Anna Williams Armor King I/II •
Nationality: Unknown
(both) •
Fighting style: Pro-Wrestling (US style,
Armor King I) / Pro-Wrestling (JP style,
Armor King II) is a professional wrestler and was a rival of
King when the latter was still an inexperienced wrestler. He suffered eye damage in a fight with King, but when he later found King distraught and drunk in an alleyway, Armor King convinced him to get back into fighting and enter the second
King of Iron Fist tournament. After King is killed by
Ogre, Armor King trains a new fighter who sports a
jaguar mask similar to that of King's. Armor King is not selectable in
Tekken 4, as he is beaten to death in a bar fight instigated by Australian brawler
Craig Marduk, who then steals his mask and mockingly wears it in the tournament, provoking Armor King's protege King into entering the competition to seek revenge. Marduk is then attacked in
Tekken 5 by what is believed to be Armor King, but his assailant is revealed in
Tekken 6 as the original Armor King's younger brother. After recovering from a brutal beating where he and Marduk knocked out each other and brought to hospital by King, the younger Armor King accepts Marduk's challenge for a retirement match arranged by King in
Tekken 7. Others appearances (Armor King II): •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Ganryu •
Nationality: Japanese •
Fighting style: Sumo •
Voiced by:Banjō Ginga (
Tekken)
Takashi Nagasako (
TK2-
Tekken Tag Tournament;
Tekken: The Motion Picture (Japanese))Lowell B. Bartholomee (
Tekken: The Motion Picture (English))
Hidenari Ugaki (
TK5-present;
Tekken: Bloodline (Japanese))
Earl Baylon (
Tekken: Bloodline (English)) In 2011,
Computer and Video Games deemed Ganryu one of the series' "worst ever characters": "If losing some weight and not wearing a massive
nappy all the time isn't the first thing you do to attract someone whose mother you've already failed to hit on, then you're doing something terribly, horribly wrong." Others appearances: •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Heihachi Mishima JACK (series)/Prototype Jack •
Nationality: Russian, but not a citizen
(JACK, JACK-2, P. Jack, and JACK-X only) / Unknown
(other JACKs) •
Fighting style: Sheer force •
Voiced by:Banjō Ginga (
Tekken -
Tekken 5)
Akio Ōtsuka (
Tekken: The Motion Picture (Japanese)) (JACK-2)Mark O'Brien (
Tekken: The Motion Picture (English)) (JACK-2)Jordan Byrne (
Street Fighter X Tekken (English)) (JACK-X)
Kenichirou Matsuda (
Street Fighter X Tekken (Japanese)) (JACK-X) The various JACK models were originally created by the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation for different purposes: •
JACK (introduced in
Tekken) is the original model, created by
Heihachi's Mishima Zaibatsu in order to counter a coup from
Kazuya Mishima in the King of Iron Fist Tournament. In-game, the player is one of these machines. •
JACK-2 (introduced in
Tekken 2) is a direct upgrade of the JACK model, also created by the Mishima Zaibatsu. Once a JACK-2 witnesses a young girl named Jane lose her mother during a battle, he takes it upon himself to look after her, until he is destroyed by Dr. Abel. JACK-2 also appears in
Tekken 3 as a palette swap of GUN JACK. •
Prototype Jack (or
P. Jack) (introduced in
Tekken) is a
prototype created to combat both JACK and JACK-2. After the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, the remains of Prototype Jack are almost destroyed by JACK's combat abilities. His body is later remodeled by
Dr. Bosconovitch, while also gaining flight and goes on to combat JACK-2. P. Jack is seemingly destroyed by JACK-2 in the second tournament. This is the only JACK to appear in more than three games, appearing in the original
Tekken,
Tekken 2,
Tekken Tag Tournament, and the console version of
Tekken Tag Tournament 2. •
Gun JACK (also known as
"JACK-3") (introduced in
