List of Dead or Alive characters
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[edit] Main characters
[edit] Ryu Hayabusa
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4, Ninja Gaiden, NG II, NG III, NG (XBOX), NG Black, NG Sigma, NG Dragon Sword, NG 2) A ninjutsu expert and good friend of Hayate. Originally from the Ninja Gaiden series, in DOA2, he comes across his lost friend and kills the Evil Tengu. He also joins DOA3 to again fight evil, this time in the form of Genra, another evil being created by DOATEC. Ryu joins with Hayate, Kasumi and Ayane in the destruction of DOATEC in DOA4.
[edit] Hayate
(DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) Kasumi's brother and Ayane's half-brother. He was captured in DOA, after which his memory was temporarily lost. This was done by DOATEC during the Epsilon project. After being released by Lisa (aka la Mariposa), Hayate wandered in the historical black forest of Germany until he was found by Hitomi. He joined DOA2 as Ein in order to find out more about his lost memory. After DOA2 his memory had been restored and he returned in DOA3 as Hayate, the leader of the Mugen Tenshin Style.
[edit] Kasumi
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) 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 the one 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.
[edit] Ayane
(DOA1 (Playstation), DOA2, DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) A kunoichi (female ninja) with murderous motives and purple hair. She takes part in DOA to fight her half-sister, Kasumi, for whom she has developed a deep hate out of jealousy. She looks up to her half-brother Hayate, who has watched over her since childhood despite her "tarnished" childhood. According to canon, she won the third DOA tournament. In DOAU/DOA2 Helena accuses her of assassinating Helena's mother, however in DOA4 it is discovered that it was in fact Christie who did this. She is the child of Raidou and Ayame, and was regarded as a child with "cursed blood" because of how she was conceived.
[edit] Ein
(DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) He is Hayate's alter ego. Hayate suffered a memory loss and after being found by Hitomi, he was named Ein. He became a Karate instructor as well. He shares many of Hitomi's moves since they both practice the art of Karate.
[edit] Hitomi
(DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) A young Karate student who wants to show her fighting skills at the tournament. She joins the DOA tournament to also find Ein, who wandered his way into her father's karate dojo and then disappeared after the second DOA tournament. She placed third in the third DOA tournament.
[edit] Helena
(DOA2, DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) A young French woman and the illegitimate daughter of Fame Douglas, former leader of DOATEC. She joins DOA2 in search of the murderer of her mother and joins DOA3 in order to find the truth about the conspiracies within DOATEC. In DOA4 Helena takes control of DOATEC, and finds out her mother's killer wasn't Ayane, but Christie.
[edit] Christie
(DOA3, DOAX, DOA4, DOAX2) A British assassin hired by Donovan to keep an eye on, and eventually kill, Helena. Christie's mission is to stop Helena from competing in DOA3 and later to prevent Helena from discovering more about the secret plans of Donovan and his anti-Douglas faction. In the fourth tournament it is revealed that she was the one who assassinated Helena's mother. She was portrayed by Holly Valance in the 2006 movie adaptation.
[edit] Kokoro
(DOA4, DOAX2) A Japanese girl that uses the Hakkyokuken fighting style. Itagaki comments that Hakkyokuken was first used in Virtua Fighter, which he calls the "origin of 3D fighting games." Virtua Fighter's main character, Akira, uses this fighting style, but Itagaki hopes to reproduce the martial art even more realistically in DOA4. Kokoro is a geisha in training, but her heart is not in it, so she decides to join DOA.
[edit] Bayman
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) A former Russian commando who joins the DOA1 tournament to assassinate Fame Douglas, and later joins the DOA3 tournament to retaliate against Donovan for the attempt on his life by a sniper.
[edit] Leon
(DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) Made a promise in the desert to his dead lover "Rolande". She said the strongest warrior in the world is who she loves, so he joins the DOA tournaments to fulfill her expectation.
[edit] Gen Fu
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) An old martial arts master, he fights in DOA to obtain money to cure his sick granddaughter, Mei Lin. In DOA2 he wanted to defeat Tengu, because the nose of Tengu can cure any disease. After DOA2 he still needed money for the operation (the nose of the tengu was only a temporary cure) so he joins again in DOA3.
