History Characters / VirtuaFighter

-> '''Fighting style:''' Bājíquán (Hakkyoku-ken)
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (''Virtua Fighter''), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (''2'' onward, anime [Japanese], ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5''), Tony Schnur (anime [English]), Creator/MuhammadHadaki (anime [Arabic]), Carlos Jiménez (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

* AccidentalPervert: He also accidentally touches Sarah's breasts only because her pet Alexander blinded him and he accidentally falls to his knees landing on top of her. This got Jacky's BigBrotherInstinct to kick in and he tries to beat him up. The poor guy...
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[StockCharacters he's the wanderer]].
%%* AnimeHair

* BerserkButton: In the anime, do NOT, under any circumstance, use martial arts to attain selfish goals, mixing in cheap, dirty tricks in martial arts also counts. Also, do NOT harm his friends when he's around. He WILL make sure you regret it, and WILL beat you to a bloody pulp for it.

%%* ChildhoodFriends: With Aoi.

** This does not count on ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', since every main command for every pair is a Command-Normal (a button, and a direction).
* GuestFighter: Crosses over into ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5''.
** He is also one of the two Sega bosses in Sega's Dengeki Bunko-themed 2014 fighting game ''Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax''. Originally non-playable in original Arcade version, until he is made playable in the console version and later arcade version based on that version, where he doesn't have his own storyline. Later as a regular playable character in the 2015 update version.

* HotBlooded: More in the anime than the games, while he is TheStoic.

* IconicOutfit: Both of his default outfits have been around for quite a while.
* IdiotHero: In the anime, he's a bit more scatterbrained and runs into trouble a lot due to his lack of thinking occasionally. This is pretty contrasting to his portrayal in games as he's usually the no-nonsense serious ToBeAMaster dude. Regardless, he manages to make things work in between competence and idiocy. Especially when someone presses his BerserkButton one too many times.

* LoveTriangle: In the anime, Sarah has an obvious crush on him. Pai also began to develop some sort of feelings for him later on, but being the {{Tsundere}} that she is, she usually just shows her affection in the form of [[BelligerentSexualTension snarks and slaps]].
* {{Malaproper}}: In the anime.
%%* MartialArtsHeadband
* MistakenIdentity: As you've probably noticed, Akira does have a vibe similar to Ryu of ''Street Fighter'' fame. However, do not be fooled by his looks; Akira is ''[[DifficultButAwesome not]]'' a "pick-up-and-play type" of character.

* ShoutOut: While not ''quite'' the same in terms of gameplay, he visually as well as storyline-wise (somewhat) serves as the "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]]" of the game.

* SupportingProtagonist: While Akira is the face of the franchise, [[Franchise/StreetFighter much like Ryu]] his character arc is secondary to the ones involving J6, such as Jacky, Sarah, and Kage-Maru. Even in the anime, Pai's character arc takes more precedence over Akira's, who is more or less just swept up into the plot because he happened to be in the right place at the right time.

* TheRival: Seems to get the most out of the cast; first with [[FriendlyRivalry Wolf]], then Kage, then seems to develop one with Goh, and then possibly with Jean.

-> '''Fighting style:''' [[SheFu Mízōngquán (Ensei-ken)]]
-> '''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]), Creator/HazarAlHerek (anime [Arabic]), Ivette González (anime [Latin Spanish]) [[/note]]

* SheFu: Pai ''is'' an action star and Mízōngyì is composed of intricate footwork and high leaps. The style relies on flexibility, hence explaining why Pai can use a cartwheel kick to devastating effect.

-> '''Fighting style:''' [[{{Ninja}} Hagakure-ryū Jū-Jutsu]]
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (anime [Japanese]), Geoff Whitesell (anime [English]), Creator/AdelAboHassoon (anime [Arabic]), Juan Zadala and Héctor Alvarado (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter'', ''2''), Eric Kelso (''3'' onward, ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5''), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (anime [Japanese]), Kunihiro Kawamoto (Japanese, pachinko games), Michael Granberry (anime [English]), Iyas Abu Ghazalah (anime [Arabic]), Roberto Alexander, Leonardo Araujo and Víctor Mares Jr. (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

-> '''Fighting style:''' [[DrunkenBoxing Drunken Kung Fu (Zuì Quán)]]

-> '''Fighting style:''' [[UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}} Aiki-jūjutsu]]

* CounterAttack: Has the most out of any character in the cast. {{Justified|Trope}} given her Aiki-jūjutsu fighting discipline, and many of them lead to some surprisingly brutal bone-breaking hits.

* [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Does This Remind You of Anyone?]]: [[HotBlooded His in-game behavior]], particularly in the ''5'' series, would bring the controversial yokozuna Asashōryū to mind...

* SpiritedCompetitor: This may be why he chose the more aggressive ([[http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_14/Shiranui.pdf and less reputable]]) Shiranui-style for his ring-entering ceremony (Unryū is the other).

