Heihachi Mishima

FULL NAME Heihachi Mishima ALSO KNOWN AS The King of Iron Fist Resurrected King of Iron Fist (TK8) STATUS Alive FIGHTING STYLE Mishima Style Fighting Karate [1][2] ORIGIN Japan (citizenship denied by government)[1][2][3] Likely Japan (Refuted by Japanese government) (TK8) HEIGHT 180 cm (5′11″)1 179 cm (5′10½″) (TK3-onwards)[4] WEIGHT 82 kg (181 lbs) (TK2)[1] 80 kg (176 lbs) (TK3)[4] 88 kg (194 lbs) (TK8)[5] EYES Brown HAIR Black (TK1-TK2, TTT2, TK7 during flashbacks) Gray (TK3-onwards) LIKES His deceased wife Kuma I & II Ling Xiaoyu[6] Panda[7] World conquest "World peace" (TK2) Ultimate power Proclaiming to be invincible[1] DISLIKES Weak people People who interfere with his plans Explosions[8] JACKs His wife's devil form His father His son His adoptive son His illegitimate son (TK7) His grandson Akuma (TK7) The Manji Clan SPECIES Human GENDER Male AGE 26 (When Kazuya was born) 31 (When he killed Kazumi) 52 (TK1) 54 (TK2) 69 (At the time of meeting Jin) 73 (TK3-TTT) 75 (TK4-TK7) 76 (TK8) DATE OF BIRTH June 10th[9] BLOOD TYPE B[1][2] OCCUPATION Head of Mishima Zaibatsu (TK1, TK3-TK4, TK7) Reclaiming the Mishima Zaibatsu/Training (TK2, TK5-TK7) Pursuit of knowledge (TK2)[1] HOBBY Collecting Geta sandals (TK2) Meditation & Bathing (TK3) Playing with Kuma I and II[1] FAMILY Jinpachi Mishima (Father) Kazumi Mishima (Wife) Kazuya Mishima (Son) Lee Chaolan (Adoptive son) Lars Alexandersson (Illegitimate son) Reina (Illegitimate daughter) Jin Kazama (Grandson) GAME APPEARANCES Tekken Tekken 2 Tekken 3 Tekken 4 Tekken 5 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Tekken 6 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Tekken 7 Tekken 7: Fated Retribution Tekken 8 (DLC) Spin-offs: Tekken Card Challenge Tekken Tag Tournament Tekken Advance Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Tekken Card Tournament Tekken Revolution Others: Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis Pac-Man Fever Soulcalibur II Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 Tekken Pachislot Death by Degrees Namco X Capcom

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Heihachi Mishima (三島 平八, Mishima Heihachi?) is one of the main characters in the Tekken series. He debuted in the first game in the series and has returned for all subsequent titles. Though seen as the main protagonist of Tekken 2, he is the main antagonist of the series and almost always responsible for the cataclysmic events. He was central to the stories of Tekken 5 and Tekken 6 but returned as the main protagonist of Tekken 7. Heihachi is the son of Jinpachi Mishima, the husband of Kazumi Mishima, the father of Kazuya Mishima, Lars Alexandersson, and Reina, the adoptive father of Lee Chaolan, and the paternal grandfather of Jin Kazama.

Heihachi Mishima is the son of Jinpachi Mishima, a man who founded a family corporation that grew in size selling weapons during World War Two. Jinpachi became more pacifist after the war, and desired to distance himself from weapons manufacturing and focus on developing his martial arts style, Mishima Style Fighting Karate.[11] He trained his son Heihachi, and Heihachi's future wife, Kazumi Hachijo. Heihachi and Kazumi married and, when Heihachi was 26, they had a son named Kazuya Mishima. Heihachi grew to become a formidable martial artist and shrewd businessman. He coveted his father's corporation and disagreed with the direction his father had taken it. When he was around thirty years old, Heihachi launched a coup and seized control of his father's corporation from him. He began restyling the corporation into its present form as the Mishima Zaibatsu. Jinpachi and Kazumi were both alarmed at this action, and Jinpachi sought to retake the corporation from his son. Jinpachi failed and Heihachi imprisoned him beneath the family temple, Hon-Maru. Heihachi seems to have kept Jinpachi alive for a significant amount after this, and the first time he was confirmed as dead was when Wang Jinrei heard the news,[12] some fifteen years later. Heihachi would have been forty-five at this time.

Shortly after imprisoning his father, Heihachi was confronted by his wife Kazumi, who asked him to forgo the dark path he was on. Heihachi ignored her pleas, and over the coming weeks Kazumi fell ill frequently, and seemed to exhibit a violent second persona. Heihachi nursed her back to health, but all came to a head when Kazumi attacked him one day in the family dojo. Kazumi transformed into a demonic creature and claimed her family had received a premonition that Heihachi would bring great darkness to the world. She told Heihachi that her task all along had been to stay at his side and either dissuade him from his path or kill him should he be intent on pursuing it. The two fought, and

despite his love for her, Heihachi ended up killing Kazumi. Heihachi's five-year-old son, Kazuya, discovered that Heihachi was responsible for Kazumi's death, and confronted him. Heihachi beat the boy and threw him off a cliff. His motivations for this seem to be mixed. He later claimed that he wished to see if Kazuya had the same 'illness' as Kazumi, though various other accounts state it was to see if Kazuya was strong enough to climb back up, since Heihachi considered him too weak to be his heir. Kazuya did indeed climb back up the cliff, and Heihachi seems to have taken this as a sign that Kazuya was a worthy inheritor of his teachings.

Now unopposed and in sole control of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Heihachi began rapidly expanding it and building back up its weapons manufacturing capacities. One of the first things Heihachi was involved in was the Big Apple War in New York, in which the Mishima Zaibatsu backed gang violence in the area and manipulated control over local politicians and the police, resulting a huge number of civilian deaths.[13] Another incident he was involved in was the search for an ancient pendant, a Native American treasure. He sent out employees to retrieve the treasure but one man instead fell in love and chose to conceal the treasure's whereabouts from Heihachi. Heihachi had him assassinated for this betrayal, setting the stage many years later for the man's daughter to seek vengeance on him. Some time likely still in his early thirties, Heihachi went on a business trip to China and saw a boy scrapping in the street. Impressed with the child, he adopted him and brought him home to Japan to serve as a rival to Kazuya and to force him to better himself.[14] Heihachi raised his adopted son, Lee Chaolan, alongside Kazuya, giving them both an aristocratic education, business knowledge, teaching them Mishima Style Fighting Karate, and raising them with his own ruthless code: All that matters is who's left standing, nothing else.[15]

Both of his sons grew to deeply resent Heihachi and his cruelty towards them. When he was around 47 years old, Heihachi fathered a son to a Swedish woman in order to determine whether his offspring aside from Kazuya might be born with this as yet unquantifiable devil phenomena. On apparently discovering that the boy was without this ability, Heihachi lost interest in him.

