Kage-Maru

Kage-Maru, also known as Kage, Kagemaru Hagakure and Pure Shadow, is a character from the Virtua Fighter series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kage-Maru is a member of the Hagakure clan, he was raised by the ninth-generation Kage-Maru and the eighth-generation Tsukikage, his father and mother respectively. His father trained him in the Hagakure style Ju-Jutsu to prepare for his birthright. Years ago, his mother was kidnapped by a mysterious figure and never found. Years later Kage-Maru's entire village was burned to the ground and his father was killed by a gunshot. Kage-Maru discovers that Judgment 6 is responsible for all of it and enters the first World Fighting Tournament seeking revenge.
Kage-Maru competes in the tournament but doesn't discover anymore information on J6. He enters the second tournament when he discovers that his mother, who was transformed into Dural by J6, is alive. He saves Tsukikage but she ill due to an after-effect of becoming Dural.
Kage-Maru enters the third tournament to look for a connection between his mother and the new model of Dural. After winning the third tournament, he recovers a part from the new Dural, hoping it would help his mother, but it changes her back into Dural. She escapes with J6's help and Kage-Maru enters the fourth tournament with the intention on killing her, seeing no other way. Kage-Maru made it to the fourth tournament's finals, but the match was interrupted by Dural. He destroys Dural, but discovers that it was not the real Dural and enters the fifth tournament to save his mother and to put an end to J6. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Virtua Fighter
=== Comics ===
* Virtua Fighter
=== Video Games ===
* Fighters Megamix
* Giant Gram
* Project X Zone 2
* Sega Genesis Collection
* Sega Heroes
* Virtua Fighter
* Virtua Fighter 2
* Virtua Fighter 3
* Virtua Fighter 4
* Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
* Virtua Fighter 5
* Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
* Virtua Fighter 5 R
* Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
* Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary
* Virtua Fighter Kids
* Virtua Fighter Remix
* Virtua Fighter: Fever Combo
* Virtua Quest
== Trivia ==
* Seiichi Ishii based Kage-Maru's design on a "classic" Ninja.
* In the original Virtua Fighter game, an early name of Kage-Maru in his select screen graphic was Yagyu.
* Story-wise, Kage-Maru is the most decorated competitor in the Virtua Fighter Tournaments, having won the third and fourth tournament.
* It is unknown how or when Kage-Maru received his facial scar.
* Having won a fight, Kage-Maru sometimes recites the word Namu, a Japanese Buddhist voice of devotion originated from the Sanskrit word Namas, meaning "bow", "obeisance" or "adoration". The Sanskrit Namas also appears in the Nembutsu and Namaste phrases, being conjugate as Namou in the first one, and as Namaḥ in the second one.
* The kanji on Kage-Maru's forehead armor can mean "shell", "first in rank", "instep", "armor", "treble range" or "the first of the ten heavenly stems (Jikkan)".
* Kage-Maru is one of the three fighters to win a Virtua Fighter Tournament. The others being Lau Chan and Akira Yuki.
* Kage-Maru's voice actor, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, is the composer for several Sega titles, including Virtua Fighter, Shenmue, and Daytona USA, which he also did vocals for. He sang the second opening theme for the Virtua Fighter (anime).
* Kage-Maru's trademark ninja outfit called "VF Ninja" also appear in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend as module for KAITO.
** There are 2 module type:normal and AS:
*** Normal: Kaito will be wearing mask just like Kage;
*** AS: The mask will be removed.
== Gallery ==
File:Kage-Maru Render 01.png
File:Kage-Maru Render 02.png
File:Kage-Maru Render 03.png
File:Kage-Maru 01.png
File:Kage-Maru 02.png
== External Links ==
* Kage-Maru at Virtua Fighter Wiki
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