Heihachi Mishima

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Heihachi Mishima

Game series	Tekken series
First game	Tekken
Voice actor(s)	Banjou Ginga (Tekken 1 & 2) Daisuke Gouri (Tekken 3-5, Death by Degrees, Tekken The Movie (Japanese version) & Soul Calibur II (Japanese version))
In-Universe Information
Fighting style	Mishima Style Karate
Home country	Japan (though is denied by the Japanese government)
Age	75
Height	5' 10.5" (179 cm)
Weight	181 lbs (82 kg)
Blood type	B
Occupation	Leader of Mishima Financial Empire

Heihachi Mishima (三島平八, Mishima Heihachi^?) is a fictional Japanese character in the Tekken fighting game series. He is one of only four characters (the others being Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams and Yoshimitsu) to have appeared in every game in the series. In every game he is always one of the central characters and plays an important role in the plot. Although initially the main villain, his character would become a kind of morally-ambiguous antagonist as the series progressed, and sometimes has even been portrayed as an antihero.

1 History
2 Other appearances
3 Heihachi's endings
4 Trivia

[edit] History

Heihachi is the son of Jinpachi Mishima, the father of Kazuya Mishima, the husband of Kazume Mishima, the adopted father of Lee Chaolan and the grandfather of Jin Kazama. He fights with the power of Mishima Style Karate (his style in particular has more Goju-Ryu influences). He is the founder and the Commander of the Tekken Force Unit. He has hosted all but the second and fifth King of Iron Fist tournaments (those were hosted by Kazuya and Jinpachi, respectively).

[edit] Before the Iron Fist Tournament

Heihachi was born as the heir to the rich, powerful, and well-respected Jinpachi Mishima, the owner of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu and a world-famous martial arts master. During this time, Heihachi married and eventually had a son of his own, Kazuya. Heihachi raised Kazuya harshly; in his mind, he needed to forge a strong heir to eventually pass the Mishima Zaibatsu to. Much to his chagrin, Kazuya grew up kind and frail, perhaps due to the more loving treatment he received from his grandfather, Jinpachi (see Kazuya's Tekken 5 ending). At some point, Heihachi betrayed Jinpachi and stole the Zaibatsu from his father. After assuming control, Heihachi began to steer the Zaibatsu into the military industry while his father vanished. After some time, Jinpachi attempted to retake the Zaibatsu from his son, but he failed and was ultimately imprisoned underneath Hon-Maru, where he would remain for approximately 50 years.

[edit] The First and Second Tournaments

Finally fed up with Kazuya's "weakness", Heihachi tossed his son down a deep ravine, claiming that if he were truly his son, he'd be able to survive the fall and climb back up. Kazuya actually managed to do so, but only because he'd made a deal with the Devil in order to survive (see Devil Gene.) To further motivate Kazuya, Heihachi adopted a Chinese orphan named Lee Chaolan and raised him as a rival to his true son. Over the years, Kazuya traveled abroad and competed in martial arts championships, becoming an undefeated champion (the only blemish on his record being a draw against Paul Phoenix). Eventually, Heihachi decided it was time to test his son's strength, and he announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament.

Much to Heihachi's surprise, he was defeated by his son, Kazuya. Kazuya tossed Heihachi from a cliff just as Heihachi did when he was younger. However, being no ordinary man, Heihachi survived and returned two years later as a competitor in Kazuya's second King of Iron Fist Tournament. After winning the contest, he has a showdown with Kazuya, and defeats him. Afterwards, he tosses Kazuya, who had proven to be much too dangerous, into a volcano and kills him.

[edit] Tekken 3

Sometime later, he created the Tekken Force (Tekkenshu in the Japanese version), and used them as a quick-response group to appease the nations of the world. One day, 15 years after the end of the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, the Tekken Force found ruins in Central Mexico and discovered Ogre, who destroyed them all. Later, Heihachi was approached by a young man claiming to be his grandson, Jin Kazama. Heihachi took in Jin and taught him Mishima Style Karate for his own selfish purpose of using him as bait for Ogre. At the conclusion of the tournament, Jin succeeded and defeated True Ogre, but Heihachi betrayed him and shot him in the forehead. Surprisingly, Jin survived, transformed into Devil Jin, and struck Heihachi down before escaping.

