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Kazuya Mishima is the main protagonist of the first two Tekken games and a major antagonist on Tekken 4 onwards, he is the son of Heihachi Mishima and Kazumi Mishima, the husband of Jun Kazama and the father of Jin Kazama.
Story[]
Background[]
At five years of age, Kazuya finds 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 is weak and would have to survive and climb back up if he was to be his true son as well as his successor. Kazuya barely survives the fall, but is able to climb back up the cliff due to his Devil Gene activating and causing his devil powers to awaken. In the non-canon Tekken: The Motion Picture, this was explained as Kazuya, on the brink of death, making a deal with with the Devil in order to survive to solely murder his father. In the NTSC-U/C (North American) manual of Tekken 2, it was also said that "there is a rumor that Kazuya has made a deal with the Devil," but in canon sources this has never been directly said to have happened. It seems that as the series has progressed, the canon explanation for his devil powers has instead become that his near-death experience simply caused his latent powers granted to him by the Devil Gene to activate. It is revealed that Kazuya was born with devil's power through his mother.
After climbing back up the cliff, Kazuya was raised by Heihachi. This is evidenced by Kazuya's profile in the first Tekken, which states that, since his father is a rich businessman, he doesn't need to worry about money, which seems to suggest that Kazuya remained a part of Heihachi's household. It is also stated that Kazuya and his adoptive brother Lee Chaolan were raised from childhood as rivals, and that Heihachi adopted Lee because he was a skilled scrapper living on his own in the street, meaning Lee would have to be older than 4 years old when he was adopted. This means Kazuya was raised by Heihachi even after he was thrown off the cliff, since he and Lee were raised together. Before the events of the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, Kazuya participated in martial arts tournaments or unofficial fights around the world. In one of these fights Paul Phoenix fought him to a draw. When the first King of Iron Fist Tournament was announced, the 26 year old Kazuya took the opportunity to get back at his father, setting the stage for the first game.
Tekken[]
Kazuya enters the tournament and makes it to the final against Heihachi. Apathetic towards the tournament's considerable prize money, Kazuya engages his father in a vicious, bloody battle in which Kazuya emerges victorious. Kazuya then proceeds to throw Heihachi's broken body off the same cliff Heihachi threw Kazuya off many years ago and smiles with his revenge completed.
Tekken 2[]
At some point, Kazuya encountered Jun Kazama, who was in Tokyo to stop the Mishima Zaibatsu's illegal animal trading. Kazuya impregnated Jun with their son. When Jun entered the tournament, she was aware of an evil within Kazuya that she wished to free him from. The confusion within Kazuya that arose from meeting Jun, caused him to lose concentration in his final fight with Heihachi. When Heihachi made it to the final round to face Kazuya he started to gain the upper hand against him. As a last resort, Kazuya transformed into his Devil Form and continued the fight, but Heihachi still emerged victorious. In retribution, Heihachi threw Kazuya's body into the mouth of a volcano and escaped on a helicopter as the volcano erupted, leaving Kazuya to be presumed dead.
Tekken 3[]
Kazuya did not return as a playable character for Tekken 3, as he was stated to be dead at the time and he was replaced by his son, Jin Kazama. Kazuya himself, however, is still briefly seen in the short arcade version opening movie where he appears alongside Jun Kazama, giving an evil smile to the camera before their son, Jin Kazama, is seen. Pictures of him are also seen in Eddy Gordo's ending where Eddy learns that he was the one behind the death of his parents.
Tekken 4[]
At the seventh stage, Kazuya was slated to fight Jin, but Jin disappeared. He had been abducted by Tekken Force soldiers under Heihachi's command. Kazuya was declared the winner by default and sent to the final round, where he met Heihachi and demanded to know his son's whereabouts.
