Jin Kazama

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

**Jin Kazama** (風間 仁 Kazama Jin) is one of the main characters of the Tekken series. He is featured on the packaging for the console version of each sequel following his introduction in Tekken 3, he has also been the main protagonist for virtually every installment since his debut in Tekken 3 and his role as an anti-hero in Tekken 6.

### Personality

Jin's actions and surroundings fit the mold of a quintessential "tragic hero", excluding the lack of a tragic flaw as of Tekken 6. As with many tragedies, all of the major traumatic events that occur within the hero's life are beyond his control:

First and foremost, there's the fact that his grandfather and father are two of the most evil and ruthless individuals who've ever lived on the face of the earth. Secondly, his mother was cruelly and abruptly taken from him while he was still a teenager. Third, he was betrayed by his grandfather, whom he trusted deeply. Fourth, the return of his great-grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima, has caused him to begin losing his internal struggle with the Devil within. Fifth, the appearance of Azazel prompts him to corrupt the Mishima Zaibatsu further just for the chance to face the beast and sacrifice himself to destroy it. Each of these occur to a helpless and unassuming Jin, who is simply doing what he can to set things right at every turn.

It is known that Jin used to be "sweet and nice" (as described by Xiaoyu and mentioned by other characters), before all the above mentioned events happened, however after everything he went through, he seems to have lost all his human feelings.

Jin's personality ranges from calm to rude and arrogant at various moments, and his words and actions hint toward the bitterness within. Although he is portrayed as a monster in his Devil form, in general, he is never portrayed as evil (unlike Kazuya and Heihachi), and everything that he does, he does for a good reason.

He also has one personality trait which is common with many Japanese action heroes. Once Jin's mind is focused in any particular direction, it is immensely difficult to get him to change or even notice the events and people around him. People close to him, including Hwoarang and Ling Xiaoyu, are always going to extremes to gain Jin's attention, and yet, he maintains an indifferent demeanor towards them.

Jin's disinterest in close relations perhaps results from the Devil Gene. As a result of his family's bloodline curse, Jin thinks that the people he loves will likely suffer, if he ever completely succumbs to the Devil Gene or becomes one with it like his father. In short, during Tekken 4, Jin planned to destroy his father and grandfather and then himself, dying without children to put an end to the Mishima curse once and for all. However, Jin could not go through it after defeating his two predecessors, so it's unknown if he has given up on this plan completely since he saw the image of his mother Jun.

In the events of Tekken 6, Jin uses his new position as the CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu to throw the world into chaos in hopes of a cure. Although his intentions are entirely benevolent, since he seeks to use this to awaken and then destroy a much greater threat, Azazel. Believing that defeating this monster could help get rid of his curse, Jin might have destroyed countless people's property, ruined many lives and won lots of enemies through his actions. This may mean that Jin (no matter how painful it is for him) is willing to go out of his morals if that is what it takes to save the world. This again shows that no matter how indifferent and arrogant Jin seems to be, he is still a good man.

### Appearances

Jin Kazama is of Japanese ethnicity. He has black hair that spikes at the back of his head, similar to that of his father, Kazuya Mishima. He also sports fringes, like his mother. Jin is also notably muscular with low body fat percentage, evidence of the many years of hard training. His resemblance to his father is so strong, that in early screen showings of Tekken 3 where his character was still unnamed, many fans speculated that he was a young version of Kazuya Mishima, specifically when he was in his early teen years (Tekken 3 and 4, due to their similarities). While Jin inherited his father's body structure, his face strongly resembles his mother's. One of Jin's most prominent aspects is the black mark on one of his arms, a mark that the Devil branded onto him.

### Outfits

Jin has worn a great deal of outfits during the course of the Tekken series. The aforementioned outfits feature a flame motif, and, with the exception of a single outfit in Tekken 6, gloves or gauntlets.

In Tekken 3, Jin wore a pair of black pants with a flame colored in a linear tint, from yellow to red, on his right leg. The flame starts at the end of his pant leg and ends just under his hip. He also wears a pair of matching red gauntlets that has ten metallic 'rivets' and foot protectors. However, in Tekken 4, he removed his red gauntlets in favor of a pair of white gauntlets with thin red leather piece placed between the glove fabric and the pads.

During Tekken 4, he wore a white/navy blue nylon hooded jacket and blue pants with gold flame designs and a pocket lines on both sides, a gray undershirt and red sneakers with white soles. He also wore his gauntlets with his clothing. During his fight against Kazuya and Heihachi, he wore his gauntlets along with black gi pants with a large white flame on his left pant leg and a flame on the right pant leg, the top of which barely reaches the knee, along with a black belt with gold linings.

