Kazuya Mishima

**Kazuya Mishima** (三島 一八 *Mishima Kazuya*?) is one of the main characters in the *Tekken* series. He appears in all of the*Tekken* games except *Tekken 3*, in which he only made two cameo appearances. Although he is seen as the main protagonist and hero of the first *Tekken* game, Kazuya is one of the main antagonists of the series ever since *Tekken 2*. Most importantly, Kazuya is the son of Heihachi Mishima and Kazumi Mishima, the love interest of Jun Kazama and the father of Jin Kazama. He's also the half-brother of Lars Alexandersson, the adoptive brother of Lee Chaolan, and the grandson of Jinpachi Mishima.

## Biography

In the original entry to the franchise, Kazuya was considered to be the primary protagonist, and for all intents and purposes, there was no reason to believe differently. According to differing sources (such as *Tekken: The Motion Picture* and a brief scene in Ling Xiaoyu's *Tekken 5* ending), Kazuya was actually quite frail and timid as a boy and was the victim of years of abuse at the hands of Heihachi. Indeed, Kazuya originally entered the first King of Iron Fist Tournament in order to face off against his father, who was played up to be a corrupt corporate tyrant. Kazuya's clothing of choice, simple white pants and red gloves and footpads, even helped to draw parallels to another *"mysterious loner"* hero, *Street Fighter*′s **Ryu**. So most people (both within the game and in real life) simply wrote Kazuya off as the cliché fighting game hero.

There was only one clue as to Kazuya's true intents and nature: his secret PS One palette swap, which turned out to be Devil.

*Tekken 2* saw Kazuya's true nature revealed in full. After killing his father (or so he thought), instead of bringing justice and honor to the Mishima Zaibatsu and righting the wrongs of his father, Kazuya repeated the corrupt practices of his father and turned it into an even much more ruthless and evil organization. While Heihachi was merely ruthless (though he had some standards), Kazuya was completely void of conscience or any compassion at all. He hired assassins to eliminate innocent people for the sake of his own pleasure (such as the father of Eddy Gordo), he attempted to extort money from several businesses and many organizations, and he even went so far as to smuggle endangered animal species, and conducted genetic experiments on them (Alexand Roger). Of course, the reason for his evil deeds was because he had sold his soul to the Devil all those years ago, and had allowed the evil within him to fully consume him.

However, Kazuya still had some sense of goodness within his heart, which gained more and more strength after he first metJun Kazama, resulting in Angel, who constantly battled his evil side, though this would turn out to be his downfall. Heihachi managed to take advantage of his son's confusion caused by this internal war and defeated him in the second King of Iron Fist Tournament. Kazuya was then thrown into a volcano and killed, while the Devil in his body escaped and eventually made contact with Kazuya's son, who succeeded his father as the series' new protagonist.

Of course, G Corporation eventually located Kazuya's remains and at this point, they regenerated his body and made a deal with him to remain hidden within G Corporation's labs and be tested on. Kazuya had learned from his mistakes; the next time he faced Heihachi, he wanted to be in full control of his Devil powers. Of course, this plan did not go as Kazuya intended; Heihachi ruined it by invading G Corporation and stealing their research.

Since his original appearance, Kazuya's character has gone through many transformations: From hero to villain, from villain to anti-hero. Whatever was left of his good side appears to be totally suppressed by his Devil persona. Kazuya no longer fights against his darker side, and the two seem to have come to mutual terms, as Kazuya can call upon Devil whenever he likes now (such as in his *Tekken 5* introduction). In Tekken 7, Kazuya seems more sentimental than in the previous Tekken because he reproaches Heihachi again for killing his mother.

In *Project X Zone 2*, Kazuya maintains his behavior in the main games but is also shown to be grumpy and rude towards other characters particularly because of the feud of his family, such as his father Heihachi and his son, Jin who became his partner. He also has shown interests in the other characters' performance such as Estelle's skills in writing a book about parents and children and hunting curse monsters when they spoke to Natsu about the broken curse. Kazuya also recognizes Ryo Hazuki's father who is the master of Hazuki-ryu Ju-Jutsu when he encounters Ryo Hazuki much to his son's confusion. Kazuya also dislikes people who are trying to getting hold of his actions which Jin tries to warn them about it and a prime example shows when Phoenix Wright was encountered by them due to his role as a lawyer and detective and became nervous to make trial on courts due to his actions for murdering people in the main games as well as media reporters such as Ulala who wants to know more of the Mishima family feud. Like Jin, Kazuya is also confused when Segata Sanshiro was encountered as he recognizes both being created by the producer of their game, Katsuhiro Harada.

