Here are the characters introduced in Dead or Alive 3. Enjoy, and help out with the blurbs!
Also, beware of possible spoilers.
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Brad Wong
Brad Wong as he appears in Dead or Alive 6
Want a drink?
Origin: China
Fighting style: Zui Quan (drunken kung-fu)
Voiced by: note
A master of the Zui Quan style. He has been on the quest for the legendary drink known as "Genra" for years. He often hangs around with Eliot and teaches him about the world.
- Aesop Amnesia: Judging from the way his third game-ending depicted him abandoning the bottle, his sudden return to full-on alcoholism in the fourth game is rather disheartening.
- The Alcoholic
- Badass Back: Much of his style involves this.
- Butt-Monkey: While he also made Eliot into this in 5, he also shares a lot of Butt-Monkey moments — being missed out in his drink order by Mila, tripping on Zack and was beaten by him of all people...
- Confusion Fu: His move set is pretty unpredictable.
- Contrived Coincidence: His master sent him on a hunt for the legendary wine "Genra" three years prior to his entrance into the series. After his hunt leads him to the third game's Final Boss, he gives up the hunt as a lost cause. The question of whether or not his master knew the character Genra has gone unexamined.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Yes, he's a drunken boxer. Yes, he seems to be drunk (or at least acting like it) a fair amount of the time. But he's also fought Hayate well enough to get the ninja's respect.
- Dirty Old Man: He isn't too old at 32, but his actions towards the teenage females (i.e. Ayane and Kokoro) of the cast squarely put him into this trope. The DOA5 artbook calls him a "sketchy old drunk who's a bad influence on the youth".
- Drunken Boxing: His fighting style.
- Drunken Master: A zui quan master and an alcoholic.
- Full-Name Basis
- Hidden Depths: Despite his alcoholism and lecherous behavior, he also possesses fairly keen insight into other people (at least regarding Gen Fu) and plays the Erhu
with some skill. - Intergenerational Friendship: Seems to have this with Eliot.
- Mr. Fanservice: Thanks to Valentine's Day DLC.
- Satellite Character: His master, who sent him on the journey for the legendary wine "Genra", and who has yet to be seen since the third game.
- Shipper on Deck: During the China leg of Ayane's story in DOA5, she happens upon Brad clumsily trying to play wingman for Eliot by literally pushing him into a romantic encounter... with her. When Eliot proves awkward and unwilling, Brad quite literally takes matters into his own hands to show him how it's done. This does accidentally get Eliot to talk to Ayane when the young man has to save Brad from getting his head taken off by her slap.
- Status Quo Is God: His ending in 3 features him throwing away his calabash (where he keeps his alcohol), suggesting he's struggling with it, but he's still the same drunkard in 4 and on.
- Those Two Guys: With Eliot in 5's story.
- Warrior Poet: Again, he plays the Erhu.
- Younger Than He Looks: He's only 32 as of 5, but his white hair and washed-out complexion makes him look at least ten years older.
Christie
Christie as she appears in Dead or Alive 6
Enough with the foreplay.
Origin: England
Fighting style: She Quan
Voiced by: note
A professional assassin and She Quan martial artist, Christie is a cold-blooded woman with a sadistic streak. Victor Donovan hired Christie to kill Helena Douglas, and she was responsible for the death of Helena’s mother, Maria. Ever since that incident, she continues to stalk Helena throughout the series.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the movie, she's a lot nicer and has nothing to do with Donovan's scheming.
- Animal Motifs: Snakes, based on her fighting style, the "Snake Fist". She also has the sneakiness and sinister nature associated with snakes.
- Animal-Themed Fighting Style: She uses Snake Kung Fu.
- Ax-Crazy: Has a knack for psychologically scarring and ruining lives of innocent people and feels nothing from it but pleasure.Christie: I am Death. I shred your soul to ribbons.
- Battle Butler: To Helena in 3. It's revealed that she's actually an assassin sent by Donovan to kill her.
