Largely due to her sex appeal, Mai has become one of the most popular, recognizable and celebrated female characters of the fighting game genre, especially in Japan, China, and some other East Asian countries, often being compared to Capcom's Chun-Li. She is a founding member of the King of Fighters Tournament's Women Fighters Team and is madly in love with the American fighter Andy Bogard, who she self-proclaimed her fiancé, who although also appears to love her, avoids being in a committed relationship with her. In the series' canon lore, Mai is a modern-world young female ninja and the granddaughter of the ninjutsu master Hanzo Shiranui, with the ability to create and control fire. She also appears in the games' various manga and anime adaptations and plays a leading role in the live-action film. She has also appeared in other media of these franchises and in a number of other games since her debut in 1992's Fatal Fury 2 as the first female character in an SNK fighting game. Mai Shiranui ( Japanese: 不知火舞, Hepburn: Shiranui Mai) (alternatively written しらぬいまい) is a fictional character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK. Kotono Mitsuishi ( Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) Īmi Koshimizu ( KOF Sky Stage onwards) Lisa Ann Beley ( Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) Īkoya Sogi ( Fatal Fury Special- Wild Ambition, The King of Fighters '94- XI, KOF: Another Day) Sarah Sawatsky ( Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle) Kirara Asuka ( The King of Fighters World commercial) Miki Hareyama ( Fatal Fury Special commercial) Tomomi Miyauchi ( Fatal Fury 2 commercial)

Mai Shiranui in The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match and Game of Dice Īrt: Shinkiro, Falcoon and others (various games)Īnimation: C.A.C Yamasaki ( KOF '94- KOF 2003)

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