Hortensia Sánchez

Occupation: Sumo Wrestler
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age: 30
Height: 7' 1.1"
Weight: 280 lb
Fighting Style: Sumo
Weapon Arsenal: None
Superhuman Abilities: Geokinesis.
Hobbies: Watching soap operas, breaking rocks, sparring with her fellow rikishi.
= BIO: =
Hortensia Sanchez Esquivel is a proud competitor of the ASA (Asociación de Sumo Argentino), having practiced the sport since she was 10 years old. Due to the fact that the female division of Sumo is underrepresented in the world, she enters the Top Strife tournament to show them the importance of the sport.
= GAMEPLAY INFO: =
== Fighting Techniques: ==
* Golpe Sonico: She claps and generates a sonic wave that knocks out her opponent.
* Lanzamiento de Roca: She throws a rock with her two hands to her opponent.
* Pisotón de Temblor: She does a sumo stomp with her right leg, shaking the ground to trip her opponent.
* Sumo de Rueda: She rolls herself like a metaphorical ball towards her opponent.
* Plancha de Trasero: She grabs her opponent, slamming him/her and then plunges him/her with her own butt.
== Calamity Move: ==
Estilo Sumo: Hortensia runs towards her opponent and does ten sumo slaps towards her oppnonent, then she hugs him/her with pressure before she slams her opponent with one hand before butt-drops him/her.
== Top Finishes: ==
* Entierro Rocoso: Hortensia grabs a very huge rock from the ground, lifts it and then throws it to her opponent while he/she looks with a surprised expression before the rock splats him/her, leaving huge ammounts of blood and chunks of gore as a result.
* Banzai Mortal: Hortensia does three back steps and then runs towards her opponent to do a belly bounce, sending him/her to the "wall" before returning back to her. Then she grabs her opponent with huge pressure from the head and legs respectively and rips him/her in two halves before she throws said parts to the ground.
== Public Execution: ==
Inflation Explosion: The winner leaves the stage while Hortensia stays on the ground. Hortensia gets up and meets Mr. Maximilian, who appears on the stage. Mr. Maximilian snaps his fingers as Hortensia suddenly starts to inflate herself so much before she explodes in chunks of gore as Mr. Maximilian laughs.
= MISC.: =
* Voice Actress: Lani Minella (English), Cecilia Gispert (Latin American Spanish), Shizuka Ito (Japanese)
* Intro Sequence: Hortensia walks to the stage, spills rice on the ground and says "Let me show you the power of Sumo." and then she gets on her fighting stance.
* Victory Sequence: Hortensia does a reverence as she says "Thanks for the fight, señor." (if her opponent is female, she says "señorita" instead), then stomps on the ground and poses with her right palm.
* Stage: ASA Sumo Ring (BGM: "HeartBreaker" by Teriyaki Boyz)
* Reality Mode: The floor of the ring starts to shake in an earthquake, affecting the competitors' stability for five seconds.
* Tragedy: The player does an uppercut to the opponent sending him/her to the air and then falls to the ground, breaking the floor. The opponent starts to fall far away to the rock bottom, and then gets impaled by a huge stalagmite in the abdomen, struggling with the pain for a while before he/she dies.
= ARCADE MODE: =
== Intro Cutscene: ==
(The scene takes place in ASA Sumo Ring in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We see the referee starting the fight.)
Sumo Referee: "Begin!"
(We see Hortensia Sanchez competing against a random female for five seconds.)
Hortensia (v/o): "¡Hola a todos! Mi nombre es Hortensia Sanchez." (Translation: "Hello everybody! My name is Hortensia Sanchez").
(Then, Hortensia bodyslams her opponent to the ground. The crowd cheers as the referee raises Hortensia's hand.)
Hortensia (v/o): "I'm a member of the Asociación de Sumo Argentino and I have practiced the sport since I was 10 years old."
(We show a flashback of Hortensia as a 10 year old girl breaking a big rock with a palm in La Patagonia.)
Hortensia (v/o): "It all started when they saw me as a prodigy, including my own parents. For some reason, I developed an abnormal strength in my body."
