Kazuya Mishima
Kazuya Mishima is a male video game character who features in Tekken.
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Biography
Kazuya Mishima (Japanese: 三島 一八? Hepburn: Mishima Kazuya) was the son of Kazumi Mishima and Heihachi Mishima who was the long-time CEO of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu worldwide conglomerate with him being grandson of Jinpachi Mishima.
At 5 years old, he found out that his mother died at the hands of his father and sought revenge against him. The boy attempted to avenge his mother but was swiftly defeated and later was thrown off a cliff by his father. Heihachi claimed that his son was weak and would have to survive by climbing back up to prove his worthiness as a son and to be his father's successor. Kazuya barely survived the fall where his Devil Gene came to activate and give him powers which he used to climb up the cliff. He was then raised as a son of the Mishima household.
After entering the tournament, he made it to the finals 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.
Upon inheriting all the power of the Mishima Financial Group's head; he took pride in surpassing Heihachi's power. Kazuya then nearly seized all of Hokkaido for the purpose of building his ideal independent nation, where he's trying to establish a strong military force. 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.
A few days later, he was brought back to life by G Corporation, a biotech firm making revolutionary advances in the field of biogenetics research. With G Corporation's aid, Kazuya investigated the biomechanics of the Devil Gene within him by subjecting himself to various experiments. Kazuya believed that once he unlocked and controlled the power of the Devil Gene, he would be powerful enough to defeat Heihachi and destroy the Mishima Zaibatsu. Twenty years later, the Tekken Forces attacked G Corporation's facility and stole their research data. Kazuya was also targeted in the attack. Kazuya was infuriated by Heihachi's interference once again. He was determined more than ever to exact his vengeance. Kazuya was not fooled by the sudden announcement of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. He knew that it was a trap orchestrated by Heihachi to lure him out. Despite this knowledge, Kazuya enters the Tournament - this is his chance to defeat Heihachi. 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 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 merging their power. Kazuya then called for Jin to awaken. Once Jin woke up however, they fought and Jin succeeded in defeating Kazuya, who was then knocked unconscious.
Following their defeat by 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 them 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 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. Kazuya was reunited with Bruce Irvin during the tournament, who left with him to help him exact his revenge.
After he had killed the G Corporation officials who betrayed him, Kazuya Mishima succeeded in taking control of the corporation from behind the scenes. In the meantime, the world was quickly slipping into chaos due to the activities of the Mishima Zaibatsu, led by Jin Kazama. Kazuya could never accept a world controlled by anyone but himself, and he set out to use the military power of the G Corporation to suppress the Mishima Zaibatsu. At this point, the G Corporation was praised by the nations of the world for its heroic actions. When the G Corporation's public influence had become great enough, Kazuya used it to announce a hefty bounty for anyone who could capture Jin alive. In reply, the Mishima Zaibatsu announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. This was just as Kazuya had predicted, and it put a satisfied smile on his face
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Kazuya Mishima was a Japanese male with black hair swept into a spike at the back of his head with his left eye glowing red. In terms of clothing, he wore simple white pants along with red gloves and footpads. He had a scar across his chest which he when his father dropped him from a ravine when he was 5 years old.
One account claimed that he was quite frail and timid as a boy when he was the victim of years of abuse at the hands of his father. Though other views of his childhood showed him to be more defiant but still powerless against Heihachi.
After his near-death experience, he seemingly gained immense strength and the event permanently corrupting his personality.
As a child, an entity known as Devil came to Kazuya the power to overthrow his father in exchange for his soul with the young Mishima accepting the offer as he was now driven by anger and revenge.
By adulthood, it was said that Kazuya was a cold-blooded arrogant loner.
It was noted that he was engaged in a long-term battle of wills with his father.
Kazuya could never accept a world controlled by anyone but himself.
He later gained an adoptive brother named Lee Chaolan (Chinese: 李超狼 Lǐ Chāoláng; Japanese: リー・チャオラン Rī Chaoran) who his father had taken in to serve as Kazuya's rival.
Later on, Kazuya would share a brief romance with Jun Kazama (風間 準 Kazama Jun?) who came to be pregnant with their son. He was unaware of this with Jun raising the boy herself where she named him Jin Kazama (風間 仁 Kazama Jin?).
Powers and abilities
From his mothers side, he came to inherit the Devil Gene (デビルの血 Debiru no Chi?, Devil's Blood) that came from him being a member of the Hachijo Clan (八条家 Hachijō-ke?, Hachijo Family). The Devil Factor (デビルの因子 Debiru no Inshi?) was a supernatural genetic abnormality that made them host to a parasitic malignant spirit referred to as a 'devil'.
He was trained in the Mishima Style Fighting Karate (三島流喧嘩空手 Mishima-ryū Kenka Karate?) that he learnt from his father.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Stonehead (超ぱちき Chō Pachiki) :
- Demon Slayer (鬼哭連拳, Kikoku Renken) :
- Spinning Demon (奈落払い Naraku Barai) :
- Tsunami Kick (踵落とし Kakato Otoshi) :
- Rising Sun (螺旋襲刃脚/ Rasen Shuujin Kyaku) :
- Fastest Wind God Fist (最速風神拳 Saisoku Fūjinken) :
Falling to the influence of the Devil Gene in him could result in his transformation into Devil Kazuya (デビルカズヤ Debiru Kazuya?).
After defeating his father, Kazuya for a time came to inherit all the power of the Mishima Financial Group upon becoming their head.
Notes
- Kazuya Mishima was created by Seiichi Ishii where he featured in the setting of the Tekken universe.
In other media
Television
- In Tekken: Bloodline, Kazuya Mishima was referenced in the setting of the animated television miniseries where he was voiced by Japanese actor Masanori Shinohara and by English actor Eliot in the dub.
Films
- In Tekken: The Motion Picture, Kazuya Mishima appeared as the protagonist in the OVA film where he was voiced by Japanese actor Kazuhiro Yamaji in the original version and by English actor Adam Dudley in the dub.
- In Tekken, Kazuya Mishima appeared in the setting of the 2010 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Ian Anthony Dale. This version had a facial hair and served as Heihachi Mishima's right hand man in the Tekken Corporation where he intended to take over the company out of greed rather than revenge for his fathers cruelty. Instead of being a hand-to-hand combatant, this version of Kazuya relied on melee weapons such as axes and Eskrima sticks with no reference to him holding the Devil Gene. In the course of the story, he came to be defeated by his son, Jin Kazama.
Video games
Appearances
- Tekken: (1994)
- Tekken 3:
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