Lau Chan

**Lau Chan** (ラウ・チェン, *Rau Chen*) (born October 2, 1940)[1][2] is a fictional Chinese character in the video game series *Virtua Fighter*.

A leading Chinese chef, a master of the legendary wushu style Tiger Swallow Fist (pronounced as "Koen-ken" in Japanese) and the father of Pai Chan although the two share a strained relationship. He is from Shandong Province, Northern China.

Currently (and ever since *Virtua Fighter 4*), Lau has suffered from a rare illness which cannot be cured. This illness does not seem to hamper his Koen-ken techniques or his ability to fight although he is seen coughing in one of his pre-fight animations and, in *Virtua Fighter 5 R*, one of his idle animations. Lau was the winner of the first World Fighting Tournament.

## Character Relationships

* Father of Pai Chan
* Rival of Lei-Fei

## TMNT X Pokemon

Lau Chan may be old but he packs a punch! He usually help the Turtles if they are facing with a strong opponent during missions.

## Trivia

* Lau won the first World Fighting Tournament.
* Currently (and ever since *Virtua Fighter 4*), Lau has suffered from a rare illness which cannot be cured. This illness does not seem to hamper his Koen-ken techniques or his ability to fight although he is seen coughing in one of his pre-fight animations.
* Lau is the only character in the *Virtua Fighter* series to have noticeably aged. Whether this is a symptom of his illness or just natural aging is unknown.
* Although he is from China and his native language is Chinese, due to the game's Japanese origin, he speaks Japanese and is voiced by Shigeru Chiba.
* Lau's new-founded rivalry with Lei-Fei and revived relationship with his daughter Pai is briefly shown in the Version B Intro of *Virtua Fighter 5*.
* Lau's defeats in the Second and Third World Tournaments were both to the eventual winners of the respective tournaments, Akira and Kage. Lau, Akira and Kage make up the winners of the tournaments so far.
* An early bio of Lau was discovered in November of 2016 in the first *Virtua Fighter* game. According to the bio, Lau's first name was going to be Tao and his blood type was O instead of B.[3]

## Quotes

### Pre-Fight

* 虎燕拳の真髄！見るがよい！(*Koenken-no shinzui! Miruga-yoi!*) — Bear witness to the essence of Koen-ken!
* 料理してくれるわ！(*Ryōri shitekureru-wa!*) — I'll cook you up something special!
* 行くぞ！ゴフッッ…うんんんッ。(*Iku-zo! (gofu…) unnn.*) — I'm ready! (cough)… Ugh.
* 行くぞ！(*Iku-zo!*) — I'm ready! (VF5FS)

### Victory

* おぬしとは覚悟が違うわ！(*Onushi-to-wa kakugo-ga chigau-wa.*) — You are nowhere near ready to face the master.
* 我が権威…迷いなし！(*Wa-ga-ken-ni… mayoi nashi!*) — In these fists… there is no doubt!
* 虎燕拳の前に敵はない！(*Koenken-no mae-ni teki-wa-nai!*) — No one can withstand the power of Koen-ken!
* 未熟者めが！(*Mijukumono-me-ga!*) — You're nothing but an amateur!

### Item Victory

* まだ死ぬわけにわい感！(*Mada shinu wake-ni-wa ikan!*) — I'm not about to die yet! -w/ Willow Leaf Saber
* わしに勝てるとでも思ったか？(*Washi-ni kateru-to demo omotta-ka?*) — Did you really think you could defeat me? -w/ Meat Cleavers, Flag
* 行くぞ！ふん。(*Iku-zo! (shouting) Fun.*) — Here I come! (shouting) Hmph. -w/ Dragon Gong
* ふん。(*Fun.*) — Hmph. -w/ Cutie Pai Doll
* おぬしとは覚悟が違うわ！(*Onushi-to-wa kakugo-ga chigau-wa.*) — You are nowhere near my level. -w/ Ball

### Losing

* もはやこれまでか？(*Mohaya koremade-ka?*) — Is this as far as I can go?