Momiji

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"Wow, I guess I've been getting stronger."

—Momiji in Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate

Momiji (Kanji: 紅葉, Hiragana: もみじ, Rōmaji: Momiji) is Ryu Hayabusa's apprentice and the Dragon Shrine Maiden of the Hayabusa Ninja Clan.

Momiji debuted in the 2008 title, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, though she made her Dead or Alive debut in the 2013 title, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate.

She is the keeper of the Dragons Eye, a sacred jewel that is said to hold the spirit of a mighty dragon. In times of great danger, it is her duty to ensure that the jewel makes its way to Hayabusa, as it enhances the power of his Dragon Sword.

History

Early Life

Character

Appearance

See also: Momiji's Costumes

Momiji is a young Japanese lady with amber eyes and long black hair tied in a ponytail. She is mostly seen in an outfit with a white top with red ribboned edges and red kunoichi styled pants.

Personality

Momiji is a very gentle and caring young woman who is seen by the Hayabusa Village children as an older sister figure, whom they look up to.

Like her mentor, Ryu Hayabusa, Momiji has a strong will and refuses to accept any vulnerabilities and trains extensively to become one of the deadliest warriors in the Hayabusa Village.

Etymology

Momiji (紅葉) in Japanese means "autumn leaves".

Relationships

Ryu Hayabusa

Momiji is the last of the Hayabusa Ninja Clan's shrine maidens and Hayabusa's apprentice. After saving her from falling at hands of the Black Spider Ninja Clan, Hayabusa taught her how to fight, in order to survived herself as the last maiden of their clan. A prodigy in the Ninja Arts, Momiji has grown to be an exceptional kunoichi in her own right. Enamored with his convictions, Momiji shares Hayabusa's perceptions of virtue and justice, only resorting to deadly violence against her clan's enemies. She looks up to her master with pride as both a mentor and an undying ally, and Hayabusa is equally proud of his disciple and sister-in-arms, having her accompany him on missions.

Rachel

Rachel seems to have a friendly relationship for Momiji and she forms working partnerships with her very often as she helps her out on her journey.

Ayane

Momiji has a friendly relationship with Ayane, the two help each other and formed a working partnership since they first met in the Ninja Gaiden storyline. Momiji calls Ayane's name during a tag-match.

Gameplay

See also: Momiji's Command Lists

Appearances

Dead or Alive Series

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (Playable, 2013)
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade (Playable, 2013)
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (Playable, 2015)

Non-Dead or Alive Appearances

Ninja Gaiden series

Momiji made her debut in Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, and later in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. In Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, Momiji is a playable character in the Ninja Trials and Chapter Challenge modes.

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce

Momiji-dwsf — Momiji in *Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce*

Momiji makes a guest appearance in PlayStation 3 version of Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce. She is an NPC that offers three different quests to the player. If the player manages to complete all of the challenges she gives them, they earn the right to wield her Heavenly Dragon Naginata in battle. Its attack pattern is similar to the Polearm move-set that appears in the game but with its own unique special attacks taken straight from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

Warriors Orochi 3

Momiji also appears in Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper, the WiiU port of Warriors Orochi 3. She is added with fellow new character Shennong, as well as along side the characters from the Japan-only PSP port of the game, Seimei Abe and Rachel. Her special stage is the Hayabusa Village merged with Wan Castle. She also appears in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, an updated version of Warriors Orochi 3 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

In Popular Culture

Dead Fantasy

Momiji appears alongside Hayabusa in the fan-made CG series Dead Fantasy.

Also Known As

Dragon Shrine Maiden - Dead or Alive 5 Games

Fighter Quotes

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate/Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Musical Themes

Fuga ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~ - Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade

Gallery

Concept Art
Trick-or-Treat Halloween Concept - DOA5U Beach Party Concept with Leifang, Rachel, and Kokoro - DOA5LR Momiji Costume by Tamiki Wakaki concept - DOA5LR

Renders
DOA5U

Promotional Images
DOA5U DOA5U DOA5U DOA5U DOA5U Poster - DOA5LR CFCrjDqWAAA7mMX.jpg May 2015 DLC Momiji teaser from the official Twitter page - DOA5LR

Downloadable Content Images

Ninja Gaiden
Promotional Art with Hayabusa - Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Render - Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Render - Ninja Gaiden 3 Game Icon - Ninja Gaiden Clans Render - Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge Promotional Image - Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

Miscellaneous
Screenshot - Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Render - Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

Trivia

Despite being a Ninjutsu practioner like all the shinobi in the series, Momiji also uses principles of Aikijutsu as well, making her the only shinobi in the series to use a different fighting style.
Even though she was added to Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, it is unknown whether she participated in the tournament or not. Her profile on the official game website, however, states that she does enter in order to test all that she has learned.
Several of Momiji's techniques, such as double jumping and air-charged attacks, come directly from her gameplay in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. The air-power blow is taken from her Ultimate technique and her prayer beads can be used in combat.
Momiji's English voice actor is also the current English voice of Tina Armstrong.

