino-Japanese War at the Battle of Pyongyang. Jinpachi would participate in every major battle during the war, from the  Battle of the Yalu River, to the Battle of Weihaiwei, and the Battle of Jiuliancheng. During the latter part of the war, Jinpachi was promoted to full general and replaced General Yamagata Aritomo as command-in-chief of the Japanese First Army in Manchuria before he was elevated to the title of count. After the end of the war in 1895, Jinpachi successively held various military posts including Commander of the Imperial Guard Division, Inspector-General of Military Training, and served as a Military Councilor. With the war now over his debt to Emperor Meiji was fully repaid and Jinpachi returned to what was most important to him, fighting.
==Mishima Style Fighting Karate==
After his defeat by Wang Jinrei, Jinpachi realized that Hades' fighting style was flawed, and that he would have to expand his knowledge of fighting, if he was ever going to develop the ultimate style of Karate. He began training in Naha-te from Higaonna Kanryō for whom Jinpachi has expressed much respect. He was part of a Naha-te training group nicknamed "The Seven Samurai," which included Chōjun Miyagi. Jinpachi reached the rank of shodan (1st degree black belt) 2 years later. He reached the rank of 3rd dan in karate 2 years after that. During this time Jinpachi began studying Judo under famous Judoka Tomita Tsunejirō obtaining a 3rd dan ranking in his first year. He reached the rank of 4th dan in karate one year later. Combining Hades' style karate with Naha-te, and Judo, Jinpachi started his own karate style called Mishima Style Fighting Karate. With Mishima Style Fighting Karate, Jinpachi spent six years traveling Japan and challenging renown karatekas and Judokas and their respective styles, remaining undefeated while even facing Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū practitioners; the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time. With his style proven he sought to seek the only worthy challenger he had ever known, Wang Jinrei. 
==Helping an Old Friend==
Jinpachi soon boarded a boat to China, where he searched for Wang Jinrei in hopes of proving that he has finally become the better fighter. After several weeks, Jinpachi finds the King of Vajra, a broken man, a mere shell of the warrior who defeated him years ago. It broke Jinpachi to see Wang Jinrei had become a mere opium addict, no longer a challenge to any fighter; So Jinpachi swore to help his “old friend”, spending the next 2 years helping rehabilitate Wang Jinrei, until Wang was able to train again. Once Wang Jinrei was back to being the King of Vajra, he and Jinpachi had a friendly duel, to which the winner is unclear. However once the fight is over the two best friends, part ways, bidding each other fair well, until they meet again. 
==Paying Debts==
Once back in his homeland, Jinpachi embarked on another exhibition of styles defeating his close friend and former training partner Chōjun Miyagi, who developed his own Karate Style known as Gōjū-ryū Karate. However, before he could celebrate his victory over yet another style, Jinpachi was informed that Miyagi had acquired heavy debts, to the Yakuza gang, debts he could no longer fulfill because he was left critically injured, by Jinpachi's hands. Jinpachi was then forced to become a hitman for the Yakuza in order to fulfill Miyagis role, and to keep him alive. However, in a surprising turn of events Jinpachi grew very fond of his Yakuza boss Kurata, holding the utmost respect for him, and vice versa, with the boss giving him the nickname “Phoenix Jin”. 
==Tokyo Drifter==
However 3 years later their Yakuza group becomes deactivated as Kurata, gives up the life of crime for himself and his syndicate. Otsuka, a rival gang boss, attempts to recruit Jinpachi into his organization, but is turned down. After failing, Otsuka sends an assassin to neutralize Jinpachi, fearing he will interfere with a real estate scam. Looking to profit from the scheme himself and fearing that his group is threatened by his presence, Kurata asks Jinpachi to leave and live the life of a drifter. Otsuka and Kurata join forces, and assign the successful hitman, "Viper" Tatsuzo, to kill Jinpachi. Jinpachi evades Viper and his hit squad a number of times and arrives at the establishment of Umetani, an ally of boss Kurata. Jinpachi returns to Tokyo, confronting his boss who betrayed him. He kills everyone in the room besides his boss and former girlfriend Chiharu. At the end of the bloody massacre, Kurata kills himself, and Jinpachi rejects Chiharu's plea to allow her to accompany him on his travels. He exits down a pure white hallway, explaining that he has a new allegiance to the wanderer lifestyle, and cannot abandon it for the company of another. He would soon wander into Kobe and made noodles for a living. When Chiharu finds Jinpachi, she tells him that she is pregnant with his child. 
