History Recap / Tekken

Shortly after the sixth tournament's conclusion, Julia receives a request from a close friend who fought as a professional wrestler under the name Jaycee. After a car accident left her too injured to continue fighting, she asks for Julia to don the mask and enter the ring in her place. As one might expect, Julia is much more flamboyant, confident and aggressive as Jaycee, and is able to win the crowd over - potentially crossing paths with the Kings during her tenure. However, she takes to being a pro wrestler a bit ''too'' well, and the higher-ups arrange for her to be rebranded as a Heel due to her strength. This causes her once-loyal fans to despise her, and she quickly decides to retire as a result, changing her image to ensure she wouldn't be recognised.

-->'''Important characters within this arc include:''' Yoshimitsu, Dr. Boskonovitch, Bryan Fury

-->'''Important characters within this arc include:''' Paul Phoenix, Marshall Law, Forrest Law

Ganryu hasn't been heard since the third King of Iron Fist Tournament. With Ogre displaying some of his sumo moves, many thought he was slain by the God of Fighting, but that simply wasn't the case: After the second tournament, Ganryu managed to overcome his corrupt mindset and gambling addiction and started clean. In time, he managed to start his own sumo stable at Hawaii, fulfilling his dream at last. He also got over his rejection by Michelle. It would seem that he was able to leave his past life of crime and start the path of a honest man. But some of his old vices remain. When he was 55 years old, he watched a broadcast of the fourth tournament and saw Julia in action. Julia was such a spitting image of Michelle in the past and this made Ganryu fall in love once again.

Meanwhile, Kunimitsu learns from her grandfather that Yoshimitsu's katana is a relic of unimaginable value, having been passed down the Manji Party for centuries and absorbing the strength of each of it's wielders. The old man spent a lifetime trying to forge a copy of the sword, but was unable to replicate the secret Manji techniques used to grant it's power. She enters the second tournament in the hopes of stealing the sword from her former master to make the old man proud, but when she faces Yoshimitsu in the tournament, she is easily defeated. That's the last we see of Kunimitsu - it's unknown if Yoshimitsu killed her in that duel, or if she went back into hiding, or if Ogre killed her before the third tournament, but she does not appear in the series canon after this point.

In the meantime, Ganryu was a sumo wrestler with dreams to open up his own sumo stable. He's the youngest to ever receive the "Ozeki" title and many would think that he could achieve the Yokozuna title. However, he's known for his immoral behavior on the ring, which eventually caused him to be kicked off. He resorted to crime and illegal gambling to build up his wealth and after hearing the King of Iron Fist Tournament to gain more money and prove his strength. Unfortunately, the opponent he faced was the Manji clan member Yoshimitsu, disgusted at his immoral actions at a sport he's a fan of and now Ganryu's life of crime. Yoshimitsu swiftly defeated Ganryu and then robbed him of his ill-gained wealth.

[[folder: Michelle and Julia Chang]]

The Chang family have a fairly meaty story arc as well, despite being relatively minor characters in the overarching storyline.

Two years later, the Zaibatsu's new leader Kazuya Mishima orders for Michelle's mother to be kidnapped, and used as a bargaining chip for Michelle to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 so that one of his top bodyguards, Ganryu, could defeat her and take the amulet off her hands - allowing the Zaibatsu to stake it's claim on the aforementioned treasure. Michelle enters the tournament in the hopes of rescuing her mother, and eventually comes face to face with the corrupt sumo. However, Ganryu fell in love with Michelle at first sight, and let his unreciprocated feelings for her get the best of him. Though Michelle once again lost the tournament, she was able to keep the amulet in her possession. Following the conclusion of the tournament, Michelle comes across a baby girl that had been abandoned in the ruins of a Native American settlement. She chooses to adopt the child, and names her Julia. Julia grows up to have a strong love of her mother and the rest of the tribe, and is trained in the exact same fighting styles her mother used in the previous two tournaments so that she could protect their homeland should anyone threaten it. As she got older, Julia also developed a strong love of the tribe's history, and began to study archaeology to learn more about it.

