History Characters / SamuraiShodown3DFightingGames

* MeaningfulName: Translates as "[[IJustWantToBeBeautiful eternal substitution]]", and it's [[CompleteMonster a syllable away from]] "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avici mugen jigoku]]".

* BlueIsHeroic: The predominant color on Seishiro, not to mention his father's AncestralWeapon that has a light-blue colored blade.

* DarkIsEvil: His outfit is primarily [[RedandBlackandEvilAllOver black with some orange accents]], and he's one of the villainous Razor Trio.

* YouKilledMyFather: Somewhat subverted, in terms of the fact that Seishiro seems more concerned about getting back his father's [[AncestralWeapon sword]] and proving his superiority, then avenging his father's actual murder.

The older son of the legendary Kuki -- Tohma, like Seishirou trained extensively throughout his life. Except unlike the fellow sparring partners under his father's tutelage, he became more interested in [[EvilFeelsGood the power that comes with being the strongest]]. One night, believing it to be a source of great power, he takes the [[AncestralWeapon Blade of the Flaming Sun]] and kills his father. He then begins traveling, searching for [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponents]] and killing whoever crosses him along the way. During his travels he meets up with [[HopelessSuitor Mikoto]], who travels with him and later the two join up with [[DiabolicalMastermind Oboro]], forming the feared [[TerribleTrio Razor Trio]] of [[PenalColony Riten Kyo]]. As the most openly violent of the three, Tohma becomes known as its strongest and most feared warrior, as well as the main target of the Bafuku government's attempts to quell their reign of terror.

* DarkIsEvil: His outfit is primarily [[RedandBlackandEvilAllOver black with some orange accents]], and he's one of the villainous Razor Trio.

* AttackAttackAttack: Unlike his brother's relaxed fight style, Tohma's centres on multi-hit, rushing slash combos.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Seishirou's Blue.

* SiblingYinYang: The Yang to Seishirou's Yin.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Half-Shaded Shiki]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/01_shiki02.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* MeaningfulName: She's the "Bell Princess" (any name with "hime" included is princess-something/something-princess. The birth-name she bore before being castaway in Japan is unknown.

The proud daughter of the honorable and wealthy Yoshino family. Unexpected [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and betrayal among the Shogunate lead to the Yoshino bloodline's economic collapse as well as its members being sent to [[PenalColony Riten Kyo]], to slowly fade from history and society. However, Rinka returned from her secluded training and finding what was left of her family, decides to fight back, joining Jushiro and Saya, in the "Atom Rebels" anti-shogunate group.

-> '''Weapon:''' [[ICallItVera His beloved blade]] ''[[SheathStrike Gōzen]]'' [[note]] (''"[[LadyOfWar Young lady]]"'', written as ''[[LoudOfWar Roaring thunder]]'')[[/note]], [[SheathStrike an unsheathed dagger]]

-> '''Weapon:''' ''[[AncestralWeapon Kouoh]]'' [[note]](''"[[RedIsViolent Crimson flash]]"'')[[/note]], [[CrystalWeapon crystal]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter a katana]]

One of the main heroines in the 64 series. Ever since birth, she was tailored to be Yuga's servant and when she came of age, she was {{Brainwashed}} into becoming his servant and tasked with hunting down the male counterpart that Yuga needed for a perfect body: Haohmaru. Fortunately, Haohmaru managed to kick Yuga's ass beforehand, thereby freeing her soul, but rendering her amnesic about the whole affair. She has a brief respite, acting as a fortune teller by the name Kanae. Unfortunately, Yuga soon revives and sends in Asura's Shadow to kidnap her, but they end up falling in love. The original Asura and his Shadow defeats Yuga and later Shiki gives birth to a daughter from her liaison with Shadow Asura: Mikoto. Shiki leaves her in the care of Haohmaru and Nicotine (and presumably Gaira as well), then vanishes....

* BreakoutCharacter: SNK certainly loves her considering she was picked for ''SVC Chaos'' and later showed up in ''Battle Coliseum'' as well. So much so when the reboot was announced, she was front and center with most of the mainstays of the series. Of the [=SS64=] characters, she's the only one that had prominence.
* TheBusCameBack: After being absent from ''Samurai Shodown'' games since 64-2 (despite various appearances in other games), she finally makes a return in the 2019 reboot.

* EvilCounterpart: Dekuina in 64 and Half-Shaded Shiki in 64-2.

* LightIsNotGood: Or white in this case. Half-Shaded Shiki, the Bust/Rasetsu version of Shiki, dresses in white, but she's eviler than her counterpart, being one of the 3 guardians of Yuga's lair.

* MeaningfulName: Has various homonyms, like "beauty", "mood" or "sexual love" -- "colour" is the meaning of the kanji used to write her name.

* TheProtagonist: Of the 64 series along with Haohmaru (and Asura in 64-2).

* SlashedThroat: Proficient at it -- her horrific super in the 2019 reboot sees her mount the opponent and slash their throat with both katanas in a scissoring motion.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: She sports a highly stylised kimono in a game where most of the (Japanese) characters sport ''fairly'' period-correct outfits.

* MeaningfulName: Maybe named after the [[SpaceBase Autostar Goruba space fortress]], GeneralRipper [[GeneralRipper Merudazu/Mölders/Meldarz's]] personal weapon [[SpaceBattleshipYamato from the third and fourth Space Battleship Yamato films]].

* OnlyOneName

* UnskilledButStrong: Has a rather unrefined fighting style.

* {{Ninja}}

* SexyBacklessOutfit

* {{Tykebomb}}

* Ninja: They are members of Iga who serve in Hattori Hanzo's squad.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: There are many speculations regarding Yuga's relationship with Ambrosia. For many fans, they're the same entity (see Ambrosia for more details).

* {{Kuudere}}

* LostSuperweapon: Onmarin and Youshinrin, her Kofun-era swords, were found in the midst of hell, stabbed in a demon - it's said that not even Mizuki could pull them out. Yuga, on the other hand, did it and gave them to Shiki.