Welcome to the roster, Azucena! Bandai Namco has finally revealed the Peruvian fighter. She will join the Tekken 8 roster along the returning Raven. This also gives credit to a leak about new characters, which has surfaced earlier this year.
Tekken 8's newest fighters have been revealed, and we are getting a new character! Azucena Milagros Ortiz Castillo is the full name of the Peruvian fighter, also called the coffee queen. She uses a move set that is best described as mixed martial arts, and she really likes coffee!
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Next to Azucena, UN secret agent Raven has made his presence known as Bandai Namco announced his return to the series. After being sidelined for Tekken 7, our favorite spymaster has perfected his skills and is looking to make an impact in the arena once more.
He has been teased with his special pose called "soul field", which allows him to clone and teleport among a few other moves.
This also confirms rumors that have recently surfaced on Twitter and 4chan, talking about various new and returning characters in Tekken 8. However, one of them was also accidentally teased at Evo 2023!
Tekken 8 Leaks: Steve Fox To Return Along Two Other Newcomers
Steve Fox in-game UI leaked & matches the Tekken 8 roster leak pic.twitter.com/JZzJSEypWl
— Moonsault Slayer (@VolSkimmer) August 5, 2023
At the Tekken 8 booth, unintended insights were given to the roster at release. One character that has been universally present since his introduction in Tekken 4 is Steve Fox. The leaks at Evo suggest that he is also making a return in Bandai Namco's newest iteration of the popular franchise.
Alongside Steve, a 4chan leak suggests that Azucena is accompanied by two other newcomers. Victor is said to be a UN agent – just like Raven – while Reina is expected to extend the story around Heihachi Mishima.
According to the leaks, she is his daughter and has been kept secret from the world – it is only fitting that she is now making an appearance after the death of her father. Maybe she manages to avenge him – maybe he is even making a miraculous comeback later in the series!
Today the name of a newcomer in Tekken 8 was posted early on the Namco site and their name was Azucena. This name corresponds with a leak from 4chan from 3 months ago where she was also mentioned by u/Trem45 in GamingLeaksAndRumours
Victor, Reina and Steve Fox are expected to be officially announced later this year. For the moment, we still do not know when Tekken 8 is going to be released, but we will let you know as soon as there is an official announcement!