His predecessor, also named Kuma, died after Tekken 2. But if he's named the same, looks the same and plays the same, isn't it the same Kuma? In terms of gameplay, at least, this character has ...

When you beat the game, you'll usually get to see a short movie of Jin and a few other Tekken characters practicing ... animal characters (Roger/Alex, Kuma/Panda, etc), the ending movie will ...