Paul Phoenix (Tekken)

Paul Phoenix
Tekken character
Paul Phoenix in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
First game	Tekken (1994)
Created by	Seiichi Ishii
Voiced by (English)	Scott McCulloch (TK1—TK2) Eric Kelso (TK3—TK6; TK3D:PE) Jamieson Price (TK6 (ending), TTT2, Tekken Revolution, TK7) Mike McFarland (Street Fighter X Tekken) Bryce Buckely (One Minute Melee)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Hōchū Ōtsuka (drama CD) Kanehira Yamamoto (Street Fighter X Tekken)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	United States
Nationality	American
Fighting style	Judo
Occupation	Motorcyclist

Paul Phoenix (Japanese: ポール・フェニックス, Hepburn: Pōru Fenikkusu^?) is a player character from the Tekken fighting game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Making his debut in the original Tekken in 1994, he is one of four characters (the others being Yoshimitsu, Heihachi Mishima, and Nina Williams) to appear in every installment of the main series. Paul is a short-tempered biker and judo practitioner who repeatedly enters the series' King of Iron Fist tournaments in hopes of winning the prize money and to prove he is the world's best fighter, all while developing a rivalry with the anthropomorphized fighting bear Kuma. He has received critical reception for his personality and his signature hi-top fade hairstyle, but also considered a joke character following his later Tekken series appearances.

Paul Phoenix is a hotheaded American biker and martial artist who regularly enters the King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments to prove he is "the toughest fighter in the universe" while hoping to use the prize money to pay off his debts, yet he falls short of victory each time due to various circumstances. In the first Tekken, Paul is eliminated late in the competition by Kazuya Mishima after an hours-long fight. He battles his way to the final round in Tekken 2, only to end up having to forfeit after getting stuck in traffic and therefore unable to make the match on time. Paul goes undefeated throughout the tournament in Tekken 3, but after defeating Heihachi Mishima and Ogre, he abruptly leaves the competition under the impression that he has won, when he had one last opponent in Ogre's alter ego, True Ogre. As a result, by Tekken 4, Paul's dojo has gone out of business due to lack of students and he ends up a homeless alcoholic. He again enters the tournament in an attempt to get his life back together.