==Joining The Yakuza==
Jinpachi wanting a life for his son, with out the struggles he had endured, joined the Yamaken Gumi, a subgroup of the Yamaguchi Gumi Yakuza. The Yamaguchi Gumi was soon involved in a deadly gang war in which Jinpachi proved himself to be violent but effective mediator in resolving disputes. His hard work and talent helped propel him upward in the ranks of the Yakuza underworld. In one years time, Jinpachi spent a year in prison for possession of weapons, and he was again arrested in Osaka for weapons possession. Dispite that he became leader of Yamaken-gumi 2 years later. The next few years were a turbulent time for the Yakuza organizations, the Yamaguchi Gumi that Jinpachi belonged to was not excluded from this turmoil. Kazuo Taoka, the Third Generation Kumicho of the Yamaguchi Gumi, died of a heart attack. The heir apparent, Kenichi Yamamoto, died a year later of liver disease. Kazuo Taoka’s widowed wife acted as Kumicho until she named Masahisa Takenaka to lead the Yamaguchi Gumi 2 years later. Masahisa Takenaka succession led to a violent division in the Yamaguchi Gumi and a violent gang war. Masahisa Takenaka was gunned down the following year by the Ichiwa-kai gang, a Yamaguchi Gumi splinter gang. Four weeks later, two Ichiwa-kai gangsters were killed at a bicycle track by Yamaguchi Gumi members. A year later, the Ichiwa-kai gang’s leader was shot to death. The war between Yamaguchi Gumi and the splinter group killed more than 30 gang members and a few bystanders. At one three-month period, 12 people were killed and 17 people were wounded. This war would be known as the Yama-Ichi War. 
==Kumicho==
At the end of the war, Jinpachi Mishima took the position of 5th Generation Kumicho of Yamaguchi Gumi and ended nearly ten years of violent power struggle within the largest yakuza organization. Mishima’s huge ceremony to commemorate accession was held at a local shrine and infused traditional and feudal aspects of the yakuza society. All the leadership of the Yamaguchi Gumi wore traditional Japanese clothing and carried fans. During the ceremony, Jinpachi and Kazuo Nakanishi, the then acting boss of Yamaguchi and Jinpachi’s main rival, formally exchange cups. He then moved into his new home and headquarters in Kobe, which occupied the area of a city block, and was known as Hon Maru otherwise known to neighbors as "the Castle." Years Later the Great Kantō earthquake struck Japan. The Great Kantō earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, Kobe, and Shizuoka, causing widespread damage throughout the Kantō region; although the Castle, seemed not to be damaged by the quake, one of Jinpachi’s office buildings was totally destroyed. Jinpachi ordered his affiliates to provide food and water to the needy, and the yakuza forced businesses to provide them food and water for free. Under Jinpachi's order the Yamaguchi-gumi gave away 1 billion yen of goods and 20,000 free lunches to survivors. After the quake, the Yamaguchi Gumi bought a lot of the land in Kobe for very cheap because many of the owners could not afford to pay for the reconstruction. Buying land is just one of the ways that Jinpachi profited from the Great Kantō earthquake. The reconstruction of Kobe cost more than 120 billion dollars. Yamaguchi Gumi was active in the construction industry of Kobe before the earthquake. It is believed that the Jinpachi was the largest beneficiary of the earthquake because of his organizations extensive links in the Kobe construction industry. Police estimated that he received US$1 million a month from his aides in honoraria, and the full-time members of Yamaguchi-gumi had increased by one-third to 16,500 only three years after Jinpachi took over. Years later, the Osaka High Court ordered that Mishima and three others pay 80 million yen in damages for the killing of an off-duty policeman by a Yamaguchi-gumi affiliate, and his appeal to the Supreme Court failed a year later. The rulings were historic in that they set a precedent in recognizing that a crime boss, though not directly involved in the criminal act, is responsible for the act if his subordinates are found guilty of that crime. These decisions specified what yakuza activities were considered business activities and that gang violence is “closely related with the business.” This new precedent greatly affected the money-making ability of Jinpachi, Yamaguchi Gumi, and other yakuza organizations. He retired from his position 2 years later reportedly due to ill health. 
==Mishima Zaibatsu==
Once out of the Yakuza, Jinpachi used some of the land he bought to finish construction of the Mishima Zaibatsu, an idea Jinpachi had been creating since becoming Kumicho. With Jinpachi now a legit bussiness man he had time to focus on his wife Chiharu and their 15 year old son Heihachi. A year later Heihachi is held at gun point and robbed, by a Yakuza member. After hearing what happened with the Yakuza member Jinpachi became traumatized at the thought of losing his son and decided to finally teach Heihachi to properly defend himself. Jinpachi then taught his son Mishima Style Fighting Karate (三島流喧嘩空手 Mishima-ryū Kenka Karate) including the deadly moves "Rising Uppercut", "Dragon Uppercut", "Tsunami Kick", "Flash Punch Combo", "Demon Slayer", "Spinning Demon", and "Demon Scissors", all of which he used to win his duels during his fighting days. However, when Heihachi kills a member of a rival gang using these techniques, he brings dishonor to the Mishima household and name. Out of love for his only child, Jinpachi managed to pull some strings around the court and managed to bring Heihachi's sentence down from life imprisonment to 10 years. Seeing Heihachi behind bars, crushed Jinpachi who always wanted a better life for Heihachi than he had, Jinpachi never wanted Heihachi to fight a day in his life, he only wanted his son to run the Zaibatsu and continue his legacy, as a great businessman. However with Heihachi now suffering from a criminal record, he saw his son only as wasted potential, rotting away, spitting on everything he tried so hard to build from the ground up. As a result Jinpachi found it to sickening to visit his son while locked away. As the years pass the Mishima Zaibatsu becomes the third largest corporation in Japan, with Jinpachi steering his image from Yakuza thug to the world's most reputable businessman. Despite Wang Jinrei's wise council against it, he quickly severed ties with his son when he is released, denying him shelter and money; thus forcing his own son on the street. However tragedy strikes the Mishima household, as Heihachi goes missing and his presumed deceased by authorities. In response to her son's alleged death Chiharu kills her self, leaving Jinpachi alone to mourn the both of them. To help with the pain, Wang Jinrei move into Hon-Maru, coming to Jinpachi's aid, as he once did for him and mourned with Jinpachi as a true friend. Months later, news reaches Jinpachi that his son has been seen and he immediately sends for him. Jinpachi then attempts to repair their damaged father and son relationship to which Heihachi pretends to accept, merely using his father for his influence, money and shelter. Heihachi soon moves into Hon-Maru with his woman, and she bears him a son, thus making him a Grandfather. Jinpachi was a loving grandfather to Kazyua, showing him endless kindness and support. However, Heihachi wanted to raise Kazuya harshly, but much to Heihachi's chagrin, Kazuya grew up kind and frail, due to the more loving treatment he received from his grandfather. Heihachi told his father to stop being so soft to his son, telling him that the world was too hard for childish actions, and that he blames his father for his troubled childhood of being bullied. 
