Devil Jin

• Character Name: Devil Jin
• Also Known as: Jin Kazama, Black Wings of Ruin
• Eyes: Red irises with black pupils
• Hair: Black
• Likes: Power, Destruction, Devil Gene, Eating People, His human counterpart Jin Kazama
• Dislikes: Failure, Losing, Interferences, Anything living, Heihachi Mishima
• Species: Demon
• Age: Infinite
• Occupation: The Devil Gene within Jin Kazama
• Hobby: Seeking ultimate power, Fighting
• Family: Jin Kazama (Human-counterpart), Devil Kazuya (Other Half of its Demonic Self), Angel Jin (Angel Counterpart)
• Biography: Devil Jin was an entity that inhabited Jin Kazama; it was able to use Jin as a vessel because Jin inherited the Devil Gene from his father, Kazuya Mishima. Devil Jin appeared to lay dormant in Jin until the end of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, when Jin’s grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, and a squad of Tekken Force soldiers gunned Jin down. Rather than kill Jin, this event caused his first transformation into Devil Jin. Devil Jin took control of Jin's body, attacked the Tekken Force squad and his grandfather, and then flew away.

Devil Jin was once again dormant until the end of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, when Jin was captured by Heihachi and confronted by both Heihachi and Kazuya in Hon-Maru. Kazuya, possessed by his own devil entity intended to compound its power by extracting Devil Jin from Jin; however, he was unable to do so due to a property of Jin’s Kazama blood. Jin and Kazuya fought in their human forms. Jin defeated Kazuya, and then Heihachi as well. Overcome with hatred for the Mishima bloodline, Jin began to succumb to Devil Jin, sprouting wings as he prepared to deal a fatal blow to Heihachi. A vision of his mother, Jun Kazama, stayed his hand, however. He dropped Heihachi instead, taking flight out of Hon-Maru.

Shortly after Jin left Hon-Maru, the temple was destroyed in an explosion. Jin’s great-grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima, had been imprisoned underneath the temple for many years, kept alive only by a malevolent entity which had possessed him. Jinpachi was freed by the explosion, and his emergence had a dramatic effect on Devil Jin. Devil Jin was able to take total control of Jin’s body, and leveled an entire forest. When Jin awoke in the destroyed forest, he had no memory of what had transpired, but knew it must have been the work of his devil form.

Jin retreated to his home, Yakushima, in search of peace, but was tormented by nightmares. He began to doubt his ability to keep a hold on Devil Jin.

He entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. During the tournament, he was matched against his rival, Hwoarang. Hwoarang was able to defeat Jin, but Devil Jin emerged in the wake of Jin’s loss and savagely attacked Hwoarang, almost killing him. Jin went on to defeat Jinpachi in the tournament’s final round and took control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Jin began communicating telepathically with the Devil Gene’s progenitor, Azazel, while he was leader of the Mishima Zaibatsu. He eventually confronted Azazel, and harnessed Devil Jin’s power in an attempt to kill the demon, aiming to put an end to the Devil Gene once and for all. This attempt was unsuccessful, however, as part of Azazel’s spirit survived. Jin remained afflicted with the Devil Gene.

Jin was taken captive by the United Nations after his confrontation with Azazel. Devil Jin emerged during transport and destroyed the helicopter he was on. Disoriented, Jin began traversing the desert, alternating between his human self and Devil Jin’s form. Eventually, Devil Jin was confronted by Hwoarang in a souq. This time, Hwoarang was able to defeat Devil Jin. Jin fled when the United Nations arrived on the scene, and was subsequently taken in by Lars Alexandersson.

Jin fell into a comatose state for several months. Upon awakening, he appeared to have some ability to control his use of Devil Jin’s powers and physical attributes, but continued to struggle not to be taken over by Devil Jin entirely. Jin confronted Kazuya in New York City and fought him using Devil Jin’s power; however, Jin lost control during the fight and Devil Jin took over. Kazuya was able to defeat Devil Jin. Following his defeat, Jin had a vision of Devil Jin extending a hand to him, but he rejected its apparent offer of help.

