Heihachi Mishima

* Tekken 6
* Tekken 4/Tekken 5
* Tekken 3
* Tekken 2
* Tekken
 **Full Name** King XIV
 **Family** King II (anger of beast) (my brother)
 **Alignment** Lawfully good

**Heihachi Mishima** (三島 平八 Mishima Heihachi) is one of the main characters in the Tekken series and he debuted in the first game in the series and has returned for all subsequent titles. Though seen as the protagonist of the second Tekken game, he is the anti-hero and one of the main antagonists of the series as he is almost always responsible for the events, though his impact on the story has seemed to decrease since Tekken 5. However, after being featured in the debut trailer of Tekken 7, Heihachi may become a pivotal part of the storyline once again.

## Story

### Backstory

Heihachi was born as the heir to the rich, powerful, and well-respected Jinpachi Mishima, the owner of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu and a world-famous martial arts master. He met a woman named Kazumi during childhood and became friends. They later fell in love and were married. During this time, He and Kazumi fathered a son named Kazuya and from there, thought they could live in peace as a family for a long time after.

Heihachi raised Kazuya harshly. Much to his chagrin, Kazuya grew up kind and frail, perhaps due to the more loving treatment he received from his grandfather Jinpachi and his mother Kazumi. At some point, Heihachi betrayed Jinpachi and stole the Zaibatsu from him as Heihachi disagreed with his lack of aggression and his "soft" treatment of Kazuya. After assuming control, Heihachi began to steer the Zaibatsu into the military industry. Jinpachi and Kazumi feared of what Heihachi would do to Kazuya and to countless others and both set out to stop him. Jinpachi attempted to launch a coup to retake the Zaibatsu from his son, but failed and was ultimately imprisoned underneath Hon-Maru where he remained for over 40 years. Upon discovering that Kazumi had the Devil Gene, Heihachi fought with Kazumi and killed her.

Finally fed up with Kazuya's "weakness", Heihachi tossed his son down a deep ravine, claiming that if he were truly his son, he'd be able to survive the fall and climb back up. Kazuya actually managed to do so, but only thanks to the Devil Gene he inherited from his mother. To further motivate Kazuya, Heihachi adopted the Chinese orphan Lee Chaolan and he raised him as a rival to his true son. However, Heihachi didn't care about Lee at all and only used him to irritate Kazuya.

Over the years, Kazuya traveled abroad and competed in martial arts championships, becoming an undefeated champion (the only blemish on his record being a draw against Paul Phoenix). Eventually, Heihachi decides to test his son's strength and worth and announces the King of Iron First Tournament.

### *Tekken*

However, Heihachi is unexpectedly defeated by a powerful Kazuya in an intense father-son battle. In an act of revenge, Kazuya tosses an unconscious Heihachi down the same cliff that he was thrown off as a child. Kazuya took over the Mishima Financial Empire, and he ruled it to his heart's content.

### *Tekken 2*

Heihachi manages to survive through sheer willpower and trains in solitude for the next two years until the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 is announced. He enters to exact revenge his son and defeat him once and for all.

The two face off in a final showdown which ends in Kazuya's defeat. To ensure his son's death, he tosses him into a volcano and leaves him for dead, believing him to be gone for good.

### Regaining the Mishima Zaibatsu and Meeting Jin Kazama

Scheming to further develop the MFE, Heihachi organized "Tekken Force", the MFE's private corps, and dispatched them to settle disputes and bring wasteland under cultivation to feed the poor countries of the world, in order to gain the support of leaders worldwide.

Fifteen years later, a secret excavation of Central American ruins by the Tekken Forces unearths an unusual find. They were annihilated by a mysterious being. Heihachi realized that the mysterious being could be the legendary Ogre, and took action to realize his life's goal: to capture Ogre and therefore rule the world.

One day, Heihachi was visited by a 15-year-old boy named Jin Kazama. Being informed that Jin was his grandson and hearing what had happened to his mother, Jun, Heihachi reasoned that Ogre thrives on the "strong souls" of others. Heihachi trained Jin to use him as a decoy to lure Ogre.

