Nariko

**Nariko** (ナリコ, *Nariko*), is both a fictional character and protagonist of the *Ghost of Heavenly Sword* series created by Brian Fleming and Tameem Antoniades. She was current the wielder of the Heavenly Sword, and a sister ally-in-arms with the samurai Jin Sakai.

Born to a proud warrior race, her tribe shuns her and considers her cursed for being born a woman, in defiance of an ancient prophecy that says her parents were supposed to bear a man that would be the savior of their people in the year of the Fire-Horse.

Despite this, she still took up the cursed Heavenly Sword that eventually kills its owner and fought alongside with samurai Jin in order to save her father, her people, and her homeland from the wicked King Bohan and his Mongolian Army invaders.

"*I should not have been. Instead in the body of a mortal man, I was born from my mother’s dying body… and my people wept. They said I was a portent of doom… maybe they were right.*"

—Nariko.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice actor:* Anna Torv (English), Yūko Kaida (Japanese), Buthaina Xia (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Alexandra Garijo (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Chiara Colizzi (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Lan Yan (Mandarin Chinese), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Biography

Nariko’s birth was meant to serve as the arrival of the savior of her clan, the one who could wield the legendary Heavenly Sword, a fate originally foretold of a male. Despite her people’s rejection, her father raised her to be a headstrong and fearless fighter. Joined with the legendary blade, she finds her skills, and her enemies’ peril, amplified to heights undreamed of.

### Appearance

* Hair Color: Red
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Dark Brown
* Age: 23
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Jin Sakai
* Lady Masako
* Kai
* Sensei Ishikawa
* Takashi
* Yuna
* Taka (Deceased)
* Tao (Deceased)
* Yuriko (Deceased)
* Itsuki
* Kenji
* Norio
* Junshin

### Family

* Shen (father)
* unnammed mother (deceased)
* Loki (half-brother; deceased)

### Enemies

* Mongols
	+ King Bohan
	+ Khotun Khan
	+ Flying Fox
	+ Temuge
	+ Whiptail
	+ Altan
	+ Roach
	+ Dogar
* Raven King
* Mamushi Brothers
* Black Wolf
* The Straw Hats
	+ Ryuzo
* Ronins
* Bandits

## External links

* Nariko *Heavenly Sword Wiki*
* Nariko *Heroes Wiki*
* Nariko *PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Wiki*