a video game character from the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden video game series. Starting as a training dummy in the Sega Saturn port of the original Dead or Alive Ayane became a playable character in the Playstation port. While being a recurring character in the DOA franchise Ayane also appears in the Ninja Gaiden series helping Ryu Hayabusa with hints and clues as well as becoming a playable character in certain special editions. A ninja from the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan Ayane practices the Hajin Mon style of Mugen Tenshin ninjutsu. She was born after Raidou raped Ayame, though she was raised and trained by Genra. She has a deep hatred for her birth father; Raidou, her half-sister Kasumi, and DOATEC; however she has a strong connection with Hayate. According to series canon she won the third tournament by defeating Omega. Ayane was conceived when her mother; Ayame, was raped by Raidou. Unaware of the circumstances of her birth, she and Kasumi - the "princess" of the Mugen Tenshin village - played together as childhood friends. Due to the village’s dislike towards Ayane - the “cursed” child - she was outcast, raised not by her mother but by Genra, the Mugen Tenshin Clan’s shadow ninja. When Genra proposed that Ayane assist him in his duties before the clan’s Masters, Ayane met Hayate for the first time and became immured. It was during a village festival that Ayane learned the truth of her conception. She was taken to a private room where her mother shamefully admitted everything to her; that she was an heir to the clan’s head family and half sister to Kasumi. Driven by her mother’s shame and her own anger at being outcast, Ayane would devote herself to honing her Hajin Mon abilities beyond any others in the clan to prove that even she - the lowly “cursed” child - could become something great. Fighting style: Mugen Tenshin Hajin Mon Style Ninjutsu Nationality: Japanese Birthday: August 5th Age: 16 Blood type: AB Height: 158cm. 5'2" Weight: 47kg. 104 Body size: B93, W54, H84 cm. B37" W21" H33" Occupation: Kunoichi Hobbies: Beauty Treatment Favorite food: Marrons glaces

a video game character from the Dead or Alive video game series. Debuting in Dead or Alive 3 she is a karate expert and the daughter of a Japanese mother and German karate master. She has been practicing karate under her father's tutelage since she was a child. Hitomi enters the Dead or Alive Tournaments either to prove her skills and/or to see Ein. It is unclear whether she actually knows that the amnesiac, martial art prodigy that she once knew is actually a Shinobi master and leader by bloodline of the Mugen Tenshin clan. Hitomi was born in Germany to a German Karate master and a Japanese woman, making her a genetic mix of German and Japanese. As revealed in DOA3's backstory, Hitomi first found ‘Ein’ passed out in the Black Forest after he had been abandoned by DOATEC during the Project Epsilon experiments. Taking him home, she and Ein studied karate under her father until the second Dead or Alive tournament, which Ein entered. During this tournament Ein regained his memories, remembering that he was really Hayate. Hitomi enters the DOA3 Tournament in order to test her skills against other martial artists and prove to her father, a German Karate master, that she is capable. She crosses paths with Jann Lee, who also shares a keen passion for Martial Arts, and the two share some philosophies about the way of martial arts. In the last few bouts she finally meets with Ein, although having recovered from his amnesia he is now Hayate. She tries to convince him to come back to her father's dojo in Germany, as well as prove to him her martial arts skill. Unfortunately she losses to Hayate/Ein, but was still able to prove her martial arts skills. With that, Hitomi's father let her leave the dojo as she moves on with her life. Fighting style: Karate Nationality: German (half Japanese) Birthday: May25th Age: 18 Blood type: O Height: 160cm. 5'3" Weight: 49kg. 108lbs. Body size: B90, W58, H85cm. B35" W23" H33" Occupation: High school student Hobbies: Cooking Favorite food: Sachertorte

a video game character from the Dead or Alive video game series. Debuting in Dead or Alive 1, Kasumi is a ninja from the Mugen Tenshin clan who became a runaway ninja after she entered the first Dead or Alive tournament in order to avenge her brother. She is the sister of Hayate and older half sister of Ayane. One of the first three females that appeared in the series (next to Lei Fang and Tina Armstrong) Kasumi seems to have become the unofficial flagship protagonist of the DOA series. Kasumi's biggest trademarks are the sakura petals that blow in the wind around her, her tonto dagger and her blue ninja outfit. According to series canon she won the first Dead or Alive Tournament by defeating Raidou. Kasumi is the daughter of Shiden and Ayame, the sister of Hayate and half sister of Ayane. As such she is the "princess" of the Mugen Tenshin village due to her being born into the clan’s head family. When they were children Kasumi and Ayane, unaware that they were related, played together as friends; even sharing the same hairstyles. Her relationship with Hayate was also ideal, with the two playing games and training together happily. However, once Ayane learnt of her true heritage, their friendship ended due to her jealous anger over her mistreatment by the clan; Ayane centering her animosity on the ‘princess’ Kasumi. Fighting style:Mugen Tenshin Tenjin Mon Style Ninjutsu Nationality: Japanese Birthday: February 23rd Age: 17 Blood type: A Height: 158cm. 5'2" Weight: 48kg. 106lbs. Body size: B89, W54, H85cm. B35" W21" H33" Occupation: Exiled Ninja Hobbies: Fortune Telling, Origami Favorite food: Strawberry Millefeuille

