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== Kasumi ==

The main heroine. Kasumi is the sister of Hayate and half-sister to Ayane, and a practitioner of the Tenshinmon Style of Mugen-Tenshin Ninjutsu. They lived happily together until one day Raidou came for revenge and snapped Hayate's spine, sending him into a coma that everyone thought to be permanent. Kasumi ran away from her village to avenge her brother, knowing full well the consequences of becoming a runaway shinobi - death. After defeating Raidou, she enters the second tournament after hearing that her brother is alive and has been taken by DOATEC for use in Project Epsilon. She finds him suffering from amnesia and going by the name of Ein, and helps him recover his memory. In the 3rd tournament she remains on the run but encounters and fights her brother. By the time of the 4th tournaments she realizes that no assassins have been sent her way as of late, and discovers that they have gone to assault DOATEC and put an end to their evil schemes. She enters the 4th tournament to investigate.

 

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Subverted? Her abilities didn't seem to really show up until she was threatened with clan leadership, which she ran away from.

* [[Hime Cut]]: One of her three primary styles, and her default one since ''Dead or Alive 3''. Also kind of the hint that she believed her exile was going to be temporary.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]

** On the clan's part, they're wasting countless lives by throwing mooks at someone they don't even want to kill and are only trying to because their law demands it.

* [[Jack of All Stats]]

** In ''Dead or Alive 4'' she [[Takes a Level In Badass]] and becomes way faster and more agile, leaning towards the [[Lightning Bruiser]] territory.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: In at least two of her ninja outfits.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: If she hasn't already, Kasumi is likely to be reinstated into the clan despite their strict code of responsibility, secrecy, or whatever it is that resulted in her leaving earning her the death sentence in the first place. Incidentally, her brother is chief of said clan, now that he's ok again.

* [[She Fu]]: Specially since ''Dead or Alive 4''.

* [[She's Got Legs]]

* [[Spinning Out of Here]]: One her winning animations, accompanied with her trademark [[Cherry Blossoms]].

* [[The Stoic]]: She accepts the consequences of her actions and doesn't angst about her fugitive shinobi condition. She's also always pretty calm and doesn't let her emotions to make her rush into battle.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Not the worst offender in the game, but still.

* [[Teleport Spam]]: She has a complete set of counter moves based on teleporting (with some [[Cherry Blossoms]] to make them look prettier), so a skilled fighter can pull this off.

 

== Ayane ==

Ayane is the bastard daughter of Kasumi's mother and Raidou, the product of Raidou raping Kasumi's mother. The leader of the Hajinmon sect of the Mugen-Tenshin clan, Genra, sympathized with her, and decided to take her in as her foster father and teacher. Years later, she learned the truth, and dedicated herself to becoming the strongest practitioner of the Hajinmon style. She failed to protect Hayate from Raidou, and after Kasumi left, was ordered to kill her. In the 2nd tournament, she searches for Hayate as well, and encounters Helena, who believes Ayane to be her mother's killer at first, but it turns out to be a misunderstanding. Upon hearing her foster father Genra has been abducted and used as a subject for Project Omega, she enters the 3rd tournament to end his suffering. She then joins her half-brother Hayate to take down DOATEC once and for all.

 

* [[Child by Rape]]: Raidou raped Ayame, Ayane happened.

* [[Child Prodigy]]: At her age, she's already participating in a world-class fighting tournament. At 14, she was giving 'Elite Super Ninja' Ryu tips on how to be a ninja. Remember those kunai with the [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinny]] purple flowers? Those were hers. Also overlaps with:

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: She was included as an extra character for the Playstation version of DOA 1 after being designed for the sequel.

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: More than half of her move set is based on this. You can't help wondering how she doesn't get dizzy after 10 seconds.

 

== Ryu Hayabusa ==

* [[Badass]]: You know it's true!

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In ''Dimensions'' during the fight against Omega.

 

== Zack ==

* [[The Determinator]]: He wants climbs the Tri-Tower simply because it's there.

* [[Fun Personified]]

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Clearly based on Dennis Rodman.

** He is even voiced by Rodman in Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

* [[Sunglasses At Night]]: All his costumes involve him wearing sunglasses or goggles of some sort. They can never be knocked off either.

 

== Leifang ==

* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]

* [[Braids of Action]]

* [[Les Yay]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Plays with it]]. She sometimes seems to flirt with her enemies (even the girls) and was quite affectionate with Hitomi in Xtreme Beach Volleyball (one word: strawberry). (Wouldn't that make this [[Foe Yay]] too?)

* [[Love Makes You Dumb]]: Jann Lee's been telling her that she's 'worthless' and treating her like crap since day one. She's still persistently pursuing his love.

* [[Qipao]]: Her most iconic outfit.

* [[Waif Fu]]: Also applies to all female characters.

 

== Jann Lee ==

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Arrogant Jeet Kune Do Guy]]

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: He's a [[Bruce Lee]] fan and watched his movies when he was a kid.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Bullied weak kid in the past; now look at what he has become.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Typical of a [[Bruce Lee Clone]].