Tekken 3) is a more advanced prototype, created by Jane in an attempt to revive her friend, JACK-2. She is successful in implanting her JACK-2's memories, including an energy shield inside him, and P. Jack’s flight abilities. However, as GUN JACK's energy shield ran out of power, it is destroyed by gunfire by the Tekken Force when he and Jane attempt to break into the Mishima Zaibatsu labs. G Corporation rescues her in time and retrieves GUN JACK's body as well. This is the only JACK that is associate to Jane and not mass-produced. •
JACK-4 (introduced in
Tekken 5) is an upgrade of Gun JACK, created by G Corporation and the only one in the Jack series that is non-playable. Like P. Jack, this model has a separate personality. Unlike other models in the JACK series, this one is mass-produced to serve as the foot soldiers of the G Corporation. While these never participate in any tournament, they are sent by G Corporation's Nebraska branch to kill Kazuya Mishima after they no longer need him, and the subsequent battle in Hon-Maru almost results in the death of Heihachi Mishima. However, Heihachi survived and blasted far away from Hon-Maru, until he recovered from a comatose for days when the fifth tournament was announced. These specific models have a self-destruct device embedded in them, indicated when one of them peels away its face to reveal a countdown. They also appear as unplayable enemies in a
Tekken 5 flashback chapter of
Tekken 7. •
JACK-5 (introduced in
Tekken 5) is an upgrade of JACK-4, created by Jane during her first time at G Corporation to participate in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Currently upgraded into JACK-6 after Kazuya's take over. •
JACK-6 (introduced in
Tekken 6) is an upgrade of JACK-5, upgraded from JACK-5 with same model of previous version, with a minor body part upgrade by G Corporation with the mission of destroying the Mishima Zaibatsu in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. As of
Tekken 7, starting from JACK-6, a previous JACK model which was playable in a previous tournament has been mass-produced in a later tournament, where the later JACK model serves as a main playable model in a corresponding number within the tournament series is deployed for combat experimental purposes. •
JACK-X (introduced in
Street Fighter X Tekken) and his official tag partner,
Bryan Fury, were released on July 31, 2012, as
downloadable content. Unlike Jack-5 – 6, this Jack can talk, although it was revealed to be in prototype stage between both of these main JACK series. •
JACK-7 (introduced in
Tekken 7) is an upgraded version of JACK-6. It finally has a proper model modification since it was ended with JACK-5, albeit recolored from JACK-6. JACK-7 also appears in
Tekken 8 as a palette swap of JACK-8. •
JACK-8 (introduced in
Tekken 8) is an upgraded version of JACK-7. Besides receiving further upgrades based on the previous JACK's above, he is now equipped with both visor and summonable giant flying drill/laser cannon-hybrid weapon, and he can now utilize projectile-based rocket punches, similar to
Alisa Bosconovitch's. It was created as an anti-suppression weapon against G Corporation's enemies. The JACK series robots also appear in
Tekken Tag Tournament (JACK-2, GUN JACK, and Prototype Jack) and
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (JACK-6 and Prototype Jack). The player's JACK character (barring original JACK, Prototype Jack, Jack-2, JACK-X and JACK-4) in most series belongs to Jane. Others appearances: •
Tekken Advance - GUN JACK •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition - JACK-6 •
Street Fighter X Tekken (paid DLC, except in PlayStation Vita) - JACK-X • Galaga: TEKKEN Edition
(unplayable enemy) - JACK-6
Kazuya Mishima/Devil Kazuya/Kid Kazuya King I/II Kuma I/II •
Nationality: Japanese, but not a citizen
(both) •
Fighting style: Kuma Shinken (later adopts Heihachi's
Shorin-ryu-styled Mishima Fighting
Karate as of
TK8) •
Voiced by: Katsuhiro Harada (
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory) (Kuma II) ; Kuma I The first Kuma was once an abandoned bear cub in the forests of the Mishima estate.
