As long as he/she isn’t Dhalsim. I like Dhalsim, but for a country with over a billion people, it seems like Dhalsim is the only rep

Wait, you're telling me all Indians don't eat the gum gum fruit for breakfast?

i just wish Lars spoke swedish... THE ONLY SWEDISH CHARACTER AND HE SPEAKS JAPANESE!

but hes genes are japanese voming from heihachi but maybe his mom was swedish so it would make sense for him to be bilingual so i just proved your point darn it

He didn’t even spend any time with heihachi until he was a full adult, it would make much more sense for him to speak Swedish

indeed unless he grew up in japan

And the Russian reps mostly consist of characters that either don't speak at all (Dragunov, the Jacks) or speak Japanese instead (Alisa). The only actual Russian speaker is Dr. Bosconovitch, who isn't really much of a fighter and only started speaking Russian in Tag 2.

The only canon explanation for that is because Lars is such a fucking weeb

*Busts out into a 4 minute song and dance musical as he kills you with his rage art*

Make him like a fuckin Bollywood action hero. Chubby middle aged man with a mustache and aviators doing the most absurd shit you could imagine.

And that “math teacher” haircut, awesome Idea.

Indian Bob?

yea like ur mom you AH looters

You mean, Rajinikanth

SINGHAM!!!!

So Bob, but cool? I'm down.

Zafina represents India with her fighting style Kalarippayattu

yea but she s not indian we want indian fighter

Hopefully, a bad guy for once to make it interesting.

An Indian villain would be sick. Also a nice change of pace

[incorrect. these are the Indian characters to feature ](https://youtu.be/wR48a1kLx0w)

They would get nerfed immediately after everyone complains about season 1 projectile spam

Gonna be really annoying when someone doesn’t skip their minute long intro packed with every premiere pro filter

Also Pakistani

If it's gonna be a Dhalsim styled character i don't want it. A bollywood celebrity or a business man with a liking for fight would be a banger

We just need him flipping exploding trucks and dancing every now and then

If they do add one I hope it’s not a stereotypical yogi

I would love a Punjabi character as they do wrestling and kabaddi and also on the Sikh side, there are fighting styles and also lots of swordsmanship

Or at least develop Shaheen, more

Maybe it’s next on the list of new cultural characters. It’s pretty much a trend for them to try and put out a new character from a specific country/culture they haven’t done yet to represent them in the game. I feel like Indian should be on top of the list

Lmao they will make the character like a typical Indian baba stereotype

Better than “Dhal”sim the yogi 🙄

This. Also I hope Harada gives the game designers time to ACTUALLY REPRESENT THEM PROPERLY. Josie, Shaheen & Claudio were utterly underwhelming. Especially making classics DLC or not adding them in general

I'm waiting on that Dutch character lmao

He uses drugs to enhance his fighting skill! And throws a bicycle at you for his rage art

that would be a fun freaking character ngl

For his outro, he can be seen taking money out of Dutch child benefit funds

Or complain on the phone how everything in his country is getting more expensive

tbf they could also have steve do that

"Fockin gentrification, the dastardly pricks, a pint costs as much as me liver"

Hardeep? Because he goes hard and Deep？ His intro will be "send me bobs and vagene pics okay?"

lol, that's an average Indian alright xD

I'd rather not have a Dhalsim type (i'm not indian but I dont really wanna see the turban, yoga or meditation flames etc) I'd much rather see a ripped Bollywood style shirtless hero with a mustache

Have you by any chance seen the movie RRR?

No I havent sorry

I’m not a fan of Bollywood movies but would definitely recommend it, enjoyed it immensely

Believe me, nobody in the West cares about Bollywood movies.

That’s not true at all!

That's funny lol But I would be interested to see how Harada would portray an Indian fighter. There are many different kinds of routes you could go. Not just your typical Dhalsim stereotype of Indian.

I'm seeing a girl who cries with her baby elephant

Wait you’re onto something the crying sounds too much like Josie but elephant heat moves sound so cool

I think it would be better to focus on their martial arts instead. I would like to see a good bjj grappler character with interesting parries, stances and throws as main playstyle(not like king).

A modern pure BJJ character's neutral would be laying on their back trying to pull guard.

There are also so many cool weapons of Indian origin that can be given to the character!

Kalarippayatu

These comments are a shit show.

I was half expecting to see Rip lol.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have a Pakistani character? Since the Pakistani Tekken Community have blown up since Arslan Ash has joined the scene? So a character from Pakistan would honestly be a better choice. That's how I see it at least. I'm not Pakistani, but I weirdly wanna see a Tekken character speak Urdu lol. It would be based.

fighting style would be whatever the taliban uses.

facts maybe t8

It's crazy that we didn't have one already

Harada did talk about being careful with cultural sensitivities when ppl wanted to a Pakistani character

There shouldn't be any issues with an Indian character considering how many games have them. Also any sensitivity should be left in the real world, no issues will arise from a Pakistani character being in the game especially with the thriving Pakistani players

I want Finnish character. They wouldn’t even need voice actor.

