Tekken 8 will be adding Baki The Grappler‘s Yujiro Hanma to the roster as the fourth playable character in Season 3. The 30 year old anime gets its due from the King of The Iron Fist Tournament along with Kunimitsu, Roger Jr. and Bob for Season 3.
The Strongest Creature on Earth
JOINS THE BATTLE!!💥Yujiro Hanma joins the #TEKKEN8 roster as the 4th additional playable character in early 2027🔥 pic.twitter.com/VHtgq6qdEX
— TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) May 24, 2026
Dubbed the strongest creature on Earth, Hamna will be coming by as the next guest to Clive from Final Fantasy XVI. Yujiro will be showing face in 2027, so there is no official gameplay as of yet. Many say he has alot of fighting styles to him. The man does have that scary look towards him.
TEKKEN 8 Sales have sky rocketed surpassaing Battlefield 6 on the Steam Charts after announcing that BAKI's Yujiro Hanma is coming as a playable character to the game. pic.twitter.com/uKl2o1Qr1V
— AniTV (@AniTVOfficial) May 25, 2026
Thanks to the announcements, Tekken 8 lit up the Steam Charts with beating out Battlefield 6 and the likes of even Destiny 2 at 62nd place, according to AniTV.
🤜#TEKKEN8 Season 3
New Battle Stage🔒Subsea Prison🔒
◤SUBSEA LOCKDOWN◢Scheduled for release in early 2027!
Unveiling a new battle stage set in a prison housing dangerous criminals.
Includes the BGM used in the trailer for the guest character ""Yujiro Hanma""! pic.twitter.com/tCck6nYmoL— TEKKEN (@TEKKEN) May 24, 2026
The new stage, Subsea Lockdown, will also be coming with Season 3. With the promise of dangerous criminals here, there might be some special cameos to look out for.
Tekken 8 is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam).
