Julia Chang

Julia's life got off to an inauspicious start; born to unknown parentage, she was abandoned as a baby in the ruins of a Native American settlement. Her fortunes changed, however, when she was found by Michelle Chang, a young woman from a native tribe who adopted her and raised her as her own. Julia grew up with a strong love for her adoptive mother and tribe, and was taught to fight so that she could protect her homeland. Julia also developed a fascination for her tribes heritage, and began studying archaeology to learn more about her forefathers. As Julia neared her eighteenth birthday, stories started to reach the tribe of martial artists disappearing around the globe. Fearing that tribal tales of the God of Fighting were coming true and that her pendant was somehow connected, Michelle headed to Japan to find Heihachi Mishima and ask him what he knew about the pendant and why he had sought it previously. When she did not return, Julia suspected foul play from Heihachi and entered the third King of Iron Fist Tournament to rescue her mother. As the tournament reached its finale, Julia successfully rescued Michelle and learned that Heihachi had used Michelle's pendant to fully awaken Ogre, the God of Fighting in an ancient Aztec temple. Julia initially wanted revenge against Heihachi, but Michelle persuaded her to return home peacefully. After the events of the third tournament, Julia's priorities changed; upon learning that the encroaching desert would soon consume her homeland, she began researching ways to restore the global ecosystem. This led her to join a team of researchers led by Professor T at the G Corporation headquarters, where the project, named GENOCELL, progressed well. Unfortunately for Julia, the laboratories were attacked by the Mishima Zaibatsu and her research was stolen, prompting her to enter the fourth King of Iron Fist tournament in an attempt to retrieve the data.

While she was unsuccessful, she did catch the attention of Ganryu, a Sumo wrestler who fell in love with her due to her resemblance to her mother Michelle, whom Ganryu had fallen in love with twenty years previously, during the second King of Iron Fist tournament. This led him to join Julia in the fifth King of Iron Fist tournament, in the hopes of recovering the data and winning her heart. While Ganryu succeeds in finding the data, Julia remained dismissive of his affection. With the forest rejuvenation data back in her possession, Julia returns home to realize her dreams of reforesting her homeland. Her plans take a back seat, however, when she learned of a greater threat to humanity: if Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama, who both carried the Devil Gene, were allowed to clash, a great evil would be resurrected and unleashed upon the world. Sensing the danger to mankind, Julia entered the sixth King of Iron Fist tournament to help prevent the meeting that threatened the world. She later became a video blogger and created content regarding the seventh tournament, though it is unclear whether she officially entered or not.

Julia is a very kind woman with a strong love for her adoptive mother, Michelle, as well as her tribe and homeland. Julia is very brave in the face of danger, and will stand her ground and fight for the side of good in order to protect the people and things she cares about. Julia is also intelligent, as her passion for her homeland led her to study archaeology, and her time spent researching forest rejuvenation taught her a great deal about natural sciences and information technology. In Tekken 7, as an internet celebrity (she dons a tablet computer in one of her intros and references her stream going live as well as when the stream ends), Julia's personality has become a bit bubblier and perkier. She is somewhat more hyperactive and boisterous than in previous Tekken installments, though this may also be a false personality she gives herself for her streams, similar to the her personality when undertaking the role of "Jaycee".

Julia has brown eyes and long brown hair (though it is shorter in Tekken 3 and Tekken 7), braided down the back and typically fastened with colorful hairbands while styled into bangs to each side of her face. Being of Native American descent, much of the jewelry and accessories worn by Julia are of traditional Native American design or contain patterning in keeping with her heritage, and she can often be seen wearing a headdress with feathers tucked into the side. Julia returns in Tekken 7 along with Craig Marduk and Armor King II as the fifth DLC character and part of the Season Pass 2 after Anna Williams, Lei Wulong, and guest character Negan. She cuts her long brown hair to medium-length, resembling her Tekken 3 appearance, and it is now tied in two loose braids. Her glasses are now pink with a yellow gradient at the bottom, and have large round lenses. Julia wears an open, plaid patterned coat in different shades of purple and pink over a periwinkle zippered hoodie with the zipper undone over her midriff and upper chest, zipped only directly under her chest. Under this, she wears a white shirt with a slot neckline and a green "Reforestation" logo over the chest. Julia also wears light blue denim shorts with a pale brown, partially braided belt around her waist under a lighter brown holster strap, the holster itself sitting at her right upper thigh. With this outfit, Julia wears blue and light green Converse-style boots folded down into cuffs with white laces. She also wears silver, fingerless gloves with spring green backs and lime green guards along the back of each hand. On the right side of her coat, Julia wears a green I.D. badge with her photo, name, identification number, and the Reforestation logo.

In the arena or locker room of the king of the iron fist championship.

FULL NAME: Julia Chang

ALSO KNOWN AS: Wandering Fighter (TK3) Jaycee (TTT2)

STATUS: Alive

FIGHTING STYLE: Chang Kenpo (Xin Yi Liu He Quan and Baji Quan based Chinese martial arts, wrestling (throws))

ORIGIN: United States of America

HEIGHT: 165 cm (5′5″)

WEIGHT: 54 kg (119 lbs)

EYES: Brown

HAIR: Brown

LIKES: Nature Buffalos Her adoptive mother Lee Chaolan

DISLIKES: Heihachi Mishima and the Mishima Zaibatsu Ganryu

SPECIES: Human

GENDER: Female

AGE: 18 (TK3-TTT) 20 (TK4-TK7)

BLOOD TYPE: B

OCCUPATION: Studying archeology (TK3) Researcher in forest rejuvenation (TK4-onwards) G Corporation GENOCELL researcher (TK4-TK6) Spy for Violet Systems (TK6) Pro wrestler (TTT2) Live streamer (TK7)

HOBBY: Hunting (TK3) Ecology and Computers Internet live streaming (TK7)

FAMILY: Mr. Chang (Adoptive grandfather) Mrs. Chang (Adoptive grandmother) Michelle Chang (Adoptive mother)

GAME APPEARANCES: Tekken 3 Tekken 4 Tekken 5 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Tekken 6 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Tekken 7: Fated Retribution Spin-off: Tekken Tag Tournament Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (as Jaycee) Tekken Revolution (as Jaycee) Others: Tekken Card Challenge Street Fighter X Tekken Galaga: TEKKEN Edition (as Jaycee) Death by Degrees (cameo)

VOICE ACTORS: English Cara Jones (TK3 Ending Voice) Kimberly Forsythe (TK4) Annie Wood (TK5, TK6, TTT2 (Battle Voice), TK3D:PE, SFxTK, TK7 (Battle Voice)) Stephanie Sheh (TK6 (Ending Voice), TTT2 (Cutscene Voice) TK7) Jeannie Tirado (TK:B) Japanese Hiromi Tsuru (TK3-TTT) Seiko Yoshida (SFxTK, TK:B)