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** So far, he's lost in nearly every game: Raidou (prior to [=DOA1=]), Hayabusa ([=DOA2=]), and by Ayane ([=DOA3=]) to determine which of them would assassinate Genra.
** Prior to the events of [=DOA2=], "Project Episilon"[[note]][=DOATEC's=] biogenetic experiment, which was meant to turn Hayate into a superhuman. It didn't have any effect and was subsequently scrapped.[[/note]] was considered a failure. Further, it was determined that his younger sister, Kasumi, was a superior specimen.
** Prior to the events of [=DOA2=], "Project Episilon"[[note]][=DOATEC's=] biogenetic experiment, which was meant to turn Hayate into a superhuman. It didn't have any effect and was subsequently scrapped.[[/note]] was considered a failure. Further, it was determined that his younger sister, Kasumi, was a superior specimen.
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** So far, he's lost in nearly every game: Raidou (prior to [=DOA1=]), Hayabusa ([=DOA2=]), and by to Ayane ([=DOA3=]) to determine which of them would assassinate Genra.
** Prior to the events of [=DOA2=], "Project Episilon"[[note]][=DOATEC's=] biogenetic experiment, which was meant to turn Hayate into a superhuman. It didn't have any effect and the project was subsequently scrapped.[[/note]] was considered a failure. Further, it was determined that his younger sister, Kasumi, was a superior specimen.
** Prior to the events of [=DOA2=], "Project Episilon"[[note]][=DOATEC's=] biogenetic experiment, which was meant to turn Hayate into a superhuman. It didn't have any effect and the project was subsequently scrapped.[[/note]] was considered a failure. Further, it was determined that his younger sister, Kasumi, was a superior specimen.
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* TheOtherDarrin: He was played by Creator/KojiTotani from his first appearance in ''2'' until ''4'' where he unfortunately died shortly after its release. Leon is now voiced by JojiNakata since ''Dimensions''.
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* TheOtherDarrin: He was played by Creator/KojiTotani from his first appearance in ''2'' until ''4'' where he unfortunately died shortly after its release. Leon is now voiced by JojiNakata Creator/JojiNakata since ''Dimensions''.
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** Hayate is also the only ninja character that has yet to win a tournament, whereas Hayabusa won the second the second tournament in addition to repeatedly routing the forces of darkness single-handedly. All of which makes it hard to believe that he's anywhere in Ryu's league, when he's even outmatched by both his younger sisters.
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** Hayate is also the only ninja character that has yet to win a tournament, whereas Hayabusa won the second the second tournament [[NinjaGaiden in addition to repeatedly routing the forces of darkness single-handedly. single-handedly.]] All of which makes it hard to believe that he's anywhere in Ryu's league, when he's even outmatched by both his younger sisters.
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** So far, he's lost in nearly every game. In chronological order, he's been defeated by: Raidou (prior to [=DOA1=]), Hayabusa ([=DOA2=]), Ayane ([=DOA3=]) to determine which of them would assassinate Genra.
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** So far, he's lost in nearly every game. In chronological order, he's been defeated by: game: Raidou (prior to [=DOA1=]), Hayabusa ([=DOA2=]), and by Ayane ([=DOA3=]) to determine which of them would assassinate Genra.
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*InformedAbility: Hayate's skill is said to be roughly comparable to Hayabusa's, but his performance throughout the series says otherwise.
**So far, he's lost in nearly every game. In chronological order, he's been defeated by: Raidou (prior to [=DOA1=]), Hayabusa ([=DOA2=]), Ayane ([=DOA3=]) to determine which of them would assassinate Genra.
**Prior to the events of [=DOA2=], "Project Episilon"[[note]][=DOATEC's=] biogenetic experiment, which was meant to turn Hayate into a superhuman. It didn't have any effect and was subsequently scrapped.[[/note]] was considered a failure. Further, it was determined that his younger sister, Kasumi, was a superior specimen.
**Hayate is also the only ninja character that has yet to win a tournament, whereas Hayabusa won the second the second tournament in addition to repeatedly routing the forces of darkness single-handedly. All of which makes it hard to believe that he's anywhere in Ryu's league, when he's even outmatched by both his younger sisters.
