I'm gonna have to do some comparisons for who I want to pick up between the 3 fighting characters after I'm more familiar with Kazuya. Ryuken, Terry and Kazuya. At this moment though, Kazuya has a very strong case going for him.
I may end up duo maining Kazuya and Sephiroth. Got a Angel and Devil theme going on. Sephiroth is pretty simplistic overall when it comes to inputs outside of nair combos. Also Sephiroth has speed + range that will probably take care of any of Kazuya's troublesome matchups. Really digging the idea of having one of the fighting game characters be a duo main or secondary because they keep me on my toes with my inputs which makes using any other character very easy by comparison making it easier to pick up everyone else. Time will tell though, he is a new character and he's been a blast, but whether or not he I stick with him is something that only time can tell.
Pros
Projectile that is easy to hit opponents with
He has special grabs
Has a reflector on Left Splits Kick (why does he have this? At least Min Min reflects in her game, Off the top of my head I don't remember there being any projectiles in Tekken)
Cons
Lacks a reliable projectile to help approach unlike hadouken and power wave, and is very unsafe if missed.
Devil Fist is underwhelming when done at a distance compared to Tatsu or Burning Knuckle, but at least it leads into combos. Up close it's effective, but kinda has the "oops, forgot to take out the trash" kind of vibes.
Things he has in common with other fighting game characters:
Emphasis on inputs and many moves
Many moves have intangibility on them
Multiple shield breaks that are easy to use
Tons of KO moves
Crazy combos
Crazy damage
Heavy
Slow and short range overall. Ken and Terry aren't nearly as bad about this though.
Recovery that is probably going to be rather exploitable if the opponent knows when you're going to use it.
Stuff that will make me biased towards Kazuya because of my time with other characters:
Special grabs - Ganondorf and Ridley made me fall in love with special grabs and suicide grabs. Even if Ridley doesn't have to, and the grab that moves people with him is more like Bowser (which is one of his more fun moves anyways but I don't play him)
Crumple + forced trip attacks - Ridley make me love crumple attacks because of his skewer. Forced tripping is kind of similar.
Laser - I played R.O.B. for a while, his lasers are kind of fun. However I never got to use him enough to be super precise with his lasers and it's not the most exciting thing to get better at, and I don't like annoying my opponents with nearly unavoidable quick attacks (I want to give my tournament going friends a tough time, not make them hate me). So I actually really like this laser because of it's consistency and not being as spammy
Oni Front kick - Just like Ganondorf's f-tilt. The move is just stupidly good on both characters.
Doriyah (Ganondorf, but apparently he was saying it because of Kazuya. I like Kazuya's version more)
Dame da ne (White suit is basically Kiryu, who does sing Dame da ne in Yakuza. This song is basically a meme in chess videos so I hear it all the time..... Song also represents how I feel about Smash a lot too lol)
Tekken is probably the fighting game I'd want to get into if I got into a "normal" fighting game because I like it's mechanics more.
He gets a lot of close ups in 1v1 for some reason. Though usually it's on my favorite moves anyways. His double face kick is one of my favorite moves of his
Projectile that is easy to hit opponents with
He has special grabs
Has a reflector on Left Splits Kick (why does he have this? At least Min Min reflects in her game, Off the top of my head I don't remember there being any projectiles in Tekken)
Cons
Lacks a reliable projectile to help approach unlike hadouken and power wave, and is very unsafe if missed.
Devil Fist is underwhelming when done at a distance compared to Tatsu or Burning Knuckle, but at least it leads into combos. Up close it's effective, but kinda has the "oops, forgot to take out the trash" kind of vibes.
Things he has in common with other fighting game characters:
Emphasis on inputs and many moves
Many moves have intangibility on them
Multiple shield breaks that are easy to use
Tons of KO moves
Crazy combos
Crazy damage
Heavy
Slow and short range overall. Ken and Terry aren't nearly as bad about this though.
Recovery that is probably going to be rather exploitable if the opponent knows when you're going to use it.
Stuff that will make me biased towards Kazuya because of my time with other characters:
Special grabs - Ganondorf and Ridley made me fall in love with special grabs and suicide grabs. Even if Ridley doesn't have to, and the grab that moves people with him is more like Bowser (which is one of his more fun moves anyways but I don't play him)
Crumple + forced trip attacks - Ridley make me love crumple attacks because of his skewer. Forced tripping is kind of similar.
Laser - I played R.O.B. for a while, his lasers are kind of fun. However I never got to use him enough to be super precise with his lasers and it's not the most exciting thing to get better at, and I don't like annoying my opponents with nearly unavoidable quick attacks (I want to give my tournament going friends a tough time, not make them hate me). So I actually really like this laser because of it's consistency and not being as spammy
Oni Front kick - Just like Ganondorf's f-tilt. The move is just stupidly good on both characters.
Doriyah (Ganondorf, but apparently he was saying it because of Kazuya. I like Kazuya's version more)
Dame da ne (White suit is basically Kiryu, who does sing Dame da ne in Yakuza. This song is basically a meme in chess videos so I hear it all the time..... Song also represents how I feel about Smash a lot too lol)
Tekken is probably the fighting game I'd want to get into if I got into a "normal" fighting game because I like it's mechanics more.
He gets a lot of close ups in 1v1 for some reason. Though usually it's on my favorite moves anyways. His double face kick is one of my favorite moves of his
I may end up duo maining Kazuya and Sephiroth. Got a Angel and Devil theme going on. Sephiroth is pretty simplistic overall when it comes to inputs outside of nair combos. Also Sephiroth has speed + range that will probably take care of any of Kazuya's troublesome matchups. Really digging the idea of having one of the fighting game characters be a duo main or secondary because they keep me on my toes with my inputs which makes using any other character very easy by comparison making it easier to pick up everyone else. Time will tell though, he is a new character and he's been a blast, but whether or not he I stick with him is something that only time can tell.