Jin Kazama

Jin Kazama is one of the main characters of the Tekken series. He is featured on the packaging for the console version of almost every sequel following his introduction in Tekken 3. He has been the main protagonist for the majority of the following entries ever since his debut in Tekken 3, and has been trying to end the Mishima Bloodline to save the world from their evil.

The exception to this was when he took on a role as the main antagonist in Tekken 6 (with Lars Alexandersson taking his role as the protagonist), and also when he took on the role of supporting character in Tekken 7 (where Heihachi Mishima and Kazuya Mishima became the main characters of the game). He returns as the main protagonist in Tekken 8. Jin is the son of Kazuya Mishima and Jun Kazama, the grandson of Heihachi Mishima and Kazumi Mishima, the nephew of Lee Chaolan, Lars Alexandersson, and Reina, a relative of Asuka Kazama, and the great-grandson of Jinpachi Mishima.

Jin Kazama is the son of Jun Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. Jin was born on Yakushima. Jun raised Jin in a remote location in Yakushima's mountains, and trained him in the Kazama family's self-defense fighting style.

When Jin was fifteen years old, Jun sensed the approach of a great evil. Preparing for the worst, she informed Jin of his origins and told him that, if anything should happen to her, he was to seek out his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima. Jun's premonitions soon proved to be correct, and she and Jin were attacked by Ogre. Jin was knocked unconscious, and woke up to find his surroundings burned to the ground and his mother gone. Jin followed his mother's wishes and found Heihachi Mishima, who went on to train him in Mishima-style Karate. During this time, Jin attended the Mishima Polytechnical School and met Ling Xiaoyu there. He also met Hwoarang during a street fight in which they fought to a draw, leading to a persistent rivalry.

Four years after Jin's training began, Heihachi called the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. By this time, Jin had developed into an impressive fighter, and entered the tournament with the intention of avenging the loss of his mother. He fought Ogre's true form in the final round and succeeded in killing it; however, he was gunned down shortly after his victory by a squad of his grandfather's private military group, Tekken Force. Heihachi himself fired a final gunshot into Jin's head. Despite the measures used, the attempt at killing Jin failed, as the Devil Gene Jin inherited from his father activated and revived him. In a transformed state, Jin attacked the Tekken Force soldiers and then slammed Heihachi through a wall before taking flight on black wings.

Following his grandfather's betrayal, Jin traveled to Australia and lived under the radar in Brisbane. He trained in traditional karate at a small dojo, determined to unlearn the Mishima style to distance himself from his lineage. Jin heard that the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 was to take place and came out of hiding to attend it, motivated by the desire to destroy the Mishima bloodline.

In the seventh round of the tournament, Jin was scheduled to fight his father, Kazuya Mishima - however, on his way to the match, he was overwhelmed by Tekken Force soldiers and captured. Jin was rendered unconscious and chained up in Hon-Maru. He awoke at the prompting of his father, Kazuya, who had accompanied Heihachi to Hon-Maru and attempted to absorb Jin's devil powers whilst Jin was unconscious. Jin freed himself from the chains and was overcome with feelings of hatred. He fought and defeated Kazuya. Heihachi emerged afterwards, and Jin defeated him as well. With his wings emerging, Jin prepared to deliver the final blow to Heihachi; however, a vision of his mother halted him before he could go through with it. Choked with emotion, Jin dropped Heihachi and told him, "Thank my mother, Jun Kazama." Jin fled Hon-Maru, taking flight through the roof.

Shortly after Jin left Hon-Maru, it was destroyed in an explosion (in which Heihachi Mishima was incorrectly presumed to have died). The explosion awakened Jinpachi Mishima, who had been sustained for years beneath the temple as the result of possession by an evil entity. This awakening caused Jin to lose control of his Devil Gene. He blacked out and woke up in a destroyed forest some time later. He knew at once that he caused the destruction in his altered state. He retreated to Yakushima, only to be plagued by nightmares that triggered his Devil Gene. He began to doubt his ability to stay in control. Intent on finding a solution, Jin set out and entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.