After (canonically losing) the fight, Kazuya was taken by Heihachi to Hon-Maru, a temple within the Mishima compound in the woods, where Jin was being held captive. Kazuya was initially surprised to see Jin chained up, but was then overpowered by his devil, who took control of his body. Devil explained that he lost half of himself when Kazuya was thrown into a volcano and that his other half resides within Jin. He knocked Heihachi out with a laser and then unsuccessfully attempted to draw the Devil Gene from Jin. Devil speculated that it must be Jin's Kazama blood that was preventing the assimilation. While Devil was distracted, Kazuya was able to take back control of his body, fighting down Devil and then called for Jin to awaken, before merging their power. Once Jin woke up however, they fought and Jin succeeded in defeating Kazuya, who was then knocked unconscious.
Tekken 5[]
Following their defeats to Jin, Kazuya and Heihachi are ambushed by a squad of Jack-4s, who have been sent by G Corporation to destroy Kazuya and Heihachi. The father and son are forced to work together to fight the Jacks until Kazuya throws Heihachi into a group of Jack robots and leaves him to die in the ensuing explosion. Heihachi is pronounced dead, but someone has mysteriously taken over the Mishima Zaibatsu and announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Kazuya enters to track down those who betrayed him and discover the sponsor's identity.
During the tournament, Kazuya crosses paths with Raven, who recognizes him after seeing him flying away from the Hon-Maru. Kazuya defeats Raven and interrogates him. When he makes Raven talk, Kazuya discovers that he was betrayed by G Corporation, and that something was awakened from under Hon-Maru. Kazuya realizes what Heihachi has done, and speculates that in fact it is his grandfather Jinpachi Mishima, who is somehow controlling the Zaibatsu now. In a (likely non-canonical) interlude with Heihachi, he accuses Heihachi of imprisoning his grandfather under Hon-Maru and explains to him that he's now been released. It is unknown how far Kazuya progressed through the tournament.
Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion[]
Despite not winning the fifth tournament, Kazuya discovers the division of G Corporation that tried to kill him, thinking that he may be too much of a threat. In retaliation, with the help of his former henchman Bruce Irvin, he kills them all to gain all the power for himself, becoming the head of the company and opposing the Mishima Zaibatsu. The Zaibatsu, led by Jin, has already begun world conquest and declared war on the world to destroy a greater evil. By this time, the world's population sees G Corporation as its only savior, though in reality Kazuya plans to destroy Jin and take over the world himself with an iron fist. Kazuya utilizes the company's newfound popularity to his advantage: Kazuya places a bounty on Jin's head for whoever can manage to capture him dead or alive.
After learning about Azazel, the presumed source for the Devil Gene, Kazuya along with the G Corporation arrive at his temple somewhere in the desert, seeking to obtain Azazel's power. Kazuya however is stopped by Lars Alexandersson, a rogue Tekken Force leader who he discovers to be his half-brother. The battle ends without an outcome with Kazuya merely leaving and warning his half-brother about their fate being Mishima.
Tekken 7: Fated Retribution[]
Several decades ago, Kazuya confronted his father Heihachi for the murder of his mother. He desperately tried to fight his father, but Heihachi easily overpowered and defeated the boy. Kazuya was then tossed off a cliff.
In the present day, Kazuya watches from G Corporation tower as Heihachi announces his return and the announcement of the King Iron Fist Tournament 7, not surprised that his father is still alive. Learning that his father is searching for Jin, Kazuya tells his subordinates to hasten the preparations for his plans.
Later, Kazuya sends his Jack-6 army to kill Heihachi, who happens to be targeted by Akuma at the Mishima Dojo. However, after learning that Akuma was sent by his mother to kill both Heihachi and Kazuya himself, he disbelieves it, then maniacally laughs and deems his mother's task to kill him and Heihachi absurd. He also wants to know how powerful Akuma is.
