The History Of Reina - Tekken 8 Edition - Devil Gene, Mishima Heritage And New BloodLine? 

The biggest surprise isn't that she's Heihachi's kid Its that Heihachi has a kid who _actually_ loves him

My theory for Reina is that she is like Steve Fox, a test tube baby that had survived the project of the Mashima Zaibatsu trying to create a synthetic Devil Gene, only the difference is that Reina survived AND had the devil Gene successfully implanted in her.

Heihachi has a legitimate son with the devil gene: *“Where’s the nearest cliff?”* Heihachi has an illegitimate daughter with the devil gene decades later: *“I’m too old to care anymore. Not my monkey, not my problem.”*

I was a toddler when Tekken 3 came out and you’re telling me Jin is only 22 now 😂

My money is on Reina being a product of Cloning/Genetic Engineering. That would explain her hyper focus on activating the Devil Gene.

I deadass thought it was going to be Heihatchi himself in a younger body, just like he always wanted

Kazuya ain’t here for sibling relationships.

If young Heihachi ever had the devil gene no protagonist would be able to stop him. Unless Kazuya and Jin one day teamed up on him with their devil forms. Developers knew what they were doing making him miss out on the devil gene. Heihachi is so overpowered any child he has is a fighting prodigy. Only true rivals Heihachi has ever had were his own descendants

Man she bad no cap, the developers and the character designers know exactly what the public want, Juri Han wishes she would be as sane as Reina, both kinda remind me of each other

Reina is technically Jin's aunt. Also many people forget that Heihachi is trying to get Ogre's power for himself to fight the devil gene and those experiments failed as seen in the Tekken 7 retro recap. There's a high possibility that Heihachi is experimenting with his children and Reina is the one that was a success to unleash the devil gene since they have Jin and Kazuya's blood since T2 when Kaz was thrown to the volcano and Jin was shot in T3. I theorize that she is the product of Heihachi's experiments, weather she was loved or not or she just looked up to her father, she's the new threat in the Tekken series.

How the hell is Jin still 22 years old? It’s been like almost 20 years…

Reina is Heihachi's daughter but she has born in LAB! Reina has Devil Gene from Kazumi, yes, they kept Kazumi's dead body to make experiments with Devil Gene. This in short words: Reina is Heihachi's daughter x ovolation from some random woman + devil gene from Kazumi = Reina

Your theory about genetic cloning isn’t crazy and, unless they do something far crazier like soul possession, it seems like the most logical option.

Mishima bloodline Will Never Die!!!!!!!!

My biggest complaint about Reina having the devil gene is Harada said in interview that Kazyua & Jin are the last two remaining members of the Hachijo Clan but out of no wear Raina just has Devil Gene.

4:25 Heihachi hating the Devil Gene was a retcon in 7. In Tekken 3 he used Jin to lure Ogre out so he could capture him and even though Jin killed Ogre Heihachi managed to get some of his blood which he used to try and become immortal but found out he needed the Devil Gene and used the 4th tournament as a trap for Kazuya and Jin.

Heiachi Mishima laying more pipe than British Gas

Guys I don't think the devil gene is gone from jin and kazuya Because if it is why hasn't the tattoo left on its body

I hope they experiment and add more story as dlc. Maybe make a named sequel like t5 dark resurrection. Would love to see more of Reina’s story before tekken 9 in like 10 years.

My theory is that reina is actually a genetic experiment daughter combining the devil gene with heihachis DNA and not a natural offspring between him and someone else. Either that or a genetic experiment designed to specifically absorb energies like the devil gene into her body. Which would explain why she was so interested in fighting kazuya and even taking on his lasers directly as if she was hoping to take in that power and convert it to her own use. It would make sense since she only reveals devil powers after she is defeated with kazuyas powerful attacks and not before

Got to give props to Lee and Lars. Lars being revealed as a Mishima just said "eh, I have a waifu bot anyway". Then Lee despite being raised to be Kazuya's jealous adopted brother decided to be his own man and helps good people here and there though he is quirky.

