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Akira Yuki of Virtua Fighter uses Hakkyokuken, the Japanese pronunciation of Bajiquan. Bajiquan was in brought to popular attention in the west largely by the Sega video game Virtua Fighter, as the style that the main character Akira Yuki practices, though none of the many representations of Bajiquan in popular media has ever been very accurate. Despite poular belief, in the Tekken series Ling Xiaoyu does not practice Bajiquan, rather she practices Piguaquan (Hikaken in Japanese) and Baguazhang (Hakkesho in Japanese), similar to Wang Jinrei. Julia Chang, however, uses Bajiquan techniques as part of her style. Another additional new Tekken 6 character Leo uses Bajiquan style, but in Japanese, it will be heard to be called Hakkyokuken. "Baji Quan" appears as one of Li Mei's fighting styles in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. In 1988, Ryuchi Matsuda, created a Manga called Kenji, based off his own personal experience with Bajiquan. A relatively new fighting game Kwonho by video game company It features Bajiquan as a selectable fighting style. |
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