Momiji (Dead or Alive)

Momiji, also known as Dragon Shrine Maiden, is a character from the Dead or Alive series.
== Charactah Account ==
Momiji is the last shrine maiden of the Hayabusa village. She got into this role after her older sister, Kureha, got killed. However, she was trained as a kunoichi by Ryu himself, and although she had a rough start, she quickly became much stronger and now is a full-fledged Kunoichi whose abilities never cease to impress her mentor. Momiji is a very gentle and caring young woman who is seen by the Hayabusa Village children as an older sister figure, whom they look up to.
Like her mentor, Ryu Hayabusa, Momiji has a strong will and refuses to accept any vulnerabilities and trains extensively to become one of the deadliest warriors in the Hayabusa Village. Her extreme dedication to her training was such that she at times has a tendency to over-train herself, as can be inferred with her ending in Xtreme 3. Likewise, she's also versatile enough to include other aspects as part of her training, which is best demonstrated in Xtreme Venus Vacation where she participated in the Venus Festival largely because it was an alternate method of training, as well as her giving a similar reason for providing healing softening beauty treatments to girls.
She is very polite, even to her opponents, saying to them before a match that it is an honor to meet and combat them. After a match she will thank her opponent or even wish them better luck next time, rather than gloating like many other fighters. However, a slightly mischievous side of her is revealed in her taunts, which have her yawning cutely or sarcastically gasping and complimenting her foe's performance.
== Appearance ==
=== Video Games ===
* Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
* Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
* Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade
* Dead or Alive 6
* Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation
* Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
* Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
* Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
* Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
* Warriors All-Stars
* Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
* Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
=== Web-Animations ===
* Dead Fantasy
== Trivia ==
* Despite being a ninjutsu practitioner like all the shinobi in the series, Momiji also uses principles of aiki-jūjutsu as well, making her the only shinobi in the series to use a different fighting style.
* Even though she was added to Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, it is unknown whether she participated in the tournament or not. Her profile on the official game website, however, states that she does enter in order to test all that she has learned.
* Several of Momiji's techniques, such as double jumping and air-charged attacks, come directly from her gameplay in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. The air-power blow is taken from her ultimate technique and her prayer beads can be used in combat.
** In Dead or Alive 6, her Break Blow is based on her Art of the Crimson Lotus ninpo spell from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
* Momiji's English voice actor is also the current English voice of Tina Armstrong.
* Momiji is the first Ninja Gaiden character to appear in the Dead or Alive Xtreme sub-series.
* In Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, she sometimes mentions Sanji.
* Rachel and Momiji were initially excluded from Dead or Alive 6, with Shimbori stating that his reason for this was because they hailed from Ninja Gaiden. However, both were later added as DLC characters.
** Unlike prior DLC characters in the game, however, they do not appear in story mode.
* Momiji replaced Sayuri in the White Christmas ~ Snowy Island ~ event episodes in the Singapore Steam version due to it being released before Sayuri's formal debut. Momiji being used instead of Sayuri is most likely because she shared a similar older sister archetype to the latter.
* In Momiji's gravures as well as her 2021 Bouquet Dahlia PV trailer, Momiji was reading a book titled "Beach Side Lovers", implying that she's a fan of romance novels.
* One of Momiji's hairstyles, her bobcut, gives her a passing resemblance to her late sister Kureha.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Momiji at Dead or Alive Wiki
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