Tekken 8 Roster: All Confirmed Characters and Who to Expect?
As soon as it was announced, Tekken 8 quickly rose to the top of many players’ most anticipated list. And with each new clip Bandai Namco has released of their upcoming fighting game, we grow even more excited. All great fighting games rely on their rosters; and Tekken has had many memorable characters throughout its years-long legacy. So with that in mind, here are all confirmed characters for Tekken 8, plus who you can expect in future updates.
Tekken 8 Roster: All Confirmed Characters
Here is every character confirmed for Tekken 8 thus far:
Asuka Kazama
Devil Jin
Jack-8
Jin Kazama
Jun Kazama
Kazuya Mishima
King
Leroy Smith
Ling Xiaoyu
Marshall Law
Nina Williams
Paul Phoenix
We will update this list when more Tekken 8 roster additions are revealed.
Tekken 8 Roster: Who Characters Can We Expect?
Predicting the Tekken roster can be tricky, especially after Tekken 7, when many legacy characters such as Lei, Julia, Marduk, Armor King, Ganryu and Anna were released as DLC after launch. With that said, anyone from Tekken’s past could return in Tekken 8. Of course Heihachi Mishima may make a return due to his molten lava bath at the end of Tekken 7.
Though he may no longer be playable, you never know! Bring him back for a dream sequence in story mode or something; NetherRealm did this for The Joker in Injustice 2.
As far as predictions go, only four characters have appeared in all major Tekken games – Paul Pheonix and Nina Williams are confirmed for the roster, while Heihachi unfortunately passed away. That leaves Yoshimitsu, who has been a mainstay of Bandai Namco fighting games for years. Expect him to make an appearance during Tekken 8’s run.
We can look to Tekken 7 usage stats to understand which characters players would most like to see added. Some of the highest played characters online that haven’t yet been announced include Bryan Fury, Armor King, Devil Jin, Dragunov and Feng; plus Fahkumram as a newcomer. Considering Leroy Smith was confirmed for Tekken 8 before even seeing its release date, this could serve as an indicator for some other highly sought after characters to appear.
At present, there is no set release date for Tekken 8, though it will likely release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X & S in the near future.
