MAX REACTS: Tekken 8 Reina Reveal

[@RandoChrisYT]

Heihachi was on a mission to break Zeus's record of illegitimate children

[@6dm978]

Does Genghis Khan’s count as illegitimate? Because neither of them beat that record lol

[@IsaacSperrow]

​@@6dm978Now we talking whether we count consent or not.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@@IsaacSperrow I mean , Zeus never asked consent , nor Genghis.

[@JohnnyBlake-bu4hl]

​@@6dm978How many did Khan have?

[@gachagamer536]

@@JohnnyBlake-bu4hl From his main wife alone, 10. Historians say he had several hundred to thousands of illegitimate children. He literally can make an army with just his kids.

[@StaunchKillah]

Everything about her is obviously sick but special shoutout to her VA Asami Seto, the arrogance in her lines and the fury in her yells as she attacks is on another level. Instant main for me.

[@ImStillMarz]

I swear when VA's sound like this it's so good 😩

[@patrickveracruz517]

I literally hear Kugisaki Nobara here it's amaaazing

[@TKMichinaga]

So yes She's Raphtalia in the anime The Rising of the Shield Hero and yes this is Raphtalia's new ability learning the Mishima Style Karate

[@TKMichinaga]

Also she and Jun's VA Mamiko Noto are both in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury

[@paperluigi6132]

Was kinda hoping it was Reina Ueda for the obvious joke.

[@jcr1842]

I just realized what she says after fighting Jin “that was rather amusing. Next!” Is literally a reference to one of Heihachi’s win poses and I’m all here for it!

[@newphonewhodis7152]

I hoped she would have his Charisma too, just the way he delivers his lines. I really dont know who to play now that he is gone. His attitude was Just so fun

[@tetrahedron4990]

she also says "doryah!" when she electrics just like kazuya. must be a sibling thing

[@leithaziz2716]

Rest in Piece, Unshō Ishizuka, the voice of Heihachi and old Joseph Joestar.

[@bigbongus4908]

@@tetrahedron4990heihachi's sorya is legendary tho

[@cthulhu888]

She thank you next'd him like a dang girlboss! 😆👊💥

[@MrAirgear67]

2:32 the way the shadows resemble heiachi’s hair around the glowing red eyes is without a doubt a amazing lil detail i only caught on my second watch

[@AjtXtreme]

Heihachi's daughter Reina. According to Harada, Heihachi has about 25 illegitimate children aside from Lars.

[@fleeplayTV]

what

[@ajelsanchez9151]

25 kids is a unbelievable number. Heihachi got busy since he's super rich and powerful getting women would be no problem as I see to it don't know how exactly but lots of persuasion and force could be the factor heihachi has lots of children from different women in theory.

[@vincentsimbol7251]

​@@fleeplayTV you read that right

[@johnsonjunior547]

@@ajelsanchez9151 Or he just seduces them. Not that far fetched. Not hard to sleep with 25 women lmfao

[@hatto]

They could create a whole other Tekken game but with only Heihachi's children as the roster

[@tje.3714]

I believe Reina refers to Jin as Senpai due to the fact they were both trained by Heihatchi. Because Jin was trained first and more experienced and they have the same master it's not uncommon for a younger practitioner with the same master to call their senior pupil "Senpai".

[@gundamforreal]

Senpai literally means senior, after all. They also went to the same school, Mishima Poly, according to her bio in the Tekken website, so another senior-junior relation.

[@andrewjamesking8038]

But Jin says "who are you?" So Reina wasn't trained during jin's time with heihachi. So probably she was around off screen during the time in between Tekken 3 and 4 right before kazuya was found by g-corp

[@neardarkroad1347]

​@@andrewjamesking8038 Jin doesn't know who she is doesn't negate him being her senpai.

[@B1g_B0sssss]

Or maybe shes just into him.

[@fruitpunchsamurai8939]

​@@B1g_B0sssss She being into him or not is irrelevant to their senpai-kouhai relationship

[@MagusFyre]

Tekken 6 Kazuya: "So all of a sudden I have a brother now?" Tekken 8 Kazuya: "WHAT IN THE F*CK?!?"

[@missquake]

Kazuya has had known brothers since tekken 2. Lee is adopted tho.

[@improvingguitarist1595]

Hes talking about lars ​@@missquake

[@StephanFitzgeraldTay]

Jinpachi fathered Heihachi. Heihachi had Kazuya with Kazumi, and then he fathered Lars and Reina with others and adopted Lee. Kazuya and Jun had Jin. Asuka is a cousin of Jun and Jin (or Jun's niece and Jin's cousin). The current Mishima or Mishima adjacent crew is: Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazumi, Kazuya, Lars, Lee, Reina, Jin, Jun, and Asuka; with Xiaoyu and Alisa somewhat attached as well.

[@1HistoryDragon]

Asuka have relationship with Jun not Mishima. Jun is also not Mishima's ascendant, she is only get marry with Kazuya. Mishima's ascendant now are Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazumi, Kazuya, Lars, Lee, Reina, Jin. Alisa is going with Lars, Xiaoyu is staying with Jin. Xiaoyu is not Heihachi's adoptive daughter. Her grandfather is close friend with Heihachi.