Heihachi Mishima found Kuma and took him in as his pet. Despite Kuma's unflinching loyalty to his master, Kuma often left Heihachi's side to sleep, even during the summer. This lazy approach means that Kuma's fighting style has never really matured and is very disjointed. This was demonstrated in the first
King of Iron Fist Tournament, where Kuma was easily defeated by
Paul Phoenix. Kuma was very impressed with Paul's fighting prowess, as he had thought that the only strong human was Heihachi. Heihachi was also defeated in the last tournament (by
Kazuya Mishima), and so he and Kuma retreated to a mountain dojo to re-train. Kuma traveled to the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 with his master, vowing to destroy Paul Phoenix this time, and to eat anyone who got in his way. Kuma was immediately defeated by Paul Phoenix again. ; Kuma II Just after the second tournament Kuma died of old age, Heihachi trains a replacement, also named Kuma, Just like his father, the second Kuma is Heihachi Mishima's pet and bodyguard. Kuma is in love with the panda bear Panda, but she neither feels the same nor has any interest in him. It is noted that although she does not love him, she does occasionally give him a thought - that Kuma II is smarter than his father, and a good bodyguard for Heihachi. One day, when Kuma was absorbed in watching TV, he suddenly went wild at the sight of a martial artist with a scarlet go-gi - it was Paul Phoenix. Kuma has trained since that day to defeat Paul in the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. He does not think anything of Ogre, who is the God of Fighting; only of defeating Paul. However, during the third tournament Kuma was once again easily defeated by Paul. Kuma would finally accomplish his goal of defeating Paul in the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. However, Kuma's happiness was brought to an abrupt end with the death of his master Heihachi. Kuma lived in sorrow over Heihachi's presumed death, but on seeing the uncertainty surrounding the Mishima Zaibatsu, Kuma realized that saving it would be the ultimate display of loyalty to his presumed deceased master. However, the chaos at Mishima Zaibatsu had already subsided when Kuma arrived, and he was thrown out of the building by security. Kuma had no choice but to return to the mountains. When the Mishima Zaibatsu announced the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, Kuma decided he would enter the tournament and take back the Mishima Zaibatsu. During the fifth tournament Kuma fought his old enemy Paul Phoenix but just barely lost to him. Sometime after the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 and the death of his master Heihachi Mishima, Kuma was convinced that he was the only one who could save the Mishima Zaibatsu. He set out to the Mishima Zaibatsu headquarters with resolve. Waiting for him there was the new leader of the Zaibatsu,
Jin Kazama. Easily defeated by Jin, Kuma was dumped out of a helicopter into the Hokkaido wilderness. Despite that, Kuma survived, traversed the vast forests, and entered the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, determined to defeat Jin and take his place as the rightful successor of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Following Heihachi's surprising return as a Mishima Zaibatsu leader since Jin's disappearance, Kuma was found by his master's Tekken Force army, and learned that his master promotes him to lead his own Tekken Force unit. Due to being busy with important tasks as a leader of his Tekken Force unit, Kuma forfeit his spot in the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 where he supposedly would have fought his old enemy Paul again. Instead, Paul's opponent is Kuma's crush, Panda (unbeknownst to Kuma himself). Kuma's last known location during the tournament was the Philippines, where he and his unit provides supplies for the Filipino survivors of a typhoon disaster. After earning the local country's trust, Kuma became the final opponent for the Zaibatsu's employment exam. Many young participants either quit or lost to Kuma during the exam: only one participant, a typhoon survivor named
Josie Rizal, succeeded - despite Kuma's misgivings about her crybaby attitude. Unfortunately, following the presumed death of Heihachi at the hands of Kazuya during the seventh tournament, Kuma begins to adopt Heihachi's fighting style and dons his signature gi, with a headband of matching red color as Heihachi's karate belt. Before G Corporation fully takes over Mishima Zaibatsu and its assets, Kuma rescues one of the researchers from Mishima Heavy Industries in time, who eventually provides him aimable salmon-like rocket explosives during
