Momiji

Momiji
Name	Momiji
Affiliation	Dead or Alive
First Game Appearance	Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
Weapon	Heavenly Dragon Naginata, Bow and Arrows,Sai Daggers, Kunai / explosive tags
Age	17
Height	Unknown
Nemesis	Kairi
Fighting Style	Hayabusa Ninjutsu

For a complete biography of Momiji's debut appearance, please see: Momiji (Dead or Alive Wikia)

Momiji is both a ninja and a shrine maiden from the Ninja Gaiden series. She makes her debut to Dead Fantasy with her master, Ryu Hayabusa in the fifth episode.

Background

Momiji is the last of the Dragon Lineage shrine maidens. As such she is sworn to protect the clan's treasure, the Eye of the Dragon. She is also Kureha's, a friend of Ryu Hayabusa's, younger sister. A budding ninjutsu prodigy, Momiji is an up-and-coming ninja under Ryu Hayabusa's tutelage. She first appears in Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword and is a playable character in Ninja Gaiden Sigma II.. During the tragedy of the Dark Dragon Blade Incident, Momiji was training in another Ninja village, thus her life was spared. After learning of the tragedy, including the fate of Kureha, Momiji vowed to become stronger, so as to protect the village and the sacred magatama of the Dragon Clan. Since the inccident Momiji has become an exceptional ninja under ryu, becoming powerful enough to defeat demi-gods such as the Tengu Brothers.

Role in Dead Fantasy

Dead Fantasy V

Momiji appears at the end of Dead Fantasy V. She teleports in after Ryu Hayabusa saves Kasumi from the Kasumi X clones. She reads Kasumi's mind reflecting on the events of Dead Fantasy I, II, and IV. The last image is of Cloud Strife, though the relevance of this is not known. Afterwards the three ninja teleport away.

Dead Fantasy VIII

Momiji apperes rushing toward Kairi along with Ryu on top of the building. They stand and watch as Kairi allows her Nobody, Naminé, to take control of her body. Immediately, Momiji draws her weapon and challenges Naminé. They clash a few times but Naminé gains the upperhand multiple times. Momiji manges to hold her ground and deflect nearly all of Naminé's attacks and retaliates with rapid shots of flaming arrows. After succesfuly knocking her back with a kunai explosion, she is surounded by a dozen of Naminé's Keyblades. Momiji skillfully deflects nearly all of them but is grazed by a mysterious dark Keyblade. Ready to counter attack using her notable Izuna Falcon, Ryu pushes her out of Naminé's way sensing the danger. After watching the summoning of Vincent Valentine, she readies herself posed next to Ryu with a pair of sai daggers.

Fighting Capacity

Momiji uses the Heavenly Dragon Naginata in regular combat with deadly effect. Her long range weapon is theHeavensong Bow while she uses the Art of the Crimson Lotus ninpo. Though not as skilled as Ryu, she has nevertheless learnt several of Ryu's signature attacks, such as the Izuna Drop (and developed her own version, the Izuna Falcon) and is also capable of utilizing several advanced techniques that even Ryu is unable to execute, eg. the double jump function and the ability to charge and execute ultimate techniques in mid air. So far, Momiji hasn't fought in any episode, but once she does, she'll use Hayabusa Ninjutsu. Her weapon of choice is the Heavenly Dragon Naginata. In the recent preview she has been show to react and recover quick in battle. Using a multitude of weapons asside from her naginata, including kunai, daggers, explosives. She has yet to display any use of ninpo.

Relationships

Ryu Hayabusa

Momiji trains in Hayabusa Ninjutsu under Ryu's tutelage. Ryu was friends with Momiji's older sister, as well. Whenever she has been captured or in trouble, Ryu has saved her.

Gallery

Dead Fantasy Screenshots

Trivia

• Monty Oum has revealed a video of Momiji defending herself from multiple numbers of the fanmade Keyblade, Lunar Eclipse. So it's positive that she'll battle against Kairi, Naminé, or both in a future episode.
• Monty Oum has made a video of Momiji fighting against Namine from Dead Fantasy 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx3f-DnKzXo