Kazuya in particular despised his father and had been set on killing him ever since he was five years old. Biding his time and strength, Kazuya saw his opportunity when Heihachi put on an illustrious international martial arts competition - the King of Iron Fist Tournament. Hosting the first tournament, Heihachi offered substantial prize money and even ownership of the Zaibatsu itself to those who could defeat him. Kazuya succeeded in defeating his father and took him back to the same cliff he had thrown him from twenty-one years ago, and cast him over the edge. Heihachi survived the fall but was in no position to challenge Kazuya, who had seized the Mishima Estate and Zaibatsu as his prize. Allowing his sons to believe him dead, Heihachi trained in secret in the mountains with his pet bear, Kuma, for company.[16] Kazuya's tenure as head of the Zaibatsu was marked by accusations of criminal operations, assassinations, illegal animal trafficking and experimentation, and seizure of land in order to try and create his own nation state. When Kazuya declared a second King of Iron Fist Tournament to prove his martial superiority, Heihachi entered. Despite Kazuya transforming into a Devil, like Heihachi's late wife, Heihachi was able to exploit an internal moral conflict within Kazuya and defeat him. To ensure his son truly died, Heihachi took a helicopter to a volcano and rolled his son's body into the active crater. Lee Chaolan, who had sided with Kazuya and worked for him at the Zaibatsu, was banished by Heihachi. Lee fled from Japan and would not return for twenty-one years.

Having dealt with his sons' treachery, Heihachi, now the head of the Zaibatsu once more, founded his own private army, the Tekken Force. Likely at a similar time, he also founded the Mishima Polytechnical School, which masqueraded as a high school and polytechnical college, but doubled as a secret Tekken Force training facility.[17] During the second tournament, Kazuya had imprisoned Nina Williams who had attempted to assassinate him. When Heihachi took over the Zaibatsu, Nina was frozen in experimental cryosleep machines. Heihachi kept her in this machine and had eggs harvested from her for use in a supersoldier program. The experiment claimed the lives of all the children involved, save one, and Heihachi had the experiment closed as a failure. Also during this time, Heihachi worked on the Zaibatsu's image and used Tekken Force to cultivate a benevolent image, sending them on humanitarian and peacekeeping missions. In actuality, Heihachi was hunting down a rumoured source of great power, a creature known only as Ogre. Possession of this creature's genetic material was rumoured to extended life and increase power. Heihachi succeeded in finding this creature, but, on awakening it in its temple in Mexico, the entire Tekken Force team on the mission was wiped out, and the creature vanished. Some sixteen years after Heihachi overthrew Kazuya, a fifteen-year-old boy came before Heihachi, claiming to be the son of Kazuya and Jun Kazama. The boy, Jin Kazama, drew Heihachi's interest when he claimed that his mother had been killed by a creature matching Ogre's description. At this time, Ogre seemed to be preying on the strongest martial artists. Utilizing the boy's desire for revenge, Heihachi undertook to train him, intending to use the boy to lure Ogre out into the open once he was strong enough.

Heihachi trained Jin for four years and the two seem to have had a relatively amicable relationship during this time. Heihachi took Jin on business trips, including to South Korea,[18] and trained him alongside a young girl, Ling Xiaoyu, who had previously stowed away on a Mishima freighter, and impressed Heihachi into taking her on as his ward. When Jin was strong enough, Heihachi called the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. Ogre appeared at the event and Jin succeeded in killing it. With Ogre's DNA secured and Jin no longer needed, Heihachi acted on a suspicion he had that his grandson may have a latent devil tendency like his father and grandmother. He pre-emptively shot Jin. Jin took the bullet to the head and the near-fatal experience awakened his Devil Gene, much the same way the cliff fall did Kazuya's. Heihachi was attacked by Devil Jin, who then flew off into the night.

Over the next two years, Heihachi discovered that despite having Ogre's DNA, his own was incompatible with it. Doctor Abel speculated that if Heihachi had access to the genetic material of a human with the Devil Gene, then he may be able to synthesize a formula that was compatible with Heihachi. Intent on bringing his Devil-Human Integration Program to fruition, Heihachi launched a raid on a new biotech firm, G Corporation, who were rumored to have recovered Kazuya's remains from the volcano. Although successful in stealing GENOCELL research, the team retrieving Kazuya's remains were confronted by Kazuya himself, who had been brought back from the brink of death by G Corporation. In order to secure genetic material from a Devil Gene-carrying human, Heihachi announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 in order to lure out Kazuya and Jin.

Both Kazuya and Jin attended the tournament, but Heihachi interrupted the competition and kidnapped Jin before the semi-finals. After losing to Kazuya in the finals, Heihachi brought him to Hon-Maru, where Jin was being held captive.[19] On meeting his son for the first time, Kazuya was possessed by his Devil, which then informed Heihachi that when Kazuya had been thrown into the volcano, Devil had been split in two, with half of it seeking out Kazuya's unborn son. Devil rendered Heihachi unconscious then proceeded to try and extract its other half from Jin. It was unsuccessful and, when Heihachi awoke, Kazuya was unconscious, and a semi-transformed Jin stood before him. Jin defeated Heihachi too, and drew back his fist to kill him. He spared him at the last moment, however, and again flew off. Moments later, a battalion of Jack robots arrived and Heihachi and Kazuya were forced to fight together in order to fend off the attack. When he saw the opportunity, Kazuya pushed Heihachi into the robots and flew off, now able to control his Devil at will. The robots detonated, blowing up the temple with Heihachi inside, and unleashed the sealed demonically-animated body of Jinpachi Mishima from beneath. Heihachi was blown several miles by the explosion, and when he awoke he found himself in the middle of a forest. He was on the verge of death for several weeks, and had no recollection of anything that happened during this time.[20] When he came to, the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 had occurred in his absence, and a victor had emerged to claim the Mishima Zaibatsu: Jin Kazama. Heihachi was furious when he heard this.[21] Heihachi gathered power on the Mishima Estate with a small number of Tekken Force who had remained loyal to him. It became apparent that Jin had begun waging global warfare with the Zaibatsu and announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Heihachi was spying on his grandson at this time, and started keeping tabs on a rogue Tekken Force captain who had

seceded and taken half of Tekken Force with him. The rogue captain came to Heihachi for information, and, after failing to win the captain over to his side, the man recovered from amnesia and declared himself Heihachi's illegitimate son, Lars Alexandersson. Uninterested in familiar relations, Lars shot Heihachi, though Heihachi caught the bullet between his teeth and laughed at Lars's attempt.

