History Trivia / DeadOrAlive

* CreatorBacklash: While promoting ''Dead or Alive 6'' in an interview with [[https://www.eurogamer.net/dead-or-alive-6-hasnt-toned-down-the-sexualisation-its-just-tucked-it-away Eurogamer]], Yohei Shimbori showed annoyance at how online discussion about the game revolved around complaints about the game toning down the sexualization the franchise was famous for and how he was having to spend more time talking about the game's [JigglePhysics jiggle physics]] than any of its modes or fighting mechanics. He also blamed ''Dead or Alive Extreme'' for irrevocably centering the series around its sex appeal.

* KillerApp: Not only were ''Dead or Alive 3'' and ''4'' exclusive to the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/Xbox360 respectively, but series lead Kasumi became something of a mascot for the Xbox brand in Japan, being used to promote it over characters like [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] and [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Marcus Fenix]].

** All the ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' characters use their original quotes from ''Final Showdown'', as part of an agreement between Tecmo and Sega.
*** Akira is Creator/ShinichiroMiki.
*** Pai is Creator/MinamiTakayama.
*** Sarah is Lisle Wilkerson.
*** Jacky is Eric Kelso.
* The English cast for ''5'' is filled with this as well.
** Kasumi went from Creator/KariWahlgren to Creator/LaurenLanda, best known for [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Litchi Faye-Ling]] and [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Yan Leixia]]. [[spoiler: She is also the voice of Alpha-152 and Phase-4.]].
** Hayabusa is reprised by Creator/TroyBaker from his role in ''Dimensions'' and ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden 3''.
** Brad Wong is reprised by Creator/GrantGeorge from ''Dimensions''. His role as Victor Donovan however has been Darrin'd by Creator/KirkThornton.
** Eliot went from Rolland Lopez to Creator/DavidVincent. Funny considering Eliot looks like a non-{{Jerkass}} [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]].
** Mila in Japan is played by Creator/RyokoShiraishi, who you may know as [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Asuka Kazama]]. Her English voice actress is currently unknown.
** Tina is reprised by Creator/KateHiggins.
** Helena is reprised by Creator/KarenStrassman, after she had been Darrin'd previously by Julianne Buescher in ''Dimensions''.
** Lisa / La Mariposa got Darrin'd from Masasa Moyo to Creator/WendeeLee, Ayane's original voice in ''Dimensions''.
** Kokoro is went from Kathryn Feller to Heather Hogan-Watson, best known as [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Viola, Amy Sorel]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Colette Brunel]].
** Gen Fu was Darrin'd from Paul Nakauchi to Creator/KirkThornton.
** Bayman was Darrin'd from Zach Hanks to Creator/MatthewMercer.
** Christie went from Creator/AprilStewart to Creator/LauraBailey.
** Rig is played by Creator/LiamOBrien in English and Creator/HirokiTochi in Japanese.
** Bass went from Joe J. Thomas to Creator/PatrickSeitz.
** Jann Lee is voiced by newcomer Creator/KaijiTang, the voice of Kenshiro in ''Hokuto Musou''. You can tell it's him by the FunnyBruceLeeNoises he makes.
** Lei Fang went from Zinnia Su to Creator/CassandraLeeMorris.
** Zack went from Creator/KharyPayton to Creator/KeithSilverstein.
** Creator/EdenRiegel reprises Hitomi. You may know her as ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' filler character Rurichiyo Kasumioji.
** Ayane went from Creator/WendeeLee in ''Dimensions'' to Brittney Harvey, who plays Sakura in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''
** Creator/YuriLowenthal reprises his role as Hayate from ''Dimensions''.
** Creator/ErinFitzgerald stood in for Creator/TaraStrong in voicing Rachel as she made her transition from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' to ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''
** Momiji on the other hand was left unscaved from the Darrin'ing in her migration, keeping her ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' voice actresses Creator/YukoMinaguchi (Japanese) and Creator/KateHiggins (English).
** Marie Rose is voiced by Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos, who is certainly no stranger to playing characters of Marie's stature, as she played [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]] and [[Manga/BlueExorcist Shiemi Moriyama]].
** Nyotengu is played by Creator/BrinaPalencia using a variation of her [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}} Mad Moxxi]] voice.