### *Tekken 3*

On Jin's 19th birthday, Heihachi declared to the world that the third "King of the Iron Fist Tournament" was forthcoming. At the same time he noticed that Jin, the youngest of Mishima bloodline, began to show the same dangerous power Kazuya had. Heihachi decided to dispose of Jin after he lures Ogre, in order to end the doomed destiny of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

After Ogre was defeated, Heihachi shoots Jin in the head, therefore "killing" his own grandson. However, when Heihachi turns his back and walks away, he sees the bodies of the Tekken Force fly past him, and turns around to see Jin morphed in his devil form, Devil Jin. Jin slams Heihachi through a stone wall, then hurls him down into the ground violently. Outside, Jin spreads his wings and flies off into the night. Heihachi sits up and watches as his grandson, evidently heir of the cursed Devil Gene, fly away.

### *Tekken 4*

He made his researchers collect blood and tissue left behind by Ogre and attempted to create a new life form by combining its genetic material with his own. The experiment failed, however, and Heihachi learned that he lacked the Devil Gene necessary to integrate Ogre's genome into his.

In order to obtain the Devil Gene, Heihachi searched for Jin, who transformed into a devil during the last Tournament. During the search, Heihachi learned that the body of his son, Kazuya - whom he killed 20 years ago - was stored at a cutting-edge biotech firm called G Corporation.

Heihachi ordered his Tekken Force to raid G Corporation in an attempt to obtain Kazuya's remains. They obliterated G Corporation's laboratory, and the mission appeared to be successful. That was until Kazuya, revived by G Corporation, retaliated and caused the mission to fail.

Heihachi needed Kazuya or Jin's body to create the new life form. After much deliberation, an evil smile crept onto Heihachi's lips.

The next day, an announcement was made for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, with the Mishima Zaibatsu as the prize.

### *Tekken 5*

After losing to Jin Kazama, Heihachi was cornered by a group of Jack robots in Honmaru. Heihachi and Kazuya began to fight off the Jacks together but Kazuya fled and Heihachi was caught in the explosion when the Jacks detonated.

The tremendous explosion would have killed a normal man but Heihachi, no ordinary man, managed to survive.

### *Tekken 6*

A month later, Heihachi learned that the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 has already ended. He goes back to Zaibatsu headquarters only to find the Tekken Force blocking his way.

One year later, the next Iron Fist Tournament is announced and Heihachi finds out that Jin Kazama is the new head of the Mishima Zaibatsu. He is enraged and declares that he will get everything back.

He is soon heard that a rebel leader Lars Alexandersson will come after him, although he wasn't aware that Nina, under orders of Jin, patrols him, knowing that using Lars would further his plan to reclaim the throne back to him.

Upon meeting Lars during a their fight, he finds out that Lars was his illegitimate son, who Heihachi unaware of, planning to kill him because Lars knows what the evil reputation Heihachi have. However, it fails because of Alisa's little interruptions and Heihachi himself can deflect a gun, using a mouth with a headbutt-like move, Lars then mocks him in to join circus due to his healthy body and current age.

Lars and Alisa soon depart after Tougou calls them that they have found what Heihachi left behind, but not before telling him that he will be back for him after the war is over. When the guard tells if they should let him go, Heihachi tells him not to bother as it was already on his plan all along to reclaim Zaibatsu's throne.

### *Tekken 7*

Despite his plan works to reclaim the Zaibatsu, after Jin's presumable disappearance through supposed sacrifice of destroying Azazel, Heihachi has some of Mishima Zaibatsu unfinish war conflict Jin had with, a war with G Corporation, which is led by his son Kazuya. Heihachi manages to strengthen his Zaibatsu quickly before Kazuya manage to take over and overpower it. However, unknown to Heihachi, Jin actually had woken up from his coma and went into hiding.

Three months later, Heihachi learns that his wife Kazumi was still alive. He announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 7 and it was his strategy to defeat his son Kazuya once and for all.