## Gameplay

Kazuya is one of the most basic characters in the series. His moveset furthers powerful single strikes, and despite them being mostly slow and/or unsafe on block, they do a lot of raw damage. Most of Kazuya's best moves are predictable and hard to surprise with, so his most rewarding method of play is centered around block punishment. In fact, Kazuya's greatest assets are his punishing moves, like the Electric Wind Godfist, one of the best, if not the best punisher in every game he's in. In summation, he's overall best used as a defensive character, and a good timing is required to main him.

Starting with *Tekken Tag Tournament 2*, Kazuya gains the ability to morph into his Devil form at will. His Devil form gives him some demonic powers, like the ability to fly and shoot laser beams. Also changes slightly his moveset, most notably giving him the ability to perform the Twin Pistons move from a standing position, which can be used as a solid launcher move for juggle combos. However, he lost most of D/F+1 follow-ups in Devil Form.

His Rage Art has him doing two consecutive punches and transforms into Devil Kazuya to rake his opponent with a powerful Devil's Beam. This ability is also retained in his powerful devil form along with his Rage Art of his own during the battle against Heihachi and later Akuma.

In *Tekken (Mobile)*, Kazuya's Rage Art has a minor change, instead of raking his opponent by Devil Kazuya's Devil's Beam, he maintains to hit his opponent with two consecutive punches followed by Hell Lancer and heavily knocks his opponent with a Dragon Uppercut and having his arm crossed on his downed opponent.

### Fighting Style

Kazuya fights using Mishima Style Fighting Karate. In a style similar to Shotokan karate.

## Quotes

 So you've come. (お前か。 *omae ka*)
 Pitiful. (くだらん。 *kudaran*)

Note: Namco's translation is not the literal translation.

