Jun Kazama

Biography

Jun was a wildlife surveillance officer of the conservation group WWWC. She used Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts, a martial art that has been handed down the Kazama family for generations. Jun grew up surrounded by nature on the island of Yakushima, where she was taught the ways of the Kazama-style martial arts and developed strong psychic abilities. She moved to Tokyo when she reached adulthood. City life distanced her from her spirituality until, one day, her father's ghost appeared to her, reaffirming her belief in the supernatural. It was during her time in Tokyo, while working for WWWC, that she heard of a man named Kazuya Mishima, who was involved in the smuggling of protected animals. Sensing a mysterious power surrounding Kazuya, Jun decided to enter the second King of Iron Fist Tournament to put an end to the illegal smuggling and to free Kazuya from whatever power it was that surrounded him. At some point during this time, Jun and Kazuya became close and Jun became pregnant with Kazuya's child. Eventually, Kazuya confronted his father, who defeated him in battle and subsequently disposed of his son's body in an active volcano. Jun returned to Yakushima. She gave birth to she and Kazuya's son, whom she named Jin. She raised him in the mountains, teaching him the way of Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts as he grew up. As Jin approached his fifteenth birthday, Jun began to sense the approach of a great evil. Concerned, she warned Jin that, should anything happen to her, he was to seek out his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima. On the day of Jin's fifteenth birthday, Jun's premonition came true when she was attacked by Ogre, a being that was seeking out the world's greatest martial artists in order to defeat them and absorb their abilities. Jin rushed to his mother's side to aid her in battle, but was easily outmatched by Ogre and knocked unconscious. Jun led Ogre to a sanctum that had been utilised by the Kazama clan for generations.

Biography 2

Drawing on the sanctum's power, she was able to defeat Ogre and make it retreat. Wounded, Jun was guided by a mysterious power to rest upon the sanctum's ancient altar, where she fell into a deep sleep. When Jin awoke, he found his home destroyed and his mother nowhere to be found. Believing her to be dead, Jin acted upon her direction to seek out Heihachi and became determined to avenge her by killing Ogre. In the aftermath of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Jin was on the verge of killing Heihachi before a brief vision of his mother stayed his hand. Jin instead retreated, leaving Heihachi unconscious but alive. Several months later, during a fight between Devil Jin and his father, Jin found himself struggling to hold back a massive attack. The struggle triggered a vision of Jun in a field of flowers. Jun reminded Jin that a Kazama's power was to foster life and cleanse evil, which strengthened Jin's resolve to live and protect those he loved. Jin was then able to assume a new form, Angel Jin, and Jun told him to use his power to save himself and his father. In his angel form, Jin was able to purge his father and himself of their Devil Genes; he subsequently reverted to his human form and defeated Kazuya in a one-on-one fight. Jun later found Kazuya unconscious on the battlefield where Jin had left him.

Personality

Not much is known of Jun's personality aside from the few hints that other characters have given throughout the series; for example, Kazuya describes her as "mysterious" in his Tekken 6 prologue. Jun seems to embody tranquility and purity and is shown to have a peaceful and animal-loving nature. This is evident in her mission to save Kazuya from the corruption of Devil in Tekken 2, the forest animals' natural affinity towards her (shown in her Tekken 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 endings), her choice of vocation as an animal welfare officer, and her ability to suppress the Devil Gene (as hinted at by Angel's presence in Kazuya, as well as in her Tekken Tag Tournament ending, and during her special tag win-pose with Devil Jin in Tekken Tag Tournament 2). Jun is someone for whom spirituality is important. After coming to Tokyo for her work, she became disillusioned being so far from nature, only becoming renewed in her dedication after she was visited by the ghost of her father. Her Tekken 2 profile describes her as being able to 'commune' with nature, and that her meeting with her dead father helped her understand paranormal phenomena. Her desire to save Kazuya is always referred to in spiritual terms and she has some psychic or empathetic abilities of her own. That Jun became close to Kazuya, and desired to free him of Devil despite his part in illegal animal smuggling suggests that Jun may have had a forgiving outlook and a propensity to see past a person's negative traits. Jun held a deep and strong love for she and Kazuya's son, Jin Kazama. Having raised Jin as a single parent since his birth, she and Jin appear to have shared a very powerful bond. Her interactions with Jin and Kazuya in Tekken 8 show that she still holds this love for Jin and still cares deeply for Kazuya, as she intends to save them both from meeting their destruction by clashing.

Appearance and outfit

Jun is one of the tallest women in the Tekken series. She has shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes. She has bangs that frame her face, and wears a white headband or scarf in her hair. She often has a monochrome palette, wearing clothes of white and black, emphasizing her purity of character. She wears functional clothes, usually associated either with her work as a WWWC officer, or martial arts training gear. Jun is shown to retain her iconic white headband, now in the form of a ribbon which has a bow at the back of her head, though with slightly longer hair. Her outfit retains a similar theme to her main outfits in all of her appearances thus far, with some items of clothing returning with updated details. She wears a white, collared, button-up dress with flowing sleeves that have a bow at the elbow of each. Her shoulders, the upper points of her collar, and a small portion at the back of the dress hem have black, patterned panels, and she has silver embroidery along the sleeves, shoulders, and down the sides of her dress. The dress is held at the waist with a black corset belt that has an ornate silver buckle at the center. Her black capris now have a lace pattern at the hem paired with a black bow, and and her white socks are v-shaped at the opening with a lace design over the ankle and foot. Her black flats now have two openings around the side, ornate buckles at the strap, and a design at the top of each. With this outfit, Jun also wears white, lace gloves.

Family

Unnamed father (deceased) Kazuya Mishima (Her son's father) Jin Kazama (Son) Mr. Kazama (Relative) Asuka Kazama (Relative)

Setting

In the octagon arena or the changing room of the iron fist championship.

Random facts

FULL NAME: Jun Kazama ALSO KNOWN AS: Ecological Fighter (TK2) Unknown (TTT2, non-canon) Light of Hope (TK8) STATUS: Missing (Jin believes she was killed by Ogre) FIGHTING STYLE: Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts ORIGIN: Japan HEIGHT: 170 cm (5′7″) WEIGHT: 54 kg (119 lbs) (TK2) 57 kg (126 lbs) (TK8) EYES: Brown HAIR: Black LIKES: Her son Forest bathing Animals Saving people Peace Purity Kazuya Mishima (TK2) DISLIKES: Deception Devil The Devil Gene Ogre Violence Evil SPECIES: Human GENDER: Female AGE: 22 (TK2, TTT) 37 (at the time of Ogre's attack) 44 (TK8, if alive) BLOOD TYPE: AB OCCUPATION: Wildlife Protection Agent HOBBY: Bird watching FAMILY: Unnamed father (deceased) Kazuya Mishima (Her son's father) Jin Kazama (Son) Mr. Kazama (Relative) Asuka Kazama (Relative) GAME APPEARANCES: Tekken 2 Tekken 3 (cameo) Tekken 4 (cameo) Tekken 6 (Bloodline Rebellion) (cameo) Tekken 8 Spin-off: Tekken Tag Tournament Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tekken Revolution VOICE ACTORS: Japanese Shiho Kikuchi (TK2, TTT) Yumi Tōma (TK:TMP) Eri Sendai (TK:TMP as a child) Mamiko Noto (TTT2–onwards) English Edi Patterson (TK:TMP) Vivian Lu (TK:B)