Kazuya Mishima Tekken

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Kazuya was born the son of Heihachi Mishima and Kazumi Mishima and raised on the Mishima Estate, the Mishima Clan's enormous aristocratic home in Japan. Kazuya's mother loved and doted on him, as did Kazuya's grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima, who also taught him Mishima Style Fighting Karate from a young age. Kazuya's life took a turn for the worse however when he was five years old. First, his beloved grandfather disappeared (Kazuya would later discover he was imprisoned by Heihachi under the family temple, after Jinpachi failed to retake the Mishima Zaibatsu from Heihachi, who had previously launched a coup against him). Then, Kazuya's mother was killed by Heihachi. Unbeknownst to Kazuya, his mother had been tasked with stopping Heihachi from going down a warmongering path at all costs. When her cause seemed lost, she fell into a series of illnesses, and was eventually taken over by a demonic alter ego which attempted to kill Heihachi.

That same year, Kazuya confronted his father after learning of his mother's death, but he was defeated almost immediately by him. Heihachi proceeded to throw five-year-old Kazuya off a cliff. Heihachi claimed that his son was weak and would have to survive and climb back up if he was to be his true heir and successor. Heihachi later revealed he also wished to test if Kazuya had the supernatural ability to survive the fall, fearing he may have the same 'illness' as his mother.

As a result of the fall, Kazuya's latent Devil Gene was awakened, a genetic curse that is activated by a fatal or near-death experience. In early game manuals, this was characterized as making a 'pact with the Devil'.