- Because I'm Good At It: She loves her job, but doesn't care much for her employers, Donovan included. In fact, by DOA4 she even offers to give Donovan up to him.
- Co-Dragons: As of 5, Christie shares this role with Donovan's son, Rig.
- Cool Shades: The pair of glasses she can wear in DOA5.
- Dissonant Laughter: When Helena finds out Christie's made a hit on someone close to her, that poor soul feels justifiably shocked and upset, but Christie finds it eerily hilarious.
- The Dragon: She carries out tasks and hits for Donovan. In Dimensions it is shown that she is very involved in decision making, and seems to be his closest ally.
- Drink-Based Characterization: Tomato juice, fitting her Ax-Crazy nature.
- Evil Brit: Of all the Femme Fatale Brits in gaming (Cammy, Ivy, Lara etc), Christie is easily the most malevolent.
- Evil Gloating: One of her victory quotes in 5 is to laugh and say "That was awful."
- Evil Laugh: While she's usually no-nonsense, she cracks up after gloating to Helena about killing her mother.
- False Friend: Assigned by Donovan to be Helena's Battle Butler so she can 'keep an eye on her'. Helena seemed to be handling her mother's death better when it happened than she was leading up to the time when Christie revealed that she was the one who actually killed her.
- Femme Fatale: As evidenced in her DOA 4 ending.
- Gorgeous Gaijin: She's tall, seductive, and sports a haughty RP English accent. Also, besides Kasumi's clone, she is the first unhacked character who has appeared nude (twice, as a matter of fact: First was in the ending to her scenario in Dead or Alive 3 where she is seen showering, and the second was in the opening of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball where she dives off a cliff at night to skinnydip.)
- Hotter and Sexier: When her Stripperific outfit from 4 returns with Side Boob in 6.
- In Name Only: The Movie portrays her as a Classy Cat-Burglar.
- Lady of War: A cold and calculating English assassin who fights with snake-style kung fu and uses quick, precise strikes.
- Light Is Not Good: Her assassin outfits are mostly white and she has white hair.
- Magic Skirt: Inverted. Her DOA 4 standard costume has only an undone jacket for a top, and yet it remains perfectly in place the whole time.
- Mini Dress Of Power: One of her costumes in 5.
- Morality Pet: Eliot loosely seems to be this to her, as she openly likes him (as an elder who finds someone younger cute but not in a romantic sense). This doesn't mean she is specifically nice to him and openly teases him such as the milk cutscene in 5.
- Mrs. Robinson: She acts very seductively towards Eliot (the youngest of the male characters) whenever they meet, most notably when she teases him with her "milk" in DOA 5. Keep in mind that in DOA 4, Eliot was 16.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Her default costume in DOA4 involves a short leather jacket that's open to the navel—revealing she's not wearing anything underneath it, yet the jacket somehow covers her breasts. Her trademark costume is a white and green leather catsuit. At least it's not neon pink.
- No Social Skills: Depending on the Writer. Due to being an assassin hardened by her job, she has a hard time in regular conversation. For instance, when Lisa cheerfully introduces herself in Xtreme, Christie's response is, "..." On the other hand, she socializes, teases, and flirts quite well whenever she feels like it.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: In DOA4, Christie develops a fascination with murdering Helena and refuses to allow anyone else the privilege. Later games don't make as much to-do about it.
- Panthera Awesome: She keeps a panther at home.
- Psycho for Hire: Downplayed. While technically mercenary, by and large she's a consistent employee of Victor Donovan's.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: With Tina and Lisa, one of the most sexually unreserved characters in the franchise.
- Shout-Out:
- Very similar to a certain other Fanservicey, platinum-haired, stripperiffic, English lady....◊
- Her formal outfit makes her look very similar to King from Art of Fighting/The King of Fighters, particularly when she wears it in purple.
- Very similar to a certain other Fanservicey, platinum-haired, stripperiffic, English lady....