After returning home to Arizona, things begin to change for the Chang family as they discover their homeland is in danger of being consumed by the encroaching desert. Julia decides to put her archaeological studies on hold for the time being to focus her attention on researching ways of ecosystem restoration. She eventually joins a team of advanced genetic researchers working for G Corporation, using their maximum-security labs to conduct research and development on the GENOCELL project, and trusting them with securely storing their research data. However, after the Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation's labs in search of Kazuya Mishima's remains, they ended up stealing the GENOCELL data in the process. G Corp is forced to put the project on indefinite hold, leaving Julia anxious as to her homeland's future. She has to get the data back by any means necessary, so upon hearing of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, she enters without hesitation. She doesn't make it far and is unable to retrieve the stolen data, but she does catch the attention and affection of a certain Ganryu, the very same sumo who fell in love with her mother all those years ago.

Nineteen years later, Yoshimitsu pays the good doctor a visit to discuss the recent disappearances of his opponents in the previous tournament, only to discover Bosconovitch is suffering from a terminal illness that he believes to have contracted while working on the Cold Sleep machine. He also believes a cure is possible for this disease, but only through injecting himself with the blood of Ogre, the Aztec God of Fighting who recently made his presence known. Upon learning this, Yoshimitsu enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 in the hopes of retrieving said blood, and while he doesn't win the tournament, he is still able to get a sample by stealing it from the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Unbeknownst to Christie, Eddy never left the country during this time let alone entered the tournament - at some point during their time training together, he discovered the identity of the man who killed his father. Now, he found himself breaking into his mansion to interrogate him, demanding to know who called the hit. The drug baron pointed towards a set of photos on his table, revealing that the man he was making dealings with, and the man who put a price on Mr. Gordo's head was Kazuya Mishima, the former head of the Mishima Zaibatsu who had recently resurfaced.

At some point during the heist, he comes across Bryan Fury, on the brink of death. He had entered the tournament seeking revenge on his creator, Dr. Abel, who abandoned him shortly after the previous tournament to work for the Mishima Zaibatsu, but collapsed from the energy source of his cybernetic implants losing power. Out of the good nature of his heart, Yoshimitsu and a small cohort of Manji Party members leave their comrades to carry on the heist themselves while they take Bryan to Bosconovitch's lab to fix him up. Yoshimitsu isn't aware that Bryan was given the mission of killing him, but Bosconovitch is more than aware of Bryan's origins. Bosconovitch offers to mechanise Bryan in order to save his life, in exchange for giving up his old body to the good doctor. Finding Bryan's body to be too complex, Bosconovitch opts to use an updated version of the perpetual energy engine found in Yoshimitsu's own cybernetics, and before putting him under, informs Bryan that the process will take a year to complete - though it will only seem like a few moments for Bryan himself.

A few months into the research, Nina's egg cells are used to conceive a child through in vitro fertilisation (IVF). It is unclear if the baby was grown inside Nina's womb or that of a different woman, but the child, known to the Zaibatsu as test subject NT-01, would grow up to become boxing prodigy Steve Fox. Heihachi Mishima, having reclaimed the Zaibatsu, orders for NT-01 to be used in experiments relating to the Devil Gene, but quickly realises one of the scientists, Emma Kliesen, was getting too close to the test subject. With both of them endangered, Emma chooses to leave the Zaibatsu and forge evidence to convince them that NT-01 had died, allowing her to safely transport Steve to an orphanage in England.

A few months into the research, Nina's egg cells are used to conceive a child through in vitro fertilisation (IVF). It is unclear if the baby was grown inside Nina's womb or that of a different woman, but the child, known to the Zaibatsu as test subject NT-01, would grow up to become boxing prodigy Steve Fox. The Zaibatsu orders for Steve to be used in experiments relating to the Devil Gene, but their leader at this point (most likely Heihachi) quickly realises one of the scientists, Emma Kliesen, was getting too close to the test subject. With both of them endangered, Emma chooses to leave the Zaibatsu and forge evidence to convince them that NT-01 had died, allowing her to safely transport Steve to an orphanage in England.

His distant ancestors' stories are explored within the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'', but for a basic summary, the title of Yoshimitsu derives it's name from that of the clan leader's katana - which was tainted with an evil energy transferred to it from the cursed blade known as Soul Edge. Even so, the blade was passed down from generation to generation, with it only being trusted to the most elite members of the Manji Party.