** [[TheHero Kasumi]] and [[CloningBlues Alpha-152]] share the same Japanese and English voice actresses: Creator/HoukoKuwashima and Creator/LaurenLanda. [[spoiler:And in the last stage, Alpha-152 gains the ability to shapeshift into Hayabusa, thus the trope also works for Creator/HideyukiHori and Creator/TroyBaker, Hayabusa's voice actors.]]

* TheWikiRule: [[http://deadoralive.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_Wiki Dead or Alive Wiki]]

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Many of the English cast in ''5'' have worked together in previous works.
** Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Brad Wong[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]], Gen-Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], and Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Litchi Faye-Ling, Platinum the Trinity, Torakaka]][[spoiler:/[[VideoGame/BlazBlue Imperator Librarius]]]], [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Kagura Mutsuki, Bullet, Jubei, and some extra scientists]]
** Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], Hitomi[[note]]Creator/EdenRiegel[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Gen Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]], Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]] Leifang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLeeMorris[[/note]] and Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Zato-1, May, Axl Low, Potemkin, Faust, Bedman, Elphelt and Ramlethal Valentine]].
*** Going back a bit, Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]] is Sol Badguy, Rig is Ky Kiske, Hayate is Sin and That Man, Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]] is Valentine and Raidou[[note]]Creator/MichaelMcConnohie[[/note]] is Dr. Paradigm.
** Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]] (or at times Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]][[note]]He replaced Creator/TroyBaker for some parts due to Troy's marriage and honeymoon absence[[/note]]), Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]], Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], Hitomi[[note]]Creator/EdenRiegel[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena Kanji Tatsumi, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Aigis and Nanako Dojima, Akihiko Sanada, Rise Kujikawa, Fuuka Yamagishi, Marie and the Announcer/Malevolent Entity]]. If we would stretch, we also have Gen-Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Lei-Fang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLeeMorris[[/note]] and Brad[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Kinshiro 'King Moron' Morooka, Aika Nakamura]], and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Shinjiro Aragaki]].
*** Going back a few games, Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/{{Persona 2}} Tatsuya Suou, Eikichi 'Michel' Mishina, Maya Amano, and Nyarlathotep]]
** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], and Kokoro[[note]]Heather Hogan-Watson[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Patroklos Alexander, Pyrrha Alexandra, Yan Leixia, Natsu, Cervantes de Leon, Z.W.E.I., and Viola]].
*** Go back a bit, and Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]] is Zasalamel and Kokoro is Amy Sorel.
** Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Tokugawa Ieyasu, Ishida Mitsunari, Maeda Keiji, Saica Magoichi, Oichi and Chosokabe Motochika]].
** Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], and Brad[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]] are [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber, Archer, Rider, Assassin, and Gilgamesh]].
** Marie Rose[[note]]Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Lei Fang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLeeMorris[[/note]], and Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]] are [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname, Kyoko Sakura, Kyuubey, and Kazuko Saotome]].
** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Gen Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]], and Brad Wong[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], are [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Yamato, Gaara, Kisame Hoshigaki, Anko Mitarashi, Kimimaro, and Suigetsu Hozuki]].
** Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Ayane[[note]]Brittney Harvey[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], and Donovan[[note]]Creator/MichaelMcConnohie[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Chun-Li, Sakura Kasugano, Fei Long, Thunder Hawk, and Seth]].
*** In a 'crossing over' world, Christie and Ayane return, along with Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]] and Sarah[[note]]Lislie Wilkerson[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Poison, Hugo and Bob Richards, Bryan Fury, and Christie Monteiro]], while Eliot is now Marshall Law.
