Jinpachi Mishima is a fictional character in Namco Bandai's Tekken series.
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Jinpachi Mishima was introduced in Tekken 5 as the main villain and unplayable final boss.
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Jinpachi Mishima was the original founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu and the father of Heihachi, father-in-law of Kazumi Mishima, paternal grandfather of Kazuya and Lars Alexandersson, adoptive paternal grandfather of Lee Chaolan and paternal great-grandfather of Jin Kazama.
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Unlike most Mishima, Jinpachi was a man of honor and wisdom as he showed compassion to his grandson Kazuya when the latter was a child and was friends with Wang Jinrei.
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However, Jinpachi Mishima's life took a turn for the worse when the greedy Heihachi staged a coup d'etat and stole the company from him.
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Jinpachi Mishima is as a tall, muscular old man with a long beard and hair similar to his son, Heihachi, albeit much longer.
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Jinpachi Mishima is one of the oldest human characters in the Tekken series, being around the same age as his friend, Wang Jinrei, who is about 102 years old in Tekken 5, the game Jinpachi debuted in.
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Jinpachi Mishima wears a large golden necklace, a pair of golden bracelets on his arms and legs and a cloak pants.
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Jinpachi Mishima has a move in which he absorbs a small part of his opponent's health, as well as a teleporting move that temporarily makes him unable to be hit while doing so.
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In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Jinpachi Mishima's moveset is drastically altered to balance him as a playable character.
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Jinpachi Mishima loses many of his unblockable moves like the stun attack and health absorption, and his fireballs do a lot less damage than it did before; in return, he gains a variety of new moves, including properly using his teleportation move as a stance than can be chained to other attacks.
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Nintendo Power listed Jinpachi Mishima as having one of the best mustaches in video games.
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