Mortal Kombat 1’s version of Kenshi featured a radically different backstory as part of the new timeline. No longer part of Jax’s Outworld Investigation Agency, Kenshi is instead a former Yakuza hoping to escape his criminal life and restore his family’s honor. This eventually leads him to the Sento, an ancient katana once owned by his ancestors that he uses to fight alongside Liu Kang’s newly formed protectors of Earthrealm. Kenshi’s new history has raised many questions about how Takeda will fit into the altered Mortal Kombat 1 timeline, and now NetherRealm has provided answers ahead of his DLC debut on July 23.
Takeda Takashi’s Mortal Kombat 1 character bio was recently revealed by Eurogamer, and it features several changes to his backstory. According to this new history, Takeda is now Kenshi’s cousin instead of his son, raised alongside him in the Yakuza. However, Mortal Kombat 1's version of Takeda enjoyed his life as a criminal enforcer, and was eventually ordered to kill Kenshi once his cousin went rogue. Takeda was mortally wounded in the resulting battle, but Kenshi wasn’t willing to let his cousin die. Instead, Kenshi took Takeda to Kuai Liang’s newly-formed Shirai Ryu to be healed.
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Out of fear that Takeda would be killed for failing his mission, Kenshi refused to let his cousin leave the Shirai Ryu, and Takeda eventually grew inspired by Scorpion's ninja clan and its tireless devotion to protecting Earthrealm. He soon took up a new mission similar to Kenshi’s, setting off to destroy Earthrealm’s criminal underworld from the ground up - though his bio explains that this was easier said than done.
Fans have noted that Takeda’s new Mortal Kombat 1 backstory has parallels to his life in the old timeline, namely that he is still devoted to destroying a criminal organization (the Red Dragon clan in the old MK continuity, the Yakuza in MK 1) with the training he obtained from Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu. The biggest change is that Takeda is now Kenshi’s cousin instead of his son, a twist that was already hinted at in past Mortal Kombat 1 leaks. Now Takeda Takahashi’s new family history is confirmed roughly a week before he is set to become the next Mortal Kombat 1 DLC character.
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