Paul Phoenix

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Paul Phoenix
Alias	Paul & Blazing Brawler (TK7)
Origin	Tekken
Occupation	Martial Artist Street fighter and delinquent Dojo Owner (formerly) Bodyguard (in his youth)
Powers/Skills	Martial Arts Superhuman Strength
Hobby	Fighting Training Riding his motorcycle Causing troubles and other small criminal activities Crashing Dojos Hanging out with Marshall and Forest Punching things, especially walls or rocks
Goals	Become the toughest fighter in the universe. Become rich. Defeat Kazuya Mishima. (formerly) Defeat Kuma. (succeeded with both bears more than once) Defeat Ogre. (succeeded)
Family	No information
Friends/Allies	Marshall Law, Forest Law, Steve Fox
Enemies	Kazuya Mishima, Kuma I, Kuma II, Ogre
Type of Hero	Comic Relief

Paul Phoenix is a character from the Tekken series. He's appeared in every subsequent tournament.

He is voiced by Kanehira Yamamoto in the Japanese version, and by Eric Kelso, Jamieson Price and Mike McFarland in the English version.

About

He is a hotheaded, aggressive character, determined more than ever to win the tournament to prove he is the best fighter in the entire universe (he means this literally, according to his ending in Tekken 5). He is very hostile towards the Mishima family and everyone and anything associated with it (most notably the Mishima Zaibatsu and Kazuya Mishima) and never hesitates to show this hatred in matches.

Although he gets close so many times (especially in Tekken 3), Paul has never won a tournament. Yet he managed to defeat the powerful non-human Ogre in a fight. It was always discussed who was the true winner of the 3d tournament (even among the fandom), yet the majority of the people thought Jin Kazama the actual winner, since he destroyed Ogre after Paul left. For Heihachi Mishima, the winner was supposed to be the one who would capture Ogre for him, but neither Paul or Jin succeeded at that as Ogre's body vanished.

Paul always provided comic relief moments for the series, but lately his funny side has become his only point. In fact despite his initial setup in the first game to be a possible rival to Kazuya, as well as his serious standing in previous games, Paul has become something of a joke character (story-wise) more and more. This is quite obviously evidenced by the fact that he is rivals with another joke character, Kuma II. In the oldest Tekken games Kuma I was introduced as a serious smart evil bear who tried to prevent Paul, who was the strongest non-Mishima, winning the first tournaments. Paul also had a comic relief ending in Tekken 5. Nevertheless, he is among the most popular and well loved Tekken characters.

Gallery

Paul art concept in original tekken

Paul in the Tekken intro.

Paul render.

Paul in the intro.

Paul in his ending.

Paul render.

Paul in the opening.

Paul render.

Paul in his prologue.

Prologue.

Paul in Tekken 5.

Paul in Tekken 6.

Paul in Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.

Trivia

• Along with Heihachi Mishima, Nina Williams, and Yoshimitsu, Paul Phoenix has appeared in every single Tekken game to date.
• According to current canon, Kazuya Mishima and Kuma are the only two characters to have ever defeated Paul in a tournament. It is very possible that Paul could be regarded as one of the most powerful or "toughest" fighter in the Tekken universe, somewhat ironic considering Paul has become more of a comedy gag character in recent installments. Obviously Paul is comically oblivious to this feat however.