History Characters / VirtuaFighter

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Hitoshi Takagi (''2''), Mahito Tsujimura (''3'' onward)[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''2''), Jeff Manning (''3'' onward), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (anime [Japanese]), Jonathan Frappier (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (''Virtua Fighter''), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (''2'' onward, anime [Japanese], ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5''), Tony Schnur (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter''), Creator/JunkoIwao (''2''), Creator/MinamiTakayama (''3'' onward, ''Dead or Alive 5''), Creator/NaokoMatsui (anime [Japanese]), Creator/AmyTipton (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter''), Creator/ShigeruChiba (''2'' onward), Thomas Bruning (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter''), Dennis Gunn (''2 onward'')[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (anime [Japanese]), Geoff Whitesell (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter''), Lynn Harris (''2''), Chloe O'Connor (''3''; recycled audio from ''4'' onward), Colleen Lenki (''4''; new dialogue), Lisle Wilkerson (''5'' onward, ''Dead or Alive 5''), Creator/MayaOkamoto (anime [Japanese]), Juliet Cesario (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter'', ''2''), Eric Kelso (''3'' onward, ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5''), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (anime [Japanese]), Michael Granberry (anime [English])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese), Katherine Vernon (English), Hanan Shqer (Arabic)[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Creator/TaitenKusunoki (Japanese), Creator/ScottBailey (English), Nidal Hammadi (Arabic)[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroYuki (Japanese) Chris [=MacPherson=] (English) Rafat Bazoo (Arabic)

%%* TheCutie

%%* FragileSpeedster

Sarah Bryant's pet squirrel that acts as the TeamPet throughout the show. It has a habit of attacking strangers with its claws.

An evil scientist working for a worldwide Mafia-like criminal organization. She's responsible for Sarah's brainwashing and Dural's creation in the AlternateContinuity.

A rising martial arts practitioner in the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Koenkan]], as well as an apparent member of a UsefulNotes/HongKong Triad. He had plotted to use his upcoming marriage to Pai in order to become the next successor to Lau Chan as the next head of the Koenkan, but Pai refuses to play along...

The leader of the Koenkan of America.

The father of Lion, who appears rarely in the first season, but featured more prominently in the second. He hires Moreno to bring Lion back and to blackmail Jeffry into selling his island to use as a weapons testing facility. Vandoll is forced into working for Judgement 6 to protect Lion, and into lending Eva Durix the resources for the creation of Dural Gold.

A mercenary soldier, and leader of a mercenary army. In the first season he fights against Jeffry in order to force him to sell his island to the Rafale Company. He is also ordered to capture Lion and bring him back to his father. [[spoiler:In the second season, he protects Lion from Oni-maru, but accidentally dies.]]

A former member of the Hagakure clan, he had been expelled by the village elders due to his plot to kill off Kage-Maru in order to become the clan's head. Enraged, Oni leaves to train himself and perfect his skills. He later orchestrates a massacre of his village kin, leading Kage to hunt him down in order to exact revenge for the deaths of the Hagakure clan.

One of Oni-Maru's minions, who fights against Wolf in the anime but loses. She later attempts to hold Jeffry's family hostage, but that also fails.

Another of Oni-Maru's minions. He rarely fights, but is a skilled combatant nonetheless, able to hold his own against Akira.

* ChildhoodFriends: With Aoi.

%%* BadassBeard

* GutturalGrowler: See BadassBaritone above. His voice is so low it's practically gravelly.

%%* BadassBeard

* BadassMustache
* ColonelBadass
* [[CoolPlane Cool Helicopter]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]

* KnifeNut: Even licks Jeffry's blood off of it.
* NiceHat

->[[LegacyCharacter He is the tenth-generation of Kage-Maru]]. A member of the Hagakure clan, he was raised by the ninth-generation Kage-Maru and the eighth-generation Tsukikage, his father and mother respectively. His father trained him in the Hagakure style Ju-Jutsu to prepare for his birthright. \\

Years ago, his mother was kidnapped by a mysterious figure and never found. Years later Kage-Maru's entire village was burned to the ground and his father was killed by a gunshot. Kage-Maru discovers that Judgment 6 is responsible for all of it and enters the first World Fighting Tournament seeking revenge. \\
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Kage-Maru enters the third tournament to look for a connection between his mother and the new model of Dural. After winning the third tournament, he recovers a part from the new Dural, hoping it would help his mother, but it changes her back into Dural. She escapes with J6's help and Kage-Maru enters the fourth tournament with the intention on killing her, seeing no other way.\\
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Kage-Maru made it to the fourth tournament's finals, but the match was interrupted by Dural. He destroys Dural, but discovers that it was not the real Dural and enters the fifth tournament to save his mother and to put an end to J6.