Following the fight with Kazuya, Jin’s capabilities diminished and he lost his ability to use Devil Jin’s powers at all. Jin entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 Asia Preliminaries regardless. Here, his powers briefly reactivated during a fight against a fighter called Reina, who was using Mishima Style Fighting Karate. This reactivation seemed to be motivated by the fear of death that Jin associated with that fighting style. After Reina forfeited the match, Hwoarang challenged Jin. During the fight, Jin experienced exhilaration that caused heat to build within him, and he was able to access some of Devil Jin’s power without losing control, allowing him to win the fight. Following the fight, Hwoarang remarked that Jin’s powers were ‘weird’ but ‘just another part of him’.

Jin later learned from Niklas Kliesen that devils were created by Azazel in ancient times to be its servants, and that people with the Devil Gene could access their powers by drawing upon their desires.

Later, Jin traveled to Yakushima in search of something that would allow him to defeat Kazuya. While there, he fell unconscious in a sanctum. He met Devil Jin on a plane of his subconscious. Devil Jin taunted him, telling him that power derived from anger and hatred was essential, and that Jin could atone for his past actions only through solitude. Jin rejected these ideas, stating that awareness of his past mistakes was what would allow him to move forwards. Jin then encountered Devil Jin as a mirror image of himself. Jin resolved that he was done rejecting Devil Jin as an innate part of himself, acknowledging that he could only move on if he accepted all he was and all he had done. Devil Jin asked him what it was he truly desired, and Jin stated that he was determined to protect those who were precious to him. Devil Jin granted Jin all of its power, and Jin realized that it had made efforts to protect him in the past. He thanked it, and apologized for misunderstanding it previously.

Jin took on a new devil form with one white wing, one black. In this form, he was able to use all of Devil Jin’s power while retaining his own personality. He woke in time to save Lars Alexandersson from the path of one of Kazuya’s lasers. Jin fought Kazuya in this new devil form and was able to hold his own against him. Eventually, however, he found himself struggling to hold back a massive attack that Kazuya intended to destroy Yakushima with. As he tried to hold the attack off, he had a vision of his mother, Jun Kazama. She reminded him that a Kazama’s power was to foster life and cleanse evil, and Jin assumed a new form, Angel Jin. In this new form, he was able to purify both himself and his father of the Devil Gene using his new powers.

• Personality: When the Devil Gene completely takes over Jin's mind, he becomes a crazed, aggressive, destructive and brooding devil. he does not completely share the same memories as Jin but will still retain certain sensations from time-to-time. More accurately, Devil Jin can be treated more like the Devil Gene itself within Jin's body, with Devil Jin looking down on his host as someone weak-willed and insignificant. Devil Jin seeks to acquire ultimate power, and will do whatever it takes to achieve it. He is also very confrontational and sadistic, as he has a habit of laughing at the suffering of his foes during his win animations. He refers to his opponents as "prey" and at numerous points.
• Appearance: Devil Jin looks largely identical to his human form with additional demonic traits such as horns, tattoos, and demonic hands with spiked gauntlets.
• Attire: Devil Jin's outfit consists of a gothic-styled leather coat with long coattails, bell sleeves, and a red interior. The lapels of the coat have a raised pattern on them with a darker patterning around the hem. The front of the jacket has a black and white geometrical pattern along the opening, separated by red lining from two more matching panels on each side with a more organic patterning. The shoulders of the coat have pointed, leather pads, covering the upper arm of the sleeves which are laced up and wrapped with two black, leather belts with gold buckles. Underneath the laces are red stripes with light red patterning surrounded by black panels that have gray patterning, stopping at the underside of the sleeves which are a plain black leather. Under this coat, Devil Jin wears a dark, zippered vest with a large lapel with additional, red fabric attached worn folded over and over his shoulders. This vest has gray patterning and six symmetrical buttons around the zipper. Under this is a second zippered vest bearing the same pattern, and under this is a plain black turtleneck. He also wears slightly loose black pants with laces along each side starting at the thigh and ending at the calf, tucked into black boots with steel toecaps and a red strap around the top.