Tiger Jackson
| Eddy Gordo | |
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| Tekken character | |
Eddy in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
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| First game | Tekken 3 (1997) |
| Voiced by (English) | Marcus Lawrence (Tekken 5 – Tekken 7 (grunts), Tekken 3D: Prime Edition) Roger Craig Smith (Tekken 6 (Scenario Campaign Cinematics)) D.C. Douglas (Street Fighter X Tekken) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Takuma (Japanese dub of the Tekken film) Kenta Miyake (Street Fighter X Tekken) |
| Motion capture | Marcelo "Caveirinha" Pereira |
| Portrayed by | Lateef Crowder |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace | Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Fighting style | Capoeira |
| Occupation | Capoeira master Tekken Force member (Tekken 6) |
Eddy Gordo (Japanese: エディ・ゴルド Hepburn: Edi Gorudo) is a video game character from the Tekken series by Namco Bandai Games. The character is a Brazilian capoeira fighter. Eddy made his debut in the arcade version of Tekken 3 in 1997 and his first console appearance was in the 1998 PlayStation port of the title. Eddy has since appeared in every game thereafter (albeit he is not a participant in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 story-wise), although he shares the same character slot as Christie Monteiro in Tekken 4 and Tekken 5, but regained his own slot in subsequent games beginning with Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
Eddy's storyline from his debut through Tekken 5 revolved around his quest for revenge for the murder of his parents, culminating in the defeat of Kazuya Mishima during the events of Tekken 5. From Tekken 5 onward, Eddy's plot focused on his and Christie Monteiro's search for a cure to an unknown illness that Christie's grandfather, Eddy's Capoeira master, was suffering from. Eddy was the first capoeira practitioner to appear in the Tekken franchise; followed by Tiger Jackson, a palette swap of Eddy in Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament; and Christie Monteiro, Eddy's replacement in Tekken 4. Eddy has received heavy criticism in the fighting video game community for the simplicity associated with Eddy's play style; however, the character, along with Christie, has been credited with popularizing the art of capoeira to a new audience within the larger gamer and martial arts community and has influenced popular culture.
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