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 Kazuya again , 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," Harada reminded 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. In his defense, I guess, Heihachi really does seem to have enough children to fill out an entire branch of government. Harada told Tekken fans in 2011 that Heihachi has "about 18-25 [illegitimate children] (all over the world) or more," though he can only "confirm 9.
" "Imagine a Tekken game where the entire roster is composed of Heihachi sons," reads a popular Reddit comment . Or, now that Heihachi has been added to Tekken 8 , maybe a future patch could let him deploy his children like throwing knives. Tekken 8 director Harada "didn't me.