- Side Boob: Her Stripperific costume features this in 6, albeit covered in mesh.
- Spy Catsuit: A white and dark grey one from DOA3 on, plus a new white, black and red in DOA5. Both displaying a Navel-Deep Neckline.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's the tallest woman in the game at 5'10".
- Stripperiffic: Christie has some of the most revealing outfits, both playable and cutscene-only. In fact, she takes on the job as a stripper in order to take out a target in DOA 4. The costume is indeed Stripperiffic in every sense of the word. When the getup returns in 6, it features Side Boob covered in mesh!
- You Killed My Mother: In Dead Or Alive 4, it was revealed that Christie was the one who killed Helena's mother during an Opera showing. The kicker? Helena's mom wasn't even the target, Helena herself was; her mom caught sight at the last minute and shielded her from the bullet.
- White Hair, Black Heart: Her hair is very light, and she's a ruthless assassin.
Hitomi
Hitomi as she appears in Dead or Alive 6
Good luck!
Origin: Germany
Fighting style: Karate
Voiced by: note
A high school student with a black belt in karate, Hitomi debuted in Dead or Alive 3, replacing Ein as the regular karate martial artist in the character roster. Half-German and half-Japanese, Hitomi has been practicing the art of karate under her father's tutelage since she was a child. She finds the amnesiac Hayate in the German Black Forest and takes him home to help him. There, both practice karate together, which create a dear friendship between the two. She enters the 3rd Dead or Alive Tournament to prove her skills to her father, but later he becomes severely ill, so she enters again to win the prize and save her family's dojo.
Hitomi enters the 5th tournament, trying to 'meet' with Ein once again, but eventually accepts that he's always Hayate. At the very least, she becomes the runner up of the tournament, the last opponent defeated by Jann Lee.
- Action Girl: She was introduced as the daughter of a Karate instructor in her debut appearance and has since gone on to become a treasure hunter by DOA6.
- Animal Motifs: Several of her outfits and Goofy Print Underwear have teddy bears on them.
- Badass Adorable: Once called The Fist of Innocence, she's a cheerful and spirited girl who deals nasty blows when she's deadly serious.
- Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Lei Fang's Veronica, albiet with no concrete Archie between them. Hitomi's more common, workaday upbringing and kinder, more humble sensibilities play off of Lei Fang's chic fashions, impressive pedigree and more haughty personality.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Hitomi's an absolute sweetheart and stays upbeat and kind even at the worst of times. Even so, never be cruel to animals in her presence, or she'll really make you regret it.
- Birds of a Feather: She and Lei Fang are a pair of fun-loving teens and fellow martial artists. By DOA6, they've even become travelling companions in search of lost treasure.
- Breakout Character: To the point that she was revealed to be playable in DOA5 before Kasumi. Also worthy of note is she was back-ported to the Updated Re-release of Dead or Alive 2 in Dead or Alive: Ultimate for no other reason than people liked her (none of the other DOA3 newcomers joined her).
- But Not Too Foreign: She's part-Japanese and part-German, hailing from the latter country.
- Cat Fight: In DOA4 she fights against Lei Fang... over a freaking cabbage!
- Character Development: When she first debuted in DOA3, Hitomi had a serious, dramatic personality to her with a no-nonsense approach to things. However, come Xtreme, shes loosened up and becomes a lot warmer and more friendly. From DOA4 onwards, she's carefree and energetic, much like her new bestie Leifang.
- Chest Insignia: A fair few of Hitomi's casual outfits share the same emblem of a soaring bird.
- Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like: Jann Lee saves Hitomi in 4 from being eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Her response? Indignant disgust that he beat up a "cute" dinosaur, regardless of the consequences of if he hadn't. It starts a fight.