(Later in the same flashback, we see Hortensia lifting a huge rock, leaving the audience impressed by her feats.)
Hortensia (v/o): "As it turns out, I developed geokinesis, also known as the ability to control earth at will."
(Cut back to the present time as Hortensia is now in the locker room, drinking a bottle of water.)
Hortensia (v/o): "Unfortunately, I felt that Sumo is an underrepresented sport."
(We see the rest of the female sumo competitors arriving to the room. Unlike Hortensia, they are fit.)
Female Rikishi #1: "Nice performance, Ms. Sanchez!"
Hortensia: "However, I feel that our sport is not well known, unlike Boxing or Mixed Martial Arts."
Female Rikishi #2: "Don't worry, you can compete in the most popular TV show of the moment, Top Strife." *sends to Hortensia the Top Strife flyer*
Hortensia: "Top Strife? I don't think it's a good idea. I heard everyone can get killed in the competition."
Female Rikishi #3: "Sacrifices can be made, as long as you can wish it or not."
Hortensia: "You know what, voy a entrar! (Translation: I'm entering!)"
Female Rikishi #1: "That's the spirit!"
Hortensia: "Wish me good luck, girls!"
(Hortensia leaves the locker room as her fellow Rikishi waves goodbye to her.)
Hortensia (v/o): "If I have to decide between leaving my sport behind or competing in a reality show, I already made my choice. Only that, I will show the world that Sumo really matters."
(The scene finishes with Hortensia walking with a travel bag in the airport.)
== Finalists' Match Cutscene - VS. Jonathan Harrison: ==
(Scene takes place in the Top Strife Studios. The presenter Norman Thompson announces the finals as the audience are cheering.)
Norman: "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... La Manteca Boluda (Translation: The Butter Ball), Hortensia Sanchez!"
Hortensia: "¡Oye, esto es un insulto, y tú lo sabes!" (Translation: "Hey, this is an insult, and you know it!")
Norman: "Sorry for saying that..." *he says in sarcasm* "And now, for the delight of the lovely ladies here on the crowd, give it an applause to the Pop Music Sensation from Canada: Jonathan Harrison!"
(The teenage females on the audience are doing fangirl sounds as Jonathan Harrison comes to the studio.)
Jonathan: "Wow! An authentic sumo woman... I could be your biggest fan."
Hortensia: "Says the Justin Bieber wannabe whose fanbase consists of rabid teenage girls."
Jonathan: "I'm not a joke, lady. Prepare to face the power of the Adrenaline!"
Hortensia: "Then, time to finish you right now, pretty boy!"
(The fight starts on the Studios where "The Fight Song" by Marilyn Manson starts to play.)
== Sub-Boss Cutscene: ==
(Shows Hortensia standing over the defeated Jonathan.)
Hortensia: "I feel pity for you, kid."
(Norman lifts Hortensia's arm, declaring the victory.)
Norman: "Hortensia Sanchez is the championess of Top Strife!"
(The audience are cheering.)
Norman: "Thanks for watching! Join us to the next year... see you next time on the next season of Top Strife!"
(The show credits are shown on the screen, and then we cut to the backstage where Hortensia is walking, searching for Norman.)
Hortensia: "Where's he? I don't see him."
(Norman appears in front of her.)
Norman: "You called me?"
Hortensia: "Yes, Norman. Where's the award you promised me?"
Norman: "Sorry, lady, I got bad news... there's no award!"
Hortensia: "What? This means you cheated me!"
(We see how Norman is transforming in the creation of Mr. Maximilian: Project Skull, a gray hooded humanoid with a mechanic skull face and starts to levitate.)
Project Skull: "Exactly, and the only thing you will have... is your death!"
Hortensia: "¡Vas a pagar por este fraude!" (Translation: "You will pay for this fraud!")
(The sub-boss fight begins.)
== Final Boss Cutscene: ==
(After defeating Project Skull, he explodes in front of Hortensia.)
Hortensia: "I'm glad everything is over..."
