Robert 'Bob' Richards

Nationality: American

Occupation: Martial Arts prodigy

Age: 27  


Bob (full name Robert Richards) is a fighter who hails from America as a martial arts legend. However, due to being unable to defeat larger opponents, Bob disappears from the fighting world and remains in hiding for a few years, with many wondering about his whereabouts.

With The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 drawing near, Bob finally returns, and stuns everyone with his new figure, that of a morbidly obese man. Though Bob claims to have engineered his body to increase his weight and strength while maintaining his speed, few believe him, and most of his fans lose their faith and respect for him.

In order to test his new power and regain his popularity, Bob enters The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6.´Tekken developer and Executive Producer of Tekken 6 Katsuhiro Harada describes Bob as "a freestyle karate practitioner from the U.S."



Endings 

Tekken 6 

After winning the tournament, Bob became a worldwide sensation. His schedule was filled with TV and magazine interviews, with his training secrets becoming unearthed. After cameras take multiple photos, a poster of his obese self appears on the wall, with a blurry image of Bob walking by. He weighs himself in his exercise room, where he discovers he only weighs a shocking 150 lbs on a scale. He steps off, wondering if it was just an illusion, then weighs himself again. After looking at the number once more, he says the following: "It can't be right... How can I only be 150 lbs!?" The camera then shows Bob, wearing heavy clothing covering a skinnier and slimmer body, and he screams in horror, accepting the fact that all of his famous weight vanished without him ever knowing it. He then proceeds to bang his head on the wall, only to be found in the middle of the floor passed out.

Trivia

•  Bob is described as "a freestyle karate practitioner from the U.S." by Tekken 6 developer and executive producer Katsuhiro Harada.
•  In Tekken 6, Bob can be customized to look like a Power Ranger, and HUNK from Resident Evil.
•  Bob is also similiar to Street Fighter IV's Rufus. They are both overweight fighters who are both amazingly fast for their sizes and have blond hair.
  
  
  
  Street Fighter X Tekken takes this a step further, featuring a trailer in which Rufus (somehow) mistakes Bob for Ken Masters and attacks him.

•  Bob is probably inspired by the ninja Haru, protrayed by the deceased actor Chris Farley in the 1997 movie "Beverly Hills Ninja".
•  Bob has no official character relationships.
•  His first 2 opponents in the Arena Mode are Ganryu and Paul Phoenix. 
• Bob is also an Playable character in Tekken Tag 2 Tournament 

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