Irina Spessivtseva

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## Irina Spessivtseva

* Character
* Stage

* 2020
* 2023

## Name Information

### Appellations

* Irina (Pronoun, Benedict, Maria)
* Irina-san (Anthony)

## Personal Information

### Weapon

Knife
Pistol

## Actor

### Portrayed By

Kato Rihona
加藤里保菜

* 1st
* 2nd

## Name Information

### Appellations

* Irina (Pronoun, Benedict, Maria)
* Irina-san (Anthony)

## Personal Information

### Weapon

Knife
Pistol

## Actor

### Portrayed By

Kato Rihona
加藤里保菜

**Irina Spessivtseva** is a character in the ROAD59 franchise and is affiliated with PHOENIX.

## Profile

PHOENIX's female combatant who specializes in assassination. In spite of her dainty appearance, she has a precarious side where she will unexpectedly tell people "please die". Born in a war-torn country, she has had a history of losing her friends and family to war. Therefore, she believes that if she robs power and wealth from major powers, the world will become impartial and peaceful, allowing her to aim for her dream of world equality. She seems to seek success in her career in order to quickly make her dream come true.

## Appearance

Irina has silver hair at neck length with blunt bangs covering the left side of her forehead. Her eyes are of a grey color with a slanted shape, which usually carries her stoic facial expression.

Having a slender figure, her outfit consists of the typical PHOENIX uniform; a collared white long-sleeved shirt with the PHOENIX logo on the sleeve, later having a "02" band on it in the second stage play. She wears a black strap that wraps underneath her chest and around her shoulders. She also wears a black-colored necktie, belt, leather pants, gloves and belted boots.

## Personality

Irina is an aloof, nonchalant character who speaks in a deadpan, yet blunt tone. Trained and disciplined as an assassin since childhood, she often brings up killing as a way to solve matters and will not hesitate to try and kill those that she considers an obstacle to her goals. She will also show hostility if someone questions her intentions for killing, as demonstrated when she negatively spoke of Kaya and Atsuhiko for doing so. Her actions are usually practical, but her simple way of thinking also shows that she has a naive mindset.

## Abilities

Irina specializes in assassination techniques in combat and switches between using her pistol or knife. Similar to Anthony, her "Jingi" allows her to release a magnetic force that can attract and injure her opponents.

## Relationships

### Shinonome

* Yanagi Bakuto: Irina is responsible for killing Bakuto's father after the latter disapproved of her views. Although this makes Bakuto contemptuous towards Irina, he refuses to get revenge on her. After defeating her in battle, he unintentionally causes her to fail her mission and commit suicide. Irina later returns as a clone in the second stage play where she gets the chance to assassinate him, which would have led to his death if not for Kaya's Jingi. Once again, she is defeated by him in battle, but holds no ill will against her and advises that she live her life freely.
* Yutsuma Kaya: Irina dislikes Kaya and considered her to be "unjust" after she questioned her purpose for killing, reminding her of Atsuhiko.

### Kurojou

* Hiiragi Renge: The two don't seem to get along at all and are constantly at tension. At one point, Irina even held Renge at gunpoint as she suspected her to betray PHOENIX just as she did with the Kurojou. Renge herself isn't all too pleased with Irina's critical judgement of her, and gives her the same hostility in return.

### PHOENIX

* Benedict Lorenzo Vasari: In the first stage play, she is hired by Benedict to cooperate with Anthony in the Tenkai Ward. She is very obedient and diligent to his bidding, and in return he dotes on her.
* Anthony Cello: Irina finds Anthony a hindrance to her goals and doesn't hesitate to try and kill him if he causes any delays. In spite of this, he wants to get along with her, even though she refuses to listen to whatever he has to say.
* Maria Bernard: Maria is shown to have a deep fondness towards Irina. In the second stage play, it is mentioned that she first met Irina in a Russian facility in the past, but as the latter lost her memories becoming a clone, Irina has no recollection of her.

