Julia Chang

Julia Chang is a character from the Tekken games.

Julia is the adopted daughter of Michelle Chang, who taught her how to fight, which is why they share the same fighting style. Julia hopes to one day reforest Arizona, which is where both Michelle and Julia live.

Julia has an alter-ego called Jaycee.

Appearance
Julia is an attractive Native American woman with brown eyes and long brown hair, braided down the back and typically fastened with colorful hairbands while styled into bangs to each side of her face. Being of Native American descent, much of the jewelry and accessories worn by Julia are of traditional Native American design or contain patterning in keeping with her heritage, and she can often be seen wearing a headdress with feathers tucked into the side.

Julia's most recognizable outfit, which serves as her primary outfit in all but Tekken 4, is her Native American attire. Similar to Michelle's primary outfit in earlier games in the series, Julia wears a denim miniskirt, a vest exposing her midriff and colorful boots bearing ornate designs. While colors and styles may vary, these core components remain. Her primary outfit in Tekken 4 saw her wearing green shorts, matching boots and a black vest.

Julia's secondary outfits have varied throughout the series, but one constant is that she wears jeans and boots of varying colors and designs. On her upper body, Julia has worn differing vests, jackets and short sleeved shirts of various colors and designs, some of which bore more intricate patterning in later releases in the series.

Personality
Julia is a very kind woman with a strong love for her adoptive mother Michelle, as well as her tribe and homeland. In turn, Julia is very brave in the face of danger, and will stand her ground and fight for the side of good in order to protect the people and things she cares about. Julia is also intelligent, as her passion for her homeland led her to study archeology, and her time spent researching forest rejuvenation taught her a great deal about natural sciences and information technology. Julia's commitment to good causes tend to take precedence over her own personal life, to such a degree that she seems oblivious to the affection shown to her by others, most noticeably Ganryu, whose love has long gone unreciprocated.

In Tekken 7, as an internet celebrity (she dons a tablet computer in one of her intros), Julia's personality has become a bit bubblier; she is somewhat more hyperactive and boisterous than in previous Tekken installments. She even leans on the fourth wall in one of her outros by telling the player (or viewer, if they're watching on YouTube), "Don't forget to subscribe!"

Ability
As Julia was taught to fight by her adoptive mother, her fighting style is almost identical to Michelle's. Julia's moveset is made up of ranged kicks and fast strikes, many of which can be linked into other attacks, allowing multiple variations of similar moves. While Julia is weaker than the average character, this unpredictability combined with her speed can make her an effective character in the hands of a skilled player.

Julia has a wide range of attacks that cover all height ranges, and as many of her attacks are fast and able to be chained into other attacks, it is possible to deal large amounts of damage through juggles and combos. Julia's range of attacks also make her a good character to force errors from opponents, and her versatile moveset can be beneficial in breaking the guard of more defensive opponents.

While it takes time to learn her more complex attack patterns, it is worth persevering as her agility and fast attacks allow her to evade opponents attacks while keeping them at bay and wearing them down with ranged strikes, making her a good character for players with a more technical playing style.

In Tekken 7, Julia maintains her moves but gaining new moves to her arsenal. She is also utilizes the move similar to the Windmill Kick. Her Rage Art is similar to Leo Kliesen's Rage Art but in a different movement; Julia happily strikes her pose and lands a heavy blow to stun her opponents then hitting them with two punches as the last blow sending her opponent in a little distance with a heavy elbow in a different position after she salutes.

Fighting Style
Julia's fighting style is a mixture of various Chinese martial arts, such as Xin Yi Liu He Quan and Baji Quan, among others.

Trivia

 * Julia shares physical similarities with not only her adoptive mother, Michelle, but also with Seong Mina from Namco's Soul series of 3D weapon-based fighting games.
 * Julia is oblivious to the fact that Ganryu is in love with her, possibly due to Julia being more dedicated to restoring the environment than she is with her personal life.
 * Unlike almost every other female character, Julia punches her opponent while she is mounted on them after a tackle; the female characters usually slap their opponent.
 * Julia is the only female character who has a second back throw.
 * Julia is the second character to appear as an adopted child and have an alter-ego, after Lee Chaolan.
 * Unlike the majority of female characters, she does not pose during a Ki charge, and she cannot backflip with u/b,b.
 * Julia is very similar to real-life female pro-wrestler Mickie James. Both are of Native-American descent, and both have once disguised themselves as Luchadors.
 * Julia is also often compared to Lisa Hamilton from the Dead or Alive series as both girls share similarities. Both are working within the enemy's organizations. Both girls have wrestling aliases and share the fighting style lucha libre, and both of the characters also change their real name when the player is allowed to remove their masks. In Julia's case, when she was customized to remove the mask, her name Jaycee will be changed to her real name.
 * However both girls' role as luchadors are different in the current appearances in both Tekken 7 and Dead or Alive 6, where Julia as Jaycee became a heel due to her very strong performance as many fans begin to hate her, causing Julia to leave the wrestling ring and changing her appearance while Lisa as La Mariposa became a face when she returns to the wrestling ring and being cheered by many fans after she survived her heavy injuries from getting fall into the debris in the near end of Dead or Alive 5.
 * Julia's Hit Effect has changed through the series. In Tekken 3, her effect is red like her adopted mother Michelle. In Tekken 4 through Tekken 6, it is yellow, and in Tekken 7, it was changed to a more green and brownish one which represents her love of nature.