The King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, and one of the remnants bribed the Thailand government to ensure Kuma represent the Southeast/Oceanian finalist instead of its fighter, Fahkumram. Although Kuma and most public are unaware of Heihachi's disappearance, with Kuma is one of the few who doubt his master's survival. While Heihachi is hidden somehow, Kuma sides with Jin against Kazuya. During the war, Kuma sneakily attempts to take Paul and Marshall out, but instead accidentally takes a hit by a rocket meant to hit both men and thereby saves them, to Kuma's dismay. Others appearances: •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition •
Street Fighter X Tekken • Galaga: TEKKEN Edition
(unplayable enemy) Kunimitsu I/II •
Nationality: Japanese
(both) •
Fighting style: Manji Ninjutsu •
Voiced by: : Kunimitsu I: :
Katsuhiro Harada (
TK) :
Shiho Kikuchi (
TK2 and
TTT) :
Megumi Toyoguchi (
TTT2 and
TKR) : Kunimitsu II: :
Saori Hayami In the original
Tekken, Kunimitsu joins Yoshimitsu's Manji Clan. Kunimitsu gives up her Japanese citizenship to remain anonymous. Kunimitsu, like many other Manji Clan members, uses Manji
ninjitsu and her thieving skills to steal from the rich and give to the poor. However, she began stealing for personal gain and was banished from the Manji Clan when Yoshimitsu discovered this. She enters the inaugural
King of Iron Fist Tournament after learning about
Michelle Chang, a
Native American woman who possesses a valuable treasure sought after by the tournament's head leader,
Heihachi Mishima. Kunimitsu is defeated after facing Chang. In
Tekken 2, Kunimitsu cares for her frail grandfather and discovers a mysterious power hidden in Yoshimitsu's sword, which has been passed down through generations of the Manji Clan. In the video game, Yoshimitsu is her sub-boss, and if she completes the story mode, Kunimitsu wields the sword and slices a rock in half, revealing the mysterious sword's power. Kunimitsu retires as a kunoichi and marries a
shinobi. Soon after, she gives birth to her daughter, who adopts her mother's name as a fellow kuniochi. Kunimitsu II began working various jobs within major corporations in order to steal specific items for her personal gain. Furthermore, Kunimitsu II's ninjitsu-style attacks and command list were thought to be superior to her mother and father's attack levels.
Lee Chaolan/Violet •
Nationality: Japanese, but born in China •
Fighting style: Martial Arts (main fighting style), Mishima Style Fighting
Karate (
TK1,
TK2 and
TTT) •
Portrayed by: Anthony Pho (TTT2 live-action short film) •
Voiced by:Jōji Nakata (
Tekken -
Tekken Tag Tournament (laughs))
Nozomu Sasaki (
Tekken 2 -
Tekken Tag Tournament)
Shin-ichiro Miki (
Tekken: The Motion Picture (Japanese))David Stokey (
Tekken: The Motion Picture (English))Scott Reyns (
TK4 ending, Western PS2 versions)
Ryōtarō Okiayu (
TK5—present;
Tekken: Blood Vengeance (Japanese))
Kaiji Tang (
Tekken: Blood Vengeance (English),
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 [as Violet]) Lee Chaolan (
Chinese: 李 超狼;
pinyin:
Lǐ Chāoláng;
Japanese: リー・チャオラン;
Hepburn:
Rī Chaoran) is the adoptive son of
Heihachi Mishima, whose own son Kazuya's defeat is Lee's motivation for entering the numerous King of Iron Fist tournaments held throughout the
Tekken series. Lee was adopted by Heihachi to provide a rival for Kazuya, who he felt was too weak to lead his Mishima Zaibatsu company. Lee studies in the United States alongside
Paul Phoenix and
Marshall Law. After Kazuya wins control of the company, Lee works as Kazuya's secretary, in addition to overseeing Kazuya's team of bodyguards and
Dr. Bosconovitch's experiments, all while secretly hoping to take over the Zaibatsu. However, Lee is soon expelled from the Zaibatsu for unknown reasons while Heihachi disowns him, and like his close friend
Paul Phoenix, financial difficulty becomes his primary motive for entering the King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments held throughout the
Tekken series. His appearance and fighting style are based on Hong Kong martial artist and actor
Bruce Lee. Sometimes known as "The Fighting Chef", Law is the father of
Forest Law. He enters the first King of Iron Fist Tournament in the original game in hopes of opening his own