External Links

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Plot subjects	DOATEC • Dead or Alive World Combat Championship • Mugen Tenshin clan • Ninpo • Nukenin (missing shinobi) • Project Alpha • Project Epsilon • Shinobi • Tengu
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Characters
Playable	Kasumi • Ayane • Hayate • Ryu Hayabusa • Helena Douglas • Christie • La Mariposa/Lisa Hamilton • Hitomi • Bayman • Kokoro • Jann Lee • Leifang • Tina Armstrong • Bass Armstrong/Mr. Strong • Zack • Eliot • Gen Fu • Brad Wong • Rig • Mila • Alpha-152 • Ein • Leon • Momiji • Marie Rose • Phase 4 • Nyotengu
Story Mode characters	False Kasumi
Guest characters	Akira Yuki • Jacky Bryant • Sarah Bryant • Pai Chan
Non-playable characters	Miyako • Muramasa • Victor Donovan
Terms
Gameplay modes	Story • Versus • Arcade • Time Attack • Survival • Team Battle • Training • Online • Spectator • Album • Movies • Fight Record • Titles • Help & Options • Music
Gameplay terms	Attacks • Boss Battles • Character Select • Cliffhanger • Combo • Counter Blow • Critical Hit • Danger Zone • Game Over • Holds • Knocked Out • Match • Move Data • Power Blow • Power Launcher • Side Stepping • Special Moves • Stages • Stances • Tag Throws • Throws • Triangle System
Plot subjects	DOATEC • Dead or Alive World Combat Championship • DIG • Freedom Survivor • MIST • Mugen Tenshin clan • Project Alpha • Project Epsilon • Runaway shinobi • Shinobi
Martial arts	Aikijutsu • Ba ji quan (hakkyoku-ken) • Close quarters combat • Combat Sambo • Counter Fiend Combat • Jeet Kune Do • Karate • Lucha libre • Mixed martial arts • Muay Thai • Ninjutsu • Pi gua quan • Professional wrestling • Snake fist • Systema • T'ai chi quan • Taekwondo • Tengu-do • Xing yi quan • Xinyi liuhe quan • Ensei ken (yan qing quan) • Zui quan
Other terms	Cabbage • Credits • Cutscenes • Endings • Glasses • System Voice • Tournament Winners • Virtua Fighter
Locations
Stages	Aircraft Carrier • Dead or Alive/Arrival • Depth • Desert Wasteland • Dojo • The Ends of the Earth • Fighting Entertainment • Flow/Primal • Forest • Fuel • Home • Hot Zone • Lab • Lorelei/Haunted Lorelei • Lost World • Sanctuary • Scramble • The Show/The Tiger Show/Coming Soon • Sky City Tokyo • Street • Sweat • Temple of the Dragon/Sakura • Zack Island
Non-playable locations	Freedom Survivor • Johnny's Diner • Taylor's Bar
Music
Dead or Alive 5 Soundtrack Vol.3
Character themes	Default	"Alpha-152" • "Bloody Nocturne" • "Collapse" • "Drunk Wolf" • "El Diablo ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Fang" • "Flowerbed" • "Fuga ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Hunter's Moon" • "I Feel For You" • "Machinations" • "Mentor" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Oiran Drive" • "Purity" • "The Roar of the Crowd" • "Russian Roulette" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "Solitary Desperation" • "Sorrow" • "Steel Horse Rider" • "Successor" • "Tribal Beats" • "Turn On The Lights" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Vigaku" • "Zany Zapper"
	Optional (console versions only)	Dead or Alive 2	"B-boy no "B"" • "Blazed up Melpomene" • "Break the age" • "Grand Style" • "Hitohira" • "Natural High" • "The Shooted" • "Tehu Tehu" • "Ultimate Weapon" • "YES or YES" • "You Are Under My Control"
	Optional (console versions only)	Dead or Alive 3	"Blood Tie" • "Cracker" • "Eternity" • "Four Thousand" • "I don't believe it!" • "It's to Show" • "Knifepoint" • "Look Ahead" • "Mayflower" • "Monster" • "Power Shovel" • "Prismatic Butterfly" • "Red Moon" • "Reincarnate" • "Trip" • "True Beauty"
Stage themes	"Accelerator" • "Alpha-152" • "Beginning to the End" • "Blood Tie ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Can't Stop This Feeling" • "Cascade" • "The City Never Sleeps" • "Desert Storm" • "Dimensions Training" • "Fallen Leaves" • "Fire Alarm" • "Gaia" • "Ghouls' Ball" • "Gotta Move On" • "Graceful Sounds" • "Happy Funny Crazy" • "I Feel For You" • "Imps' Ball" • "Into the Abyss" • "Liberation" • "Light the Fuse" • "Like a Dragon" • "Knock You Down" • "Mist Knows" • "Niug-Nep Place" • "Oblivion" • "Polluted Air" • "Primitive Rhythm" • "Rapids" • "Scream" • "The Secret of Kung-Fu" • "Skyscraper" • "Tedious Days" • "Tempestuous Sign" • "Tiger's Family" • "Tradition"
Story Mode tracks	"B-boy No "B" Remix" • "Cheerful Buddhist Priest" • "Collapse" • "Desperate Situation" • "False Fate" • "I'm a Fighter" • "Knifepoint" • "let's get it" • "Mentor" • "Monster" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Omen" • "Purity" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "The Storied Journey of the Boy and the Drunk" • "Successor" • "Superstar" • "Tribal Beats" • "Trip" • "The Way is Known ~DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Main Theme~" • "Vigaku" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Zany Zapper"
Other tracks	"A Wind" • "Act Of Universe" • "An Invisible Shadow" • "Circle" • "Conditioning" • "D.O.A." • "Deep Impact" • "Dimensions Training" • "Evolution" • "Excelsior" • "Ignition" • "Link" • "Repetition" • "Showdown" • "Transcendence" • "ULTIMATE" • "Urges" • "Wired" • "X-ray" • "Zero Hour"
Archives
Achievements • Command lists • Costumes • Downloadable content • Fighting quotes • Merchandise • Promotional artwork and wallpapers • Survival Mode items • Tag throws

