Asuka Kazama

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**Asuka Kazama** is a character in the *Tekken* series who was first introduced in *Tekken 5* and she has returned for every subsequent game in the series as well as *Tekken X Hazbin Hotel*. While she was originally purported to be the cousin of Jin Kazama and the niece of Jun Kazama, it is also known their relationship is more complicated than that.

## Biography

A few months after Asuka's graduation from high school, Asuka spent her own time as a martial artist and a vigilante. At that time, she was unaware about the collision between the world and Hell as well as the opening of the Hazbin Hotel, where her rival Lili phoned her that she is working in there. This got Asuka decided to travel to Pentagram City to find the place where Lili is working. After Asuka arrived at the hotel with her aggravation, she instigated a fight with Lili, where the hotel's owner Charlie Morningstar and its manager Vaggie witnessed this and told them to stop fighting, but Asuka refused and kept doing so as she thought both Charlie and Vaggie favored Lili over her, which infuriated them because of their intense fight and Asuka's accusation. They ultimately stopped fighting however with a little injury while Asuka and Lili were taken to the separate places inside the hotel. During Asuka's time in the hotel, she was reprimanded by Charlie and Vaggie for starting the fight and encountered by Alastor, only to tease Asuka, which infuriated her yet again and made her kick him out of her way as well as horrified them for this until Asuka frustratingly went out of the hotel and responded to its staffs that she was "sick of this", then Asuka eased herself up outside the hotel. The next day after she calmed down, Asuka entered the restaurant and was spotted by her relative Jin along with Charlie and Vaggie and was told by Charlie to come and sit with them, then they talked together, where Asuka revealed the information about her rivalry with Lili while both Charlie and Vaggie revealed the information about the great situations like Overlords, evil organizations, and everything else. Soon after, Asuka decides to unite with them (although uneasy sometimes) to settle this.

## Tag Alliance Partners

* Alastor
* Angel Dust
* Charlie Morningstar
* Demonic Charlie
* Emilie De Rochefort
* Feng Wei
* Jin Kazama
* Devil Jin
* Jun Kazama
* Ling Xiaoyu
* Vaggie

## Quotes

### Intro

* "*Let's get this over with.*"
* "*Don't hold anything back.*"
* "*You're gonna get hurt!*"
* "*You sure? You sure you wanna fight me?*"
* "*You asked for it.*"
* "*Come and get me!*" (against her enemy)
* "*Let's settle this once and for all!*" (against Lili)

### Win

* "*You're all show.*"
* "*That's the lesson for today.*"
* "*Come on! Next!*"
* "*Man, you're weak.*" (after defeating her enemy)

### Rage Art

* "*I got something for you!*"
* "*Idiot!*"

## Trivia

### General

* Asuka's voice actress, Ryoko Shiraishi, shares the same name with the singer who sang "Landscape Under the Ghost", the song that plays during the *Tekken 2* credits roll, and the rearranged re-recorded version used in *Tekken Tag Tournament 2*.
* Asuka speaks with a Kansai dialect (Kansai is a region of western Japan encompassing major cities such as Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe). When she is annoyed, she commonly uses the words ドアホ (*Do-aho* meaning "super idiot") and しばいたる (*shibaitaru* which in kansai dialect means "to beat-up").
	+ Harada said "She is typical of 'Japanese Osaka-city girl[s]'".
* It was revealed in Alisa's journal that Asuka is a substitute teacher at her father's dojo.
* Asuka is stated to be Jin's cousin in *Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion's* Scenario Campaign, her *Tekken Tag Tournament 2* profile, and one of Xiaoyu's win quotes in *Street Fighter X Tekken*. However, Harada has stated on Twitter that she and Jin's family relation is "not that simple".

### Tekken X Hazbin Hotel

* The part of Asuka and Lili fighting at the Hazbin Hotel, as stated in Asuka's biography, is heavily inspired by the part where Brian and Vince fight each other in *The Fast and the Furious*, except this was done in vice versa.

## References

1. ↑ http://shiraishiryoko.com/profile/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220115223205/https://twitter.com/Harada\_TEKKEN/status/384547308030803969