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-> '''Origin:''' Japan

** AccidentalPervert: He also accidentally touches Sarah's breasts only because her pet Alexander blinded him and he accidentally falls to his knees landing on top of her. This got Jacky's BigBrotherInstinct to kick in and he tries to beat him up. The poor guy...

** UnresolvedSexualTension: With Sarah, in the anime.

* IdiotHero: In the anime, he's a bit more scatterbrained and runs into trouble a lot due to his lack of thinking occasionally. This is pretty contrasting to his portrayal in games as he's usually the no-nonsense serious ToBeAMaster dude.
** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Regardless, he manages to make things work in between competence and idiocy. Especially when someone presses his BerserkButton one too many times.

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-> '''Origin:''' Hong Kong
-> '''Fighting style:''' Mízōngquán (Ensei-ken)

* BerserkButton: Like Akira in the anime, she has one - anything having to do with her father, Li Kowloon and Koen-ken.

* SheFu: Mostly justified, as Pai ''is'' an action star and Mízōngyì is composed of intricate footwork and high leaps. The style relies on flexibility, hence explaining why Pai can use a cartwheel kick to devastating effect.

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-> '''Origin:''' China
-> '''Fighting style:''' Tiger Swallow Fist (Koen-ken)

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-> '''Origin:''' Canada
-> '''Fighting style:''' Pro Wrestling

* CanadaEh: Of the Great North Woods variety. Wolf cuts down giant red woods with an axe, lives in a log cabin, and trains outside in the snow. He's also notable as the first Canadian playable character in any fighting game.

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-> '''Origin:''' Australia
-> '''Fighting style:''' Pankration

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-> '''Origin:''' Japan
-> '''Fighting style:''' Hagakure-ryū Jū-Jutsu

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-> '''Origin:''' USA
-> '''Fighting style:''' Mixed Martial Arts

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-> '''Origin:''' USA

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-> '''Origin:''' Unknown (originally Japan)
-> '''Fighting style:''' A combined form of other martial arts

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-> '''Origin:''' China
-> '''Fighting style:''' Drunken Kung Fu (Zuì Quán)

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-> '''Origin:''' France
-> '''Fighting style:''' Northern Praying Mantis (Tourou-ken)

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-> '''Origin:''' Japan
-> '''Fighting style:''' Aiki-jūjutsu

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-> '''Origin:''' Japan
-> '''Fighting style:''' Sumo

** BrokenAce: For a time following his elimination from the third tournament.
* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Sumo Guy]]: Taka's a good bit meaner than the BigFun sumo wrestlers of other fighting games.

!Debuting in ''Virtua Fighter 4/Evolution/Final Tuned''

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-> '''Origin:''' China
-> '''Fighting style:''' Shaolin Kung Fu

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-> '''Origin:''' Unknown
-> '''Fighting style:''' Vale Tudo (originally Vale Tudo and Muay Thai)

* ShoutOut: Vanessa is ''incredibly'' similar to Nyon, a villain who only appeared in the second season of the anime several years before Vanessa was introduced in ''4'' also her brown skin and white hair make her look like Storm from ''X-Men'' .

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-> '''Origin:''' Italy
-> '''Fighting style:''' Muay Thai

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-> '''Origin:''' Japan
-> '''Fighting style:''' Judo

!Debuting in ''Virtua Fighter 5/R/Final Showdown''

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-> '''Origin:''' Mexico
-> '''Fighting style:''' Lucha Libre

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-> '''Origin:''' China
-> '''Fighting style:''' Monkey-Style Kung Fu (Kou-ken)

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-> '''Origin:''' France
-> '''Fighting style:''' Karate

* GuestFighter: Appeared in ''Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Featuring Virtua" and ''All Japan Pro Wrestling 2 Giant Gram'' along with Jeffry.

* BlueIsHeroic: Kage-Maru wears a blue ninja gi and he is a warm-hearted person who seeks to shut down the evil syndicate known as Judgement 6 that kidnapped mother, killed his father and destroyed his village.

* DubNameChange: In the Arabic dub of thr anime, her name is changed to "Sandy".

%%** MartialArtsUniform

* BoobsOfSteel: The most well-endowed of the women, she also delivers some of the most crippling blows and throw combinations.

* AmazonianBeauty
* BoobsOfSteel

* {{Bishonen}}: More prevalent in the anime where he is on par with Jacky and Lion.
* CatchPhrase: "[[YearsTooEarly Juu'nen hayain dayo]]!" and "[[BigYes Yosshaa]]!"

* {{Bishonen}}: Come on, you can't deny it. Maybe it's because he's [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French]].

* CatchPhrase: "What a knucklehead!"

* {{Bishonen}}: It must be that [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French blood]] in him.

* ButNotTooBlack: An JustForFun/{{egregious}} case. In ''4'', she had very dark skin. In ''5'', she's significantly lighter.
* CameraAbuse: One of her win poses.

** His surname also similar to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro's.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In his 1P outfit.

