History Main / RazorWind

* In ''ComicBook/{{Aero}}'', the titular superheroine can focus her wind powers to create sharp winds capable of cutting through concrete and steel.

* ''[[Fanfic/TheReapingOfHatsuneMiku The Return of Hatsune Miku]]'': [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Nekomura Iroha]] has this as her [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou pin psych]]. During a discussion with other players, she describes it as "[[LampshadeHanging anime-style]] [[BuffySpeak flying blades wind]]".

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* In a scene of the Chinese movie ''Film/Hero2002'', an assassin who just killed her lover is pursued by a vengeful disciple of his. She doesn't want to fight, but the DualWielding disciple [[ItsPersonal really does]]... the assassin only reacts [[MinorInjuryOverreaction after having a little hair cut]], by using her sword to create winds that whip all the leaves in the area into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8tMp1qUszE dazzling displays]]. Seems in this case that the wind is just a way to shove her opponent around harmlessly.
* The {{Wuxia}} films of the Nineties were generally made of this trope, to the point of absurdity: a character could deal environmental damage by going through what essentially amounted to a form (the Chinese equivalent of kata). Really, ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' and ''Hero'' are models of understatement and restraint when compared to its predecessors.

* Omi in ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}'' has this as his main attack technique. This makes sense, as he is actually a kamaitachi in human form.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Ouma Yamisaka's main combat spell shoots an invisible wind arrow from a small bow [[ArmCannon on his arm]], which then splinters into a [[TornadoMove vortex]] of [[RainOfArrows shredding blades]].

** The legend of the Kamaitachi was originally thought to come from the cuts on skin created by the vacuum in the center of whirlwinds. However the established theory now is that the sudden cooling, caused by the vaporization of moisture on exposed skin, in very cold, windy conditions causes the skin to split open and become chapped. Thats why the Kamaitachi legends are common in snowy regions and is why there is little to no blood, and the pain will set in later, and you’ll suffer for days as the wound heals.

* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has a Space ability called "Ranged Blow", which allows you to do this with any melee weapon.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has both the aforementioned Razor Wind, Air Cutter, and Air Slash moves.
** Gust was once portrayed this way in the anime (by Ash's newly evolved Pidgeot). Like Razor Wind, it used to be a Normal attack in the first generation. Second generation onwards saw its type changed to Flying.
** [[OlympusMons Palkia]]'s signature move Spacial Rend is like this, but instead of wind, it weaponizes ''distortions in the spatial continuum''. In the anime it's depicted like a SwordBeam, but in the 3D titles onwards, it acts more like [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Judgement Cut]] complete with DramaticShattering.
** The Pokémon Sneasel and Weavile are based off of the yokai kamaitachi... though they ironically cannot learn Razor Wind.
** Interestingly, the trope-naming move is borderline useless (especially in the first generation), being a two-turn move that has only 80 base power, no "semi-invulnerable" period like Fly or Dig, and being Normal type, it wasn't super effective on anything. In Gen I it had only 75% accuracy (and no increased critical hit ratio, like it would have in later generations); to put this in perspective, using ''Tackle'' twice would be more effective than this move.
* The Wind Cutter and Air Thrust spells in ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' are the most recurrent examples of this.
** A good example of this trope is made by Suzu from ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' who has a move that dices an opponent standing in front of her up with several quick air slashes. Heck, it's even called "Nimpo Kamaitachi".
** Kyle Dunamis' Azure Edge and its related extensions in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', is a wind-based projectile blasted straight from Kyle' sword. It'd later be used by [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2 Ludger]], with Yuri showing off the Final Gale arte in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', a boosted version involving firing one Azure into another for a huge energy shot.
** 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 [[ArmCannon arm-mounted crossbow Soma]] for range. Both have the above spells too.

* Chaz, the hero of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'', has the Airslash. Gryz has a move called "Sweeping" that works in the same way.

