Ayane Mugen Tenshin

Known as The Killer Kunoichi or kunoichi with murderous intent

Ayane is a kunoichi of the Mugen Tenshin clan and the current master of the clan's Hajinmon sect. She was the winner of the third Dead or Alive Tournament.

Conceived when Ayame was raped by Raidou, Ayane is the half-sister and cousin of both Hayate and Kasumi, as well as the half-sister of Honoka. Although mistreated in her youth, Ayane has worked hard to become one of the most powerful shinobi of her clan.

HOBBIES

Going to aesthetic salons

FAVORITE FOODS AND DRINKS

Marrons glacés

Cream soda (Paradise only)

FAVORITE COLOR

Bluish-purple[1]

TROPICAL ZODIAC SIGN

Leo (23 July – 23 August)

BIRTHSTONE

Peridot

BIRTHFLOWER

Lisianthus

BIRTHFRUIT

Peach

DATE OF BIRTH

August 5

BLOOD TYPE

Type AB

KNOWN RELATIVES

Raidou (father)†

Ayame (mother)

Genra (foster father) †

Hayate (older maternal half-brother/paternal cousin)

Kasumi (older maternal half-sister/paternal cousin)

Shiden (paternal uncle)

Burai (paternal grandfather) †

Honoka (older paternal half-sister)

FRIENDS

Ryu Hayabusa, Rachel

RIVALS

Kasumi, Hitomi, Eliot, Honoka

CURRENT OCCUPATION(S)

Kunoichi

Master of the Hajinmon sect of the Mugen Tenshin clan (DOA4 - present)

ALIGNMENT(S)

Mugen Tenshin clan

Hayabusa clan

Shadow clan (NG1 only)

Childhood

As a result of being conceived when Ayame, the wife of clan leader Shiden, was raped by Raidou; Shiden's older brother and the progenitor of the Mugen Tenshin's troubles, Ayane has been an outcast for majority of her childhood. Ayane was not raised by her mother but was taken in by Genra, the leader of the clan's Hajinmon sect out of pity and wasn't told who her true family was.

Unaware of the circumstances of her birth, Ayane and Kasumi became best friends while they were children, although neither of them knew that they were half-sisters. When Genra proposed that Ayane assisted him in his duties before the clan’s masters, Ayane met Hayate and the two started to form a close bond. From a young age, Ayane was trained to become a shinobi of the shadows, helping the clan from afar.

Later, Ayane learned the truth of her conception when Ayame admitted that she was her biological daughter and the half-sibiling cousin to both Hayate and Kasumi. Driven by her own anger at being cast out, Ayane devoted herself to honing her Hajinmon abilities beyond any other shinobi in the clan to prove that even she, the lowly "cursed child," could become something great. Ayane was consumed with bitterness and jealousy over the fact that Kasumi was treated like a princess while she was treated as an outcast, so their friendship withered even into their adolescence until adulthood.

Raidou's return and the First Tournament

DOAD Ayane Kasumi Drop

Although Kasumi managed to escape her sister's grasp, that won't stop Ayane from trying to complete her task.

When Ayane was 16, Raidou returned to the Mugen Tenshin Village to "steal" the technique the Torn Sky Blast. Ayane confronted him but was quickly defeated. After Raidou's rampage, Hayate was left grievously injured, which caused him to fall into a coma, leaving Kasumi to become the new heir for the title of clan leader. Ayane was not happy about Kasumi's new role but as Kasumi didn't know how Hayate was injured because Shiden had kept her in the dark, Ayane told her the truth.

Learning the facts about Hayate's injuries caused Kasumi to leave the clan on a quest for vengeance. Leaving the clan without permission marked her as a nukenin ("missing shinobi") and a clan traitor, so Ayane was ordered to track down and kill Kasumi in order to secure their clan’s secrecy.

Ayane managed to stop