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-> '''Country:''' Japan

The mascot of the series, Akira is the grandson of a Bajiquan master. Trained in the art by his grandfather himself, Akira sought to (not surprisingly) test his skill in the first World Fighting Tournament. He was beaten in the first tournament by Kage-Maru and went through rigorous training to win the second. After his victory in the second tournament, Akira's grandfather said he hasn't yet mastered anything and must learn what "true strength" really is.\\

-> '''Country:''' Hong Kong

Pai Chan is a movie star from Hong Kong and the daughter of Lau Chan, who taught her how to fight at a young age. When Lau was training himself to be a more powerful fighter, Pai's mother struggled to support her family and died. Devastated, Pai entered the first tournament to test her skills and face her father, who she blamed for her mother's death.\\

-> '''Country:''' China

Lau is the master of the Huyanquan (Tiger Swallow Fist) fighting style and a world renowned chef. He entered the first World Fighting tournament to test his skill and ended up as the victor. He kept entering future tournaments, even when both his restaurant (financially) and his body (due to a rare illness) were failing.\\

-> '''Country:''' Canada

A former woodsman and hunter-turned-pro wrestler, Wolf entered the first World Fighting Tournament after he lacked a challenge in the ring. He was defeated by Akira and entered the second tournament solely with intent on beating him. After the end of the second tournament, Wolf became constantly enamored with a {{recurring dream|s}} about the world being in danger.\\

-> '''Country:''' Australia

Jeffry is an [[LandDownUnder Australian]] fisherman who was obsessed with hunting a giant shark called the "Devil Shark." Skilled in the art of Pancratium, he kept entering the World Fighting Tournaments to win prize money to repair and upgrade his fishing boat to fight it. By the end of the fourth tournament he finds that Judgment 6, the group behind the tournament had captured the massive shark.\\

-> '''Country:''' Japan

[[LegacyCharacter He is the tenth-generation of Kage-Maru]]. A member of the Hagakure clan, he was raised by the ninth-generation Kage-Maru and the eighth-generation Tsukikage, his father and mother respectively. His father trained him in the Hagakure style Ju-Jutsu to prepare for his birthright. \\

%%* CoolMask

-> '''Country:''' USA

Sarah is the younger sister to race car driver Jacky Bryant and master of western-style Martial Arts.[[note]]In Japanese, the English term "Martial Arts" is used as a loanword to refer to a particular style of combative sports.[[/note]] She is kidnapped by Judgment 6 after she investigates a mysterious accident involving Jacky. She is brainwashed by J6 and ordered to kill her brother in both the first and second World Fighting Tournament, failing both times. \\

-> '''Country:''' USA

Jacky is a professional racecar driver, a Jeet Kune Do practitioner and older brother to Sarah Bryant. Jacky was caught in a horrible accident and had to endure two years of grueling rehab to recover. He discovers Judgment 6, is behind the accident. \\

%%* AnimeHair

-> '''Country:''' Unknown (originally Japan)

Dural is the name of the final boss of ''Virtua Fighter''. She is a bald, nude woman covered in metal (usually silver) or stone. There have been several versions of Dural over the course of ''Virtua Fighter'''s history. The first Dural originally was Tsukikage, [[{{Ninja}} a member of the Hagakure clan]] and Kage-Maru's mother. Years ago she was kidnapped from her village. This was the work of the corporation, Judgement 6, who used her as their prototype for their Dural project. \\

-> '''Country:''' China

An aged master of the Drunken Kung Fu who enters the second World Fighting Tournament after one of his friends mentions how successful the friend's student is doing in recent tournament competitions. After the tournament he discovered that one of his students, who he also raised, was participating. He never had the chance to talk to him and wanted to know where he was this whole time. \\

-> '''Country:''' France

Young Lion Rafale is a wealthy Frenchman who learned Praying Mantis style from his father since he was five years old. Tired of his father's interference in his life, Lion enters the second World Fighting Tournament, winning his independence if he won the tournament. He lost in the first round to Kage-Maru, but the experience awakened the fighting spirit inside of him. \\

-> '''Country:''' Japan

Aoi is a childhood friend of Akira Yuki and an Aiki Ju-Jutsu master. She was inspired by him to join the third World Fighting Tournament, to prove her her fighting ability. After she loses in the first round, she trains in Aikido, Kobujutsu and other martial arts in preparation for the fourth tournament. \\

* CounterAttack: Has the most out of any character in the cast. {{Justified|Trope}} given her fighting discipline.

* DanceBattler: Has a few defensive moves where she spins and twirls in order to dodge or counteracttack the opponent. She also performs Japanese fan dancing in one opening of ''3''.
%%* FragileSpeedster

%%* [[KansaiRegionalAccent Kyoto Regional Accent]]
%%* LadyOfWar

%%* RavenHairIvorySkin

* YamatoNadeshiko: One of the purest examples of the trope. Dark-haired, thin, short in stature, delicate and graceful, dressed mostly in kimonos, uses paper fans as accessories, thoroughly polite and amicable, but determined and willful like iron.