* In some ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games, this trope is present in the skill called Wind Sickles.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', the Wind-type attacks Wind Blade and Boomerang are both depicted as blasts of air slicing the opponent.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Youmu Konpaku from the games is another noted exponent; as a player-character she can use a constant stream of ''rapid-fire'' Razor Wind, and as an opponent she has a couple of attacks which basically fill the screen with it.
** [[{{Shinigami}} Komachi]] does it too. ''With a scythe''.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' introduces the twin legendary swords Ragnell and Alondite, both capable of creating a wave of energy that allows them to attack at range. They return in the sequel, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', and bring with them a set of blades that give this ability to the previously incapable set of generic swords. Not to be confused with the spellcasting swords in the series as a whole, which perform magic attacks when used at range.
** More obviously, the mage class in ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' uses wind as one of their three types of attack magic (most notably Soren and Bastian), the other two being [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]].
** Also in ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' is the laguz king of the Raven tribe, Naesala. One of his exclusive skills, named Vortex, enables him to attack the enemy at close or long range with a wind spell.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' has the sacred tome Excalibur, whose animation is a green-tinted, razor-HURRICANE. It can only be used by an S-Level mage, and it grants + 5 speed. The combat animation is slightly impractical, but [[RuleOfCool incredibly fun to watch]]--especially when used by a sage, since they have [[TheCape ankle-length capes.]] The [[CoolSword Wind Sword]]'s [[SwordBeam ranged attack]] uses the exact same animation. There was also a B-rank tome called Alacalibur that was a lesser version of Excalibur, but it got DummiedOut.
** Merric in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon'' joins with an Excalibur tome which fires blades made of air and magic that are strong against basically everything. It's a B-rank tome with an ability that lets Marik alone use it at a magic rank of E.

* There is a spell in the game ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden 2'' called Art of the Wind Blades. The in-game description refers to razor-sharp areas of vacuum created by incredibly fast movements of the caster's hands. Usually ends up taking off enemy arms and creating a huge mess. The Fiend Spider Ninjas can do it too, though to a much lesser extent.
* All the sword-wielding characters in ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' use variations of the trope as a standard long-range attack in battle. Vyse's is relatively orthodox, but Enrique, being aligned with the Moon that governs electricity, shoots out [[KiManipulation a glowing energy ball from the tip of his sword]] with a single well-aimed thrust.
* Misaki Kawana of ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' has the wind-based powers variant for her "Half Gush" special.
* Jack's Sonic Buster from ''[[VideoGame/WildArms1 Wild ARMs]]'', a Fast Draw technique he created based on the strong mountain winds. And from the same game, Zed's Garyu Ichimongiri/whatever it might be called in the remake ''[=Wild ARMs: Alter Code F=]''.
* In ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures'', and in its AlternateContinuity SNES counterpart, ''Sparkster'', Razor Wind is Sparkster's basic attack. However, in ''Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2'', this attack was removed and ordinary swordplay is the primary attack.
* In the ''VideoGame/ShiningSeries'', the Blast spell (renamed to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tornado]] in Shining Force 3) does exactly this.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'''s signature ''Sonic Wind.''

* The Mystic Art Wind Shear in ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant''.
* One can only assume this is what Wolverine does in his projectile attacks in the older ''Franchise/XMen'' video games, even though he never displayed such abilities in the comic.

* 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 ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]''.

* One of Crono's skills in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is Kamaitachi, confusingly retitled into "Slash" and properly retranslated into "Wind Slash" for the DS version. Perhaps if it was that way from the start, [[PuzzleBoss Masamune]] would have been easier for a certain generation of gamers.
* Tempestas, [[BlowYouAway the Arcana of Wind]] from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', uses circular razor wind attacks for its projectiles.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':
** The sword technique "Wind Cutter". It's ''explosive'' razor wind.
** Some levels of the Wind spells, as well as some of the unique wind attacks possessed by the Mystic Beast, Cockatrice, and Alaraune monsters slice the target, as well.
* Both of your swordsmen in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' can learn an ability like this, fittingly known as Air Slash. So can Roddick in ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'', and Albel in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime''.
* Cornell the werewolf in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series has this as his primary attack, using nothing but his bare hands and claws. He can rapid-fire it as well, basically using it as a wind-based machinegun. AND he can use it in human form as well (though he does have small claws as a human). ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' has the Pneuma Glyph, which grants Shanoa the ability to throw around wind attacks and is listed as dealing Slash damage.
* Amusingly enough, VideoGame/{{Turok}}'s [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang "Razor Wind"]] weapon is anything but.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' does this, both with the Slash/Wind Slash/Sonic Slash line of wind psynergy, as well as with the item Weasel Claw, which creates a Wind Slash, not making sense to players who know nothing of aformentioned Kamaitachi youkai-weasels that do this with their claws.
* Leonardo's "Shining Cutter" in ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters''.
* Zanetsu Swords from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' six and seven.

