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* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': The Iron Golem boss does this when it can't find a target in range of its melee attacks. The player can also perform one by using the two handed strong attack of the Drake Sword, Dragon Greatsword, or the one handed strong attack of the Golem Axe.

* Establishing her {{badass}}ery, "Twilight" Suzuka of ''Manga/OutlawStar'' pulls this off with a ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser wooden]]'' sword.

** Yuri Lowell's Azure Edge and Final Gale artes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.
** Garr/Woodrow from ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' makes an entire fighting style out of this with his sword Igtenos. Hisui of ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' combines it with his {{arm cannon}}s for range. Both have the above spells.

* All of Kyo's attacks in ''SamuraiDeeperKyo,'' except for Genbu.
* In ''AngelicLayer'', Ranga (Ringo's Angel) does a "Dance of Death" in which she attacks an opponent from a distance using wind.

*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' spinoffs CrisisCore and DirgeOfCerberus have more specific examples. Though not necessarily wind, Sephiroth will slash the air and produce a kind of white shockwave that travels for a long distance (called "Draw Slash") in Crisis Core. In Dirge, Rosso the Crimson attacks primarily with slicing blades heavily implied to be wind, and since Weiss the Immaculate has (almost) everyone's powers, he is an example of this trope, as well.

* The minotaurs in [[{{Creator/Capcom}} Capcom]]'s arcade ''[[TheKingofDragons The King of Dragons]]'', with their axes.

* Leonardo's "Shining Cutter" in ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters''.

* In the ''StreetFighter'' series, [[{{Woolseyism}} Early localizations]] implied this to be the source of Guile's ''Sonic Boom'' and ''Somersault/Flash Kick'' special attacks, as a result of him swinging his arms/legs at super sonic speeds. Nowadays they appear to just be regular KiAttacks like everyone else's moves.

* The blast spell in ''ShiningInTheDarkness''.
* The "[=HowlSlash=]" attack in ''GrandiaII''.

* ''LostMagic'' features "wind blades" as a basic spell.

* {{Yaiba}} has Onimaru doing this frequently: he uses a this a lot in battle, and at least once in order to send his ButtMonkey servant from Tokyo to Ganryujima. He later manages to do this with Lightning ans "Dark energy".

* Amidamaru from ''ShamanKing'' has the Shock Wave Buddha Giri, though it is sometimes treated like a [[KiAttacks Ki Attac]]k.

* In ''SwordOfTruth'', wizards regularly use their will to focus the air into blades or spikes, rending their victims limb from limb with invisible weapons.

** Captain Kenpachi Zaraki can incidentally [[ImplausibleFencingPowers shear buildings in half]] by drawing his blade [[spoiler: after removing his energy-devouring eyepatch]].

* Starscream from ''TransformersCybertron'' can use this more as a defensive technique. While it's a blast of wind created by slashing the air with his blades, it's a wider shockwave that isn't as sharp, and is mostly used to deflect laser attacks by causing them to explode prematurely on hitting the air wave. It can also knock down or disorient opponents. This ability overlaps with BlowYouAway, but it's here because it's a single attack created by a blade rather than a more general powerset.

* In {{Worm}}, this is [[{{AnimalThemedSuperbeing}} Stormtiger]]'s main superpower.

* One of Fuuko's most common attacks in ''FlameOfRecca''. She once used this on herself to cut herself free from the RazorFloss binding her.

* This is [[{{AnimalThemedSuperbeing}} Stormtiger]]'s main superpower in {{Worm}}.

* Qrow Branwen from "WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}" seems to be able to launch a sonic wave from his broadsword.

* VideoGame/{{Kirby}} has a few abilities that do this. When using the "Cutter" ability at close range, the final attack in the combo is a wave like one of these. This is also his Up-B in ''[[SuperSmashBrothers Smash Bros]]''.

This is OlderThanSteam, thanks to [[TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples Shakespeare]]. Japanese folklore tells of the wind yōkai called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamaitachi kamaitachi]], weasels with razor sharp claws that attacked in groups to knock people down and leave bloodless cuts on their legs -- all while moving with such blinding speed that the victim never saw his attacker. This was originally just a pun on "kamaetachi," which meant roughly "attacking sword", bringing the trope full circle.

* One can only assume this is what Wolverine does in his projectile attacks in the older ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'' video games, even though he never displayed such abilities in the comic.

* In ''{{Beyblade}}'', Bryan's bit-beast Falborg can turn moving air into a weapon.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', naturally, though only Airbenders can do it. They also do this with water. And dirt. And fire. [[HermitGuru Guru Pathik]] [[FridgeBrilliance wasn't kidding when he said the elements were really one and the same]].

* The SegaSaturn game ''VideoGame/DragonForce'' gave this move, called "Sonic Boom/Wave/Blast" to most basic Soldier and Knight generals, allowing them to cut a swathe through ranks of enemy soldiers.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall Z'':

* Establishing her {{badass}}ery, "Twilight" Suzuka of ''OutlawStar'' pulls this off with a ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser wooden]]'' sword.

* In ''{{Onimusha}} Dawn of Dreams'', this is an ability of several weapons if they are upgraded enough.
* In ''{{Onimusha}} 3'', this was the magic ability of Samanosuke's Kuuga long sword. Bonus point if you turn the violence level to high.

* Limdo/Uruki from ''FushigiYuugi: Genbu Kaiden'' has this as his Celestial Power; he's even known as the "Merciless Wind Slasher."

* In ''FistOfTheNorthStar'', practitioners of the Nanto Seiken family of martial arts styles can rip opponents to shreds this way with their ''bare hands''. In fact, it's one of the defining aspects of the style - whilst Hokuto Shinken, TheHero Kenshiro's martial arts style and Nanto Seiken's direct opposite, rips you apart from the inside out, Nanto slices you up from the outside in.

* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'':

* The Kamaitachi Siblings from ''UshioAndTora''.