Reina Mishima

Reina is a character from Tekken 8

ALSO KNOWN AS

Purple Lightning or Devil Reina

Biography

Reina is a high school student at Mishima Polytechnical School. She understands Heihachi Mishima to be her father.

Reina entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8’s Asia Preliminaries. In the arena, she met Jin Kazama, Heihachi’s grandson, and introduced herself to him. Jin ignored her, but they were matched against one another in the semifinals. Reina knew that the Mishima Style Fighting Karate she used in battle had contributed to the awakening of Jin’s devil powers at Heihachi's hands in the past. During their fight, Jin’s powers activated, and Reina concluded that the ‘threat of death’ was key to unlocking a devil’s power. She then forfeited the match, having seen all she needed to. Later, she approached Jin in the arena again, telling him she wanted to help take down Kazuya Mishima. Jin was suspicious of her intentions, given her fighting style, but she brushed his concerns off.

Reina accompanied Jin back to Yggdrasil’s base. She was present at a meeting where Niklas Kliesen divulged additional information about the nature of the Devil Gene.

Reina joined Yggdrasil and the United Nations’ forces in storming the coliseum where the next round of the King of Iron Fist Tournament was being held. She confronted Kazuya in his True Devil Form in single combat. Though she faced an ultimate power by him alone, she proved resilient enough to endure the attack despite being hit with one of his laser attacks even without using her devil gene, and eventually he fled from the battle.

Reina returned to Yggdrasil’s base and accompanied them to Yakushima to fight Kazuya Mishima’s G Corporation forces. During this battle, Reina met Nina Williams, the background of whom she was aware of. The two fought, and after being defeated, Nina recognized that Reina was connected to the Mishimas. Reina asked Nina to work for her; Nina replied that she would not be opposed to it, but only after she had finished her vacation. Devil Kazuya returned to the battlefield in order to clear out the fighting forces, firing lasers indiscriminately and wiping out swathes of soldiers. Reina purposefully stood in the path of a large laser, arms outspread, intending on activating her own devil powers by putting herself at risk of death. She awoke on the battlefield some time later with bright red irises. She later rose amidst the rubble and assumed her devil form.

Appearance

Reina is a young woman with a petite build. Her hair is cut in a short, untidy bob, with purple tips that fade into her natural black. Her primary outfit is sporty with an emphasis on style as well as practicality.

Reina's primary outfit is a sports jacket, with a hood, a zip up the front and a zip on the left arm. The jacket is split down the middle, black on the right and purple on the left side, with asymmetrical white stripes dashed across the front, and wrapping around the back. Beneath this, Reina wears a sleeveless black crop top with a buckled choker at the collar, and black shorts with purple straps around her upper thighs. She wears black, fingerless gloves with purple cuffs and a diamond-shaped opening on the back of each that has a matching purple outline. Reina also wears black lace-up boots, loose purple leg warmers with three black belts about each, and black stockings.