Paul Phoenix

* Tekken 6
* Tekken 5
* Tekken 4
* Tekken 3
* Tekken 2
 **Full Name** King XIV
 **Alignment** Lawfully good

**Paul Phoenix** (ポール・フェニックス Pōru Fenikkusu) appeared in every Tekken game so far in the series, becoming one of only four characters to do so, sharing the title with Heihachi Mishima, Yoshimitsu, and Nina Williams. A hotheaded and agressive man, Paul is determined to prove that he is the absolute best fighter the world has seen, and this dream expanded into literally trying to prove to the universe that he was the best.

## Appearance

For the most part, Paul's outfit's pretty much remains the same in all the Tekken games (except Tekken 4) but with minor modifications.

Since his first appearance, Paul always wears a red judo uniform with the sleeves ripped off and a yellow judo sign, black belt and black hand and foot guards. He regains the judo uniform in Tekken 2 and Tekken 3. During the first three installments, his civilian clothes conisisted of a black leather jumpsuit with a flaming skull design on the back, black fingerless gloves and boots with a flame designs on both sides of his pants. He has the sleeves rolled up and a white t-shirt underneath in Tekken 3.

In Tekken 4, Paul wears a white T-shirt with a long sleeved red gi uniform jacket thrown off and tied around his waist, red gi uniform pants with logos on them and navy blue boots with orange flame designs on them, as well as a black belt and black hand guards. His new civilian outfit conisited of a black T-shirt with a flaming skull design on the back, handwatch on his left hand, gray jeans, black shoes and his hair is down instead of the flat top style.

In Tekken 5, Paul regains his red judo uniform, but has white wraps around of his wrists and his red gi is even more tattered and torn than it was before. He would keep the outfit for the next two tournaments, but in Tekken 7, the white wraps are gone. His civilian outfit is similiar to the one he wore in Tekken 4, but wears a black leather jacket with a flaming skull design on the back and black fingerless gloves. His jeans are now dark blue instead of grey and hair is still down.

## Story

### Early Life

Fascinated as a child by "Bear Killer Willy Williams", Paul grew up to be one of the world's renowned fighters. He met a martial artist named Kazuya Mishima and their fight ended in a draw.

### *Tekken*

Paul entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament and challenged a fully grown bear named Kuma and win. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Kazuya in a furious battle that lasted for hours. Shaking his head in disbelief, Paul left the Mishima estate and returned to New York.

### *Tekken 2*

In New York, he found work in the south Bronx as a bouncer, his ego and arrogance led him into numerous confrontations with unsavoury people. After two years of punishing street fighting, throughout the USA, Paul emerged ready for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 with overwhelming confidence and entered once again with an extreme desire to be the champion.

Coincidentally, Paul eventually found himself up against Heihachi Mishima in the tournament, and lost to him.

### *Tekken 3*

Despite Paul's enviable career, he has yet to win the one tournament that would mark him as being one of the true greats. Last spring he received an unexpected invitation to the '3rd King of the Iron Fist Tournament'. With training still a part of his daily regiment, he is still in peak condition and feels he still has what it takes to win the big one.

Paul went undefeated through the entire The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 and was even victorious against Ogre. Swelling with pride, Paul returned home. However, Paul's happy ending was short-lived. Unknown to Paul, Ogre morphed into his second form - True Ogre - and the tournament continued after his departure.

### *Tekken 4*

Although Paul asserted that he was the true champion of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, few believed him, and even those that did eventually grew tired of his attitude. Friends and admirers slowly disappeared, and his dojo eventually went out of business from the lack of students. One day, Paul came across a newspaper flyer announcing The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Burning with the desire to win this Tournament, he decided to give it his all once again to prove that he is the one true champion, once and for all. He also heard that his old rival, Kazuya, was returning to the tournament and was excited to face again after twenty years.

However, Kuma stood in his way, as always. Paul started out well against Kuma, but soon began to feel desperate because of Kuma's tenacity. Paul realized he had been overconfident when he was dealt with a severe blow by Kuma and lost the match.

### *Tekken 5*

Reflecting on his loss to Kuma, Paul realized that he had forgotten some important lessons and had strayed from the path to becoming a great fighter. He decided to start over again in order to discover that which he had lost. Two months later, Paul entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.

At the tournament, Kuma blocked Paul's way and Paul challenged him. Although he was victorious, he was utterly exhausted, leaving him unable to the tournament.

### *Tekken 6*

Unable to collect any prize money from the last tournament, Paul, who was already burdened by his mountain of debt, learns that a new King of Iron Fist Tournament will be held soon. Believing that if he won the tournament, he could finally say goodbye to his loan troubles, Paul deeply thought about ways to increase his chances of winning—participating on his own was out of the question.

If he could assemble a team with someone, his chances of winning the prize money would greatly increase. And so he went over his plan with his best friend Marshall Law. Paul and Law both teamed up with heavyweight boxing champion, Steve Fox, who later became friends with Paul and Law.

However, Paul had to get through someone first, as his rival Kuma stood in his way again. Although he started well against Kuma, Paul eventually los his focus as Kuma defeated him again and lost the match.

### *Tekken 7*

Unable to accept his loss to Kuma, Paul begun trained hardly for the next three months. Then, he learns that A