We got the obvious answer but are left with theories for further questions (- ^ ) Yeah, there are possibly families other than Hachijo that are still cursed. Reina could be a genetic experiment with Kazumi's blood since we don't know what Heihachi did with his wife's body.

Tekken 9 will be her going to war with Jin and Kazuya. And a reemergence of heihachi

heres a take id like to see for tekken 9 it seems kazuya was picked up by Jun after his defeat maybe with her help Kazuya will be a good guy again like he was in the original and like Jin in a nod to Angel Embracing his good side at last kazuya will gain an Angel Form one pure and uncorrupted and no way related to the Devil gene a new, more Pure and noble form of the hachijos power in his blood and will help Jin regain his angel form and together the 2 angels will fight this new possibly more Powerful Devil Reina

I just fell in love with her in the game. She has an interesting personality and I really liked the idea of a female Mishima. Plus, I love her fighting style.

Reina is a strange character in tekken 8, i saw her moves that are similar to heihachi idk if she was an experiment or heihachi's secret daughter training her the mishima fighting, and the fact that the ending showed reina turning into a devil makes it more crazy so im curious to know what's next

I feel like it would make more sense to be kazuya's daughter instead of heihachi but not my game sooo.

::Screaming in Old Joseph Joestar voice:: OHMYGOD! HORYSHET!

I think whatever Reina's origins, Heihachi had a more hands on approach to her development. As she shares a lot of his personality plus she knows quite a bit about key figures within Heihachi's sphere of influence (after she wins against Kazuya, she mentions that there is no cliff to throw him off of.) I also feel like tekken 8 wont be the last we see of Kazuya as at the end of the final cutscene before the credits it cut to Kazuya being approched by someone. If you look closely enough, the boots appear to belong to Jun.

Damn, Heihachi really let himself go after the death of Kazumi. Seriously, at what point do you just get snipped?

She's a Heihachi Michima's illegitimate daughter.

Bro how many people did Jin grand father do it with

Imagine she’s the only Child of Heiachi that he actually cares about which is why she respects him either kept her safe or made her be able to protect herself

I feel like Reina and Heihachi did have a relationship outside of the games, probably between Tekken 2 and 3. What likely happened was Heihachi wanted to see if he could raise a child with the devil gene that wouldn't turn out like Kazuya. Reina, of all of Heihachi's children and adopted children, is the only one that makes a promise to get revenge for Heihachi, not against. Heihachi was probably very open to her about her devil gene and what happened with Kazuya, and probably told her that she would be an unstoppable fighter with her power, which led to her superiority complex. It also makes sense that Heihachi would try to kill Jin in Tekken 3, as not only would there be no one to challenge Reina's strength with Kazuya's line, but it meant that Reina would be the one to inherit the zaibatsu after he dies.

Yo I actually have a theory I feel like Lidia is either the mother or trained reina a bit because a good chunck of Lidia's attacks and stances that aren't Mishima style are similar to reina's also a while back katsushiro stated that Lidia would be important to the future of tekken when she was released.

Reina will have Kuma & Nina on her side soon I bet in the next game this coming from a newcomer Kazuya will find out that’s his lil sister & Jin will find out that’s his aunt

Papa was a rolling stone. I'm very interested to see how and why she has the devil gene when that comes from Kazumi's side.

I WAS WAITING FOR DIS

I mean Heihachi’s father had a devil gene as well. So it’s possible that while Heihachi may be a carrier, he can’t fully go full devil. And as for Lars, maybe it skipped a generation. So far we know of his one sone Kazuma, his new “daughter,” Reina, both have the gene, then his other son Lars that doesn’t, and Lee who’s adopted so he doesn’t count. Hard to say how many other kids out there are devil carriers. Then again his motives seem strange. He’s married into a bloodline that has this evil mystical power. Yet tries to kill and eradicate it. Yet another mythical monster like ogre comes along. And he wants to harvest him to make super soldiers. As for Reina’s origins hard to say. She definitely has major love for Heihachi. So it is hard to say if she’s from this other devil family or a clone. Though Considering how hard Heihachi has tried to kill off the devil gene I find it hard to believe he’d try to X-23 himself with the gene. But as I said his motivations are confusing.