**So far, he's lost in nearly every game. In chronological order, he's been defeated by: Raidou (prior to [=DOA1=]), Hayabusa ([=DOA2=]), Ayane ([=DOA3=]) to determine which of them would assassinate Genra.
**Prior to the events of [=DOA2=], "Project Episilon"[[note]][=DOATEC's=] biogenetic experiment, which was meant to turn Hayate into a superhuman. It didn't have any effect and was subsequently scrapped.[[/note]] was considered a failure. Further, it was determined that his younger sister, Kasumi, was a superior specimen.
**Hayate is also the only ninja character that has yet to win a tournament, whereas Hayabusa won the second the second tournament in addition to repeatedly routing the forces of darkness single-handedly. All of which makes it hard to believe that he's anywhere in Ryu's league, when he's even outmatched by both his younger sisters.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His decision to use the Torn Sky Blast on Raidou enabled Raidou to [[PowerCopying learn the technique]], use it on him, and cripple him with it. To drive another nail in, Ayane even explicitly ''warned'' Hayate not to use the technique against Raidou, but Hayate didn't listen.
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* CloneArmy: She's only one of Kasumi clones; Donovan has many more.
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* GameBreakingInjury: Pre-''[=DOA1=]'', his spine was broken and he was rendered crippled and comatose by Raidou. Thanks to Donovan's Project Epsilon, his mobility was restored.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Defied; as of ''5'', she's genuinely trying to rebuild DOATEC under much better pretenses.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: She may be the [=CEO=] of DOATEC, but she's perfectly capable of throwing down in a fight.
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-->"MY DECEPTION - RULES ALL - OF CREATION." ([=DOA2=] Ultimate)
-->"MY DECEPTION - RULES ALL - OF CREATION." ([=DOA2=] Ultimate)
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Gohyakumine Bankotsubo is a tengu who is a criminal in his own dimension, as he murdered Kuramasan Maouson - the leader of their race. Fearing punishment for his crimes and breaking tengu rules, he escaped into the human world. Considering the hopes and struggles of humanity to be insignificant, he decided to bring about ultimate disaster and calamity, covering the world in chaos. Ryu Hayabusa found out about his doings, and in the final match of the second Dead or Alive tournament, kills Bankotsubo despite the monster's incredible power and became the tournament winner.
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* CutscenePowerToTheMax: His ''[=DOA4=]'' ending.
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* TheBusCameBack: Ein, after his absence in the original ''Dead or Alive 5''.
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* ShotOut: Apart from his net T-shirt, Ein's default costume is very reminiscent of Neo in the first TheMatrix movie. Not surprisingly, since ''[=DOA2=]'' was released several months after the movie came out and it was at the peak of its popularity.
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* ShotOut: ShoutOut: Apart from his net T-shirt, Ein's default costume is very reminiscent of Neo in the first TheMatrix movie. Not surprisingly, since ''[=DOA2=]'' was released several months after the movie came out and it was at the peak of its popularity.
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* ShotOut: Apart from his net T-shirt, Ein's default costume is very reminiscent of Neo in the first TheMatrix movie. Not surprisingly, since ''[=DOA2=]'' was released several months after the movie came out and it was at the peak of its popularity.
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* GuestFighter: Ein is technically this in ''[=DOA4=]'' and ''[=DOA5=]''.
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* ShipTease: She has some of this with Ayane.
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Here are the characters introduced in ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive 2''. Enjoy, and help out with the blurbs!
Also, beware of possible spoilers.
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[[folder:Helena Douglas - ''France'']]
!!! Voiced by: Yuka Koyama (JP), Zoe Galvez (EN, ''Hardcore''), KarenStrassman (EN ''Xtreme 2 and 5''), Julienne Buescher (EN, ''Dimensions'')
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[[caption-width-right:250:Helena as she appears in "Dead or Alive 5"]]
-->''I don't have time to play games with you!''
An opera singer and Pi Gua Quan martial artist. She is the current leader of the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee, and the illegitimate daughter of Fame Douglas, the former head of the DOATEC, and Maria. She is also the half-sister of Kokoro. Helena enters the Dead or Alive Tournament to find the assassin who killed her mother. Although she was being manipulated by Victor Donovan, she ends up inheriting control of DOATEC after her father’s death. Feeling responsible for the crimes of DOATEC, Helena hosts the 4th tournament, [[DeathSeeker intending to bring down the whole organization along with herself]]. She nearly succeeded, bidding farewell to everyone... until the last moments Zack saved her life.
