Steve Fox

Steve Fox is a character in the Tekken series, first appearing in Tekken 4, he has returned for all subsequent games.

Steve is a young British boxer who was adopted at a young age and whose origins long remained shrouded in mystery. Throughout the games, Steve's main objective has been to learn more information about his past, inlcuding the origin of the mysterious scar on his arm, and to get revenge against those responsible.

Appearance
Like his mother, Steve has blonde hair and blue eyes. His hair is usually slicked back down to his neck, and his entire left arm is covered in large scars due to the experiments done in his childhood.

Steve's trademark boxing outfit consists of blue and red boxing shorts with white stripes, resembling the colors of the British flag, and yellow boxing gloves. In Tekken 7, however, this color theme, including the gloves, is changed to a more general blue, with the British flag motif still being present on his back.

Personality
Steve is a polite and gentlemanlike individual whose main motivation is to fight in the ring. He has very few enemies and has made many friends and friendly rivals throughout the series, including Marshall Law and Paul Phoenix. Despite these qualities, Steve has a mysterious and troublesome past which he does not seem to remember and he is constantly searching to uncover the truth about it.

However in both Tekken 4 and Tekken 7, Steve briefly encounters his mother, Nina Williams when she was occassionally in hot pursuit from the authorities like Lei Wulong or the Tekken Forces after she was branded as a traitor to the Mishima Zaibatsu at the time when Heihachi Mishima reclaim the Zaibatsu during Jin Kazama’s disappearance. Steve also shows his protective side towards Nina when she was mostly targeted by her pursuers despite the former who does not acknowledges him as her son and wouldn't care less about him which it was seen from his ending.

Abilities
With an unique fighting style based on bobs, sways and punches, and almost no kicks, Steve is one of the most unorthodox characters in the series. He has incredibly fast and effective punches and combos, very strong low attacks, and can lay the pressure on his opponent like few others in the roster. Perhaps one of the most dangerous fighters in the roster, Steve can turn around a fight with his hard-hitting blows and high-low combos in a flash, and his counter-hits are among the most effective around. Also, Steve's dodging capabilities are unrivaled by any other character in the series if timed properly. Blind reliance on this tactic is very risky, though, and going the wrong way might end up being a game-changing mistake. Placing too much confidence in Steve's evasive maneuvers renders him open to various kinds of damages, the worst case scenario being KO'd by a set of elaborate combos.

Trivia

 * Steve's character was originally given the name Dean Earwicker. This was changed after a substantial amount of negative feedback from the Tekken community. The name has been referenced four times in the Tekken series:
 * The first time was in Tekken 4's Tekken Force side game, where a Tekken Force member that is encountered at the fourth stage (the "Mishima Fortress" stage) is named "Dean Earwicker". This Tekken Force member also has a stance similar to Steve's.
 * The second time was in Tekken 5's "Arcade Battle" mode, where a Tekken Lord Steve Fox is named "Dean Earwicker".
 * The third time was in Tekken 6's "Arcade Battle" and "Ghost Battle" modes, where an Overlord Steve Fox is also named "Dean Earwicker".
 * The fourth time was in Tekken Tag Tournament 2's "Ghost Battle", where a Vanquisher Steve Fox (with Hwoarang) is also named "Dean Earwicker".
 * Because he is a boxer, Steve Fox does not have normal kick attacks. However, there are a few instances where Steve uses his legs to attack, such as his get-up kicks, jumping kicks, and a single attack where he stomps on the opponent's foot.
 * Another move of Steve's, his Endless Roll (4~3~f 1,2... _2,1...) (PAB d/f 3+4~F 1,2... _2,1... in Tekken 6onwards), is a variation of the Dempsey Roll, which was created and first used by the Heavy Weight Boxing Champion of the 1920's, Jack Dempsey. This move was further popularized by the use of the protagonist Ippo Makunoichi in the popular Japanese manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo.
 * Steve's unblockable move, Hellfire (qcb,F+2), is the only unblockable attack where damage can be reduced by blocking it. When blocked, its properties also change. This was removed in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
 * Using the black "slicked back base" hair and the spiky front addition and turning his boxing shorts green (Default Costume 1), one may customize Steve to resemble Little Mac from "Punch-Out!!" on the original Nintendo Entertainment System.
 * Steve is most likely unaware that Anna Williams is Nina's sister and thus his aunt, or that Emma Kliesenwas killed by Kazuya Mishima.