Jinpachi Mishima is a major character in the Tekken series and serves as the main villain in Tekken 5. He was already mentioned in the stories of Tekken and Tekken 2, as a main part of Wang Jinrei's backstory. He is the father of Heihachi Mishima, the paternal grandfather of Kazuya Mishima, the father-in-law of Kazumi Mishima, the adoptive paternal grandfather of Lee Chaolan, the half-paternal grandfather of Lars Alexandersson, and also the paternal great-grandfather of Jin Kazama. He has a good friend named Wang Jinrei.
Appearance[]
Jinpachi is as a tall, muscular Japanese old man with a long white beard and hair similar to his son, Heihachi, albeit much longer. He is one of the oldest human characters in the Tekken series, being around the same age as his friend, Wang Jinrei, who is about 102 years old in Tekken 5, the game Jinpachi debuted in. He wears a large golden necklace, a pair of golden bracelets on his arms and legs and a cloak pants. In his devil form in Tekken 5, Jinpachi has a purple aura around him, his height slightly increases, his skin becomes dark purple, his eyes glow yellow, and his necklace and bracelets disappear. He also gains spikes on his elbows, two spiked humps on his back and a large mouth on his stomach, from which he shoot fireballs. In his alternate devil form in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, instead of purple aura and skin, Jinpachi has a flaming aura, his skin is dark brown and yellow, and lava-like substance sprouts from all over his body. Although he still has the spikes and mouth from his original devil form, his face is now almost unrecognizable, he loses his beard and hair in exchange for a flaming spike, and his eyes are fiery white with no pupils instead of merely glowing yellow.
Personality[]
Unlike most Mishimas (who were ruthless, sadistic, antagonistic, unsympathetic, sinister, wicked, malicious, and power hungry), Jinpachi was a man of honor and wisdom as he showed compassion to his grandson Kazuya (his great-grandson's father) when the latter was a child (this is possibly another reason Heihachi resented Jinpachi so much) and was friends with Wang Jinrei. In his Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection ending, realizing that nobody could stop him, he shed tears as the evil spirit that possessed him grew more powerful.
History[]
Jinpachi was the very first owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu and a renowned martial arts master until his own son Heihachi betrayed him. When Heihachi brought the Zaibatsu into the military Industry, Jinpachi staged a mutiny but failed and was imprisoned beneath Hon-Maru.
Unlike most of the Mishimas, Jinpachi is an honorable fighter with a strong sense of wisdom. He is friends with Wang Jinrei. However, Jinpachi's life takes a turn for the worse when the greedy Heihachi stages a coup d'etat and steals the company from him. Jinpachi attempts to retake the company when Heihachi enters the military industry, but fails and is imprisoned underneath a Mishima compound, Hon-Maru. Sometime later, he dies of starvation, until he is resurrected and revived by a mysterious entity.
Tekken 5[]
After Heihachi's apparent demise, Jinpachi awakens from his prison with evil energy around him. In the final round of the tournament, his great-grandson, Jin Kazama fought and killed his paternal great-grandfather thus becoming the new owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu.
Death[]
Jinpachi moves around and screams, writhing in pain, for a while before dissolving into dust and disappearing.
The final transformation[]
Jinpachi sadly says, "It looks like nobody was able to stop me." Jinpachi sheds a tear that appears to be blood. The spikes on his back grow longer, and the spikes in his arms grow longer. Jinpachi screams for a while. Jinpachi causes a huge explosion. A beam is shown shooting towards the sky. A black screen is shown, and words (in white) say, "Jinpachi's mind is consumed by the devil as he reaches his final transformation. The world will never be the same." You can unlock this video by either buying it on PSP version, or letting Jinpachi kill you in last round and not to retry.
Powers and abilities[]
Jinpachi has the Mishima Style Fighting Karate, along with the Mishima fighting style, Jinpachi also has some demonic powers. One of his demonic powers include generating powerful fireballs. In terms of sheer damage potential, Jinpachi has no equals. His attacks are powerful, long ranged and easy to perform, and his punishers are very powerful. While he suffers from poor mobility, he can use his Astral Projection to scoot forward or backward rapidly. This makes him a constant threat to his opponent, regardless of where he may be. Also, Jinpachi's flight ability is useful for applying pressure at long range, where an opponent doesn't expect an attack (but, inversely, is much less useful at close range because a jab is more than enough to block him).
Family[]
- Heihachi Mishima (son, deceased)
- Kazumi Mishima (daughter-in-law, deceased)
- Kazuya Mishima (grandson)
- Jin Kazama (great-grandson)
- Lee Chaolan (adoptive grandson)
- Lars Alexandersson (half-grandson)
Character relationships[]
- Jun Kazama - His great-grandson's mother and his grandson's ex-lover.
- Mr. Chaolan - His adoptive grandson's deceased biological father.
- Mrs. Chaolan - His adoptive grandson's deceased biological mother.