* Several series of sword skills in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' can do this. Special mention goes to the [[InfinityPlusOneSword final sword's]] secret art, Disturbance, which uses a DoppelgangerAttack that would make Manga/{{Naruto}} proud in order to shoot razor wind and other sword beams practically everywhere, ending with a massive yellow wave.
* In the ''Franchise/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 KiManipulation like everyone else's moves.
* In the 1992 Macintosh beat-em-up ''Kung Fu Chivalry'', the first character has a special move ripped straight from Guile's Flash Kick, as well as a projectile version. The second character has a razor wind uppercut as a ChargedAttack, and a ranged attack that consists of conjuring up basically flying ''lawnmower blades''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'', Kyle has a ranged sword move called "Sonic Riser" that is this trope. The description of the move is "release weasel" in case you had any doubt as to its nature.

* The "[=HowlSlash=]" attack in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''.

* ''VideoGame/LostMagic'' features "wind blades" as a basic spell.
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' had this for some time in the form of the Wind Scroll item, which causes an invisible blade to extend out from your weapon, allowing the character to hit enemies from roughly 25% further away. Given the name, it is meant to invoke this trope--weapons so sharp that the air they cut can harm enemies. This became the skill "Havoc" in the eighth Western iteration, the same release that saw several weapons that did damage with slashes of air instead of a blade of some kind (most notably, Sima Zhao's Striking Sword moveset).
* Simon Blackquill from ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies]]'' is able to cast this with his ''fingers'', and with enough range and precision to slice a feather in front of someone's face from across the other side of the courtroom without hurting them.

* The minotaurs in {{Creator/Capcom}}'s arcade ''VideoGame/TheKingOfDragons'', with their axes.
* This is precisely what "Fuuhazan"/"Wind Slash" attack does in ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'' (also counts as a SwordBeam). In the TV anime, [[{{Samurai}} Yorihisa]] performs the move the very moment he receives the [[PowerCrystal Dragon Gem]] (albeit without the associated [[CallingYourAttacks incantation]] the first time around).
* The Yiga Blademasters in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' wield large katanas called Windcleavers which can launch shockwaves of sharp wind at enemies.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': The only direct-damage spell the Cleric gets takes the form of a line of wind-based spells, the Woosh/Swoosh/Kaswoosh type.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'': The Hero's fists can produce extremely sharp cutting wind if leveled properly.

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* In ''Manga/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.
* Ikaruga in ''Manga/FairyTail'' is so good with her sword that she can slash a deck of magical cards in midair without even touching them. Erza to a certain extent, too.

* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' as the Gekigan Cutter.
* ''Manga/{{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".