At some point between the first two tournaments, Yoshimitsu discovers that the Mishima Zaibatsu have begun mass-producing JACK-2 robots powered by a perpetual energy engine developed by Dr. Gepetto Bosconovitch. He orchestrates a raid on their labs to retrieve it, but it doesn't go well at all. The clan gets spotted, activating a military grade laser which promptly fires, cutting off Yoshimitsu's left arm. Now might be a good time to mention that it was a prosthetic arm, as Yoshimitsu had his biological left arm amputated so he could wield his cursed weapon with the prosthetic. The clan was still able to escape, however, and got in touch with Bosconovitch, who lent his efforts to develop a cybernetic left arm, powered by the very same perpetual energy engine, to replace the prosthetic arm Yoshimitsu lost in the raid - granting Yoshimitsu the ability to do helicopter attacks with his sword.

!!Tekken 2

After the fifth tournament ended, Eddy secretly had a conversation with the Zaibatsu's new leader, Jin Kazama, begging him to help his master in any way he can. Jin tells him that if he joins the Tekken Force and does his dirty work, he will look into the matter, as no cure is available at present. Eddy's master is then transferred to one of the Zaibatsu's medical facilities, and Eddy begins work with the Tekken Force immediately alongside fellow subordinate Nina Williams.

Meanwhile, Christie went home to realise that not only was Eddy missing again, but her grandfather as well. She tried contacting Eddy, but to no avail - and then contacted the hospital her grandfather was being treated at to discover he was transferred to the Zaibatsu facility. Feeling suspicious of the lengths Eddy has gone to to cure his master, she entered the sixth tournament to get answers.

Eddy and Christie's ending has Christie at her grandfather's grave, mourning his untimely demise. Eddy turns up, and Christie slaps him - knowing that he was conspiring with the Zaibatsu, and she was lied to. Eddy, left as nothing more than a shoulder for his student to cry on, decides that all the effort he went through was for naught - and breaks off his ties to the Tekken Force. However, it is unclear as to whether or not this ending is canon, and how exactly Christie found out Eddy was working with the Tekken Force, as it is never elaborated on in Scenario Campaign. That being said, this ending could very well be canon, as Jin's HeroicSacrifice would probably cost Eddy his last chance at curing his master.

Empty handed, Eddy returned to Brazil to the orphanage he ran with Christie, pretending like nothing happened. He definitely did not want any of the kids learning the things he did from serving the Zaibatsu and attempting to avenge his father from Kazuya. Life seemed to work normally, though he knew that Christie, despite acting like nothing happened, was still crushed with what he did before.

Eventually Eddy decided that there's about one thing he has left now that he has cut ties with the Mishima Zaibatsu: Vengeance against Kazuya for his father. Without telling his intention, Eddy left the orphanage and Brazil, but Christie caught on him leaving. Without telling his darker sides to the children, Christie pursued Eddy to a train station but failed to spot him as there were some people looking similar to him from behind. She ended up in a line to get onto the train where Eddy boarded, but while waiting, she saw a girl crying being left behind with her mother. This touched Christie's heart and she spent time with the girl to comfort her until her parents return, but by the time it happened, the train departed and Christie failed to reunite with Eddy. He also saw Christie chasing him with a concerned face, but Eddy sadly moved on, still thinking she's bitter at him and he didn't want to involve her in his vengeance after all.

It is implied they eventually came to a point where they had to square off with each other - Eddy insisting that he take care of business alone, and Christie getting agitated at the whole situation. It is unknown who advanced in the tournament, but canonically, neither of them won the tournament.

Unbeknownst to Christie, Eddy never left the country during this time let alone entered the tournament - at some point during their time training together, he discovered the identity of the man who killed his father. Now, he found himself breaking into his mansion to interrogate him, demanding to know who called the hit. The drug baron pointed towards a set of photos on his table, revealing that the man he was making dealings with, and the man who put a price on his father's head was Kazuya Mishima, the former head of the Mishima Zaibatsu who had recently resurfaced.

