PlayStation Announces Tekken 8 Azucena and Raven: New and Returning Characters

The game director of Tekken 8 has announced two characters reportedly joining the roster, with one character returning and another completely new character. The announcement was given during the EVO 2023.

Azucena New Tekken 8 Character Comes with an MMA Fighter Approach

According to the story by PlayStation, the company has been steadily revealing the roster with new characters dropping every once in a while. During the EVO 2023, the company announced Azucena and Raven.

Azucena is reportedly a new character that's a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter hailing from Peru while Raven was a secret agent whose main focus was on "ninjutsu." It was noted that both characters will be joining Tekken 8 on the PlayStation 5.

Raven is a returning character who comes from the previous Tekken 6 title while Azucena is a new character in the series. With that, fans might want to learn more about Azucena since she's a new character in the game.

Azucena Milagros Ortiz Castillo Comes from Peru and is known as the Coffee Queen

Azucena's full name is Azucena Milagros Ortiz Castillo and she is also known in the game as the Coffee Queen. This comes as the fighter hails from a family that runs a Peruvian coffee plantation known as the Ortiz Farm.

The character enters the world of MMA in order to serve as the poster child for the farm that her family owns, where she then becomes a champion in the space. What attracts fans to her is her cheerful personality as well as the way she fights which was described as "fearless."

She then decides to compete in the popular The King of Iron Fist Tournament in order to further promote as well as boost recognition of the farm her family owns. The character comes with many unconventional and even sly movements based on techniques from MMA.

Coffee Queen and the Coffee Ortiz Farm Commercial Upon K.O.

The signature move of Azucena was referred to as the Libertador, which is a type of pose that's meant to provoke the opponent. After that, she changes her stance into a pose where she can't block but then instinctively detects and dodges the high and low attacks of her opponents.

The Coffee Queen's special stance and movements allow her to stop her enemies from being able to gain momentum. The Libertador pose reportedly becomes much more powerful in Heat state, where Azucena would then automatically launch counterattacks after she dodges attacks.

The main goal of Azucena is to be able to advertise and represent her family's coffee since she's their only daughter. There are some moves where she highlights her family's coffee farm in her fights.

One of them is when she K.O.'s her very own opponent with what was called her Rage Art, which is a special that then follows with a special cinematic scene that reportedly looks like a commercial on TV that advertises her family's coffee.

Tekken 8 was reportedly in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, as well as Steam, according to Gematsu.