His base disrespect for the sumo code infuriates Yoshimitsu, who defeats him. During the tournament, Yoshimitsu learns of Ganryu, a sumo wrestler whose disrespectful attitude in the ring cost him his promotion to the rank of yokozuna. In the game's story, Yoshimitsu enters the first tournament as a decoy so as to allow other Manji to steal the tournament's funds unobserved. Upon the inauguration of a new leader, his or her predecessor is ritually sacrificed, and the blade absorbs the person's power and skill. The clan is dedicated to a mission to help the weak and fight the oppression. Kunimitsu's story in Tekken 2 reveals that Yoshimitsu's blade is passed down through the Manji Clan's leaders. Yoshimitsu's first appearance was in 1994's original Tekken. The characters have been well received by fans of both series and critics alike. Although details of the character's biographies have varied in different games and other media, each Yoshimitsu is consistently portrayed as the leader of the honorable Manji Clan, a practitioner of ninjutsu, and a master swordsman with a mechanical prosthetic arm. Appearing first in the original Tekken, he has appeared in every subsequent version with the exception of Tekken Revolution. Yoshimitsu ( 吉光 ?) is a name used by several player characters in the Tekken and Soul series of fighting games by Namco. Norio Wakamoto ( Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur V)Ĭlass=" infobox hproduct" style="float:right width:264px font-size:90% text-align:left " cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" Nobuyuki Hiyama ( Soulcalibur, Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III) Katsuhiro Harada ( Tekken - Tekken Tag Tournament) Mitch Urban ( Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV) YoshimitsuĪya Takemura ( Tekken 3, Tekken 4, Tekken Tag Tournament, Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III)
For the Heian period samurai, see Minamoto no Yoshimitsu.
For the Muromachi shogun, see Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. This article is about the fictional character.