Heihachi Mishima

Members of FBI, G Corporation, Grove Street, Manji Clan, Shadaloo, Shirai Ryu, United Nations, V.S.S.E., and Yggdrasil

### Voiced by

Taiten Kusunoki
Unshō Ishizuka
Daisuke Gōri
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Wataru Takagi

**Heihachi Mishima** is one of the main characters in the *Tekken* series who appears as a playable character in *Tekken X Hazbin Hotel*. He debuted in the first game in the series and has returned for all subsequent titles. He is one of the most known as the host of the King of Iron Fist Tournament. Heihachi is one of the main antagonists in the game.

## Biography

Years later, Heihachi Mishima was brought back to life by Sir Pentious along with the Egg Bois and Darth Vader. Sir Pentious then became excessively supportive to him and Heihachi offers Pentious to join the Mishima Zaibatsu, then Pentious decided to join it and was claimed to become Heihachi's trusted bodyguard, while Vader, who owns Galactic Empire, started collaborating with the Mishima Zaibatsu. Later, Heihachi opens the King of Iron Fist Tournament while they plan to obtain the Devil Gene and to take over Hell with intention of achieving world peace under their rules. To take over hell, they have to kill all of the Overlords, the Hazbin Hotel staffs, and the Manji Clan, Shadaloo, and Shirai Ryu members, as their main targets to gain their powers, but somehow Raven and the demon hunters find out what they are planning to, so they also attack the demon hunters and the Pentagram Police Department officers for investigating the case of what they are planning to.

## Quotes

### Intro

* "*Show me what you've got.*"
* "*I'll be quick with your death!*"
* "*Do you think you're tougher than me?*"
* "*I'll snap you like a twig!*"
* "*Shall we begin?*"
* "*That infernal blood of a devil!*" (against Demonic Charlie, Kazuya, Devil Kazuya, Jin, or Devil Jin)
* "*Kazumi.*" (against Kazumi or Devil Kazumi)
* "*So this is the King of Hell? You are nothing compared to the King of Iron Fist!*" (against Lucifer)

### Win

* "*No one can defeat me!*"
* "*That felt good. Next!*"
* "*You're not as tough as you talk!*"
* "*You don't respect the Iron Fist!*"
* "*Come back when you're ready to fight!*" (after defeating his enemy)

### Rage Art

* "*Die!*"
* *"Your delusions of grandeur end here!"*

## Trivia

### General

* **Heihachi** (**平八**) is literally "flat eight" in English. All Mishima given names end with the kanji "八" (meaning "eight"). It can be read as *hachi*, *hatsu*, *ya*, *yattsu* or *yō*.
* **Mishima** (**三島**) is the family name of all Mishimas and means "third island".
* As well as taking over as head of the Mishima Style Fighting Karate after imprisoning his father, Heihachi also created the style Kuma Shinken and trained bears to fight using it. The style utilized their animalistic traits as well as drawing on some of Heihachi's own moves.
* Heihachi's fighting style is heavily based on Okinawan karate styles such as Shorin-ryu and Goju-ryu.
* Heihachi was voiced by Daisuke Gōri prior to his death on January 17, 2010, from *Tekken 3* to *Tekken 6*, by Banjo Ginga in *Tekken* and Wataru Takagi in *Tekken 2*. From *Tekken Tag Tournament 2* until *Tekken 7*, he was voiced by Unshō Ishizuka who later passed away on August 13, 2018.

### Tekken X Hazbin Hotel

* Heihachi is the host of this tournament. He serves as one of the antagonists in the game.
* Heihachi is currently voiced by Wataru Takagi, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Taiten Kusunoki in *Tekken X Hazbin Hotel*. Previously, Wataru Takagi voiced him in *Tekken 2* and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa took his role as Heihachi in the bombed 2009 film. As of the Netflix TV show, Taiten Kusunoki additionally voices him in the game.
* Heihachi appears as one of the boss in the 7th stage in arcade mode, with tag option being a boss partnering with Sir Pentious in the 9th stage.