* {{Keigo}}: Aoi speaks with an impeccably polite Kyoto-ben accent.

* BadassBaritone: Has easily the deepest voice among the cast, and appears to have the best record out of all the fighters story-wise, winning two tournaments and beating such badasses like Lau, Akira, and Dural (the latter two twice) along the way.

%%* KickChick

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

%%* ChromeChampion

%%* SNKBoss

%%* UnwillingRoboticisation

%%* TheVoiceless

%%* LargeHam

* ScaryBlackMan: Sort of [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in the first three games, then taken up a notch from the fourth game onward.

-> '''Orgin:''' France

** His surname also similar to [[Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventure}} Jotaro's.]]

* ArabOilSheikh: Has that look about him. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual official guide]] of ''Fighters Megamix'', he is one of these. He uses his immense wealth to start his own fighting tournament after failing to qualify for the previous competitions in the last ''Virtua Fighter'' games (presumably making the game said tournament he is hosting).

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter''), Dennis Gunn (''2 onward''), Nidhal Hammadi (anime [Arabic]), Alejandro Abdalah and Juan Zadala (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter'', ''2''), Ryan Dress (''3''; recycled audio from 4 onward), Dean Harrington (''4'' onward; new dialogue), Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (anime [Japanese]), Juan Zadala (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/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]), Amal Omran (anime [Arabic]), Gladys Parra and Erika Robledo (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''Virtua Fighter'', ''2''), Eric Kelso (''3'' onward, ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5''), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (anime [Japanese]), Michael Granberry (anime [English]), Iyas Abu Ghazalah (anime [Arabic]), Roberto Alexander, Leonardo Araujo and Víctor Mares Jr. (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

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

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Creator/DonnaBurke (4), Bianca Allen (5)[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''4 EVO''), Domonic Allen (''5'')[[/note]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Walter Roberts[[/note]]

* BareYourMidriff: Her alternate outfit in ''5''.

* BareYourMidriff: Her alternate outfit in ''5'', essentially a kimono bikini with hakama pants. Perhaps to attract [[TheRival Brad]]?

* BareYourMidriff: Both of her default costumes in ''4'' (but not ''Evo'') and ''5'' share this trait.

* YamatoNadeshiko: One of the purest examples of the trope and the best example in the fighting game genre. 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.

%%* BigOlEyebrows
* BoozeBasedBuff: The crux of his entire gameplan.

%%* DrunkenBoxing

** AnimalThemedFightingStyle: Mantis Kung Fu.

** In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' and its updates, Akira's becomes a bit harder to learn, usually when his command move tricks are figured out.
** In ''VideoGame/DengekiBunkoFightingClimax'' that Akira is not hardest character to learn, but as a {{Shotoclone}} with a different command special moves (like two EX only) like [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.

** He is also one of the two Sega bosses in Sega's Dengeki Bunko-themed 2014 fighting game ''Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax''. Originally non-playable in original Arcade version, until he is made playable in console version and later arcade version based on console one, except doesn't have his own storyline. Later as a regular playable character in the 2015 update version.

** His surname also similar to [[Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventure}} Jotaro's]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' [[note]]Unknown (''2''), Jeff Manning (''3'' onward), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (anime [Japanese]), Jonathan Frappier (anime [English]), [[Creator/MansourAlSalti Mansour Al-Salti]] (anime [Arabic]), Humberto Amor (anime [Latin Spanish])[[/note]]

* ShoutOut: Of [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJR Rey Mysterio]]. Also, his name could come from Japanese wrestler [[Wrestling/TakuyaSugi El Blazer]], but given that he and the videogame debuted the name more or less at the same time, it's unknown who copied who.

* FragileSpeedster: Her fighting style is sprightly, acrobatic, quick and [[ConfusionFu confusing]], though she's amongst the weakest, if not ''the'' weakest, characters in the series and goes down easily with a few hits.

* ArabOilSheikh: Has that look about him. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual official guide]] of ''Fighters Megamix''), he is one of these. He uses his immense wealth to start his own fighting tournament after failing to qualify for the previous competitions in the last ''Virtua Fighter'' games (presumably making the game said tournament he is hosting).

%%* BadassAdorable

%%* FragileSpeedster: Her fighting style is sprightly, acrobatic and occasionally confusing, though she's amongst the weakest, if note ''the'' weakest, characters in the series.

* MonkeyKingLite: Animal motif of monkeys? Check. Mischievous personality that prevents her from taking fights seriously? Check. Can equip an extending staff? Again, check. She's even Chinese, just like Sun Wukong himself.
%%* RaisedByGrandparents

* WaifFu: More or less.

* ShesGotLegs: More noticeably in the anime.

%%* ShesGotLegs

* ShesGotLegs: In ''5'', some of Vanessa's costume options really show off her well defined thighs and calves. [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] would be proud.

* LadyOfWar: She always keeps her composure and fights with more graceful Aiki-jujutsu and properly timed counters to break limbs.