a character that debuted in Dead or Alive 4. She is a Geisha in training, but also enjoys martial arts; practicing Ba Ji Quan while studying. She joins the Dead or Alive tournament under her mother's consent. She is the half-sister of Helena Douglas, meaning her father is Fame Douglas due to her mother, Miyako, being one of Fame Douglas' many mistresses (another being Helena's mother, Maria). It is possible that if Helena were to give up her control of DOATEC, Kokoro would be next in line to take control. A 17 year-old geisha-in training Kokoro began training to be a geisha at a young age, but her heart was actually in both training to be a geisha and in the martial arts. She asked her mother if she could participate in the 4th Dead or Alive Tournament, who hesitantly gave her permission however warning that Kokoro would not necessarily like what would come of it. During one of her initial matches Kokoro faces the drunken master Brad Wong, who seems to like Kokoro. Kokoro, however, was put off by the drunk and vehemently declines his offer for a drink. After several rounds of the tournament, Kokoro meets Helena. Unaware that they were related Kokoro was surprised when Helena seemed to recognize her and mentioned Miyako before their fight. It is then that Helena mentions that Kokoro should learn her Pi Qua Quan moves. After the tournament Kokoro returns to Kyoto where she resumes her geisha training; doing things like fan dancing, playing the Shamisen and a small drum. Fighting style: Ba Ji Quan Nationality: Japanese (and half French) Birthday: December 1st Age: 17 Blood type: A Height: 158cm. 5'2" Weight: 49kg. 108lbs. Body size: B90, W55, H87cm. B35" W22" H34" Occupation: Apprentice Geisha Hobbies: Piano Favorite food: Japanese Fruit Cocktail, Sweet Red-Bean Soup

a fictional character from the Halo universe, and a secret character from Dead or Alive 4. She is a Petty Officer Second Class, codenamed "Spartan-458". Her stage in the game is the Nassau Station. In this character's fictional history, she was born in the year 2531 in the city of New Legaspi on Mars. At six years of age, she was abducted by agents of the Office of Naval Intelligence and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program. The SPARTAN-II program was the UNSC's highly successful military project to augment and hone perfect soldiers. Spartan-458's unit was preparing for a classified mission on Nassau Station when the ONI stealth ship Apocalypso tumbled into real-space – being carried along in the wake of a freak slipspace anomaly. The anomaly intersected Nassau Station; creating a semi-stable "bubble" in the space/time continuum on its way back to the 21st century. With respect to both the Dead or Alive and Halo continuities, Nicole remains in the 21st century; guarding Nassau Station's secrets with all but lethal force (she realizes killing someone in the past could have dire consequences for the present), waiting for the "bubble" to collapse and hopefully returning her to the year 2552. Fighting style: CQC (Close Quarters Combat) Nationality: UNSC, Martian Birthday: December 19, 2531 Age: 21 Blood type: O Height: Without Armor:2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) With Armor:2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Weight: Without Armor:139 kg (370 lb) With Armor:445 kg (980 lb) Body size: B125 W77 H105 cm (B49 W30 H41 in) Occupation: Spartan supersoldier Hobbies: Watching anime, competition shooting Favorite food: Halo-halo (Filipino dessert)

a character from the Dead or Alive series. She is a pro wrestler, making her the first female wrestler in the fighting genre. She is the daughter of Bass Armstrong, the greatest wrestler who ever lived. Tina enters the tournaments to get Hollywood's attention, and become famous. This started in Dead or Alive, and countinues through Dead or Alive 4. However the path of fame isn't easy for her as Bass, her father, always tries to convince her that Hollywood isn't her lifestyle, but she tries to convince him that it's her dream too. Most of their arguements leads to fights. Tina is one of the three female characters to appear in the series since the first game, the others being Kasumi and Lei Fang. She'd ranked #5 on Hi-5's list of favorite DOA girls. Due to her sex appeal, Tina won G4's Video Game Vixens of the Year award for 2005. Tina is a wrestling star from the United States, who dreams of even greater fame. She first joins the Dead or Alive tournament, hoping that she can use it as a vehicle for becoming discovered as a supermodel, but her father Bass forbids it. To ensure that she does not achieve her goal, he also joins Dead or Alive to put an end to her fame-seeking. After competing in the first tournament, Tina is apparently defeated by her father, Bass, and enters the second tournament to achieve her dream of becoming a model. During the transition between the two tournaments, Tina changes her hair color from brown to blonde. In her subsequent entries into the Dead or Alive tournament, she changes interests from wanting to be a model to wanting to become an actress and finally a rock star. Fighting style: Pro Wrestling Nationality: American Birthday: December 6th Age: 22 Blood type: O Height: 174cm. 5'9" Weight: 56kg. 123lbs Body size: B95, W60, H89cm. B37" W24" H35" Occupation: Pro Wrestler Hobbies: Fighting Games, Cycling Favorite food: Sea food