In Tekken 5, Jin kept his gauntlets and black gi pants he wore in Tekken 4.

In Tekken 6, Jin discards his gloves from Tekken 4 and 5 that contain the Kazama family crest in lieu of ones that model his former Mishima style ones. This could be a subtle hint at his personality change. Jin also had alternative clothing, which was his CEO outfit.

In Tekken 7, Jin abandoned the gauntlets he wore in Tekken 6 in favor of the white gauntlets with the Kazama family crest that he wore in Tekken 5. This shows that Jin was about to atone for his actions in Tekken 6. During the seventh tournament, he regained the white/navy blue hooded jumpsuit from Tekken 4, but with the addition of gold flame designs on the hood and jacket arms and his updated gauntlets he wore in Tekken 5. He also regains his fighting attire from Tekken 5 as well.

## Story

### Early Life

After The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2, Jun Kazama headed to Yakushima, Japan and gave birth to her son, Jin. For the next fifteen years, she would take care of Jin herself and teach him the Kazama Fighting Style.

At the age of 15, Jin discovered that he was Kazuya Mishima's son, and also that his mother, Jun Kazama, had died (the actual truth was that she had gone missing). Jin trained himself under the supervision of Heihachi every day with the intention of defeating Ogre, who supposedly killed his mother. Heihachi was not only his grandfather, but also proved to be a reliable teacher.

### *Tekken 3*

Four years later, having mastered the Kazama and Mishima Fighting Styles, Jin then started his path as a martial artist.

During the game, Jin fought and defeated numerous opponents in the tournament. He also fought against his rival, Hwoarang, although it ended in a draw. Despite this, Jin continued on through the tournament and finally arrived at the temple where Ogre was located. Just as he approached the entrance to the temple, Heihachi appeared and forced him to fight in order to lure out Ogre, but kept this from Jin. Instead, he told him that he wanted to test Jin's abilities and determine whether or not he was strong enough to fight Ogre.

Eventually, Jin defeated his grandfather, and Ogre then appeared before him. Angered by the sight of his mother's killer, Jin engaged Ogre in a fight, fueled by rage. During the fight, Ogre then absorbed Heihachi's power allowing him to become True Ogre and the fight continued.

Jin defeated True Ogre and had avenged his mother at last. Suddenly due to the extreme battle True Ogre violently exploded. Mere seconds after his victory, Jin is attacked by Heihachi's Tekken Force soldiers, and received multiple gunshot wounds. Slowly succumbing to death, Heihachi shot Jin in the head with a handgun, therefore killing his own grandson.

However, when Heihachi turned his back and walked away, he saw the bodies of his soldiers before him, and turned around to see Jin morphed into his devil form, Devil Jin. Jin then slammed Heihachi through a wall of the temple and violently hurled Heihachi down into the ground. Finally, Jin spread his wings and flew off. Heihachi, weakly, sat up and watched as his grandson, Devil Jin, disappeared into the night.

### *Tekken 4*

Brisbane, Australia; a city crowded with buildings, new and old. Nestled amongst the towering buildings of this city was a small dojo. A young man trained there, his face covered by the hood of his jacket. This young man trained there quietly, the young man was Jin.

Day after day, Jin trained in the traditional art of karate. Ever since Heihachi's betrayal, Jin loathed everything about himself. His Mishima bloodline, his fighting style, the Devil Gene in his blood, everything. He unlearned the Mishima-ryu fighting style, thanks to the dojo master's training, and mastered traditional karate.

Jin's thoughts burned with the desire to destroy the evil Mishima bloodline, the bloodline of his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, and his father, Kazuya.

One day, Jin heard rumors that The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 4 was announced.

A once in a lifetime opportunity to exterminate the Mishima clan... Without hesitation, Jin hardened his resolve to enter the tournament.

After fighting many opponents in the tournament, including Hwoarang near the end where they promised to fight in the next tournament, Jin finally had a match with Kazuya, his father. On his way to fight Kazuya, Jin encountered the Tekken Force soldiers. Jin managed to take down a number of them but was outnumbered and eventually defeated. He was then taken prisoner by the soldiers.

Heihachi's Tekken Force soldiers held Jin captive at Honmaru. At the time of his capture, Kazuya manages to knock Heihachi with a telekinetic force due to being possessed by Devil. When Devil attempts to get the other half of the Devil Gene within Jin, he gains tattoos in both chest and arms. But to his dismay, that Jin inherited the Kazama blood that was running through his veins which it restrains his assimilation before Kazuya manages to regain control of himself as he and Devil merge themselves into one personality.

