Asuka Kazama

Biography

Asuka is a member of the Kazama family and a practitioner of Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts. She was trained in her family's traditional martial arts style from a young age, and always possessed a strong sense of justice. She became well known around Osaka for breaking up fights in the neighborhood. One day, she returned home and discovered that her father's dojo had been wrecked. The students present at the time of the attack told Asuka that a Chinese man had beaten them and hospitalized her father. Several days later, a detective from Hong Kong, Lei Wulong, arrived to investigate the incident and told Asuka that the perpetrator would likely be entering the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. In the name of justice, Asuka decided to enter as well. Asuka defeated Lili at the tournament, but was unable to find Feng Wei. The lack of closure frustrated Asuka, but her life gradually returned to normal. This peace was soon disrupted by the onset of war across the globe, however. Asuka learned that she was a relative of Jin Kazama, leader of the Mishima Zaibatsu, the conglomerate responsible for engineering the conflict. When the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 was announced, Asuka entered with the intention of taking Jin down. Asuka did not encounter Jin at the sixth tournament. Some time after, she received a phone call from Lili, who had begun to consider herself as Asuka's rival. Lili told Asuka that she had registered her for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 and told her she was looking forward to their fight. Though enraged by Lili's presumptuous behavior, Asuka decided to attend the tournament. Though Asuka won against Lili, Lili revealed that she had bought Asuka's family dojo after learning of its financial difficulties, planning to become a disciple. However, their lives are put on hold when G Corporation reveals their true color to the world during the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8.

Personality

Asuka has a brash, forthright personality and a strong sense of justice and integrity. Asuka enjoys fighting; this can be seen in her Tekken 5 interlude with Feng Wei where, upon defeating him, she decides to remain in the tournament in order to "have fun". Additionally, her Tekken 5 prologue artwork implies that she sometimes fights the perpetrators herself in the course of her 'gang mediation' - her Tekken 5 prologue text backs this up further, describing Asuka as a "nosy kid" who likes to solve other people's problems, "usually by knockout". Her pre- and post-match quotes also demonstrate her confidence. According to her Tag 2 ending, she goes around looking for gang fights to mediate in Shinsekai, which has a reputation for being Osaka's most dangerous neighborhood. Asuka becomes riled by certain actions and people, though this is often with good reason. She yells at Jin and delivers a massive punch to his chest in her Tekken 5 ending when he unwittingly falls face-first into her chest; likewise, she sends two gang members flying into the air with a strike for leering at her chest in her Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending. She is most consistently frustrated by Lili, her self-declared rival, who frequently imposes herself on Asuka and meddles in her business.

Appearance

Asuka has brown eyes and chin-length brown hair in a feathered cut with a side-parted fringe. Asuka's outfit retains a school uniform theme, either being a customized version of a winter outfit or a collegiate outfit. She wears a long, sky-blue sweater vest fastened at the left and right sides with two gold buttons over an oversized, white, long-sleeved button-up shirt with brown leather sleeve garters on each sleeve just above the large cuffs. These cuffs have two maroon squares of fabric on the hem, matching the two maroon straps with gold buckles on her upper arms and the singular strap on the back of her shirt collar. Both the shirt and the sweater vest reach Asuka's upper thighs in length and are split at the sides starting from her hip. Underneath this, Asuka wears short dark blue shorts with red designs and black straps at the hem, sky blue crew socks that have two red stripes at the top paired with brown leather sock garters, and brown high-heeled short boots with leather tassels and a long leather fringe. She also wears a pair of brown, leather, fingerless gloves with red straps underneath, a maroon tie with a gold tie clip shaped like a swallow, and a sky blue flat cap with two maroon flaps on the side connected to the hat with gold buttons.

Story

Ever since she was a child, Asuka received training in Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts from her father. One day, Asuka's father was roughed up and sent to the hospital. A police detective told Asuka the perpetrator was likely to enter the tournament, so she decided to enter as well.

Etymology

The name Asuka means "to fly" (飛) (asu) and "bird" 鳥) (ka). It was named after the Asuka river in Nara prefecture of Japan and this is because Katsuhiro Harada's parents live near there. Fittingly, her default outfits feature a flying bird, her original outfit on the back and her Tekken 7 outfit on the left chest. When wearing her school uniform, she wears gloves which feature a flying bird. Asuka's surname Kazama means "wind" (風) (kaze) and "interval" (間) (ma). Collectively, these kanji mean "while the wind is blowing". Kazama is a common Japanese surname.

Setting

In the arena or locker room of the king of the iron fist championship.

Random Facts

FULL NAME: Asuka Kazama ALSO KNOWN AS: Gang Mediator (TTT2) Kansai Peacemaker (SFxTK) Spirited Peacemaker (TK8) STATUS: Alive FIGHTING STYLE: Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts ORIGIN: Japan HEIGHT: 167 cm (5’6”) (TK8) WEIGHT: 57 kg (126 lbs) (TK8) EYES: Brown HAIR: Dark brown LIKES: Confrontation Her father Winning Justice Her family's dojo DISLIKES: Cocky people Losing Gangs causing trouble Feng Wei Lili (TK6-onwards) Jin Kazama (TK6) SPECIES: Human GENDER: Female AGE: 17 (TK5-TK7) 18 (TK8) OCCUPATION: Student HOBBY: Vigilantism FAMILY: Mr. Kazama (Father) Jun Kazama (Relative) Jin Kazama (Relative) GAME APPEARANCES: Tekken 5 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Tekken 6 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion Tekken 7 Tekken 7: Fated Retribution Tekken 8 Spin-off: Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tekken Revolution Tekken (Mobile) Others: Street Fighter X Tekken Full Bokko Heroes X Galaga: TEKKEN Edition Tekken Card Tournament VOICE ACTORS Japanese: Ryoko Shiraishi Seiko Ueda (Street Fighter X Tekken) English: GK Bowes (Street Fighter X Tekken)