-> '''Country:''' Japan

Taka-Arashi is an undefeated yokozuna in the sumo world. After he defeated an underground fighter in a fist fight while in America, he decided to leave sumo wrestling. He was invited to the third World Fighting Tournament and enters hoping for a challenge. He was taken out of the games after ''3'', returning in ''[[UpdatedRerelease 5 R]]''.\\

-> '''Country:''' China

Lei-Fei is a Shaolin monk who belonged to a clan whose sole duty is to capture and kill anyone with the ability to use powerful martial arts. He was assigned by his master to kill Koen-ken master Lau Chan, who fought in the World Fighting Tournaments with his powerful style. Lei-Fei entered the fourth tournament intending to carry out his mission, but once he saw Lau in action, he decided to learn Koen-ken from Lau first.\\

%%* WarriorMonk

-> '''Country:''' Unknown

As a child, orphaned when her parents were killed, Vanessa was abducted by Judgment 6. She was trained to be a living weapon well learned in the art of Vale Tudo. A member of the special forces named Lewis infiltrated J6 and rescued her, but he was killed shortly after. \\

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Well, white hair. You could customize her with blonde hair, though.

-> '''Country:''' Italy

Brad is a talented Muay Thai fighter and [[TheCasanova notorious ladies man]]. With his unique and powerful style, Brad quickly became an undefeated kickboxing champion. With no one left to challenge him, Brad enters the fourth World Fighting Tournament for the challenge and the thrill.\\

* NonIndicativeName: "Brad Burns" -- Brad(ley) being Old English, and Burns being an Irish surname is about the least Italian name possible.

-> '''Country:''' Japan

Goh was the son of an Olympic level Judo master, who was orphaned when his father was murdered by a jealous friend. Judgment 6 kidnaps him and trains him and a group of other abducted orphans to be assassins. He is sent by J6 to infiltrate the fourth World Fighting Tournament and kill several of the fighters.\\

%%* [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Blunette]]

-> '''Country:''' Mexico

A dominant light-heavyweight luchador, El Blaze invited to the fifth World Fighting Tournament. Jealous of Wolf Hawkfield's dominance in the heavyweight division, El Blaze challenges him to prove he's the better wrestler and to finally put these feelings behind him.

%%* CoolMask

%%* MaskedLuchador

%%* TheNapoleon

-> '''Country:''' China

Raised by her grandfather after her parents died, Eileen learned Monkey Kung-Fu from him at a young age. To improve her skills she worked as an actress for a Beijing opera troupe for many years. She happened to see a martial arts demonstration by Pai Chan, and was amazed by the beauty of her movements. \\

* AnimalMotifs: Monkeys.
** AnimalThemedFightingStyle: Monkey Kung Fu.
%%* AnimeChineseGirl

-> '''Country:''' France

Jean is a young Frenchman and at one time a friend to Lion Rafale. The two would boast who had better martial arts, Jean's karate or Lion's kung-fu. Jean was kidnapped by Judgement 6 and like Vanessa Lewis and Goh Hinogami he was trained to be an assassin. After Goh failed in his mission in the fourth World Fighting Tournament, Jean enters the fifth tournament to usurp Goh's mission and kill several of the fighters. \\

-> '''Country:''' Saudi Arabia
Siba is an Arab fighter who was intended to be in the first ''Virtua Fighter'' game. His character model even appeared on older arcade cabinets (sometimes with the name "Akira"). Siba, was scrapped shortly before the game's release. \\

* [[spoiler:OlderThanTheyLook: Appears to be a 12 year old boy, but is actually much older, and much crueler.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Becomes good after Akira finally teaches him the meaning of friendship.]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter''), Creator/JunkoIwao (''2''), Creator/MinamiTakayama (''3'' onward, ''Dead or Alive 5''), Creator/NaokoMatsui (anime [Japanese]), Amy Tipton (anime [English])[[/note]]

* AnimalMotif: Mantis.

* AnimalMotif: Monkeys.

* AnimeHair

* LightningBruiser

* MartialArtsHeadband
** MartialArtsUniform

* SpiritedCompetitor

* ToBeAMaster
* WalkingTheEarth

* ActionGirl
* AlwaysSecondBest: See the OvershadowedByAwesome entry

* BraidsOfAction
** Combined with GirlishPigtails.

* FauxActionGirl: In the anime, where she rarely gets to be useful in the fights. Lampshaded and handwaved at the same time when Li Kowloon, the CorruptCorporateExecutive who's after her, points out how her specific fighting style is ''not'' suited for the circumstances she's in.