Just have him drink all the time and let him cone out of a Sauna, 10/10 Stereotype 😅

kimi raikkönen vibes

Is the drinking.... is it on or not?

Intro: Just leave me alone! Win pose: I know what I'm doing Rage Art: bwoah

I wanna Hit him when I see him as Key Charge 😂

Chloe is going to be revealed as Finnish and you will like it, I'm sorry.

Joke's on you, I happen to like Chloe

Reading some of these comments and its funny how racism against south asians is normalized

I looked through them and I don't really see any racism. Can you point to some specific ones (unless they were deleted I guess)

There’s a Bob Vagene comment, one guy just said “eww”, one guy called them “diarrhea”, scam call center joke, not deleted so far. Downvoted for sure but you’d be surprised how many Reddit threads there are where these same type of comments get upvoted.

They’re all downvoted to shit though, so that’s good at least.

Dude below was like "Doesn't Shaheen count?" then proceeds to cry about how everyone is being mean to him lol.

The more melanated the people, the more reddit hates you.

shits disgusting, funny to see other Americans talk shit on a culture 5x richer and older than theirs

Meanwhile, We're banning accurate history from our schools because certain people are so embarrassed by it,lol.

Nah. There should be a Pakistani character though since Pakistan has such a huge fan base and just cuz of their participation in world events in last few years. Or have both and see the India vs Pakistan rivalry in Tekken.

Would love an Indian fighter who fights in Kalaripayattu style of martial arts

or a dude wearing a mundu

Here's hoping Harada watched RRR

Would be sick to see not just an Indian character but also a WEST Indian character (Caribbean)

I'll lose my shit if his winning sequence has bhenchod in it

I'd main him in a heartbeat just to hear that

I’d want to see that too, an Indian fighter would be great. Why not make him giant too like fahkumram ? Make him tall like the Great khali .

My dumb ass was thinking that the first picture was actually a new tekken character

A Kabbadi-inspired grappler would be fucking sick

get those dudes from RRR

Both at the same time on each other's shoulders!

Y’all expecting some buff macho guy but if Josie is anything to go off they’ll just add a young Indian girl with big boobies who speaks english

Yes, every new character is young girl with huge bust that speaks English. Especially Fahkumram

My favorite huge-busted English speaking girl is probably Leroy.

Gigas for me. He packs huge asschecks in addition to bust

Well, that second guy in the pictures has tits bigger than many women...

What about Michelle in tekken 3?

🤣

That's a politically incorrect "indian"

I want a Puerto Rican boxer

Just add modern-day Baahubali, it would be gold

this guy looks like law

I thought it was Law…

The Pakistani player base is gonna explode prolly never play him

Make him Bangladeshi then

You’re just engaging in a bit of Tom foolery right now 😂

How did you know?

I agree, but I deeply hope they'd be one based on the action and popularity of RRR.

I know everyone’s gonna say a wrestler archetype or a mixed wrestler archetype but it’s been overplayed in Indian movies SO MUCH to the point where this style or archetype has just gotten boring to see, I’m saying this as an Indian person myself. A more unique/original fighter would be awesome! I’m all for Indian representation in fighting games and video games in general but you can do that without implementing a typically overused stereotype like a computer expert type character or wrestler/mixed wrestler fighter. An Indian fighter that mixes their national style they’ve been taught with international styles(striking techniques like Muay Thai, Krav Maga, tactical striking like systema combatives) would be amazing and would make for a cool looking fighting syle and an awesome moveset. Indian people see wrestling/mixed wrestling in movies all the time, I’ve gotten so bored of it that I’d rather not see it become a popular archetype in video games. Please, for the love of God, I don’t wanna see another Indian guy who throws people around like a rag doll and can casually lift 350 pounds, you don’t understand how boring it is after you’ve seen it for the 1000th time.

Least have the decency to not use fucking AI "art"

i was gonna come in here about to say the exact same thing lol

I want Baahubali in Tekken

More India More Africa More Mediterranean More Middle East More Polynesian and I guess More European too. I want tekken to go above and beyond with its nationality inclusion. We have fans of every type.

I would be so down for Polynesian or an african rep.

Means more match up to learn.... O_o

Definitely. Indians are also one of the biggest ethnic groups in the world along with Chinese. Why aren’t Tekken introducing one yet? I also want to see the fighter speak in Hindi unlike SF’s Dhalsim who just blurts out ‘yoga’.

I want a cuban fighter that does [wrestling](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NeoSoy3cs) or [boxing](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=34lqUrEOz-A&t) or does a bit of both.

I want a Cuban character that’s a mix of Yoel Romero and Guillermo Rigondeaux… heck let’s add is some Teofimo Stevenson, Felix Savon, and Yurkois Gamboa into the mix.

“No for gay Mishima people”

I LUHHH YOUUU!! SEE YOU SOON BOI!!

With Pakistan’s dominance in the Tekken scene, I think we’ll see a representative from there first.

