She furthermore has a variety of hand-to-hand combat maneuvers, such as a diving attack ("Flying Squirrel Dance") and a rushing cartwheel kick followed by an elbow strike ("Deadly Ninja Bees"). Mai's weapons are her "Fire Butterfly Fans" that can be used in close quarters and as projectiles. Her fighting style is to " float like a butterfly, sting like a bee". She can change her clothes in an instant, as well as to temporarily stay airborne, float, glide and control her movements and change directions in mid-air, and is also a master of climbing and stealth. These powers enable her to cloak herself in fire channel it through her clothes, weapons and anything she touches and cause explosions. Her first name, "Mai", is the Japanese word for "dance" and her surname is the title of a Japanese optical phenomenon similar to will-o'-the-wisp, in reference to the character's pyrokinetic abilities. As a girlfriend, she is gentle, kind and enjoying cooking (especially osechi dishes) and only occasionally losing her temper. However, she is also fond of modern foreign things, such as American style casual fashion and heavy metal music (her favourite band being Pantera). She deeply cares for her nation's and family's traditions, including battle outfits and ceremonial clothing, as well as having learned archery, calligraphy, koto playing, and performing the tea ceremony and the flower arrangement art.
Regarding her standard education, Mai is a bookkeeper and secretary by profession. She is a friend of Joe Higashi and Andy's older brother, Terry Bogard. She has been madly in love with Andy Bogard, an American who studied the arts Shiranui ninjutsu with her grandfather Hanzo, since her and Andy's early teens. Usually relaxed, enthusiastic, uninhibited and cheerful, Mai has a charismatic, flamboyant and flirtatious personality, as well as exhibitionistic tendencies. Having been strictly disciplined by her grandfather from an early age, she has become a proud fighter who hates to lose. She is a practitioner of her family's ancient Shiranui- ryū ninjutsu, the empty-handed art of koppo-ken and has also been taught additional close-combat techniques by her grandfather's friend judo master Jubei Yamada. She has also become SNK's primary sex symbol and mascot character featured in many merchandise products and representing the company in many crossover and spin-off titles, in addition to licensed appearances in numerous games by other companies, as well as becoming a trendy subject of cosplay and modeling.Ĭharacter Characteristics and portrayal Īccording to the SNK universe's early canon, Mai Shiranui was born on January 1, 1974, though the year was later omitted due to the sliding timescale of the games. Largely due to her sex appeal, Mai has become one of the most popular, recognizable and celebrated female characters of the fighting game genre, especially in Japan, China, and some other East Asian countries, often being compared to Capcom's Chun-Li. She is a founding member of the King of Fighters Tournament's Women Fighters Team and is madly in love with the American fighter Andy Bogard, who she self-proclaimed her fiancé, though he is not interested in a romantic relationship. In the series' canon lore, Mai is a modern-world young female ninja and the granddaughter of the ninjutsu master Hanzo Shiranui, with the ability to create and control fire. She also appears in the games' various manga and anime adaptations and plays a leading role in the live-action film. She has also appeared in other media of these franchises and in a number of other games since her debut in 1992's Fatal Fury 2 as the first female character in an SNK fighting game.
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Mai Shiranui ( Japanese: 不知火 舞, Hepburn: Shiranui Mai ) (alternatively written しらぬい まい) is a fictional character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK. Kotono Mitsuishi ( Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) Īmi Koshimizu ( KOF Sky Stage onwards) Lisa Ann Beley ( Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) Īkoya Sogi ( Fatal Fury Special- Wild Ambition, The King of Fighters '94- XI, KOF: Another Day) Sarah Sawatsky ( Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle) Kirara Asuka ( The King of Fighters World commercial) Miki Hareyama ( Fatal Fury Special commercial) Tomomi Miyauchi ( Fatal Fury 2 commercial) Mai Shiranui in The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match and Game of Dice Īrt: Shinkiro, Falcoon and others (various games)Īnimation: C.A.C Yamasaki ( KOF '94- KOF 2003)
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