Eventually, Helena returns and announced that DOATEC has been rebuilt and attempts to steer the company to a more peaceful company. To prove that, she had Zack announce the 5th tournament, as well as removing any traces of Donovan, his crews and involvement in DOATEC.
* TheAtoner: In [=DOA5=].
* BadassPreacher: Some of her victory quotes imply that Helena holds religious beliefs.
* BerserkButton: If she thinks you are the one who killed her mother... run for your life!
* BigGood: As she turns DOATEC into a more benevolent corporation, she essentially becomes one, to counter with [[BigBad Donovan]].
* BrokenBird: Great losses in her life shaped her current personality, as did her involvement with DOATEC and Victor Donovan.
* ButNotTooForeign: [[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).]]
* ByronicHero: She takes over DOATEC to stop Donovan's schemes, but she crosses the line herself too.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Completely averted. Not only is she one of the more successful fighters in the series, but [[spoiler:she wins the [=DOA4=] tournament]].
* DeathSeeker: Her role in 4... if it wasn't for Zack, she was willing do go down with the building that she herself set to self-destruct.
* DanceBattler
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She gained a French accent in ''Dimensions'' and ''5''.
* GreenEyes
* HonestCorporateExecutive
* InNameOnly: Probably gets it the worst of all the characters in TheMovie, where she's still the daughter of the former CEO of DOATEC and fights in the tournament, but that's where the resemblance ends.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
* LadyOfWar
* MissingMom/[[spoiler:ConvenientlyAnOrphan]]: Her mother was murdered.
* {{Ojou}}
* TheOtherDarrin: ZigZagged. Helena was played by KarenStrassman in ''Xtreme 2'' and then replaced by Julianne Buescher in ''Dimensions''. However, Strassman will reprise her role in ''5''.
* RapunzelHair: She has the longest hair in the game, in waist-long ponytail. Bonus points for being blonde. She got the ponytail shorter in latter games though, but still long.
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TragicHero
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[[folder:Tengu - ''Japan'']]
!!! Voiced by: Osamu Saka (JP), Joel Swetow (EN, ''Dimensions'')
* BlowYouAway: With his giant ceremonial combat fan.
* FinalBoss: ''[=DOA2=]''.
* LargeHam
-->"THIS WORLD - IS MY - DELUSION."
* SinisterSchnoz
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[[folder:Hayate/Ein - ''Japan'']]
!!! Voiced by: HikaruMidorikawa (JP), YuriLowenthal (EN)
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-->''I am the wind!''
A shinobi and the eighteenth master of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan. He is eldest child and only son of Shiden and Ayame, making him Kasumi's older brother and Ayane's older half-brother. He is also friends and allies with Ryu Hayabusa. Although he was first mentioned in the first ''Dead or Alive'', Hayate's official debut appearance was in ''Dead or Alive 2'' as Ein, a amnesiac Karate master. He regained his memory during the second game and finally appeared as himself in ''Dead or Alive 3''.
Last seen in ''Dead or Alive 4'' as a bonus character, Hayate's "Ein" persona was not included in the original ''Dead or Alive 5'' but will return as a separate character from Hayate (likely as a bonus again) in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''.
* AmnesiacHero: In [=DOA2=].
* BackToBackBadasses: With Ayane.
* {{Badass}}: Oh, yeah.
** BadassInDistress: The first game had him actually caught by DOATEC to become the experimental subject of Project Epsilon. [[spoiler:In ''5'', he fell to a sleep-suspension trap by Rig and nearly undergoes the Project Epsilon process again until Kasumi and Lisa bailed him out]].
* {{Bishonen}}
* BigBrotherMentor: Is this to Kasumi and Ayane.
* {{Brainwashed}}
* BrownEyes
* ChickMagnet
* ColonelBadass: Or rather Ninja Clan Leader Badass.
* FlashStep
* HighlyVisibleNinja
* IncestSubtext: With both of his sisters, but especially Ayane. It seems to be more on their part than his, though.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia
* LightningBruiser
* {{Ninja}}
* OneHitKill: He takes out a ''blimp'' with a single exploding arrow!
