List of Unica Ninja characters

This is a list of characters in the fictional Philippine martial arts action-adventure television series *Unica Ninja*.

## Main Characters

### Ichika/Unica Alejo

As a child, the young girl then known as Ichika was abducted from her family by a secret order of assassins, the Shinokage Clan.  Sent to the clan’s facility somewhere in the Philippines, she was trained in the martial art of ninjutsu, becoming their top pupil by the age of 10.  Never losing her determination to break free from the clan, she soon uses the very skills they taught her in order to escape, but a head injury sustained during the attempt causes her to suffer from amnesia.  Wandering the streets with no memory and no clue as to her true identity, she is picked up by the DSWD and put into foster care, eventually being adopted by the Alejos, Ulysses and Ruth.  The couple had always wanted a little girl, and so named their new foster child Unica, as in their *unica hija* (“first daughter”).

Unica grows up to lead a normal happy life with the Alejo family.  She develops a talent for dancing and becomes part of an amateur street dance troupe. Walking home one night from a competition, her crew is confronted by a vicious street gang that had ties to a rival dance group that they had beaten.  Putting up a fight against the gangsters, Unica is struck on the head by a pipe, which somehow causes her latent knowledge of ninjutsu to resurface. While still in a dazed state, she uses her reawakened ninja skills to beat down the gang.

Astounded by her newly-discovered fighting abilities, Unica decides to use them to fight off the gangs and criminal element that have been plaguing their neighborhood. She would eventually come into conflict with the Shinokage Clan, who recognize the vigilante ninja's fighting style and deduce that she is none other than their prodigal student Ichika. Used to dealing with regular street crime, Unica finds herself way in over her head against the clan’s ninja warriors.  She then meets the mysterious Ogami, who would aid her in fighting the clan, as well as further training her to hone her ninja skills.  In addition, she would learn how to incorporate dance moves into her fighting style, serving to confuse her opponents and giving her an edge against them.

She is portrayed by Jona Lim.

The young Ichika is portrayed by Frances Ongpauco.

### Ogami

A mysterious ninja warrior and Unica's ally against the Shinokage Clan. A former Shinokage ninja himself, Ogami felt the once-honorable Clan had lost its way and left to live a peaceful life with his family. But the Clan did not tolerate desertion and had his family eliminated as punishment, leading him to seek revenge against them. Unica's nicknames for him are "Origami" and "Ogami Bear."

He is portrayed by Henry Sawada.

## Supporting Characters

### Bartolome "Batotoy" Batalya

Police patrolman and Unica's childhood friend ("Batotoy" is her nickname for him, which he hates). He is the first to find out about Unica's vigilante activities and becomes her reluctant ally.

He is portrayed by Lewis Delos Santos.

### Myles Machado

A reporter for the tabloid newspaper *Tingnan News*, Myles chases the story of the mysterious ninja crime-fighter. She eventually discovers Unica's identity, but decides to keep it a secret and becomes part of her circle of allies. As a running gag, she would introduce herself as a reporter from *Tingnan News*, only for the other person to reply, *"Tingnan n'yo rin!"*

She is portrayed by Connie Ancheta.

### Ulysses and Ruth Alejo

Unica's foster parents. They are portrayed respectively by Rey Fontanilla and Rosa Martinez.

### **Niño**

An orphan boy who escaped from a Shinokage training camp, much like Unica herself did years ago. A highly-trained ninja for his young age, he joins forces with Unica in liberating his fellow child captives and is later adopted into the Alejo family.

He is portrayed by Moyet Ali.

### Jaz Rendez

Unica's friend and fellow dance crew member. She is portrayed by Althea Trinidad.

### Sgt. Miranda

Patrolman Batalya's commanding officer. He is portrayed by Bong Ablaza.

## Shinokage Clan/D.E.A.T.H. Shadow

The Shinokage Clan is a secret cult-like order of ninja assassins doubling as a worldwide criminal organization, D.E.A.T.H. Shadow. The acronym D.E.A.T.H. stands for their areas of expertise: Drugs, Extortion, Assassination, Terrorism and Human-trafficking. Their methods of "recruitment" include brainwashing people into sleeper agents, or abducting, training and raising children to be lethal warriors.

### Lord Shirokage

Grandmaster of the Shinokage Clan, responsible for corrupting the once-noble ninja order into a crime syndicate. Mainly based in Japan, he usually interacts with the rest of the Clan through holographic projection, giving him an enigmatic ghost-like presence.

He is portrayed by Kintaro Takashima.

### Master Kurokage

Shirokage's brother and second-in-command, overseer of Shinokage's international operations, currently based in the Philippines. He possesses the ability to blend in with the shadows.

He is portrayed by Daniel Fu.

### Lady Shikaze

A high-ranking Shinokage agent sent by Lord Shirokage to supervise the Clan's troubled Philippine branch, much to Kurokage's chagrin. A former student of Ogami, she was also in love with her master, but was rejected by him, leading her to betray him and his family to the Clan in retaliation.

She is portrayed by Aya Oyuki.

### Taraji/Tara G.

A famous dancer/choreographer who is secretly an undercover Shinokage assassin. She operates a dance studio as a front for a Shinokage conditioning center, brainwashing her students into Clan sleeper agents. Idolized by Unica, it turns out that Taraji actually knew her as Ichika back when they were both Shinokage child trainees. They had both planned to escape the Clan together, but Taraji was left behind during the attempt, leading her to believe she had been abandoned and developing a hatred for her former friend.

She is portrayed by Jaylo Oliveros.

The young Taraji is portrayed by Dania Barreiro.

### Saiko

A master of disguise with a multiple personality disorder, Saiko is a murderous method actress who can easily assume any identity, but often gets lost in the part.

She is portrayed by Pauline de Llamas.

### Hara and Kiri/Cammy and Cassie

A mismatched pair of Shinokage agents posing as socialite influencers, the usually grim and serious Hara puts up a fake party girl persona as Cammy, while Kiri is just her normal goofy airhead self as Cassie. But despite their opposing personalities, they appear to have a genuine loyalty and affection for one another.

They are portrayed respectively by Krista Quintana and Annabelle Cuenco.

### Shitake

Master of stealth, deception and illusion, Shitake employs hallucinatory gases and psychotropic drugs--sometimes even partaking of them himself. He has a penchant for popping out of nowhere like a mushroom, as per his name. He is naturally in charge of the Clan's drug trafficking operations.

He is portrayed by Siegfried Duque.

### Payachii

The puppet master, possessing the ability to control people's minds through hypnotism or manipulate their bodies with his invisible psychic strings. He is responsible for brainwashing the Clan's recruits.

He is portrayed by Geoff Enriquez

### Akage

The lecherous red-headed head of the Clan's human trafficking operations.

He is portrayed by John Wong.

### Masahiro

The silent enforcer, bodyguard and masseur, Masahiro is an expert at administering pain or pleasure with his hands. His super-hard fists can shatter stone with a punch, while his super-sensitive fingers can paralyze with a pinch.

He is portrayed by Alberto Camo.

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