==A Son's Betrayal==
Jinpachi refused and as a result he was betrayed by his son who stole the Zaibatsu from him in court. After assuming control, Heihachi began to steer the Zaibatsu into the military industry. In response Jinpachi soon planed a coup to retake the Zaibatsu from his son. The day before the coup, a drunken Jinpachi tells Wang, "In order to bring about peace the Mishima clan must be destroyed". Jinpachi then attempted the coup, however it failed, and Heihachi used this opportunity to “repay” his father defeating Jinpachi in one-on-one combat. 
==Death==
Jinpachi was then sentenced to death via starvation by Heihachi as he imprisoned his father underneath Hon-Maru. To the press Heihachi told the media that his father had killed him-self, Wang was heartbroken to hear of Jinpachi's death, but believed Heihachi's suicidal claims, translating the druken Jinpachi's words to be a fearwell from his old friend. Sometime later, Jinpachi finally dies of starvation, until he is resurrected by a mysterious entity decades later. 
==5th King of Iron Fist Tournament==
Having been taken over by a vengeful spirit and granted incredible supernatural powers, Jinpachi breaks out of Hon-maru when the compound is destroyed during a battle between Heihachi, Kazuya and an army of robots known as Jack-4s sent to kill Heihachi. With the news of Heihachi's apparent demise, Jinpachi takes over the company from behind the scenes and organizes the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament in the hopes that someone will free him before the spirit takes him over completely, to the point that he writes to Wang, asking him to compete and put an end to the Mishima bloodline which has been cursed by Heihachi's greedy ambitions. However in the tournament final, it is not Wang Jinrei who stops him as Jinpachi is confronted by his great-grandson, Bo Kazama, who defeats him and puts him to rest at last. 
==Final Good-Bye==
As he lays on the ground nearing death yet again, Wang who had witnessed the battle runs to Jinpachi, holds him, shakes him, and asks, "Jinpachi, are you ok?" Jinpachi, reflecting back on his life replies, "I'm sorry I caused you so much trouble..." Wang says, "Don't say such things! We have been through so much... and still have been like brothers." Jinpachi reaches up to Wang with one of his hands and says, "Jinrei...", Wang grabs Jinpachi's hand with one of his hands and says, "Jinpachi!". Jinpachi says, "I wish we could have had one last drink together...but I'm afraid my time has come... Good bye, my dear friend... It was fun..." Jinpachi turns to dust in Wang's arms. Wang runs his fingers through the sand that was Jinpachi while saying, "Jinpachi... Jinpachi!..." Wang continues talking, saying, "It's the curse of the Mishima bloodline!..." Wang gets up while saying, "Jinpachi...it appears that my time has yet to come, so I will wipe out the Mishima family's cursed blood!".
==Legacy==
However Wang Jinrei would not be able to avenge his fallen friend as he lost the next King of Ironfist Tournament. Yet, it also took its toll on Wang as he murmurs "Jinpachi..my friend. My time has come." before falling onto his knees, saying "I'll see..you again..." as he falls onto the ground. He was a very private person, giving no media interviews. His interests besides fighting and business were golf, weight-lifting, jogging, and Chinese history. When Jinpachi ran the Mishima Zaibatsu he sponsored an annual tournament, the All-Japan Point & K.O. Tournament, held at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, with full-contact, knockdown rules of competition; which served as inspiration for Heihachi to create the King of Iron Fist Tournament. When describing the Martial art style of Mishima Karate, Jinpachi wrote, "Odo means the way champions must behave. It is based on humane feelings and courtesy, on being honorable, on being devoid of selfishness or bias. It is the antithesis of any martial art that relies only on force to conquer an opponent."