### Tenkai Ward

* Okino Inaba: Irina is responsible for exploding her store in the first stage play.
* Yanagi Atsuhiko: Irina is the perpetrator of Atsuhiko's murder. Disliking the fact that he looked down on her method of obtaining world equality, she killed him in retaliation as he refused to cooperate with her. After Irina meets Bakuto, she is surprised to find out that he had a son.

## Stage Plays

### 1st Stage Play

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A couple of minutes into the story, Irina is introduced to Anthony after Benedict tasks them to capture Yutsuma Kaya in the Tenkai Ward. She witnesses Anthony's distraught over receiving another strenuous job, prompting her to get impatient and attempt to kill him. Although he wards off her attacks, he eventually changes his mood and encourages Irina to proceed with their mission.

A couple of scenes later, Irina reappears with Anthony and PHOENIX personnel to claim Kaya from a standoff between the Suzuka, Sara, Kensei and later Renge. As soon as Renge switches sides and catches Kaya at knifepoint, Anthony rushes in to announce PHOENIX's takeover of the Tenkai Ward. Irina notifies Anthony that their bomb is prepared for activation, and they withdraw right before it sets off in the city, with Renge and Kaya now under their custody.

In the meantime, while the three take refuge with Kaya, Irina suspects Renge of betrayal as she did with the Kurojou. Questioning her on why she would leave her own sister behind, the latter shrugs her off. Before things get extreme between the two of them, the Hakurou suddenly ambushes them, forcing the PHOENIX members to split up with Kaya to another location. Later, Irina catches up with Anthony and Kaya, reminding them that they need to hurry on ahead, but they are halted by Bakuto and Takahisa, arriving to Kaya's rescue. Irina forces Anthony to handle Bakuto on his own, prompting them to fight one-on-one before she eventually decides to join in. As Bakuto struggles to gain an advantage over the two PHOENIX members, Takahisa intervenes on their fight to negotiate with Anthony and Irina, deceiving them into thinking that he's their companion and betraying the Shinonome. He manages to catch the PHOENIX duo off-guard before shooting at them, then handing Kaya her katana. Suddenly, PHOENIX reinforcements are summoned, but before they take action, Bakuto's Jingi awakens, giving him power strong enough to fend off the PHOENIX members.

Realizing that the situation was at a disadvantage, Anthony orders a withdrawal, but Irina refuses to end the battle, much to his discontent. She continues her fight against Bakuto, until she interludes to disclose her ulterior motives of world equality, and that she perpetrated the death of Bakuto's father after he disagreed with her methods of achieving her dream. Infuriated, Bakuto retaliates against her until she becomes too worn out to continue. Though he gains the upper hand on her, he refuses to kill her for revenge and hands back her knife. But much to his surprise, Irina is unable to accept her loss and commits suicide with her knife right in front of him and Kaya.

### 2nd Stage Play

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## Gallery

### Illustration

* Promotional Art
* Twitter Art
* Miscellaneous

Full Body IllustrationFull Body 2023 IllustrationPHOENIX MembersPHOENIX ChibisROAD to Party Key Visual**ROAD to Party Countdown:** "Maria-sama, if we continue on like this, then at this rate we will get off track from our goal."

2021 April Fools' Comic #3Gidora's Illustration for ROAD59's 2nd Stage Play"New Life" Support Campaign Illustration

Commemoration Illustration of ROAD59's ComicalizationROAD to Party Illustration**LINE Sticker:** "!"Hinamatsuri Fan Meeting Post Card
### Cast

* Promotional Images
* 1st Stage
* 2nd Stage

## Etymology

* **Spessivtseva** (スペシフツェワ) has no meaning on its own, but it is the surname of the Russian ballerina Olga Spessivtseva (Ольга Алекса́ндровна Спеси́вцева).
* **Irina** (イリーナ) is a common Russian name with Greek origins. It is derived from Eirene (Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess who is the personification of peace.

## Trivia

* She occasionally takes off her necktie during battle.
* Although not explicitly stated, there are many implications that Irina is from Russia. Her name is of Russian origin, and in the second stage play, Maria mentions that she had once met Irina in a Russian facility. Not only that, but her sleeve band in the second stage play has Russian letters written on it. There is also the common occurrence that most Russian characters in Japanese media are illustrated with silver hair.