| “ | I'm impressed you've made it this far. My name is Jinpachi Mishima. My goal... my goal is to destroy all existence! | „ |
| ~ Jinpachi Mishima |
Jinpachi Mishima is the main antagonist of the 2004 fighting game Tekken 5. He is the founder and former head of Mishima Zaibatsu, as well as the father of Heihachi, grandfather of Kazuya and Lars Alexandersson, and the great-grandfather of Jin Kazama. He is also a good friend of Wang Jinrei, whom was already mentioned in the stories of Tekken and Tekken 2, as part of Jinrei's backstory.
He was voiced by the late Takeshi Aono in Tekken 5 and by the late Chikao Ōtsuka in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
Personality[]
Unlike most of the Mishima members, Jinpachi was a man of honor and wisdom, as he showed compassion to his grandson Kazuya when the latter was a child and was friends with Wang Jinrei. In his Tekken 5 ending, realizing that no one could stop him, he shed tears as the evil spirit that possessed him grew more powerful.
History[]
Past[]
Jinpachi was the very first owner and founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu and a renowned martial arts master. He later had a son, Heihachi and became a grandfather when Heihachi had a son, Kazuya.
During World War II, Jinpachi then expanded the corporation into an industrial force, capitalizing on military demand due to the ongoing war but after the war and following the direction the company had taken, Jinpachi began regretting his decision, even despising needless conflict. He instead vowed to devote the legacy of his family solely to martial arts. In addition, Jinpachi greatly loved his grandson, Kazuya, raising and training the youngster. He was also an old friend of Wang Jinrei.
But Jinpachi's life changed for the worst when Heihachi staged a coup, seizing control of the company. Jinpachi attempted to retake the company from his son but lost and was imprisoned between the family temple, Hon-Maru, remaining there for forty years when during his time there, he ultimately starved to death.
Sometime after he had died, a demonic entity possessed Jinpachi's body and brought him back to life, granting him powers as well and when the temple was attacked by Jack bots with the explosion destroying the temple, Jinpachi was freed. He then claimed the company, making arrangements for the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament, driven by the desire to end his corrupt family bloodline and to free himself from the demon possessing him.
Tekken 5[]
Jinpachi in Tekken 5
After Heihachi is presumed dead, Jinpachi awakens from his prison with evil energy around him. In the final round of the tournament, Jin Kazama fought and defeated his great-grandfather, thus becoming the new owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu with Jinpachi finally able to die peacefully, freed at last from the demonic force's control.
Ending[]
- Death: Jinpachi moves around and screams, writhing in pain, for a while before dissolving into dust and disappearing.
- The Final Transformation: Jinpachi sadly says, "It looks like nobody was able to stop me." Jinpachi sheds a tear that appears to be blood. The spikes on his back grow longer, and the spikes in his arms grow longer. Jinpachi screams for a while. Jinpachi causes a huge explosion. A beam is shown shooting towards the sky. A black screen is shown, and words (in white) say, "Jinpachi's mind is consumed by the devil as he reaches his final transformation. The world will never be the same." You can unlock this video by either buying it on PSP version, or letting Jinpachi kill you in last round and not to retry.
Powers and Abilities[]
Jinpachi has the Mishima Style Fighting Karate, along with the Mishima fighting style, Jinpachi also has some demonic powers. One of his demonic powers include generating powerful fireballs. In terms of sheer damage potential, Jinpachi has no equals. His attacks are powerful, long ranged and easy to perform, and his punishers are very powerful. While he suffers from poor mobility, he can use his Astral Projection to scoot forward or backward rapidly. This makes him a constant threat to his opponent, regardless of where he may be. Also, Jinpachi's flight ability is useful for applying pressure at long range, where an opponent does not expect an attack (but, inversely, is much less useful at close range because a jab is more than enough to block him).
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Quotes[]
| “ | Jinpachi: And who might you be? Jin: I am Jin Kazama. Heir of the Cursed Blood! Jinpachi: I see. This might explain why my blood is screaming... to destroy you! Jin: I will deal with this evil presence once and for all! Jinpachi: You honestly think you can fight me? Let alone defeat me? |
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| ~ Jin confronting Jinpachi. |
| “ | It looks like nobody was able to stop me. | „ |
| ~ Jinpachi |
Trivia[]
- Jinpachi's name translates to (仁 jin) "benevolence"; (八 pachi) "eight". The surname of all members of the Mishima family 三島 (Mishima) meaning "third island".
- It is possible that Jin Kazama is named after him. Naming a child with a kanji from a relative is a common practice in Japan, and already established as a tradition within the Mishima Clan.
- Jinpachi is named after Tekken developer, Katsuhiro Harada's father.
- It is possible that Jinpachi was originally intended to debut in Tekken 4, as his name can be heard in hidden clips said by the announcer in Tekken 4.
- Jinpachi was not playable in the PS2 version of Tekken 5, but his ending was still unlockable by losing to him in Story Mode and then letting the "Continue?" timer run out.
- Most of Jinpachi's backstory in Tekken 5 was actually revealed by defeating Jinpachi with Lei Wulong in his story mode, and not with any of the Mishimas, or even Wang. Some more of his story was also learned in Raven's story mode.
- In Tekken 5, in Heihachi's story mode, Heihachi implies that Jinpachi has "Devil's blood", while Devil Jin's interludes have them talking about Devil. In Jinpachi's ending, it is also written that "Jinpachi's mind is consumed by the Devil". However, according to Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada, it was later clarified that Jinpachi does not possess the Devil Gene.
- Harada revealed that it was not Jinpachi who built up the Mishima Zaibatsu financially. It was, in fact, Heihachi, and this is the reason why Jinpachi was seen riding in a taxi to get to the King of Iron Fist Tournament in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Jinpachi never had the financial resources in the first place.
- In the Tekken 7 story, it is actually stated that Jinpachi had control of the Mishima Clan's budding military industry for a time, but decided to fully devote his family's legacy to martial arts instead, as he abhorred needless conflict.
- Tekken 7's story mode further retcons some of the established lore regarding Jinpachi, mainly that it was actually Heihachi who founded the Mishima Zaibatsu; Heihachi took over the Mishima Clan's resources and heavy industry, and then proceeded to rename the "organization" Mishima Zaibatsu. As such, a hostile takeover of a company still technically occurred nevertheless, while Jinpachi's profile in Tekken 5 states that he is "the founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu", and that he lost control in a coup over 50 years before.
- Jinpachi's appearance is inspired by warlike figures of Buddhism such as Vajrapani.
- Unlike most of the other characters in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, whose costume colors were simply changed, Jinpachi received a brand new design as his skin changes from orange to black, his hair is replaced by fire, and magma comes out of his eyes.
- Strangely, in the PSP version of Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Jinpachi's face is not animated when he uses this costume. In the Arcade and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, his face is animated properly.
- Jinpachi cannot be customized in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (presumably because of his in-game character model). This was changed in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
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