## Character Relationships

* Jinpachi Mishima - His deceased grandfather. Jinpachi trained Kazuya when he was a child, and before Jinpachi was imprisioned under Hon-Maru by Heihachi. Unlike Heihachi, Kazuya liked his grandfather very much and looks up to him as a father figure and Jinpachi liked spending time with him.
* Heihachi Mishima - His now deceased father and archenemy. Kazuya hates Heihachi so much because he murdered Kazumi, and throwing him off a cliff when Kazuya was 5 years old, ever since then, Kazuya has been wanting to kill Heihachi through retaliation, and in *Tekken 7*, Kazuya successfully killed Heihachi at their final battle in The Mishima Saga. Although, Kazuya seemed to feel pitiful when he killed his father, which is odd since his hatred toward his father was very deep.
* Kazumi Mishima - His deceased mother. Kazuya loves and was fond of his mother, Kazumi has always been devoted to him when he was a baby. In *Tekken 7*, Kazuya was surprised to hear that Kazumi was trying to kill both him and Heihachi by sending Akuma, but despite that, he refused to believe it, but he was confused as to how Akuma knew Kazumi.
* Jun Kazama - His son's mother, the real relationship between Kazuya and Jun remains one of the biggest mysteries of the series except that Kazuya and Jun had Jin together and that Jun wanted to stop Kazuya and save him from the devil, they had a romantic relationship that lasted only one night or some day.
* Jin Kazama - His son and enemy. Kazuya and Jin first met in *Tekken 4* but their duel does not take place in the tournament because the Tekken Force has kidnapped Jin, allowing Kazuya to win without confronting him. After his fight against Heihachi, the latter takes him to the temple of Hon-Maru where Jin was taken prisoner, at first Kazuya showed a sign of anxiety but his Devil Gene wakes up and finally, Kazuya provokes Jin in a duel but was beaten by Jin. Kazuya is constantly searching for Jin in order to forcefully extract Jin's portion of the Devil Gene. In *Tekken 7*, Kazuya seems to no longer want to hurt his son, it may be that Kazuya wants to reconcile with Jin despite that they always have their Devil Gene in them. His uneasy partner in *Project X Zone 2* (non-canon).
	+ Devil Jin - Rival / his son's devil form.
* Lee Chaolan - His adoptive younger brother and childood rival.
* Lars Alexandersson - His younger half-brother. Kazuya has nothing against him but Lars does however. In*Tekken 6* and onwards, Lars wanted to kill his half-brother, expose his real intentions and destroy the G-Corporation. In *Tekken 7*, Lars suspects Kazuya of continuing the war in the world as the latter is fighting with Akuma in a volcano.
* Devil Kazuya - His transformation to his devil form.
* Paul Phoenix - His considered rival.
* Anna Williams - His bodyguard, good friend and secretary in *Tekken 2*, *Tekken 6* and *Tekken: Blood Vengeance*.
* Bruce Irvin - His bodyguard, friend and second-in-command in *Tekken 2* and *Tekken 6*.
* Ganryu - His bodyguard in *Tekken 2*.
* Dr. Bosconovitch - Kazuya ordered him to create Alex and Roger before *Tekken 2*.
* Roger - Kazuya ordered Bosconovitch to create him before *Tekken 2*.
* Alex - Kazuya ordered Bosconovitch to create him in *Tekken 2*.
* Eddy Gordo - Kazuya killed Eddy's parents and framed Eddy for their murder.
* Christie Monteiro - Due to Eddy's tragic life Kazuya caused on him, Christie became involved into this situation.
* Leo Kliesen - Kazuya is responsible for Leo's mother's death, becoming Leo's enemy.
* Baek Doo San - He defeated him in the *Tekken: The Motion Picture* (non-canon).
* Lei Wulong - Lei attempted to arrest Kazuya in *Tekken 2*, and also *Tekken 6* since he'd been known Kazuya has up to something dirty and tyrannical all along in an attempt to take over Zaibatsu again.
* Michelle Chang - Kazuya defeated her in *Tekken: The Motion Picture* (non-canon).
* Ling Xiaoyu - She went to save Kazuya in *Tekken 5*. Kazuya and Xiaoyu had no interaction with each other, but Xiaoyu does not seem to hate Kazuya, instead she would like to stop the conflict between Kazuya, Jin, and Heihachi in an attempt to reconcile them. Xiaoyu is his former employee in *Tekken: Blood Vengeance*(non-canon).
* Armor King - Kazuya wants to get revenge on him for helping G Corporation's test subjects escape.
* Jack-6 and Jack-7 - His henchman in *Tekken 6*.
* Nina Williams - His one of his enemies and his partner in *Street Fighter X Tekken* (non-canon).
* Emma Kliesen - One of Kazuya's main victims during his takeover of G Corporation. He is a witness for killing her.
* Shin Kamiya - Kazuya hunted him down until realized he is just a veteran of M-CELL experiment in *Tekken: Blood Vengeance* (non-canon).
* Jane - She helped Kazuya create Jack-6.
* Angel - She tried to save Kazuya's soul during *Tekken 2*.
* Ryu and Ken Masters - His rivals in *Street Fighter X Tekken*. An enemy in *Namco x Capcom* while as Devil Kazuya, and situational allies in *Project X Zone 2* (non-canon).
* Akuma - Kazumi ordered Akuma to kill Kazuya and Heihachi should she fail to do so in *Tekken 7*.
* Lucky Chloe - His employee.
* Shaheen - Kazuya was responsible for Shaheen's close friend's death and Shaheen made a decision on sparing him instead of taking revenge. But when Shaheen saw him transform into his devil form, he vows to apprehend Kazuya.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Kazuya became a villain and thus joining Shredder during Seasons 1 and 2. By Season 3 and beyond, he switches sides by joining the New Foot Clan in which Karai became the leader.