* OneManArmy: We only get to see it in cut scenes, but still.
* SmokeOut: With raven feathers.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: As Ein, he has more than one costume that turns him into pure MrFanservice. One of them even includes shackles, for some reason.
** He is an escaped Project Epsilon subject. We never see him with the shackles actually attached to anything, though.
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[[folder:Leon - ''Italy'']]
!!! Voiced by: KojiTotani (JP, ''2-4''), JojiNakata (JP, ''Dimensions''), RichardEpcar (EN, ''Dimensions'')
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A mercenary and Sambo martial artist. He first debuted in ''Dead or Alive 2'', and shares many simularities and a history with Bayman. Leon entered the Dead or Alive Tournaments to prove that he was the strongest man in the world, to live up to the final words of his deceased lover, Lauren. He stopped entering the tournaments after ''Dead or Alive 3'', but he was still a playable character until ''Dead or Alive 5''. However, he'll be back for ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''.
* TheBusCameBack: He will ''finally'' make his return in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leon has completely disappeared in ''Dead or Alive 5'' with no mention given whatsoever.
** Well his character bowed out of the storyline after ''Dead or Alive 3''. His appearance in ''4'' was merely as a bonus. So canonically he's not actually a presence in the tournaments anymore. That said, he will be back in ''5: Ultimate'' (though no word if that means his current status will have any new light shed on it or if he will continue to persist as a bonus character).
* DemotedToExtra: Leon suffers from this ''oh so much''. In vanilla ''[=DOA2=]'', Leon served as the effective replacement for Bayman, then ''Hardcore'' was released which added Bayman back into the roster with the story that the two were rivals using the same style. After Leon's story ended in ''[=DOA3=]'', Leon's role was demoted to bonus character status with [[EvilBrit Christie]] taking over the role as Bayman's rival. ''Dimensions'' did little to help him, only appearing in a few cutscenes that were recycled from ''2'' and ''3''. Now in ''[=DOA5=]'', Leon has been '''completely cut from the game''' and [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome absolutely no mention of him is ever given]].
** [[WordOfGod Hayashi didn't even know that people wanted him in the game]]
* DiscardAndDraw: His fighting style has switched from "Sambo" to "Close Quarters Combat" in ''Ultimate''.
* HeartbrokenBadass: His lover, Lauren died of unknown reasons. Lauren mumbled her final words to him: "The man I love is the strongest man in the world."
* PaletteSwap and TheRival: Of Bayman, being Italian but using the same fighting style (Russian sambo).
* RatedMForManly
* TheOtherDarrin: He was played by KojiTotani from his first appearance in ''2'' until ''4'' where he unfortunately died shortly after its release. Leon is now voiced by JojiNakata since ''Dimensions''.
* ShoutOut: He is similar to Léon from ''Film/TheProfessional'', an Italian hitman with a pot flower and a dead girl friend.
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[[folder:Kasumi Alpha - ''Japan'']]
!!!Voiced by: SakuraTange (JP, ''2'', ''Ultimate'' and ''Dimensions''), HoukoKuwashima (JP, ''Ultimate''), KariWahlgren (EN, ''Dimensions'')
Also known simply as Alpha, she is one of the many clones of Kasumi. Created by Victor Donovan and the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee, Alpha was a product created during the early stages of Project Alpha, an experiment with the aim of creating the perfect fighter and human weapon. She was later transformed into the inhuman creature Alpha-152 as part of Project Alpha-2.
* CloningBlues
* DaddysLittleVillain: Considers Donovan to be her father, and is very protective of him.
* EvilLaugh: Prominently featured in the AttractMode for ''[=DOA2=]''.
* EvilRedhead
* EvilTwin: To Kasumi.
* PaletteSwap: Justified as she's a clone of Kasumi.
* [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]]
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[[folder:Helena Douglas - ''France'']]
!!! Voiced by: Yuka Koyama (JP), Zoe Galvez (EN, ''Hardcore''), KarenStrassman (EN ''Xtreme 2 and 5''), Julienne Buescher (EN, ''Dimensions'')
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-->''I don't have time to play games with you!''
