Anna Williams (Tekken)
Anna Williams is a female video game character that features in Tekken.
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Biography
Anna Williams (Japanese: アンナ・ウィリアムズ Hepburn: Anna Wiriamuzu) was a female human born the daughter of Richard Williams and his wife Mrs. Williams with Anna having an older sister named Nina Williams. She and her sister were raised by their Irish father and American mother in Ireland. They were both taught from a young age in various martial arts by their father who had been a former assassin with Anna having also been personally trained by her mother. After their father died in mysterious circumstances, the sisters came to blamed each other leading to a long-standing rivalry between the siblings.
Nineteen years ago, Kazuya Mishima confided some alarming news to Anna. Her sister, Nina Williams, was planning to become a guinea pig of Doctor Bosconovitch's "Cold Sleep". As much as they quarreled, Anna would miss her sleeping sister. Even worse was the fact that she would continue to age, while Nina was frozen in time. Anna went to Doctor Bosconovitch and requested to be put into cryosleep, asking to be awakened at the same time as her sister.
As in the first tournament, Nina was once again hired to assassinate the sponsor of the current tournament, Kazuya Mishima. Whether at Kazuya's discretion or Anna's own volition, Anna became a bodyguard for Kazuya, along with Ganryu and Bruce Irvin, who were all charged with Kazuya's protection. It is likely that Anna's intervention prevented her sister from carrying out her contract, and Nina was later captured by Mishima Zaibatsu forces and used in Doctor Bosconovitch's cryonics 'cold-sleep' research. Learning about this, Anna volunteered to be another test subject, requesting that she be woken in the future at the same time as Nina. Her reasons for doing so remain ambiguous, though it is suggested that Anna would have felt lonely without Nina and/or jealous at the thought of her sister's youth being preserved.
Sensing the God of Fighting's evil presence, both Nina and Anna awoke nineteen years later. Anna awoke without any side effects, but Nina had somehow lost all of her memories of Anna, which saddened Anna, because she was making an effort to continue their sibling rivalry. Now, rather than fighting Nina, Anna felt the need to help Nina and prevent her from again becoming an assassin.
Since the disappearance of her sister, Anna had been leading a dull and boring life. That all changed one day when she received a phone call from Nina. Several days later, the two met again after having been apart for two years. However, upon seeing her sister's face, Nina immediately opened fire, with Anna returning the favor. The ensuing gun battle lasted for days.
Anna suffered an embarrassing defeat to Nina during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Anna searched for Nina, looking for an opportunity to exact her revenge. However, Nina had apparently been hired by someone and dropped off the radar. War engulfed the entire world, the chaos being triggered by the Mishima Zaibatsu's destructive covert operations. Anna caught wind of top secret information indicating that Nina was involved, so she decided to join the elite forces of the G Corporation due to the intense rivalry with her sister.
After the events of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, Anna's heart grew tired of endless fighting. Anna Williams was assigned to lead G Corporations Special Forces to fight against her sister, Nina Williams, with whom she has a fierce rivalry. However, Anna became exhausted by the endless fighting. Additionally, at the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 which Anna attended as part of her Special Forces work, Anna's popularity as a fighter ranked far below her sister's. Anna's heart broke as she was confronted by the difference in the world's perception of herself and her sister. A G Corp executive began to show care for Anna during this time. Attracted to his kindness, Anna eventually fell in love and decided to marry him. However, the man had a dark side: he was a mafia executive. On the day of the wedding, an incident occurred. While Anna was getting ready in the waiting room of the wedding hall, she noticed that her pure white wedding dress was missing. Moments later, she heard gunshots and screams from the ceremony hall where the guests had gathered. Anna rushed there and saw that the ceremony hall had turned into the scene of a tragedy. Her fiancé had been shot and killed, leaving Anna a widow. She spotted the assailant fleeing the scene in her wedding dress. Anna saw red and swore to take revenge on the person responsible.
Overview
Personality and attributes
She was noted for being 3 years younger than her sister Nina.
In contrast to her sister, Anna showed a less serious personality where she was markedly more playful, flirtatious and more sociable than Nina.
Their father was said to had only showered Nina with affection thus drawing jealously from Anna. Unlike her sister who has become an active assassin, Anna desired an ordinary life which was something her father never forgave her for in his life. This led to Anna hating her unaffectionate father and his exclusive love of her sister.
Her father was Richard Williams (リチャード・ウィリアムズ Richādo Wiriamuzu?) who was an assassin for the IRA and taught his children assassination arts. Meanwhile, her mother was a British Aikido champion who taught her daughters aikido. Anna's father wanted her and her sisters to both follow his footsteps as an assassin being a they were members of the Williams family. However, only Nina did so with this causing their father to favour her and leading to Anna's enmity with her sister.
After retiring from fighting, she came to fall in love with a member of the G Corporation. The two were set to be married but on the wedding day he was murdered by an unknown assailant leaving Anna a widow. This led to her swearing revenge on the person responsible for her fiancé's murder.
Powers and abilities
Similar to her sister, she had learned assassin techniques from her father. However, Richard Williams neglect of Anna meant that she never learnt all his skills. In addition, Anna came to learn Aikido techniques from her mother who had been a national Aikido champion. As such, Anna's fighting style was based on Koppo and Hapkido, a martial art known for its use of spinning back kicks, jumping kicks and close-range throws. Although their father taught Anna and Nina the same martial arts skills, each sister has developed a distinct fighting style.
Notes
- Anna Williams was created by Seiichi Ishii where she made her first appearance in Tekken (1994).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Films
- In Tekken: The Motion Picture, Anna Williams appeared in the setting of the 1998 OVA film where she was voiced by Japanese actress Kaori Yamagata and English actress Claire Hamilton in the dub. Anna was in a romantic relationship with Lee Chaolan, who hired Nina to assassinate Kazuya Mishima by convincing her he had romantic feelings for her. After staying the night with Lee in a hotel, Anna attacks Kazuya, Nina, and Jun Kazama, being forced to escape when her attack fails. Anna ran into Nina on the island, where they engage in combat. After a remark about their father, Anna escapes from a grab and taunts Nina about how Lee was not in love with her, and that he was actually with Anna herself. At the same time, Lee initiated his 'R Experiment', which releases a group of dinosaur clones onto the island. Even though the assistants tell Lee that Nina and Anna are still present on the island, Lee sees it as an opportunity for more test subjects. One dinosaur clone appeared in full camouflage behind Anna and managed to attack and kill her while Nina escaped.
Video games
- In Tekken Tag Tournament, Anna Williams appeared as a playable character in the video game.
- In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Anna Williams appeared as a playable character in the video game. Born to a family of assassins, Anna was taught the basics of assassination along with her sister, Nina, from a young age. Their father's affection was always for Nina, however, so Anna's jealousy eventually turned to a deep-seated hatred for her sister. Over their years, their rivalry has intensified and became so fierce, that Anna would blast a missile at Nina in a heartbeat.
Appearances
- Tekken:
- Tekken 4:
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