[@johnathanholmes5239]

Heihachi was a pimp... damn... how many brothels he been running up in during his prime. LMAO

[@strtfghtr88]

How could you forget Kuma?

[@Apostolis444]

Asuka is not a cousin she is actually a distant relative

[@marche800]

And Kuma

[@TheBmb-ki8gj]

The statues in the background of the stage are called wrathful deities, they’re basically an aggressive/fierce aspect of a Buddha and their statues feature heavily in many Buddhist temples, since their fierce appearance drives off harmful spirits. It’d be more accurate to say Akuma resembles the statue since his appearance takes homage from them, like with his Raging Demon pose and his fierce facial expression, Oni looks even more like one, it’s also likely where the alt costume comes from.

[@leithaziz2716]

Sekiro has a lot of imagery like that.

[@Jurgir09]

I'm cringing so hard when western streamers react to oni and bishamon statues "OMG, GUYS AKUMA CONFIRMED 999%!!!"

[@SKD_TRASH_at_Blazblue]

Reina = the CAULIFLA of the mishima :P

[@GaiaLegendNL]

@@Jurgir09 In their defense, you know how many asian like videogames tend to stereotype the western side of things and how most of our cultures are all the same to them? Yeah, very cringey right? Like who cares lmao. I hope it's Akuma!

[@jebVlogs556]

​@@leithaziz2716even Yujiro Hahma demon back has faces of different deities in Asian mythology. There's even scenes when Baki Hahma aquires the demon back as well but he can change the faces on his back from Crying, Angry, Smiling and Sad

[@HotlineMok]

Can see the clear amalgamation of Heihachi’s more powerful attacks, stances, auto-parries, etc, with also the movement, strong leg attack enders, etc, from Kazumi, with a small mix of Jin in there as well. Not a character I’m ever going to play at all like ever, but the entire concept of her character is actually really exciting and cool for the future of Tekken

[@kelvinbradshaw8338]

I miss heihachi. I'm playing her. I can't wait. 👀

[@dforman4770]

The fact that she talks that shit to Kazuya and can back it up. She’s gonna have a big part to play in the story

[@einna8844]

im afraid at this point everyone has kinda dumpstered Kazuya 😭

[@dforman4770]

@@einna8844 Lol to be fair Tekken does that with every new character. I remember when Leeroys tekken 7 trailer first dropped, he was whippn the shit outta Law, Lei wulong and even feng Wei. They lowkey made him look like a kung fu god

[@hangry3102]

@@einna8844 Actually I love that Tekken never really had a true main character, it's just someone gets a spotlight before the next prodigy(s) show up.

[@user-jv6xs8ts6d]

Ok but this is kazuya

[@RobertStarr-bt4vf]

You aren't realizing this is a trailer, where a newcomer gets star treatment and can dog-walk whoever is set as "player 2" in the scene.... She looks cool but....if she's legit on Kaz's level, will I be the only one whose mad...?

[@vapersmith7859]

Well Reina definitely exceeded my expectations from what I've seen she's actually a really cool looking and sounding character definitely worth trying. I can sense her heritage both in personality, appearance and style.

[@MrRaposaum]

They're not referencing Akuma with these statues, it is the Akuma character that is a reference to them. Akuma's appearance was based on real life statues of "Mara", which are representations of evil spirits in the Buddhism religion. You could say they're Buddhism "demons". Akuma means "devil" in Japanese..

[@Mind_Crimes]

Just like everyone's favorite penis demon.

[@kumaradio5414]

Mara also means penis

[@pwee2408]

That's what I said. Akuma is a representation of evil. Most deities in Japanese culture representing demons all have Akuma hairstyle. Akuma himself is one of those deities. He's completely evil, has no good in him. I guess ppl just don't do enough research

[@Jurgir09]

Yep. I was cringing so hard when western streamers reacting to oni and akuma statues "OMG, GUYS AKUMA CONFIRMED 10000%!!!"

[@basicname1555]

​@hgyuuuuhj098 ah yes cringing because they don't know the culture. Who cares it's not hurting anyone

[@biohazard724]

In regards to the background shrine figure, everything about Akuma references an Oni: his hair, his face, the teleport pose, _everything_ including the fact that he literally becomes one so the statue might just be a generic Oni.

[@48cxy2]

Damn, no wonder why Kazuya went crazy. Lars is his illegitimate half brother, Lee is his adopted brother and now he has Reina; a sister that he doesn't even knew he had. Edit: Thanks @galaxy_kitten95 for the correction.

[@nak3dxsnake]

Big whoop. At least his father stuck around and tried to make him a man.

[@rasseabreeze6246]

​@@nak3dxsnakemake him a man?? His dad threw him into a fuckin volcano

[@goranisacson2502]

Poor Kaz just breaking down all: YOU'RE A MISHIMA. THE SWEDISH KID IS A MISHIMA. _I'M_ A MISHIMA?! Are there any other Mishima's I should know about?! *Kuro the cat from Street Fighter x Tekken* Meow.