During the tournament, Jin lost a fight against Hwoarang. Moments after the loss, Jin was taken over by Devil, and savagely attacked Hwoarang, almost killing him. Jin continued to the final round, where he fought and defeated Jinpachi Mishima, who took over the Mishima Zaibatsu in Heihachi Mishima's absence and arranged the tournament in the hope that someone would kill him before the evil entity possessing him could assume its full strength. With Jinpachi dead, Jin gained control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Shortly after Jin assumed control of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Azazel, the Devil Gene's progenitor, began to communicate with him telepathically. Azazel, who had long ago been imprisoned in spirit form in a temple, told Jin that it would achieve physical form once again if he was able to fill the world with negative energy. Jin came to believe that resurrecting Azazel and killing it would save the world and rid him of his curse. Acting on this belief, Jin declared the Mishima Zaibatsu to be an independent superpower and used the organization's resources to destabilize and attack other nations. War broke out on a global scale. Kazuya's G Corporation challenged the Mishima Zaibatsu, becoming one of its primary enemies.During this time, Jin used Alisa Bosconovitch, an android intended to be his bodyguard, to spy on Lars Alexandersson, the leader of a rebel army that broke away from Tekken Force.

Eventually, Jin was confronted by Lars. Jin explained why he had started the war. During his explanation to Lars, the opportunity for a confrontation with Azazel presented itself to Jin. Using the power of his Devil Gene, he dealt it a single blow to the chest, appearing to kill it and himself in the process. However, Jin was found unconscious but alive by a United Nations team not long after.

Immediately after being found, Jin was taken into custody by the UN. It soon became apparent that his attempt to rid himself of his Devil Gene had failed; he escaped when his Devil Gene manifested during transport from the desert to a secure location. Disoriented, he traversed the desert with UN forces in pursuit, shifting between his human and devil form intermittently. He eventually reached a town in his devil form, and was confronted by Hwoarang, who had tracked him down. Hwoarang was able to defeat Devil Jin; however, after their fight ended, UN soldiers stormed the square, causing Hwoarang to lose sight of him. Jin regained his human form but was still disoriented and exhausted. He was cornered by UN soldiers - however, before they could take him back into custody, Lars arrived to intervene and fight them off. Lars escaped with Jin in tow and transported him to a Violet Systems secure medical facility. Jin fell unconscious during transport and remained that way for an extended period of time, the encounter with Azazel having taken its toll. Lee Chaolan and Alisa met Lars at the facility and successfully fended off an attempt by the Mishima Zaibatsu (once again headed by Heihachi Mishima) to acquire Jin. Lee detonated the facility to secure their escape,and the unconscious Jin was airlifted to a second Violet Systems building, also lent by Lee to Lars's rebel cause. Here, Lars told Lee of his plan to use Jin's power to end the war.

Jin regained consciousness several months later. Under Lars's command, Jin began preparing for Operation Lightning, a strike intended to eliminate Kazuya.

Operation Lightning commenced in New York City. Jin confronted Kazuya, and the two fought using the power of their Devil Genes. However, Jin failed to maintain control over his devil form; he transformed completely and ultimately lost to Kazuya. Unconscious under rubble in the city, Jin had a vision of his devil form extending a hand to him, but he rejected its offer of assistance as he thought that doing so would make him no better than his father (who had merged his mind with that of his own devil form). Alisa rescued Jin from the rubble.

One week later, Jin was recuperating at an Yggdrasil base. He and Lars sparred, only for Lee to interrupt and share the troubling news that Jin's strength and abilities had diminished. At Lars's request, Jin attempted to call upon his devil powers, but found himself unable to access them. Three days later, Jin almost collapsed whilst training. Alisa went to his aid. Jin thanked her for saving him and she told Jin that he was the hope of mankind. Based on past experiences, Jin came to believe that he would regain his ability to use his devil powers if he was put at risk of death, and told Lars and Lee of his intention to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8. Lars was concerned that the tournament was a trap set by G Corporation, but Jin resolved to enter regardless. Jin believed that he needed to defeat Kazuya even at the cost of his own life.

