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Heihachi Mishima (三島平八, Mishima Heihachi) is a character in the Tekken fighting game series. His given name in Japanese translates to "Flat Eight" in English. Apparently all Mishima given names end with the kanji 八 (meaning eight, pronounced as "Ya", "Pachi", or "Hachi").

He is also one of the bonus characters available to play as or against in Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis, for the PlayStation, alongside fellow Namco characters including Richard Miller (from Time Crisis), Pac-Man, Reiko Nagase and fellow Tekkenites Eddy Gordo, and Yoshimitsu in his Tekken 3 incarnation. He is also a playable character in the PS2 version of Soul Calibur II.

History

Heihachi Mishima is the host of the King of the Iron Fist Tournament. He is the father of Kazuya Mishima and grandfather of Jin Kazama. He fights with the power of the Mishima Style Karate. He is the founder and the "Commander" of the Tekken Force Unit.

Before the Iron Fist Tournament

Heihachi was born as the heir to the rich, powerful, and well-respected Jinpachi Mishima, the owner of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu and a world-famous martial arts master. During this time, Heihachi married and eventually had a son of his own--Kazuya. Heihachi's wife, it's believed, died either in childbirth or not long afterwards. Heihachi raised Kazuya harshly; in his mind, he was forging a strong heir to eventually pass the Mishima Zaibatsu to. Much to his chagrin, Kazuya grew up kind and frail, perhaps due to the more loving treatment he received from his grandfather, Jinpachi. (See Kazuya's Tekken 5 ending.) At some point, Heihachi betrayed Jinpachi and stole the Zaibatsu from his father. His motives for this act are as-of-yet unknown, but it can be speculated that he disagreed of Jinpachi's lack of ruthless aggression and his "soft" treatment of Kazuya. After assuming control, Heihachi began to steer the Zaibatsu into the military industry while his father vanished. After some time, Jinpachi attempted to launch a coup to retake the Zaibatsu from his son, but failed and was ultimately imprisoned underneath Hon Maru, where he would remain for either close to, if not exactly, 50 years.

The First and Second Tournaments

Finally fed up with Kazuya's "weakness", Heihachi tossed his son down a deep ravine, claiming that if he were truly his son, he'd be able to survive the fall and climb back up. Kazuya actually managed to do so, but only because he'd made a deal with the Devil in order to survive. (See Devil Gene.) To further motivate Kazuya, Heihachi adopted a Chinese orphan named Lee Chaolan and raised him as a rival to his true son. It's assumed that Heihachi never really cared about Lee at all, and only used him to irritate Kazuya. Over the years, Kazuya traveled abroad and competed in martial arts championships, becoming an undefeated champion (The only blemish on his record being a draw to Paul Phoenix). Eventually, Heihachi decided it was time to test his son's strength and announced the Rave War/King of Iron First Tournament.

Much to Heihachi's surprise, he is beaten by his son, Kazuya. Kazuya tosses him off a cliff just as had been done to him when he was younger by Heihachi. However, being no ordinary man, Heihachi survived and returned two years later as a competitor in Kazuya's second KOIF Tournament. After winning the contest, he has a showdown with Kazuya, and defeats him. Afterwards, he tosses Kazuya, who had proven to be much too dangerous, into a volcano and kills him.

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