Michelle and Julia Chang

This article is about the fighting game characters. For the Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, see Michelle C. Chang.
Michelle and Julia Chang
Left: Michelle in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Right: Julia in Tekken 6
Created byNamco
DebutMichelle: Tekken (1994)
Julia: Tekken 3 (1997)
SeriesTekken
Voiced by
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Motion capture byKatsuhiro Harada (partial)[3]

Michelle Chang (Japanese: ミシェール・チャン, Hepburn: Mishēru Chan) is a character in the Tekken series centered on fighting games by Bandai Namco. She was introduced in the original Tekken (1994) as a Chinese-Native American woman possessing a pendant capable of controlling evil powers. The pendant was problematic in Michelle's life, causing her father's death and her kidnappings. She is the adoptive mother of Julia Chang (Japanese: ジュリア・チャン, Hepburn: Juria Chan), who acts as a successor to her and masters her discipline. Michelle is omitted from the canonical games after Tekken 2 (1995) but continues to appear in the series' other-related media.

Julia was introduced and took the place of Michelle from Tekken 3 (1997), in which she was portrayed in the role of rescuing Michelle. Onwards, she became a researcher and took on the responsibility of the reforestation of her homeland to reduce environmental problems. Julia also possesses an alternative personality known as Jaycee (Japanese: ジェイシー, Hepburn: Jeishī), who is in alignment with lucha libre professional wrestling. Michelle, along with Julia, has been heavily criticized for being cited as a representative of Native Americans across the video game industry.

Michelle was voiced by Jessica Robertson in English for the 1998 animated film Tekken: The Motion Picture. On the other hand, Julia, for her first appearance in Tekken 3, was voiced by Hiromi Tsuru in Japanese. In Street Fighter X Tekken, Julia was voiced by Annie Wood in English and Seiko Yoshida in Japanese. Yoshida continued to voice Julia in Japanese for the 2022 anime Tekken: Bloodline, while Jeannie Tirado provided the English voice for the same production. Some of the Motion capture for both characters was performed by Katsuhiro Harada during the 1990s.

  1. ^ "Michelle Chang Voice". Behind The Voice Actors. Inyxception Enterprises, Inc. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Julia Chang Voices (Tekken)". Behind The Voice Actors. Inyxception Enterprises, Inc. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
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