Jin fell in battle to a creature his warfare had awoken in a Middle Eastern desert. In his absence, Heihachi took back over the Zaibatsu, announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7, coerced Nina Williams into working for him, and began repairing the Zaibatsu's shattered image. He continued Jin's warfare however, both against G Corporation, and more subtlely in other countries, where he claimed he was occupying them for their own safety.[22] He utilized the information network of an ancient secret society and began hunting for information on Jin. When Lars succeeded in capturing Jin before him, Heihachi relented on this front and instead focused on waging media warfare against Kazuya. Heihachi exposed Kazuya's devil form to the world, and then dictated his own version of the past to a journalist in order to solidify his legacy. He then challenged Kazuya to a fight in the mouth of a volcano. Despite exhausting Kazuya's Devil, Heihachi ultimately fell to Kazuya. Kazuya took his body to the crater rim and threw Heihachi into the magma within, reciting the words Heihachi had taught him to live by as he did: all that matters is who's left standing, nothing else. However - before Heihachi fell into the magma, he was rescued by Tekken High Priest Seiryu of the Tekken Monks. Heihachi had lost his memories. With the Tekken Monks, he spent his days perfecting the Mishima-style with a pure heart.

Six months later, Heihachi and Seiryu met and discussed the Star Crusher Trial, a trial wherein a warrior must smash a meteorite that falls only once every two hundred years. Heihachi expressed doubt over whether he had what it would take to acquire the Mishima-style’s ultimate technique. Seiryu reminded him that his mind, body and technique would have to be in perfect balance. They sparred to test what Heihachi had learned in his time with the monks. Heihachi was able to bring Seiryu to the ground, but was caught off-guard when a voice in his head told him to finish Seiryu off. Heihachi backed off, troubled by the voice. Seiryu noted that Heihachi had the potential to lead the Tekken Monks. They continued to spar until Lidia Sobieska and Yoshimitsu, who were guests of the Tekken Monks, approached them. Lidia remarked that it was an impressive fight and that it appeared Heihachi’s training for the trial was going well. Seiryu agreed, with the caveat that he had observed Heihachi’s mind wavering, causing imbalance in him. Lidia wondered whether the imbalance could be connected to his memory loss, and Seiryu conceded that it might be.[23]

Concerned that Heihachi may be unable to take the trial due to his imbalance, Tekken High Priest Suzaku resolved that they must resort to a forbidden technique. He engulfed Heihachi in black smoke with hallucinatory properties and compelled him to expel the darkness within. Heihachi was met with an apparition of his old self, Shadow Heihachi. Shadow Heihachi told him they could not let the monks have their way. Heihachi fought with the apparition. After a grueling battle, he appeared to win. Suzaku declared that he was fit for the trial.[24]

On the day of the trial, Heihachi and Lidia meditated and then trained together under the watch of Seiryu and Suzaku, who observed that Heihachi appeared ready to take the trial. That evening, before the trial, Lidia asked Heihachi if he would join them in their fight against Kazuya Mishima once his trial was complete. Suzaku remarked that Kazuya corrupted the Mishima-style and prevented its return to its former purity. He also noted that, if Heihachi acquired the ultimate technique, they would have the means to fight against the power of the Devil Gene. The mention of the Devil Gene caused Heihachi to falter, but he chose not to voice the disturbance in his mind. He agreed to join Lidia’s forces on completion of the trial.

The meteor fell and, through great effort, Heihachi stopped it and destroyed it with a headbutt. The meteor exploded and Heihachi walked from the site – his memories and former demeanor having apparently returned.[25] Imbued with the Mishima-style Ultimate Technique, he went on a rampage through the training grounds, taking out scores of the Tekken Monks, Seiryu and Suzaku among them. He was confronted by Lidia, Eddy Gordo and Yoshimitsu, but soundly defeated them all.[26] More powerful than ever, he resolved to put Kazuya back in his place.[27]

Heihachi is a clever, shrewd businessman, who is charismatic and excellent at manipulating others. He has a sense of humor that is often sadistic, and others sometimes find it hard to tell whether Heihachi is joking or being deadly serious. He once claimed that Kuma would inherit the Mishima Zaibatsu rather than any of his relatives, for example, and, on finding a young stowaway Xiaoyu on one of his ships, was so amused by her request that he build her a theme park, that he took her on as a ward of the Mishima Zaibatsu.[28] His sense of humor can also be seen in many of his endings, and his Scenario Campaign dialogues.

Heihachi has a noticeably cruel streak, from throwing his five-year-old son off a cliff, to ordering the assassination of his former employees. He imprisoned his father for years until he finally starved to death, killed his wife (though in self-defense), shot his grandson, and frequently resorts to kidnapping, assassination, and physical intimidation.[29] Both Kazuya and Lee, Heihachi's adopted son, bitterly resent him, suggesting he was also cruel to them in their childhood.[30]

Heihachi has an insatiable desire for power, which has included plans for world domination, enhancing his own power through genetic experimentation, and trying to attain eternal youth. He has fought against all of his relatives for his own personal gain. Most noticeable among these are when he seized the family company from his father and later imprisoned him under the family temple, shot his grandson after using him to lure out Ogre, whom Heihachi wished to experiment on to gain eternal youth and power, and when he attempted to capture Kazuya and Jin for use in a Devil-Human Integration Program, that would try and bond human and devil cells. In his personal quest for power, he has progressively led the Mishima Zaibatsu down darker and more sinister routes, militarizing it after Tekken 2 with the creation of Tekken Force, using corrupt business practices, and conducting

cruel experiments in the name of expanding the corporation's power.

Heihachi is exceptionally good at presenting himself well to the public at large and building the Zaibatsu's public image into a face that hides its darker operations. Whilst his Tekken Force were searching for Ogre for use in his experiments, for example, Heihachi also had them resolving disputes and cultivating wastelands in order to feed poorer countries, so that he could garner the support of world leaders.[31] One of the first things he did when retaking control of the Zaibatsu from Jin in Tekken 7 was to try and bolster its ruined image and to try and bring down Kazuya by destroying his image. This manipulation of appearances has consistently been an important weapon in Heihachi's arsenal, particularly since Kazuya, often his main opponent, is not good at presenting himself well publicly. Even in his personal life, manipulation and the illusion of good intentions are important to Heihachi: for example, when he adopted the young Lee Chaolan off the streets to be his son, but then proceeded to use him only as an obstacle to Kazuya, apparently never taking any other interest in Lee or showing him any care.[32]

Heihachi is also incredibly tenacious. Despite setbacks and defeats at the hands of his son and grandson, he bides his time and makes miraculous returns to power, demonstrating his craftiness and adeptness at handling crisis situations. He has a code that applies both to martial arts and to life that he drilled into his sons: "A fight is about who's left standing. Nothing else", highlighting his divergence from a more honorable approach favored by his father. Although an excellent businessman, Heihachi is someone for whom violence takes precedence and has an almost sacred role. He at numerous times puts up his corporation as a prize for the Iron Fist Tournament, a tournament he himself founded, and frequently resorts to solving personal and business matters through the violence of his Tekken Force, or even by interceding himself.[33] He commands the respect and fear of many of his employees, to the point where many remain loyal to him, even when he is no longer head of the Mishima Zaibatsu.[34] Although he does not have the same honorable approach to fighting as Jinpachi (and arguably Kazuya), Heihachi often expresses a respect for women and claims that he is chivalrous,[35] and also expects his Tekken Force to conduct themselves according to a chivalrous code of conduct[36] (though he seems happy to break such a code when he orders them to abduct Jin Kazama from the fourth Iron Fist tournament, and had no qualms abducting Michelle Chang in order to use her as leverage).

