It is unknown if Akuma's Street Fighter backstory is supposed to also be canon in the Tekken universe. Since then, Gouken and Akuma parted ways as enemies and would come to fiercely clash over the direction of their martial arts' disposition well into the future. Unknown to him, Gouken was on his way to see Goutetsu after years of separation, but found only his master's dead body. Akuma took Goutetsu's prayer beads after he defeated him, and still wears them now. Goutetsu died happy that his student had surpassed him. To truly inherit the school, Akuma challenged Goutetsu to a duel to the death and defeated his master in battle. Much unlike his master, who embraced its lethal aspects to a controllable degree and without giving in to its darkness, Akuma took the malevolent aspects further and cast off his humanity to fully realize the true strength of his style. As Gouken left amicably to found his own branch of the school that did not rely on drawing upon its darker and potentially lethal aspects, Akuma continued on to inherit the school's killing tradition, Satsui no Hadō. Goutetsu soon began to teach them the more brutal secrets behind their martial art and revealed the central aspect responsible for their style to be known as a killing art.
Akuma and his older brother, Gouken, learned under their master Goutetsu. After realizing that Heihachi is dead, he focused more on killing Kazuya and his devil form after the latter killed his father in their final showdown during the climax of the Story Mode.Ī mysterious individual whose origins remain still murky, in the Street Fighter universe, Akuma originally was one of two students who trained to be the heir of a powerful yet obscure Ansatsuken martial arts in Japan. He has made it his vow to keep his promise to Kazumi by killing both Heihachi and his son, Kazuya Mishima. In the Tekken continuity during the events of Tekken 7, Akuma showed a surprising aspect of humanity as he genuinely cared for Kazumi Mishima for treating his injuries before her death at the hands of her husband Heihachi Mishima. He is very independent and fights alone, which is why he doesn't have a partner in Street Fighter X Tekken. He truly hates Gouken for not using their fighting style as it is intended to be used, and hates him even more for sealing off the Satsui no Hado in Ryu. In his conversations with many fighters, he tends to talk about their fists and his own. He is very serious in a fight, be it holding back or going all out, and enjoys getting stronger. He also seeks to fight warriors with enough potential to kill, but hates interference in his training. He is rarely, if ever, seen smiling and enjoys fighting formidable warriors and those with enough potential for immense strength, such as Ryu. OutfitsĪkuma is a seemingly brutal, angry, but also honorable and a proud warrior who is always training and has contempt for weaklings. He makes his debut in Tekken 7 promising to fulfill a debt owed to Kazumi by killing Heihachi, as well as their son Kazuya Mishima. He finds himself in the middle of the Mishima blood feud by a pre-existing relationship with Kazumi Mishima, Heihachi's wife, who once saved his life.