Kazuya Mishima

Kazuya Mishima is the master of Berserker in the ??? Holy Grail war.

"It's time for you to meet your end!" - Kazuya Mishima

## Profile

Kazuya Mishima (三島 一八 Mishima Kazuya) is a character in Tekken and has been in every game except Tekken 3, when he was presumed dead. He was the protagonist of the first Tekken and is one of the main antagonists for the rest of the series, starting from Tekken 2. Kazuya Mishima is the son of Heihachi and Kazumi Mishima He is the grandson of Jinpachi Mishima and the father of Jin Kazama due to an unexplained relationship with Jun Kazama. He has a half-brother named Lars Alexandersson who he had been unaware of much of his life, finding out about him in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Lee Chaolan is his adoptive brother who Kazuya never liked and shared an intense rivalry with.

### Background

At five years of age, Kazuya found out his mother died at the hands of his father and attempts to get revenge against him. However, Kazuya is defeated almost immediately and gets thrown off a cliff by his father, who claims that his son was weak and would have to survive and climb back up if he was to be his true son as well as his successor. Kazuya survived the fall and made a deal with the devil in order to survive solely to murder his father. He is then raised by Heihachi, alongside his adoptive brother, Lee Chaolan. In the years prior to the events of the original Tekken, Kazuya enters martial arts tournaments all over the world, becoming an undefeated champion due to the Devil Gene within him, (only Paul Phoenix ever managed a draw with him). When the first King of Iron Fist Tournament is announced, Kazuya takes the opportunity to get back at him, setting the stage for the first game.

In reality, it is revealed that Kazuya was born with devil's power through his mother, and due to a result of his attempted revenge against his father for killing his mother, and being thrown off a cliff by him, it awakens Kazuya's Devil Gene during his deal with his devil side.

Tekken 2 saw Kazuya's true nature revealed in full. After he believed his father was dead, instead of bringing justice 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 more ruthless organization. While Heihachi was merely ruthless, Kazuya acted absolutely without a conscience. He hired assassins to eliminate any of his critics or rivals (such as the father of Eddy Gordo), he attempted to extort money from several businesses and organizations, and he even smuggled endangered species and conducted genetic experiments on them (Alex and Roger).

Of course, the reason for his evil deeds was because he had allowed his hatred for Heihachi to consume him. Angel, an unknown entity, constantly battled with Devil to determine the actions of Kazuya. Heihachi managed to take advantage of his son's battle of personalities and defeated him in the second King of Iron First Tournament. Kazuya was then thrown into a volcano and nearly killed while the Devil Gene in his body escaped and eventually made contact with Kazuya's son Jin Kazama who succeeded his father as the series' new protagonist for the time being.

### Personality

Kazuya is generally a cold-blooded and brutal man who has a harsh way of dealing with things. He is also extremely arrogant and his cold-heartedness is complemented by his large ego and self-righteousness. Since his original appearance, Kazuya's character has gone through many transformations: from hero to villain, to anti-hero and back again. 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 transform into Devil when he chooses (such as in the Tekken 5 introduction).

### Relationships

#### **The Joker**

Kazuya and Berserker act as equal partners instead of as traditional Master and Servant. Beyond that, they maintain an odd relationship, as Kazuya's cold stoicism frequently clashes with his Servant's comical yet deadly mania and extravagant showmanship. Kazuya sometimes expresses annoyance at Berkerker's antics, particularly his attempts to make him laugh. Nevertheless, both of them work together extremely well in bringing terror and chaos upon any who dare oppose them, enough to lay waste to the entirety of Japan and nearly expose the Holy Grail War for the whole world to see.

#### **Jin Kazama**

His son and enemy, Kazuya wants to extract Jin's portion of the Devil that left Kazuya's body after the second tournament. Kazuya and Jin first met in the events of *Tekken 4* but their duel did not take place in the tournament because the Tekken Force had kidnapped Jin, allowing Kazuya to win his official tournament match against him without confronting him. After his fight against Heihachi, the latter takes him to the temple of Hon-Maru where Jin was imprisoned. Kazuya tries to absorb back Jin's half of the Devil power, but fails, as his Kazama blood prevents this. He then tries to first defeat him, but fails again. In *Tekken 6*, Kazuya was unable to accept a world dominated by anyone but him, and became the Jin-led Mishima Zaibatsu's strongest adversary. They are also uneasy partners in *Project X Zone 2* (non-canon).At the end of Tekken 7 Jin Vows to stop kazuya once and for all.

#### **Lee Chaolan**

His adopted brother and long-time rival, Kazuya and Lee have despised each other since they were pitted as rivals by Heihachi in childhood. Kazuya has a low opinion of Lee and, while he doesn't hate him as much as Heihachi, does enjoy humiliating him.

## Role

Randomly selected by the Grail to serve as Master of the Berserker-class Servant, Kazuya and Berserker joined forces in terrorizing any who get in their way, be it Masters, Servants, or hapless bystanders.

Together, their actions bring all of Japan into a state of chaos and threaten to expose of the Holy Grail Wars to the public unless the Church surrenders the Grail to them. This forces the Church, Association and the remaining Masters and Servants to form an uneasy alliance to stop them and bring an end to their reign of terror before they expose the War and cause more destruction.

## Abilities

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

And due to being born from a being who is a demon, Kazuya can transform into his devil form, "Devil Kazuya." Bearing the traditional wings and horns with eye laser.
This form is capable of battling against enemy servants.

# References

https://tekken.fandom.com/wiki/Kazuya\_Mishima

https://eng.tekkenpedia.com/wiki/Kazuya\_Mishima/