Lei Wulong
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[edit] Introduction
Lei Wulong is a character in the Tekken fighting game series. Lei first appeared in Tekken 2, and he has returned for Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4, and Tekken 5.
[edit] Trivia
- When Lei's name is written in Chinese as 雷 武龍 (Léi Wǔlóng). "雷" means "thunder"."武" means the "budo" and fight while "龍" (long) means "dragon".
- In Tekken 2, Lei's stage was "Hong Kong Rooftop". In Tekken 3, Lei's stage was "Hong Kong Street".
- Lei Wulong's bosses in the Tekken Force side game in Tekken 3 are (in order of appearance) Nina Williams, Hwoarang, Bryan Fury, and Heihachi Mishima.
- Lei's sub-bosses in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection are Bruce Irvin, Wang Jinrei, and Feng Wei.
- Lei is based on martial artist, Jackie Chan.
- In Tekken 4, Lei becomes playable after beating the game four times.
- Lei's Tekken 4 ending is connected to Steve Fox's and Nina Williams' endings.
- In Feng Wei's Tekken 5 interlude with Lei, Lei's voice actor made the mistake of saying "Lee Wulong" instead of "Lei Wulong".
- Lei Wulong is the only Tekken 5 character, other than Ling Xiaoyu and the always growling King, to not speak his mother tongue during interludes.
[edit] Story
[edit] Version 1
He is the No.1 detective of the Hong Kong International Police Force. Lei's partner was killed by the International Mafia. He finds information linking Kazuya Mishima to this Mafia and enters the tournament to try to bust Kazuya and crush his organization.
[edit] Version 2
During his time as one of the most respected Hong Kong police detectives, officer Lei Wulong has developed his own style of Kung Fu, and uses this to his advantage when facing the many criminals he encounters within his home metropolis.
A number of killings lead to the investigation of Kazuya Mishima, who was linked with several Triad and Mafia transactions across the globe. Lei's partner Bruce Irvin was dispatched to investigate, but he lost his memories from an airplane crash and worked for Kazuya. Lei vowed to track down the center of Kazuya's operations and retrieve Bruce. To further his enquiry, he enters the second Rave War!
[edit] Ending Animation "Sure Shot"
Lei is practicing his shooting. He runs out of bullets, smiles and reloads. Lei then fires more shots. There is a close up on the target, with bullet holes saying "The End."
[edit] Tekken: The Motion Picture
Lei Wulong is featured in Tekken: The Motion Picture, in which he partnered up with Jun Kazama to investigate Heihachi Mishima and the Mishima Zaibatsu during the Tournament. Rather than actually competing in the Tournament, Lei infiltrates the island's underground base with Jack-2's help.
[edit] Version 1
Lei is a shrewd detective responsible for solving many international crimes. Lei entered the Tournament to investigate the cause behind the disappearing martial arts masters.
[edit] Version 2
Supercop never rests... Bruce Irvin almost pushed Lei to the brink of defeat in Tekken 2, but Lei managed to come away victorious. Bruce's flight home was then reported crashed, killing all passengers aboard. It was rumored that Kazuya's corps were involved as a means of silencing Bruce. Lei's investigation and intuition led him to believe the accident was staged, and he doubts that Bruce is really dead.
After the last tournament, Lei returned to his job as an investigator of international crime. Though 19 years have passed, nobody believes he is 45. Known as Supercop, he's feared internationally by even the most powerful of crime organizations.
Falling within his jurisdiction are the strange disappearances of prominent martial artists. During these investigations, Lei was visited by the head man of the MFE, Heihachi Mishima. He asked Lei to join the "King of Iron Fist Tournament 3." Why Heihachi would seek him out for a mere tournament was beyond Lei. A believer in fate, Lei feels there's a reason for this meeting.
[edit] Ending Animation "Afternoon Nap"
Lei practices his Kung-fu over the seasons on the Great Wall. In the summer, Lei is practicing with a thin saucer; the following winter, Lei is practing Snake Style Kung-fu by grabbing eggs from the tops of bamboo sticks. During the spring, Lei is practicing with a broad. By fall, Lei finally decides to rest, sleeping on a golden Buddha statue.
[edit] Tekken Tag Tournament
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Lei is featured as a playable character in Tekken Tag Tournament. However, Tekken Tag Tournament is not a part of the Tekken series' canonical storyline.
[edit] Ending Animation
Lei is practicing his moves in an area that looks similar to Forest Law's second Tekken Tag Tournament stage (the stage is called "Law-B"). He performs a couple of punches and many kicks during this ending. Lei also performs an aerial flip and goes into some of his stances during this ending. Finally, Lei ends in a stance with one of his arms in front of him and his other arm behind him.
Lei's life was consumed as usual by police work. Unfortunately for Lei, his live-in girlfriend got fed up with Lei's workaholic lifestyle and dumped him in favor of Lei's assistant. Ironically, the assistant acted as a liaison for Lei whenever she wanted to get in touch with him at work. When Lei found out about this, he became extremely depressed.
Around the same time, Lei botched an operation to bring a crime syndicate to justice. Lei failed to capture an agent of the syndicate, who would have enabled the police to take down the syndicate's boss. The failure cost the police force two years worth of intense undercover investigations.
