Cissnei Cissnei , known as Shuriken ( Female ) ( name given by players ) in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " , is a playable female Turk from " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " and supporting character in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . As her name in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " implies , her chosen weapon is a large shuriken , called Rekka , that returns to its wielder when thrown and can be augmented with Materia . Initially an additional player character first appearing in Episode 18 of " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " , Shuriken ( Female ) reappears as a prominent support character in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " where she is named , albeit admittedly it is not her real name , and further characterization . Shuriken ( Female ) is the only playable " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " Turk to be seen in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Profile . Appearance . Cissnei has shoulder - length wavy red hair and brown eyes . Cissnei wears the standard Turk uniform of a white shirt , a black suit with a black tie , a pair of black fingerless gloves and a pair of black boots with black shoelaces . In " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , during a break period in Costa del Sol , Cissnei wears a white and yellow swimsuit . Personality . Cissnei is strong of body and mind , and takes it upon herself to look after the other Turks , especially the junior members . She is perceived as quiet and motivated by her job . Cissnei is reserved and keeps her poise thus keeping relations at a professional level . Cissnei is loyal to the Shinra Electric Power Company and the Turks in particular . Having been raised by them , she came to realize that while the company has done questionable things , they have brought progress to the lives of countless people and thus supports the company . Story . As a young girl , Cissnei was discovered in an orphanage , and raised to become a Turk . Encouraged to believe everyone is a potential enemy , she took her training seriously and became the youngest member ever to join the Turks . Her colleagues reformed her life views , particularly her paranoia , allowing her to realize not everyone is against her . The Genesis War . Cissnei is in Midgar during an attack launched by Genesis Copies , along with Reno , Rude , and Tseng . Soon after her first meeting with SOLDIER member Zack Fair , she faces off against a Genesis Copy , but Zack defeats the Copy before it had a chance to finish Cissnei off . She reveals to Zack that when she was little , she wanted to have wings , and to her they symbolize freedom . During a Digital Mind Wave scene , Cissnei encounters Zack in Midgar upper plate trying to locate Dr . Hollander , and suggests splitting up to look for him . When Zack returns to Shinra Headquarters , Cissnei is a topic of conversation among 2nd and 3rd Class SOLDIER members trying to decide the hottest woman in Midgar . Zack can choose between Aerith , Cissnei and himself as his answer . If he chooses Cissnei the 2nd Class SOLDIER will remark she looks good in the black suit . Cissnei accompanies Zack to Costa Del Sol during his vacation to secretly keep an eye on him , as Zack has just lost his mentor , Angeal Hewley , and Shinra is unsure of his loyalty to the company . During the holiday Genesis Copies emerge from the waters and attack , Zack fending them off with a parasol . She arrives in Junon with Zack and Tseng , and leaves Zack to deal with the Copies while she and Tseng move to a higher level . Zack finds Cissnei and discovers he has a fan club . Although Zack doesn ' t know it , Cissnei is a member and provides information under the codename , " Black Suit " . When Hollander has been cornered , Cissnei and Tseng run past Zack attempting to stop him from being flown away by Genesis Copies , but they are too late and Dr . Hollander escapes . Combating AVALANCHE . With the Player Turk rendered comatose due to injuries and Mako poisoning and the Turks ' former leader Veld having deserted to pursue his daughter , Tseng is promoted the leader of the Turks and instructed to link with the Turks ' secondary division to bolster numbers . Three years after the destruction the Corel reactor , Cissnei and Katana ( Male ) , having been brought over from the secondary division , stand by in witness as the comatose Player Turk awakens . Pursuing two research samples that had escaped from the Nibelheim Mansion , Cissnei finds herself in competition with the Shinra army to locate them . While searching the Nibelheim forest , she questions why the Turks are hunting the subjects whom they were partially responsible for imprisoning in the mansion four years ago . Coming across the escapees on the beach , Cissnei discovers they are the former SOLDIER member Zack and a former Shinra infantryman Cloud Strife . Conflicted , Cissnei attempts to do her duty and capture Zack , but after seeing the extent of damage Shinra ' s experiments have done to Cloud , she reports Zack is no longer in the forest and lets him go , handing him keys to a motorcycle with a sidecar ( presumably hers ) to assist in his escape . Cissnei returns to Nibelheim to investigate the mansion where Veld is found poring through the mansion ' s archives . Conflict with Shinra . Cissnei meets Zack in Gongaga and tells him that Angeal has been sighted , and that she left the Turks for a while , but would return to them soon . Cissnei comments that Zack ' s parents worry he will never find a wife . Cissnei explains she was raised by Shinra and as Zack prepares to leave , he asks her to keep his parents company , saying they will probably ask her to join the family , but she states it already happened . As Zack shouts " Cissnei " as she leaves , she tells him that is not her real name . When the fugitives Zack and Cloud are relocated , the Turks , although now near - fugitives themselves , attempt a Priority - S retrieval attempt . After the final orders from Tseng , Cissnei joins her coworkers in the search , citing she had yet to tell Zack her real name and thus must find and save him . The rescue mission fails as Cissnei and the other Turks are unable to get to the fugitive pair before the Shinra military does . Gameplay . " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " . Each Turk has a weapon particular to him or her . In " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " weapon upgrades can be purchased using RP ( Rank Points ) gained from completing missions . The weapon ' s attacks can take on elemental attributes by slotting appropriate Materia into the weapon . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Zack gains Cissnei in his Digital Mind Wave after meeting her partway through chapter 4 . Lining up three of Cissnei ' s icons during a modulating phase lets Zack use her Limit Break , Lucky Stars , that makes all attacks critical hits for a period of time . Emotion Gauge increases in accordance to the Level of Lucky Stars . Creation and development . Cissnei first appeared in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " as one of the myriad unnamed Turk members the player could choose . Her role is expanded on in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " where she is the only Turk who had previously only appeared in " Before Crisis " to appear . As the player can name Cissnei in " Before Crisis " , she never reveals her true name to Zack . During development of " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , " Tian " was considered as an alternate codename for Cissnei . While any of the Player Turks can be chosen for Episode 19 and pursue Zack and Cloud as they escape the Nibelheim Mansion , the Turk whose encounter with them is considered canon is Cissnei , due to events in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Voice . In the English release of " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , Cissnei is voiced by Carrie Savage . She is voiced by in the Japanese release . Other appearances . " On the Way to a Smile " . While not specified by name , many of the Turks who had gone into hiding following the battle against Zirconiade reappear during the events of " Final Fantasy VII " as specified in the chapter , " Case of Shinra " . During Meteorfall , the Turks and Veld return to assist in the evacuation of Midgar and , following the Meteor ' s destruction , the Turks return to the lives they had obtained in their exile , but also work to gather intelligence on the current state of the Planet from their respective locations ; sending the information to Veld who in turn offers it to Tseng when required . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Cissnei appears in " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " as a Thunder - elemental card . Other media . " Dead Fantasy " . Cissnei has appeared in the two " Dead Fantasy " music videos where she is seen in the swimsuit she wore in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " while on vacation in Costa Del Sol with Zack Fair . In " Dead Fantasy Obsessed " , she performs the song " Obsessed " by with Tifa Lockhart from " Final Fantasy VII " and Kasumi from the " Dead or Alive " videogame series as her back - up dancers . In " Dead Fantasy Gee " , she sings and dances along with Tifa , Kasumi , Yuna , Ayane , Rikku , Hitomi , Rinoa Heartilly , and performing " Gee " from . Her singing voice is provided by Tiffany . Etymology . Cissnei may be derived from " cisne " .