It caused hatred between the two, occasionally. When he was thirteen, Heihachi adopted Lee Chaolan, but he did only for the purpose of giving Kazuya a rival. The revaluation of his mother's death and his father's betrayal took their toll on Kazuya's psyche and thanks to the Devil Gene he inherit from his mother's bloodline, Kazuya discarded his compassion and transformed into an evil man with demonic strength and climbed back to the cliff he's tossed into and swore revenge on Heihachi, hating him for everything. Unfortunately despite Kazuya's raging effort to avenge his mother, Heihachi knocked him out and tossed him off a cliff to test his strength and confirm if he indeed has Kazumi's bloodline. When Kazuya proved to be too gentle for him, Heihachi spills to him that he was the one who murdered Kazumi in cold blood, triggering Kazuya's rage and hatred towards his father. However, when Kazuya's mother Kazumi, and Jinpachi disappeared, Kazuya's father, Heihachi Mishima took over his training and began to train him harshly. In English, he was voiced by Jordan Byrne in Street Fighter X Tekken, Adam Dudley in Tekken: The Motion Picture, Jacob Franchek in Tekken: The Motion Picture as a child, and Kyle Hebert in Tekken: Blood Vengeance.Īs a young boy, Kazuya grew up as a gentle boy, trained under the tutelage of Jinpachi Mishima. In Japanese, he was voiced by Jōji Nakata in all games up to Tekken Tag Tournament, Masanori Shinohara in all games afterward (alongside Tekken: Blood Vengeance), Kazuhiro Yamaji in Tekken: The Motion Picture, and Minami Takayama in Tekken: The Motion Picture as a child. He was the final boss of the story mode for Tekken 2 and Tekken 7. He also appears as the secondary antagonist of the 2011 film Tekken: Blood Vengeance. To list, he is the main protagonist of Tekken, later the main antagonist of Tekken 2, the secondary antagonist of Tekken 4, an antagonist in Tekken 5, one of the main antagonists (alongside his son Jin Kazama) in Tekken 6, and later the one of the Villainous protagonist and Main antagonist (Alongside Heihachi Mishima) in Tekken 7. He’s also the arch-enemy to both his son and father. Kazuya Mishima, also known by his alter ego of Devil Kazuya, is one of the two main antagonists of Tekken franchise (alongside his father Heihachi Mishima). ~ Kazuya Mishima after defeating Heihachi Mishima for the final time, mirroring Heihachi's similar quote. It's in our blood, You won't escape it.įighting is all about who's left standing. I'll let you have this one, but just remember- It's the fate of our family to fight and betray each other.