## Trivia

**General**:

* Kazuya is the winner of the first King of Iron Fist Tournament.
* Possibly because of the Devil Gene, Kazuya's left eye glows red. However, it is also a possibility that Kazuya gained this red eye due to the reconstruction G-Corporation implemented on him; however, Devil Jin's eyes glow red at times too.
* Despite fan misconception, Kazuya does not consider Jun Kazama his wife. There has never been any confirmation on his civil status either.[1]
* Kazuya's fighting style is heavily based on Shotokan style of karate.
* The kanji individually mean: "one" (一 *kazu*); "eight" (八 *ya*). Also, the surname of all members of the Mishima family 三島 (*Mishima*) mean "third island".
* In *Tekken 5*, Kazuya can be customized to resemble Devil's appearance in *Tekken Tag Tournament 2* by adding Third eye, Devil Wings, and Devil Tail with 1P costume.
* In *Tekken 6*, if one customizes Kazuya with "Neo Sunglasses" and press u+1+2, he will take off the glasses and attack his opponent using Devil's eye beam.
* Part of Kazuya's techniques are performed by the same motion actor as Jin Kazama, Ryu Narushima (成嶋 竜 *Narushima Ryū*)[2]
* In Heihachi's *Tekken 2* ending, Kazuya is wearing his purple tuxedo outfit (his extra outfit). However, in the*Tekken 4* intro, he is shown wearing his 1P outfit.
* According to *Xenosaga Episode I's* bonus e-mails, Kazuya is friends with Shion Uzuki, the primary protagonist of the *Xenosaga* series. At one point in the first game, Kazuya sends Shion an email advertising*Tekken 4* as a sort of Namco universe Easter egg.
* In *Street Fighter X Tekken*, He and his son, Jin's karate belts are up to the knee while in their normal game counterpart, their belts are below the knee.
* Kazuya is playable in every *Tekken* game with the exception of *Tekken 3* because he was believed to be dead.
* Kazuya is the only Tekken character that has appeared in all motion pictures based on the game franchise. He has appeared in *Tekken: The Motion Picture*, *Tekken (2010 film)*, *Tekken: Blood Vengeance*, *Street Fighter X Tekken: The Devil Within*, *Tekken Tag Tournament 2* live-action short film, and Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge.
* Also, he is the character that has been portrayed the most as a live-action character. He has been portrayed by 4 actors; Ian Anthony Dale, Mark Musashi, Kefi Abrikh and Kane Kosugi.
* Kazuya's role in the 2010 film seems to be the same as Lee Chaolan's role in *Tekken: The Motion Picture*.
	+ In *Tekken: The Motion Picture*, Lee was raised by Heihachi while in the 2010 film, it is Kazuya who was raised by Heihachi instead.
	+ In*Tekken: The Motion Picture***,**Lee tries to kill Kazuya while in the 2010 film, Kazuya tries to kill Jin Kazama.
	+ *In Tekken: The Motion Picture*, Lee seduces both Nina and Anna Williams while in the 2010 film, it is Kazuya who makes out with the Williams sisters.
	+ Kazuya in the 2010 film and Lee in *Tekken: The Motion Picture* are upset that Heihachi refuses to give his corporation to them.
	+ Both are ultimately defeated by the characters they try to kill. Lee is defeated by Kazuya in *Tekken: The Motion Picture*, while Kazuya in the 2010 film is defeated by Jin Kazama.
* After his crossover debut as an NPC Devil Form in *Namco x Capcom*, Kazuya (with his ability to change into his Devil Form) finally made his playable debut in *Project X Zone 2*, paired with his son, Jin.
* In Square's fighting game, Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring. Ken "Godhand" Mishima is similar to Kazuya in terms of his physical appearance and the same fighting style which he was inspired by the Mishima Fighters in the game.
	+ Interestingly, most of his moves are based in Kazuya's moveset which he gains his "Dragon Uppercut", "Stonehead" "Rising Sun", Spinning Demon, Demon Scissors, Ultimate Tackle, Twin Pistons, Lightning Uppercut and his unblockable move, the Lightning Screw Uppercut. However, Ken also gains other characters' moves such as Heihachi's Hell Axle and his Demon Uppercut,Hwoarang's Hunting Hawk and Paul Phoenix's Bone Breaker and his unblockable move, Burning Fist.
	+ Ken has a blue lightning similar to Kazuya's when damaging his opponents as well as doing a reversal to avoid being attacked.
	+ Both men also gained scars on their chest. In Ken's case, he gains two bullet scars on each side of his chest.
	+ Both men always wear fingerless gloves with a pyramid pattern at the center during fights. (Kazuya's gloves are red while Ken's gloves are black as his right arm is replaced with an arm gun)
	+ However, Ken's voice actor in the game is Joji Nakata which is Kazuya's previous voice actor from*Tekken* until *Tekken Tag Tournament.*
	+ One of his knockout grunts is also from Kazuya in his appearance in *Tekken* and *Tekken 2*.
	+ Cloud Strife from *Final Fantasy VII* who is a playable character in the same game utilizes Kazuya'sDemon Scissors, Flash Punch Combo and Dragon Uppercut respectively as his fighting style while Vincent Valentine another character from *Final Fantasy VII* and also a playable character in the same game utilizes Kazuya's moveset but also gains both Paul Phoenix's Bone Breaker and Hwoarang'sHunting Hawk and his Firecracker.
	+ If you pick Kazuya and Devil in Tekken Tag Tournament, then if you change character during the fight, Kazuya will be transformed in Devil and vice versa.

