Characters of the Tekken series

Bandai Namco Entertainment's Tekken media franchise is known for its diverse cast of characters hailing from various nationalities, all coming together to compete in the King of Iron Fist tournament. In addition to the human characters, Tekken also features non-human characters for comic relief, such as the bear Kuma, his love interest Panda, the boxing kangaroo Roger, and the dinosaur Alex. Certain characters like Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan, and Jun Kazama have their own alternative versions. Each character has their own goals for participating in the tournament.

Only four characters have been playable in all eight main Tekken games to date. Three were featured at launch: Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix and Yoshimitsu. The other character was Heihachi Mishima, who became playable but outside the main roster as paid downloadable content in Tekken 8. Of the four, only Nina and Paul are playable in all the side games as well. King and Kuma have also been playable in all the main games, but as two different characters. Four characters, Anna Williams, Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan and Marshall Law, would come close, having been playable in seven main games. The JACK series have also been playable in seven main games in different iterations.

Comparison table

 Yes  = Playable by default.

 Yes  = Playable via update or unlockable.

 Costume  /  Costume  = Playable, whether by default, unlockable, or via update, but as a palette swap or in-battle transformation of another character instead of a standalone character.

 DLC  = Paid downloadable content (except TTT2).

 Guest  = Third-party character.