Week 1: Reina Mishima Is Tekken 8's Most Popular Character

Ever since Reina was introduced to the public before Tekken 8's release, anticipation has been high for the latest Mishima offspring. 

Introduced in Tekken 8, Reina was revealed to be Heihachi Mishima's daughter and by the end of the game, it's clear that she also has a bit of the devil in her and is capable of insane feats. 

With the game now out for a week, there are some stats going around that show that Reina is the most popular character in the game by usage data.

In a tweet from @AlietteFaye showing character usage for the first week of Tekken 8, Reina is at the top with 8.23% of the fanbase making use of her with Dragunov and another newbie, Victor, rounding out the top three slots.

At the bottom is Panda who is not generally a character people use and is generally considered low-tier. 

This is what made Rangchu so insane when he won the Tekken World Tour in 2018 with Panda. 

It should be noted that the stats are not gospel truth as they are record from Steam only and takes in the top 10,000 players in the world at the moment. 

Tekken 8 was released on the 26th of January 2024 and has been an incredible smash-hit so far with many hailing it as the best in the series. 

We'll see if people keep the sentiment after the honeymoon period.