Thanks, but yeah I already love her character very much and am very excited to see what my wife will become in the next game's installment.

I heard that she is the half sister of both lars and kazuya and half aunt to jin

hope they make a Heihatchi DLC with a mini story that he apperes in Reina's flash-back. also I theorize she Kazuya's clone not Heihatchi's thus make her literally his daughter

Not gonna lie i really really like Reina, shes so much like Heihachi but i feel her move set is easier to learn than Heihachi's too.

great video. i would like to know the intro music used at the beginning pls....thanx.

I’m in the camp of ‘Reina is an experiment of Heihachi’s design’. Steve Fox was created through experiments of Heihachi’s whilst he was in control of the Zaibatsu so it could stand to reason that he found a woman that he didn’t know was a descendant of the Azazel heritage but also implanted his DNA into Reina. Similar to how Raven Beak (the Villain of Metroid Dread) implanted his warrior DNA into Samus making her a capable Bounty Hunter; Heihachi may have done the same to Reina making her his surrogate Father. Considering how much Reina idolises him, maybe that was the case. Who knows. Either way, great video

Can jin still access his angel from since he Cleanse the devil gene from the world is jin mother actually still alive and will renia become corrupt by the devil gene ?

Reina is looking for the "ultimate power" that Heihachi mentioned in one of the earlier games. Being Devil Gene + Azazel Absorbed combined with The power of The Ogre (if ever found again)...

Devil Reina, I cannot wait for her now 🤗🤗🤗🤩🤩🤩👊👊👊🙌🙌🙌💥💥💥

Reina is rolling

2:55 So in Tekken 6, Jinpachi was originally possessed by the Devil Gene, before being retconned as being possessed by an evil entity. I believe the two family lines bequeathed the devil gene by Azazel are the Hachijo and the Mishima. Historically, the Mishima were a line of warriors. Very capable historically but incapable of being accepted into higher society, likely due to their blood having tainted origins, being impure. The Hachijo were a line of warrior priestesses. Bidden with maintaining balance and reclaiming the other devil gene spirit should their complimenting clan go astray, as the Mishima had with the death and betrayal of Jinpachi. Granted the Mishima had been dealing weapons and war since WW1, but their leader held an admirable code of ethics and morals, before being usurped by his son. So, theory being, there are two devil gene spirits present for the family. One passed through the Hachijo, one through the Mishima. Though members of each family can carry the devil gene, and thus the potential to host this devil spirit, only one member of the family may be the active and suitable host at any one time. Jinpachi’s devil gene passed down through Heihachi, to Kazuya. Kazumi’s devil gene passed down, dormant through Kazuya, through Jun Kazama, a warrior priestess in her own right, to Jin Kazama. This creates an interesting paradigm, as the Hachijo are typically warrior priestesses, meaning their selected host would typically be a woman to compliment the Mishima’s selected male. This Kazuya’s desire to reclaim the devil gene from Jin for most of the series; to unite these two halves that were once whole within him, and once whole at the very beginning. So now, with Kazuya’s devil gene removed, freed from his body, and Jin’s purified, the remaining spirit would fall to the next suitable host. Since the Hachijo line’s heir purified and changed the devil spirit into an angel spirit, and Lars doesn’t carry the devil gene, Reina would be the only suitable option, especially with her recent awakening.

We know they made steve from ninas dna, so they probably used kazuyas or kazumis, and in most likely the blast she took from kazuya probably activated a gene

Wow heihachi got plenty of action didnt he.

