Kuma is no ordinary bear trained in the art of fighting, it is also Heihachi's sparring partner. It has been said that this ferocious beast enjoys human flesh more than brutality itself. Kuma is Heihachi Mishima's pet, and it has been raised to be his vigilant watchdog. After two years, Heihachi realized the power contained in Kuma, and so he trained Kuma in the arts of Kuma Shinken. Kuma was even taught rudimentary Japanese. Heihachi taught the bear simple commands and hand signals, which Kuma picked up at an alarming speed. When Kuma reached adulthood, Heihachi built him an outhouse to cater for his impressively large frame. Heihachi Mishima found Kuma and took him in as his pet. Kuma was once an abandoned cub in the forests of the Mishima estate. His primary outfit sees Kuma with brown fur, while his secondary outfit sees him with white fur, giving him a polar bear-like appearance. In Tekken 2, his appearance altered to that of a Japanese brown bear.Īs Kuma does not wear clothing, his 'outfits' are marked by a change in appearance. In Tekken, Kuma had the appearance of an Asian black bear, with the characteristic markings of the species clearly visible on his chest. Despite his animalistic tendencies, Kuma is also quite lazy, and takes any possible opportunity to take a nap. He is also, as is to be expected, ferociously aggressive, and harbors a taste for human flesh. Kuma is highly intelligent for a bear, to the point that he can learn specialized martial arts and understand basic Japanese. Kuma's activities after the second tournament are unknown, but it is later revealed that Kuma had a son, who would later replace his father as Heihachi's bodyguard and Paul's rival when the original Kuma dies of old age, sometime between the second and third King of Iron Fist tournaments. When the second tournament came around, Kuma sought revenge against Paul, but was once again defeated.

Surprised and impressed by Paul's strength, Kuma retreated to a mountain dojo and trained with Heihachi to grow stronger in order to defeat his new rival. Due to Kuma's impressive abilities, Heihachi made him his bodyguard and Kuma accompanied him to the first King of Iron Fist Tournament, where he was later defeated by Paul Phoenix. As he grew to adulthood, Kuma began to show a superior intellect, and Heihachi, upon realizing this, began to train him, teaching him sign language, fighting techniques and basic Japanese. Kuma was a bear cub found abandoned in the forests of the Mishima estate by Heihachi Mishima, who took him in as a pet.

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