*** In [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 another crossover]], Christie returns, along with Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]] as Nova, while Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]] is the female announcer. Getting into ''Dimensions'' and ''Xtreme 2'', Kasumi[[note]]Creator/KariWahlgren[[/note]] is Jill Valentine.
** In addition to Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law and Bob Richards]], Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]] is Lee Chaolan and Sarah[[note]]Lisle Wilkerson[[/note]] is Zafina. Eliot is also Forest Law. Jacky[[note]]Eric Kelso[[/note]] is also Paul Phoenix. Also in the Japanese side, Mila [[note]]Creator/RyokoShiraishi [[/note]] is Asuka Kazama, Bass [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] was Heihachi before the tragedy and Brad[[note]]Creator/UnshoIshizuka[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] for him, and Lisa is [[note]]Creator/MaayaSakamoto[[/note]] Ling Xiaoyu.
** Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], and Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage Kenshiro, Rei, and Mamiya]].
** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Gen-Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Donovan[[note]]Creator/MichaelMcConnohie[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], and Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke fon Fabre/Asch the Bloody, Jade Curtiss, Van Grants, Dist the Reaper, and Arietta the Wild]].
** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Tina[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Gen Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Brad Wong[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], and Donovan[[note]]Creator/MichaelMcConnohie[[/note]] are [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku Kururugi, C.C, Kallen Stadtfeld, Lloyd Asplund, Kaname Ohgi, Rakshata Crawla, Kento Sugiyama, Li Xingke, Prince Schneizel el Britannia, and Emperor Charles zi Britannia]].
** Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], and Hitomi[[note]]Creator/EdenRiegel[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 Leon Kennedy, Helena Harper, Jake Muller, and Sherry Birkin]].
** Marie Rose[[note]]Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]], Honoka[[note]]Creator/KiraBuckland[[/note]] and Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/SkullGirls Filia, Squigly, Parasoul, Bloody Marie and Leviathan]], while Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]] is the soldiers under Parasoul… and Republican Double.
** Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]] Tina and Momiji[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Marie Rose[[note]]Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos[[/note]], Lei-Fang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLeeMorris[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], and Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Blanc/White Heart, Noire/Black Heart, IF, Nepgear, Gust, CFW Brave and Anonydeath, Cave, Copypaste, and Mister Badd]].
** Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], Leon[[note]]Creator/RichardEpcar[[/note]], Donovan[[note]]Creator/MichaelMcConnohie[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], and Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Scorpion, Raiden, Kano and Ermac, Kurtis Stryker, and Kitana and Mileena]], while Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]] is [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Erron Black and Shinnok]].
** Christie[[note]]Creator/KotonoMitsuishi[[/note]] and Kasumi[[note]]Creator/HoukoKuwashima[[/note]] are [[Anime/MobilesuitGundamSeed Murrue and Natarle]]. They're also [[Anime/{{Noir}} Mireille and Kirika]], as well as [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Jean and Clare]].
** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[[/note]] and Kokoro[[note]]Heather Hogan-Watson[[/note]] are [[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes Superman/Superman-X/Stone Boy and Phantom Girl]]. Getting into ''Xtreme 2'' and ''Dimensions'', Kasumi[[note]]Creator/KariWahlgren[[/note]] is Saturn Girl/Triplicate Girl/Shrinking Violet/Ayla Ranzz and Zack[[note]]Creator/KharyPayton[[/note]] is Tyr/Hunter.
** Getting into ''Xtreme 2'', Zack[[note]]Creator/KharyPayton[[/note]] and Hitomi[[note]]Creator/HyndenWalch[[/note]] are [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Cyborg and Starfire]].
** Kokoro [[note]]Creator/AyakoKawasumi[[/note]], Leon[[note]] Creator/JojiNakata[[/note]], Akira[[note]]Creator/ShinichiroMiki[[/note]] and Jann Lee [[note]]Creator/NobutoshiCanna[[/note]] are [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber, Kotomine, Assassin and Lancer]].
** Christie[[note]]Creator/KotonoMitsuishi[[/note]] and Rachel[[note]]Creator/MichieTomizawa[[/note]] are [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars]].
** Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/KyleHebert[[/note]], and Nyotengu[[note]]Creator/BrinaPalencia[[/note]] are [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Bikal, Hit, Jiren, Gohan, and Chaozu]].

