
Anna Williams (アンナ・ウィリアムズ An'na Wiriamuzu?) is a character in the Tekken series. She was introduced in the first Tekken game as the younger sister of Nina Williams, and has returned in almost every subsequent game (with the exception of Tekken 4). She is an assassin trained in various martial arts, and almost always appears in her trademark red silk dress and/or a blue version of it.
Appearance[]
Anna has worn various outfits throughout the series but has always retained her distinctive satin dress as her primary costume with the exception of Tekken 7. Anna is a woman originally of Irish descent with black hair in Tekken and Tekken 2, but as of Tekken 3 and onward, her hair is brown. Though she appeared to have black eyes in her early renders, renders from Tekken 2 onward depict her with blue eyes.
Anna wears her hair in a neck length short bob hairstyle in earlier games, however it becomes somewhat shorter in later games and Tekken 5 gives her short eye-length side locks that frame her face. From Tekken 6 onward her hair is cut into a proper well-coiffed bob haircut and her eye-length side locks are omitted, although her Tekken 6 CG artwork still keeps the original Tekken 5 look. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2 her bob-cut is further detailed, appearing much thicker. In Tekken 7 her bob cut is now slightly shorter and more straight cut, with her fringe being shorter as well. She tucks the left section of her hair behind her left ear this time around, giving her a more casual look.
Anna is shown to like showing off her figure. Besides her signature dress she is noted to dress in somewhat revealing attire that often show off her cleavage or legs and she frequently wears heels with her outfits. Her dress style as far as customization goes seems to vary from somewhat professional to revealing.
Personality[]
Anna comes from a family of assassins. Although just as skilled and deadly as Nina, she has a personality that greatly contrasts her sister's. Anna holds a less serious personality, appearing markedly more playful, flirtatious and more sociable than Nina who, in turn, is reclusive, brooding and cold-hearted.
Anna has a vindictive sibling rivalry with her older sister, that goes back many years. This rivalry seems to have stemmed from their relationship with their father, Richard Williams, whom Anna believes favored Nina over her. Nina is a more merciless character who will go to any lengths for victory, whilst Anna is shown to have reservations over their rivalry and sometimes even affection for Nina. Anna thus is shown losing to Nina in almost all of her endings except Tekken Tag Tournament 2. One of the reasons Anna chose to go into cryosleep was because she did not wish to live in a world without Nina (the other reason was she was worried Nina might wake up more beautiful and young-looking than her). When Nina awoke from cryosleep without her memories, Anna harbored hopes of being able to start over with her, implying that her rivalry with Nina has always stemmed from a desire to be accepted by her and to be on good terms with her, something that Nina never had any interest in before.
From Tekken 5 onward, Anna continues to act in a similar flirtatious manner as she did in her former appearances, but appears more dominant and taunting towards her foes, sometimes sitting on them and laughing at their expense or even striking sensual poses or blowing kisses upon victory, being the epitome of the classic femme fatale. In Tekken 6 Anna returned to the employment of her former boss, Kazuya Mishima, now head of G Corporation, and she sought to compete across from Nina who had taken on a high position in Jin Kazama's Mishima Zaibatsu. At some point during her employment however, Anna fell in love with a G Corp captain, and decided to retire both from G Corporation and from the sibling rivalry that had dominated her life.
Anna is absent from the main Tekken 7 story, having retired from G Corporation. After Nina left Heihachi Mishima's employ however, she took on independent assassination missions, one of which involved a hit on a man with Mafia connections. The target was Anna's fiancé, whom Nina killed on Anna's wedding day, stealing her wedding dress to do so. With all hope of retirement gone and higher stakes to their hatred, it seems unlikely that Anna will be able to forgive her sister again. She begins her fight with Nina by saying "I'll tear you to pieces, Nina!"