Jun Kazama (風間 準, Kazama Jun?) is a character in the Tekken series who made her debut in Tekken 2. She is the mother of Jin Kazama, having raised him alone after failing to save Jin's father, Kazuya Mishima, from Devil's influence. Jin assumes her to be dead after witnessing her being attacked by Ogre on his fifteenth birthday, at a time when Ogre was attacking and killing participants of the second King of Iron Fist Tournament. Jun's official status, however, is "missing".[3] She has had multiple cameos and references in every mainline game following Tekken 2 despite not returning as a playable character. In the non-canonical Tekken Tag Tournament 2, after being defeated in arcade mode, Jun transforms into Unknown, the final boss.
Jun will return as a playable fighter in Tekken 8.
Jun was a wildlife surveillance officer of the conservation group W.W.W.C. She used Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts, a martial art that has been handed down the Kazama family for generations.
Jun grew up surrounded by nature on the island of Yakushima, where she was taught the ways of the Kazama-style martial arts and developed strong psychic abilities, before moving to Tokyo when she reached adulthood. While city life distanced her from spiritual surroundings, her father's ghost appeared to her, reaffirming her beliefs in the supernatural.
It was during her time in Tokyo, while working for W.W.W.C., that she heard of a man named Kazuya Mishima, who was involved in the smuggling of protected animals. Also sensing a mysterious power surrounding Kazuya, Jun decided to enter the second King of Iron Fist Tournament to put an end to the illegal smuggling and to free Kazuya from whatever power it was that surrounded him.[1]
At some point during this time, Jun became pregnant with Kazuya's child. Eventually, Kazuya confronted his father, who defeated him in battle and subsequently disposed of his son's body in an active volcano.[4]
Jun returned to Yakushima. She gave birth to she and Kazuya's son, whom she named Jin. There, she raised him in the mountains, teaching him the way of Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts as he grew up.
As Jin approached his fifteenth birthday, Jun began to sense the approach of a great evil. Concerned, she warned Jin that, should anything happen to her, he was to seek out his grandfather, Heihachi. On the day of Jin's fifteenth birthday, Jun's premonition came true when she was attacked by Ogre, who was seeking out the world's greatest martial artists to defeat them and absorb their abilities. Jin rushed to his mother's side to aid her in battle, but was easily outmatched by Ogre and knocked unconscious. When he awoke, he found his home destroyed and Jun nowhere to be found. Believing her to be dead, Jin set out to avenge her by defeating Ogre.[5] Jun's true status after these events remains unknown.
A vision of Jun stopped Jin from killing Heihachi during the events of Tekken 4.