** Getting into ''Xtreme 2'', Zack[[note]]Creator/KharyPayton[[/note]] and Hitomi[[note]]Creator/HyndenWalch[[/note]] are [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Cyborg and Starfire]].

* TalkingToHerself:
** [[TheHero Kasumi]] and [[CloningBlues Alpha-152]] share the same Japanese and English voice actresses: Creator/HoukoKuwashima and Creator/LaurenLanda. [[spoiler:And in the last stage, Alpha-152 gains the ability to shapeshift into Hayabusa, thus the trope also works for Creator/HideyukiHori and Creator/TroyBaker, Hayabusa's voice actors.]]
** Come ''Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate'' on the English side, Creator/KateHiggins voices both Tina Armstrong and Momiji.

* FanNickname
** Femgu and Tenga for Nyo-Tengu, a new character in ''[=DOA5U=] Arcade Edition'' who uses the original Tengu's fighting style.
** "Salad" and [[BoobsOfSteel "Honkers"]] for Honoka.
** [[Film/BigDaddy "Scuba Steve"]] for Bayman’s scuba diver outfit.
** [[{{LikesOlderWomen}} “Mommy Helena/Rachel/Christie,”]] mostly because of their “mature” looks and personalities, [[{{YoungerThanTheyLook}} despite their actual ages.]]

** An early data leak suggests that Leon was originally meant to be in ''[=DOA5=]'' before being cut mid-development due to time constraints. [[TheBusCameBack He returns in Ultimate.]]

!!For the band
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Pete Burns' death effectively ended the band for good.

** For long time players, this was most notable in ''Dimensions''. While all of the female characters retain the same actresses from ''Dead or Alive 4'', only the voices of [[Creator/HideyukiHori Hayabusa]], [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Hayate]], [[Creator/BanjoGinga Bayman]], [[Creator/BinShimada Zack]] and [[Creator/JunkoMinagawa Eliot]] remain the same on the male side. [[Creator/KojiTotani Leon]] and [[Creator/DaisukeGori Bass]] were due to their voice actors [[AuthorExistenceFailure passing away]].

*** The reason for the change was because of Aono's health, and later [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]] after ''Dimensions'' was released. And then, Ohtsuka passed away too. [[HarsherInHindsight Sheesh.]]

** In addition to Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law and Bob Richards]], Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]] is Lee Chaolan and Sarah[[note]]Lisle Wilkerson[[/note]] is Zafina. Eliot is also Forest Law. Jacky[[note]]Eric Kelso[[/note]] is also Paul Phoenix. Also in the Japanese side, Mila [[note]]Creator/RyokoShiraishi [[/note]] is Asuka Kazama, Bass [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] was Heihachi before the [[AuthorExistenceFailure tragedy]] and Brad[[note]]Creator/UnshoIshizuka[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] for him, and Lisa is [[note]]Creator/MaayaSakamoto[[/note]] Ling Xiaoyu.

** "Salad" and "Honkers" for Honoka.

** Lei Fang went from Zinnia Su to Creator/CassandraLee.

** Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]], Hitomi[[note]]Creator/EdenRiegel[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Gen Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]], Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]] Leifang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLee[[/note]] and Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Zato-1, May, Axl Low, Potemkin, Faust, Bedman, Elphelt and Ramlethal Valentine]].

** Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]] (or at times Bayman[[note]]Creator/MatthewMercer[[/note]][[note]]He replaced Creator/TroyBaker for some parts due to Troy's marriage and honeymoon absence[[/note]]), Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]], Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]], Rig[[note]]Creator/LiamOBrien[[/note]], Christie[[note]]Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]], Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], Hitomi[[note]]Creator/EdenRiegel[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena Kanji Tatsumi, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Aigis and Nanako Dojima, Akihiko Sanada, Rise Kujikawa, Fuuka Yamagishi, Marie and the Announcer/Malevolent Entity]]. If we would stretch, we also have Gen-Fu[[note]]Creator/KirkThornton[[/note]], Lei-Fang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLee[[/note]] and Brad[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Kinshiro 'King Moron' Morooka, Aika Nakamura]], and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Shinjiro Aragaki]].