Three days later, Jin was present at the arena for the tournament's Asia Preliminaries. There, he encountered a young woman called Reina, who told him she attended Mishima Polytechnic just as he once had. Jin ignored her in this instance, but was matched against her in the semifinals. As they fought, Jin realized she was using Mishima Style Fighting Karate like his late grandfather, Heihachi. After Reina landed a blow on him, Jin's devil powers briefly reawakened, seemingly in response to the risk of death he associated with Heihachi's style. After this, Reina suddenly forfeited the match. Hwoarang then entered the ring despite not being scheduled to fight Jin next. The two fought, and Jin felt a heat within his body that he had previously forgotten. His devil powers awoke in response to it, and he was able to defeat Hwoarang. Jin was unsure why he didn't lose himself to his devil powers in this instance. Hwoarang remarked on Jin's 'weird power', but then noted that it was 'just another part' of Jin.

When Niklas and Leo Kliesen arrived at Yggdrasil's base to discuss findings about the Devil Gene with Yggdrasil's leadership, Leo recognized Jin as the one who waged war as head of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Leo asked to spar, and Jin obliged. Later, Niklas explained that devils were humans that possessed a fraction of Azazel's power. These devils were able to access their superhuman powers by drawing upon their desire. Lars hypothesized that Kazuya's power came from his avarice, but Leo told Jin that they did not sense any selfish emotions in him whilst they were sparring, only warmth.

Jin attended the next stage of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, which was held in a coliseum in Italy. There, he faced Leroy Smith, who impressed upon him the importance of fighting from the heart rather than relying on physical strength alone. Jin defeated Leroy, and then Kazuya emerged.Yggdrasil and the United Nations' forces stormed the arena, having combined their strength in order to take out Kazuya. Xiaoyu, Claudio Serafino, and Zafina, who now had Azazel's spirit sealed within her, also entered the arena. In the chaos, Kazuya assumed his devil form and captured Zafina, using his power to expel Azazel from her. Jin caught Zafina as she fell. Wounded, Zafina told Jin that he needed to return to the ‘point of origin' to purge himself of evil. Jin realized he must go to his birthplace, Yakushima. Meanwhile, Kazuya absorbed Azazel's power and took on a more powerful monstrous form. Claudio told Jin that any attempt to combat Kazuya in this form would fail at this time, and told him to do as Zafina said. One of the fighters present at the tournament, Emilie De Rochefort, offered to take Jin to Yakushima on her private jet. Jin left for Yakushima with Xiaoyu accompanying him.

Once they arrived on Yakushima, Jin and Xiaoyu traveled to the shrine where Jin and his mother once trained together. Xiaoyu asked Jin what he wanted to be when he grew up, and he told her he never desired anything beyond protecting his mother and their home. They reached a clearing and Xiaoyu suggested that they spar to see if it would help Jin discover what he needed to do. After they fought, Jin heard a lullaby from his childhood. He followed the sound of it into the opening of a sanctum. His body faltered, and he promised Xiaoyu he would return before falling unconscious. Xiaoyu watched over him and fought off waves of Jack-7 robots to protect him while he was vulnerable. Lars also traveled to the sanctum to assist, and fought Kazuya when he reached the area.

Meanwhile, Jin faced his devil form on a plane of his subconscious. His devil form taunted him, telling him that power derived from anger and hatred was essential, and that Jin could atone for his past actions only through solitude. Jin rejected these ideas, stating that awareness of his past mistakes was what would allow him to move forward. Jin then encountered his devil form as a mirror image of himself. Jin resolved that he was done rejecting his devil form as an innate part of himself, acknowledging that he could only move on if he accepted all he was and all he had done. Devil Jin asked him what it was he truly desired, and Jin stated that he was determined to protect those precious to him. His devil form granted him all of its power, and Jin realized that it had made efforts to protect him in the past. He thanked it, and apologized for misunderstanding its intentions previously.

Jin awoke in time to save Lars from the path of one of Kazuya's lasers. In his newly regained devil form, Jin fought Kazuya. Jin was able to hold his own against Kazuya, but eventually found himself struggling to hold back a massive attack that Kazuya intended to destroy Yakushima with. As he attempted to hold the attack off, Jin had a vision of his mother, Jun. She told him that a noble death would cause pain to those around him. She reminded him that the Kazama way was to protect the well-being of those around him and himself. Jin asked his mother if he had the right to desire life after all he had done. She reminded him that a Kazama's power was to foster life and cleanse evil. Jin assumed a new form, Angel Jin. Jun told him he could use his power to save himself and his father.

