Hwoarang is a fictional character from the Tekken fighting game series released by Namco Bandai Games.
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27 Facts About Hwoarang
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Hwoarang first appeared in Tekken 3 and he has returned in all subsequent games.
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Hwoarang is the Taekwondo student of Baek Doo San, and entered the third Tournament to get revenge on Ogre for attacking his master.
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Hwoarang became Jin Kazama's rival after the two fought to a draw in one of Hwoarang's street matches before the events of Tekken 3.
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Once his gang members had been defeated, Hwoarang would enter and defeat his opponents to win the money at stake.
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One day, Hwoarang lured in an opponent by the name of Jin Kazama and they fought to a draw.
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Hwoarang enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 to defeat Jin Kazama and to seek revenge for his master, Hwoarang got to fight Jin in the later stages of the tournament but he was narrowly defeated after an hours-long fight very similar to the fight between Jin's father Kazuya Mishima and his rival Paul Phoenix in the first King of Iron Fist Tournament.
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Hwoarang was uninterested in military life and felt a strange emptiness within him.
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Hwoarang longingly recalled the days of hustling money in street fights and the rush he experienced from hand-to-hand combat.
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Hwoarang often thought of one fight in particular - the fight against Jin Kazama.
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One day, Hwoarang found out about the announcement of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.
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Hwoarang is not able to fight back, and soon he is knocked unconscious.
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Hwoarang falls down in order to beseech Baek to make him stronger.
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Hwoarang appears in Tekken 7, being one of the eighteen characters initially available in the game.
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In both of his and Devil Jin's endings reveals that Hwoarang lost his right eye after saving Jin from a grenade thrown by some of the UN soldiers who are pursuing Jin.
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Hwoarang's ending however, is correctly takes place before Lars rescue Jin, where Hwoarang finally defeated his rival's devil form, but still unsatisfied about killing a monster like Jin.
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Hwoarang appears in Capcom-made crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken, with Steve Fox as his official tag partner.
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Hwoarang appears in the opening sequence of Tekken: The Motion Picture, along with Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Eddy Gordo, Forest Law, Wang Jinrei and Kunimitsu.
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Hwoarang appears in the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 live-action short film portrayed by Daren Nop.
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Hwoarang is a young Korean man with distinctly orange hair.
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Hwoarang's name is printed on the back of the shirt in his first appearance, while in later games, the Korean flag is shown.
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Hwoarang is wearing motorcycle goggles which are pushed up out of the way.
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Hwoarang now has an eyepatch on his right eye, and his hair is black with an orange streak.
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Hwoarang excels in pressuring opponents from all ranges, being able to pressure opponents with his mixups at close range, having much leisure to choose whether to close in or to back away at middle range, and whiff punishing enemies from a long range, but he lacks defensive tools that prevent himself from being pressured.
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