41 Facts About Lars Alexandersson

Lars Alexandersson is a fictional character from the Tekken fighting game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Since Tekken 6, Lars Alexandersson has become a recurring character in the franchise, and has appeared in the cross-over Street Fighter X Tekken and as a guest character in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2.

Lars Alexandersson was finally introduced to Tekken 6 in an update titled Bloodline Rebellion.

In early sketches, Lars Alexandersson was depicted as older than his in-game appearance, with a beard and a ponytail.

Lars Alexandersson was designed with the idea of him not being a corrupted protagonist, contrasting Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima's stories.

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In redesigning Lars Alexandersson, Kishimoto removed his Tekken Force outfit and gave him one made of a soft rubber material, marked with a lion figure on his right arm.

Lars Alexandersson made multiple cuts for the belt on the back, so that Lars' kicking techniques would be possible.

For Tekken 7, Lars Alexandersson was given another look by Akira Nishitani, aka Nin-Nin.

For Street Fighter X Tekken, Lars Alexandersson retains his Tekken 6 outfit, but is given an alternate ninja outfit.

In October 2017, as part of a collaboration between Tekkens staff and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, it was revealed that Lars Alexandersson would be getting a new costume in Tekken 7, inspired by professional wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Across all his appearances, Lars Alexandersson has been voiced by Junichi Suwabe, including Street Fighter X Tekken, where he is voiced by Zach Hanks in the English dub.

Lars Alexandersson commented about the Tekken 7 trailer where Lars and Noctis interact together.

Lars Alexandersson' fighting style is based on the Shorinji Kempo martial arts, and is known as the "Tekken Forces Martial Arts".

Designer Yuichi Yonemori mentioned that Lars Alexandersson' fighting style is effective for countering aggressive players, due to his speed, which allow players to avoid taking too much damage in combat.

Harada said that Lars Alexandersson' strength was intentional, and argued that every time a new character is introduced to the franchise, he might be perceived as stronger, as had happened with Akuma, who appears as a guest character in Tekken 7.

Several of Lars Alexandersson' moves involve electricity, with one of his most powerful ones being named after Zeus, the Greek thunder god.

In Ninja Storm 2, Lars Alexandersson is a close-up fighter, featuring electricity-based moves in contrast to other characters who rely on projectile techniques.

Harada said he thought Lars Alexandersson remained the strongest character to use in fighting tournaments, though others claim Steve Fox and the Mishimas – Jin, Kazuya and Heihachi – were stronger.

For Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Harada revealed that Lars Alexandersson had been rebalanced from Tekken 6 in order to better fit with the cast of this spinoff.

JDCR commented that Lars Alexandersson felt easy to use for newcomers, to the point of considering him "dangerous".

On Fated Retribution, several of Lars Alexandersson' techniques were patched to increase the damage they cause.

The group then went to Japanese arcades to play Tekken 7 as Lars Alexandersson while listening to their own music, which they found fitting.

BatAAr's theme song for Lars Alexandersson was ultimately titled "Vrede", and included in both a CD single as well as the original soundtrack of Tekken 7.

Lars Alexandersson is the illegitimate son of Heihachi Mishima, who sired him as an experiment to see if he could pass on the powerful Devil Gene.

Lars Alexandersson' memory is restored upon encountering his father Heihachi Mishima, at which point he rediscovers his purpose: to stop Jin and prevent both Kazuya and Heihachi from taking over Zaibatsu.

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Lars Alexandersson then brings the disabled Alisa to his partner and adoptive brother Lee Chaolan, who offers to restore her.

Lars Alexandersson saves Jin's life again, this time from a recruited journalist who intended to avenge his family whose deaths he blamed on Jin.

Additionally, Lars Alexandersson appears in a Tekken 7 trailer recruiting guest character Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV for an unknown mission.

Lars Alexandersson appears in the spinoff games Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, and Tekken Revolution.

Outside the Tekken franchise, Lars Alexandersson is featured as a playable character in the fighting game Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, featuring his alternate Tekken 6 costume designed by Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto.

Lars Alexandersson appears as a playable downloadable content character in the crossover game Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Alisa.

Lars Alexandersson appeared in CyberConnect2's tactical role-playing game Full Bokko Heroes X in his Tekken 7 design, but with a super deformed look.

Until entering the tournament, Lars Alexandersson alone held the secret that he was Heihachi's illegitimate son.

The reviewer noted that the accessories that players can unlock for Lars Alexandersson were designed to make him more likable, reinforcing how appealing his character becomes across the game.

Lars Alexandersson listed him as the 27th-best Tekken character, and found his role in his first game was positive and compared him favorably to Mortal Kombats newer protagonists at the time, like Shujinko or Taven, who he felt were less appealing.

The reviewer had mixed feelings over Lars Alexandersson being able to escape the curse of the Mishima family, who are supposedly destined to fight each other.

Lars Alexandersson was listed as the third best Tekken hero by Listas, as well as the 22nd best character in the franchise.

Different types of merchandise with Lars Alexandersson' image have been released, most notably a Tanahashi shirt which the wrestler wears during promotion of Tekken 7 in late 2017.

Anime News Network liked the alternate costume Kishimoto made for Lars Alexandersson, calling it "one of the more stylish Naruto super-ninja".

The Spanish developers of Storm 2 were surprised when learning that Lars Alexandersson would appear in the game of that as the announcement was made late during the game's development, noting that at the same time they reunited with Katsuhiro Harada a month earlier.

Lars Alexandersson was listed by Destructoid as a runner-up for their worst haircuts in gaming.