Every known participant in the eighth King of the Iron Fist Tournament.
Here are some of our favourites: one of them might just be your next main.
She was the first to see Azazel unleashed.
Shamanistic in her storyline, Zafina is a skilled striker and grappler in gameplay.
The two have a son, Jin, who goes on to be the series protagonist.
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She uses parry-based defensive martial arts, which she also passes on to her son.
Christie enters tournaments to pay for his medical treatment, though this ends in failure.
Outside of her story, however, Christie has a warm and welcoming nature.
Her punk aesthetic and carefree attitude belie her inner turmoil, making her an interesting character.
She’s also just plain fun to play as, striking a good balance between offence and defence.
Rather, she spends her time building up her dojo and squabbling with her rival Lili.
Just like their favourite cartoon pair, Tom and Jerry, the two are locked in constant conflict.
Sadly for Anna, she usually emerges on the losing side - much like her preferred character, Tom.
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Anna was trained in the same martial arts as her sister, but the two have different move sets.
Lili nurtures an increasingly friendly rivalry with Asuka Kazama, with the two first clashing in the fifth tournament.
Although she usually loses the physical matchups, Lili always wins the war of words.
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Julia has undergone minor redesigns throughout her series run.
1Nina Williams
Unlike her easygoing sister Anna, Nina is cold and calculating.
Nina is the most interesting and well-developed female character in Tekken, because she is completely amoral.
In a genre where most characters are divided into good and bad, Nina defies black-and-white characterization.
Instead, she offers her services to the highest bidder.
A deadly mercenary, Nina repeatedly changes alliances throughout the series without so much as a smirk.
The only sliver of mercy she ever shows is to her son Steve, whom she refuses to assassinate.
Nina is well-rounded in her gameplay, able to dish out both quick strikes and extended throws.
Tekken 8’s characters interact through much more than fighting.
