Mai Shiranui
According 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. 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. Having been strictly disciplined by her grandfather from an early age, she has become a proud fighter who hates to lose.