dojo with the winnings, Law would eventually draw against Wang Jinrei. Despite not winning the tournament, Marshall would eventually open his own dojo. However, in
Tekken 2, his students are soon attacked and his dojo destroyed by
Baek Doo San, provoking Law into entering the second tournament to seek revenge. Law would eventually face his villainous assailant and successfully defeated him, dropping out of the tournament after achieving his goal. In
Tekken 3, his storyline details that he rebuilt his dojo while running a successful restaurant chain called "Marshall China" in the United States. Meanwhile, Paul convinces Marshall's son Forest Law to enter the third tournament, which causes friction between Law and Paul. Law's restaurant business goes under and he is consequently bankrupt. He attempts to use the fourth tournament as a crutch to ease his money troubles, but is unable to do so and he is afterwards relegated to taking a dishwashing job in Japan, where the tournaments are held. While participating in the fifth tournament in
Tekken 5 in hopes of being able to cover medical bills stemming from Forest being hurt in a motorcycle accident, Law is deported to the United States upon discovery that he was employed illegally in Japan. Paul approaches Law with the proposition of forming a team for the upcoming
sixth tournament, believing that the odds of victory (and winning the prize money) would be better as a group than individually, and Law accepts. They later add boxer
Steve Fox to their ranks, while they did well in the tournament, Paul and Law ended up being paired against each other and they both fought to a draw, as a result they were unable to claim the top prize nor restore their respective previous aims. Marshall appears as a Spirit in the
Nintendo crossover video game
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Others appearances: • Tekken Resolute
(unlockable) •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition •
Street Fighter X Tekken • Tekken Card Tournament • Tekken Arena • Galaga: TEKKEN Edition
(unplayable enemy) Michelle Chang Nina Williams/Summer Nina Paul Phoenix •
Nationality: American •
Fighting style: Integrated Martial Arts based on Judo •
Voiced by:Hōchū Ōtsuka (1998 drama CD,
Tekken: Bloodline (Japanese)) After the animal dies of old age, Heihachi trains a replacement, also named Kuma, who was easily defeated by Paul in the third tournament but Kuma manages to defeat him in the early stages of the fourth tournament. This time, he believes assembling a team would increase his chances of victory, and so he joins forces with Marshall and a boxer
Steve Fox. While they did well in the tournament, Paul and Marshall ended up being paired against each other and they both fought to a draw, as a result they were unable to claim the top prize. He entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 in
Tekken 7 with not only the intention, but the necessity of winning as the hefty prize would keep him in the black. Things did not exactly pan out for him when the previous tournament got suspended. Paul returns in
Tekken 8 as a playable character with new design and a significantly different hairstyle (although he was criticized for his new hairstyle). Paul and Steve join Jin's side against Kazuya's tyranny, while Marshall briefly joins Kazuya's side. After Kuma saves them, they help repair damages and celebrate Jin's victory. He is one of four playable characters to appear in all main installments of the
Tekken series, alongside
Heihachi Mishima,
Nina Williams and
Yoshimitsu. Paul is also selectable in non-canon spin-off
Tekken games such as
Tekken Tag Tournament,
Tekken Card Challenge,
Tekken Advance,
Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and
Tekken Revolution, in addition to the crossover fighting game
Street Fighter X Tekken. He is an unlockable character in the 2005
beat-'em-up multiplayer game
Urban Reign. He also appears in
SNK's mobile phone game
The King of Fighters All Star. Paul appears as a Spirit in the
Nintendo crossover video game
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Others appearances: •
Tekken Advance • Tekken Resolute
(unlockable) •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition •
Street Fighter X Tekken • Tekken Card Tournament • Tekken Arena • Galaga: TEKKEN Edition
(unplayable enemy) Wang Jinrei •
Nationality: Chinese •
Fighting style: Xing Yi Quan •
Voiced by: Tamio Ōki (
TK1-
TTT); Hu Qian (
TK5-
TTT2 [dialogue]); Chan Ho (
TK5-
TTT2 [in-game grunts]) is an elderly Chinese old man who was a close friend of
Heihachi Mishima's father
Jinpachi, and lived as a recluse in the Mishima gardens. Wang tutors his distant relative
Ling Xiaoyu (who debuts in
Tekken 3) in the martial arts at a young age. He draws rival
Marshall Law in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, then enters the second tournament in
Tekken 2 in order to fulfill the deceased Jinpachi's wishes of eliminating Heihachi and Jinpachi's grandson
Kazuya, who have both followed the path of evil. Wang opts to face all challengers giving way to those adept enough to defeat Kazuya; however, Wang was defeated by
Jun Kazama during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. In
Tekken 5, set four decades after Jinpachi's death, Wang receives a letter from Jinpachi, who is actually alive but has been possessed by a demon, having been brought to life after starving to death years previously and requests Wang's participation in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Wang was defeated in the later stages of the tournament by Jinpachi's great-grandson
Jin Kazama whose purpose was to wipe out the Devil Gene which had been plaguing within both himself and Kazuya. Wang holds no grudge towards Jin for Jinpachi's death, but does also show distaste towards the Devil Gene. Others appearances: •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Yoshimitsu •
Nationality: Japanese, but no longer a citizen / None •
Fighting style: Advanced Manji Ninjutsu •
Portrayed by: Gary Stearns (2009 film) •
Voiced by: Katsuhiro Harada (
TK–
TTT),
Tomokazu Seki (
TK4–present)
Yoshimitsu was first introduced in 1994's original
Tekken.
Kunimitsu's story in
Tekken 2 reveals that Yoshimitsu's blade is passed down through the Manji Clan's leaders. The clan is dedicated to helping the weak and fighting oppression. Upon the inauguration of a new leader, their predecessor is ritually sacrificed, and the blade absorbs the person's power and skill. In the game's story, Yoshimitsu enters the first tournament as a
decoy so as to allow other Manji to steal the tournament's funds unobserved. During the tournament, Yoshimitsu learns of
Ganryu, a
sumo wrestler whose disrespectful attitude in the ring cost him his promotion to the rank of
yokozuna. His base disrespect for the sumo code infuriates Yoshimitsu, who defeats him. Later, Yoshimitsu leads a raid on
Dr. Bosconovitch's lab in order to steal his Eternal Energy device. Though Yoshimitsu loses his arm during the operation, Bosconovitch helps him escape and fits him with a mechanical
prosthetic replacement. Grateful for his help, he tells Bosconovitch that he may call on him whenever he needs help. In
Tekken 2, Yoshimitsu learns 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, returns to the tournament in order to steal the clan's tachi. Yoshimitsu defeats her and drops out of the tournament to rescue the doctor after learning his location. In
Tekken 3, Yoshimitsu visits Dr. Bosconovitch, who is suffering from a disease that he caught when he built the Cold Sleep machine. Dr. Bosconovitch tells him that the disease can only be cured using the blood of
Ogre, a god recently awakened from its deep slumber. Yoshimitsu then enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in order to obtain the Ogre's blood. During the tournament, he is targeted by
Bryan Fury, a
cyborg sent to kill him (and capture Dr. Bosconovitch) by Dr. Abel, Dr. Bosconovitch's rival. Yoshimitsu manages to defeat Bryan. The outcome of Yoshimitsu's search for Ogre's blood is unknown, though he most likely succeeds. Two years later, during the events of
Tekken 4, Yoshimitsu realizes that the future of his clan is waning due to a lack of necessary funds and manpower. Upon learning of
The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, he forms an alliance with Mishima Zaibatsu and enters the tournament. While Yoshimitsu is robbing the Mishima Zaibatsu mansion near the end of the tournament, he discovers an unconscious Bryan Fury. He takes him to Bosconovitch's lab so the doctor can transfer Bryan to a new body. Bosconovitch then injects Bryan with drugs to put him to a year-long sleep. However, when Yoshimitsu visits Bosconovitch's lab a month later, he finds it destroyed and many of his compatriots dead. An injured Dr. Bosconovitch tells him that Bryan woke up only a month after the injection and went on a rampage with his new body. Swearing revenge, Yoshimitsu enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 (
