Yoshimitsu

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

"*Those who tread the path of evil shall face judgment eventually.*"
―Yoshimitsu
Yoshimitsu (吉光) was originally introduced in Tekken. Due to his unique look and fighting style he has proven popular amongst fans and he has returned for all subsequent sequels, becoming one of only four characters to do so, the others are Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams, and Heihachi Mishima.

### Appearance

Yoshimitsu's outfits concepts are often reflected various references to Japanese culture. During the first tournament, he wore a white kabuki mask and silver body armor with red circle decorations on his shoulders and thighs and red stripes on the rest of his armor going to his feet. He also had red hair.

In the second tournament, He wore a brown sandogasa, a white mask with violet tassels, a silver breastplate and boots, dark brown arm sleeves with red wristbands, a white glove on his left hand, light green pants, and red bands put around the shins and the ankles. His red hair was cut and he also gained a mechanical hand for the first time.

In the third tournament, he wore a skeleton mask matching his upper area, shoulder, and shin armor, a red top on his armor, green pants, green gauntlets and a pair of straw sandals.

In the fourth tournament, a brown beetle helmet on top of a more realistic skeleton mask with glowing green eyes, brown armor that match his helmet, yellow insect wings and tanned open-toed shoes.

During the fifth tournament, we wore a plexiglas visor and several tentacles on the back covering his skeleton mask with three red eyes, red under clothing, a golden upper torso armor and shin guards, green shoulder and knee pads, green waist guards which was tied by a blue string, red pants and a pair of straw sandals.

By the sixth tournament, his outfit was slightly identitcal to the one he wore in the fifth tournament, a maroon appearance to look like flesh. His breastplate now matches with his skeleton mask and his under clothing is purple. His crotch also has a gold design around it while his eyes are now green.

In the seventh tournament, he was wearing a maroon armor, maroon mask with gold ears, dark purple pants and knee-high purple samurai boots. This should be noted that it was the same as his Tekken Tag Tournament 2 outfit, but without the blue cogwheel.

## Story

### Origins

Yoshimitsu is the leader of the Manji Clan, a robin-hood like group who steal from the rich and give it to the poor. In reality, Yoshimitsu is the latest to receive the title held by his ancestors decades ago. Since the 16th Century, Yoshimitsu's blade was passed down through the Manji Clan's leaders. The clan is dedicated to a mission to help the weak and fight the oppression. Upon the inauguration of a new leader, his or her predecessor would be ritually sacrificed and the blade absorbs the person's power and skill.

### *Tekken*

Yoshimitsu entered the first King of Iron Fist Tournament as a decoy so as to allow other Manji to steal the tournament's funds unobserved. During the tournament, Yoshimitsu learned of Ganryu, a sumo wrestler whose disrespectful attitude in the ring cost him his promotion to the rank of yokozuna.

Eventually, at the tournament, Yoshimitsu encountered and defeated Ganryu and robbed him of his ill gotten gains. After the tournament, Yoshimitsu along with follow Manji clan gave Ganryu's ill gotten gains to Marshall Law, a fellow fighter from the tournament, and his family.

### Meeting Dr. Bosconovitch

shortly before the second tournament, Yoshimitsu led a raid on Dr. Bosconovitch's lab in order to steal his Eternal Energy device. Though Yoshimitsu lost his arm during the operation, Bosconovitch helped him escape and fited him with a mechanical prosthetic replacement. Grateful for his help, he told Bosconovitch that he may call on him whenever he needed help.

### *Tekken 2*

Yoshimitsu learned that Bosconovitch has been kidnapped by the Mishima Zaibatsu and enters the second Tekken tournament to rescue him. Also, Kunimitsu, Yoshimitsu's former Manji Clan second-in-command, returned to the tournament in order to steal the clan's sword.

Yoshimitsu defeated her and upon learing of Bosconovitch's location, he droped out of the tournament to rescue the doctor. Yoshimitsu attacked the helicopter escaping with the abducted Bosconovitch and rescued the doctor.

### *Tekken 3*

19 years after the second tournament, Yoshimitsu visited Bosconovitch, who wass suffering from a disease that he caught when he built the Cold Sleep machine. Bosconovitch told him that the disease can only be cured using the blood of Ogre, a god recently awakened from its deep slumber. Yoshimitsu then entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in order to obtain the blood.

During the tournament, he was targeted by Bryan Fury, a cyborg sent to kill him and capture Dr. Bosconovitch by Dr. Abel, Bosconovitch's rival. Yoshimitsu managed to defeat Bryan and retrieved some of Ogre's blood after Ogre's defeat by Jin Kazama.

### *Tekken 4*

Two years later, Yoshimitsu was unsure about the future of his organization due to a constant lack of necessary funding and manpower. Upon learning of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, he envisioned a union between the Manji Party and the Mishima Zaibatsu and entered the tournament.

After the tournament, he saved Ling Xiaoyu from Heihachi's evil plans by Yoshimitsu and informed her of the Mishima family's tragic history. While Yoshimitsu was robbing the Mishima Zaibatsu mansion, he discovered an unconscious Bryan Fury. He took him to Bosconovitch's lab so the doctor could transfer Bryan to a new body. Bosconovitch then injected Bryan with drugs to put him to a year-long sleep.

### *Tekken 5*

However, when Yoshimitsu visited Boskonovitch's lab a month later, he found it destroyed and many of his comrades dead. An injured Dr. Bosconovitch told him that Bryan woke up only a month later and went on a rampage with his new body.

Swearing revenge, Yoshimitsu entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to hunt down Bryan. At the tournament, Yoshimitsu found Bryan and defeated him. However, Yoshimitsu learns that his sword was weakening.

### *Tekken 6*

Yoshimitsu realized that as his sword is cursed, it will lose its power and drive its user insane if it doesn't kill evildoers for a prolonged amount of time. He decided to adopt a second sword called Fumaken, which has the ability to suppress the cursed sword's properties, and entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 in order to restore the power of the cursed sword.

### *Tekken 7*

To be added as information for Tekken 7 accumulates.