Asuka Kazama

Asuka Kazama is a character in the Tekken series who was first introduced in Tekken 5 and she has returned for every subsequent game in the series. While she was originally purported to be the cousin of Jin Kazama and the niece of Jun Kazama, it has later been stated by Katsuhiro Harada (see below) that their relationship is more complicated than that. Asuka has short, Japanese street style hair and wears clothing that is often associated with motorsport culture in Japan, although she is not a race queen in the Tekken storyline. Asuka also has an alternate look where she has traditional Japanese martial arts attire. Asuka is surprisingly brash and arrogant. Although her profile states that she breaks up fights regularly, she seems to have no qualms about fighting and seemingly revels in it. In her story mode, after defeating her target, Feng Wei, she decides to remain in the tournament in order to "have fun". Her pre and post-match quotes also demonstrate her confidence. As stated in her Tekken 5 / Dark Resurrection prologue, Asuka is also known as being a "nosy kid" who likes to solve other people's problems, "usually by knockout". Asuka speaks in Kansai dialect (Kansai is a region of western Japan encompassing major cities such as Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe). Asuka is somehow related to Jun Kazama (Jin's mother) and is the rival of Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort.