Kimura Yamada

Occupation: Yogi and Tai Chi trainer
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Age: 27
Height: 6' 3.9"
Weight: 167 lb
Fighting Style: Tai Chi
Weapon Arsenal: N/A
Superhuman Abilities:: Ink based powers, elemental spawning
Hobbies: Practice Yoga, Shodo (calligraphy), Exercise
= BIO: =
Kimura Yamada is a famous yogi who travels around to the most important gyms in the world. He is recognized by his pacifist tendencies although he affirms that he only uses his abilities on personal defense. He is the founder of "The Divine Heritage Foundation" a benefic association whose purpose is the support the poor and/or rich communities that needs food, health, etc. in case of a catastrophe, until an arson destroys the foundation's headquarters. Kimura enters to Top Strife to win the money necessary to repair the damages.
= GAMEPLAY INFO: =
== Fighting Techniques: ==
* Sumi Shot: He shoots a ball of black ink to his opponent.
* Clone Support: He makes an ink clone of himself to attack his opponent.
* Ice Wall: He creates an ice stalagmite from the ground. It can be used to protect himself or to attack his opponent.
* Great Figure: He spawns a giant statue that falls to the opponent.
* Sumi Slash: He makes an ink blade with his hand and slashes his opponent.
== Calamity Move: ==
Elemental Chaos: Kimura shoots ink on the floor where his opponent is located, turning it to quick sand as it sinks his opponent. Then, Kimura spawns a rock up, falling to his opponent and hits him/her. Finally, the sink-hole where his opponent is trapped, sprays a lot of ink like a geyser, flying him/her to the ground.
== Top Finishes: ==
* Kanji of the Death: Kimura draws the kanji of "Death" with his fingers to his opponent. Then, we see how his opponent is becoming older and everything alive on him/her gets rotten until he/she becomes a skeleton and then into a blump of dust.
* The Seven Samurais: Kimura makes a samurai of ink, which cuts his opponent's arm, another samurai appears and cut his/her other arm, and so the rest are cutting his/her legs, torso and neck, until the last one cuts the decapitated head in two pieces.
== Public Execution: ==
Insult to the Japanese: The winner leaves the stage while Kimura Yamada stays on the ground. He gets up and meets Mr. Maximilian, who appears on the stage and uses his powers to send Kimura through the time to Japan 1945 at Hiroshima, where Kimura sees that an atomic bomb is falling to him and the bomb explodes near to him and dies as a result of the explosion.
= MISC.: =
* Voice Actor: Todd Haberkorn (English), Alejandro Mayén (Latin American Spanish), Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese)
* Intro Sequence: Kimura is sitting in a yoga position on the floor, then he stands up and says "It's a pleasure to fight you.".
* Outro Sequence: Kimura heals his opponent with his powers and then he/she stands up. If the opponent is good, he/she shakes hands with Kimura. If said opponent is evil, he/she only goes away from the stage as he facepalms.
* Stage: The Traditional Gym of Osaka (BGM: "Bad Karma" by Axel Thesleff)
* Reality Mode: The stage changes the color to green, making the fight speed on slow motion.
* Tragedy: The player hits the opponent to a breaking wall, sending the opponent to a room with a giant piece of paper on the wall with candles on each side. The opponent stands to a paper that traps him/her, transforming into a drawing. Then we see that the fire of one candle is burning the paper with the opponent trapped on it, leaving to ashes.
= ARCADE MODE: =
== Intro Cutscene: ==
(The scene takes place inside the Traditional Gym of Osaka, a Japanese gym decorated in ancient style. We see a group of people making Yoga with Kimura leading them on a fitting music.)
Kimura: *to the people* "Everybody, lie face down and salute the sun."
(The people do the same.)
Kimura (v/o): "My name is Kimura Yamada. I'm a yogi."
(We cut to Kimura with a group of people training Tai Chi at the same place.)
Kimura (v/o): "And a Tai chi trainer."
(Kimura continue to train with the people.)
Kimura (v/o): "But that's not everything that I can do."
(We cut to Kimura in a room with a big piece of paper, we see him taking the pencil with Sumi (ink) and trace some kanjis.)
Kimura (v/o): "I do shodo, the Japanese art of tracing kanjis on an aesthetic way."
(Kimura traces the kanji that means "tree" that spawns a real tree on the room.)
Kimura (v/o): "Oh, I almost forgot it! I can use the power of ink."
(Kimura makes an ink bubble with his hands.)
Kimura (v/o): "I got it when I was feel connected with my art on body and soul."
(We cut to an event on Osaka outside of the "Divine Heritage Foundation", a building with a wooden style.)
Kimura (v/o): "I'm famous! I travel around the world leading on gyms of important cities."
(The camera focuses on Kimura speaking on a microphone outside of the building.)
Kimura (v/o): "I take advantage of my fame to found "The Divine Heritage Foundation", because I see how innocent people are suffering only for nonsensical wars, classism, natural disasters and epidemics. I want the good for the world."
(Kimura talks to the audience.)
Kimura: "That's why I decide to open the non-profit organization The Divine Heritage Foun--"
(Smoke appears from the building while the people mutters. Kimura turns his head to see fire coming from the roof as the people screams.)
Kimura: "Oh! My Goodness!"
(Kimura tries to extinguish the fire, but a fire blaze coming from the door sends Kimura far of the building. Kimura gets unconscious and the camera focus to see how the building is consumed by the fire as the screen turns black. Then, we cut to Kimura at the airport.)
Kimura (v/o): "With the tragedy of yesterday, I'm thinking on recovering all the lost money for the rebuilding of the headquarters, although I'm disappointed by the way that the contestants are treated."
