| Heihachi Mishima | |
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| Series | Tekken |
| Age | 75 |
| Birthday | April 30th |
| Sex | Male |
| Species | Human |
| Height | 179 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
Heihachi Mishima is one of the main characters and main antagonist of the Tekken series. He made his debut in the first installment of the series.
| “ | Come back when you’re ready to fight. | „ |
| ~ Heihachi |
Background[]
Heihachi Mishima is a complicated man, whose fate was forever changed the night he murdered his beloved wife. You see, Kazumi Mishima was a devil. No facetiousness, here--nor figures of speech. Kazumi had an actual genetic condition that, when tapped into, could transform her into a demonic entity. Plot twist #2: the only reason she married Heihachi in the first place was because she was destined to kill him if he ever became a threat to the world. Faced with these horrific revelations, Heihachi proceeded to uppercut Kazumi in the groin and snap her neck with a tear in his eye. But the Devil Gene wasn’t done with Heihachi, not by a long shot. Remember that cliffside incident? Y’know, with his son? That was both the catalyst to Kazuya Mishima’s Devil Awakening and (combined with Kazumi’s death) the spark which lit the flame of cross-generational hatred for decades to come. Here’s a simple highlight reel of said decades.
- Kazuya trained in martial arts ‘till adulthood, entered Heihachi’s King of Iron Fist Tournament, beat Heihachi… and threw him off a cliff. Hah.
- Not one to be outdone, Heihachi underwent a training arc of his own, entered Kazuya’s King of Iron Fist Tournament, beat Kazuya… and threw him into a volcano.
- Kazuya’s son (and Heihachi’s grandson), Jin, entered the equation. He’d walk off being shot in the head, and go on to start World War 3 for the good of humanity.
- Somehow, Kazuya returned.
- Sadly, Heihachi died… BUT HE LIVED.
- Akuma from Street Fighter took his sweet time with fulfilling his promise to assassinate Heihachi and Kazuya on Kazumi’s behalf.
Eventually, enough was enough. Picture, if you will, a father and son, looking to put an end to their destructive cycle, their bloody family feud, once and for all. Inside an active volcano, they decide to meet face-to-face and go head-to-head one final time. They fight with everything they have-- every honed technique, every wild emotion and every ounce of willpower stretched to its absolute limit. At last… at long, long last... one man falls, his life spent. And so, the son dunks his father into the lava below.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Ki Manipulation: Heihachi has learned the art of ki control, and as a result, can channel the element of lightning, amping his strikes to absurd degrees.
- Martial Arts: With decades of experience under his belt, Heihachi is among the world’s greatest hand-to-hand combatants. He uses the Mishima Style Fighting Karate, but his style is influenced by Goju-Ryu Karate, which translates to Hard-Soft Style. This style utilizes both circular and linear movements which combine hard striking attacks such as kicks and close hand punches with softer open hand circular techniques for attacking, blocking, and controlling the opponent such as joint locks, grappling, takedowns, and throws.
- Electric Wind God Fist: Signature Mishima move, a rising upper covered in electricity that sends the opponent into the air. Perfect uses for juggling.
- Dragon Uppercut: Heihachi takes a step to dash, then crouches and proceeds to do a rising fist to send opponents flying.
- Demon Breath: A powerful double palm strike.
- Spinning Demon: Another signature Mishima move. A multi-hit spinning low kick that sweeps opponents at their feet, Heihachi can choose to end it off with either an axe kick or an uppercut.
- Flash Punch Combo: A quick three-hit combo consisting of two left punches followed by a right-handed finisher.
- Demon Slayer: A left-right two-part punching combination that is finished by a spinning right-handed backfist.
- Demon Backhand Spin: A variant of the Demon Slayer, performed without the initial left punch.
- Left/Right Splits Kick: An overhead axe kick.
- Tsunami Kick: A combination of a rising front kick and an axe kick.
- Demon Scissors: A forward somersault kick.
- Rising Sun: A aerial spinning kick which can transition into a Spinning Demon.
- Broken Toy: Heihachi grabs his opponent by the neck before ruthlessly throwing them.
- Stonehead: Heihachi grabs his opponent’s head, before stomping on their foot and bashing his head in against them.
- Heaven's Wrath: Heihachi’s reversal attack. At the cost of some health, Heihachi takes his opponent’s blow as he does a stance and kicks them back.
- Neckbreaker: Heihachi puts his opponent in a chokehold, before breaking their neck.
- Jumping Powerbomb: Heihachi grabs the opponent as he jumps up in the air with them, only to slam them on the ground with a powerbomb.
- Atomic Drop: Heihachi grabs his opponent from the back and slams them down on his knee.
- Fire Starter: Heihachi grabs the opponent by the shoulders to do a quick headbutt.
- Headbutt Carnival: Heihachi gets into a headbutt session with the opponent, the person who headbutts last will knock the opponent down.
- Rage Drive: Used as a follow up to Rashomon(not to be confused with Geese’s), Heihachi does an electrically charged headbutt to slam the opponent into the ground.