[@erzabryantara9004]

​@@nak3dxsnakeKazuya is arguably a better Father than Heihachi. In other words, abandoning ur son is a lot better than throwing them into a goddamn volcano.

[@galaxy_kitten95]

Lars and Kazuya are not stepbrothers. Just HALF brothers.

[@TheFreeMaverick]

EDIT: Turns out I'm probably wrong and misremembering something. Point about Reina going further with lightning powers still stands though. Everyone should know that Heihachi came from a family line descending from a lightning/thunder/wind god. That's why Mishimas have the Electric Wind God Fist and electricity effects on some other attacks. Reina might be the first one in the games really trying to channel that lineage to its full potential with all of her lightning attacks. Hell, the main statue on her stage might even be a representation of that specific god.

[@LordDragox412]

It's not the main statue, but the side statues are supposedly representations of Raijin (god of lightning) and Fujin (god of wind).

[@TheFreeMaverick]

@@LordDragox412 That's really cool if true! Didn't know that!

[@jebVlogs556]

​@@LordDragox412is the middle god a deity of chaos/order or death/chaos? I'm thinking very meticulously here and going out on a stretch possibly: Julie could her mother(she has round kicks and low kicks similar to hers too) she also has an uppercut that both Heichai and Julia use. Xiao could the mother too(even though she's very young) one of her embryos could've been harvested and than Reina would've been test-tube baby grown and aged to fit years younger than Jin( Mishima legacy is powerful with technology and resources...) She couldn't be a daughter of Christie Montero cause she doesn't even have an round house, low knee sticks or backhand attacks...

[@NumeroGaijin]

Didn't Heihachi steal the scroll and learned EWGF....?

[@jkbishop]

Where exactly did you hear that? Nothing like it has ever been officially confirmed.

[@randullVO]

As for Reina's parries, they function just like Heihachi's. The first one they showed is called Raijin stance and Hei was able to parry punches and do a follow up such as launching the opponent. The second parry was a sort of ki charge parry hybrid that Heihachi had. It's able to parry virtually any attack, except projectiles, but he'd still take some damage. Hope this helps! EDIT: My bad y'all it's called Raijin stance not Omen stance. Bonus fun fact, Raijin is the god of thunder!

[@TheDankert]

Hey Max been meaning to tell you that anytime I play one of your videos and your intro starts playing, my daughter has to stop whatever she's doing and start dancing to it. She was born right around the same time your daughter is so they're about the same age. I find it awesome that you can even have an impact on somebody so young as my daughter who's only three.

[@jshskylark]

Love this! Wishing you and your little dancer well - rock on! :D

[@frankramirez728]

Hey Max, me too. Samesies.

[@patricksierra1]

She literally has her own Raijin Stance. Excited for the future of Tekken 🔥

[@NamazuRyuSaiken]

Her fighting pose & her first few capoeira ish spinning kick suggest she's motion captured by a Taido practitioner, i love how Tekken is bringing in all these martial artist doing the motion capture recently. love it!

[@spikevincent]

This is basically Heihachi's Successor. Remember, she called Jin "Senpai" which means that they had the same mentor, in a way so that would make her Jin's "Kouhai" since Heihachi was also Jin's mentor.

[@JayVampruz]

Reina is aunt for Jin

[@azlinahabdghani4160]

​@@JayVampruzyes but reina also his junior

[@GiorgosAigio96]

​@@JayVampruzthat doesn't change anything tbh xD

[@SvenS2]

​@@JayVampruzYou didn't read the comment

[@NetherlandsFirst]

Cool story, nerd.

[@projectfear22]

Gosh shes epic. That arrogant attitude, her movements, her design, her tone of voice. Its badasss

[@GreekGod88]

First female im gonna learn in Tekken

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Yep, the edgelord cliche will always be charming if well executed

[@GiorgosAigio96]

Easily one of the best characters they made in the franchise. Mixing Taido and Mishima Style flows so well

[@LordTactusMe]

The Mean vs the Mean Buster

[@easetheweeb]

hellsweep makes sense in the taido context

[@timoteotutaia4412]

After all these years me trying to pick up a female character.. now I know the female character and Reina is that female I can now play without picking up once and never again. Sure Asuka, lili etc all other female characters seem promising but Reina.. hell ya for the long run!

[@ByronFlurry]

@@easetheweeb The funny thing, is that her hellsweep looks real, meaning that the professional martial artist guy who did the motion capture for her moveset actually did that hellsweep. Also meaning that the original animation for hellsweep was never done by motion capture. And now it kinda looks strange to look at her hellsweep because we are so used to the "fake" one.

[@lionoaksimba2154]

The moment she appeared she reminded me of Kisara from the anime Kenichi, a high school yakuza boss with a drive to show she is equal ,if not superior, to other men . She also has a duality to her , even though she is masculine in her act she is very cat crazy.

[@twinkieqqq]

She has a Taido fighting style, which is Japanese caporeira karate and some mishima stuff. Axe kick, demon breath, psuedo hell sweep, electric, rising uppercut, hehachi parry, stomp, hehachi headbutt. To be more mishima she'd need 112, stuff like that. Hehachi was the aggressive mishima, she seems more of an evasive mishima with the Taido base. I also noticed like 4 stances lol.