Despite all this, Heihachi does seem to have a more caring side to him. He has a love of animals and has hand raised two bears and taught them to fight. Before the Devil Gene took over Kazumi Mishima, Heihachi loved her dearly, and there are times when he seems more compassionate in some games. He is often kind to Xiaoyu, and gave her Panda to protect her (though he does also often mock Xiaoyu and laugh at her). It is also possible that he genuinely cared about Jin during the time that he raised him (though this may have been a deception, since he wished to use Jin to fight Ogre), and the same could be said for his daughter, Reina, whom he is implied to have trained with in order to harness her control over her Devil Gene. While Heihachi has been the subject of misfortune, with the Devil Gene tearing apart his early family and arguably pushing him down a darker path, he has also undeniably exacerbated the troubles he and the Tekken universe face at every opportunity, and has consistently been the cause behind most of the conflict in the games. By Tekken 7, with the loss of the Mishima Zaibatsu's credibility, Heihachi expressed to the world his side of Mishima Feud via the Journalist, allowing it to be judged by the world at large accordingly.

Heihachi is an elderly yet well-muscled man. He has a distinctive hairstyle across all the Tekken series, with his hair sweeping up from behind his ears, large sideburns, and a mustache. As of Tekken 2, Heihachi has a star-shaped scar on his chest that he received when Kazuya threw him off a cliff at the end of the first Tekken. Initially, his hair is black, but after the 19-year gap between Tekken 2 and Tekken 3, Heihachi has aged to have gray hair. His black hair is thus featured in Tekken 1, Tekken 2, the non-canon Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and in the flashbacks of Tekken 7. It is also possible to customize him in Tekken 7 to resemble his younger self. In Tekken 8, Heihachi has new scars across the upper part of his chest which will glow with an orange outline when performing his Rage Art.

Tekken

Version 1 Heihachi Mishima is the head of the Mishima Financial Group (MFG), sponsor of the tournament, and father to Kazuya Mishima. The MFG is the world's largest developer of military equipment. Heihachi is holding this tournament for the purpose of gathering the strongest soldiers for his own personal use. Heihachi Mishima is well versed in various forms of combat the world over.[37]

Tekken 2

Manual, NTSC Beaten by Kazuya in the previous tournament, in an instant he lost both his fame and family. Having spent his previous time indulging in deviant acts instead of training, he vows to regain what he has lost.[38]

Manual, PAL *The PAL manual frames the character profiles as a Mishima Zaibatsu intel report. Following the management take-over at the conclusion of the last tournament, the subject has been living in seclusion in the mountains. All known pro-Heihachi elements within the Conglomerate have been dealt with - the coming tournament should be an excellent opportunity to close this file permanently. Known associates: Lee Chao Lan [sic] (though of course Lee's loyalty to K.M. and the Conglomerate is above question).[39] Official Website Profile (Japanese) Heihachi, beaten by Kazuya in the last tournament, instantly lost his dignity and fortune.

Grief-stricken over his past transgressions and for neglecting his studies drove Heihachi to a life of seclusion deep within the mountains with his dear friend, Kuma, where he refined his Mishima Combat Karate.

Heihachi descended from the mountains after catching wind of Kazuya's new Tekken tournament with the intentions to participate.

Determined to reign supreme from his throne once again, Heihachi sharpened his hair to meet the battle head-on.[40]

Version 3 Ever since his son, Kazuya Mishima took over the Mishima conglomerate, Heihachi has been training to regain what was once his. After he defeats his son and watches the death of Kazuya, Heihachi will gain back the Mishima Financial Empire.

Ending Description, "A Son's Fall" Heihachi is seen walking while holding an unconscious Kazuya in his arms. This takes place after Heihachi has defeated Kazuya and won The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. Heihachi drops Kazuya's body in a volcano. Heihachi is shown leaving by helicopter while holding onto a ladder. The volcano erupts, and then a closeup of Heihachi smiling is shown.

Tekken 3

Official Strategy Guide Family matters... Heihachi retrieved the Mishima Financial Empire by defeating his son.

Scheming to further develop the MFE, Heihachi organized "Tekken Force", the MFE's private corps, and dispatched them to settle disputes and bring wasteland under cultivation to feed the poor countries of the world, in order to gain the support of leaders worldwide.

Fifteen years later, a secret excavation of Central American ruins by the Tekken Forces unearths an unusual find. They were annihilated by a mysterious being. Heihachi realized that the mysterious being could be the legendary Ogre, and took action to realize his life's goal: to capture Ogre and therefore rule the world.

One day, Heihachi was visited by a 15-year-old boy named Jin Kazama. Being informed that Jin was his grandson and hearing what had happened to his mother, Jun, Heihachi reasoned that Ogre thrives on the "strong souls" of others. Heihachi trained Jin to use him as a decoy to lure Ogre In Jin's 19th year, Heihachi declared to the world that the third "King of the Iron Fist Tournament" was forthcoming. At the same time, he noticed that Jin, the youngest of Mishima bloodline, began to show the same dangerous power Kazuya had. Heihachi decided to dispose of Jin after he lures Ogre, in order to end the doomed destiny of the MFE.[41]

Ending Description, "A Grandson's Fall" Heihachi defeats True Ogre, and True Ogre dissolves into nothing. Heihachi takes a moment to rest. He notices Jin laying on the ground, unconscious. Next, some helicopters are shown flying in the sky. Heihachi and Jin, who is still unconscious, are aboard one of them. Jin is laying down on what appears to be a stretcher, and Heihachi is sitting next to him. A short while later, Heihachi notices that devil markings are appearing on Jin's forehead. After, Heihachi picks Jin's body up and throws it out of the helicopter, watching Jin's body fall.

Tekken 4

Official Strategy Guide Two years ago Heihachi failed to capture Ogre. He made his researchers collect blood and tissue left behind by Ogre and attempted to create a new life form by combining its genetic material with his own.