Kimura: "This is one of the multiple travels that I will do."
Women on the Microphone: "The passengers who are going to flight to Hollywood, California, U.S.A., please go to the passengers' line."
(Kimura is carrying his suitcases while the camera focus on a TV at the airport that show the Top Strife commercial.)
== Finalists' Match Cutscene - VS. Kudō-Chan: ==
(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... the tar master, Kimura Yamada."
Kimura: "It's ink, not tar."
Norman: "It doesn't matter! Anyways, I hope you are ready to face the monster known as Kudō-Chan!"
(The audience are cheering as Kudō-Chan comes to the studio chained from the neck.)
Kimura: "She is not a monster! She is a tortured soul, let her go!"
Norman: "Ok!"
(The staff members free Kudō-Chan, and walks armed to Kimura as she's ready to kill him.)
Norman: "Oh, I told her that you have a crush on Mitchel! I hope that doesn't bother you."
Kimura: "Please don't tell me that. I'm not that kind of person."
(The fight starts on the Studios where "The Fight Song" by Marilyn Manson starts to play.)
== Sub-Boss Cutscene: ==
(Shows Kimura standing over the defeated Kudō-Chan.)
Kimura: "Poor girl!"
(Norman lifts Kimura's arm, declaring the victory.)
Norman: "Kimura Yamada is the champion 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 we see Kimura leaving the bathroom and then asks to one of the staff members.)
Kimura: "Excuse me, do you know where is Norman?"
Staff Member: "I don't know... sorry!"
Kimura: "I'll wait."
(Norman is touching Kimura's shoulder while he doesn't see him.)
Norman: "I’m here!"
Kimura: *Jumps scared.* "C'mon! I almost got a cardiac arrest!"
Norman: "Don't overstate!"
(Norman appears as Kimura turns around. Then, we see how he's transforming in the creation of Mr. Maximilian: Project Skull, a gray hooded humanoid with a mechanic skull face and starts to levitate.)
Project Skull: "A cardiac arrest is not an ideal death for you."
Kimura: *He makes an ink bubble.* "You can kill my body, but not my soul."
(The sub-boss fight begins.)
== Final Boss Cutscene: ==
(After defeating Project Skull, he explodes in front of Kimura.)
Kimura: "Well... that was weird."
(The backstage becomes the Sect of the Maxos, a strange place similar to a pyramid inside, surrounded by purple hooded men singing in an incomprehensible language.)
Kimura: "What's happening here?
Mr. Maximilian: "So, you're the notorious Mister Yamada everyone's talking about."
(Mr. Maximilian appears on the stage and greets Kimura. He's a caucasian man wearing an elegant suit clothing in white.)
Kimura: "State your intentions!"
Mr. Maximilian: "I'm Mr. Maximilian, the most powerful man of the universe. Do you want to save the world? Why?"
Kimura: "Yes! Because I know that the human fraternity is the key of the progress."
Mr. Maximilian: "You mean my puppets?"
Kimura: "Stop acting like a God!"
Mr. Maximilian: "I think you are confused, sensei."
Kimura: "You are the confused here!"
Mr. Maximilian: "And you made the worst mistake here, because you will die... in my hands... of God!"
Kimura: "I'm ready to stop you for the sake of the people."
(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 Kimura Yamada launching a powerful ink squirt to Mr. Maximilian's chest. Then we see how Mr. Maximilian is disintegrating himself and explodes.)
== Ending: ==
(Scene takes place in the rebuilt Divine Heritage Foundation's headquarters, and we see Kimura with the microphone speaking in front of the building in another event.)
Kimura (v/o): "Unfortunately, the show is a fraud, so I didn't won nothing, but with the support of another organizations and some contestants of Top Strife, the organization stands up."
(We see Kimura with the microphone speaking in front of the building in another event.)
Kimura: "And now... our special guest from Argentina have some words to say to the audience. Receive with a louder clap, the female sumo wrestler, Hortensia Sanchez!"
(The audience cheers and clap to Hortensia, described as a big and stronger brunette caucasian woman, in this case, she's wearing a light blue dress for the occasion, as she grabs the microphone.)
Hortensia (voiced by Lani Minella): "When I heard about this noble project, I think this is a good alternative for the people who distrust on another similar organizations. This will be a real foundation where the most important think is not the money, is the people."
(The audience clap to Hortensia and give the microphone to Kimura.)
Kimura: "Thank you, Hortensia!"
(Kimura grabs the big scissors to cut the ribbon.)
Kimura: "Ladies and gentlemen, with the scissors I'm holding, I declare that the foundation is officially open."
(Kimura cuts the ribbon as the audience claps.)
Kimura: "Remember everybody, we will always be to help the people. Thank you!"
(We cut to Kimura inside of the gym, leading Yoga.)
Kimura (v/o): "I want a better world for the next generations, where the people are treated like brothers in case of most importance."
(A newspaper shows on the screen with the header "The foundation gives provisions to earthquake victims!".)
Kimura (v/o): "If we want a great future, it depends of the men."
(The scene turns black and then shows an advertisement of "The Divine Heritage Foundation". First we see the rising sun and we cut to Hortensia speaking in the camera.)
Hortensia: "Everyone needs help ever."
(A flock of white pigeons are flying to cut to Winston Target speaking.)
Winston: "We are humans."
(A group of people joined in hands to cut to Shang Lee speaking.)
Shang: "Although we have differences."
Kimura: "Please support The Divine Heritage Foundation."
(The scene ends with Kimura Yamada tracing the kanji of "peace" in a paper to show it in the screen. Then we see a flashback of the day before the arson, where a hooded man [who's one of the Maxos, by the way] throws molotov cocktails inside the building, burning it in the process. After that, 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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