[@morbid1.]

very interesting

[@twinkieqqq]

She also has hehachis rush stance thing but i think it might be used different. She has so many high and low crush moves but they seen unsafe a linear

[@louised2818]

Interesting...

[@CrossfacePanda]

That explains why it looked like some of the moves looked like they were from Eddy/Christie (her grab, the backflip kick, and the double heel kick).

[@LDVenji]

Yes….they said that lol

[@PKmaster12]

The look on Max’s face when he saw the WGF and it all set in for him was pure gold

[@Lord_Beerus0901]

I can't get over how CLEAN this game looks!

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

I was not convinced by the marketing, but after playing the actual game, 4k, max settings... yep, it does look good, a significant jump from Tekken 7 (not a "leap" like the comparison between Tekken 3 and 5, but graphics are not evolving in a drastic way anymore)

[@Lord_Beerus0901]

@@RRRRRRRRR33 I was pretty convinced. Wasn't the marketing the character reveals?

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

@@Lord_Beerus0901 Well, the initial teaser almost looked fake, it became a running gag among the fans. But then, Namco started to promote the game further, the solo trailers depicting the characters, etc.. and they look really bad. But the game actually running "live", it does look good. Even that infamous teaser became "reality" in the final game, I do think the lighting is not quite as good, but I would say 90% of that teaser is present in the final game. I guess the marketing team failed to showcase the game + the low expectations, because Tekken 7 was pretty much double A, Soul Calibur 6 as well, etc.. so many people expected Tekken 8 to look cheap, gladly that was not the case, my only grip with the visuals are related to the hair physiques, they look terrible, also hard to notice the muscles "bulking" in real time (this is only a thing in the final story battle), besides that, it looks good, not as clean and advanced as MK1, but not cheap either

[@richardsinclair7661]

That throw/counter/whatever (I wasn't paying attention) where she drags Kaz on the ground and then against the wall is so damn sick. My list of characters I wanna play in this game keeps on growing.

[@23NinjaSniper]

I feel like she’s a student of Heihachi like Jin was. She had stone head like Heihachi, dragon upper cut, demon breath double palm strike, and EWGF. Her effect goes between purple and gold/yellow lightning to blue and red lightning.

[@SefirothPH]

She literally says Jin-senpai meaning they had the same sensei which could only logically be Heihachi.

[@mykellederickpalad7883]

She's heihachi's daughter

[@komi-samabeliever7319]

Yeah I think so too. She probably train with Heihachi super briefly just to learn the foundations of Mishima style and then left her doing whatever Hachi does best, so she had to develop her own style mixed with Mishima's. Her remarks on "Jin Senpai" pretty much a sarcastic and taunting, but still have some clue in it. They doesn't need to know each other or even meet in person beforehand to be a junior and senior, and age doesn't even matter. All they really needed is the same sensei, and Heihachi was their sensei, with Jin being the first student hence the senior and Reina as the junior regardless of age and family tree. So it fits the bill. Not sure what her motives are, but maybe a twisted sense of seeking acknowledgement of her father is probably a good guess as of now.

[@vongockhanhduy3348]

​@@komi-samabeliever7319Heihachi and Reina has to be related or not it doesn't make sense that she has electric effect around her moves

[@zerolifez]

@@vongockhanhduy3348 The guy you replied never said that Reina is not Heihachi's daughter.

[@Robomori]

The fact that they were able to make me forget about Victor with Reina and this new trailer is super impressive. January can't come soon enough.

[@Iwatoda_Dorm]

She seems to specialize in Taido, it's an incredibly acrobatic traditional japanese martial art. Great to have an Isekai Mishima back.

[@Foggers8_8]

‘Traditional’. Its gendai budo, as in a modern art instead of Koryu which is real ‘traditional’. Its founder practiced a bit of both Gojo Ryu & Kishimoto-Di, then abandoned Karate (he founded Gensei Ryu) entirely to make Taido. He lived in Brazil for a bit & obviously was exposed to things like Capoeira. The Kishimoto-Di he learnt had ground kicks & scissor leg takedown anyway.

[@Iwatoda_Dorm]

@@Foggers8_8 sorry, I was thinking it was more rooted in the origin of karate from Okinawa, it's not by all means traditional on it's own.

[@fullmeth-alalchemist5738]

bro her fighting style reminded me of Itadori like c'mon the Manji Kick and acrobatics n' shit she's literally purple genderbent Itadori

[@christhechilled]

Sure….

[@Colconren]

At the end of her rage art, just after she strikes Kazuya and it zooms out, you can see Heihachi's silhouette in the lower center of the screen. Heihachi might not be physically present, but he's still linked to Tekken 8. (Secretly hoping for proper non-canon heihachi dlc in future tho)

[@freshestbreath]

Knowing Heihachi and Teklken wackiness he literally could have done a "M. Bison" and transfered a copy of his mind in a girl he had been training so he as a contingency plan should he fail to kill Kazuma in the volcano battle.