(The backstage becomes the Maxos' Sect, a strange place similar to a pyramid inside, surrounded by purple hooded men singing in an incomprehensible language.)
Hortensia: "¿Qué esta pasando aquí?" (Translation: "What's happening here?")
Mr. Maximilian: "Welcome to my paradise, Miss Sanchez."
(Mr. Maximilian appears on the stage and greets Hortensia. He's a caucasian white haired man wearing an elegant suit clothing in white.)
Hortensia: "What business are you doing here?"
Mr. Maximilian: "I'm Mr. Maximilian. I created this tournament, and I'm glad a Rikishi like you won this mortal contest."
Hortensia: "That is because I want to spread the importance of Sumo in the world."
Mr. Maximilian: "However, it wouldn't last for long, because I'm the most powerful man of the universe."
Hortensia: "I don't get it! First that machine and now this thing you call paradise?"
Mr. Maximilian: "Compared to you, I have control over everything. And to make sure of this... you will die... in my hands... of God!"
Hortensia: "¡No voy a perder más mi valioso tiempo!" (Translation: "I will not lose more of my precious time!")
(Both are now in their respective fighting stances.)
(After beating Mr. Maximilian in his normal mode, he gets up and recovers.)
Mr. Maximilian: "You think you can beat me? This is only the 5% of my true force."
(Mr. Maximilian becomes a corrupted version of himself, and you should fight against him in only one round.)
(After beating him, we see a cutscene of Hortensia launching a rock on Mr. Maximilian's head. Then we see how Mr. Maximilian is disintegrating himself and explodes.)
== Ending: ==
(Scene takes place back in the empty ASA Sumo Ring as Hortensia spills rice to the arena.)
Hortensia (v/o): "The contest turned out to be a trap, but I maintained an optimistic spirit during my participation in Top Strife."
(Hortensia then claps after the ritual as a projection of the local sports newspaper with the headlines "The Argentinian Sumo competitor made it a worldwide sport!" written in spanish shows it for ten seconds before it fades.)
Hortensia (v/o): "But on the other hand, the world finally mattered what Sumo represents!"
(We see a mysterious woman in fencing outfit with the helmet on is entering to the scene just as Hortensia leaves the sumo ring.)
????: "Do you remember me, Hortensia?"
Hortensia: "Emiliy, is that you?"
(The mysterious woman removes her helmet, revealing the face of a long haired brunette woman with green eyes. Her name is Emiliy Assouline, a 21-year old French fencer.)
Emiliy (voiced by Emma Watson): "You did recognize me, Ms. Sanchez!"
Hortensia: "What news do you have?"
Emiliy: "I saw your matches in Top Strife!"
Hortensia: "Don't tell me you also competed in that tournament!"
Emiliy: "Affirmative! I entered to get the prize money for my family, but turns out it's a fraud all along."
Hortensia: "Yes... I felt the same."
Emiliy: "But as long as I got this in hand, I show them that they are proud of me!"
(Emiliy shows to Hortensia the gold medal she won in Rio 2016.)
Hortensia: "You really care for your parents and sister."
Emiliy: "That's right!"
Hortensia: "On the other hand, the Olympic Comitee has finally approved of Sumo as one of the competitions."
Emiliy: "Congratulations!"
Hortensia: "Participating in Top Strife really has its advantages!"
Emiliy: *giggles* "See you at the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020!"
Hortensia: "I will!"
(Emiliy shakes hands with Hortensia before the former leaves the sumo ring as the latter smiles of happiness. The last scene has Hortensia standing up to a big rock boulder in La Patagonia.)
Hortensia (v/o): "Despite the recent events, I'm maintaining my competitive spirit of Sumo... and thanks to that, I'm still one of the best Rikishi the ASA has to offer!"
(Hortensia breaks the aforementioned big rock boulder with only one palm before the screen fades black.)
(Marilyn Manson's "Rock is Dead" starts playing as the Top Strife logo pops up for five seconds and starts to roll the credits, with the characters' images and their respective fighting segments [except the locked characters].)
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