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The legend of Native Americans says the Ogre was the war weapon which creatures from outerspace left on earth in ancient time. It understands entire structures of all living and artificial beings, and absorbed them. It wanders the earth in search of strong souls.
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The first Kuma died of old age during its travels with Heihachi. Its child, also named Kuma, became Heihachi's second pet.
This Kuma is smarter than its father, and a good bodyguard for Heihachi. One day, when it was absorbed in watching TV, it suddenly went wild at the sight of a martial artist with a scarlet go-gi. It was Paul Phoenix!
Kuma has trained since that day to defeat Paul in battle. It doesn't think anything of the God of Fighting, only of defeating Paul.
By the way, Kuma is secretly in love with Xiaoyu's Panda.
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When Jane, now a physicist, was eight years old, she was rescued from a bacteriological war by the Russian military robot Jack-2. However, Jack-2 was later destroyed by a satellite weapon as Jane, still a young girl, watched in horror.
Jane, now 27, could not forget the nightmare of Jack-2's having collapsed beside her. She spent ten years restoring Jack-2 to 90% functionality, but it seemed to have lost the humane characteristics that set it apart from Jack-1.
Jane worked hard analyzing the program in order to return to Jack2 the gentle soul which had saved her life. Through detailed analysis, she found that most of Jack-2's programming was created by Mishima Heavy Industry, one of the subsidiaries of the Mishima Financial Empire. Moreover, she discovered a hidden program... 'Project Gun Jack'. It laid the groundwork for a new weapon, a pivot gun.
In order to restore Jack-2 completely, Jane had to approach Mishima Financial Empire and solve the mystery of the project. She quickly installed the hidden program and brought to Mishima Financial Empire the newly dubbed Gun Jack.
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Nineteen years ago Kazuya confided some alarming news to Anna. Her sister Nina was planning to become a guinea pig of Dr. Boskonovitch's "Cold Sleep". As much as they quarreled, Anna would miss her sleeping sister. Worse yet, she would continue to age while her sister was frozen in time! She too went to Boskonovitch, subjected her to the Cold Sleep, and asked to be awakened along with Nina.
Sensing the God of Fight's evil presence, both Nina and Anna awoke 19 years later. Making an effort to continue their sibling rivalry, Anna was saddened to find that her sister had somehow lost all memeory of her. Now, rather than fighting, Anna felt the need to help Nina and prevent her from again becoming an assassin.
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Bryan Fury, an officer in the International Police Organization was killed in a shoot-out in Hong Kong.
Bryan's corpse was transported to the laboratory of a man named Dr. Abel. This 88-year-old scientist was fairly famous in the underground society, but his findings were often preceded by Dr. Boskonovitch's. However, at last, he came to the last step of completing his master project... the Cyborg Army. Dr Abel thought that a perfect cyborg must have the mechanics built by his rival, Dr. Boskonovitch and reanimated Fury's body and sent him off to collect this data.
In his former life, Bryan was known as a skillful detective, but on the other side, he was always followed by dark rumors. Investigating the Hong Kong drug trade, Lei Wulong discovered that Fury had connections with drug dealers.
Bryan sneaks into the 'King of Iron Fist Tournament', targeting Yoshimitsu who has strong ties with Boskonovitch.
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Dr. Boskonovitch was a leading scientist of the former USSR. At the age of 12, he designed an new type of ballistic missile, and instantly became famous in the scientific world. After losing his own daughter, Boskonovitch has been doing research on human resurrections and cold-sleep machines. Through these experiments, he became active in cloning and the creation of andriods, such as Jack.
With no sense of good or evil, he works only to somehow revive his daughter.
During the first King of Iron Fist tournament, he was captured by Kazuya Mishima and was forced to do genetic research pertaining to martial artists. However, he was also able to created a new type of cold-sleep machine. He is responsible for saving Yoshimitsu from death, and Boskonovitch himself was also saved from the Mishimas by Yoshimitsu.
Now, Boskonovitch is infected with a mysterious disease. In order to cure himself and to revive his daughter, he needs the blood of the fighting god. He is the only man in the world who knows the truth behind the mysterious fighting god in this tounament.
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Son of a wealthy industrialist in Brazil, Eddy seeks revenge against the "Organization" that took his father's life and unjustly put him in prison. Eddy joined the Tournament with the intention of taking over the Mishima Financial Empire so that he can use its resources against the Organization.
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Forest is Marshall Law's proud son. Paul dragged him into the Tournament, but Forest now feels that this is an ideal opportunity to prove his strength to his father and to himself.
