Bayman
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| Nationality: |  Russian DOA 2 (North American release) DOA 3 (All Releases)  Soviet DOA 2 (European and Japanese release) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthdate: | October 10th |
| Age: | 31 |
| Blood type: | B |
| Height: | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)DOA4 |
| 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 (North American Release) Currently FSB (European and Japanese release |
| Favorite Food(s): | Beef stew |
| Hobbies: | Collecting Firearms, Chess, Darts, Knuckle cracking |
| Voice Actor(s): | Hisao Egawa (DOA) Banjō Ginga (DOA2-) |
| Debut: | Dead or Alive (Arcade) |
Bayman (バイマン Baiman?, based on Russian Байман) 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.
Bayman later also fights Christie, supposedly to settle a score of the enmity that aroused between the two of them, in which is his final battle.
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, grabbing a pen and stabbing his hand wound (probably to stop the drug that has taken effect on him) while his interrogators flee, however getting themselves killed in the process with Ayane's spell effects. It is unknown of what happens to him afterwards as the interrogation room door closes and the last thing heard from him is his evil-like sneer. It is suggested that he is still alive because his ending video is titled "The Immortal".
[edit] Movie appearance
In the movie DOA: Dead or Alive he is played by Derek Boyer. He enters the tournament unbeknownst to the other competitors as a grunt for Donovan and is known to have murdered Fame Douglas as in the games. He defeats Brad Wong and loses to Ryu Hayabusa. While the female fighters (Tina, Helena, Christie and Kasumi) take on Donovan, he has a rematch with Ryu which ends with him being knocked unconscious by Weatherby and Max. He is presumeably killed when the island explodes. Throughout the movie Bayman is portrayed as a joke character, and no mention is made of his friendship with Leon.
[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
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- 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 uses exacly the same moves as Leon while tag-throws with Gen Fu, throws that he can't use on one-on-one (Take Down, Desert Falcon).
- 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. He also faces Ryu Hayabusa in his story mode and he reveals his intentions to him along the way.
- In the European and Japanese versions of DOA 2 he and Leon are both Russians with Leon being KGB and Bayman as a Spetsnaz and it is implied that they are on friendly-ish terms. But in DOA 3 Leon has become a smuggler for the Russian mob and since the Soviet collapse Bayman has entered the KGB's successor the FSB.
[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). He's also very appreciated for his expert holds and his effective strikes.
Although Bayman has much superiority in his attacks, he is not a very popular character. Polls have shown that Bayman is not very well liked, together with some other characters. Many people have indicated that the reason they hate Bayman is not due to his fighting style, but to the character himself. This may seem to be bad, but this also results in the success of many online fights with Bayman, as he is not a very common character used and his moves are not easily predicted.
[edit] Other Uses
Bayman is also a popular horse name, commonly used for equines of bay coloring.
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