Kazuya tries to wake his son. When he wakes up, he manages to break the chains and was suffered from his Devil Gene which has engulfed into a purple haze. Jin angrily stated to his father that if only if he was dead. But once it was done and it will be all over (whom in Jin's dream is antagonizing him to "give in to the anger", which would trigger his Devil Gene) and he manages to defeat his father who is now knocked unconscious.

Heihachi then foils Jin's escape, and challenges him to a fight in an attempt to take Jin's own Devil Gene from him. The two fought immediately, and Jin proved that he was too much for Heihachi to handle. With Heihachi weakened, he then proceeded with his own mission (which was to destroy his evil bloodline by murdering his grandfather, his father, and then himself), but abruptly paused when he had a hallucination of his mother, Jun Kazama (this could also have been her soul reaching out to him).

As a result, Jin dropped his grandfather and said, "*Thank my mother, Jun Kazama,*" before once again flying off into the night. At the last part of his ending a single white feather is shown falling along with the other falling black feathers from Jin's black feathered wings after he flew away implying that the white feather belongs to Angel's which it signifies Jin's good side.

### *Tekken 5*

After the grueling battle between Kazuya and Heihachi Mishima at Honmaru, Jin took flight, leaving the dojo behind. However, he was overwhelmed by an evil presence and lost consciousness. Jin awoke to an unknown voice and saw a mountainy forest, which appeared to have been ravaged by a giant tornado.

However, Jin had no doubt that *he* was responsible for the destruction. Upon returning to Yakushima, Jin was plagued by recurring nightmares. Jin could feel the influence of the Devil Gene growing stronger.

"*If this keeps eating away at me, I don't know how long I can hold on*".

With nothing else left, Jin went out to end his bloodline.

Jin, once again, fought his rival Hwoarang, but the devil gene began to take over Jin again. During this time Hwoarang took the opportunity to strike and defeated Jin. Devil Jin awakened and defeated Hwoarang afterwards.

Back in his human form, Jin met and battled his great-grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima and in the end defeated him. Jinpachi exploded into nothing but dust, as Jin looked up into the sky. In the end, Jin walks into the Mishima Zaibatsu throne room having claimed the Zaibatsu.

### *Tekken 6*

After taking over the Mishima Zaibatsu, Jin utilized his elite military unit, the Tekken Force, to carry out covert missions in order to engulf the world in chaos. Once he had rendered most countries' military power useless, he took over space colonies, oil fields, and other energy producing resources. He declared the Mishima Zaibatsu’s independence and waged war against the rest of the world in order to vanquish an even greater evil capable of destroying the world.

The Mishima Zaibatsu swept across the globe, taking over nation after nation. But as the war continued, new opposing forces slowly began to show their presence. Jin learned that Kazuya was controlling the first and most powerful opposition, the G Corporation. When the G Corporation placed a price on his head, Jin announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, as if he had been waiting for the G Corporation to make its move.

However, it is revealed that the war and tournament was done to fill the world with enough negative energy to make the physical form of the evil entity known as Azazel, because Kazuya and Jin are known as the "*Two Evil Stars*".

Having been "defeated" by Lars Alexandersson, Jin explained to him why he started the war and revealed that he has a half-controlled Devil Gene, which gives him no choice but to start a war with Kazuya, in order to lure Azazel out of sealing to save the world from Mishima's bloodline treachery, and the only thing that could destroy Azazel, is a person who has a devil's power. Lars tells Jin that he has already taken Azazel out, but he doesn't understand at all what Jin says as Azazel (in Golden Form) appears before them. Jin then utilized his Devil's power and sacrifices himself to kill The Gold Azazel for good, to free himself from the evil inside him and save the world. After Jin defeats Azazel, Raven finds Jin's body lying in the desert. He still bears the Devil tattoo on his arm, indicating that Azazel's demise has not freed him from the Devil Gene. It is unknown if he is just unconscious or dead. In later game and canon novel revealed he was actually in comatose state after killing Azazel with finishing blow.

### *Tekken 7*

After Azazel's defeat, Jin was hospitalized until he eventually woke up. His company in a hospital was Lars and Raven, who told him that his tattoo was still on his shoulder and that was not free of his curse. Meanwhile, Heihachi regained control of the Mishima Zaibatsu during his absence and resumed the unfinished war conflict with G Corporation, led by Kazuya.

Now named a fugitive for his actions, Jin isolated himself from the world and went into hiding. For the next three months, Jin began feeling an immense guilt for his actions, feeling that he let down his mother. Wanting to redeem himself, He set out alone to deal with Kazuya, Heihachi and Kazumi once and for all, with the motivation to cleanse himself of the Devil Gene being his only guide.