**Tekken**:

* He is the main character and main protagonist of the game.
* His sub-boss is Lee Chaolan.
* He is Lee Chaolan's sub-boss.
* He is the only character with a third costume.
* He has the same voice actor as Lee Chaolan.

**Tekken 2**:

* Once again, he remains the main character of the game.
* He is the semi-boss and main antagonist of the game.
* Roger and Heihachi Mishima are his sub-bosses.
* Still the only character with a third costume.
* He has the same fighting stance as Baek, Devil, and Angel.
* To unlock him, the player has to beat Arcade mode with every default character, then one hidden character.

**Tekken 3**:

* He appears in the arcade opening scene and in a photo in Eddy Gordo's ending.
* He is replaced by his son (due to his father Heihachi Mishima throwing him in a volcano).

**Tekken Tag Tournament**:

* He can be unlocked by beating the game with 7 different characters.
* He has interludes with Hwoarang, Eddy, Jin, and Heihachi.
* When paired up with Devil, they will morph into each other instead of tagging out.

**Tekken 4**:

* He is a supporting antagonist and the boss of the third level of the *Tekken Force* mini game.
* Also, he is one of the antagonists alongside Heihachi in the main story of the game.
* His ending is the counterpart of Jin's ending of the game.

**Tekken 5**:

* His sub-bosses are Raven and Heihachi.
* He is a sub-boss of Eddy, Heihachi, Bruce, and Lee.
* His childhood self appears in Xiaoyu's animated ending before being thrown by his father Heihachi.
* He also appears in Heihachi's ending where he was bound in chains along with his grandfather, Jinpachiand his son, Jin in a space rocket.

**Tekken 6**:

* Heihachi is his sub-boss.
* His final boss is Devil Jin.
* He is the sub-boss to Jin and Miguel.
* He is arguably considered one of the antagonists alongside Jin and Azazel due to the fact that he is one of the two "Evil Stars" alongside Jin and responsible for the unsealing of Azazel.
* Kazuya has a third outfit which appears to be G-Corporation body armor.
* He can be customised as one of his 2P outfits in T1, T2, and T4. A certain yakuza member, Heihachi (in younger years), Akuma from the *Street Fighter*series, Joker (without makeup) from Batman, Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and Geese Howard from SNK's *Fatal Fury* series.
* In Heihachi and Kuma's ending, he and his son Jin are bound inside the spaceship before his father releases Jin in space. The main differences of the two endings are, Kazuya is able to kick his father from his back before they turned into shooting stars and the other has been released in space by Kuma before he accidentally clawed his own space suit. He also appears in Lee's ending along with his father and his son Jin are bound in a bundle of fireworks in his primary outfit.
* In the Scenario Campaign mode, he is the boss of the second half of the G Corporation, Millennium Tower Heliport and the first half of Azazel's Temple, Central Corridor.
* During Scenario Campaign mode, Kazuya wears his purple military gear from the arcade and console opening in Tekken 6 where he gets off the helicopter.