- Rage Art: Heihachi punches his opponent by the gut, before launching his opponent to the air with two hits as he does a stance and hits with a double palm strike.
Weapons & Equipment[]
- Rocket
- Pistol
Alternate Forms[]
Ascended Heihachi[]
When Heihachi truly stops holding back, he achieves this unofficially named form often dubbed “Ascended''. Aside from getting the cool ripped shirt anime powerup look, Heihachi overloads himself with his electric ki, and becomes a much more dangerous foe.
- Rage Art: Similarly to his Rage Art, Heihachi begins with a punch to the stomach, then continues with two succeeding blows to the chest and stomach again, before he headbutts his opponent as they bounce off the ground and finishes with a double palm strike.
Feats[]
Strength[]
- Described as a human with the strength of a devil
- Crushed a tomahawk with his teeth
- Stronger than Paul, who shattered a rock in one punch
- Clashed fists with Kazuya and Jin, which resulted in damaging the top of Kyoto’s castle
- Superior to Raven, who’s strong enough to lift up and throw NANCY-MI847J
- Superior to Feng Wei, who destroyed an entire mountain in a single strike (42.55-367 kilotons of TNT)
- Feng also destroyed a large lava rock
- Far superior to the Jack-6 model of Jack robot, which once destroyed a meteor with several punches (7.767 gigatons of TNT)
- A previous Jack robot, Gun-Jack, blocked an explosion from a satellite laser (1.606 megatons of TNT).
- Fought on par with Kazuya, who caused a volcano eruption
- Kazuya in his Devil Form also made the Mishima Zaibatsu compound vanish
- Quite literally smacked the Devil out of Kazuya
- Being comparable to Kazuya should allow him to naturally be on par with Lars (who fought Kazuya), who defeated large portions of the Tekken cast
- Piledrived Jin and Kazuya down a building
- Can match Devil Gene user as just a human
Speed[]
- Caught a tomahawk thrown at him by Michelle Chang...with his teeth
- Caught a bullet...also with his teeth
- Evaded bullets from a highly advanced rifle after they were fired, and practically at a point-blank distance
- Agile enough to kick away missiles
- Faster than the Jack robots, who can react to a satellite laser (Mach 12.26)
- Jack-6 in particular flew into space in seconds (Mach 1529.2)
- Comparable to Jin and Kazuya, who can punch well above the speed of sound;
- Devil Jin flew out of orbit in seconds (Mach 568.92)
- Comparable to characters who can dodge Kazuya’s laser, which can reach into space (0.02c)
- Heihachi even reacted to Devil Kazumi’s and Devil Kazuya's devil beam
- Caught a missile and threw it back
Durability[]
- Survived being dropped off the same cliff he dropped Kazuya off of when Kazuya was 5
- Took multiple laser blasts from Devil
- Withstood an all-out assault from Devil Kazuya
- Survived being slammed through a stone wall and stomped on by Devil Jin
- Survived powerful blows from normal and Devil Kazuya, and kept on fighting
- Survived Akuma’s Raging Demon, which also means he has soul hax resistance
- Superior to Bryan Fury, who took an onslaught of bullets and a blast from a tank.
- Withstood the self-destruction of several Jack-4’s, which he was at the epicenter of, although society thought Heihachi was killed by the explosion.
- Comparable to Kazuya, who survived a volcanic eruption (163.57 megatons of TNT)
- Comparable to Kazuya, who survived a satellite beam from space.
Skill[]
- Created the King of Iron Fist Tournament and hosted it many times
- Ran the Mishima Zaibatsu for decades before his grandson took over.
- Was forced to take it back when Jin Kazama went missing, decided to do so by just infiltrating the base, utterly kicking the asses of all the heavily armed guards, and defeating Nina Williams, eventually getting his opposition to surrender
- Brilliant businessman
- Commanded a world war against G-Corp
- Ambushed by Kazumi but killed her
- Has crushed numerous JACK armies time and time again
- Has fought against Kazuya and Jin and lived to tell the tale (though Kazuya would eventually kill him)
- Regularly participates in the Mishima family ritual of throwing each other off cliffs
- Threw hands with Akuma (technically this should be a different Akuma from the one in SF canon)
- Defeated Ogre & Kazuya.
Faults[]
- Arrogance: Heihachi’s hubris has often caused him to underestimate opponents, especially his own family.
- Old Age: It’s also noteworthy that Heihachi is in his 70’s, and while he’s still really good at fighting, he’s nowhere near as strong as what he used to be. And unfortunately, there isn’t much to go on in terms of what Heihachi was like in his prime, as most of what we see of Heihachi is when he’s at least in his 50’s.
- Lack of Ranged Attacks: Heihachi lacks ranged attacks, as he prefers to get up close and personal with the poor son of a bitch that decided they were going to take him on. While that’s great in a fighting tournament with rules, this does mean someone who plays smart can just pelt him with ranged attacks while staying away from him...although Heihachi isn’t afraid to shoot his own grandson, so if he has access to a gun, shooting other people isn’t out of the question for him.
Fun Facts[]
TBA