- Coy, Girlish Flirt Pose: Does this with Eliot twice, to psych him out and hinting that she has some attraction to him. This also serves to show that Hitomi’s character model is a good amount taller than Eliot’s, since she has to bend down for their heads to be level, despite Hitomi being statistically shorter at 160 cm while Eliot is 168 cm.
- Cute Bruiser: Has a notably more aggressive fighting style than the other girls, except Tina and (later) Mila and Rachel. She can be considered a faster — albeit slightly weaker — successor to Ein.
- Distaff Counterpart: From Ein.
- Do You Want to Haggle?: In 4, she happens across a shop with a cabbage she'd love to buy but can't afford; Lei Fang happens along, cuts Hitomi off, and buys the cabbage for the full price while the latter is still haggling with the owner. Hitomi does not appreciate it.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: When Hitomi first appeared in DOA3, she originally had a much more serious and pragmatic demeanour, almost entirely the opposite of her much more chipper, friendly and carefree self that was established not long after.
- Fan Service With A Smile: With her German waitress costume.
- Foil: To Lei Fang.
- Friendly Rivalry: With Lei Fang. The two never miss an opportunity to test each other skills; even during a treasure hunt in DOA6 events!
- Gender Flip: In the live action movie, Hitomi is listed as being defeated in one of the tournament rounds. Since the other three defeated fighters (Jann Lee, Brad Wong, and Eliot) were all identified, the only one left who could be Hitomi is a guy in a yellow jumpsuit. But then things get odd when a female fighter cameos that actually does have her usual appearance.
- Genki Girl: She's sweet, upbeat, and optimistic.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Lei Fang as of 5. Though, given their interactions in the Xtreme side-series, the "hetero" part is debatable.
- Hidden Depths: Hitomi actually chooses to go to Zack Island for the third time in Xtreme 3, in order to take a much-needed vacation before the next tournament as well as clear up her lingering crush on Hayate. A stark contrast to the previous two times where she was tricked into coming.
- Iconic Sequel Character: Since her debut Hitomi has become a centerpiece of the series, even though she's only been around since DOA3. Her storyline involvement is typically minimal (at best she has a loose connection to Hayate) but still gets a lot of promotion and attention from the developers.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: She's got big, expressive blue eyes that show her kind-hearted nature.
- Japanese Politeness: Very much so, which is ironic since she isn't fully Japanese.
- Just Friends: Dimensions implies Hitomi had a crush on Hayate, but seeing he doesn't reciprocate, she gives up on him and decide to stay friends. That being said, her intro in Xtreme 3 hints she might still have some feelings for him.
- Kiai: For her stronger attacks.
- Lightning Bruiser: She was created to be basically a faster, albeit weaker version of Ein. However, her strength and defense are still more than decent.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: She has a slim build and is rather short. Still, being a karateka — and based on Ein's style, at that — means her blows still have a big component of brute force. And yes, she still can send an opponent to the far side of the ring with one big hit.
- Nice Girl: She's a sweet-natured and kind-hearted girl who's warm and friendly to everyone, even the likes of hardened tsunderes like Ayane, and ruthless assassins like Christie.
- Not Even Bothering with the Accent: She doesn't sound even slightly German.
- Odd Friendship: With Jann Lee, the result of their encounter in DOA3 was completely unexpected; Jann Lee, who was being disrespectful to his closest peers (Ryu and Lei Fang) till the third tournament, bonded with Hitomi quite well, their mutual understanding of martial arts was the bridge for this friendship.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Zack, surprisingly enough. Both of them are official tag partners in both 3 and 5.
- Proper Tights with a Skirt: Her school uniform costume in Dimensions.
- The Rival: To Lei Fang, though on a friendly level.
- Sailor Fuku: One of her costumes. An interesting case considering that, even though her mother is Japanese, she was born and raised in Germany, and her looks are more Western than Asian.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: During the beginning of her ending movie for the fourth game, she opens the curtains to her room and dances around for a bit... while nude from a shower.