* The favored attack of overpowered wind mages in ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma''.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** This is one of TheLancer Roronoa Zoro's most powerful attacks. Which he developed explicitly to have a ranged attack after being constantly put at a disadvantage by guns, thus consciously fulfilling the main use of this trope.
*** Other swordsman in the series also make use of this. Notable examples include Dracule Mihawk, Ryuma, and Brook (post-TimeSkip). The overall technique is often translated from Japanese as "Flying Slash".
** FillerArc villain Eric The Whirlwind can create these at will thanks to his Kama Kama no Mi (Sickle-Sickle Fruit) powers.
** Every member of [[SecretPolice CP9]] can also do this with the Rankyaku (Tempest Kick) technique...and to a lesser extent, the [[FingerPokeOfDoom Shigan (Finger Pistol)]] technique.
* Motoko from ''Manga/LoveHina'' specializes in this. In the second OVA she masters the Exorcising Blade technique, which allows her Razor Wind to leave flesh unharmed but ''cut spirits''.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Setsuna further shows these techniques, such as the ''Zan Kuu Sen'' (roughly Air-Cleaving-Flash), an attack that fires a blast of compressed air in a spiraling manner to cut far away targets.
** The "Exorcising Blade" technique reappears in Negima. [[spoiler: It's one of the few techniques that Negi's BlackMagic is weak against]].
** Other examples include the Griffin Dragon's BreathWeapon and the ability of one of the mage-teachers to produce razor wind with just a snap of his fingers.
* Toji from ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita: Last Order'' has a punch-variant of this. His "Slaughter Master Reverse Punch" creates a massive shockwave that is enough to kill one hundred people in a single blow. Even those who survive suffer severe vertigo for a time afterwards due to the shock to their ear canals.
* One of Fuuko's most common attacks in ''Manga/FlameOfRecca''. She once used this on herself to cut herself free from the RazorFloss binding her.
* Fate of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' can do this with Bardiche's Zanber form, slicing a HumongousMecha's CombatTentacles with the wind from her sword swing.
* All of Kyo's attacks in ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo,'' except for Genbu.
* In ''Manga/AngelicLayer'', Ranga (Ringo's Angel) does a "Dance of Death" in which she attacks an opponent from a distance using wind.
* ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}''. The Jester and one of his agents use incredibly powerful Razor Wind weapons, killing people with them effortlessly (and often). Rushuna is the first to realize the weapon is air-based; the gouges it leaves behind look more like they were made by a massive drill.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Captain Kenpachi Zaraki can incidentally [[CleanCut shear buildings in half]] by drawing his blade [[spoiler: after removing his energy-devouring eyepatch]].
** Kensei Muguruma's shikai can produce both Razor Wind and energy blast attacks.
** Jin Kariya from the [[{{Filler}} Bount]] arc uses Razor Wind in several fights.
** Baraggan can swing his axe hard enough the Razor Wind cleaves a building that looks like it's about a mile away from him in two. And that was a ''missed swing'' from trying to hit [[FragileSpeedster Soifon]].
** In the Lost Substitute Shinigami arc, [[spoiler:a de-powered Ichigo gets his powers restored, and fires his signature SwordBeam Getsuga Tenshou at the arc's BigBad, who promptly shrugs it off and gloats that while it's admittedly a bit stronger than before, it still isn't strong enough to beat him. Ichigo then says that he didn't fire a Getsuga Tenshou at all, that was just ''the air being displaced from a normal sword swing''. [[OhCrap Suddenly the bad guy isn't so cocky anymore]]]].
* Raijuta from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' uses wind as both a close-range and long-range attack. In a subversion, it's not a particularly effective technique, since the destructive power behind it doesn't mean anything if you're as fast as Kenshin. Also, Hiko Seijuro, Kenshin's teacher, though he never uses it as an attack, uses this with a casual wave of his sword after [[IAmNotLeftHanded taking off his weighted cloak]], and it manages to tear a massive rift in the ground.
** In Raijuta's case (and probably others), it's also given a more realistic explanation of not being "sharp air", but rather a vacuum/shockwave formed from the speed of the swing.
** Kenshin himself does this in a filler episode when he disables a number of crude hand-thrown bombs by slicing their fuse threads in midair with only the wind from his sword swings.
* Serpico from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' receives an enchanted feather that creates gusts of wind that allow him to cut up foes from a distance.
* Jubei exhibited this in the ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' movie. In the TV series, it was flanderized into being his main form of attack (mainly so he wouldn't be bloodily cutting people with his sword every episode).
* Establishing her badassery, "Twilight" Suzuka of ''Manga/OutlawStar'' pulls this off with a ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser wooden]]'' sword.
* Fu-gi of ''Manga/{{MAR}}'' uses wind as an attack, usually forming it into blades.
* There's two with this power in ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade''. The bit-beasts Falborg, a falcon, and Scissorswing, a kamaitachi, can turn moving air into a weapon. Both are sicced not just on another bey or bit-beast, but also on the other blader.
* In ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'', one of the {{youkai}} [[MonsterOfTheWeek Of The Week]] is a family of ''kamaitachi'', three lightning-fast weasels that cause a minor commotion in Doumori. The largest one knocks people down with his iron cudgel; the middle one cuts them up with her scythe-shaped arms; the child mends the wounds instantly with a magical balm. When [[CheerfulChild Makoto]] takes the latter as a pet and hides it, the two others make a mess out of everything and everyone (especially since the cuts can be lethal, and the cutting one [[spoiler:sliced Nube himself ''in half'']]) until he lets it go back to its family.
* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' starts using a "Flying" variant of his Fork and Knife attacks after eating some Blue Blood Corn. Zebra can do something similar with his [[MakeMeWannaShout voice]]. As can Komatsu with his [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Derous knife]].
* While neither precisely fit the traditional anime version, two ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' Contractors have similar powers. Luc had the ability to form wind into weapons like throwing knives and whips, all of which had an amazing cutting ability. Amigiri also had a wind-like ability, that of firing concussive bursts of air, which works sort of like a cattle gun.
* In ''Manga/BlackJack'', a [[spoiler: rocket launching project]] accidentally creates incredibly strong Razor Wind in a certain area, leading the police to believe there was a serial killer on the loose.
* In ''Manga/AirGear'', those on the Fang Road use this to attack enemies.

