Liu Kang — Mortal Kombat Character Profile

About Liu Kang

Earthrealm champion and martial arts master who trains newcomers and fights for victory.

Liu Kang — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Martial arts mastery, Arcana activation, Fire manipulation, Leadership, Spiritual combat

• Strength: 8.5/10
• Intelligence: 7.5/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 7/10

Affiliations

• Mortal Kombat universe

Quick Facts about Liu Kang

Occupation

Buddhist monk, martial artist

Liu Kang's Known Relations

• Shao Kahn — Enemy
• Shang Tsung — Enemy

Liu Kang appears in 4 titles

• Mortal Kombat (1995) — character page
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) — character page
• Mortal Kombat (2021)
• Mortal Kombat II (2026) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Ludi Lin

Appears in

Mortal Kombat (2021)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Liu Kang — Professional Trainee — Cole Young (Lewis Tan)

  Liu Kang serves as one of Cole's combat instructors.

  Cole trains with Liu Kang to awaken the arcana associated with dragon-mark bearers.

• Liu Kang — Alliance Teammate — Kung Lao (Max Huang)

  They form part of the established champion pair at the temple.

  Liu Kang and Kung Lao are introduced together as Earthrealm champions and fight in the same defense of Earthrealm.

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• Lord Raiden (Tadanobu Asano)
• Harumi Hasashi (Yukiko Shinohara)
• Emily Young (Matilda Kimber)
• Nitara (Melanie Jarnson)
• Kabal (Daniel Nelson)
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