Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada has long dreamed of adding Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder-turned-mascot Colonel Sanders to the long-running fighting game. But according to Harada, KFC isn’t interested in the crossover.

Tekken has had a few licensed characters over the years, but apparently series director Katsuhiro Harada once asked if Colonel Sanders could be in it.

Colonel Sanders would have been a guest fighter in Tekken, but unfortunately, KFC wasn't persuaded to go through with the deal.

Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada once tried to convince KFC to let him use Colonel Sanders as a character in the fighting game. Here are other possibilities.

Tekken has had a few interesting guest fighters over the years, and Katsuhiro Harada reveals that this list almost included KFC's Colonel Sanders.

Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada revealed he tried and failed to have Colonel Sanders added to the fighting game as a guest character. "A long time ago, I wanted to have Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken fight,

If you've always thought Tekken's roster was lacking something but couldn't put your finger (lickin') on it, Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada knows - it's Colonel Sanders. Despite his best efforts, however,

Harada tried to get Colonel Sanders in Tekken, but says he was shot down by bosses. Since the mascot has been in other games, the Tekken devs feel that the company is just resistant to him being in a fighting game.