* Shin of ''Manga/SaintBeast'' uses wind attacks that can cut.
* Chikuma Koshirou from ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' has a technique that doesn't so much cut his enemies as rip them to shreds by [[BreathWeapon creating]] [[WeaponsThatSuck miniature vacuums]]. It's still named Kamaitachi though.
* In ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', Shura's Serpent Fang attack fires multiple wind blades from her sword.
* This is Stocking's signature move in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''.
* In ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'', Sohara slashes down several bamboo shoots by karate chopping the air.
* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', Wamuu's [[DesperationAttack final attack]], Atmospheric Rift, functions as a this and as a [[WhipItGood whip]], sucking in tremendous amounts of air and then expelling it through a fine hole to create an razor-sharp, high-pressure jet capable of cutting through stone, at the cost of slowly tearing himself apart from the friction and heat that the attack generates.
* ''Manga/BlackCat''. [[BlowYouAway Leon's]] control over the air lets him do this.
* Mitchell's ability in ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' is described as a "weathering wind". It's basically this.
* In ''Manga/DoukyuuseiNoMachoKun'', Yuu is a {{Gender Flip}}ped HugeSchoolgirl who is so ludicrously muscular that he can shoot blasts of Razor Wind [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower just by vibrating his abs]]. He sometimes does this ''accidentally'' when he gets upset or sneezes.
* In ''Manga/BlackClover'', several of Yuno's spells are this, such as Crescent Moon Sickle. As he develops his magic, Yuno favors forming blades out of wind.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': The Iron Golem boss does this when it can't find a target in range of its melee attacks. You can do it yourself if you use the Core of an Iron Golem that the boss drops to create a duplicate of its axe. It's also possible using the Drake Sword and Dragon Greatsword.
* The Storm Ruler sword in ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' has this power as long as it's wielded in the area it's found. This gives melee-oriented characters a fighting chance against the boss and his flunkies who spend all their time in the air out of melee range.

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If it [[FullContactMagic requires swinging around a bladed weapon to perform]], this is also a SwordBeam.

Sometimes the user has [[BlowYouAway other wind-based powers]] along with the razor wind, but it can also be used by sword-wielders who are [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower skilled enough]] they can make a sword's [[AbsurdlySharpBlade cutting power extend beyond the blade itself]] in a shockwave. This form is basically a way to give someone with a {{BFS}} a ranged attack. It's also handy if they're not allowed by the censors to actually strike people and bleed them, or just cheaper to animate.

This is OlderThanSteam, partly thanks to [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples Shakespeare]]. Before him, Japanese folklore tells of the wind yōkai called {{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.

Another commonly seen term in English is ''kazekiri'', a rough translation of "wind cutting".

** Merric in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'' joins with an Excalibur tome which fires blades made of air and magic that are strong against basically everything. It's a B-rank tome with an ability that lets Marik alone use it at a magic rank of E.

* Simon Blackquill from ''[[{{VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies}} Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies]]'' is able to cast this with his ''fingers'', and with enough range and precision to slice a feather in front of someone's face from across the other side of the courtroom without hurting them.