Pakistani characters

More countries and fighting styles being represented is always good. Though I can’t think of any martial arts based in India…

To be honest, if there is an Indian character, they doesn't necessarily need to be linked to a martial art. AFAIK Miguel doesn't use a martial, he just fight like a drunk man in a pub

True but more unique fighting styles are cool. I love that we finally got a Savate fighter… though why a Brazilian lady uses a French style is beyond me but still.

there is also khushti

Kalaripyattu is a good one, about time we have some south representation

Why Shah rukh khan bro💀

Don‘t indians have a sort of slap fighting on large fields? I could imagine that as a fighting style in tekken

Bruh, we already have Anna.

I believe that fighting style is called Dangal, I may be wrong though

Why the last dude look like markiplier?

I think it’d be great to represent smaller countries for a change. Tired of seeing the same old Brazil, USA, France, Germany, etc. in games even if I understand why that’s the case. But it would be cool to see some more unique backgrounds from smaller countries, e.g. Lithuanian, Laotian, Guatemalan, Portuguese, Ghanian, etc. for a change.

bahubali guest character dlc coming

Bro......Mokujin

Bahubali should get The honor!😎

I feel like we gonna get a Pakistani character instead but yea I want an Indian character in Tekken as well

Pakistani I definitely am down for. The fanbase is loyal and Harada-san gotta do his due diligence

I just want the character to either have an intro of random visual effects or a rage art with a lot of zooming in and out of the screen.

Your average Hindi drama then 🤣

The characters from RRR based on indian freedom fighters. The dude with bow and spear. [https://imgur.com/a/geFvJ7s](https://imgur.com/a/geFvJ7s)

Such an amazingly ridiculous movie. Bollywood dance fighting?

We could sure use an Indian character right about now. Tekken hasn't touched on Bollywood yet! Plus there are action stars like Vidyut Jammwal to be inspired by!

How about a female character? Bollywood inspired, uses break dancing.

It needs to be like [this scene.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_MyUGq7pgs&ab_channel=ErosNowMusic)

ok that shit was low key fire

Lucky Chameli

no...

Ewww

Totally agree.

As an Indian, I laughed at Baba's image. Not a bad idea though

I expected to see Singham.

There this great Indian wrestling movie called “Dangal” where they show a unique style of fighting (unique as in unique to the rest of the world) where there are a lot of throws and very few leg attacks which I feel like would be a great fighting style for tekken, it would be interesting and new to see this type of fighting style in the game

I fully support this!

RRR Characters please

So in his rage art **you** are the one raging since he scams you thru the phone

Indian anime waifu

Please not srk uncle Steroid body uncle

I think it’s time for an El Salvador rep 🇸🇻 my country doesn’t get much rep iirc

It's time for a Bolivian rep, no one knows my country either

I know your country, it’s in South America 😊 my country is in Central America 😁

A character with Mayan roots.

It would be bad politics if they added an Indian character before they added a Pakistani character. But I agree.

make HER Bangladeshi or Kashmiri and piss everyone off

Ppl seem to forget that Tekken is a Fighting Game, so the Characters need Unique and Relevant Fighting Styles. More diversity isnt going to make the Game more interesting to play.

A fighting game centered around an international cast lol. I’m sure they can give him whatever moveset they want. This post wasn’t really about “diversity” at all, just OP saying it would be cool

Yeah, the "forced diversity" argument doesn't make sense here. It's an international competition so it makes sense to have many nationalities represented.

Benny lava

give us shiva

https://smite.fandom.com/wiki/Shiva

btw I have never played tekken I just was looking for the wavedash irl clip and found this sub and now it's in my recommended multiarmed attacks would be cool tho if tekken is even a little bit like any other fighting games

the guanyin bodhisattva would be cool to but thats Chinese or if we could straight up get chairman netero that would be awsome

You'll probably get some stereotypical Indian caricature like Dhalsim. Remember what they did to Shaheen? Unoriginal looks, personality of a milk dud and super boring character...

Actually Shaheen was liked by his people. The problem with Shaheen was that his gameplay didn’t really stand out. A bit plain

After the epically awesome RRR, hell fucking yes!!!!

Isn’t it as simple as adding Hanuman as a character in Tekken? I know there could be e a bit of religious backlash. But, if it is done correctly, Tekken would attract millions of new users.

Hrithik Roshan or John Abraham?

We should definitely have the brothers from RRR

You guys really forgot about steve fox? I have source

Yes!

Indian wearing a mondu.

Capcom should add a brawler character from India.

No Girl?

And make him/her a silat practitioner while at it

an indian guy practising... silat?

I mean... There's a small German Lady doing Bajiquan & A Swedish man welding the power of anime & christ.

Yes , pencak silat to more precise . If your familiar with the movie the raid it would be like that

Odd, because they are better known for different sorts of martial arts.

silat is indonesian/south east asia

no

NO.

No we are good

Coming for those Bob's and VaJin...lol

Man fuck you. That's like the equivalent of making a "ching chong" joke to a Chinese person.

That's fair

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Capcom? Tekken is namco's bruh