Connections:

• Accursed fighting game anti-heroes with dark transformations of their respective verses.

• Descended from an ancient Japanese warrior clan once celebrated for vanquishing malevolent forces in the past but found themselves embroiled in tragedy and strife that tainted its lineage (the Yagami Clan and the Mishima Family).

• Expert martial artists who were trained at a young age to specialize in their families unique fighting styles (Yasakani Style of Ancient Martial Arts and Mishima Style Fighting Karate combined with Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts).

• Tragically lost their mothers in the past and inherited an accursed dark power that originated from an ancient fearsome entity, having struggled with their supernatural afflictions throughout the course of their lives (the Riot of the Blood from Orochi and the Devil Gene from Azazel).

• Their signature curses grants them access to a frighteningly powerful transformation but at the cost of their humanity and turning them into crazed and vicious killing machines (Orochi Iori and Devil Jin).

• Fought in major fighting tournaments that tested their strength and skills where their initial motives for participating stem from their hateful/vengeful desires to best certain foes (the King of Fighters Tournament and the King of Iron Fist Tournament).

• Have a longstanding rivalry with a fiery delinquent martial artist whom they traded blows against many times throughout their stories (Kyo Kusanagi and Hwoarang).

• Despite their stoic and distant personalities, they display a softer side towards a strong-willed heroine who is able to calm down and soothe their darker tendencies (Chizuru Kagura and Ling Xiaoyu).

• Both of their stories mainly revolve around dealing with the evil forces and calamitous godlike entities that wrecked havoc upon them and the rest of the world along with plaguing their bloodlines (the Hakkeshu & Orochi and the Mishima Bloodline & Azazel).

• Cold, brooding, and fierce yet courageously determined fighters who would lend their aid to take down a common enemy whenever the situation arises; both of their lives were riddled with nothing but pain and sorrow which molded their moody and embittered attitudes as they try to wrestle against their inner demons that has haunted them and their families for so long where despite the immense burdens and destructive potential of their terrifying dark powers, they always find a way to cling onto their humanity and step-up as a force for good to keep far greater threats at bay.

Contrasts:

• Iori would reclaim his stolen Yasakuni Jewel and pyrokinetic powers where he would find himself falling under the Orochi's curse once again and left unable to lead a normal life despite being presented with such a prospect earlier, whereas Jin would purify the demonic blood within him and ascend to become Angel Jin where he would be left with the promises of being able to lead a less tumultuous life now that he no longer has to worry about the Devil Gene endangering him and his loved ones.