* GuestFighter: The third and final ''Virtua Fighter'' character in the original release of ''Dead or Alive 5''.

* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours

* ChefOfIron

* FamedInStory

* AwesomeMcCoolname

* FacialMarkings
* FamedInStory
* FieryRedhead
* FingerlessGloves

* {{Hunk}}

* MagicalNativeAmerican: A member of the First Nations. Many of his lines in ''Virtua Quest'' are stereotypical Indian dialogue (though thankfully he never indulges in TontoSpeak).

* ProfessionalWrestling
** ProWrestlingIsReal

* SpiritedCompetitor

** FriendlyRivalry: If one of the attract intros in ''4: Evolution'' are anything to go by.

* AnimalNemesis: Jeffry vs. the "Devil Shark."
** TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Suffice to say, [[BerserkButton he isn't happy that]] J6 is now in possession of the "Devil Shark."

* BadassBeard

* DreadlockRasta: Wears his in a ponytail. Jeffry is ''supposedly'' an Australian Aboriginal, but a lot of his character traits would seem to point to him being Jamaican; he has dreadloacks, likes reggae music, wears a Jamaican style hat sometimes, and he even has a Jamaican accent in the English dub of the anime. One has to wonder if the developers got Aborigine and Jamaican confused. Or as a sailor, maybe he just spent a lot of time in the Caribbean.

* [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask: In the anime, he's assigned to just keep the kidnapped and brainwashed Sarah in line, but he develops real affection towards her.]]
* CoolMask

* ActionGirl
** DarkActionGirl: When brainwashed.

* FingerlessGloves

* HellBentForLeather

* KickChick

* NoblewomansLaugh

* ShesGotLegs
* StatuesqueStunner

* TomboyishPonytail

* WrestlerInAllOfUs

* AnimeHair

* BigBrotherInstinct: You do ''not'' kidnap his little sister, brainwash her, and then target her ''again'' in subsequent tournaments. You. Do. '''''[[ItsPersonal Not]]'''''.

* [[BigYes Big YEAH!!!!]]

* FamedInStory

* FingerlessGloves

* HotBlooded

* LightningBruiser
* PrettyBoy

* WrestlerInAllOfUs

* BarbieDollAnatomy
* ChromeChampion
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard

* SNKBoss

* StatuesqueStunner

* UnwillingRoboticisation

* TheVoiceless

** HeroesLoveDogs
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* {{Keet}}
* KidAppealCharacter

* [[KansaiRegionalAccent Kyoto Regional Accent]]
* LadyOfWar

* RavenHairIvorySkin

* FamedInStory
* HotBlooded

* StoutStrength

* AmbitionIsEvil
* ArrogantKungFuGuy

* StanceSystem
* TheStoic
* WarriorMonk

* ActionGirl

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* GoodLookingPrivates

* StatuesqueStunner

* AlliterativeName

* TheCasanova
* FamedInStory

* AnimeHair

* BloodKnight

* [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Blunette]]

* BoisterousBruiser
* CoolMask
* FamedInStory

* HotBlooded
* IHaveTheHighGround: As seen [[http://youtu.be/USVWhcCfCgo?t=26s here]].
* LargeHam
* MaskedLuchador

* TheNapoleon

* ProfessionalWrestling
** ProWrestlingIsReal

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: One of his win quotes hs him brag about the power of karate.

* ProfessionalKiller
* PsychoForHire

* SmugSnake
* WhiteHairBlackHeart

-> '''Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese), Muhammad Kharmasho (Arabic)

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese), Katherine Vernon (English)[[/note]]

* UnskilledButStrong: His striking style. His throws, like real Judo, are complex and technical, but his strikes are all wild haymakers and heavy kicks. While some Judo dojos do teach certain strikes at higher levels, they are precise and aimed at sensitive areas, which would not suit Goh's temperament.

* FrenchJerk: He's French and pretty full of himself.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Don't lie, you'd kill for a last name like "McWild".

* {{Determinator}}: He will '''not''' give up hunting down the Devil Shark.

* AwesomeMcCoolname

Goh lost to Jacky Bryant in the tournament and failed in his mission completely due to Dural's interference in the tournament. With his superiors in J6 were disappointed in his performance, Goh enters the fifth tournament knowing he cannot fail in his mission again.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a nice one running horizontally under his left eye, adding to his off-putting appearance and letting you know Goh is not someone you should be looking forward to crossing paths with

* ProfessionalKiller

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* ObviouslyEvil: Unsettling pale skin? Prominent scarring on his body? Snake-like eyes? It's ''definitely'' not much of a surprise this guy's an assassin for a shady corporation.

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a nice one running horizontally under his left eye.

* {{Jerkass}}: By far the most unpleasant personality of the cast.

* ObviouslyEvil