[edit] Eliot
(DOA4) A British-born apprentice of Gen Fu, and the youngest male fighter in the DOA universe, he enters the fourth DOA tournament to find out why Gen Fu chose him as his first, and only, apprentice.
[edit] Brad Wong
(DOA3, DOA4) A man who joins DOA in search of a riddle from his old master Chen, who told him to "bring the legendary drink called Genra." After three years of wandering on his journey he finds himself in the DOA fighting tournament.
[edit] Jann Lee
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) A young martial arts expert who joins the Tournaments to show his superior Jeet Kune Do fighting abilities.
[edit] Lei Fang
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) A young Chinese woman who joined the Tournament in order to fight Jann Lee, a martial arts expert who saved her life from a bunch of thugs. For that she was very grateful, yet felt that she could have handled the situation herself. After that incident, she mastered the art of Tai Chi Quan to prove her independence.
[edit] Zack
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) An American fighter, who joins the DOA tournament for no other reason than to win a lot of money. He is very similar in appearance to Dennis Rodman, who voiced Zack in DOAX.
[edit] Tina Armstrong
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAX, DOAU, DOA4, DOAX2) The daughter of Bass Armstrong. She wants to win the tournament to become a famous model, but decides to become an actress in DOA3 and a rock musician in "DOA4"
[edit] Bass Armstrong
(DOA1, DOA2, DOA3, DOAU, DOA4) A professional wrestler who wants to stop his daughter Tina from winning the DOA Tournaments.
[edit] Lisa / La Mariposa
(DOAX, DOA4, DOAX2) Lisa first appears in DOAX. In DOA4, Lisa is first known as luchadora La Mariposa. In DOA4 it is found out she was involved in the Epsilon project.
[edit] Boss Characters
[edit] Raidou
(DOA1)(DOA1U) Kasumi and Hayate's uncle and the projenitor of the Mugen Tenshin's troubles. He raped their mother, who became pregnant with Ayane. He was defeated by Kasumi, during the 1st Dead or Alive tournament, thus deeming her its winner. He is playable in DOA1U.
[edit] Tengu
(DOA2, DOA2H, DOAU, DOA4) is a mythological creature from Japanese folklore. In DOA2 he wants chaos to reign over the world, but is stopped. His name was stated as "Gohyappou Bankotsubo", but he is more commonly known as simply "Tengu." Hayabusa eventually dispatched him. He is also an unlockable character in DOA2, DOAU and DOA4.
[edit] Omega
(DOA3) Following Project Alpha and Project Epsilon, the ever ambitious Dr. Victor Donovan completes the Omega Project, producing a new Superhuman: Genra. This man, who was once leader of the Hajin Mon Ninja, is no longer human. He (or it) is a force of singular and unprecedented capabilities. A slaughterhouse has now been provided as the exclusive domain of the Omega superhuman. Genra was Ayane's adoptive father. He was defeated by Ayane, who won the third tournament.
[edit] ALPHA-152
(DOA4) ALPHA-152 was a clone of Kasumi created by DOATEC. She uses a fighting style similar to Kasumi's. Beta shots of the game show her appearance as Kasumi's figure made of light. However the final game changed this to a translucent/liquid figure of Kasumi, born with an untainted hate of the world, created to destroy all, and most of the main characters are forced to fight her.
[edit] Others
[edit] Spartan-458 (Nicole)
(DOA4) A character from the Halo universe. As a guest star of the game, Nicole's story does not affect that of any other character or the game itself. She is not playable in the Story Mode. She was put into the game as a joint effort by Bungie and Tecmo, and it was Tecmo's idea to include a Spartan in the game, presumably Master Chief, but Bungie explained that he was "fictionally busy" but they still wanted a Spartan in the game. So, they decided to make a female Spartan, which is Nicole, and her number is 458. She sometimes randomly makes a smashing entrance when she burst through a door on the MAC Station level in Time Attack Mode (single only).
[edit] Victor Donovan
He is the Leader of the DOATEC anti-Douglas faction and is head of the Development Department, a state of the art military fortress where ALPHA and OMEGA were developed.