An opera singer and Pi Gua Quan martial artist. She is the current leader of the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee, and the illegitimate daughter of Fame Douglas, the former head of the DOATEC, and Maria. She is also the half-sister of Kokoro. Helena enters the Dead or Alive Tournament to find the assassin who killed her mother. Although she was being manipulated by Victor Donovan, she ends up inheriting control of DOATEC after her father’s death. Feeling responsible for the crimes of DOATEC, Helena hosts the 4th tournament, [[DeathSeeker intending to bring down the whole organization along with herself]]. She nearly succeeded, bidding farewell to everyone... until the last moments Zack saved her life.
Eventually, Helena returns and announced that DOATEC has been rebuilt and attempts to steer the company to a more peaceful company. To prove that, she had Zack announce the 5th tournament, as well as removing any traces of Donovan, his crews and involvement in DOATEC.
* TheAtoner: In [=DOA5=].
* BadassPreacher: Some of her victory quotes imply that Helena holds religious beliefs.
* BerserkButton: If she thinks you are the one who killed her mother... run for your life!
* BigGood: As she turns DOATEC into a more benevolent corporation, she essentially becomes one, to counter with [[BigBad Donovan]].
* BrokenBird: Great losses in her life shaped her current personality, as did her involvement with DOATEC and Victor Donovan.
* ButNotTooForeign: [[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).]]
* ByronicHero: She takes over DOATEC to stop Donovan's schemes, but she crosses the line herself too.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Completely averted. Not only is she one of the more successful fighters in the series, but [[spoiler:she wins the [=DOA4=] tournament]].
* DeathSeeker: Her role in 4... if it wasn't for Zack, she was willing do go down with the building that she herself set to self-destruct.
* DanceBattler
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She gained a French accent in ''Dimensions'' and ''5''.
* GreenEyes
* HonestCorporateExecutive
* InNameOnly: Probably gets it the worst of all the characters in TheMovie, where she's still the daughter of the former CEO of DOATEC and fights in the tournament, but that's where the resemblance ends.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
* LadyOfWar
* MissingMom/[[spoiler:ConvenientlyAnOrphan]]: Her mother was murdered.
* {{Ojou}}
* TheOtherDarrin: ZigZagged. Helena was played by KarenStrassman in ''Xtreme 2'' and then replaced by Julianne Buescher in ''Dimensions''. However, Strassman will reprise her role in ''5''.
* RapunzelHair: She has the longest hair in the game, in waist-long ponytail. Bonus points for being blonde. She got the ponytail shorter in latter games though, but still long.
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TragicHero
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[[folder:Tengu - ''Japan'']]
!!! Voiced by: Osamu Saka (JP), Joel Swetow (EN, ''Dimensions'')
* BlowYouAway: With his giant ceremonial combat fan.
* FinalBoss: ''[=DOA2=]''.
* LargeHam
-->"THIS WORLD - IS MY - DELUSION."
* SinisterSchnoz
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[[folder:Hayate/Ein - ''Japan'']]
!!! Voiced by: HikaruMidorikawa (JP), YuriLowenthal (EN)
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[[caption-width-right:250:Hayate as he appears in "Dead or Alive 5"]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Ein as he appears in "Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate"]]
-->''I am the wind!''
A shinobi and the eighteenth master of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan. He is eldest child and only son of Shiden and Ayame, making him Kasumi's older brother and Ayane's older half-brother. He is also friends and allies with Ryu Hayabusa. Although he was first mentioned in the first ''Dead or Alive'', Hayate's official debut appearance was in ''Dead or Alive 2'' as Ein, a amnesiac Karate master. He regained his memory during the second game and finally appeared as himself in ''Dead or Alive 3''.
Last seen in ''Dead or Alive 4'' as a bonus character, Hayate's "Ein" persona was not included in the original ''Dead or Alive 5'' but will return as a separate character from Hayate (likely as a bonus again) in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''.
* AmnesiacHero: In [=DOA2=].
* BackToBackBadasses: With Ayane.
* {{Badass}}: Oh, yeah.
** BadassInDistress: The first game had him actually caught by DOATEC to become the experimental subject of Project Epsilon. [[spoiler:In ''5'', he fell to a sleep-suspension trap by Rig and nearly undergoes the Project Epsilon process again until Kasumi and Lisa bailed him out]].
* {{Bishonen}}
* BigBrotherMentor: Is this to Kasumi and Ayane.
