Eddy Gordo

Eddy Gordo is a character from the Tekken franchise.

A rich playboy, he gets in a little trouble when his family is targeted by Brazilian drug cartels, primarily since his father is trying to put them away. His father is killed; his dying wish is to protect his son, so he tells Eddy to confess to his murder and spend some time in a nice safe prison rather than on the outside under the gun. Eddy agrees.

Inside, he's saved during a prison riot by some old guy using martial arts. We know where this is going, although in this case the martial art is Capoeira. After finishing his sentence, Eddy promptly enters the third tournament, and gets info on who did his family wrong.

It turns out that the cartels themselves were advised to kill Eddy's father, and it seems Kazuya had a role to play in things. This of course convinces him to start planning some destruction.

He's then approached by Christie Monteiro, the granddaughter of his master. He promised to pass Capoeira on to her, so he does, and she enters tournaments  4  and  5.

For Eddy, however, his story takes a turn to the dark side when Jin offers him a chance to cure his master... if he'll do a lot of his dirty work. Without any other choice, Eddy accepts and now gets involved with a lot of criminal activities.

Unfortunately for Eddy, with Jin's disappearance in the Middle East, his master dies and his relationship with Christie is now strained further. With nothing but his desire for vengeance left, Eddy enters the 7th tournament to confront Kazuya and make him pay.

Appearance
Eddy is a dark skinned Brazilian with brown eyes and dark brown hair tied in dreadlocks.

Tekken 3
Eddy wears his capoeira uniform consisting of a yellow and green high-neck sleeveless mini shirt with white wristbands, yellow capoeira pants with green linings and the sign "Faisca" on each side and fights barefoot. His rope on his waist is black. But in Tekken Tag Tournament, the ribbons on his black rope is finally hanging loose.

Eddy wears a red and purple sleeveless jersey shirt, black baggy shorts and a matching red and purple sneakers. He also wears sunglasses while wearing the outfit.

Tekken Tag Tournament
Eddy is no longer wearing his high-neck sleeveless mini shirt, fighting shirtless instead. His capoeira pants are now light blue and white and his capoeira belt is black. He also wears a multiple of chain necklace on his neck.

His jersey shirt was recolored to purple and white and his sneakers recolored black and white.

Tekken 4
Eddy appears as Christie's third outfit. He wears a purple long sleeve openly loose button shirt, black pants and shoes.

He later wears this in Christie's ending but his right arm is in a sling.

Tekken 5
Eddy shares a character slot with Christie where he is selected by pressing the Player 3 and 4 outfit buttons, until he was given his own character space in the update.

Eddy wears his updated Capoeira uniform in Tekken 3 and he has the sign "FAISCA" at the center of his shirt and the green linings of his capoeira pants. The rope on his waist is changed to white.

He now wears a grayish brown long sleeve open-button shirt, his brown jeans have a jaguar design and he wears brown shoes.

Tekken 6
In the Scenario Campaign mode, Eddy wears this outfit but he has a faded medium blue denim jacket over the top when he is talking to both Jin and Nina, but as the boss in Tekken Force Special Operations Base, he retains this outfit but without his denim jacket.
 * In his shared ending with Christie, he wears a black business suit where they mourn over the loss of their master.

Tekken 7
Eddy wears a new main outfit consisting a brown jacket with jaguar designs with a white tank top underneath it, dark gray jeans with a black belt on his waist and brown shoes with golden toe caps. He also wears two golden chain necklace in his neck and a long necklace with three black rounded pendants at the center. He accessorizes it with a bracelet on his left wrist and several silver rings in every fingers on both sides.

Personality
Eddy seems to be very loyal, going out of his way to repay the kindness offered to him by the capoeria master.

Abilities
Eddy fights using Capoeira, the Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music.

Trivia

 * Eddy is considered a master; the default color of his cords (a sign of rank in Capoeira) is white. In certain capoeira groups, a white colored cord is the highest rank attained.
 * Originally a female Capoeira martial artist was going to be introduced in Tekken 3 but the possible graphics at the time weren't considered good enough for the female Namco wanted in the game, so Eddy was created instead. Christie was later introduced in the following game, Tekken 4.
 * There has been some debate on whether Eddy and Christie have been good for the art of Capoeira. On one hand, they have popularized the Brazilian martial art, but on the other, they are adding to the misconceptions about the art. Capoeira still has strong underlying philosophies which haven't been separated to create a corporate sport, like what has happened to most martial arts.
 * Gordo, in Portuguese and Spanish respectively, means "fat".
 * Eddy Gordo, Christie and Tiger Jackson share the same motion actor, Mestre Marcelo Caveirinha.
 * Since Christie's debut, up until Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Eddy did not have an ending animation of his own. Instead, he shared his endings with Christie.
 * Eddy had also never spoken in any of his endings up until Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
 * Possibly due to Christie being planned as the initial Capoeira fighter for Tekken 3 and therefore would have her "replace" Eddy in later games. However, due to popularity as well as his plot/drive, Eddy once again became the sole Capoeira fighter for Tekken.
 * Eddy is mentioned in comedian Dane Cook's skit about the time he saw a guy getting hit by a car ("He gets hit right in his center of gravity, that sends you flipping through the air like Eddy Gordo from Tekken when somebody doesn't know how to do combos and they're just hitting the buttons randomly...").
 * The word "Faisca" is written, from Tekken 5 to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, in white on the chest and the sides of the legs on Eddy's Capoeira uniform.
 * In February 24, 2017, a screenshot of Eddy wears a new main outfit was leaked during the press event in Brazil. This would mean he would return as a playable character in Tekken 7 and its updates. However, his reveal trailer was released on March 3, 2017.