In his new form, Jin was able to redirect Kazuya's attack to the ocean, saving Yakushima. Angel Jin and Devil Kazuya fought, and through this fight, both Jin and Kazuya were purified of their Devil Genes. With their devil powers gone, they continued their fight. Jin was able to use all his teachings from his mother's Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts to the Mishima Style Fighting Karate he once rejected to defeat Kazuya due to determination to protect those he cared about, and his fresh resolve to live. After besting Kazuya in their battle, Jin left Kazuya unconscious and went to regroup with his loved ones. He believed the world to finally have been freed from the influence of devils and their powers. Jin then went on to go traveling with Xiaoyu.

Devil Jin is a Tekken character who made his first appearance in Tekken 3, but didn't become a fully playable character until Tekken 5. He is Jin Kazama's devil form after being consumed by the effects of the Devil Gene.

Devil Jin was an entity that inhabited Jin Kazama; it was able to use Jin as a vessel because Jin inherited the Devil Gene from his father, Kazuya Mishima. Devil Jin appeared to lay dormant in Jin until the end of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, when Jin's grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, and a squad of Tekken Force soldiers gunned Jin down. Rather than kill Jin, this event caused his first transformation into Devil Jin. Devil Jin took control of Jin's body, attacked the Tekken Force squad and his grandfather, and then flew away.

Devil Jin was once again dormant until the end of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, when Jin was captured by Heihachi and confronted by both Heihachi and Kazuya in Hon-Maru. Kazuya, possessed by his own devil entity intended to compound its power by extracting Devil Jin from Jin; however, he was unable to do so due to a property of Jin's Kazama blood. Jin and Kazuya fought in their human forms. Jin defeated Kazuya, and then Heihachi as well. Overcome with hatred for the Mishima bloodline, Jin began to succumb to Devil Jin, sprouting wings as he prepared to deal a fatal blow to Heihachi. A vision of his mother, Jun Kazama, stayed his hand, however. He dropped Heihachi instead, taking flight out of Hon Maru.

Shortly after Jin left Hon-Maru, the temple was destroyed in an explosion. Jin's great-grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima, had been imprisoned underneath the temple for many years, kept alive only by a malevolent entity which had possessed him. Jinpachi was freed by the explosion, and his emergence had a dramatic effect on Devil Jin. Devil Jin was able to take total control of Jin's body, and leveled an entire forest. When Jin awoke in the destroyed forest, he had no memory of what had transpired, but knew it must have been the work of his devil form.

Jin retreated to his home, Yakushima, in search of peace, but was tormented by nightmares. He began to doubt his ability to keep a hold on Devil Jin.

He entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. During the tournament, he was matched against his rival, Hwoarang. Hwoarang was able to defeat Jin, but Devil Jin emerged in the wake of Jin's loss and savagely attacked Hwoarang, almost killing him. Jin went on to defeat Jinpachi in the tournament's final round and took control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Jin began communicating telepathically with the Devil Gene's progenitor, Azazel, while he was leader of the Mishima Zaibatsu. He eventually confronted Azazel, and harnessed Devil Jin's power in an attempt to kill the demon, aiming to put an end to the Devil Gene once and for all.This attempt was unsuccessful, however, as part of Azazel's spirit survived. Jin remained afflicted with the Devil Gene.

Jin was take captive by the United Nations after his confrontation with Azazel. Devil Jin emerged during transport and destroyed the helicopter he was on. Disoriented, Jin began traversing the desert, alternating between his human self and Devil Jin's form. Eventually, Devil Jin was confronted by Hwoarang in a souq. This time, Hwoarang was able to defeat Devil Jin. Jin fled when the United Nations arrived on the scene,and was subsequently taken in by Lars Alexandersson.