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Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade
Characters
Playable	Kasumi • Ayane • Hayate • Ryu Hayabusa • Helena Douglas • Christie • La Mariposa/Lisa Hamilton • Hitomi • Bayman • Kokoro • Jann Lee • Leifang • Tina Armstrong • Bass Armstrong/Mr. Strong • Zack • Eliot • Gen Fu • Brad Wong • Rig • Mila • Alpha-152 • Ein • Leon • Momiji • Rachel • Marie Rose • Phase 4 • Nyotengu • Honoka • Raidou
Story Mode characters	False Kasumi
Guest characters	Akira Yuki • Jacky Bryant • Sarah Bryant • Pai Chan • Naotora Ii • Mai Shiranui (latter two only in Arcade/PS4/XONE/PC)
Non-playable characters	Miyako • Muramasa • Victor Donovan
Terms
Gameplay modes	Story • Versus • Arcade • Time Attack • Survival • Team Battle • Training • Online • Spectator • Album • Movies • Fight Record • Titles • Help & Options • Music
Gameplay terms	Attacks • Boss Battles • Character Select • Cliffhanger • Combo • Counter Blow • Critical Hit • Danger Zone • Game Over • Holds • Knocked Out • Match • Move Data • Power Blow • Power Launcher • Side Stepping • Special Moves • Stages • Stances • Tag Throws • Throws • Triangle System
Plot subjects	DOATEC • Dead or Alive World Combat Championship • DIG • Freedom Survivor • MIST • Mugen Tenshin clan • Project Alpha • Project Epsilon • Runaway shinobi • Shinobi
Martial arts	Aikijutsu • Ba ji quan (hakkyoku-ken) • Close quarters combat • Combat Sambo • Counter Fiend Combat • Honoka Fu • Ii Style Leg Strikes • Jeet Kune Do • Karate • Lucha libre • Mixed martial arts • Muay Thai • Ninjutsu • Pi gua quan • Professional wrestling • Snake fist • Systema • T'ai chi quan • Taekwondo • Tengu-do • Xing yi quan • Xinyi liuhe quan • Ensei ken (yan qing quan) • Zui quan
Other terms	Cabbage • Credits • Cutscenes • Endings • Glasses • System Voice • Tournament Winners • Virtua Fighter • Warriors series • The King of Fighters series
Locations
Stages	Aircraft Carrier • Crimson (PS4/XONE) • Danger Zone (PS4/XONE) • Dead or Alive/Arrival • Depth • Desert Wasteland • Dojo • The Ends of the Earth • Fighting Entertainment • Flow/Primal • Forest • Fuel • Home • Hot Zone • Lab • Lorelei/Haunted Lorelei • Lost World • Sanctuary • Scramble • The Show/The Tiger Show/Coming Soon • Sky City Tokyo • Street • Sweat • Temple of the Dragon/Sakura • Zack Island
DLC stages (PS4/XONE)	Attack on Titan • Azuchi • Fireworks
Non-playable locations	Freedom Survivor • Johnny's Diner • Taylor's Bar
Music
Dead or Alive 5 Soundtrack Vol.4
Character themes	Default	"Alpha-152" • "Bloody Nocturne" • "Collapse" • "Dead or Alive Reboot" • "Drunk Wolf" • "El Diablo ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Fang" • "Flowerbed" • "Fuga ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Hunter's Moon" • "I Feel For You" • "Machinations" • "Mentor" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Oiran Drive" • "Our Little Secret" • "Purity" • "Roaming Blossom" • "The Roar of the Crowd" • "Russian Roulette" • "Sacred Flower" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "Solitary Desperation" • "Sorrow" • "Steel Horse Rider" • "Successor" • "Tribal Beats" • "Turn On The Lights" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Vigaku" • "Zany Zapper"
