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Profile

General:
Raven, an International intelligence organization operative, is rumored to be the best and most cruel agent. None of his background information such as his nationality, age or history is clear. Nothing is known about Raven except that he has an X scar on his face. He witnessed Heihachi Mishima being terminated by the self-destruct explosion attack of 'Jack Force' in his investigation towards Mishima Zaibatsu and G Company. After that, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 was announced by someone. Raven decided to enter the tournament and find out the hidden truth behind the tournament.

During The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 5, Raven encounters Heihachi Mishima, who was presumed to be dead… They began to fight. Before a victor could be decided, Raven received orders to return to headquarters and had to withdraw from battle. After that encounter the battle between both the Mishima Zaibatsu and G-Corporation intensified. In order to prevent any further losses, Raven is sent to investigate the Mishima Zaibatsu once again.

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Origin:
Tekken 5

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Other Appearances:
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Tekken 6, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion

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Comment:
All I have to say is... "Heihachi Mishima... Is dead." Bah... Besides being wrong about Heihachi's death, Raven is a pretty cool ninja dude. Besides, there aren't too many black ninjas in the fighting game word, so he's definitely original. He has some ridiculous teleporting moves that some fighting game "realists" might not appreciate, but his style adds a nice variety to the Tekken 5 roster; and should remind "Tekken critics" that Namco obviously isn't going for complete "realism" in Tekken.