In a surprising turn of events, just as Christie completed her training, Eddy mysteriously disappeared. The only thing he left to her was a note saying, "Those responsible for my father's death must pay." Worrying for her master, she proceeded to search for him - with her only lead being the fourth tournament.

At some point between the third and fourth tournaments, Eddy discovered the identity of the man who killed his father. He broke into his house, and proceeded to interrogate him, demanding to know who called the hit. The drug baron pointed towards a set of photos on his table, revealing that the man he was making dealings with, and the man who put a price on his father's head was Kazuya Mishima, former head of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

After the tournament, Nina tracks Steve down to a hotel in New York. Before she can prepare a shot, however, she receives new intel that states Steve was conceived as part of a cryogenics research project by the Mishima Zaibatsu - all but outright stating he was her son all along. She goes to prepare a shot anyway, but upon getting Steve in her crosshairs, she is overcome with emotion and is unable to bring herself to pull the trigger. It is then that Lei Wulong bursts into her room, starting a chase that would result in Nina and Steve meeting face to face for the first time. Steve protects Nina from Lei's attempts to gun her down - but is unable to determine why he did so. Nina flees the scene, Steve having bought her some extra time to shake off the so-called Super Cop.

Two years later, the Zaibatsu's new leader Kazuya Mishima orders for Michelle's mother to be kidnapped, and used as a bargaining chip for Michelle to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 so that one of his top bodyguards, Ganryu, could defeat her and take the amulet off her hands - allowing the Zaibatsu to stake it's claim on the aforementioned treasure. Michelle enters the tournament in the hopes of rescuing her mother, and eventually comes face to face with the corrupt sumo. However, Ganryu fell in love with Michelle at first sight, and let his unreciprocated feelings for her get the best of him. Though Michelle once again lost the tournament, she was able to keep the amulet in her possession. Following the conclusion of the tournament, Michelle comes across a baby girl that had been abandoned in a Native American settlement. She chooses to adopt the child, and names her Julia. Julia grows up to have a strong love of her mother and the rest of the tribe, and is trained in the exact same fighting styles her mother used in the previous two tournaments so that she could protect their homeland should anyone threaten it. As she got older, Julia also developed a strong love of the tribe's history, and began to study archaeology to learn more about it.

Shortly after the first tournament, Richard Williams mysteriously passes away. Neither Nina nor Anna know the cause of his death, but they both blame each other for it and their already-shaky relationship is further strained as a result. as a result. Some time later, Nina receives a contract to assassinate Kazuya Mishima, who took over the Mishima Zaibatsu after dealing with Heihachi. As she's tracking him down, and fighting her way through the second tournament, Anna, having finally been taught assassination techniques, is hired by Kazuya to be his lead bodyguard - primarily because she's the only one who knows who the assassin is that's out to kill him. The sisters encounter each other just as Nina encounters Kazuya, and they proceed to come to blows with one another. Anna wins, and Nina finds herself captured by the Zaibatsu - but rather than killing her, Kazuya orders her to be used as a test subject for a cold sleep machine developed by Dr. Gepetto Bosconovitch, with the purpose of determining how long a living being can be preserved in cryogenic suspension. Upon hearing of this, Anna realises she couldn't bear to be alone for so long, and requests to be used as a test subject alongside Nina. The Zaibatsu accepts, and the sisters are both put into cold sleep and do not awake for nineteen years.

One year into the research, Bosconovitch uses Nina's egg cells to conceive a child through in vitro fertilisation (IVF). It is unclear if the baby was grown inside Nina's womb or that of a different woman, but the child, known to the Zaibatsu as NT-01 would grow up to become boxing prodigy Steve Fox. Kazuya orders for Steve to be used in experiments relating to the Devil Gene, but he quickly realises one of the scientists, Emma Kliesen, was getting too close to him. With both of them endangered, Emma chooses to leave the Zaibatsu and convince them that Steve had died, allowing her to transport him to an orphanage.

Upon his awakening, Ogre senses high levels of power within the Mishima Zaibatsu, in search of a susceptible body to possess. This causes Nina and Anna to awaken from cryogenic suspension, and while Anna remains as she was before the experiment, Nina awakened with amnesia, and could not remember even having a sister. Ogre manages to turn Nina into his own mind slave, and forces her to kill Jin Kazama. She enters the third tournament in order to accomplish this, but fails.