[@AjtXtreme]

@bullbob41 knowing Heihachi, and knowing what the creator of tekken has said. She is his daughter. His failsafe to pass on his teachings and ways of life in case he fell in battle. She has Lightning, meaning Mishima BLOOD. Not a mishima soul/consciousness. If it was just his mind she couldn't manifest lightning. It's just, she is his daughter, no more, no less. Heihachi has 17-25 other kids out there. 9 are already confirmed by Harada. We know two, and basically three now. Kaz, Lars, and Reina

[@freshestbreath]

@@AjtXtreme the dolls and bodies of M Bison are all made from his dna so your whole paragraph makes no sense: All the bodies M Bison tries to take over or does ARE biologically related to him Do you even know Street fighter lore?

[@azlinahabdghani4160]

Im just grateful to be here Tekken 8 and rest in peace for the people that didnt make it too 2023

[@kcnfdntc]

Her play style is reminiscent of Hitomi, Helena, and Ayane from DOA with some Heihachi thrown in. The God Fist Uppercuts, Broken Toy command grab, and the leg grab parry. Her design is Kunimitsu like mixed with Ayane purple.

[@BrothaKyo]

It's hilarious that, even when he's not here, Heihachi's manga/anime references continue on, even by coincidence. In this case, Reina being the child of Heihachi no one knew about and straight up the auntie of Jin who, I'm assuming is older than her. Which is a parallel to Josuke being the uncle to Jotaro who is older than Josuke. Funny enough, Old Man Joseph and Heihachi definitely shared the same voice actor too (R.I.P. Unshō Ishizuka)

[@gamerbear84]

Heihachi: OH MAI GAAAAWD lol

[@rejoicingfakepriest201]

​@Lee-km7qqNo, that was Shizuka Joestar. The invisible baby.

[@BaronBacon]

Heihachi IS tekken. Regardless if he's alive or dead.

[@zexyswami1994]

I'm glad they're gonna release the other trailers for the characters we haven't seen yet 🎉❤

[@Gacho39]

As a martial artist it kinda blew my mind that she uses taido as her fighting style, i thought i'd never see that style anywhere else besides my youtube recommendations

[@galaxy_kitten95]

I like Reina already! 💜 I’m a Lili main though I really want to try this character when the game drops. Though the fact that Heihachi actually has a DAUGHTER (a female Mishima family member) is wild. I’m honestly curious to see her interactions with Kazuya and Jin especially.

[@ace0135]

Apparently her fighting style is called Taido, which is like a Japanese capoeira

[@bplatinumpaladin]

Im excited to play as her. She's even got some Heihachisms in her movement, like that hands on hips soft laugh in the trailer. Sempai means that Jin is her upper classman. So she learned from the same person that taught Jin.

[@cmurphy0707]

Or the same people. In this case, Jun and Heihachi.

[@mediaage]

Senpai part. Can be explained as both Jin an Raina were students of Hehachi. And Jin apparently is the older/senior student 👍🏽

[@sketchywest1176]

I don't get how people are reading a mocking tone from her response to Jin, she seems to be genuinely recognizing that Jin has more fighting experience than her. It's only after calling his name out that her voice deepens, which is more like she's getting excited to go toe to toe with someone who, again, she recognizes as an experienced fighter. To me it seems Reina has something to prove by fighting Jin. Her interaction with Kazuya on the other hand, she makes it real clear how she feels about him; becoming outwardly hostile just from him speaking to her. Something Kaz did must have had a strong impact on Reina for her to be shooting daggers from her eyes like that. (Reminder that no information about this character is solid except she has some connection to the Mishima family. Any guesses to anything more specific than that is still just conjecture.)

[@ironyman6385]

MAX was mixed up with the comments, she said senpai not sensei, I was confused too at first, sensei is teacher, senpai is just someone with more experience or someone who is upper grade in school, work etc. And yes it was a mocking tone, she should be Jin aunt, and she is mocking him as a "senpai", then kicks his ass later in the match.

[@night1952]

No, she's totally taunting him. My impression of Reina is that she's confident she's the strongest. She's mocking Jin by calling him senpai because she's going to show him his place.

[@sketchywest1176]

I'm sorry, I'm really not hearing any inflection of taunting. It's like Vegeta talking to Goku (once they're friends), but Goku doesn't know who Vegeta is. I also wish to say again, regardless of how reputable a source may be, any blood relations are still just conjecture and unconfirmed. I'd also really hope Reina has more going on in her backstory than just being a Heihachi bastard who wants daddy's throne, that wouldn't really be much of a twist after this trailer.

[@LordSenjo]

So the first part she sounds sweet, then switches to a serious tone.

[@AlexThat200]

@Lee-km7qq It’s actually funny you mention Lili, because I just looked up Reina’s voice actor, Asami Seto, and she apparently voiced Lili in Street Fighter X Tekken.

[@typhlocube9359]

The music sounds like a mix of both versions of T2 Kazuya's theme, with a side of T3 and T7. It's so good, like all of T8's soundtrack so far

[@dannysimion]

Dang! So she's the final character!? She's a badass! totally did not expect her play style to be so wicked! I like it! I'm so curious for the storyline now that the stage has been set.

