In one of these fights Paul Phoenix fought him to a draw.
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Before the events of the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, Kazuya participated in martial arts tournaments or unofficial fights around the world. This means Kazuya was raised by Heihachi even after he was thrown off the cliff, since he and Lee were raised together. It is also stated that Kazuya and his adoptive brother Lee Chaolan were raised from childhood as rivals, and that Heihachi adopted Lee because he was a skilled scrapper living on his own in the street, meaning Lee would have to be older than 4 years old when he was adopted. This is evidenced by Kazuya's profile in the first Tekken, which states that, since his father is a rich businessman, he doesn't need to worry about money, which seems to suggest that Kazuya remained a part of Heihachi's household. It is revealed that Kazuya was born with devil's power through his mother.Īfter climbing back up the cliff, Kazuya was raised by Heihachi.
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It seems that as the series has progressed, the canon explanation for his devil powers has instead become that his near-death experience simply caused his latent powers granted to him by the Devil Gene to activate.
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In the NTSC-U/C (North American) manual of Tekken 2, it was also said that "there is a rumor that Kazuya has made a deal with the Devil," but in canon sources this has never been directly said to have happened. In the non-canon Tekken: The Motion Picture, this was explained as Kazuya, on the brink of death, making a deal with with the Devil in order to survive to solely murder his father. Kazuya barely survives the fall, but is able to climb back up the cliff due to his Devil Gene activating and causing his devil powers to awaken. However, Kazuya is defeated almost immediately and gets thrown off a cliff by his father, who claims that his son is weak and would have to survive and climb back up if he was to be his true son as well as his successor.
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