Tekken 5) to hunt Bryan. In
Tekken 6, While trying to find Bryan, Yoshimitsu learns that his sword is weakening. As his sword is cursed, it will lose its power and drive its user insane if it does not kill evildoers for a prolonged amount of time. He decides to adopt a second sword called
Fumaken, which has the ability to suppress the cursed sword's properties, and enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 (
Tekken 6) in order to restore the power of the cursed sword. Following the tournament's end and
Jin Kazama's disappearance, where
Heihachi Mishima assumes the position of CEO of Mishima Zaibatsu, Yoshimitsu senses something amiss and decides to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 (
Tekken 7) to confirm his suspicions. In
Tekken 8, Yoshimitsu now sports a demonic, ghostly-like voice, instead of a robotic one, in his new armor that has a fingerless glove which shows his organic human skin during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 (
Tekken 8). Through Doctor Bosconovitch's co-operation with Lee Chaolan, Yoshimitsu and his clan becomes part of the rebellion against Kazuya's tyranny, and their new supplies are provided by Lee's company, Violet Systems, before Yoshimitsu set his journey to purify the namesake Yoshimitsu sword at the secret Manji Village. Additionally, it is revealed that the Manji gains an aid from the current Polish Prime Minister, Lidia Sobieska, for covert and intelligence operations, as well as rescuing her old friend
Eddy Gordo from being killed in his failed assault attempt on G Corporation Millenium Tower. During the qualification tournament, Yoshimitsu and Eddy are tasked to rescue the surviving Tekken Force officers from being killed by a G Corporation unit led by
Nina Williams, and later gain info from the survivors about the Tekken Monks, where he and Eddy accompanies Lidia to visit the monks' base, revealing that they rescued Heihachi from his last fight against Kazuya in the previous tournament, and revive him while putting him into an amnesiac state, in hopes to rehabilitate him. However, as Heihachi's rehabilitation backfires at the end of the trial when the evil in him returns, Yoshimitsu, Eddy and Lidia are unable to stop Heihachi from murdering all Tekken Monks and escaping.
Spin-off games Yoshimitsu also appears in other
Tekken games, namely
Tekken Tag Tournament,
Tekken Card Challenge,
Tekken Advance,
Tekken Resolute,
Tekken Tag Tournament 2,
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition and
Tekken Card Tournament. Yoshimitsu has appeared in other Namco games. His
Tekken 3 incarnation is a bonus character available in ''
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis for the PlayStation and his Tekken 3'' "
energy sword" is one of the game's unlockable secret tennis
racquets. Yoshimitsu's sword is also an available weapon in the
Tekken spin-off game
Death by Degrees. He appears in the
Capcom-made crossover game
Street Fighter X Tekken, where his official tag partner is
Raven. One of his alternate costumes in the game is
M. Bison's uniform, and Capcom stated that a "rumor says" that after defeating Bison, Yoshimitsu also took his Psycho Power ability as his own. Despite his body being either revealed like his arms or face, his voice never changes. This was seen in the PC Mods cutscenes from
Street Fighter X Tekken. Yoshimitsu appears as a Spirit in the
Nintendo crossover video game
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Yoshimitsu has brief
cameos in the animated film
Tekken: The Motion Picture. He also appears in the 2009 live-action film
Tekken, portrayed by Gary Ray Stearns, where he fights and loses against
Jin Kazama. In 2006, Namco and MegaHouse released a Yoshimitsu
figurine as part of a
Tekken 5 set based on promotional artwork for the game. While not posable, the PVC figure came with equippable clothing modeled after those in the game. Two more figurines were made by
Bandai in 2009, based on his appearance in
Tekken 6. A statue of Yoshimitsu based on his appearance in
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was produced by Kotobukiya in 2012. Others appearances: •
Tekken Advance • Tekken Resolute
(unlockable) •
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition •
Street Fighter X Tekken • Tekken Card Tournament • Galaga: TEKKEN Edition
(unplayable enemy) ==Introduced in
Tekken 2==