[@Kickinthescience]

Kazuya is there to ask the question everyone has

[@Offbeaten]

Best part is Max trying to interprete Lore. "Who's the mother!?"

[@statixfear]

If she is indeed Heihachi's daughter, then he must have been veeeery busy, even at his advanced age, to have had a daughter who looks almost the same age as his grandson 🤣

[@yurifairy2969]

im convinced theres a factory out there busting out heihachi test tube babies in the event of his death

[@Jurgir09]

Busy how? If U as wealthy and strong as he was - that's not an issue, but It's a a lifestyle

[@statixfear]

@@Jurgir09 Considering his notorious track record of being a "model" father, I'd have assumed he'd be more thoughtful when it comes to randomly spawning more of his kin... or at the very least get rid of his partners before they potentially caused problems for him in the future 🤣

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

She is a test tube baby for sure. Now, spoilers ahead... why the hell she has the devil gene, who knows

[@zanfona7891]

I like how in her special, the black lightning draws mean eyes, and a bit later she looks at the camera doing the same look

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

She's got some heavy Mishima vibes. She clearly uses the more heavy-handed techniques of Mishima-style and mixes it with the agility & acrobatics of Taidō, a martial art having it's roots in Okinawan Karate. In other words: A rather fearsome opponent. It's also a rather popular martial art here in Scandinavia and I've dipped my toes into it myself.

[@axellyann5085]

evasive mishima with good punishment? Oh no.

[@ektran4205]

shotokan was the first export out of japan

[@Yesnog05]

Someone made a comment saying Heihachi is enjoying his Isekai as a teenage girl and now I vant unsee it, therefore Canon in my head lol

[@monkeyd.uchiha3473]

I think a designs is successful that even just her voice, design and attitude, before you make it to even her playstyle, makes you wanna play as her. Her playstyle being awesome only added to that.

[@natsu-fuji]

This character scared me!!!

[@retroman5432]

And thus, offically completes the entire base roster of Tekken 8. Here's to many long years of multiple Yearly Character Passes that we'll be getting as DLC within a long lifespan of T8. 🔥🔥🔥

[@josephjoestar995]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Iwatoda_Dorm]

like Kazuma Kiryu :T

[@mydrillasanjay5397]

​@@Iwatoda_Dormnah majima all the way

[@Mind_Crimes]

@mydrillasanjay5397 Don't forget Ichiban Kasuga!

[@Mind_Crimes]

Shao Khan or Terumi plz Namco.

[@babydino8173]

Jin Kazama, meet: - Your Dad - Your Mom - Your Granddad - Your Grandmom - Your Great Grandad - Your Cousin - Your Uncle-in-law - Your Uncle-in-law - Your Uncle And... - Your Aunt

[@Teb_10]

Her moveset is called Taido with a mix of Mishima Style and i think that's Heihachi's Daughter or Granddaughter..

[@jordantaylorwilliams8227]

I like this character a lot already. I want to buy the game even more now. Her intro animation was FIRE! The fighting style is fire, it's a crazy mix of styles. I wonder who her mother is!

[@anthonyhero9605]

I couldn't help but notice that her stage had both of the mythical Japanese deities raijin and Fujin as statues on both sides, the technical gods of thunder and lightning and storm, perhaps maybe that will comply to her origin, what if she is some type of Half-Blood demi-goddess? 🤔

[@TREVORVADER]

I wonder if they’ll ever make that canon lore for the Mishima’s lightning abilities

[@flipkiller8521]

@@TREVORVADER Given that Heihachi's customization items in Tekken 6 makes mentions of Raiden. The Mishimas could literally be a clan of Thunder-God descendants.

[@cthulhu888]

I thought i saw a demon blanka at 1:40 lol xD

[@mattb6616]

the move is literally named Electric Wind God Fist, after all. @@flipkiller8521

[@zone6buddi]

She has been watching Jin and learning his fighting style without him knowing

[@kevonnoel7884]

I taught the story would be that it was Hiehachi that got isekai and came back as a young female woman after becoming the demon lord in another world. She's dope btw

[@NinjapowerMS]

Reincarnated into the ultimate tomboy gf.

[@TheBlunkBeanie]

Ngl that would be crazy

[@rgbarrios0331]

​@@NinjapowerMS😳

[@noahleach7690]

Most sane weeb

[@dLzzzgaming]

I only played a little bit of Tekken 7, and I was gonna check out Tekken 8 but without that much hype. This trailer just completely changed that, holyshit. I'm instantly sold, I guess this is the game that makes me actually learn Tekken, and Reina's probably gonna be my main, all that shit was hitting all the right spots, super up my alley. Can't wait for this shit to drop, god damn!

[@timezero8409]

With the move set they showed and the mobility she has, she feels like Tekken's Cammy.

[@Yasviele]

There's some Juri in there but toned down in crazy and I like it

[@marcusr09]

I said the same thing. I saw a few of Cammy’s Fierce and regular strikes. Wicked!

[@versatilelord8893]

Let’s just hope she’s not as cheap as cammy is

[@versatilelord8893]

@Lee-km7qq I don’t see much heihachi with her at all. I see more asuka and Julia similarities with her own spin of moves in there

[@devilmancries9617]

It's almost like Akuma's character design took inspiration from Eastern deities and such... weird.

