Kuma and Panda
| Kuma | |
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| Tekken character | |
Kuma in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
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| First game |
Tekken (1994) (Kuma I) Tekken 3 (1997) (Kuma II) |
| Created by |
Seiichi Ishii (Kuma I) Katsuhiro Harada (Kuma II) |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace | Japan (Kuma I) United States (Kuma II) |
| Fighting style | Kuma Shinken |
| Occupation | Bodyguard Tekken Force Officer (Tekken 7) |
| Panda | |
|---|---|
| Tekken character | |
Panda in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
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| First game | Tekken 3 (1997) |
| Voiced by | Taketora (Tekken: Blood Vengeance) |
| Motion capture | Syuichi Masuda (Tekken: Blood Vengeance) |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace | China |
| Fighting style | Kuma Shinken |
| Occupation | Bodyguard |
Kuma (Japanese: クマ Hepburn: lit. meaning "bear"?) is the name of two characters within the Tekken fighting game series released by Namco Bandai Games. Kuma I was introduced in first Tekken and he has returned for Tekken 2, while Kuma II was introduced in Tekken 3 and he has returned for all subsequent games. Both of them were bears, bodyguards to Heihachi Mishima as well as father and son towards each other. The female Panda (パンダ?) was introduced in Tekken 3 as a palette swap of Kuma, returning for subsequent games.
The first Kuma was once an abandoned cub in the forests of the Mishima estate. Heihachi Mishima found Kuma and took him in as his pet. When Kuma reached adulthood, Heihachi built him an outhouse to cater for his impressively large frame. Heihachi taught the bear simple commands and hand signals, which Kuma picked up at an alarming speed. Kuma was even taught rudimentary Japanese. After two years, Heihachi realized the power contained in Kuma, and so he trained Kuma in the arts of Kuma Shinken. None of Heihachi's associates could understand why Kuma was so intelligent, which led to a lot of them fleeing the estate in fear of the bear's intellect. This was further reinforced by Kuma's penchant for the taste of human flesh. Despite Kuma's unflinching loyalty to his master, Kuma liked to leave the side of Heihachi to sleep, even during the summer. This lazy approach means that Kuma's fighting style has never really matured and is very disjointed. This was demonstrated in The King of Iron Fist Tournament, where Kuma was easily defeated by Paul Phoenix. Kuma was very impressed with Paul's fighting prowess, as he thought that the only strong human was Heihachi. Heihachi was defeated in the last tournament by Kazuya Mishima, and so the two retreated into a mountain dojo to re-train. Kuma traveled to the The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 with his master, vowing to destroy Paul Phoenix this time. If anyone gets in his way, he would eat them. He was defeated by Paul again.
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