	Optional	Dead or Alive	"AYA" • "Blade of "RYU"" • "Code Name "BAYMAN"" • "Concentration" • "DEAD OR ALIVE" • "Densetsu no Hiken" • "Fastbreak" • "The Fist of TAIKYOKU Blows Up" • "Ganna Make You Gasp" • "Heated Heartbeat" • "Ketsui no Toki" • "Kokou no Kenshi" • "Megadeath" • "No Money" • "Power is Beauty ~more beautiful mix~" • "Superstar"
		Dead or Alive 2	"B-boy no "B"" • "Blazed up Melpomene" • "Break the age" • "Grand Style" • "Hitohira" • "Natural High" • "The Shooted" • "Tehu Tehu" • "Ultimate Weapon" • "YES or YES" • "You Are Under My Control"
		Dead or Alive 3	"Blood Tie" • "Cracker" • "Eternity" • "Four Thousand" • "I don't believe it!" • "It's to Show" • "Knifepoint" • "Look Ahead" • "Mayflower" • "Monster" • "Power Shovel" • "Prismatic Butterfly" • "Red Moon" • "Reincarnate" • "Trip" • "True Beauty"
		Miscellaneous	"Dead or Alive Redux" • "Hitohira -DW SW MIX-" • "Ryu's Determination -DW SW MIX-" • "Tehu Tehu -DW SW MIX-"
Stage themes	"Accelerator" • "Against the mega disastrous blow -Last Round mix-" • "Alpha-152" • "Beginning to the End" • "Blood Tie ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Can't Stop This Feeling" • "Cascade" • "The City Never Sleeps" • "Desert Storm" • "Dimensions Training" • "Fallen Leaves" • "Fire Alarm" • "Gaia" • "Ghouls' Ball" • "Gotta Move On" • "Graceful Sounds" • "Happy Funny Crazy" • "I Feel For You" • "Imps' Ball" • "Into the Abyss" • "Liberation" • "Light the Fuse" • "Like a Dragon" • "Look Ahead" • "Knock You Down" • "Mist Knows" • "Natural High" • "Niug-Nep Place" • "Oblivion" • "Polluted Air" • "Primitive Rhythm" • "Rapids" • "Reincarnate" • "Scream" • "The Secret of Kung-Fu" • "Skyscraper" • "Tedious Days" • "Tempestuous Sign" • "Tiger's Family" • "Tradition" • "Trip" • "Tropical Beat"
Story Mode tracks	"B-boy No "B" Remix" • "Cheerful Buddhist Priest" • "Collapse" • "Desperate Situation" • "False Fate" • "I'm a Fighter" • "Knifepoint" • "let's get it" • "Mentor" • "Monster" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Omen" • "Purity" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "The Storied Journey of the Boy and the Drunk" • "Successor" • "Superstar" • "Tribal Beats" • "Trip" • "The Way is Known ~DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Main Theme~" • "Vigaku" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Zany Zapper"
Other tracks	"A Wind" • "Act Of Universe" • "An Invisible Shadow" • "Circle" • "Conditioning" • "D.O.A." • "Deep Impact" • "Dimensions Training" • "Evolution" • "Excelsior" • "Ignition" • "Link" • "Physical System" • "Repetition" • "Result" • "Showdown (DOA1)" • "Showdown" • "The New Century" • "Transcendence" • "ULTIMATE" • "Urges" • "Wired" • "X-ray" • "Zero Hour"
Archives
Achievements • Combo challenges • Command lists • Costumes • Downloadable content • Fighting quotes • Merchandise • Promotional artwork and wallpapers • Survival Mode items • Tag throws