Yoshimitsu

Yoshimitsu (吉光) is a video game character originally created for the Tekken series of fighting games, designed by Namco. Yoshimitsu made his first appearance in Tekken, and has returned for all subsequent sequels to that game since his inception. Yoshimitsu, Heihachi Mishima, Nina Williams, and Paul Phoenix are the four Tekken characters to have appeared in every game in the series. Additionally, an analogous character bearing the same name, weap... more

Yoshimitsu (吉光) is a video game character originally created for the Tekken series of fighting games, designed by Namco. Yoshimitsu made his first appearance in Tekken, and has returned for all subsequent sequels to that game since his inception. Yoshimitsu, Heihachi Mishima, Nina Williams, and Paul Phoenix are the four Tekken characters to have appeared in every game in the series. Additionally, an analogous character bearing the same name, weapon, clan and basic information, was later carried over into Namco's Soul series of fighting games as a secret character, making his debut in Soulcalibur and returning for Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur IV. Yoshimitsu also sports the kanji "宇" (Romaji: u, Pinyin: yǔ) which means "universe". Yoshimitsu makes his first appearance in 1994's Tekken. In the game's story, Yoshimitsu enters the first tournament as a decoy, so that other members of the Manji Party can steal the tournament's funds unobserved. Yoshimitsu learns about a... less