- Ship Tease:
- With Hayate/Ein. DOA5 and its myriad upgrades and DLC have fun with it, providing them with several matching costumes, including the Halloween 2016 DLC, which gives Hitomi and Ein each a costume from the Dead Bride & Dead Husband fan costume design.
- With Eliot, particularly in DOA5 when she greets him by playfully growling at him before their sparring match.
- The DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball series adds plenty between her and Lei Fang. Such as one intro showing them sharing an ice cream cone, that's deliberately framed to make it look like they're about to kiss. They also have high affinity with each other right from the start.
- Spirited Competitor: Her defining character trait is her passion for Karate, which is why her "white dogi & headband" ensemble is usually her default costume.
- Starving Student: She has to work as a waitress to get by. It gets worse during the 4th tournament, when she must help her family during her father's illness.
- Supreme Chef: Her ending in DOA4 depicts her putting on quite the show in making herself salad and an omelet, until a ring at the doorbell makes her trip over herself.
- Tank-Top Tomboy: Besides her karate dogi and headband, Hitomi's other most iconic outfit is a tight, midriff-baring white top and jeans, nicely showing off her athletic figure and tomboyish nature.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: As an alternate hairstyle.
- Too Dumb to Live: In Dead or Alive 4, she admonishes Jann Lee for being cruel to a T-Rex that would have eaten her alive had no one intervened. She also was the only one of the girls who fell for the exact same trick twice in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, though she gets better about it in Xtreme 3.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Sachertorte, a rich multi-layered chocolate and apricot jam cake from Austria. DOA4 indicates she also has a thing for cabbage and omelets.
- Violence Is Disturbing: Downplayed. Her main bone of contention with Jann Lee is that he tends to be too brutal with his opponents, despite being a spirited karateka herself.
- Wolverine Publicity: The marketing material of DOA3 focused mostly on her, especially in Japan.
Genra / Omega
Genra/Omega as he appears in Dead or Alive Dimensions
I, Genra, have a request: that young Ayane be moved to the Hajinmon village immediately. Further, I ask that she be reassigned to join me in my duties - providing support to the Mugen-Tenshin Clan from the shadows.
Origin: Japan
Fighting style: Mugen Tenshin-style ninjutsu
Voiced by: note
The former master of the Hajin Mon Sect of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan and Ayane's foster father, who first appeared in Dead or Alive 3 as the super-human weapon Omega. After Ayane was given away by her mother Ayame at birth, Genra took the girl in and became her father and master, teaching her Hajin Mon Style Ninjutsu. Before the third Dead or Alive Tournament, he gave himself to the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee and let himself be experimented on, turning him into a heartless weapon of destruction.
- Calling Your Attacks: This actually works to your advantage if you know how to fight him. The secret to winning the Boss Battle is to listen when he calls out his three types of ranged attacks so that you can prepare to counter them. You block the shockwave, crouch under the fire blast, and sidestep the lightning.
- Evil All Along: Dimensions reveals him to be a manipulative and power-hungry man, willing to do anything to get revenge for playing second-fiddle to the main branch of the clan, and that his loyalty and honor are just a facade to hide it. DOATEC didn't kidnap him for their experiments; he went right to them and let them do it.
- Final Boss: In DOA3.
- Parental Substitute: To Ayane.
- Promoted to Playable: DOA Dimensions is his first and so far, only playable appearance.
- Retcon: In the original DOA3, Genra was kidnapped by DOATEC and turned into the superhuman Omega against his will. Ayane was determined to be the one to end the man who raised her, ultimately defeating him and winning the tournament, with his death leading to the attack on DOATEC. In Dimensions, Genra reveals himself to be a traitor that summoned Bankotsubo into the human world, manipulated Ayane and allowed himself to be transformed into Omega to take revenge on the main branch of the clan. It also took the combined efforts of Ayane, Hayate, and Hayabusa to take him down.
- Spin to Deflect Stuff: He can knock his opponents over by spinning his double-bladed energy sword.
