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At the age of 15, Jin found out that he was Kazuya Mishima's son. At the same time, he lost his mother, Jun Kazama. Jin trained himself under the supervision of Heihachi with the intention of defeating the "God of Fight", who is supposed to have killed his mother. Heihachi was not only his grandfather, but a reliable teacher. Four years have passed. Having mastered the Kazama style of Judo and Mishima style fighting karate, Jin starts to take action as a martial artist. When the devil gene takes over Jin's body, he transforms into is Devil Jin.
Upon defeating his great grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima, Jin became the new head of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Jin brought chaos and suffering across the globe using the Tekken Forces to get rid of each county's military power and take control of their energy resources, even their space colonies. After all that was done, the Mishima Zaibatsu declared itself an independent nation and declared war against all who opposed them. It seemed that the Mishima Zaibatsu would conquer the entire world until another power finally opposed Jin's organization. G-Corporation, led by Kazuya Mishima, puts a bounty on Jin Kazama's head. Almost as if Jin was expecting that G-Corporation would get involved, he immediately announced The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 6.
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Kazuya was a cool and original design in the early fighting game world, and Jin faithfully followed in his father's footsteps. Namco really delivered when they needed a "cool" new hero for the series, as he replaced Kazuya in Tekken 3 (big shoes to fill). In Tekken 4, Jin became more of his own character, not only due to the advancements made to his fighting style, but in the storyline itself, which I thought was a really cool element.
Jin's fluid and stylish karate-based moves in Tekken 5 & 6 re-defined his design even further... and his new "evil" persona in Tekken 6 works for him quite well. Now, all the main protagonists Tekken are "bad guys" (which is effing awesome if you ask me). Jin has come a long way, gone through many good (and bad) outfits, but as long as he still has wears his vintage flame pants, there's no stopping him. Also, anyone who appreciates traditional karate or trained in any striking martial art, can appreciate Jin Kazama's moves... a very smart move by Namco. | |
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