**Street Fighter X Tekken**:

* Kazuya's Super Art was the "Devil's Beam" and also the name of his son's Super Art that he hits his opponents in three consecutive punches and hits them with a red beam. His Cross Art, however, was his 10-hit combo from his *Tekken 2* as the blue lightning were embedded from his punches along with hisDragon Uppercut.
	+ In *Tekken 7*, his Super Art becomes his Rage Art but minor changes as he only hit his opponents in two punches instead of three but in blue lightning instead of purple miasma as he hits them with a red beam while briefly transforms into Devil Kazuya's in-game transformation before reverting back to his normal state after usage.
* Kazuya is voiced by Jordan Byrne for this game as his *Tekken: Blood Vengeance* voice actor, Kyle Hebertcurrently voices Ryu in the game.
* In the first trailer of this game, Kazuya wears his CEO outfit from his arcade opening in *Tekken 6* but the color of his outfit was black instead of white. He also wears this outfit against M. Bison while having an unlikely alliance with his son, Jin in the fourth and final episode of the trailer for PS Vita.
* His moves are also used by Kuro.

**Tekken Tag Tournament 2**:

* His iconic purple suit is available in as customization items after being unlocking by defeating gold-plate enemies in either Arcade Battle or Ghost Battle.
* He appears in Lars' ending and the last part of Angel's ending wearing his primary outfit.

**Tekken Revolution**:

* In the E3 2013 Debut trailer for *Tekken Revolution*, Kazuya is quoted as saying, "With the Power I have Obtained, Overwhelming and Absolute." (俺は手に入れた、圧倒的な力を *Ore wa te ni ireta, attō-teki na chikara wo*). This was taken from his lines from the Scenario Campaign prologue in *Tekken 6*.
* His critical arts are Rising Uppercut, Abolishing Fist, Spinning Demon to Left Hook and Left Splits Kick. His special art is Kumo Kiri.
* His DLC costumes are his iconic purple suit (2P costume), his military gear from Tekken 6 (using the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Armored Gear models), and a hakama similar to his father Heihachi's with a tiger design emblazoned on them.

**Tekken 7 and Tekken 7: Fated Retribution**:

* Kazuya's new costume looks the same as his old costume from the *Tekken Tag Tournament* intro, and the costume from his *Tekken Tag Tournament 2* artwork by Shunya Yamashita.
* He is rumoured to be one of the main protagonists or a deuteragonist of the game. Though he could also be an antagonist due to his default costume being the same one he wore when he was in charge of ruling the Mishima Zaibatsu. However, it is confirmed that Heihachi returned and manages to reclaim the Zaibatsu before Kazuya does.
* During the opening sequence in his fight with Heihachi, Kazuya glows in purple miasma instead of blue lightning in the game. In *Street Fighter X Tekken*, He also glows in purple miasma during his execution of his Super Art.
* In the near end of the opening sequence, Kazuya gains a third eye and hits his father with a red laser without the ability to transform into a devil. This form only appears on the second battle of *The Purpose of Battle*, the final chapter of the story mode.
	+ Interestingly, his actions during the opening sequence is a reference to his son Jin in *Tekken 6* as the final boss in the Scenario Campaign mode where he shoots a red laser without transforming into his devil form.
* In Akuma's reveal trailer in the updated version, Kazuya was unaware that his beloved mother, Kazumi, had attempted to kill him along with his father due to their absolute power and dominance when she spoke with Akuma to kill them both prior to the first game.
	+ In the last part of the trailer, Kazuya attempts to destroy Akuma's Hadoken with a single punch.
	+ In the story mode, Kazuya faces off against Akuma wearing his *Tekken: Blood Vengeance* attire at the rooftop of the G Corporation Headquarters. After hearing his mother's attempt to kill both himself and Heihachi from him.
* During Story Mode after Kazuya heard about his mother's attempt to kill both himself and Heihachi from Akuma, both of his eyes are now brown minus the red left eye.
* In the E3 trailer and it's arcade opening, Kazuya is depicted wearing his *Tekken 5* primary outfit instead of his new main outfit.
	+ In the story mode, however, he wears this outfit at the start of *Tekken 5* instead of his primary outfit in*Tekken 4* when he fought off some Jack-4's.
* He and his son, Jin can be customized as Ryu from the *Street Fighter* series as the karate gi is dark blue but short sleeved. Both also wears his signature red headband.
* His *Wind God Fist* was improved to have the same recovery as the electric variant in this game. As a result, one of his standard combos (f,n,d,d/f+2, f,n,d,d/f+2, b+4, (1,2),4,3, f+3) can be done with neither wind god fists being electric.