List of Tekken characters

The following is a list of characters from the fighting game series Tekken. Characters are chronologically listed in order of the games in which they debuted.

Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fighting styles. A few characters have supernatural origin, such as Devil and Ogre, while animal characters like Kuma the bear provide comic relief. In the story mode of the game, each character generally has their own personal reasons for entering the tournament and competing for the prize.

Only four characters have appeared as playable characters in all seven main Tekken installments to date: Heihachi Mishima, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, and Yoshimitsu. King and Kuma have appeared in all of the main Tekken games with two different characters.

Three characters: Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan and Marshall Law would come close, having appeared in six installments. (Ironically, they all did not appear in Tekken 3).Jack also have appeared in six main installments with 6 different characters (Jack, Jack-2, Gun Jack, Jack-5, Jack-6 and Jack-7), with Tekken 4 being the game a Jack cyborg was absent (although a Jack-4 was created, this version was mass produced instead of only one produced like the other Jack cyborgs).

Notes:

^1 Update version only (console version).
^2 Skin/palette swap.
^3 Playable in console versions only.
^4 Playable boss.
^5 Unlockable.
^6 Unplayable boss.
^7 Unplayable in Tekken 5.
^8 Unlockable in Tekken 5.
^9 Only in Tekken 5: DR.
^10 Only in Tekken 6: BR.
^11 Unlockable in Tekken 5: DR.
^12 Skin/palette swap in Tekken 5.
^13 Playable in a campaign level.
^14 Characters appearing only in cinematics.
^15 The characters are only enemies in a certain mode.
^16 Unplayable in arcade version.
^17 Update version only (arcade version).
^18 Unplayable boss (release date (arcade)) / playable update character (later (arcade)).
^19 Only in Tekken 7: FR.
^20 Pre-Order/DLC Only.

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