Hwoarang
| Hwoarang | |
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| Tekken character | |
Hwoarang in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
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| First game | Tekken 3 (1997) |
| Voiced by (English) | Greg Dale (Tekken 4) Chris Rickabaugh (Street Fighter X Tekken) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) |
Toshiyuki Morikawa (Tekken 3 - Tekken 4) Tomoaki Maeno (Street Fighter X Tekken) Um Sang-hyun (Tekken 5 - onwards) |
| Motion capture | Hwang Su Il |
| Portrayed by | Daren Nop (Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Live-Action Short Film) |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace | South Korea |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Fighting style | Taekwondo (W.T.F based) |
| Occupation | Street thug leader (T3) Soldier (AWOL) (T4) Resistance Leader (T6) |
Hwoarang (Japanese: ファラン Hepburn: Faran?, Hangul: 화랑 Hwarang), or Hwoa Rang, is a fictional character from the Tekken fighting game series released by Namco Bandai Games. Hwoarang first appeared in Tekken 3 and he has returned in all subsequent games. He is the Taekwondo student of Baek Doo San, and entered the third Tournament to get revenge on Ogre for "killing" his master. He also became Jin Kazama's friend and rival after the two fought to a draw in one of Hwoarang's street matches before the events of Tekken 3.
Born in South Korea, a cocky student of Baek Doo San and extremely proficient in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do, Hwoarang used his skills to gamble in street fights with his other gang members. During these street fights, Hwoarang would lure his opponents in by sending his gang members to pose as weaker fighters. Once his gang members had been defeated, Hwoarang would enter and defeat his opponents to win the money at stake. One day, Hwoarang lured in an opponent by the name of Jin Kazama and they fought to a draw. This was the first time Hwoarang did not outright win a match and he immediately rushed to his master to tell him the news. Upon arriving at Baek Doo San's dojo, Hwoarang finds that his master had been slain by Ogre, The God of Fighting. Hwoarang enters The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 3 to defeat Jin Kazama and to seek revenge for his master's death.
Returning to South Korea, Hwoarang was drafted into the South Korean military and was assigned to a special operations division. Although his successes in various missions were highly regarded along with his prowess at Taekwondo and combat techniques, his penchant for disobeying rules and orders gave his senior officers more than a few headaches. Hwoarang was uninterested in military life and felt a strange emptiness within him. He longingly recalled the days of hustling money in street fights and the rush he experienced from hand-to-hand combat. He often thought of one fight in particular - the fight against Jin Kazama. These longings could not be quelled by the military. One day, Hwoarang found out about the announcement of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Hwoarang's blood stirred. He would defeat Jin, Heihachi Mishima, and anyone else who dared to challenge him to claim the Mishima Zaibatsu. Filled with excitement he hasn't felt in years, Hwoarang slipped away from the military base and headed for the Tournament.
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