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Heihachi retrieved the Mishima Financial Empire by defeating his son.
Scheming to further develop the MFE, Heihachi organized "Tekken Force", the MFE's private corps and dispatched them to settle disputes and brought waste land under cultivation to feed the poor countries of the world to gain support of leaders worldwide.
Fifteen years later, a secret excavation by the Tekken Forces in Central American ruins unearths an unusual find. They were annihilated by a mysterious being.
Heihachi realized that the mysterious being could be the legendary God of Fighting, and took action to realize his life's goal, to capture the God of Fighting and therefore rule the world.
One day, Heihachi was visited by a 15-year-old boy named Jin Kazama. Being informed that Jin was his grandson and hearing what had happened to his mother Jun, Heihachi reasoned that the God of Fighting thrives on the "strong souls" of others. Heihachi trained Jin to use him as a decoy to lure the God of Fighting
In Jin's nineteenth year Heihachi declared to the world that the third 'King of the Iron Fist Tournament' was forthcoming. At the same time he noticed that Jin, the youngest of Mishima bloodline, began to show the same "dangerous power" as Kazuya had. Heihachi decided to dispose of Jin after he lured the God of Fighting in order to end the doomed destiny of the MFE.
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A tough raised on the mean streets of Korea, and trained in Taekwando by Baek Do San. Hwoarang entered this Tournament after Ogre attacked his mentor Baek, whom Hwoarang respects greatly. He wants to redeem himself by taking revenge against Ogre and defeating Jin Kazama (Hwoarang failed to beat Jin in a previous fight).
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Jin Kazama is Kazuya Mishima and Jun Kazama's son. Jin received intense training under his grandfather Heihachi Mishima- all in an effort to avenge the loss of his mother by fighting and defeating Ogre. This Tournament is his chance to test his strength and to face his destiny.
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Julia studies archeology in Michelle Chang's tribal lands. As a baby, Julia was deserted in the ruins of ancient Native American settlements, where Michelle found her. Michelle rescued Julia and brought her up with love. Julia loved Michelle and her adopted tribe and trained with Michelle to protect her beloved homeland.
When Julia was 18, stories of sudden disappearances of famous martial artists all over the world began to reach the tribe. The tribe knew the cause, which was contained in the tribal legends...the legend of the God of Fighting. People in the tribe feared that Michelle's pendant, the key to Native American sacred treasure, had something to do with the disappearances.
With apprehension spreading through the tribe, Michelle left for Japan to ask Heihachi why he had sought to take the pendant during the second tournament. Michelle hoped to learn about the origin of the God of Fighting's power. Michelle did not return. Julia suspected Heihachi and now seeks him out to discover the truth.
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King is a young man who was raised in the original King's orphanage. After being savagely attacked by Ogre, @char=t_king1@'s dying wish was for @char=t_king2@ to take over the orphanage. He now fights as a pro-wrestler to support the orphanage.
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Lei is a shrewd detective responsible for solving many international crimes. Lei entered the Tournament to investigate the cause behind the disappearing martial arts masters.
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Mokujin is a training dummy made from a 2000 year old oak tree. Mokujin has been kept in a museum for a long time, but when the God of Fighting awoke, it gained self-identity and started to act on its own. Some people say it is motivated by the desire to help martial artists and only God and Mokujin know for sure.
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After failing to assassinate Kazuya Mishima in the last Tournament, she was forced to become a test subject for cryogenic research. Reawakened by Ogre's powers, she is determined to eliminate Jin Kazama.
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She is cared for at Ling Xiaoyu's high school. To participate in the tournament, Ling moved to the Mishima Industrial College in Japan. Heihachi taught Panda advanced bear fighting so that she could act as a bodyguard for Xiaoyu during the tournament. Although Kuma is fond of Panda, she dislikes him and keeps her distance.
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Paul Phoenix is a fighter who is admired by young kids worldwide. He let victory escape him in the last Tournament, but has since renewed his training with vigor - he won't let victory slip away this time! Even at the age of 46, Paul has no weak spots!
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Xiaoyu is a 16 year-old who loves amusement parks. Entering the Tournament is Xiaoyu's first step in having the perfect amusement park built in China.
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Yoshimitsu is the leader of the Manji Clan, a notorious gang of Robin Hood-like space thieves. He entered the Tournament upon learning that his friend Dr. Boskonovitch needs Ogre's blood to live. Yoshimitsu now fights to save the life of the man who once saved him.
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