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Julia Chang

Game series	Tekken series
First game	Tekken 3
In-Universe Information
Fighting style	Various Chinese Martial Arts (up to Tekken 4) Xing Yi Based Martial Arts (Tekken 5 and later)
Home country	USA
Age	20
Height	5' 5" (165 cm)
Weight	119 lbs (54 kg)
Blood type	B
Occupation	Student majoring in archaeology research

Julia Chang is a character in the Tekken fighting game series. She appears in Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

She is the adopted daughter of Michelle Chang, who is playable in Tekken 1, Tekken 2, and Tekken Tag Tournament.

Julia Chang fights for the preservation of the world's forests, and always joins The King of Iron Fist Tournament for the same reasons as her mother: to make the Earth a better place to live.

1 History
2 Appearance
3 Endings
4 Trivia
5 See also

[edit] History

[edit] Tekken 3

Julia studies archeology in Michelle Chang's tribal lands. As a baby, Julia was deserted in the ruins of ancient Native American settlements, where Michelle found her. Michelle rescued Julia and brought her up with love. Julia loved Michelle and her adopted tribe and trained with Michelle to protect her beloved homeland.

When Julia was 18, stories of sudden disappearances of famous martial artists all over the world began to reach the tribe. The tribe knew the cause, which was contained in the tribal legends...the legend of The God of Fighting. People in the tribe feared that Michelle's pendant, the key to Native American sacred treasure, had something to do with the disappearances.

With apprehension spreading through the tribe, Michelle left for Japan to ask Heihachi Mishima why he had sought to take the pendant during the second tournament. Michelle hoped to learn about the origin of The God of Fighting's power. Michelle did not return. Julia suspected Heihachi and now seeks him out to discover the truth.

[edit] Tekken 4

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 studies on ecosystem restoration.

Julia joined 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 used for computationally intensive biogenetic analysis and ecosystem modeling. All their project data was stored on G Corporation's file servers as well.

Julia was absorbed in her daily research, waiting for the day when her work on ecosystem restoration would be complete. When her project 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.

[edit] Tekken 5

Julia Chang continues her research on forest rejuvenation. Disappointed that she was unable to recover the reforestation data during the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Julia returns home and resumes her research. Each time her work hits a dead end, she is reminded of the data that she was unable to retrieve.

At that point she received a letter addressed to her in a foreign language. Attached is an announcement of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.

In order to fulfill her hopes for forest rejuvenation, Julia decides to enter the fifth tournament.

[edit] Appearance

Julia has been a character who has grown into herself. She made her first appearance in Tekken 3. From there, she has grown up, and she looks older and more mature. Her once girlish cuteness has changed into a grown up woman.

[edit] Endings

Tekken 3 Unknown

Julia finds her mother, Michelle Chang, in the Temple. The two reunite and return to their Native American homeland in Arizona.

This ending is the only ending in Tekken 3 to have actual dialogue in it.

Tekken Tag Tournament Not Canon

Julia is having a conversation with her mother, Michelle, in Eddy Gordo's first Tekken Tag Tournament arena. However, their conversation can't be heard. They are both sitting down on the ground. After a few seconds, Julia stands up, stretches, and smiles.

Tekken 4 Canon

Julia accesses the data files of the Mishima Zaibatsu, and discovers that Dr. Abel is planning a wicked experiment. He is trying to create Genocell- putting the devil gene into everyone. However, stopping Abel would mean destroying the data Julia needs to completely restore her homeland. While Abel holds her at gunpoint, she destroys all of the data, evades Abel's shots, and escapes. Julia swears to restore her homeland, this time in a different way.

Tekken 5

In Julia's laboratory, which is located in Arizona, Julia watches dozens of seeds in test tubes as she tries to understand how to help them grow. Julia falls asleep and begins dreaming that she's back in her restored homeland, where the trees are growing tall and healthy. She wakes, disappointed, but her spirits are lifted when she sees that one of the seeds has begun to sprout. Julia picks up the container that the growing seed is in and falls to her knees. The forest that was in her dream is then reshown in the background, and Julia's clothes change to her Player One attire.

[edit] Trivia

Julia doesn't know that Ganryu is in love with her.
Julia's Tekken 3 ending is the only ending in Tekken 3 to have actual dialogue in it. All of the other characters in Tekken 3 have endings that do not have any dialogue in them.
In Julia's Tekken 4 prologue, it claims that Julia "neither knew nor cared about the Mishima Zaibatsu". This is interesting as she has come to know the Mishima Zaibatsu from Tekken 3 onwards i.e. Both before, during and after this encounter.