Kazuya Mishima

Kazuya Mishima is a character that appears in 9 games

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Kazuya is a character in the popular 3D fighting game series Tekken. He is one of the central characters in the series, and was the victor of the first King of Iron Fist Tournament.

Overview

Kazuya Mishima

Kazuya Mishima is one of the major characters in the Tekken series a long with his father and son. His first appearance is as the main character in the first Tekken game, following on to be in all Tekken games barring Tekken 3 in which he has a small cameo in Eddy Gordo's ending. Kazuya is unique in the series as the only one the have a mutual partnership with "The Devil" as opposed to Devil Jin and Devil Jinpachi who's powers result from uncontrollable transformation and possession respectively.

History

As a five-year old child Kazuya was thrown down a cliff by his father Heihachi who considered him too weak to take over the family business. Kazuya only survived the fall due to a pact with the Devil that would ensure the power to defeat his father in exchange for his soul. He trained in the family style of Karate and won countless tournaments across the world over the years, drawing with soon to be rival Paul Phoenix. Over the years Devil slowly corrupts Kazuya's mind and body to suit itself.

Tekken

In the first Tekken game Kazuya defeats all his opponents including his father and wins the tournament. After throwing his father down the same cliff that he was thrown down as a child Kazuya assumes command of the Mishima Empire and under Devil's influence corrupts it more than his father ever had.

Tekken 2

Kazuya's Tekken 2 Art Work

Kazuya features as the host of the second tournament and end-game boss, upon defeating Kazuya the player must face Devil who has taken control over Kazuya's body and transformed it into a demonic form. At this point in the storyline Kazuya has recruited Bruce Irvin, Anna Williams and Ganryu as bodyguards. He has killed Eddy Gordo's father and fathers a son with Jun Kazama. As well as being responsible for the creation of Roger and Alex. At the end of the game Kazuya is defeated by Heihachi who in turn throws him into a volcano. Devil escapes and tries to take the body and soul of Kazuya's unborn son but as defeated by Jun Kazama.

Tekken 4

A few days later Kazuya's body is rescued and revived by G-Corporation. While Jun is raising Kazuya's son Jin, Kazuya performs experiments on his body with G-Corporation in order to try and unlock the secrets of the Devil Gene within his body in so that he might learn how to control it. Devil reunites with Kazuya and inhabits his body once again. Fifteen years into this seventeen year period Tekken 3 comes and goes, Kazuya only appearing in a photo in Eddy Gordo's ending that reveals that he killed Eddy's father.

Twenty-One years after Tekken 2, Two years after Tekken 3, Heihachi learns of the existence of Kazuya's corpse. He sends his Tekken Force to take it in order for Heihachi to complete a new creation combining the Devil Gene with Ogre's DNA. Kazuya defeats them and states his intention of reclaiming the Mishima Zaibatsu. Kazuya enters Tekken 4 despite it being a trap to lure out the two possessors of the Devil Gene, himself and Jin. Officially Kazuya is defeated by Heihachi but when they go to the Hon-Maru temple to see Jin Kazuya's body is taken over by Devil who seeks to reclaim his lost half of his power from Jin in order to continue his corruption of Kazuya. Unfortunately Kazuya had other plans. He had found a method to unify Devil's current power with his own, giving him control over his transformed state from the second Tekken. To surpass this and make the transformation itself his own, free from the restraints of Devil, Kazuya needed Jin's half of Devil's power too. Completing the game as Kazuya would accomplish this and he would transform into his Devil form at will, the complete power of Devil under his control without the red eyes of Devil. In the end it was Jin who emerged as the victor over both Kazuya and Heihachi.

Tekken 5

Kazuya during Tekken 5's opening CG

Tekken 5 picks up straight after Tekken 4, G-Corporation attempts to assassinate both Kazuya and Heihachi using an army of suicidal Jack-4 models. Kazuya escaped and left Heihachi alone in the exploding Hon-Maru. Kazuya enters Tekken 5, investigating the mysterious sponsor of the tournament. Kazuya realizes that it is his grandfather Jinpachi after defeating Raven but doesn't win Tekken 5 taking no interest in family affairs, instead choosing to seek out those of G-Corporation who betrayed him. He never fought Heihachi, as it has been revealed that Heihachi never recovered from his injuries at the hands of the Jack-4 models in time. While Kazuya more than likely left straight after defeating Raven, it is possible that he himself never actually entered Tekken 5.

Tekken 6

After killing and assuming control of G-Corporation he becomes the only rival to the Mishima Zaibatsu, lead by the now corrupt Jin Kazama. Kazuya recruits Bruce Irvin and Anna Williams once again and puts a price on Jin's head. In-turn Jin announces the King of Iron Fist tournament 6.

If things go according to plan for Kazuya, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 will be significant in that it will be the long over-due meeting between Kazuya and Devil (as it's Devil who has taken control of Jin, making him do such evil things). However, according to Zafina's tribe's ancient scriptures, upon the two devil's meeting (Kazuya and Jin), and ancient, uncontrollable evil will be unleashed...

Devil Kazuya

Devil Kazuya (commonly referred to as just "Devil") was first introduced to the Tekken series when Kazuya, who had just been thrown down a cliff by his father Heihachi, sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for the power to climb back up the cliff and get revenge on his father. Although Kazuya sold his soul, Kazuya was not totally overtaken by the Devil, due to an internal struggle between Devil and "Angel" (Kazuya's good side). Devil left Kazuya's body at one point in order to possess Jun Kazama's unborn child Jin Kazama, but was defeated by a pregnant Jun, leading Devil to return to Kazuya.

Although not confirmed, it can be assumed that the battle within Kazuya was won by Devil, as from Tekken 4 onwards, Kazuya and Devil act as one entity, although Kazuya does seem to have control over the Devil within him, unlike his son Jin Kazama, who cannot control the dormant Devil within himself. Additionally, it is noteworthy that Kazuya's bond with the devil brought the Devil Gene to the family, thus the reason why his son, Jin Kazama, also carries the Devil Gene.

Story

Devil's story throughout the Tekken series is non canonical. Devil appears in the first Tekken game as a simple pallette swap with Kazuya, although he appears in Tekken 2 as a separate character (although he has a very similar move set). In Devil's Tekken 2 ending, we see him gather energy to his forhead, and an eruption of energy soon appears around him. He then flies off into the night.

Devil also makes an appearance in Kazuya's Tekken 4 ending, where Kazuya absorbs Jin Kazama's Devil Gene and transforms into Devil. In Kazuya's Tekken 5 intro he also transforms into Devil as he escapes from the attacking Jack robots at the Hon-Maru.

Kazuya Mishima games Edit

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion	PS3, X360, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Tekken 6	ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Tekken: Dark Resurrection released on March 1, 2007	PSP, PS3, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Namco x Capcom	PS2	Monolith Software, Inc.
Tekken 5 released on Feb. 24, 2005	PS2, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Tekken 4	PS2, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Tekken TAG Tournament released on Oct. 25, 2000	PS2, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Tekken 2 released on Aug. 25, 1996	PS1, PSN, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Tekken released on Nov. 8, 1995	PS1, ARC	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.