In the same time he suspects Heihachi faking his death at the hands of Akuma, he is soon confronted by Akuma on a later day, and they fight on top of G Corporation Tower after he dismissed his men not to engage Akuma due to his powers can beat them easily. Overwhelmed by his opponent's amazing powers, Kazuya transforms into the devil to increase his powers, not knowing that his devil form has been caught on camera by the Mishima Zaibatsu. Kazuya and Akuma are then attacked by Heihachi via a laser attack from a satellite that destroyed G Corporation tower. Although Kazuya survives the attack, public opinion is turned against G Corporation due to his devil form exposed to the world. Vowing to have the last laugh as a counteract on Heihachi, Kazuya shoots a Devil Blaster at Heihachi's satellite, causing it to plummet down to Earth and destroy an entire city. The world mistakenly believes that the Mishima Zaibatsu destroyed its own satellite, and public opinion is on G Corporation's side once again.
A few hours later, Kazuya finally confronts Heihachi inside a volcano. As they fight, Kazuya changes into his devil form and nearly defeats his father. But Heihachi musters all of his remaining strength and strikes back, causing his son to revert back to his human form. Even though the two of them have become severely weakened at this point, they continue to exchange blows when Heihachi headbutts Kazuya. Looking up at the man he has always hated for all of his life, Kazuya defeats Heihachi with a deadly blow to the chest, which stopped his father's heart, seemingly kills him. He then takes Heihachi's body and tosses him into a river of lava, whilst repeating his father's teachings.
Shortly afterwards, Kazuya is once again confronted by Akuma, who has also survived the attack at G Corporation tower. Transforming into the devil once again, Kazuya fights Akuma in a heated battle. In the end, Kazuya fires a powerful Devil Blaster at Akuma's Hadoken, and the collision destroyed the volcanic surroundings.
Although the final outcome of the battle is unknown, Kazuya's influence over the world is still present, as G Corporation is not ending the war and various nations face an incoming invasion.
Tekken 8[]
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Fanon Appearance[]
PR Tekken 7: Devil Uprising[]
When Kazuya tried to finish off Samuel Nakaoka the Second and heard his original incarnation's sarcastic and brutal words about attempt to save and redeem Kazuya, he finally gave in to his full rage and fused with the forms of his previous incarnations, Fuku, Mana's ancestor, and Hari Koo combined into his true Evolution God form, Mikami. He brutally absorbs Kazuya's life energy before shaking him off.
Enraged by Samuel awakening his BEAST within in pure anger, he transforms into his Devil form to try to kill her. However, his killing actions are futile as she is immortal and becomes more powerful whenever she appears to be killed. After being mercilessly battered by Samuel Nakaoka's true form and absorbing his life energy, becoming immensely enraged for his humiliating defeat, Kazuya evolves into his powered-up form to attempt to destroy Mikami once and for all. However, Mikami defeats Kazuya and reverts to his human form. Samuel Nakaoka, as Mikami, coldly reminds Kazuya that he was weak and naïve enough to seek global dominance, calling him a weakling idiot as she leaves the fight. Humiliated for hating his entire life about always hates his father and Mikami ridiculing him as a weakling idiot, and her brutal words toward him that his mother completely hates him because of his cruel actions, Kazuya becomes uncontrollably enraged and goes berserk, changing into his Devil form before taking his mindless last form as a final attempt to kill Mikami. When Mikami notices Kazuya powering up, she becomes even more enraged. He cautiously approaches Mikami and attempts to kill him by biting him, but Mikami's wrath strengthens his Rasenkamehameha, causing a massive Hyperburst Rasenkamehameha to strike Kazuya's chest, beating him. Returning to his human form in fatigue, Kazuya screams with hatred and repeatedly attempts to strike her with his fists. He was shocked at first, then turned to rage and delivered her a final, hateful scream. She clenches her fist and savagely stabs Kazuya in the chest as the counter before he can make his last attempt to punch Mikami's heart. She delivers a quick, destructive blow to his heart, all the way from his chest, with the extremely dangerous Judgment Fist of Sin, killing him once and for all and erasing his soul and the Devil inside of him from existence as his Spirit Core is completely destroyed and turns into dust. Mikami coldly stares at Kazuya's corpse and punches his face brutally until she finishes her brutal blows and de-morphs back into Samuel Nakaoka, but with Mikami's eyes. Heihachi (who revealed to be alive) wakes up, weakened from his fight against Kazuya. He sees Samuel Nakaoka with Mikami's eyes in horror that his son was killed, noticing that his soul is also gone. Later, Mikami throws Kazuya into the lava pit before she destroys his corpse with Evolutionary God Burst, burning his body into gazillion pieces, without any single trace. However, in the anime sequel, because of Samuel Nakaoka killed Kazuya, he ultimately broke Jun's promise due to Mikami's words to Samuel Nakaoka about Kazuya's irredeemably as Jin and Heihachi staring at him in sadness. With the news about Kazuya's permanent death, the G Corporation is finally ended and disbanded permanently.
