Shang Tsung

fictional character from Mortal Kombat

Person fictional_human Q2266031

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: fictional human, fictional shapeshifter, video game character, film character, television character, animated character^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Sex or gender: male^[6]
Country of citizenship: People's Republic of China^[4]
Occupation: magician, necromancer
Performer: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Andrew Kishino, Bruce Locke, James Lew, Chin Han, Jim Cummings^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Official website: www.mortalkombat.com^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Catchphrase: Your soul is mine!^[29]
Creator: Ed Boon^[5]
Enemy: Liu Kang^[30]
Family name: Tsung^[18]
First appearance: Mortal Kombat^[28]
From narrative universe: Mortal Kombat universe^[21]
Given name: Shang^[19]
Media franchise: Mortal Kombat^[31]
P14470: Characters/Shang_Tsung^[32]
P14750: D922-10A6-9700-77C0-E646^[33]
Present in work: Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 11, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon^[23]^[24]^[25]
Superhuman feature or ability: magic in fiction, necromancy^[26]^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat 11 (cropped).png ↗
Altar of Gaming character ID: shang-tsung
Behind The Voice Actors character ID: mortal-kombat/Shang-Tsung, Mortal-Kombat/Shang-Tsung
Comic Vine ID: 4005-15541
Fandom article ID: villains:Shang_Tsung, mortalkombat:Shang_Tsung, gamicus:Shang_Tsung, nintendo:Shang_Tsung, video-games:Shang_Tsung
Freebase ID: /m/03j_8v
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme): 3005-92
MusicBrainz artist ID: 80a78651-461c-4c11-9160-dd18bf5aee97
Personality Database profile ID: 3567
TV Tropes ID: Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung

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🔗 Connections

Present in work 6

Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 11, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

Performer 5

Jim Cummings, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Chin Han, James Lew, Andrew Kishino

← Characters 4

Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 11, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Country of citizenship 1

People's Republic of China

Creator 1

Ed Boon

Enemy 1

Liu Kang

Instance of 1

animated character

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:performer of 1

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Occupation 1

magician

Sex or gender 1

male

Superhuman feature or ability 1

necromancy

← Enemy 1

Liu Kang

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Summary

Shang Tsung is a fictional human^[1]. He has worked as a magician^[2] and necromancer^[3].

FAQs

What did Shang Tsung do for work?

Shang Tsung worked as a magician^[2] and necromancer^[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[6] ↑ Shang Tsung — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Shang Tsung — country of citizenship (P27): People's Republic of China. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Shang Tsung — instance of (P31): fictional shapeshifter. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Shang Tsung — instance of (P31): video game character. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Shang Tsung — instance of (P31): film character. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Shang Tsung — instance of (P31): television character. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Shang Tsung — instance of (P31): animated character. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Shang Tsung — occupation (P106): magician. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Shang Tsung — occupation (P106): necromancer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Shang Tsung — creator (P170): Ed Boon. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Shang Tsung — performer (P175): Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Shang Tsung — performer (P175): Andrew Kishino. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Shang Tsung — performer (P175): Bruce Locke. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Shang Tsung — performer (P175): James Lew. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Shang Tsung — performer (P175): Chin Han. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Shang Tsung — performer (P175): Jim Cummings. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Shang Tsung — family name (P734): Tsung. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Shang Tsung — given name (P735): Shang. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Shang Tsung — official website (P856): https://www.mortalkombat.com/roster/shang-tsung. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Shang Tsung — from narrative universe (P1080): Mortal Kombat universe. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Shang Tsung — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Shang Tsung — present in work (P1441): Mortal Kombat. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Shang Tsung — present in work (P1441): Mortal Kombat 11. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Shang Tsung — present in work (P1441): Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Shang Tsung — superhuman feature or ability (P2563): magic in fiction. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Shang Tsung — superhuman feature or ability (P2563): necromancy. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Shang Tsung — first appearance (P4584): Mortal Kombat. mortalkombat.fandom.com. Retrieved 2026-10-30. mortalkombat.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Shang Tsung — catchphrase (P6251): Your soul is mine!. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Shang Tsung — enemy (P7047): Liu Kang. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Shang Tsung — media franchise (P8345): Mortal Kombat. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Shang Tsung — P14470 (P14470): Characters/Shang_Tsung. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Shang Tsung — P14750 (P14750): D922-10A6-9700-77C0-E646. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Shang Tsung is an instance of fictional human (Q15632617) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

4d ago · Trummler12 · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

First appearance → Mortal Kombat

Claims rich → —

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ First appearance: Mortal Kombat, #temporary_batch_1793369026290"
11w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → D922-10A6-9700-77C0-E646

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
20w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Website → —

Occupation → magician, necromancer

Performer → Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Andrew Kishino, Bruce Locke +3

+ 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

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