Are we getting more street fighter history

I love reina she is my main character i hope her devil form will be playable either as dlc or in the next game

Wait until we finally get Devil Heihachi to destroy all of them and Finish The Story!!!😂

Reina is definitely fantastic addition to the cast. She’s charismatic as hell and Asami Seto does an excellent job bringing the character to life especially when her voice shifts from cutesy to menacing. She has a flashy, brutal, and well animated fighting style. It helps that she mostly has her own style instead of just being a Heihachi clone. Her visual design is simple yet feels distinctive. I’m glad Reina is going to be a mainstay in the cast. She’s a cooler and evil version of Asuka. Ironic as the purpose of their creation is thematic as Asuka was created as a replacement for Jun moveset-wise while Reina was created as a replacement for Heihachi moveset-wise. Reina is essentially how Asuka would turn out if she was a Mishima rather than a Kazama.

Heihachi Mashima spread his seeds across the land. Seeds grow into trees that bear fruit. Would you like an Orange, a kiwi, or an Apple? If you ask me I'm leaning towards Reina being a successful experiment of Heihachi trying to implant the Devil Gene into himself. A Subject 0 situation.

I like the clone idea.

Well we will find out in 7 years.

I think Kazuya's and Jin Devil Powers are only gone temporarily. The Devil Gene will always remain within them, in my opinion. I think Reina will be sort of the anti-hero in Tekken. Her main goal is to kill Kazuya for Heihachi. I think at some point she'll learn what kind of man he was. It'll change her prospective of him. (He'll always be her father, but I think she'll learn he wasn't the best man as role model)

Theres potential of kazuya and jin getting there powers back, i mean changing genetic code is not easy, specially that there is no before state, they born born with it

Honestly she is cool as hell my favorite newbie since alisa

Can we please get a video on Jack and his evolution

All I hope is she doesn't turn into the big bad. But I can see that being one of the main plots in 9 or 10 since she is now the only devil. Hopefully 9 will cover what happened to Jun/ the ending of 8 (if you know you know), and 10 will be about Reina.

I love Rina she's my favorite character

That intro music slaps what's it from?

Ok, with Reina being introduced like this is a fantastic idea, but the devil gene I have a thought about. It's been seen as a evil or malevolent, which brings me to think as to why? Because I've noticed that the devil gene has been triggered through hostile or violent means, as we know with Kazuya, Jin, and now Reina. But what if it was triggered through a less aggressive means. I don't know if Kazumi's devil gene was triggered through similar means, but she seemed to have a more protective intention to stop Heihachi. And plus we with Jin resolving his inner struggles and change from devil to angel, it even more so raises the question. Is the trigger of the gene based on the situation?

doesn't make sense for her to be kazumi's daughter due to kazuya being really young when she died, and reina is a lot younger than kazuya

Heihachi: I really should've thought about using protection. Now I have more kids than Fame Douglas. Kazuya: A little too late for that. And to make things worse, there's more of them out there. Jin: I have an aunt that's younger than me. Lars: I have a sister!? Heihachi: Like I said, I REALLY should've thought about using protection. Lee: Thank God I waa adopted.

I was close in age to Jin (16-19) when T3 came out. Now I'm 41. Jin is only 22, how is that fair!😂

Amazing job

My theory is that Heihachi's cells were recovered by G Corp and reconstructed through IVF and Devil Gene tech.

Her face looks almost exactly like Kazumi. I'd say she's a clone of her or a reincarnation

My only problem with Reina is that no one can tell she’s Mishimas child. In T6 Kazuya identifies Lars as a sibling because of the electric effect and she literally uses the electrics and no one pays attention

If there is a Tekken 9 in the future then Reina will ba a Big part of it

i would hypothesize that reina is the cousin of steve.... so basically what im saying is reina is Anna's daughter splice with devil gene. that s how steve came along kazyua did invitro on nina and came out with steve. anna not having purpose in life asked to be ccryo frozen along with nina, so whos to say kazuya didnt do the exact same experiments on anna but unbeknownst to him successfully replicated and made a new baby with the devil gene that he obviously forgot about, because he forgot about steve as well

My theory of Reina is A tekken 3. Where Heihachi was looking for ogre to mix with his blood and jins blood

People seem to be missing something with the Devil Gene when it comes to the story now. It seems anyone can attain the power by being near death as she took Kaz’s devil beam point blank and that seemed to wake up it within her.