However, the experiment failed. Heihachi learned that he lacked the Devil Gene necessary to harness Ogre's powers. In order to obtain the Devil Gene, Heihachi searched for Jin, who transformed into a devil during the last tournament. During this search Heihachi learned that the body of his son Kazuya, whom he killed 20 years ago, was stored at a cutting-edge biotech firm called G Corporation. Heihachi ordered his Tekken Force to raid G Corporation in an attempt to obtain Kazuya's remains. Much to Heihachi's surprise, Kazuya, resurrected from the dead, thwarted the mission. Heihachi needed Kazuya or Jin's body to create the new life form. After much thought, Heihachi decided to hold the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.[42]

Prologue Two years ago, Heihachi failed to capture Ogre, but his researchers succeeded in collecting samples of its blood and tissue. These in turn were used in an attempt to create a new life form by combining Heihachi's and Ogre's genetic material. The experiment failed, however, and Heihachi learned that he lacked the Devil Gene necessary to integrate Ogre's genome with his own.

In order to obtain the Devil Gene, Heihachi searched for Jin, who transformed into a devil during the last Tournament. During the search, Heihachi learned that the body of his son, Kazuya--whom he killed 20 years ago--was stored at a cutting-edge biotech firm called G Corporation.

Heihachi ordered his Tekken Force to raid G Corporation in an attempt to obtain Kazuya's remains. However, the mission ended in failure when Kazuya, revived by G Corporation, retaliated.

In order to create a new life form, Heihachi needed the body of Kazuya or Jin, both of whom carried the Devil Gene.

After much deliberation, an evil smile spread across Heihachi's lips. The next day, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 was announced.[43] Ending Description Heihachi and Kazuya enter Hon-Maru. Kazuya notices Jin Kazama chained up and gasps. Two chains wrap around Kazuya's arms, and then he is suspended in mid-air like Jin. Two more chains wrap around his legs while he struggles to get free. Kazuya says, "You think this'll stop me?". Heihachi replies, "Did you think I'd be dumb enough - to let you in here without - a leash to tie you down? That chain has the ability to neutralize your powers. An individual saturated with the Devil Gene, such as yourself - will lose consciousness in a matter of minutes!" Heihachi laughs. Then, he says, "Now, all the pieces are in position! Be thankful that the two of you will die - helping me achieve my objective!" Heihachi laughs again, and then he starts to walk out of the building. White text on a black screen says, "Thereafter, the world came to know an age of darkness..."

Summary of In-Game Events At the seventh stage of the tournament, Heihachi had his Tekken Force abduct Jin, overwhelming him by force and subduing him with a chain that suppressed his Devil Gene. This gave Kazuya an automatic win and he went on to face Heihachi in the finals. Kazuya demanded to see his son, and Heihachi told him he would take him to Jin after they fought.

Heihachi did not kill Kazuya outright. "Come with me if you want to see your son," Heihachi said, and led Kazuya out of the arena. A few hours later, the two were deep within the Mishima Zaibatsu compound. A massive temple stood in the midst of a forest enshrouded in fog.

The two entered the building...[44]

Heihachi and Kazuya entered Hon-Maru, a temple within the Mishima compound, where Jin was being held captive. Kazuya was initially surprised to see Jin chained up, but was then overpowered by his devil, who took control of his body. Heihachi was shocked and dismayed, and immediately realized that Kazuya was no longer in control of his body, asking the creature before him "Who are you?!". Devil explained who he was and that he lost half of himself when Kazuya was thrown into a volcano and that his other half now resides within Jin. Devil then knocked Heihachi out with a laser and unsuccessfully attempted to draw the Devil Gene from Jin. Devil speculated that it must be Jin's Kazama blood that was preventing the assimilation. While Devil was distracted, Kazuya was able to take back control of his body, fighting down Devil and then merging their power. Kazuya then called for Jin to awaken.

After Jin defeated Kazuya, Heihachi, who had regained consciousness, scoffed at his son's loss and promised to take the Devil's power for himself by killing Jin. Jin also defeated Heihachi, and was now in a semi-transformed devil state. He drew back his fist to kill his grandfather, but suddenly stopped as he saw a vision of his mother. He threw his grandfather to the floor and told him: "Thank my mother, Jun Kazama" before flying away. As he flew off, several black feathers fell to the ground, amongst which was a single white feather.

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Manual, PAL After his loss in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Heihachi was confronted by a group of JACKs. Heihachi was caught in an explosion when the JACKs self detonated.[45]

Official Strategy Guide After losing to Jin Kazama, Heihachi Mishima, head of the Mishima Zaibatsu and sponsor of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, was cornered by a group of JACKs in Honmaru. Heihachi and Kazuya began to fight off the JACKs together but Kazuya fled. Heihachi was caught in the explosion when the JACKs detonated.

The tremendous explosion would have killed a normal man, but Heihachi is no ordinary man.

A month later, Heihachi learned that someone had taken control of the Mishima Zaibatsu and planned to hold The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Having fully recovered, Heihachi was determined to enter the tournament.

"I don't know who's behind this, but the Mishima Zaibatsu is mine!"[46]

Prologue Heihachi Mishima, the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu and sponsor of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.

A squadron of JACKs cornered Heihachi after his loss to Jin Kazama in Honmaru. At first, Heihachi and Kazuya fought the JACKs together. But Kazuya fled, leaving Heihachi to battle the JACKs alone.

The fight would have killed an ordinary human. But Heihachi, no ordinary man, held off the JACKs and survived the ambush. One month later, he learns someone has taken control of the Mishima Zaibatsu and opened The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Heihachi prepares to fight again.

"I don't know who's behind this, but the Mishima Zaibatsu is mine!" says Heihachi.[47]

A rocket is shown while a female voice does a countdown, starting with thirty. The rocket is preparing to launch. Jinpachi awakens and wonders where he is, he tries to move but finds out he is strapped onto the rocket with chains by his wrists and ankles unable to move, Jinpachi desperately tries to break free but to no avail cannot seem to, it is then revealed Kazuya is also strapped to the rocket just like Jinpachi and cannot break free and finally Jin is revealed to be strapped, also unable to break free. As the countdown gets to ten seconds left. They all try to get free desperately and fast using but unable to break themselves free, as the countdown reaches five Kazuya realized his grandfather is also strapped and calls out to him, Jinpachi then hears Kazuya and realizes that he and his grandson plus great-grandson are all strapped. After the countdown is over, a female voice says, "Ignition!" The rocket is launched and all of them have failed to break free and they all scream. Heihachi looks at their faces with binoculars revealing them possibly bracing themselves and laughs until the ending video ends. Tekken 6

Official Strategy Guide Heihachi was knocked unconscious when the JACK military units he was fighting self-destructed. When he came to, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 was already over. He went home, without any knowledge of the events that occurred at the tournament, where he was ambushed by the Tekken Force.

