Sunday, April 18, 2021

Character Analysis: Heihachi Mishima(Feat Kirche)


Background


  • Aliases: The King of the Iron Fist

  • Age: 75 (as of Tekken 7)

  • Birthplace: Japan

  • Height: 179 cm (5′10½″)

  • Weight: 80 kg (176 lbs)

  • Occupation: CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu (formerly)

  • Backstory: Heihachi Mishima is the son of Jinpachi Mishima, a powerful martial artist that owned a corporation known as the Mishima Zaibatsu. In his youth, Heihachi spent his days training alongside Kazumi Hachijo, whom he would later marry and have a son with, their child named Kazuya. On one unfortunate day, Kazumi showed an evil killing intent toward Heihachi, which soon resulted in a fight to the death between a Devil-possessed Kazumi and her beloved Heihachi. With sorrow in his eyes, Heihachi killed Kazumi, and expecting that her demonic blood had been inherited by Kazuya, he threw his child off a cliff. Due to the power of the Devil Gene, Kazuya survived, and he swore to Heihachi that he wouldn't stop until he got his revenge. Around this time, Heihachi took over Jinpachi's corporation and locked him underneath Hon-Maru, thinking that it was his fault that Kazumi became a demon. Many years later, after the Zaibatsu became an important world power, Heihachi organized the King of Iron Fist Tournament, where he chose to test the strongest warriors in the world, offering the Zaibatsu's command as a reward. This tournament brought him back to his son, who defeated him in the finals. Not too long after Heihachi lost his empire, Kazuya organized a second tournament, which Heihachi used to regain control of the Zaibatsu. This constant back and forth of power and false deaths continued for many more years, until Heihachi and Kazuya had their true final battle inside a volcano, where Heihachi met his end at the hands of his power-hungry devil of an offspring.

Powers & Abilities


  • Fighting Style: Heihachi is a master of Mishima Style Fighting Karate, which takes influence from Goju-Ryu Karate, which focuses on low hits, open hand stances, and hammer fist attacks. It’s a very aggressive fighting style consisting of highly-damaging moves and many punishing attacks that make use of Heihachi's sturdy body to deliver potent counterattacks.

  • Rage Art: A powerful attack that can be performed after sustaining notable damage. Heihachi launches the foe skyward, infuses his fists with Ki, and then performs a double palm strike.

  • Rage Drive: Another notable attack that he can use after sustaining damage. Heihachi performs a headbutt potent enough to floor the opponent.

  • Ki Manipulation: Heihachi is able to produce blue Ki. It can enhance his physical attacks and make his body sturdier.

  • Electricity Manipulation: Heihachi is able to manifest his Ki as bolts of electricity. These increase the power of his blows, but he can’t shoot them out.

  • Wind Manipulation: In his secret Rage Art, Heihachi is able to use his Ki to gather wind and empower his attacks even more, creating a small vacuum in his hands.

  • Mokujin Monster (potentially non-standard): A transformation achieved after Heihachi takes control over the spirits of the Mokujin that formed Kyoto Castle. Heihachi takes on the appearance of a mountain-sized monster, but he still exists within the monster’s body. In this form, his Ki emits great heat, and he put up a fight against Devil Jin at full power. The monster can regenerate its body as long as Heihachi is intact. (Source: Tekken Blood Vengeance)

Equipment

Note: Heihachi can equip various accessories in Tekken games that can be used as weapons, such as shotguns or giant pizzas. Most of them are gag items, and although they can be used in gameplay, they’re not something that should be considered part of his standard arsenal.

  • Armguards: A pair of metallic armguards that Heihachi can use defensively. They’re his main weapons in SoulCalibur. However, in canonical appearances, Heihachi prefers fighting without weapons to prove the power of his fists.

Strength & Attack Potency

  • Overpowered Ogre and killed him. (Tekken 3)

  • Casually threw Jin off a helicopter.

  • Can contend with Kazuya in his most powerful Devil form. (Tekken 2)

  • Casually destroyed a group of JACK robots with Kazuya. (Tekken 5)

  • Shattered a metallic tomahawk with his bare teeth. (Tekken OVA)

  • Casually defeated a group of Tekken Force soldiers.

  • Casually kicked a reinforced door off its hinges.

  • Knocked Kazuya out and threw him off a cliff. (Tekken 7)

  • Overpowered Nina Williams. (Tekken 7)

  • Overpowered Claudio Serafino. (Tekken 7)

  • His clash with Jin and Kazuya caused a shockwave that destroyed all windows in a building. (Blood Vengeance)

  • Piledrived Jin and Kazuya through multiple floors of a building. (Blood Vengeance)

  • Crushed a volcanic debris with his foot. (Tekken 7)

  • Killed Kazumi through sheer physical power. (Tekken 7)

Speed & Reactions

Durability & Stamina

  • Survived Akuma's Raging Demon attack. (Tekken 7)

  • Endured a long drawn-out beating from Kazuya in volcanic grounds. (Tekken 7)

  • Survived getting thrown off a cliff by Kazuya. (Tekken 1)

  • Survived getting blasted many times by Devil Kazuya's beams. (Tekken 7)

  • Endured getting thrown off a high castle by Devil Jin. (Tekken 3)

  • Survived the collapse of a large temple.

  • Took a beating from Ling Xiaoyu.

  • Survived the self-destruction of multiple Jacks. (Tekken 5)

  • Survived an explosion that destroyed a building from the epicenter. (Tekken 7)

  • Endured getting kicked through several floors worth of wood.

  • Survived getting blasted by seven simultaneous beams shot by Devil Kazuya. (Tekken 7)

Skill, Intelligence & Others

  • Dropped Kazuya into a volcano. (Tekken 2)

  • Defeated Ogre, one of the strongest entities in Tekken. (Tekken 3)

  • Fought and defeated Kazuya multiple times.

  • Designed chains that could neutralize the power of the Devil Gene, and used them to imprison Kazuya and Jin. (Tekken 4)

  • After defeating Jin, Jinpachi, and Kazuya, he chained them all to a rocket and sent them all to space. (Tekken 5)

  • Went to space with his own shuttle. (Tag Tournament 2)

  • Discovered a way to recover his youth. (Tag Tournament 2)

  • Shot Jin down with a gun. (Tekken 3)

  • Became the owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu, one of the biggest world powers.

  • Owns a badass bear named Kuma.

  • Took over the Zaibatsu again after Jin went missing. (Tekken 7)

  • Appeared in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, where he fought and defeated Toro Inoue and Polygon Head.

  • Appeared in SoulCalibur II, where he defeated Inferno.

Scaling

Weaknesses



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