Jin fell into a comatose state for several months. Upon awakening, he appeared to have some ability to control his use of Devil Jin's powers and physical attributes, but continued to struggle not to be taken over by Devil Jin entirely. Jin confronted Kazuya in New York City and fought him using Devil Jin's power; however, Jin lost control during the fight and Devil Jin took over. Kazuya was able to defeat Devil Jin. Following his defeat, Jin had a vision of Devil Jin extending a hand to him, but he rejected its apparent offer of help.

Following the fight with Kazuya, Jin's capabilities diminished and he lost his ability to use Devil Jin's powers at all. Jin entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 Asia Premliminaries regardless. Here, his powers briefly reactivated during a fight against a fighter called Reina, who was using Mishima Style Fighting Karate. This reactivation seemed to be motivated by the fear of death that Jin associated with that fighting style. After Reina forfeited the match, Hwoarang challenged Jin. During the fight, Jin experienced exhilaration that caused heat to build within him, and he was able to access some of Devil Jin's power without losing control, allowing him to win the fight. Following the fight, Hwoarang remarked that Jin's powers were ‘weird' but ‘just another part of him'.

Jin later learned from Niklas Kliesen that devils were created by Azazel in ancient times to be its servants, and that people with the Devil Gene could access their powers by drawing upon their desires.

Later, Jin traveled to Yakushima in search of something that would allow him to defeat Kazuya. While there, he fell unconscious in a sanctum. He met Devil Jin on a plane of his subconscious. Devil Jin taunted him, telling him that power derived from anger and hatred was essential, and that Jin could atone for his past actions only through solitude. Jin rejected these ideas, stating that awareness of his past mistakes was what would allow him to move forwards. Jin then encountered Devil Jin as a mirror image of himself. Jin resolved that he was done rejecting Devil Jin as an innate part of himself, acknowledging that he could only move on if he accepted all he was and all he had done. Devil Jin asked him what it was he truly desired, and Jin stated that he was determined to protect those who were precious to him. Devil Jin granted Jin all of its power, and Jin realized that it had made efforts to protect him in the past. He thanked it, and apologized for misunderstanding it previously.

Jin took on a new devil form with one white wing, one black. In this form, he was able to use all of Devil Jin's power while retaining his own personality. He woke in time to save Lars Alexandersson from the path of one of Kazuya's lasers. Jin fought Kazuya in this new devil form and was able to hold his own against him. Eventually, however, he found himself struggling to hold back a massive attack that Kazuya intended to destroy Yakushima with. As he tried to hold the attack off, he had a vision of his mother, Jun Kazama. She reminded him that a Kazama's power was to foster life and cleanse evil, and Jin assumed a new form, Angel Jin. In this new form, he was able to purify both himself and his father of the Devil Gene using his new powers.

Angel Jin is a Tekken character who made his first appearance in Tekken 8. He is Jin Kazama's new angel form after overcoming the Devil Gene.

Angel Jin is the result of Jin Kazama conquering his Devil Gene and combining its power with that of the Kazama Clan's. He first appeared in Tekken 8's Story Mode after Jin returned to Yakushima and was able to speak with an apparition of his mother. He stops Kazuya from destroying the island, and the two battle fiercely on a falling comet.

Having overcome his inner demons and accepting the Devil Gene within himself, Jin combined both the Devil Gene with the powers of his Kazama blood to transform into Angel Jin, before taking the battle against True Devil Kazuya into space. The pair fight atop a meteor crashing into Earth as it continued to burn upon atmospheric descent. Though True Devil Kazuya would momentarily down Angel Jin, Angel Jin unleashed a purifying field before restraining True Devil Kazuya with purifying chains and dealing a powerful strike to True Devil Kazuya's abdomen.

Despite these attempts, the pair were still evenly matched and clashed with all their might. The sheer power from both sides canceled each other out, eventually erasing Azazel and the Devil Gene from both Jin and Kazuya. The pair eventually continue their fight after reverting back to their human selves.

In the Legacy of Chris Thorndyke,

And he is reprised by Brad Swaile in the English dub and Isshin Chiba in the Japanese dub.

THEMES[]

Jin Kazama's Theme (Tekken 3) - Fighting against his father
Rage of Sparta (God of War 3) - Final Match with Kazuya