Tekken's Attempt to Add Colonel Sanders as Fighter Rejected by KFC

Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada's proposal to include KFC's Colonel Sanders in the game was turned down by the fast-food chain.

Katsuhiro Harada, Tekken's director, pitched the idea to KFC's headquarters in Japan but received a 'bad look' and was rejected.
Tekken 8 designer Michael Murray suggested that the issue might have been with the concept of Colonel Sanders fighting, not the character itself.
Despite the rejection, Colonel Sanders has appeared in other games, such as the dating simulator 'I Love You, Colonel Sanders!'
Harada has long dreamed of including the Colonel in Tekken, highlighting the challenges of such cross-promotional collaborations.
The Tekken franchise has a history of featuring unexpected characters, including Noctis from Final Fantasy XV and Negan from The Walking Dead.