Katsuhiro Harada (原田 勝弘 Harada Katsuhiro), also known as Harada_TEKKEN is a producer from Namco Bandai. He is best known as the producer of both the Soul series and Tekken series.
He makes an appearance in Soulcalibur V as a bonus character in a Quick Battle challenge. He uses the Character Creation exclusive Devil Jin style, which derives from the character Devil Jin from the Tekken franchise.
Harada maintains a fairly active Twitter account.
Theme Music[]
Soulcalibur V[]
- "Antares"
Quotes[]
Soulcalibur V[]
Quotes are taken from the Cold-Hearted Assassin CAS voice.
- Your time has come...
- You will die...
- Hmph.
- Just a scratch...
- Fool.
- Is that all?
- This is... your grave!
- You... are weak.
- Your life... ends here.
- It's time.
- It can't be! - spoken during Ring Out
- How dare you! - spoken during Ring Out
- Are you scared? - Taunting
- What? I failed? - Time's Up
- Given up, already?
- See you in Hell... just watch! - spoken during Critical Edge
Trivia[]
- Harada loves tequila.
- His theme music is that of the Cathedral stage from Tekken 5.
- He uses the Cold Assassin voiceset from the character creation.
- Harada's costume in the character creation highly resembles the clothing of Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken series. Also, Heihachi Mishima is Harada's favorite Tekken character.
- Strangely, Harada's thumbnail shows him having a sleevless gi (possibly the Spy Robe colored black) but in battle he has a longsleeved gi. The same happens with other Quick Battle opponents having different weapons in their thumbnail and in battle.
- Beating him in Quick Battle will unlock the "Pursuit of Obsession" Trophy/Achievement.
- Harada is co-director of Soulcalibur IV.
- During an incident relating to the cancellation of certain Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour tournament, Harada is appointed as the leader of eSports strategy team.[source?]
Gallery[]
Soulcalibur V[]
Screenshot of Harada_TEKKEN from Soulcalibur V
Screenshot of Harada_TEKKEN in Soulcalibur V
External Links[]
- Harada's Twitter account.
| Bonus characters | |
|---|---|
| Soul Edge | Siegfried! • Seong Han-myeong • Sophitia! • Sophitia!! |
| Soulcalibur II | Lizardman • Assassin • Berserker |
| Soulcalibur III | Abelia • Amy • Arthur • Aurelia • Chester • Demuth • Girardot • Greed • Hualin • Hwang • Li Long • Luna • Lynette • Miser • Revenant • Strife • Valeria |
| Soulcalibur IV | Angol Fear • Scheherazade • Shura • Ashlotte • Kamikirimusi |
| Soulcalibur V | Devil Jin (Katsuhiro Harada) |