[@dontellbetts6062]

Could be related to heihachi from a different family line. Lightning comes from mishima not from devil

[@vikingfromnorth45]

Harada said that heihachi slept with many women

[@dontellbetts6062]

@@vikingfromnorth45 i hear you, im just saying you never know

[@13anderst]

Mishima family tree confirmed Jinpachi (Heihachi’s biological father, Kazuya’s biological grandfather, Lars and Reina’s illegitimate grandfather, and Lee’s adoptive grandfather) Heihachi (Jinpachi’s son, Kazuya’s biological father, Lee’s adopted father, and Lars and Reina’s illegitimate father) Kazumi (Heihachi’s wife and Kazuya’s mother) Kazuya (Heihachi and Kazumi’s son, Lee’s adopted brother, Lars and Reina’s half brother) Lee (Adopted brother of Kazuya, Lars, and Reina) Lars (Illegitimate son of Heihachi and half brother to Kazuya and Reina) Reina (illegitimate daughter of Heihachi and half sister to Kazuya and Lars) Jin (Jinpachi’s great-grandson, Heihachi’s grandson, Kazuya’s biological son, and nephew to Lee, Lars, and Reina) There you go!

[@RunninOnYT]

11:20 yes, with all of the Akuma wins over the years throughout different tournaments, him getting a shrine is very well deserved.

[@Moumoku-Kage]

Heihachi was on that Yuijiro Hanma timing. I love her.

[@gamexnoop]

Damn, I love choreographed fights like this. I can't wait to play, the wait is killing me!

[@ShawnWeeded510]

Lars and Jin both have hybrid mishima styles. Lars is simply a more commital mix than your normal mishima because he cant block and enter his stance at the same time the way other mishima's can during wave dash. Lars is a higher risk higher reward character than relys on stances the same way a mishima does to mix.

[@GenericProtagonist118]

The way she crosses her arms and the way her voice is kinda deep and enunciated like how Heihachi did.

[@skydragonx8]

The Mishima/Kazama family tree grows again lol. Reina looks pretty dang wild, I can't wait to see more of what she does

[@rgg1009]

By calling Jin senpai I'm supposing she is his kouhai meaning they probably studied in the same school and she's younger. Perhaps a victim of some experimentation? Like in that Tekken movie where they introduced a Jin's colleague that was a victim of an experiment!? IDK, I'm very intrigued by this new character.

[@Hedpound]

It’s way more simpler than that. Jin studied under Heihachi, it just means she also studied under Heihachi, just later.

[@rgg1009]

@@Hedpound yeah that's what I said 😅 in fewer words

[@cooper22887]

True, the Japanese official Tekken 8 website just stated that she is a student of Mishima Polytechnical School, that could explained why she call Jin senpai

[@MythicMagus]

That ground drag into wall break throw (?) is sick.

[@dashiellruiz4210]

instant main material

[@TheAnimeGYt]

She's definitely a dangerous looking character encounters the Combos and especially the throw into breaking the wall was dope

[@Gilthwixt1]

"Push me to my limit" "Auntie Reina" Bro why is Max cooking a Tekken Doujinshi 💀

[@duanemaru]

I'd like to see an interaction with her and Asuka for some reason :)

[@ShaunInce123]

Harada was onto something with that tweet from 2011 about having so many children

[@BESM1984]

Reina walking in "why come only you two get to commit war crimes?! I want to commit war crimes too!"

[@Inf1ltrat1on]

Imagine she's the daughter of Unknown and Heihachi, that would explain some form of kazama fighting style as well as the purple aura when she does ewgf and some other moves and then mishima from hei's side since orginanally hei's electric was known to be Gold/Yellow Lighting around the tekken tag era where unknown was the end boss, this is just a wild guess though but kinda makes sense to me but at the same time kinda CRAZY cuz essentially Hei did Kaz's wife WHICH IS WILD, then again this is just my take on it.

[@erichurtado4938]

Edgy Sakura looks pretty sick. Also, a nice touch that the next move after “You’ll know soon enough” is THE fist

[@ajelsanchez9151]

Well it's clearly related to heihachi either as a daughter or granddaughter of his. The stance, lightning ⚡ kick 🦶 reminds me of heihachi definitely part of the Mishima bloodline

[@Slagomancer]

I deeply respect Tekken going from both extremes of cool with Victor and then Reina. What a lineup we got here.

[@GeZz.]

When she did the "Dorya" i was like ohhhhh shiit.

[@AnimatedASMR]

Darth Vader: "Sister. You have a twin sister. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me."

[@ravenkyo6328]

It’s all about the hair baby! Her RA ending shows a silhouette of Heihachi.

[@99sins]

This just makes me wish that Kuma will have the other half of heihachi's moveset + akuma. I need bear raging demon

[@RaguPastaSauce]

If she's actually a Mishima, it's a shame she doesn't have their wacky electric hair.

[@TREVORVADER]

I know. It’s their signature style.

[@goranisacson2502]

We can only hope she will possibly have a super-mode or something that will have it spike up in all kibds of ways... we can only hope.