debuted in the first Dead or Alive game. She is one of the first females to appear in the series, alongside Kasumi and Tina. A martial art prodigy and college/university student who grew up in a wealthy family Lei Fang is a woman of justice and very independently spirited. Throughout the series she seeks to fight Jann Lee, who is thought to have saved her life at one stage in her past, to prove herself to him that she too is a strong individual. However, Lei Fang has so far lost to Jann in every tournament. In every game, she trains harder to beat him. Lei Fang's fighting style is Tai Chi Quan, a graceful martial arts style most commonly known in the world simply as Tai Chi. Fighting style: Tai Chi Quan Nationality: Chinese Birthday: April 23rd Age: 19 Blood type: B Height: 163 cm. 5'4" Weight: 50kg. 110lbs Body size: B87, W55, H86cm. B34" W22" H34" Occupation: College student Hobbies: Aromatherapy Favorite food: Sweet Tofu Dessert

a character that debuted in Dead or Alive 2. Helena is an opera singer and the daughter of Fame Douglas, the head of the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee (DOATEC), and Maria. Helena enters the tournament to find who killed her mother during her opera recital. She assumed Ayane was the murderer but in the end, it turned out to be Christie who assassinated her mother. Helena Douglas relates to the whole Dead or Alive storyline because her father was the head of DOATEC and she affiliates with the ninja characters more than any other character. She became the lead character of Dead or Alive 4 when she took control of DOATEC. Helena hasn't made a lot of appearances outside of Dead or Alive, besides DOAXBV and DOAX2. It was rumored that she would appear in the next Ninja Gaiden game, however this was completely false. Fighting style: Pi Qua Quan Nationality: French Birthday: January 30th Age: 21 Blood type: AB Height: 170cm. 5'7" Weight: 49kg. 108lbs Body size: B90, W56, H86cm. B35" W22" H34" Occupation: Opera Singer Hobbies: Walking her dog Favorite food: Blanc Manger

a female character in the Dead or Alive video game series. She makes her first series appearance in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. Although relatively new to the DOA series, Lisa is closely related to the DOATEC and the characters involved with it. Lisa has held the most number of different occupations and roles of any character in Dead or Alive, being a scientist, a stockbroker, a holiday rep and a masked fighter. Before participating in the Dead or Alive tournament, Lisa was a scientist working for DOATEC, specifically on the Epsilon project (it is also hinted that she may have some involvement on Project Alpha). For unknown reasons it was Lisa who released Project Epsilon's test subject, the ninja Hayate. Whether she did this out of contempt for the company's increasingly shady experiments or because she grew emotionally attached to him is unknown. She eventually left the company, supposedly becoming a stockbroker in her home country of America, however it has been stated that she still held on to her job as the head scientist for DOATEC, becoming involved with Project ALPHA-152, until just prior to its destruction during the fourth tournament. Fighting style: Lucha Libre with some elements of Capoeira Nationality: American Birthday: July 20th Age: 21 Blood type: A Height : 175cm. 5'9" Weight: 53kg. 117lbs. Body size: B92, W56, H86cm. B36", W24", H34" Occupation: Former DOATEC scientist Stock broker Hobbies: Surffing Favorite food: Cherry Pie

a video game character from the Dead or Alive video game series. Making her first appearance in the third game of the franchise, portrayed as a cold blooded, emotionless assassin with a sadistic streak. An assassin who was hired to kill Helena Douglas Christie was responsible for the death of Helena’s mother, Maria, and continues to stalk Helena throughout the series. Hired by Victor Donovan to keep an eye on, and eventually kill, Helena. Christie's mission was to stop Helena from winning the 3rd Dead or Alive Tournament and in the process prevent her from discovering more about the secret plans of Donovan and his anti-Douglas faction. Fighting style: She Quan Nationality: British Birthday: December 18th Age: 24 Blood type: B Height: 177cm. 5'10" Weight: 57kg. 125lbs. Body size: B93, W59, H88cm. B37", W23", H35" Occupation: Assassin Hobbies: Driving Favorite food: Tomato juice