PR Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Waters (Switch): Sin of Mishima[]
Kazuya was mentioned by Samuel Nakaoka and the others after the event of Devil Uprising story. It was revealed that Kazuya's soul's destruction would awaken Kazumi's soul from the realm of the dead and make her extremely enraged for destroying her son's soul. Kazumi possesses Xiaoyu in an effort to kill her friend Samuel, seeking her vengeance.
PR Tekken Tag Tournament Burst[]
After his permanent death at the hands of Samuel Nakaoka while under Mikami's control, it was revealed that the remains of Kazuya's soul were lingering inside the volcano and recovered his burnt corpse. This revived him, but the memories of his hatred corrupted him, turning him into a deranged, demonic form consumed by unredeemed hatred. While his body was under the control of his hatred, a lingering spirit of Kazuya secretly sent invitations to The King of Iron Tournament Tag Team to anyone willing to fight him and destroy the hatred and his Devil's dark soul within him, so he could finally rest in peace with his mother and grandfather.
Character Endings[]
- Kazuya Mishima: After defeating the hatred within his own body, he quickly lay himself down on the ground. Dying, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled kindly, unlike in previous encounters with Samuel Nakaoka and Kazuya when he was evil. He apologized to Samuel Nakaoka, his parents Heihachi and Kazumi, his grandfather Jinpachi, his son Jin Kazama, and his wife Jun Kazama for his horrifying actions. He revealed that he and his Devil had made a terrible deal to kill his father and avenge his mother's death. He had known since he was a young boy that another Devil possessed his mother, noticing her odd behavior. He died in peace as his body disappeared in benevolent light.
PR Tekken 8[]
Game Appearances[]
Project X Zone 3: Sacred Destinies[]
Kazuya appears as both a Boss Unit and a playable Solo Unit, during both his boss and solo attacks, Kazuya can transform into Devil Kazuya to perform is "Backstabbing Devil Blaster" attack.
TPXZF1997's Super Smash Bros.[]
Kazuya appears in this reboot as a playable DLC character.
Super Smash Bros. Overskill[]
Kazuya returns as a playable fighter.
Super Smash Bros. Reset[]
He appears as an unlockable character.
Super Smash Bros. Revolution (ZS Project)[]
Kazuya returns for this game as a playable character.
Super Mario Maker 3 (TheProjectXZoneFan1997)[]
Kazuya appears as a playable character, he can be unlocked by registering his Amiibo.
Super Smash Bros. (arcade)[]
Retroactive June 29, 2021, Kazuya is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for the arcade. He uses both his original and tuxedo looks, having 16 pallete swaps altogether.
PlayStation All-Stars: Ultimate Battle[]
Kazuya is a playable character in PlayStation All-Stars: Ultimate Battle. He uses both his original and tuxedo looks, having 16 pallete swaps altogether.
United X: World Defenders[]
Kazuya is one of the six starter characters in this game.
Neo Geo 2: Match of the Century[]
In this sequel to the 2005 game Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, Kazuya appears as a playable DLC guest character.
amiibo[]
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Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
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