Christie Monteiro
Christie Monteiro is a female video game character who features in Tekken.
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Biography
Christie Monteiro (Japanese: クリスティ・モンテイロ, Hepburn: Kurisuti Monteiro)
Her grandfather was doing a long stint in prison. During a prison riot, he defended himself impressively by using the art of capoeira. He attracted the interest of a young Eddy Gordo, in prison under false charges. Eddy studied under Christie's grandfather for eight years in prison, becoming a master of capoeira.
Eddy sought Christie out after he returned from the third King of Iron Fist Tournament. Upon meeting Eddie, she told him how she had given up on her dream of a university education with no family to support her. Eddie took Christie under his wing, sent her to college and taught her Capoeira over the next two years. Christie quickly picked up the art and became adept at it. Eddy disappeared shortly afterwards however, intent on pursuing revenge against his parents' murderers. He had seemingly identified Kazuya Mishima as being the culprit for their deaths. Looking for clues as to where Eddie had gone, Christie found a newspaper clipping about the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 and set off to follow him. Christie entered the fourth Iron Fist Tournament hoping to find him.
Christie's grandfather was eventually released from prison, but his time there had left him emaciated and weak. Christie rushed him to hospital, where she was told he had a terminal illness and would die within six months. The advanced technology of the Mishima Zaibatsu however gave her and Eddy a window of hope. They both entered the fifth Iron Fist Tournament to try and gain access to the scientific advances that might save him.
When Christie and Eddy failed to win the tournament, Eddy, unbeknownst to Christie, brokered a deal with tournament winner Jin Kazama. Eddy agreed to work for Jin's Tekken Force in exchange for medical care being given to Christie's grandfather. All Christie initially knew of this was that Eddy had disappeared. She returned alone to Brazil, only to find that her grandfather had also disappeared, and had apparently been sent to the Mishima Zaibatsu for treatment. Christie returned to Japan when the sixth tournament was announced, seeking both Eddy and her grandfather.
Unfortunately, even utilizing the Zaibatsu's resources, Christie's grandfather was unable to be saved, and ultimately passed away from his illness. After her grandfather's funeral, Christie was initially irate at Eddy for his disappearance, but embraced him soon after, as both grieved her grandfather's death. Enraged at his failure, Eddy threw away his ties to Jin and the Mishima Zaibatsu to instead seek vengeance against Kazuya Mishima for the deaths of his own parents.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Christie Monteiro was a tall, athletic woman with tan skin, amber eyes, and long brown hair often worn loose or in a ponytail during combat. Her attire typically reflected her Brazilian roots and the aesthetics of Capoeira—bright, revealing outfits adorned with green, yellow, and white patterns symbolizing the Brazilian flag. Her most iconic look included a cropped top and bell-bottom pants designed for mobility and rhythm, emphasizing her movements’ flowing, dance-like nature.
She was rather light-hearted and joyful. She does not fight out of envy, but rather always with a very specific goal.
Christie is not a particularly combative character. She is rather light-hearted and joyful. She does not fight out of envy, but rather always with a very specific goal. She is one of the few characters in the series to fight on behalf of others, rather than for vengeance, entering the tournaments to find her master Eddy, as well as to help her Grandfather.
Christie Monteiro was noted for being the granddaughter of the Legendary Capoeira Master (伝説のカポエイラマスター Densetsu no Kapoeira Masutā?). Prison life had been hard on her grandfather. He had become emaciated to the point that he was barely recognizable. Her grandfather had become very weak to the point that he was not the grandfather she knew. Christie's grandfather was diagnosed with an incurable illness. Without treatment, the doctors gave him only six months to live. Christie hoped a cure was possible using the advanced technology of the Mishima Zaibatsu.
She cared deeply for her friend Eddy Gordo who learned capoeira from her grandfather, and in turn taught her.
Powers and abilities
Christie Monteiro was an ordinary human being with no special inherent abilities. As such, she had all the basic traits of a human being but had trained her body to the peak of physical conditioning. Her mastery of Capoeira granted her exceptional flexibility, balance, and timing, allowing her to weave between attacks with acrobatic precision. She possessed tremendous leg strength, capable of delivering powerful spinning kicks and continuous chained movements that overwhelmed opponents. Her speed, coordination, and stamina made her one of the most agile fighters in the Tekken universe, relying on rhythm and flow rather than brute force. Through discipline and emotional control, Christie achieved near-superhuman levels of reaction and endurance, embodying Capoeira’s harmony between artistry and combat.
During the time her grandfather was in prison, she came to be taken under the wing of her friend Eddy Gordo who had trained under the Legendary Capoeira Master. After only two years of training, Eddie turned Christie into an impressive fighter. Christie trained in the art Capoeria where she became an impressive martial arts fighter. Christie shared her grandfather's talent and became a formidable fighter, on par with Eddie himself. Christie's moves are the same as Eddy's with the exception of her basic throws, side throws, and back throws.
Among the techniques known to her included:
- Caranguejo Throw :
- Rotacao Throw :
- Rio Special :
- Role Throw :
- Garganta Throw :
- Air Mail :
Christie faded from the tournaments, her focus shifting toward preserving her grandfather’s teachings and maintaining the cultural integrity of Capoeira. She traveled across Brazil and other countries, teaching the discipline to at-risk youth and turning her martial art into a path of empowerment rather than violence.
Notes
- Christie Monteiro was created by Namco where she featured in the setting of the Tekken universe.
- She was voiced by Marina Inoue in the Japanese version, and by Xanthe Smith, Rumiko Varnes and Lisle Wilkerson in the English version.
- Masahiro Kimoto was one of the game designers of Tekken 3 that the Capoeira character be female but the artist that was tasked with the character's design deemed the female character too difficult to create and instead created Eddy.
- A model portrayed Christie in the "Tekken Maxim Photoshoot" gallery in Maxim.
- Aubrey Sitterson of UGO Networks placed Christie fourteenth on his 2011 list of "Fighting Games' Finest Female Fighters": "In addition to being totally foxy, something about the idea of a lady Brazilian Capoeira expert just totally clicks for us."
In other media
Films
- In Tekken, Christie Monteiro appeared in the setting of the 2010 live-action film where she was portrayed by actress Kelly Overton. Christie Monteiro was a human martial artist and possessed no superhuman powers or enhancements. As such, she had all the basic traits of a human being but had trained her body to the peak of physical conditioning. Her mastery of Capoeira granted her exceptional flexibility, balance, and timing, allowing her to weave between attacks with acrobatic precision. She possessed tremendous leg strength, capable of delivering powerful spinning kicks and continuous chained movements that overwhelmed opponents. Her speed, coordination, and stamina made her one of the most agile fighters in the Tekken universe, relying on rhythm and flow rather than brute force. Through discipline and emotional control, Christie achieved near-superhuman levels of reaction and endurance, embodying Capoeira’s harmony between artistry and combat. Christie watches as Jin fights the master swordsman Yoshimitsu. Jin is unable to match Yoshimitsu and is about to be killed. The alarm goes off and Yoshimitsu was long enough distracted for Jin to escape the killing blow. Yoshimitsu keeps beating Jin, who suddenly spots an opening and beats Yoshimitsu. Christie helps an injured Jin, however, they all get captured by the Jacks. Raven helps them put Jin his shoulder back in his socket. Kazuya they all will fight to the death from now on. The group decides to flee and quickly take out the guards. They free a captured Heihachi on their way out. They go in hiding as Christie nurtures an injured Jin. The group gets found by a group of Jacks. They try to fight them off however Steve Fox gets killed and Christie and the rest get captured.
Video games
Appearances
- Tekken 4: (2001)
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