* The minotaurs in [[{{Creator/Capcom}} Capcom]]'s arcade ''VideoGame/TheKingOfDragons'', with their axes.

* In ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'', Juggernaut Star's favorite martial arts style, Pattram Sword Hand, includes a technique called Winds of Obliteration. Using it, a few hand movements can create a maelstrom of cutting winds that can shear a solid granite plateau into fragments.

* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': [[AncientEvil Ryomen Sukuna's]] Cleave and Dismantle is a slicing cursed technique that cannot be blocked in nearly every instance it is used. It can slice a Curse in the size of an adult man with one use.

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Also known as ''kamaitachi'' in Japanese, it's an attack commonly used in anime and video games. The user is able to [[BlowYouAway use air itself]] to slice enemies, focusing a current of wind, or in some cases [[GaleForceSound sound]], to the point where it takes on a sharp edge, which the caster launches at foes.

*** Other swordsman in the series also make use of this. Notable examples include Dracule Mihawk, Ryuma, and Brook (post-TimeSkip).

* In ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/Stay Night]]'':

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* In the ''Franchise/ShiningSeries'', the Blast spell (renamed to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tornado]] in Shining Force 3) does exactly this.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has Vergil's Judgement Cut, where he uses battojutsu to "create" purple spheres at a distance to cut opponents. Also seen in the fourth game, where Dante uses Vergil's sword to cut through a building in the distance. In fact, Razor Wind is the Yamato's standard form of attack, especially during [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cutscenes]].

** Wind techniques generally rely on sharpening the chakra, so the series takes this trope and runs with it. Temari from the Hidden Sand also makes active use of various wind cutting techniques with her giant iron fan; the kamaitachi she can summon is capable of decimating an entire forest in seconds, earning her the FanNickname "The Ninja Lumberjack". In fact, her village in general has wind as its main element; for example, Baki can use a ninjutsu called "Blade of Wind", which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a technique that works exactly as it is named]].

** [[OlympusMons Palkia]]'s signature move Spacial Rend is like this, but instead of wind, it weaponizes ''distortions in the spatial continuum''.

* In a scene of the Chinese movie ''Film/{{Hero}}'', an assassin who just killed her lover is pursued by a vengeful disciple of his. She doesn't want to fight, but the DualWielding disciple [[ItsPersonal really does]]... the assassin only reacts [[MinorInjuryOverreaction after having a little hair cut]], by using her sword to create winds that whip all the leaves in the area into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8tMp1qUszE dazzling displays]]. Seems in this case that the wind is just a way to shove her opponent around harmlessly.

* Aksons Engineering Co. manufactures [[http://www.aksonsengg.com/akson-Airknife.asp a knife]] that uses hot pressurized air to cut synthetic yarn.

* ''Manga/''JujutsuKaisen'': [[AncientEvil Ryomen Sukuna's]] Cleave and Dismantle is a slicing cursed technique that cannot be blocked in nearly every instance it is used. It can slice a Curse in the size of an adult man with one use.

* In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' series:

* [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Several series of sword skills]] in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' can do this. Special mention goes to the [[InfinityPlusOneSword final sword's]] secret art, Disturbance, which uses a DoppelgangerAttack that would make Manga/{{Naruto}} proud in order to shoot razor wind and other sword beams practically everywhere, ending with a massive yellow wave.

** In the 1992 Macintosh beat-em-up ''Kung Fu Chivalry'', the first character has a special move ripped straight from Guile's Flash Kick, as well as a projectile version.

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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* Mitchell's ability in ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' is described as a "weathering wind". It's basically this.

* ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'':

* Surprisingly, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' downplays this significantly. The only Airbender seen using such a technique is Aang, and he only did it twice -- and one of those times was to kill a buzzard-wasp for trying to eat TeamPet Momo, which is also the only time he [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness outright kills anything in the entire series]]. Razor ''water,'' on the other hand, is a common move for Waterbenders.

* In ''Anime/AngelicLayer'', Ranga (Ringo's Angel) does a "Dance of Death" in which she attacks an opponent from a distance using wind.