After Jin defeats Ogre, Nina regains control over herself, but is still suffering from amnesia. Anna enlists Dr. Bosconovitch to help Nina regain her memories, in an attempt to make her remember who she was and prevent her from continuing her life as an emotionless killer, but to no avail. Anna then tries taking Nina to their father's grave, and though this causes her to partially remember her family, this still wasn't enough to keep her from denying who she truly was.

Two years later, Nina is still unable to recover any memories of her life before the cold sleep experiment and is left with no option but to continue carrying out assassinations to make ends meet. She accepts a contract from the Syndicate, an established criminal organisation, to assassinate the current middleweight boxing champion, Steve Fox, as payback for his refusal to throw a fight. She quickly discovers he will be entering The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, and enters in an attempt to track him down. Anna, however, does not enter the tournament, as she feels that all her efforts to help Nina have gone to waste, and she just wants to move on with her life.

After the tournament, Nina tracks Steve down to a hotel in New York. Before she can prepare a shot, however, she receives new intel that states Steve was conceived as part of a cryogenics research project by the Mishima Zaibatsu - all but outright stating he was her son all along. She goes to prepare a shot anyway, but upon getting Steve in her crosshairs, she is overcome with emotion and is unable to bring herself to pull the trigger. It is then that Lei Wulong bursts into her room, starting a chase that would result in Nina and Steve meeting face to face for the first time. Steve protects Nina from Lei's attempts to gun her down - but is unable to determine why he did so.

Thanks to the efforts of Lei, the Syndicate is brought to justice, leaving Nina with little to no purpose in life, and a whole load of unanswered questions. She contacts Anna in an attempt to set the record straight, and agrees to meet with her face-to-face. But the second they catch sight of each other, Nina's memories come rushing back and she opens fire. The sisters fight for days on end, but eventually come to a stalemate, and agree to settle their differences at the fifth tournament. When they encounter each other at the tournament, Nina swiftly defeats Anna, leaving her dissatisfied and vowing revenge.

Shortly after the first tournament, Richard Williams mysteriously passes away. Neither Nina nor Anna know the cause of his death, but they both blame each other for it and have become more distant from one another as a result. Some time later, Nina receives a contract to assassinate Kazuya Mishima, who took over the Mishima Zaibatsu after dealing with Heihachi. As she's tracking him down, and fighting her way through the second tournament, Anna, having finally been taught assassination techniques, is hired by Kazuya to be his lead bodyguard - primarily because she's the only one who knows who the assassin is that's out to kill him. The sisters encounter each other just as Nina encounters Kazuya, and they proceed to come to blows with one another. Anna wins, and Nina finds herself captured by the Zaibatsu - but rather than killing her, Kazuya orders her to be used as a test subject for a cold sleep machine developed by Dr. Gepetto Bosconovitch, with the purpose of determining how long a living being can be preserved in cryogenic suspension. Upon hearing of this, Anna realises she couldn't bear to be alone for so long, and requests to be used as a test subject alongside Nina. The Zaibatsu accepts, and the sisters are both put into cold sleep and do not awake for nineteen years.

[[folder:Paul and the Law Family]]

After returning home to Arizona, things begin to change for the Chang family as they discover their homeland is in danger of being consumed by the encroaching desert. Julia decides to put her archaeological studies on hold for the time being to focus her attention on researching ways of ecosystem restoration. She eventually joins a team of advanced genetic researchers working for G Corporation, using their maximum-security labs to conduct research and development on the GENOCELL project, and trusting them with securely storing their research data. However, after the Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation's labs in search of Kazuya Mishima's remains, they ended up stealing the GENOCELL data in the process. G Corp is forced to put the project on indefinite hold, leaving Julia anxious as to her homeland's future. She had to get the data back by any means necessary, so upon hearing of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, she enters without hesitation. She doesn't make it far and is unable to retrieve the stolen data, but she does catch the attention and affection of a certain Ganryu, the very same sumo who fell in love with her mother all those years ago.