** Marie Rose[[note]]Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Lei Fang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLee[[/note]], and Helena[[note]]Creator/KarenStrassman[[/note]] are [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname, Kyoko Sakura, Kyuubey, and Kazuko Saotome]].

** Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], Rachel[[note]]Creator/ErinFitzgerald[[/note]] Tina and Momiji[[note]]Creator/KateHiggins[[/note]], Marie Rose[[note]]Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos[[/note]], Lei-Fang[[note]]Creator/CassandraLee[[/note]], Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]], Kasumi[[note]]Creator/LaurenLanda[[/note]], Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]], and Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Blanc/White Heart, Noire/Black Heart, IF, Nepgear, Gust, CFW Brave and Anonydeath, Cave, Copypaste, and Mister Badd]].

** Kokoro is went from Kathryn Feller to Creator/HeatherHoganWatson, best known as [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Viola, Amy Sorel]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Colette Brunel]].

** In addition to Eliot[[note]]Creator/DavidVincent[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] being [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Marshall Law and Bob Richards]], Jann Lee[[note]]Creator/KaijiTang[[/note]] is Lee Chaolan and Sarah[[note]]Lisle Wilkerson[[/note]] is Zafina. Eliot is also Forest Law. Jacky[[note]]Eric Kelso[[/note]] is also Paul Phoenix. Also, Mila [[note]]Creator/RyokoShiraishi [[/note]] is Asuka Kazama, Bass [[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] was Heihachi before the [[AuthorExistanceFailure tragedy]] and Brad[[note]]Creator/UnshoIshizuka[[/note]] [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] for him, and Lisa is [[note]]Creator/MaayaSakamoto[[/note]] Ling Xiaoyu.

** Hayate[[note]]Creator/YuriLowenthal[[[/note]] and Kokoro[[note]]Heather Hogan Watson[[/note]] are [[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes Superman/Superman-X/Stone Boy and Phantom Girl]]. Getting into ''Xtreme 2'' and ''Dimensions'', Kasumi[[note]]Creator/KariWahlgren[[/note]] is Saturn Girl/Triplicate Girl/Shrinking Violet/Ayla Ranzz and Zack[[note]]Creator/KharyPayton[[/note]] is Tyr/Hunter.

** [[TheHero Kasumi]] was played by Creator/SakuraTange in the first two games but was replaced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima since ''3'' after Tange retired from voice acting. It's notable however that Tange returned to voice acting and played the roles of Kasumi Alpha and Alpha-152 in ''Dimensions''.

** For long time players, this was most notable in ''Dimensions''. While all of the female characters retain the same actresses from ''Dead or Alive 4'', only the voices of Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/HideyukiHori[[/note]], Hayate[[note]]Creator/HikaruMidorikawa[[/note]], Bayman[[note]]Creator/BanjoGinga[[/note]], Zack[[note]]Creator/BinShimada[[/note]] and Eliot[[note]]Creator/JunkoMinagawa[[/note]] remain the same on the male side. Leon[[note]]Creator/KojiTotani[[/note]] and Bass[[note]]Creator/DaisukeGori[[/note]] were due to their actors [[AuthorExistenceFailure passing away]].
** ''Jann Lee'': Creator/ToshioFurukawa-->Creator/NobutoshiCanna
** ''Brad Wong'': Yukimasa Kishino-->Creator/UnshoIshizuka
** ''Bass'': Creator/DaisukeGori-->Creator/KentaMiyake. Incidentally, this made him sound ''exactly'' like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Zangief]], since Kenta Miyake provides his voice in [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV the most recent incarnation]].
** ''Leon'': Creator/KojiTotani-->Creator/JojiNakata
** ''Gen Fu'': Creator/TakeshiAono-->Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka

** ''Alpha-152'': Kaori Takeda-->Creator/SakuraTange-->Creator/HoukoKuwashima

*** Going back a few games, Zack[[note]]Creator/KeithSilverstein[[/note]], Hayabusa[[note]]Creator/TroyBaker[[/note]], Brad[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge[[/note]], Lisa[[note]]Creator/WendeeLee[[/note]], and Bass[[note]]Creator/PatrickSeitz[[/note]] are [[VideoGame/{{Persona 2}} Tatsuya Suou, Eikichi 'Michel' Mishina, Jun Kurosu/Joker, Maya Amano, and Nyarlathotep]]

* TalkingToHerself: [[TheHero Kasumi]] and [[CloningBlues Alpha-152]] share the same Japanese and English voice actresses: Creator/HoukoKuwashima and Creator/LaurenLanda. [[spoiler:And in the last stage, Alpha-152 gains the ability to shapeshift into Hayabusa, thus the trope also works for Creator/HideyukiHori and Creator/TroyBaker, Hayabusa's voice actors.]]

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Dead or Alive 5'' "milking" [[note]]CapcomSequelStagnation + [=DLC=] festival[[/note]] made the main franchise enter in a "Permanent Hiatus", essentially killing it for at least for the rest of the 8th Generation. And the fact the Team Ninja made an official announcement about it (which is very unusual) only reinforced that. {{Subverted}} when ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive6'' was announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3 2018]], set to release in early 2019.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://deadoralive.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_Wiki Dead or Alive Wiki]]

** However due to new censorship rules enforced by Sony in Japan, it appears ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet'' may suffer this fate. A shame, considering EnsembleDarkhorse Misaki from ''Venus Vacation'' makes her first console debut for the [=PlayStation=] 4. This is somewhat mitigated since Misaki will and the other unknown character will be DLC for ''Fortune''. You'd just have to get a Chinese PSN card.

* NoDubForYou: While the fifth game as a whole is dubbed, [[GuestFighter Mai]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]] isn't, nor is Pai from ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''.

** However due to new censorship rules enforced by Sony in Japan, it appears ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet'' may suffer this fate. A shae, considering EnsembleDarkhorse Misaki from ''Venus Vacation'' makes her first console debut for the [=PlayStation=] 4. This is somewhat mitigated since Misaki will and the other unknown character will be DLC for ''Fortune''. You'd just have to get a Chinese PSN card.

* NoDubForYou: While the fifth game as a whole is dubbed, [[GuestFighter Mai]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]] isn't, nor is Pai from ''[[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter]]''.

* NoDubForYou: While the fifth game as a whole is dubbed, [[GuestFighter Mai]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]] isn't. This likely has something to do with [[Creator/{{Snk}} SNK]] having some kind of No Dub policy on their current games.
* NoExportForYou:
** Nintendo decided not to release ''Dimensions'' in three Nordic countries Sweden, Norway and Denmark, due to concerns about some of its content raised by a small-town blogger. To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, said blogger aimed at Nintendo's heart, and by accident he hit the company in the stomach.
** Koei Tecmo themselves decided to not release ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3'' outside of Asia. According to them, to avoid controversy in a time when the representation of female characters in video games have become a bigger concern than ever before in Western countries. However, given the non-Japanese Asian version of the game is localized to English ([[NoDubForYou Except for voice overs]]), and given both the [=PS4=] and [=PSVita=] are region free, this can be easily worked around by importing it from stores like Play-Asia.
** However due to new censorship rules enforced by Sony in Japan, it appears ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet'' may suffer this fate. A shae, considering EnsembleDarkhorse Misaki from ''Venus Vacation'' makes her first console debut for the [=PlayStation=] 4. This is somewhat mitigated since Misaki will and the other unknown character will be DLC for ''Fortune''. You'd just have to get a Chinese PSN card.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Dead or Alive 5'' "milking" [[note]]CapcomSequelStagnation + [=DLC=] festival[[/note]] made the main franchise enter in a "Permanent Hiatus", essentially killing it for at least for the rest of the 8th Generation. And the fact the Team Ninja made an official announcement about it (which is very unusual) only reinforced that. {{Subverted}} when ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive6'' was announced at [[UsefulNotes/E3 E3 2018]], set to release in early 2019.