Rival detectives who were jealous of Lei's stellar case record saw this as an opportunity to damage Lei's career. Unbeknownst to Lei, the rivals reported to Lei's superiors that he botched the operation by "allowing personal affairs to affect his job performance." As a result of this betrayal, Lei wound up on a one-month suspension from active duty.
During his suspension, Lei learned from an informant that the syndicate was plotting to assassinate a boxer participating in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. The syndicate apparently hired an assassin for the hit.
Lei thought that he could gain valuable information from the boxer about the syndicate. If all went as planned, he could also capture the assassin and establish a plausible connection between the assassin and the syndicate. Lei reasoned that this would aid efforts to bring the syndicate down.
Lei entered the Tournament with the hope of redeeming his honor.
[edit] Ending Animation "Fin Lei"
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After winning the Tournament, Lei headed to the Mishima Zaibatsu data-center to dig up information on the Syndicate's hired assassin.
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Lei is in the Mishima Zaibatsu Computer Room looking at information on the hired assassin (Nina Williams), where he finds that she is currently in Hotel Leanne. About a day or so later, Lei is at the hotel ready to stop Nina from carrying out the Syndicate's plans. He busts open the door yelling, "Freeze!" Nina fires a couple of shots which are dodged by Lei. Lei goes back into the room and sees that Nina has escaped. Thinking fast, Lei slides down a drainage pipe and runs across the street. When he reaches, he notices that Nina and Steve are starring at each other. Lei then yells "Freeze" again and Steve helps Nina escape, tackling Lei. Lei fires two shots and one hits Nina in the leg. Steve punches Lei, knocking him out. The picture of a knocked out Lei is shown next to head lines proclaiming Lei's new found glory. Lei smiles at the camera and the scene ends.
[edit] Tekken 5 Manual Version
Interpol detective from Hong Kong, AKA "Super Police." Lei was investigating serial rampage incidents at dojos around China when the culprit disappeared. After a similar incident in Japan, Lei was certain the next target would be the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 and decided to enter the competition himself.
[edit] Official Version
Super detective Lei Wulong.
Lei once again made headlines after arresting several members of the Syndicate at the close of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4.
Lei soon became interested in a string of attacks on martial arts training halls throughout China and started an investigation into the matter. Among the victims were several renowned Kung Fu masters that Lei knew personally. Lei poured all of his effort into the investigation but the attacks stopped abruptly and the trail went cold.
One day, Lei received a report that several similar attacks had occurred on dojos in Japan. It was then that Lei began to suspect the events were linked and that the perpetrator would surely be at the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.
[edit] Interludes
Stage 4: Wang Jinrei
Lei and Wang are facing each other, and the two bow and prepare for battle. Lei then apologizes to Wang for beating him. Wang then says that the apology will be his. When Lei wins, Wang then tells him about the true nature of the Tournament.
Stage 7: Feng Wei
Lei runs into Feng Wei, and places him under arrest for beating up dojo masters in China and Japan. The two fight. After his victory, Lei then questions Feng, asking him why he's here. Feng then tells him about the stolen scroll that he is after. Lei then decides that Jinpachi holds all the answers to his questions.
Final Stage: Jinpachi Mishima
Lei meets Jinpachi and places him under arrest for the stolen scroll. He then asks why Jinpachi sent Wang a letter, but Jinpachi tells him that all the answers will come after beating him. When Lei defeats Jinpachi, he is told that 40 years ago, Heihachi imprisoned him under Hon-Maru until he eventually died. A certain "thing" brought Jinpachi back to life; however, it forced him try to destroy the world, and Jinpachi has no choice but to listen to it. With his last act of human conciousness, Jinpachi wrote to Wang. After finally dying, the stolen scroll was returned. Lei picks up and walks away, stopping for a moment and then continuing.
[edit] Ending Animation "Chinese Kung Fu Lei"
Lei is fighting a criminal on top of bus. He successfully overcomes the criminal and begins handcuffing him. Before he could see it coming, Lei is knocked off the bus by a sign. He then says: "That's gonna leave a mark."
[edit] Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
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Lei Wulong's storyline is unchanged between Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.
In pursuit of Feng Wei for his criminal offenses, the military sends Lei to Japan. As the trail for Feng Wei is unsuccessful, Lei is helpless, and he returns to Hong Kong.
With China in utter chaos and riots happening frequently, Lei grew impatient. Lei knew the true reason for the riots were cause of the Mishima Zaibatsu. In an attempt to arrest Jin Kazama, Lei enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6.
[edit] Character Relationships
- Bruce Irvin was Lei's old partner.
- Former rivals with Bryan Fury (before his cybernetic enhancements), and has later on investigated drug cases and the case of multiple homicides of Manji Clan members with Bryan as the perpetrator.
- Briefly employed the help of Steve Fox in order to destroy the Mishima Zaibatsu.
- Successfully prevented Nina Williams from assassinating Steve Fox, but she managed to escape arrest.
- Trying to arrest Feng Wei for destroying dojos throughout China, destroying dojos throughout Japan, and for attacking many of his close friends.
- Informed Asuka Kazama that the man that attacked her father and destroyed her father's dojo (Feng Wei) would be in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5.
- Wang Jinrei is his training partner.
- Was Jun Kazama's partner in Tekken: The Motion Picture.
- Jack-2 helped Lei get into the Mishima Zaibatsu underground base in Tekken: The Motion Picture.