Two years later, the Zaibatsu's new leader Kazuya Mishima orders for Michelle's mother to be kidnapped, and used as a bargaining chip for Michelle to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 so that one of his top bodyguards, Ganryu, could defeat her and take the amulet off her hands - allowing the Zaibatsu to stake it's claim on the aforementioned treasure. Michelle enters the tournament in the hopes of rescuing her mother, and eventually comes face to face with the corrupt sumo. However, Ganryu fell in love with Michelle at first sight, and let his unreciprocated feelings for her get the best of him. Though Michelle once again lost the tournament, she was able to keep the amulet in her possession. After the second tournmaent concluded, Michelle comes across a baby girl that had been abandoned in a Native American settlement. She chooses to adopt the child, and names her Julia. Julia grows up to have a strong love of her mother and the rest of the tribe, and is trained in the exact same fighting styles her mother used in the previous two tournaments so that she could protect their homeland should anyone threaten it. As she got older, Julia also developed a strong love of the tribe's history, and began to study archaeology to learn more about it.

After returning home to Arizona, things begin to change for the Chang family as they discover their homeland of Arizona is in danger of being consumed by the encroaching desert. Julia decides to put her archaeological studies on hold for the time being to focus her attention on researching ways of ecosystem restoration. She eventually joins a team of advanced genetic researchers working for G Corporation, using their maximum-security labs to conduct research and development on the GENOCELL project, and trusting them with securely storing their research data. However, after the Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation's labs in search of Kazuya Mishima's remains, they ended up stealing the GENOCELL data in the process. G Corp is forced to put the project on indefinite hold, leaving Julia anxious as to her homeland's future. She had to get the data back by any means necessary, so upon hearing of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, she enters without hesitation. She doesn't make it far and is unable to retrieve the stolen data, but she does catch the attention and affection of a certain Ganryu, the very same sumo who fell in love with her mother all those years ago.

Shortly after the sixth tournament's conclusion, Julia receives a request from a close friend who fought as a professional wrestler under the name Jaycee. After a car accident left her too injured to continue fighting, she requests that Julia don the mask and enter the ring in her place. As one might expect, Julia is much more flamboyant, confident and aggressive as Jaycee, and is able to win the crowd over - potentially crossing paths with the Kings during her tenure. However, she takes to being a pro wrestler a bit ''too'' well, and the higher-ups arrange for her to be rebranded as a Heel due to her strength. This causes her once-loyal fans to despise her, and she quickly decides to retire as a result, changing her image to ensure she wouldn't be recognised.

Shortly after the sixth tournament's conclusion, Julia receives a favour from a close friend who fought as a professional wrestler under the name Jaycee. After a car accident left her too injured to continue fighting, she requests that Julia don the mask and enter the ring in her place. As one might expect, Julia is much more flamboyant, confident and aggressive as Jaycee, and is able to win the crowd over - potentially crossing paths with the Kings during her tenure. However, she takes to being a pro wrestler a bit ''too'' well, and the higher-ups arrange for her to be rebranded as a Heel due to her strength. This causes her once-loyal fans to despise her, and she quickly decides to retire as a result, changing her image to ensure she wouldn't be recognised.

Having finally recovered her research data, Julia is just about ready to get to work on her reforestation project when she encounters an old woman who claimed to be able to commune with spirits. This old woman would leave Julia with a dire warning:

After returning home to Arizona, things begin to change for the Chang family as they discover their homeland of Arizona was in danger of being consumed by the encroaching desert. Julia decides to put her archaeological studies on hold for the time being to focus her attention on researching ways of ecosystem restoration. She eventually joins a team of advanced genetic researchers working for G Corporation, using their maximum-security labs to conduct research and development on the GENOCELL project, and trusting them with securely storing their research data. However, after the Mishima Zaibatsu attacked G Corporation's labs in search of Kazuya Mishima's remains, they ended up stealing the GENOCELL data in the process. G Corp is forced to put the project on indefinite hold, leaving Julia anxious as to her homeland's future. She had to get the data back by any means necessary, so upon hearing of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, she enters without hesitation. She doesn't make it far and is unable to retrieve the stolen data, but she does catch the attention and affection of a certain Ganryu, the very same sumo who fell in love with her mother all those years ago.