Ikaruga

**Ikaruga**(斑鳩) is a playable character in second timeline of the *Senran Kagura*series.

A third-year student at Hanzō National Academy, she is the class president and her peers' "big sister." Although she was born in the slums, her remarkable talents drew the attention of the wealthy Houou family organization, who adopted her, named her the heir of their shinobi lineage and granted her custody of the family sword, Hien.

Her adopted brother, Murasame, swiftly grew jealous of her skills, and challenged her to duel after duel for her place in line. Torn between her pride and her concern for his feelings, Ikaruga stood her ground, patiently defeating him again and again until he accepted both his place and hers.

Since then, he's gone on to a successful career in business, and she's been free to focus on her shinobi studies. Classically trained in both etiquette and swordplay, she carries herself with nobility, and holds her underclasswomen to the same standards of behavior.

## Profile

### Appearance

Ikaruga looks refined with long, straight, black hair flowing down to her lower thighs and flat cut bangs resting on her forehead. Her slanted eyes are dark blue.

Her shinobi outfit consists of a white gold-trimmed jacket with six buttons and a few golden tassels strewn across. She has a Hanzou armband pinned to her upper left arm to signify her status as the class representative. She has a short gold-trimmed white skirt and boots of similar colors to her jacket, accentuated by black tights.

### Personality

Ikaruga holds the responsibility of being the leader of a five girls strong shinobi team. Usually a calm individual, she can become highly agitated by Katsuragi's lecherousness. Like Katsuragi, she hides her sadness behind her cool exterior, but the love of her fellow shinobi have helped to soften the pain of her wounds. Needless to say, she works excellently in a team. She also has a knack for cooking and enjoying traditional Japanese cuisine, going so far as to make her own dishes such as the Sweet Squid Ramen Roll (a combination of futomaki sushi, ramen, squid, and sweets).

## Ninja Arts

### Secret Ninja Arts

* Hien Hōsen: Mode One
* Oukaensen

## TMNT X Pokemon

Ikaruga takes missions very seriously. During missions, she works with Satsuki and Kagura. Mickie points out that they look so much alike. She believes they could sisters due to their appearance being similar to each other.

## Trivia

* Due to a strong resemblance, it is highly possible Kagura Mikazuchi of *Fairy Tail* was based off of Ikaruga. The same could also be possible regarding Satsuki Kiryūin from *Kill la Kill.*
	+ Her style seems an archetype in and of itself as Nagisa from *Phantasy Star 2 Infinity* has similar clothing and hair style. It's unknown what character was the first to have this style.
	+ Ikaruga has a resemblance to Saeko Busujima. Both of whom have long, straight dark hair and bright blue eyes.
* Her outfit/weapon style contrasts Yomi's, ala east vs west.
* Ikaruga's name means "Spotted Dove".
* Ikaruga is one of the few characters who's colour theme changes. In Portrait of Girls and Burst, her attacks and strikes were stylized by an orange highlight. In all games that came after, they are stylized with blue. This included her Special attacks and is most evident by comparing her Oukaensen attacks with one another.
* In *DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND* , Phase 4 uses Ikaruga's Shinobi outfit in the *Senran Kagura*Mashup set (Which was promoting *Senran Kagura: Estival Versus* at the time)