Afterward, the Mishima Zaibatsu announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Heihachi was furious when he heard that Jin had taken control of the Zaibatsu, and he left for the tournament to reclaim control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.[48]

Prologue Heihachi was knocked unconscious when the JACK military units he was fighting self-destructed. When he came to, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 was already over, leaving him clueless as to what events had transpired within it. He then returned home, only to be ambushed by the Tekken Force.

Shortly after the attack, the Mishima Zaibatsu announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Heihachi is furious when he hears that Jin has taken control of the Zaibutsu. He leaves for the tournament to reclaim control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.[49] Ending Description Located at a space station, Heihachi is seen preparing to kick both Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima into space (all three wearing space suits, with Heihachi's additions of geta sandals on his own).

He proceeds to kick Jin into space...but Kazuya proved to be a REAL problem, as he begins to kick Heihachi twice (despite being bound), causing the latter to drift into space as well.

All three Mishima were left burning as shooting stars upon re-entry. Ganryu can be seen witnessing this and whispering, "Julia..."

Scenario Campaign

In the Scenario Campaign, he is a boss at Mishima Estate. Lars and Alisa are led to him by Tougou, who tells Lars that he was planning to meet him before his amnesia. On their way there, they meet Wang Jinrei who tells them to ask Heihachi about an epitaph he found in Central America, as Wang believes it might reveal what the Zaibatsu is planning to do next.

the Mishima Zaibatsu, and the fighter known as the "King of the Iron Fist."

Heihachi continues to fight for control of the Mishima Zaibatsu against his son, Kazuya, and his grandson, Jin.

After having recovered from the injuries he sustained in the suicide attack on him from the G Corporation's Jack units, Heihachi is back with an iron fist--and body to match.[3]

Official Website Profile (Japanese) As the first head of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Heihachi Mishima possessed overwhelming physical and economic power that had a severe impact on the world. He was the host of the tournament that later came to be known as the King of Iron Fist Tournament. He reigned as the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu for a long time and was also known as the King of Iron Fist. After the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, it was said that he died in an explosion that took place at the Mishima family’s Hon Maru, but he miraculously survived. In order to regain the position of Zaibatsu head that he was robbed of by Jin Kazama, he takes action.[50]

Story Mode Heihachi is first seen in a flashback while fighting Kazuya as a child after murdering his wife, Kazumi. Heihachi easily knocked out Kazuya, and later threw his son off a cliff.

After Jin's presumed disappearance through supposed sacrifice of destroying Azazel, Heihachi infiltrates the Mishima Zaibatsu and defeats many Tekken Force soldiers. He then fights and defeats Nina, forcing her and the Tekken Force to work for him with his claim that he alone can restore the Mishima Zaibatsu to its former glory. Heihachi then launches a worldwide broadcast of his return and the announcement of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7, with the intention of exposing Kazuya's devil form to the world.

His next step is to fly to the Archers of Sirius main base to get the organization on his side, despite their refusals in the past. After he and Nina dispose of several exorcists, Heihachi battles and defeats their leader Claudio Serafino, telling him that they are working for the same goal of bringing down the devil.

Later, Heihachi launches a worldwide search for Jin to use him to expose the devil to the world. But he then learns that his illegitimate son, Lars, has rescued Jin in the Middle East and is hiding him. After the Tekken Force fails to capture Jin, Alisa, and Lee, Heihachi warns Nina that he does not give second chances, prompting her to apprehend Jin herself.

Meditating at the Mishima dojo, Heihachi is suddenly attacked by an unknown assailant, who simply calls himself as "someone whose fists know no equal." The two of them battle, but their fight is interrupted by an army of Jack-6 sent by his son Kazuya to kill him. They form a temporary truce and take out the robots. Afterwards, Heihachi learns that his opponent's name is Akuma, and that he is repaying a debt to Kazumi by targeting both Heihachi and Kazuya. Startled by this revelation, Heihachi battles Akuma again, but ultimately loses the fight and is seemingly killed by his assailant. However, Heihachi survives and returns to the Mishima Zaibatsu. With Akuma going after Kazuya and Jin still missing, he decides to take advantage of the situation. He orders the Tekken Force to announce his death and that the tournament is off. He then has the fight between Kazuya and Akuma broadcasted worldwide, exposing the former's devil form and turning public opinion against G Corporation. Afterwards, Heihachi launches a laser attack from a satellite, destroying G Corporation tower. Believing Kazuya to be dead, Heihachi laughs with his supposed victory. But when his satellite is suddenly destroyed by Kazuya, he is horrified to learn that his son had survived, and the Mishima Zaibatsu is under scrutiny once

again for supposedly destroying its own satellite, which has fallen to earth and caused devastation.

In an unknown location, Heihachi meets with an investigative journalist who was looking into the Mishima Zaibatsu. Impressed by all that the journalist had already found, Heihachi decides to tell him about the dark secrets of the Mishima family.

Many years ago, Kazumi had arrived at Jinpachi's dojo when she was only a child, becoming his son's rival in training. Heihachi found himself attracted to her and the two of them fell in love. In time, Kazuya was born, and both parents were filled with joy. But all of this happiness soon faded away when Kazumi developed a fever one day. While Heihachi was nursing his wife back to health, Kazumi suddenly got up and attacked him. The following day, her fever subsided and she had no recollection of what she had done to Heihachi. As this continued on, Heihachi simply dismissed it as her having a split personality. But on one stormy night, while training at the dojo, he was confronted by his wife, who claimed that he would one day become a threat to the world. During the battle, Heihachi learned from Kazumi that she married into the Mishima family for the sole purpose of killing him on behalf of the Hachijo family. Despite her transformation into a devil, Heihachi defeated and seemingly killed Kazumi. When he turned to leave, he was attacked again by her devil form, but he held her up by the neck. As she pleaded for her life, Heihachi noticed it was a trap, and said that she was no longer the Kazumi that he loved and snapped her neck. Letting go, Heihachi looked down on the corpse of his wife and shed one single tear. Because of the Hachijo clan's sudden betrayal and their evil nature, Heihachi seems to have become paranoid for the rest of his life.

After telling the journalist of Kazumi's death, Heihachi reveals that he threw Kazuya off a cliff to see if his son was not human, since he had his mother's cursed blood. Regretting not killing Kazuya when he had the chance, Heihachi decides that it is time to expose the truth of the devil to the world and be judged. Taunting the journalist by claiming responsibility for the deaths of his family, Heihachi reveals that he knew all along that the journalist had joined forces with Lars. He has the journalist away, then has the Zaibatsu call his illegitimate son to pick up the journalist.

