He also makes an appearance as a playable character in the PlayStation 2 version of the fighting game Soulcalibur II. Heihachi makes a brief appearance on the Tekken spin-off game Death by Degrees as an optional boss. Heihachi, now for the first time, is seen with a full head of hair. Katsuhiro Harada commented on Heihachi's new voice actor for the game as former voice actor Daisuke Gōri passed away in 2010. Though unrelated to the story of the series, in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, Heihachi appears to have regressed back to his Tekken 2 appearance. Lars then left, telling that he will be the "last person" Heihachi ever met. At first, he tried to make alliance with Lars, but he refused and tried to kill him through shooting, though he easily dispatched it. He apparently forgot about Lars, as he was quite surprised when Lars recalled about his past.
He appears as an enemy in the Scenario Campaign, the story mode in the console version of Tekken 6 whose main character is Lars Alexandersson, Heihachi's illegitimate son.
Upon his recovery, he discovered that Jin had taken control of the Mishima Zaibatsu in his absence, and so he entered the sixth King of Iron Fist Tournament to take back the Zaibatsu. It is revealed in Tekken 6 that he was unconscious for the duration of the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament. Heihachi was seemingly killed in the attack, but in reality was blown a long distance away after the Jacks detonated. Immediately after Jin's departure, an army of Jack-4s built and sent by G Corporation invaded Hon-Maru. However, the two would be later defeated by Jin who escaped after sparing Heihachi's life. After the Tekken Force captured Jin upon arrival, Heihachi defeated Kazuya, and took him to Hon-Maru. To lure both to him, he held the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament two years later with his very company's ownership as the grand prize. Unable to find Jin, Heihachi learned Kazuya had been resurrected by G Corporation, a rival company. However, Jin transformed to Devil and knocked Heihachi out before he took flight.Īfterwards, Heihachi collected the remains of Ogre and attempted to combine his own DNA with that of Ogre, but discovered that he would need the Devil Gene as a catalyst, held by both his son and Jin. At the conclusion of the tournament, Heihachi betrayed Jin by shooting him in the head after the latter killed Ogre. Heihachi then announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 four years later to lure Ogre out. He is also met by a teenager named Jin Kazama, who claimed to be his grandson and begged Heihachi to train him, which he accepted. Realizing that Ogre had immortal blood, Heihachi sought to obtain its blood in order to create an "ultimate life form". Fifteen years later, during a Tekken Force expedition at an Aztec Temple located somewhere in Mexico, Heihachi witnessed the Tekken Force being obliterated by a mysterious being called " Ogre". Heihachi survived the event, went to train and meditate extensively, then returned two years later in the second tournament to defeat his son, and tossed Kazuya's body into a volcano to kill him.Īfter assuming control of Mishima Zaibatsu once again, Heihachi formed the Tekken Force, an elite army whose actions would ultimately led to world's peace. Kazuya won the tournament, tossed Heihachi off the same cliff and assumed control of the Zaibatsu. After Kazuya had traveled abroad and became an undefeated champion, the 52-year-old Heihachi announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament in order to test him. To further motivate Kazuya, Heihachi adopted Chinese orphan Lee and raised him as a rival to his true son. Later, in an attempt to eliminate his son's "weakness", whose upbringing by Jinpachi is always blamed by Heihachi, he tossed Kazuya Mishima, his then 5-year old son, down a deep ravine, claiming that if he were truly his son, he would be able to survive the fall and climb back up. When Jinpachi attempted a coup d'état, Heihachi quickly captured and imprisoned him below the Mishima compound Hon-Maru and left him starved to death. Decades before the events of the original Tekken, Heihachi overthrew his father out of his control of Mishima Zaibatsu as he sought to control it as an industrial company. Heihachi is better known as the only son of Jinpachi Mishima, a famous martial artist who founded the Mishima Zaibatsu company. He is also the only Tekken character aside from Yoshimitsu to be featured in the Soul series, where he is seen as a guest character in the PlayStation 2 version of Soulcalibur II. He is one of only four characters (the others being Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams and Yoshimitsu) to have appeared in every game in the series and he makes two appearances within the series as the final boss. Heihachi Mishima ( 三島 平八, Mishima Heihachi ?) is a main character from the Tekken series.