Tekken boss says iconic ruffian Heihachi has so many "illegitimate children" he has trouble remembering them
Oct. 2, 2024Heihachi, you dog
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Katsuhiro Harada,Bandai Namco’s Tekken director, took to X to inform fans that series villain Heihachi Mishima might be even more wicked than originally thought. In addition to being a profoundly power-hungry maniac, Heihachi is also a terrible father.
OK, you probably already knew that. In Tekken 1, Heihachi tosses his five-year-old son Kazuya off a cliff, leading the child to make a pact with a demon and get strong. In Tekken 2, Heihachi gets rid of Kazuyaagain, this time, by dropping him into a volcano. He seems to be unfamiliar with “gentle parenting.”
And he really is a scoundrel. In his X response to fan art of Kazuya’s half-sister Reina calling Heihachi “father,” Haradareminded fans that"Heihachi has numerous illegitimate children. I doubt if he remembers Reina very accurately."
It may not be worse than punting your toddler off a precipice, but I think willfully forgetting who your own children are is still pretty lowly behavior.
“Imagine a Tekken game where the entire roster is composed of Heihachi sons,” reads a popularReddit comment. Or, now that Heihachihas been addedtoTekken 8, maybe a future patch could let him deploy his children like throwing knives.
Tekken 8 director Harada “didn’t mean to lie” when he said awful dad Heihachi Mishima was really, truly dead.
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Ashley Bardhan is a critic from New York who covers gaming, culture, and other things people like. She previously wrote Inverse’s award-winning Inverse Daily newsletter. Then, as a Kotaku staff writer and Destructoid columnist, she covered horror and women in video games. Her arts writing has appeared in a myriad of other publications, including Pitchfork, Gawker, and Vulture.
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