Jun Kazama

Jun Kazama is a character from the Tekken franchise.

Jun is the mother of Jin Kazama. Jun was assumed to have been killed in Ogre's wrath when he awoke, but her official status is "unknown".

Appearance
Jun has medium length black hair (though her hair is brown in Tekken: The Motion Picture) with a full fringe, brown eyes and fair-skin. She is usually depicted wearing her iconic white headband.

Jun wears a pale blue sleeveless, buttoned midriff-baring top with two pockets, short pale blue shorts with a black belt around her waist, pale blue knee-high socks and brown shoes. She also wears a pale blue ribbon on her head and pale blue finger-less gloves.

In the Tekken Tag games, Jun wears a white sleeveless bustier top with a black crow design, a black scarf with gold designs on the right side, white pants with black crow designs on the left pant leg, a brown belt around her waist and white and black toed sandals.

Personality
Not much is known of Jun's personality aside from the few hints that other characters have given throughout the series. Kazuya describes her as "mysterious" in his Tekken 6prologue. Jun seems to embody tranquility and purity and is shown to have peaceful and animal loving nature. This is evident in her mission to save Kazuya from the corruption of the Devil in Tekken 2, the forest animals' natural affinity towards her (shown in her Tekken 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 endings), and her ability to suppress the Devil Gene (as she does so in her Tekken Tag Tournament ending as well as during her special tag win-pose with Devil Jin in Tekken Tag Tournament 2).

Her exact relationship with Kazuya is very much unknown. Jun was determined to save him from Devil's possession, but the inner conflict within Kazuya was the main reason he was defeated and seemingly killed by Heihachi at the end of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. But it does confirm that Jun's presence kept Kazuya's darker nature at bay.

Jun holds a deep and strong love for her son, Jin Kazama. Having raised Jin as a single parent in the seclusion of the wilderness since his birth, the two shared a very close and strong bond. She fervently fought off Devil when the apparition tried to make a host of Jin while Jun was still pregnant with Jin and asked him to seek refuge with Heihachi Mishima should anything happen to her. She also instructed Jin in Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts.

Even with the two still no longer together, Jun continues to have a strong impact on her son's life and seems to continue to guide him even after being missing for so long. It is an apparition/vision of her that stops Jin from killing Heihachi and the very reason Jin sought to kill Ogre was because he believed that the god of fighting had murdered his mother. Even for as much time has passed since the events of Tekken 6, Jin states that he greatly misses his mother and wishes nothing more for her to be at his side again. In Jin's Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending, Jin is surprised to find his mother transform from Unknown after having defeated her. Once she disappears from Jin's arms, he transforms into his alter-ego and flies away into orbit, screaming in pain from having lost his beloved mother again. An apparition of Jun embraces a distraught Jin (in his Devil Jin ending, continuing from his first) in space, seemingly reversing his transformation.

If the two are paired up in TTT2, Jun expresses sorrow and disappointment towards Jin (most likely because of his regretful actions in Tekken 6), asking him if he forgot her teachings. However, in their special win pose, the two will begin to pass one another before stopping and, after a brief moment of hesitation, look over their shoulders and smile at one another. This shows that, though there may be some tension between the two, they are nonetheless happy to see each other after so long.

Abilities
Prior Tekken Tag series, she does not have any counter throws.

In Tekken Tag 2, her gameplay, is a bit changed, such as having many new moves, while most of the moves like her Throw moves, such as her Armbar, Right attack button throw, and Suplex are removed.

Jun fights using the Kazama Style martial arts.

Trivia

 * Jun's costume 'theme' seems to be white. This may be a reference to the universal symbol of good and purity.
 * The kanji for her given name (Jun) means "rule", "standard", "associate" or "to correspond". Ironically, her name can be read as Hitoshi when used as a male given name, similarly to her son's name Jin. Due to her character design, her name is commonly mistaken as (Jun) meaning "pure".
 * There is speculation to whether or not the intimate meeting between Kazuya and Jun was consensual or that their meeting was simply an act of fate.
 * Jun wants to "save" Kazuya in a variety of ways regardless of how many times she fails to do so.
 * The Tekken 6 art book revealed that Unknown was originally meant to be Jun's sister but the idea was dropped as a main story element when Tekken Tag Tournament became non-canonical.
 * Jun was considered for Tekken 3 as her portrait, voice and some moves can be found on the arcade version of the game through hacking. They were removed from the home port.
 * Ogre has some of Jun's moves, like her "Windmill Kick".
 * Jun has the ability to "repress" the devil gene in her son, Jin, with a single touch (as seen in her Tekken Tag Tournament ending). Asuka Kazama, who is known to be related to her, also has the same ability but hasn't realized her strange power yet.
 * Jun can also use telekinetic powers like her son's devil form as shown in her special win pose with him in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
 * Jun, at 170 cm (5′7″), is the second tallest female fighter in Tekken.
 * Jun shares a personal interest with her son, Jin, a forest bathing.
 * In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Asuka's hair can be customized to look like Jun's.
 * Jun's title of "Chosen One" has made her special even amongst other Kazamas, as stated in her Tekken 2profile.
 * Jun would be 41 during Tekken 3, 43 during Tekken 4, 5 and 6, as if she appeared in those games, making her arguably the eldest female playable human character in the Tekken series; Jun may be in a tie with Nina Williams, who is chronologically 43 years as well, though physically 24.
 * In Tekken 6 's Scenario Campaign mode, Alisa stated that a sibling of Jun's has opened the "Kazama-Style Traditional Martial Arts" dojo in Asuka's stage. It's unclear and unknown what she meant, however. Lee Chaolan will bring her name up directly in the initial conversation before continuing into the stage.