 

== Tina Armstrong ==

A professional wrestler with dreams of fame, Tina joins the Dead or Alive Tournament in the hopes of getting noticed by the right people. She's best friends with Lisa Hamilton, and has a rocky relationship with her [[Overprotective Dad]] Bass, who Tina tries to avoid as much as possible.

 

* [[Foreign Fanservice]]

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Her ending in ''2'' is her modeling an outfit with a fur-trimmed coat.

 

== Bayman ==

* [[Husky Russkie]]: To an extent. He certainly has a lot more intelligence than other characters this trope applies for.

** Not so intelligent in the movie.

 

== Gen Fu ==

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[The Mentor]]: To Eliot.

 

== Bass Armstrong ==

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Obviously he's based on [[Hulk Hogan]].

** More specifically, his P1 outfit in ''DOA2'', and it's "Hollywood" Hogan (given the large amount of biker leather, leather bandanna, shades, and grizzled biker's beard). His 2P outfit is a pretty far cry from any gimmick Hogan has ever used (it's a cowbow-themed outfit).

 

== Raidou ==

* [[Child by Rape]]: The father of Ayane.

* [[Final Boss]]: In the first game.

 

== Ein (Hayate) ==

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With Ayane.

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Brainwashed]]

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]

 

== Helena {{spoiler|Douglas}} ==

* [[Badass Preacher]]: Some of her victory quotes imply that Helena holds religious beliefs.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: {{spoiler|Dimensions indicate that she's part French and part American, and it's implied that the American part was from her father (Her mom was evidentially French).}}

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[In Name Only]]: Probably gets it the worst of all the characters in [[The Movie]], where she's still the daughter of the former CEO of DOATEC and fights in the tournament, but that's where the resemblance ends.

* [[Kicking Ass in All Her Finery]]

* [[Lady of War]]

 

== Tengu (Gohyakumine Bankotsubo) ==

* [[Blow You Away]]: With his giant ceremonial combat fan.

* [[Final Boss]]: ''DOA2''.

 

== Leon ==

* [[Palette Swap]] and [[The Rival]]: Of Bayman, being Italian but using the same fighting style (Russian sambo).

* [[Shout-Out]]: He is similar to Leon from [[Leon the Professional]], an Italian hitman with a pot flower and a dead girl friend.

 

== Kasumi Alpha ==

* [[Cloning Blues]]

* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: Considers Donovan to be her father, and is very protective of him.

 

== Brad Wong ==

* [[Drunken Master]]

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Seems to have this with Eliot.

 

== Christie ==

* [[Absolute Cleavage]], [[Hell-Bent for Leather]], and [[Vapor Wear]]: Her default costume in ''DOA4'' involves a leather jacket that's open—revealing she's not weating ''anything'' underneath yet the jacket somehow covers her. Her trademark costume is a white and green leather catsuit. At least it's not neon pink.

* [[Battle Butler]]

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Strongly indicated to have a fetish for psychologically torturing pretty teenagers of either gender (Read: young Helena and Eliot) and nursing them into maladjusted pretty adults.

* [[The Dragon]]: She carries out tasks and hits for Donovan. In Dimensions it is shown that she is very involved in decision making, and seems to be his closest ally.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: While she's usually no-nonsense, she cracks up after gloating to {{spoiler|Helena about killing her mother.}}

* [[Femme Fatale]]

 

== Hitomi ==

* [[Breakout Character]]: To the point that she was revealed to be playable in ''DOA5'' before Kasumi.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: She's part-Japanese and part-German (hailing from the latter country).

 

== Omega (Genra) ==

* [[Camera Screw]]: You fight Omega from a completely weird camera angle that is low and behind your fighter, as opposed to in profile as the rest of the matches are conducted.

* [[Final Boss]]: ''DOA3''.

 

== Lisa Hamilton (La Mariposa) ==

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Black Best Friend]]: She's best friends with Tina.

* [[Dance Battler]]

* [[Hot Scientist]]

* [[Masked Luchador]]

 

== Eliot ==

* [[The Apprentice]]: To Gen Fu, who is his [[The Mentor|mentor]].

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Seems to have this with Brad.

 

== Kokoro ==

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: {{spoiler|She and Helena have the same father, making her Japanese-American.}}

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Her fighting style was based off of Akira's from ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''. Which makes for an interesting scenario when Akira himself challenges Kokoro to a duel in the E3 2012 trailer for ''DOA 5''.

 

== Alpha-152 ==

 

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]

 

== Victor Donovan ==

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Blonde Guys Are Evil]]: as shown in ''Dimensions''

 

== Irene Lew ==

Ryu Hayabusa's love interest from the [[Ninja Gaiden]] games. A CIA agent who uses the codename {{spoiler|Sonia}}, she's been assigned by the agency to investigate the tournament and DOATEC.