[@MattyIce213]

Badass tomboy characters are my jam. Lidia was my favorite character in T7 and I was really hoping for a similar character since it was pretty clear she herself wasn't getting in. Reina gives off a lot of similar vibes just with obviously way more arrogance and attitude. Only issue now is I have to learn how to do EWGF's, I've never player a Mishima before lol.

[@klockenberg2299]

Ofc she'd had a lot more of that she's actual villain

[@pseudopulk3478]

i love reina but also wish lidia was in tekken 8

[@lovelydumpling]

I've not watched this video past the trailer yet but I immediately suspect the plan is for her to be the next protagonist after this saga is over.

[@VCofdaG]

Oh god no

[@thecoolguyman587]

They heard the criticism of the women not having any emotion and went ham with Reina😭I love her

[@Xanek]

Took them like ~30-40+ minutes of baiting to finally give us the reveal trailer

[@jonathanmaldonado2499]

So when it comes to the student teacher relationship, Max was ironically half right. In the martial arts world, or at least in the karate system, we have a sensei and a senpai. The sensei as we all know is the head instructor as the senpai is the assistant instructor. But if you ask pop culture what a senpai is..... Yeah lol.

[@jonathanmaldonado2499]

@@MechaGirlOTD and in that case she was referring to rank. He's a senior in high school so she's likely either a junior or below.

[@gundamforreal]

Baffling why so many "weebs" are not aware that senpai directly translates to senior

[@Spartacus679]

Yeaaah but you can hear in her tone of voice when she says that and the other sentence she is clearly mocking him.

[@jonathanmaldonado2499]

@@Spartacus679 that has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation at hand lmaoooo

[@HoDoBoDo]

It's a martial art called Taido. With mocap done by Tetsuji Nakano.

[@ShopperKungTVplay]

i think she is secret Heihachi's apprentice like after T3 Jin stop using Mishima style so he teach more studen in secret and now she come back to get revenge for her master

[@aldoelektrika]

That 2:30 ULTRA COMBOOOO is so well timed

[@deadmanraging8864]

Looool you're right!!!

[@sunkistwaves]

15:57 See its realizations like that which makes family dynamics in fighting games so funny. Tekken being the funniest cuz she’s Kaz’s little sister, Lars’ half sis, and Jin’s aunt. As for the mom, Mike Murray hinted she has a stabby hand fighting style…

[@Uncouthchainsaws5076]

We're not done yet!! Weekly trailers of new characters to be released Edit: only those characters who's trailer hasn't been announced yet

[@Uncouthchainsaws5076]

@dave9020 right ✅️

[@Ferdy_Yuugitsune1040]

Just a note , Senpai/先輩 means Senior/upperclass, not the same word as Sensei (先生)/Teacher OR Shishou 師匠/Mentor. Also notice that Jin doesn't even know her, he doesn't know if had any junior/Kōhai (後輩). From the video i concluded this (also from the article that showing it too clear) : 1, Reina's 1st teacher was Heihachi who teach her Goju-Ryu 剛柔流 Karate before he deceased, which make more sense the reason why she called him Senpai/Senior because Heihachi Mishima was the one who teach Jin Mishima Style Karate, and Jun who teached Jin Kazama The Kazama Style Self Defense (Apart that Jin also did a self teaching to get his own style). (Most Karate dojos I know also take kids starting around age 4-6, So possible when she was 4 years old she got some Goju-Ryu basic from heihachi himself before Heihachi deceased then mixed it with Taidō 躰道 from another teacher whch is Nakano) * Jin fought using a mixed style composed of mainly Mishima Style Karate, taught by his grandfather Heihachi, combined with the Kazama Style Self Defense, taught by his mother Jun Kazama and some by self-teaching. * 2. Reina's Taidō 躰道 Sensei/teacher (her second Sensei) was Tetsuji Nakano, The 4 times Taidō World Championships champion and not only knowledgeable in Taidō but also in various other martial arts (Goju-Ryu Karate could be one of them). Mr. Nakano's advice on brutal techniques helped bring out the distinctive features and personality in Reina’s movements even more. This was shown in the article in the video 18:52 . P.S : アーカイブありがとうございます

[@ToddzillaX7]

I think she has something to do with Ogre. The end of her rage is the same image from Tekken 3 intro from the home version. Right after Jin gets the mark burned into his arm.

[@insomniacnerd5592]

I don’t know if they just had Reina input her EWGF earlier than Kazuya or not, but imagine an even faster version. Lord.

[@Jarsix42]

This is what has me concerned. EWGF is a 14 frame attack, and if this is faster then we're delving into Flash territory with how quick it can come out......And pair that with how much more ground she covers when doing it than the other Mishima's and.....yeah. I feel like this was just a flashy thing done for the trailer, but we'll see....

[@TREVORVADER]

@@Jarsix42I’m hoping they don’t do that new character can beat out all the already existing characters

[@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot]

If you slow it down, you can see Reina moves 1 frame before Kaz, so it's probably the same

[@katamus]

The trailer finally being shown live was so fucking funny because of all the re run trailers that they played before this