Yunfei (Samurai Shodown)

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Liu Yunfei
Game series	Samurai Shodown series
First game	Samurai Shodown 5
Designed by	Nobuhiro Watsuki
Voice actor(s)	Satoshi Taki
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Chang'an, China
Blood type	A
Fighting style	The Defensive Arts of the Heavenly Hermits
Weapon	Heaven-Flash Shrike
Preferred soulmate/family	"My wife who died a millennium ago."

This article is for the video game character. For more names, see Yunfei.

Liu Yunfei, also known just as Yunfei (Chinese: 雲飛), is a video game character in the Samurai Shodown series, appeared for first time in Samurai Shodown V.

[edit] History

Yunfei lived in the 800s, A.D. with his wife. But he made a deal with "The Dark Emperor" to apparently become immortal. However, in a time he lost the control of himself and left destruction where he goes until he was sealed in a rock for ages by his students, Enja and Suija. But after a millenium, he was freed again. Now, he wants to be freed of his sins, and decided stop Gaoh Kyougoku Hinowanokami's evil plans.

Once he confronted and fought with Gaoh, he found the demon residing within him, and urged him to fight against it with all his spirit. In order to help him, Yunfei took possession of the monster's body to weaken it, urging Gaoh to end it while he could. Within moments, it was all over... Yunfei awakened to find himself in a field of flowers, where he was reunited with his wife.[1]

[edit] Trivia

Yunfei is one of the few Chinese characters in the series, along with Wan-Fu. Also, is the first immortal character in the series.
Yunfei is based off in all those sennin who appeared in Chinese martial arts film genre.
Various of Yunfei's moves involves the manipulation of wind.
It's possible that "The Dark Emperor" that Yunfei refers to would be Ambrosia.