Knowing Tekken it's either the simplest explanation or a batfucking nuts unpredictible one

It would be cool if her devil form was a dlc character but I doubt it, most likely see it in the next game in like 5-10 years

This character is going to upset people more than Lars

I have a theory that Heihachi took Kazumi's dna/eggs after she died and did something similar to Reina like Steve Fox's birth, either a surrogate or test tube. Maybe his experiments with the devil gene got better and Reina became the most successful experiment

the fact that she idolizes him is more of a sign she DIDN'T have contact with heihachi imho

Why am I thinking that she might be like Shin Kamiya from the movie? I mean the way she got the Devil Gene. She did enrolled in the same school, there was a history that there were a Mutare experiments there. We just told that Shin survived, but who knows, maybe Reina survived too? And we saw that Shin had a Devil Gene like power, even tattoes like Jin does. So maybe? Like it’s already been confirmed, Heihachi didn’t have the Devil Gene blood, but what if Reina enrolled the school but Heihachi didn’t know her but she KNOWS that he is her father. Then she got into or volunteered into the Mutare experiment and then goes into hiding to train and try to tap into the Devil Gene? Like maybe she also knows that Heihachi despise Devil Gene and wanted to destroy it and it’s kinda the scenario of you need to be a devil to beat the devil? I don’t know, I just saw this video and these kind of thought goes right into my head. Sorry for rambling :”D

As many said, she is probably a genetic baby with the devil gene artificially implanted. Why would heihachi do that? Maybe he forsaw he had very short time left (as Kazuya and Jin only became stronger and stronger) and needed someone to take over Mishima Zaibatsu, but only someone who could be strong enough to fight against Kazuya and Jin's devil genes. So he maybe thought the only way of doing this was by raising a son or daughter with the devil gene that actually raises up to admire him so he/she could take over Mishima Zaibatsu and pursue his ideals, and who knows maybe clone him like g corp did with Kazuya. I think Reina is an "in case of" plan of Heihachi . I also think that Jun was brought back for a reason and it wasn't only just to help Jin, I think she might be the only one with the help of his son to stop Reina's devil gene as she is known to have sacred powers that controls or at least weakens the devil genes power.

Tekken 9 is going to be like Jojo part 5 where we find out more about Heihachi's children like Dio

I was confused at first about how she got the devil gene if hehachi didn't carry the gene originally

probably why she look younger than Jin, she might have underwent cryogenic sleep while experiemented, just like Nina, while I can this might be Tekken's Juri

Tekken 9 we're definitely gonna get Jin Jr.

Haven't played 8 yet so story of Reina not clear to me but 1 thing is...if she had the real devil gene it'd have ro be from Kazuyas Mom Kazumi which means Kaz would have known her or abt her...the fact she has Mishima blood and devil gene could mean she is an experiment or is an illegitimate child of Heihachi...that was injected with devil gene through experimentation.

I honestly wouldn't write off Reina being a clone or some kind of genetic experiment made by Heihachi as something out there, concidering Steve Fox's backstory.

Okay so the dna thing totally makes sense. Especially with the way that everyone was seeing heihachi while they were fighting her

Didn't Devil Jin say to Jin that he would always be there to protect him? If so, then Kazuya and Jin isn't rid of the Devil Gen for good.

I don’t believe she’s Heihachi’s daughter. I think she’s Kazuya’s. .. or like Steve a test tube baby. But wtf do I know 😂

My Theory Of Reina Is She Was Part Of The Mutare Experiment That Used Kazuya’s Blood From Blood Vengeance🤩🔥👍

I figured she was kazuya's daughter and like dear old dad she has a soft spot for Grandpa

Heihachi is working "HARD" here.

Technically, she is Kazuya's daughter by clone but raised secretly by Heihachi's own, right?

Heihachi's been a buzy bee

I find her pretty interesting, especially since she actually likes Heihachi.