A few hours later, Heihachi confronts Kazuya for the final time at the mouth of a volcano. After a long exchange of blows at each other, Heihachi ends up fighting his son who transforms into the devil and loses. But even after being defeated, Heihachi musters all of his remaining strength and fights Kazuya again, who reverts back into his human form. Even though the two of them are worn out from the fight, they continue to exchange blows with one another until Kazuya delivers a final blow to Heihachi in the chest, defeating his father once and for all. Heihachi's body is then tossed into a river of magma by Kazuya.

Story Mode Heihachi makes several appearances via flashbacks seen by Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. Jin first sees a vision of Heihachi while he is fighting Reina in the eighth King of Iron Fist Tournament. Reina utilizes Mishima Style Fighting Karate during their match, even replicating Heihachi's Rage Art from Tekken 7. The familiarity of her strikes causes Jin to recall Heihachi.

Similarly, Kazuya sees a flashback of Heihachi during his battle with Lars Alexandersson on Yakushima. After Lars strikes him with a Headbutt, he refuses to fall to Kazuya's attacks, reminding Kazuya of his final battle with Heihachi in the volcano at the end of the Tekken 7 Mishima Saga.

Throughout the story mode, Reina's connection to Heihachi is briefly hinted at. It is finally revealed that she is Heihachi's daughter at the end of the Story Mode, when she declares on his name that she will achieve her ambitions.

Story Mode Expansion: Unforgotten Echoes

After his defeat at the hands of his son, it is revealed that Heihachi miraculously survived the final fight against Kazuya after he was saved by a mysterious monk named Seiryu, who is a high priest of a group called the Tekken Monks. As the fight left Heihachi with amnesia, he was recruited in the Tekken Monks in order for him to learn the ultimate Mishima technique, which requires the user to have a pure heart.

After training with the monks and alongside Lidia Sobieska, Heihachi faces numerous tests and trials including fighting his inner demons which proves to be successful as Heihachi gains full control over his mind, body, and soul. Heihachi then prepares for the final trial set by the monks, the Star Crusher Trial; which involves a monk destroying a falling meteor that arrives every 200 years. Before his preparation, Heihachi starts to get glimpses of his past after Lidia recruits him to fight against Kazuya.

The trial commences and Heihachi manages to catch and headbutt the meteorite, but it is revealed that this meteorite was debris caused by Jin and Kazuya's fight in their Angel and Devil forms in space. Heihachi not only passes the final trial but regains his memories in the process, returning him to the evil man he once was.

Heihachi proceeds to attack the Tekken Monks before Lidia, Eddy Gordo, and Yoshimitsu intervene to try and stop him. Heihachi, having mastered the new ultimate Mishima technique, proves to be too much for them, and defeats the three of them with ease. After knocking the trio out, Heihachi vows to get revenge on Kazuya and plans to make his next move once "their" blood awakens.

Heihachi fights using Mishima Style Fighting Karate. His take on the style is similar to Goju-Ryu Karate with many horse-stance-based attacks, open-palmed strikes and advancing step moves.

Kazuya Mishima

The person Heihachi hates most of all is his own son. There was once a time where Heihachi had expected great skill from him since he was a child and had also adopted Lee as an attempt to push Kazuya further. He knew Kazuya had potential, yet was frail and lacked the determination needed to hone his fighting ability. When Heihachi's wife, Kazumi, became completely possessed by the Devil Gene and attacked Heihachi, he was forced to kill her. After Kazuya discovered this, the once kind boy started to be a bitter and hateful child who sought revenge against his father after what had happened to his mother.

Due to Heihachi's guilt over losing his wife and his growing concern over the possibility of Kazuya's future transformation, he tossed his son down a deep ravine in the hopes of killing him, but suspecting that Kazumi's devil blood would ensure his survival if he was truly cursed. As he expected, Kazuya's Devil Gene was awakened inside of him due to the near-death experience, and this gene enabled him to climb back up. After this, Heihachi raised Kazuya and adopted a son to be his rival so that he could hone his fighting skills against him. As Heihachi grew old, he wanted understand the power of the Devil Gene in order to keep equal footing and defeat Kazuya.

In the events of Tekken 7, Heihachi manages to regain the Zaibatsu due to his grandson's disappearance and announces the next King of Iron Fist Tournament in order to use it as the perfect stage to reveal to the world that Kazuya is a Devil. He does this so that he can turn public opinion against Kazuya in the global war for world domination between the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation. Despite his initial goal to gain eternal life, when he faced Kazuya for the last time, he used his natural strength to fight him and faced his end with dignity. Kazuya would mirror his father's ruthless desire for power and would reference Heihachi's own lesson from the past: "A fight is about who is left standing. Nothing else".

Lee Chaolan

Being the adoptive father of Lee, Heihachi never actually felt any emotion towards Lee and only used him to irritate Kazuya. However, Heihachi was impressed by Lee's street-fighting skill and decided to adopt him so he could rival with Kazuya and educated him back in Japan. There were times that Heihachi would put Lee in important roles from the Mishima Zaibatsu like sending him to the U.S to handle the operations and to continue his business education before the events of the original Tekken. Throughout the years, Heihachi still doesn't care about Lee.

When Lee aided Kazuya in the events of Tekken 2, an irate Heihachi banished Lee, who eventually was taken in by his peaceful self-imposed exile. Once Heihachi began making erratic moves such as attacking G Corporation's facilities in Tekken 4 did Lee feel compelled to act once again, and Lee has since become a thorn on Heihachi's leadership in Tekken 4 and Tekken 7.

In Tekken Tag Tournament when paired with Lee, Heihachi will sometimes give him a noogie or spank him, showing that he still treats him like a child and is happy to humiliate him. Lee felt no respect for Heihachi, as seen in his endings each showing he is trying to either beat up, kill or even humiliate Heihachi.

Heihachi's grandson. After Jun Kazama disappeared, Jin sought out his grandfather Heihachi under her instructions. He took Jin under his wing and trained him in the Mishima style to fight Ogre. Heihachi announced the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in hopes of bringing together the most powerful fighters from across the globe to lure and capture Ogre, participating with Jin in the tournament.

Unlike his relationship with his son Kazuya, Heihachi initially had a friendlier relationship with Jin in Tekken 3 and served as a father figure to the young fighter, being kind to his grandson. Jin liked a lot and looked up to his grandfather, trusting him with his life.

It is unclear if Heihachi actually cared for Jin, however, since it became clear that Heihachi was using Jin and the tournament to lure Ogre out so that Heihachi could gain samples from the creature that would make himself more powerful. As soon as Heihachi no longer needed Jin to bait Ogre, he used Tekken Force to capture him, and then shot Jin in the head. This caused Jin's Devil Gene to activate, something Heihachi may have suspected would happen, given that he knew the genetic nature of the devil gene. After Heihachi's betrayal, Jin lost all respect for his grandfather and started to despise everything about his bloodline.

