He originally founded the Mishima Zaibatsu, however his son, Heihachi, got greedy and challenged his father. It all began around 50 years before the first King of Iron Fist Tournament with Jinpachi Mishima, a well-known fighting legend. With Tekken 7 underway, let’s take a look at the story we know so far that is leading to the conclusion of the Mishima Saga… There have been previous films that have retold this story, so we have already have the game story as well as other media forms of the story. It is a story that most Tekken fans know as it was a focus point from Tekken 4 onwards. While I am glad Tekken is getting an anime adaption, I’m not so happy that it another hashing of Jin’s origin story.

There has been an anime OVA, along with 2 live-action movies and an animated film of Tekken Jin transformed, attacked Heihachi and left him to go into hiding.

Little did Heihachi know that he shared the same blood curse that his father did – the Devil Gene. Jin entered, hoping to avenge his dead mother, only to be betrayed by his grandfather by killing him. Heihachi took his grandson under his wind, trained him and at 19, announced the third King of Iron Fist Tournament. He assumed the worst and sought out his grandfather, Heihachi. When he awoke, his mother and the monster were gone. Jin tried to help his mother fight the monster but was knocked unconscious. Despite their peaceful life, they were ambushed by the monster, Ogre. Jun raised Jin away from the Mishima family and taught him how to fight. The tournament ends with Heihachi “killing” Kazuya and Jun having their son, Jin. For a quick recap, during The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 (T2) Kazuya Mishima (son of Heihachi Mishima and wielder of the Devil Gene) meets the mysterious Jun Kazama. The anime will take place after the events of Tekken 2 and Tekken 3. L-R: Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama

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