Julia Chang
Julia Chang is a female video game character who features in Tekken.
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Biography
Julia Chang (Japanese: ジュリア・チャン, Hepburn: Juria Chan) was a female human who was abandoned as a baby by her parents at the ruins of a Native American settlement. She was found by Michelle Chang who was a young woman of the native tribe who proceeded with adopting her and raising her as her own daughter. Julia grew up with a strong love for her adoptive mother and tribe, and was taught to fight so that she could protect her homeland. Julia also developed a fascination for her tribes heritage, and began studying archaeology to learn more about her forefathers. As Julia neared her 18th birthday, stories started to reach the tribe of martial artists disappearing around the globe. Fearing that tribal tales of the God of Fighting were coming true and that her pendant was somehow connected, Michelle headed to Japan to find Heihachi Mishima and ask him what he knew about the pendant and why he had sought it previously. When she did not return, Julia suspected foul play from Heihachi and entered the third King of Iron Fist Tournament to rescue her mother. As the tournament reached its finale, Julia successfully rescued Michelle and learned that Heihachi had used Michelle's pendant to fully awaken Ogre, the God of Fighting in an ancient Aztec temple. Julia initially wanted revenge against Heihachi, but Michelle persuaded her to return home peacefully.
Julia was a college student studying archaeology. One day, she discovered that her native homeland was in danger of being covered by an encroaching desert; this was brought on by today's rapidly changing global ecosystem. Julia wanted to save her home, and she began her research on ecosystem restoration. This saw Julia joining an advanced genetic research group led by Professor T that studied the biological mechanism of reforestation. Professor T's research grant came almost exclusively from G Corporation. In fact, G Corporation's supercomputers, located at their high security research center, were being used for the research, and all of the research data was stored on their file servers. This saw Julia being absorbed in her daily research, waiting for the day when her research on ecosystem restoration would be complete. When the research was completed, she would save her home. One day, Julia learned from Professor T that their project was on hold indefinitely. The Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation's high security research center and stole all their project data. Julia didn't know a thing about G Corporation's secret research projects nor did she care about them. Yet she knew that she had to retrieve her data from the Mishima Zaibatsu in order to save her home from becoming a desert in a few years time. Julia searched the net to gather information regarding the Mishima Zaibatsu. Her eyes lit up when she saw a web page announcing The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.
Disappointed that she was unable to recover her research data during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Julia Chang looked for new direction in her forest rejuvenation research back home in America. But it soon became apparent that she desperately needed the lost data. She had a duty to replenush the globe's tree stock and halt deforestation the world over. To fulfil her hopes for forest restoration, Julia decided to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. After she successfully retrieved the Forest Rejuvenation Data, Julia built a lab in Arizona so she could devote herself to her research. The Arizona desert was not the ideal place for her research. Her research was a failure.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Julia Chang was a young American woman with brown hair that she usually tied into braids. Similar to her mother, she donned a Native American-stylized outfit, with a crop top, a short denim skirt, cowboy boots, and a small Native American feathered headdress. As part of the reforestation group, she began to wear a researcher outfit and glasses. As a a luchadora, she came to operate under the alias of Jaycee (ジェイシー, Jeishī) or J.C. where she wore a lucha mask in order to take the place of a friend of hers who was injured in a car accident.
Julia is a very kind woman with a strong love for her adoptive mother, Michelle, as well as her tribe and homeland. Julia is very brave in the face of danger, and will stand her ground and fight for the side of good in order to protect the people and things she cares about. Julia is also intelligent, as her passion for her homeland led her to study archaeology, and her time spent researching forest rejuvenation taught her a great deal about natural sciences and information technology.
Julia Chang was born with an unknown heritage as she had been abandoned as a child and never came to know her biological parents. Instead, she was taken in by Michelle Chang who came to be her adoptive mother.
Powers and abilities
Julia Chang was born an ordinary human who was raised by her adoptive mother and trained in a similar fighting style as Michelle Chang. This was a mixture of various Chinese martial arts such as Xin Yi Liu He Quan and Baji Quan.
Notes
- Julia Chang was created by Namco where she made her first appearance in Tekken 3 (1997).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Tekken: Bloodline, Julia Chang appeared in the setting of the Netflix anime television mini-series where she was voiced by Japanese actress Seiko Yoshida and by English actress Jeannie Tirado in the dub. Her family are mentioned when Heihachi successfully acquires the Chang Family Pendant, which is able to detect Ogre's presence. Julia fights and defeats Marshall Law off-screen, but is later defeated by Paul Phoenix. After her defeat, she makes an attempt to attack Heihachi to retrieve her mother's stolen pendant, but she is effortlessly defeated. Jin steps in before a finishing blow can be made, causing Heihachi to spare her and leave. Initially, Julia refuses to accept Jin's help as he is Heihachi's grandson, but she is surprised at his own knowledge of Ogre. When she learns that Jin's mother has been killed by Ogre, she reveals that Heihachi likely released the creature out into the world for his own gains. She also informs Jin that his next opponent, King II, was originally an orphan in the care of the original King, who was also killed by Ogre. Jin promises to return the pendant to her after the tournament and succeeds in doing this after he defeats Heihachi.
Films
- In Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Julia Chang was referenced in the setting of the CGI film.
Video games
Appearances
- Tekken 3: (1997)
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