Conversely, Heihachi realized that Kazuya's cursed blood was now also in Jin, and Heihachi schemed to take Jin's blood as a tool to gain eternal life in Tekken 4. Heihachi would be insulted by Jin's leadership during the events of Tekken 6 and resolved to retake his Zaibatsu from his grandson.

Heihachi's father. It is unknown how was their relationship prior to Heihachi's betrayal, but Jinpachi was the one that trained Heihachi in the Mishima style Karate (and also trained Kazumi). Forty-four years before Tekken 5's events, Heihachi defeated Jinpachi and took the Mishima Zaibatsu from him, and when Heihachi attempted to make the Zaibatsu enter the military industry, Jinpachi tried to stop him, only to be defeated and locked under the Hon-Maru, causing him to starve to death. After his betrayal, Jinpachi held a deep dislike for his son and wanted to bring him to justice, but from his Tekken 5 dialogue, Jinpachi still cared about him and regrets the feud that the Mishima family was brought in. Heihachi on the other hand, didn't like his father and forgot that he locked him under Hon-Maru.

According to The Mishima Saga in Tekken 7, Heihachi's betrayal occurred some time after Kazumi's death, and Jinpachi was likely the first victim to the growing need for power that overtook Heihachi.

Unlike Kazuya, Heihachi seems to somewhat respect Lars for his fighting ability and ambition. After hearing about this young rebel Leader from his men, Heihachi gave orders to find Lars so that he could join forces with him. At this time, Heihachi was staying at his estate and plotting to get the Mishima Zaibatsu back, while Lars was suffering from amnesia. After he was told by his friend and second-in-command Tougou about Heihachi, he searched for him and eventually found him at his estate. Afterwards, Lars faced him in combat and defeated him.

After the fight, Lars's memory was recovered. Heihachi realized that Lars was his illegitimate son after Lars reminded him about an operation he commanded in Scandinavia. Heihachi had assumed Lars would want to join forces with him, but Lars bore a grudge against Heihachi, and once his memories were recovered he did not hesitate to shoot at and attempt to kill his father. Though the attempt is unsuccessful, Lars swears that he will be the one to kill Heihachi before leaving the estate with Heihachi deciding not to have his men pursue him.

In Tekken 7, Heihachi sees Lars as an annoyance due to him siding with Lee and interfering in the Zaibatsu's battles.

Doctor Abel - Abel worked for Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu as a scientific adviser in Tekken 4. Under Heihachi's instruction he created both the Devil-Human Integration Program and the Mishima Zaibatsu Supersoldier Program. Michelle Chang - Heihachi stole her amulet and used it to resurrect Ogre. He also killed Michelle Chang's father, and later kidnapped her prior to Tekken 3. Ogre - Heihachi learned of Ogre's power and sought to capture it in the hope of creating the ultimate life form in Tekken 3. Heihachi trained Jin and orchestrated the third Iron Fist Tournament in order to lure Ogre within his grasp. Later, in Tekken 4, Heihachi's scientists tried to use captured samples of Ogre's blood and tissue in order to splice Ogre's DNA with Heihachi's and make him immortal, but the experiment failed since Heihachi lacked the necessary Devil Gene in his blood. Nina Williams - He was her assassination target during the first tournament. Heihachi is responsible for the Mishima Zaibatsu Supersoldier Program, where he had Nina's eggs harvested without consent whilst she was in cold sleep leading to Steve Fox's birth. In Tekken 7, after Heihachi defeated, Nina worked for Heihachi in the Mishima Zaibatsu, up until a mission to recover Jin failed. Ling Xiaoyu - After Heihachi discovered Xiaoyu to have singlehandedly defeated many men when she trespassed on a Mishima Zaibatsu yacht, Heihachi was greatly amused. He told her he would fulfill her dream of building her own personal amusement park if she'd win The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 and took her on as a ward of the Mishima family.

Violet - Violent is the alter-ego of Heihachi's adopted son. Panda - Heihachi trained her as a gift to Xiaoyu. Mr. Rochefort - Mr. Rochefort is appears to be one of Heihachi's business partners. Raven - Raven witnessed the explosion at Hon-Maru and was the first to declare Heihachi dead. Heihachi fought him after the fifth tournamen, however, Raven received orders to return to headquarters, which forced him to withdraw from the fight before a victor could be decided. Steve Fox - Steve was created as a part of the Mishima Zaibatsu Supersoldier Program that Heihachi ordered. Steve later escaped with the help of one of the Zaibatsu scientists at the time. In Steve's Tekken 4 ending, Heihachi and Dr. Abel can be seen contriving to ensure Steve is killed by the assassin after him, in order for the program to be hushed up. Yoshimitsu - Heihachi was robbed by him and his clan during Tekken 4. Prototype Jack - Heihachi entered him in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament to defeat his rival and upgrade, Jack. Akuma - Akuma was sent by Heihachi's wife Kazumi to kill Heihachi and Kazuya should Kazumi fail to stop Heihachi. They first met when Heihachi was meditating at the Mishima Dojo. Akuma stated that the reason he did not appear until now was due to him waiting for Heihachi and Kazuya to get stronger. Their fight was interrupted by Jack-6 robots, which they defeated. Following this, their fight continued, with Akuma emerging victorious, allowing Heihachi to feign his own death.

Claudio Serafino - Heihachi tried to recruit Claudio's Archers of Sirius in Tekken 7 in order to better fare against Jin and Kazuya's devil powers, but the group refused to voluntarily aid him, leading to Heihachi personally visiting them and "persuading" Claudio to join him. Heihachi later dismissed Claudio, revealing that it was their information networks that were more important to him, and that he had no desire to use their exorcism expertise. Lidia Sobieska - Heihachi wrote a letter to her telling her he would not be withdrawing Tekken Force from Poland, and to come and fight him if she had a problem with that. Due to the cancellation of the seventh tournament and Heihachi's subsequent defeat at the hands of Kazuya, the two never met. Geese Howard - In Geese's reveal trailer, he deems Heihachi too weak to control the world and says that he "can just die". Mr. Chang - Mr. Chang used to work for Heihachi prior to the first Tekken and was sent to the U.S to find the Ogre amulet. Heihachi later had him killed. Jun Kazama - Jin's mother. Jun seems to bear a grudge against Heihachi for his treatment of her son, as she tells Heihachi in her Rage Art dialogues that she will never forgive him for what he did to Jin. These dialogues also indicate that Jun trusted Heihachi at one point, which is likely why she entrusted Jin's care to him. Reina - Heihachi's daughter. Others of the Mishima Clan are unaware of her connection to the family, and her precise origins are unknown. Reina seems to hold Heihachi in high regard, and in their character specific dialogues, Heihachi appears to be willing to train Reina to harness the power of the Devil Gene, despite his initial opposition towards it.