Nina Williams
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Nina Williams is a character from the Tekken game series. She is a cold-blooded assassin who made her first appearance in the original Tekken and has appeared in every Tekken since. She is one of only four Tekken characters to appear in each game and the only female character to have appeared in every installment. She has a notable love/hate relationship with her younger sister, Anna Williams.
Nina has a lethal fighting style, consisting of many throws, elaborate kick combos, grapples, holds, and chain-throws (something that only a few Tekken series characters have). In 2005, Nina Williams starred in her own spin-off game, Death by Degrees.
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[edit] History
Nina was born and raised in Ireland, as was her sister, Anna Williams. From a young age, both were taught various forms of martial arts. A sibling rivalry boiled between the two. Both girls adored their father, Richard Williams, and they often battled for his attention. Nina was trained in assassination martial arts and borrows concepts from Aikido and bone martial arts, which was ideal for her job, as she quickly became a world-renowned assassin. Nina then entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament when she was hired to assassinate Heihachi Mishima.
[edit] Tekken 2
Before Tekken 2, tragedy struck when Richard was murdered. Both Nina and Anna blame each other for the murder, but the exact nature of Richard's death has never been disclosed. Since the murder, their rivalry has slowly become more of a bitter hatred. In Tekken 2, she was contracted to kill Kazuya Mishima, but conflict with her sister prevented her from fulfilling the assignment. She was captured by Mishima after failing to assassinate him and was used as a test subject in the "cold sleep" project (cryogenic sleep). Anna volunteered and also was put in cryogenic sleep.
[edit] Tekken 3
The experiments went on for 19 years. Nina and her sister remained young thanks to the effects of the cryogenic sleep. During these years, she became pregnant through in-vitro fertilization and gave birth to an infant boy who later became Steve Fox. Steve Fox has since appeared in Tekken 4, and has returned in the following sequels. Another consequence of this cryogenic project was total memory loss, a fate of which Anna was spared.
During Tekken 3, she was controlled by Ogre and manipulated to try and kill Jin Kazama. She failed. Anna tried to bring Nina's memories back, but Nina instead left without telling her sister.
[edit] Tekken 4
In Tekken 4, she returned to life as an assassin, as it was the only thing that she recalled from her previous life. Her next contract came from a mafia syndicate asking her to kill a British boxer, Steve Fox. As the tournament progressed, she gained knowledge that she was in fact Steve's mother. Despite this, she felt nothing towards him and attempted to carry out her hit regardless. However, after Lei Wulong brought down the mafia, Nina no longer had a reason to pursue her target.
[edit] Tekken 5
Taking a break from working as an assassin, Nina decided that it was time she rediscovered her lost memories. She came to the conclusion that the only person who could help her was Anna. Anna (who was absent in Tekken 4) and Nina met up. However, at first sight, Nina's memories and hatred instinctively returned, and they engaged in a gun battle, as shown in the Tekken 5 opening. The gun battle went on for days and the area ended up like a warzone with no side giving in. Finally, they decided to meet at the next tournament and finish their battle once and for all.
[edit] Tekken 6
At the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 5, Nina Williams has finally settled the score by defeating her younger sister, Anna Williams.
Shortly after her mission was complete, Jin Kazama recruited Nina to be his bodyguard and assist his Tekken Force in taking over the world. With strong tension between the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation, the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 6 was announced.
In order to remove any threats to the life of Jin Kazama, Nina enters the tournament.
[edit] Personality
Nina is generally portrayed as emotionless, stoical and focused. She does not smile often, as opposed to her more frivolous sister, but Nina does display a sense of humor where tormenting Anna is concerned. Nina is somewhat antisocial, and also appears to be in great psychological turbulence, most noticeably since Tekken 3. This is presumedly due to the traumatic events of her life: witnessing the death of her beloved father (before the events of to her taTekken) as a young child being the decisive moment current mental sthat pushed Nina over the edge. The results of her "cryosleep", which caused her disorienting amnesia, as well as the discovery that she has a son (who was unknowingly created through IVF), and the deep-seated enmity between her and Anna have all contributed te.
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 Nina from Tekken 2 |
 Nina from Tekken 3 |
 Nina from Tekken 5 |
 Nina from Tekken 6 |
[edit] Trivia
- Jill Valentine's incarnation in Resident Evil 5 bears a strong resemblance to Nina(including her purple battlesuit).
- Despite being Irish, Nina speaks with a distinctly American accent in Tekken 5 and Tekken 6.
- Like her sister. Nina is a sex-symbol on many gaming lists and websites.
