Kasumi (Dead or Alive)
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| Nationality: |  Japanese |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthdate: | February 23 |
| Age: | 17 |
| Blood type: | A |
| Height: | 158 cm (5 ft 2 1/2 in) |
| Weight: | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Measurements: | B89 W54 H85 cm (B35 W21 H33) |
| Fighting Style: | Mugen Tenshin Style Ninjutsu, Tenjinmon Style |
| Occupation: | Runaway Shinobi |
| Favorite Food(s): | Strawberry Millefeuille |
| Hobbies: | Fortune-telling, origami |
| Voice Actor(s): | Sakura Tange (DOA-DOA2) Hōko Kuwashima (DOA3-DOAX2) Kari Wahlgren (DOAX2 English dub) |
| Debut: | Dead or Alive (Arcade) |
Kasumi (霞 Kasumi?) is a fictional Japanese character from the Dead or Alive video game franchise. She is also the unofficial flagship main protagonist of the series. According to series canon she won the first Dead or Alive Tournament.
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[edit] History
[edit] Dead or Alive
Kasumi, also known as "the Kunoichi of Destiny", is a female ninja skilled in the Mugen Tenshin Style of Ninjutsu. She was to become the 18th Master of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, but ran away in order to enter the Dead or Alive tournament. There, she hoped to defeat Raidou, the man responsible for crippling her brother Hayate. By leaving the secretive ninja clan, she became a nukenin (runaway shinobi). This means that she must live on the run from her former comrades every day as they seek to silence the "traitorous" Kasumi. Eventually, Kasumi kills Raidou and wins the tournament.
[edit] Dead or Alive 2
After having won the first tournament (and killing Raidou), she was captured by DOATEC and a clone of her was created. However, she managed to escape (defeating her clone in the process) and made an attempt to return to her village, but she wasn't allowed to, because dishonored ninja can never rejoin their respective clan.
[edit] Dead or Alive 3
Now labeled as a "traitor" to her village, Kasumi has been pursued incessantly by assassins from her clan; not a day passes without an attempt on her life. Despite this, Kasumi still wishes to see her brother and enters the third tournament to meet him one last time.
[edit] Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Kasumi was invited to Zack Island for the fourth Dead or Alive Tournament. However, the tournament was a hoax and Kasumi (with the other DOA girls) were stuck for two weeks on the tropical island.
[edit] Dead or Alive 4
Kasumi again seeks to find Hayate. She meets her brother and tries to convince him to stop the war against DOATEC and return to the Mugen Tenshin village with her. However, Hayate remains quiet and their half-sister Ayane interrupts them. She attacks Kasumi but is defeated.
Kasumi pursues Hayate to the DOATEC Tritower. There she is confronted by Helena who has taken control of DOATEC. Helena says she wants nothing to do with the ninja fighters (this includes Ryu, Ayane, and Hayate) and mentions that a clone of Kasumi - codenamed ALPHA-152 - is about to become active. Kasumi fights her way past Helena and then heads down to the lab to destroy ALPHA-152, who resembles Kasumi in form and fighting style, but seems to be made up of pure energy. Kasumi fights her clone to her best efforts, but in the end it appears ALPHA-152 escapes in the chaos of the destruction wrought by the Mugen Tenshin invasion. Kasumi is last seen watching Helena entering the blazing helipad. When trying to interfere Kasumi is prevented from doing so by Ayane, who by doing that saves Kasumi's life as the building starts exploding mere seconds later.
[edit] Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2
Kasumi is a runaway Ninja who abandoned her position as head of the Mugen Tenshin clan to avenge her brother, Hayate. She came to New Zack Island upon hearing that her brother was there, even though she wondered what he was doing on a tropical island.
[edit] Personality
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Kasumi is portrayed throughout the DOA series as a more compassionate character than her younger half-sister, Ayane, and any of the other fighters. She is an honorable and kind spirit and although a highly skilled kunoichi with deadly abilities. She does not enjoy or wish to fight. Many of the statements she makes in the game series before a round begins reflect her desire to avoid confrontation. Much of the reasoning behind this comes from the fact that in all of the tournaments (with the exception of the first) her motive is not to fight or win, but to meet Hayate. Her statements also reflect the fact that Kasumi is very merciful. She doesn't like to see people suffering at the hands of her skills and is inclined to show mercy even to her enemies. However she is capable of killing and this is shown in the first DOA story where she defeated and killed Raidou. She is demonstrably family orientated and would like nothing more than to return home in peace. There were instances where she refused to show mercy though, as seen when she willingly goes to look for Raidou (in the first game), fighting her clone (in the second game) and also when facing Helena when Helena had almost had her shot if not for Ryu Hayabusa who had saved her (in the fourth game).
[edit] Other appearance
In "DOA: Dead or Alive", she is played by Devon Aoki. Also on the movie, it should be noted that Kasumi's personality is colder than anything else. In the movie, she fights Leon, and wins, which makes Kasumi herself doubt that Hayate died at Leon's feet. In the end, she got to go home with her brother despite being a runaway shinobi, but has to make a fighting stand against her clan with her new friends in order to get to stay.
Kasumi appeared as a playable "monster" in Monster Rancher 2 and Monster Rancher 4, also produced by Tecmo. She must be unlocked by going to the Shrine and inserting the Dead or Alive 1 CD in the Disc Tray in Monster Rancher 2, and the Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore disc in Monster Rancher 4.
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