In the first Dead or Alive, Donovan employed the Russian assassin Bayman to kill DOATEC's chairman, Fame Douglas. This attempt is thought to have been successful, as Douglas died shortly after the event. The nature of Donovan's rebellion is thought to be controversy over experiments to be carried out to create an ultimate DOA fighter.
In Dead or Alive 3 Donovan captures Helena, Fame Douglas' daughter, since she stands to inherit her father's position as chairman of DOATEC. He challenges Helena to win the DOA3 tournament in order to gain her freedom and learn the truth behind the company. He also employs the assassin Christie to keep an eye on her.
Meanwhile, Bayman seeks revenge after Donovan plotted his assassination to tie up any loose ends.
Donovan is thought to be behind experiments such as Project Epsilon' to which Hayate was subjected, the cloning of Kasumi, and the augmentation of Ayane's foster father Genra into the ultimate DOA fighter Omega. In Helena's ending of Dead or Alive 4, Ryu is shown destroying a ship with a man who may or may not be Donovan. He was portrayed by Eric Roberts in the 2006 movie adaption. (He was killed in the explosion of DOA Island in the 2006 move after being acupunctured in the back of his neck by Kasumi.)
[edit] Fame Douglas
He served as the head of DOATEC until he was assassinated by Bayman (Who was hired by Donovan) after arguing with Donovan in DOA1. It is thought that he was opposed to the human experimentation proposed by Donovan, which led to his assassination. His illegitimate daughter, Helena, stands to inherit his position as chairman of DOATEC, but in DOA3 Donovan makes attempts to stop this from happening by kidnapping her and forcing her to compete in the tournament for her freedom. She escapes her imprisonment and goes onto inherit Douglas' position as chairman of DOATEC.
[edit] Maria
Helena's mother and one of Douglas' six mistresses. Maria was assassinated by Christie during an opera although the intended target was Helena. In DOA2 Helena mistook Ayane for the murderer.
[edit] Kuramasan Maouson
The leader of the Tengu race. He was killed so that he could enter the human world.
[edit] Irene Lew
Ryu's love interest, mentioned in Ryu's first DOA storyline.
[edit] Shiden
Kasumi and Hayate's father, and Ayame's husband and Raidou's older brother. When he was a member of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, he was a stronger ninja than Raidou.
[edit] Ayame
The mother of the two siblings, Kasumi and Hayate and the wife of Shiden. She was raped by Raidou, thus giving the birth of Ayane.
[edit] Mei Lin
She is Gen Fu's granddaughter. In the first DOA, she suffered a terrible disease, resulting in Gen Fu entering three DOA tournaments. In the fourth DOA tournament, she is fully recovered, hence Gen Fu no longer enters the tournament. She is sometimes mistaken as Lei Fang.
[edit] Master Chen
Brad Wong's old drunken master and great teacher of Zui Ba Xian Quan. He sent Brad Wong to search for a drink named Genra. He can be seen in Brad's story mode in DOA3.
[edit] Muramasa
The old legendary blacksmith of Ninja Gaiden. He made several appearances in DOA4 as the merchant who deals with Bass, Hitomi and Lei Fang in the Sea Side Market.
[edit] Alicia
Bass' wife and Tina's mother. She died of a disease when Tina was six, forcing Bass to take care of her by himself.
[edit] Nikki
(DOA3, DOAX, DOA4, DOAX2) Nikki is Zack's newest girlfriend. They met in a casino after the Dead or Alive 3 tournament, when Zack won a large sum of money that allowed him to buy an island which he named after himself. He invited most of the females he remembered from the last tournament to his island under the false pretense of holding another tournament. The women arrived and after finding out it was a hoax, they decided to nonetheless spend their vacation there, but Zack and Nikki were eventually left alone on the island. However, a previously inactive volcano erupted, and Nikki decided to escape using Zack's jet pack. Zack survived, but his island was completely destroyed. During Dead or Alive 4, they are seen robbing an ancient tomb and escaping in a truck filled with gold.
Nikki is Zack's lucky charm (Lady Luck) and he takes her everywhere with him, going as far as naming a beach on his island's eastern shore after her. In a recent video interview for the IGN website on E3, creator Tomonobu Itagaki said that players can expect at least two new girls to join the Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 cast. Niki did indeed join the cast, but not in a player controlled role and appearing only in cut scenes with Zack as before.
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