* {{Brainwashed}}
* BrownEyes
* ChickMagnet
* ColonelBadass: Or rather Ninja Clan Leader Badass.
* FlashStep
* HighlyVisibleNinja
* IncestSubtext: With both of his sisters, but especially Ayane. It seems to be more on their part than his, though.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia
* LightningBruiser
* {{Ninja}}
* OneHitKill: He takes out a ''blimp'' with a single exploding arrow!
* OneManArmy: We only get to see it in cut scenes, but still.
* SmokeOut: With raven feathers.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: As Ein, he has more than one costume that turns him into pure MrFanservice. One of them even includes shackles, for some reason.
** He is an escaped Project Epsilon subject. We never see him with the shackles actually attached to anything, though.
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[[folder:Leon - ''Italy'']]
!!! Voiced by: KojiTotani (JP, ''2-4''), JojiNakata (JP, ''Dimensions''), RichardEpcar (EN, ''Dimensions'')
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[[caption-width-right:250:Leon as he appears in "Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate"]]
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A mercenary and Sambo martial artist. He first debuted in ''Dead or Alive 2'', and shares many simularities and a history with Bayman. Leon entered the Dead or Alive Tournaments to prove that he was the strongest man in the world, to live up to the final words of his deceased lover, Lauren. He stopped entering the tournaments after ''Dead or Alive 3'', but he was still a playable character until ''Dead or Alive 5''. However, he'll be back for ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''.
* TheBusCameBack: He will ''finally'' make his return in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate]]''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leon has completely disappeared in ''Dead or Alive 5'' with no mention given whatsoever.
** Well his character bowed out of the storyline after ''Dead or Alive 3''. His appearance in ''4'' was merely as a bonus. So canonically he's not actually a presence in the tournaments anymore. That said, he will be back in ''5: Ultimate'' (though no word if that means his current status will have any new light shed on it or if he will continue to persist as a bonus character).
* DemotedToExtra: Leon suffers from this ''oh so much''. In vanilla ''[=DOA2=]'', Leon served as the effective replacement for Bayman, then ''Hardcore'' was released which added Bayman back into the roster with the story that the two were rivals using the same style. After Leon's story ended in ''[=DOA3=]'', Leon's role was demoted to bonus character status with [[EvilBrit Christie]] taking over the role as Bayman's rival. ''Dimensions'' did little to help him, only appearing in a few cutscenes that were recycled from ''2'' and ''3''. Now in ''[=DOA5=]'', Leon has been '''completely cut from the game''' and [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome absolutely no mention of him is ever given]].
** [[WordOfGod Hayashi didn't even know that people wanted him in the game]]
* DiscardAndDraw: His fighting style has switched from "Sambo" to "Close Quarters Combat" in ''Ultimate''.
* HeartbrokenBadass: His lover, Lauren died of unknown reasons. Lauren mumbled her final words to him: "The man I love is the strongest man in the world."
* PaletteSwap and TheRival: Of Bayman, being Italian but using the same fighting style (Russian sambo).
* RatedMForManly
* TheOtherDarrin: He was played by KojiTotani from his first appearance in ''2'' until ''4'' where he unfortunately died shortly after its release. Leon is now voiced by JojiNakata since ''Dimensions''.
* ShoutOut: He is similar to Léon from ''Film/TheProfessional'', an Italian hitman with a pot flower and a dead girl friend.
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[[folder:Kasumi Alpha - ''Japan'']]
!!!Voiced by: SakuraTange (JP, ''2'', ''Ultimate'' and ''Dimensions''), HoukoKuwashima (JP, ''Ultimate''), KariWahlgren (EN, ''Dimensions'')
Also known simply as Alpha, she is one of the many clones of Kasumi. Created by Victor Donovan and the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee, Alpha was a product created during the early stages of Project Alpha, an experiment with the aim of creating the perfect fighter and human weapon. She was later transformed into the inhuman creature Alpha-152 as part of Project Alpha-2.
* CloningBlues
* DaddysLittleVillain: Considers Donovan to be her father, and is very protective of him.
* EvilLaugh: Prominently featured in the AttractMode for ''[=DOA2=]''.
* EvilRedhead
* EvilTwin: To Kasumi.
* PaletteSwap: Justified as she's a clone of Kasumi.
* [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]]
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