Bayman
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| Nationality: | Russian |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthdate: | October 10th |
| Age: | 31 |
| Blood type: | B |
| Height: | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight: | 105 kg (231 lb) |
| Measurements: | Body sizes: B120 W92 H95 cm (B47 W36 H37 in) |
| Fighting Style: | Command Sambo |
| Occupation: | former Spetsnaz, Currently Contract Assassin |
| Favorite Food(s): | Beef stew |
| Hobbies: | Collecting Firearms, Chess, Darts |
| Voice Actor(s): | Hisao Egawa (DOA) Banjō Ginga (DOA2-) |
| First Appearance: | Dead or Alive (Arcade) |
Bayman is a fictional character from the Dead or Alive video game series.
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[edit] History
[edit] Before Dead or Alive
Bayman was born and raised in Russia. He aspired to join the military, and became one of Russia's highly-trained commandos. But before he saw any action, the Soviet Union collapsed. Realizing the new regime would have no use for him, Bayman slipped through the cracks of the reformation. He took up the life of a mercenary, putting his skills to good use in all manner of lethal assignments. He found particular pleasure in assassinations, especially challenging or high-profile assignments.
[edit] Dead or Alive
His dream assignment came to him. Bayman entered into the first "Dead or Alive World Tournament" with the objective of assassinating its organizer, the renowned Fame Douglas, chairman of DOATEC. His task completed, Bayman fled, now branded an outlaw.
[edit] Dead or Alive 2
When the next tournament was announced, Bayman caught word of one of the entrants; an Italian mercenary named Leon. Bayman risked capture to enter the tournament again, hoping to find and challenge his old acquaintance.
[edit] Dead or Alive 3
After surviving a failed attack on his life (by a sniper), Bayman decides to retaliate against his former client Donovan and shows up at the third tournament.
[edit] Dead or Alive 4
Once again, Bayman has entered the latest tournament seeking revenge on Donovan. During the tournament, he is confronted by Helena who offers to help him in his quest for revenge. Bayman rejects the offer.
At the end of the tournament, Bayman is held in captivity within the DOATEC Tritower and is being interrogated. However, during the chaos that erupts due to Ayane and Hayate's intervention, he frees himself while his interrogators flee and are killed.
[edit] Personality
Bayman is a hardened killer. Worse still, he enjoys his work. He is merciless in combat, thinking nothing of maiming and crippling his opponents. He is something of a showoff, preferring to work high-profile assignments and kill his targets with his martial skill. In battle, he usually talks down the opponent, constantly calling them weak and worthless.
[edit] Trivia
- Bayman first appeared as a playable character in the original DOA arcade game. Bayman appears again as an unlockable character in DOA2 and then as a main character once more in DOA3 in which he planned to exact revenge upon Donovan for ordering him killed by a sniper.
- Bayman is closely associated with Leon because they have extremely similar fighting styles, movement, and body designs. They both use the Commando Sambo fighting style. Bayman is a lot different from Leon in Dead or Alive 4, making him a unique character; he is best known for his defensive skills. Leon and Bayman know each other because Bayman was once requested to kill Leon; he failed and almost lost his life. This is the reason why they are rivals.
- During his CG ending in both DoA3 and DoA4 Bayman has flashbacks to a man and a woman being gunned down by a Hind helicopter. This could imply he lost his parents to the Soviet military. Why or how he then joined said military is unknown.
- In DOA3, he faces off against Christie. Christie tells Bayman that they are both assassins, and that Bayman shouldn't care if she is just "another one of Donovan's lap dogs". But Bayman replies "but I'm a professional." hinting that he's better than her at being an assassin.
[edit] Gameplay
Bayman relies on a high damage ratio "strike" strategy. By utilizing such single hitting attacks as the Javelin Kick, he can effectively push back opponents while dealing hits of around 30 - 44 points of damage. His preferred distance in attacking, however is mid to long range, as to take advantage of his relatively slow tiger knees and "wind up" timeframe. Finally, his throws are powerful, with his Swing Neck Hold doing over 90 points of damage, and being able to execute ground holds prior to a foe's impact (a feature wrestling characters like Tina and Bass did not receive until the third iteration).