[edit] Tekken 4

Afterwards, Heihachi intended to combine his own DNA with that of Ogre, but he discovered that he would need the Devil Gene that he knew Jin possessed in order to combine the DNA. Heihachi searched desperately for Jin over the next two years, but could not locate him anywhere. Fortunately for Heihachi, Jin was not the only one with a compatible Devil Gene. Heihachi discovered evidence that his son Kazuya's body was taken by G Corporation (a rival company) and used for research. Heihachi's Tekken Force raided G Corporation's facilities to discover that Kazuya had been resurrected by the corporation. Heihachi decided to hold the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament (with his very company's ownership as the grand prize) in an attempt to lure Kazuya so that he may extract the Devil Gene. At the same time, he expected Jin Kazama to become involved, so he set a trap. His plan was to send the Tekken Force to capture Jin, make the two Devil hosts fight one another, and then defeat the winner while he was hopelessly weakened. With Jin captured by the Tekken Force, Heihachi faced Kazuya in the finals of the tournament, and Heihachi won the fight. He then led Kazuya to his Hon-Maru compound, where Jin was being held captive. Everything went as planned, except that Jin was able to defeat both his father and Heihachi. Luckily, Heihachi was spared Jin's wrath when a vision of Jun Kazama stopped Jin in his tracks.

[edit] Tekken 5

Right after Jin's departure, an army of Jack-4 units, sent by G Corporation, invaded Hon-Maru. Heihachi and Kazuya fought together, managing to destroy several Jack-4s, but Kazuya threw Heihachi to the Jack-4s, and he used the opportunity to escape by transforming into Devil, and then he flew away. One of the Jack-4s activated a self-destruct sequence, detonating and completely destroying Hon-Maru, leading everyone to believe that Heihachi was dead. In reality, Heihachi was thrown miles from the site, landing in a graveyard and remaining unconscious for weeks. But Heihachi, no ordinary man, survived the near-impossible odds to take part in the fifth tournament.

[edit] Other appearances

Heihachi is one of the bonus characters available to play as or against in Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis for the PlayStation, alongside fellow Namco characters, including Richard Miller (from Time Crisis), Pac-Man, Reiko Nagase and fellow Tekkenites Tiger Jackson, and Yoshimitsu in his Tekken 3 incarnation.
He also makes an appearance as a playable character in the PS2 version of Soul Calibur II.
In the manga series, GTO, the title character, Onizuka, arm-wrestles a man who looks strikingly like Heihachi Mishima as he appeared in Tekkens 1 & 2. When Onizuka defeats this look-alike, one of the onlookers says, "So much for the Mishima style!"
Heihachi also makes a guest appearance in the RPG Tales of the Abyss as one of Anise's custom dolls.

[edit] Heihachi's endings

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Tekken 2

Heihachi defeats Kazuya and throws him into a volcano. He then flies away in a helicopter, smiling as the volcano erupts.

Tekken 3

Heihachi defeats True Ogre, who then dissolves into nothing. He finds Jin Kazama's unconscious body, and he brings it aboard his helicopter with him. While in the air, Heihachi discovers Devil markings appearing on Jin's face. Rather than confront a Devil-possessed Jin, Heihachi throws Jin's body out of the helicopter. Heihachi watches as Jin to fall towards the ground.

Tekken Tag Tournament

A smiling Heihachi reminisces about brutalizing Jin and Kazuya.

Tekken 4

Heihachi and Kazuya arrive in Hon-Maru to find that Jin has been chained up. Heihachi then turns on Kazuya, chaining him up as well. Heihachi is going to extract the Devil Gene from both of them, which he will use to complete his world domination plan.

Tekken 5

Heihachi has Jinpachi, Kazuya, and Jin chained to the top of a rocketship, and he uses binoculars to watch as it blasts off into the sky, laughing maniacally.

Soul Calibur II

Heihachi, after defeating many combatants, shatters Soul Edge with a single punch and returns to his time.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

Heihachi in the PlayStation 2 version of Soul Calibur II.

In English, his full name would roughly be translated to "Eighth Peace of the Third Island". Apparently all Mishima are given names end with the kanji 八 (meaning eight, pronounced as "Ya", "Pachi", or "Hachi").
Heihachi doesn't have a Devil Gene, though due to conflicting information in the series, the reasons for this are never truly explained.
In Tekken 3, when Ogre is defeated, he seems to absorb Heihachi to transform into True Ogre (unless the player plays as Heihachi, in which case it is Jin who gets absorbed).