Characters of the Dead or Alive series

Portrayed by: Kevin NashVoiced by (English): unknown actor (DOA2: Hardcore),[1] Joe J. Thomas (Dimensions),[2] Patrick Seitz (DOA5–present)[3]Voiced by (Japanese): Daisuke Gōri (DOA–DOA4), Kenta Miyake (Dimensions–present)[4] Bass Armstrong (バース・アームストロング, Bāsu Āmusutorongu) is a semi-retired professional wrestling champion and Tina's overprotective father.

Portrayed by: Derek BoyerVoiced by (English): unknown actor (DOA2: Hardcore),[5] Zach Hanks (Dimensions),[2] Matthew Mercer (DOA5–present)[6]Voiced by (Japanese): Hisao Egawa (DOA), Banjō Ginga (DOA2-present)[4] Bayman (バイマン, Baiman) is a Russian and a former Spetsnaz who specializes in the sambo fighting style.

His dream assignment came to him when he entered into the first Dead or Alive World Tournament under orders from Victor Donovan to assassinate its organizer, the renowned Fame Douglas, founder and chairman of DOATEC.

Cheat Code Central ranked him as the fifth-worst "video game dad" in 2012, calling him "a blight on virtual humanity" and adding that "we can all agree the DOA universe is better off without this power-hungry monster".

[12] Portrayed by: Brian J. WhiteVoiced by (English): unknown actor (DOA2: Hardcore),[13] Dennis Rodman (DOAX), Khary Payton (DOAX2–Dimensions),[2][14] Keith Silverstein (DOA5–present)[15]Voiced by (Japanese): Bin Shimada[4] Zack (ザック, Zakku) is an eccentric DJ who specializes in the muay thai boxing style.

He then invites all the women of DOA under the false pretense of another tournament, who take the bait and arrive on the island where Zack, accompanied by his girlfriend Niki, convinces them to stay for a brief two-week vacation.

Although he feels it was his duty to defeat Omega Genra as leader of the clan, Hayate is bested by Ayane, who then proceeds to the final round and prepare settle score with her foster father on her own, citing that it was a personal affair.

Portrayed by: Sarah CarterVoiced by (English): unknown actress (DOA2: Hardcore),[17] Karen Strassman (DOAX2–DOA Paradise, DOA5–present),[14] Julianne Buescher (Dimensions)[2]Voiced by (Japanese): Yuka Koyama[4] Helena Douglas (エレナ・ダグラス, Erena Dagurasu) is the French opera singer who practices piguaquan martial arts by seeking to avenge her mother's murder.

Although never explained in the series, Helena appears to have learned or known information pertaining to the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee (DOATEC), especially after encountering an amnesiac contestant named Ein.

Helena's role of tournament hostess remains intact, but her backstory is ignored and she is given an upbeat personality that contrasts to her aloof in-game disposition; she appears in one scene wearing roller skates, and a line of dialogue has her commenting about wanting to visit Paris.

Portrayed by: Song LinVoiced by (English): Grant George (Dimensions–present)[2]Voiced by (Japanese): Yukimasa Kishino (DOA3–DOA4), Unshō Ishizuka (Dimensions–DOA6)[4] Brad Wong (ブラッド・ウォン, Buraddo Uon) is a drunken wanderer who specializes in the Zuì Quán fighting style.

Portrayed by: Holly ValanceVoiced by (English): April Stewart (DOAX2–Dimensions),[2] Laura Bailey (DOA5), uncredited actress (DOA6)Voiced by (Japanese): Kotono Mitsuishi[4] Christie (クリスティ, Kurisuti) is a British female assassin who practices She-quan martial arts.

She employs any means necessary to attain her mission objectives, including using her looks, charm, and sex appeal to lure her intended victims, though on occasion she will flirt with her male targets in lieu of killing them.

In Dead or Alive 4, Christie serves as Donovan's bodyguard, but they are unable to prevent the Mugen Tenshin ninja clan (Hayate, Ayane) and Ryu from destroying DOATEC's Tritower headquarters.

Christie is depicted as more approachable and social than her in-game counterpart but retains her role of master thief and assassin, working with a noncanonical character named Max (Matthew Marsden) to steal Donovan's $100 million fortune hidden in a vault on the tournament grounds.

[37] In Dead or Alive 4 (2005), she enters the DOA tournament once more, this time in hopes of winning the cash prize after her father is stricken with an illness that puts a financial strain on the dojo despite his eventual recovery.

In the movie, a character resembling Hitomi is seen wearing her in-game outfit of a pink headband and a denim jacket, but she had no dialogue while her personality was given to Dead or Alive 4 protagonist Helena Douglas.

In Dead or Alive 4, she appears as a masked luchadora named La Mariposa (ラ・マリポーサ, Ra Maripōsa, Spanish for "butterfly"), entering the tournament to match her wrestling skills against Tina's.

In Dead or Alive 5, it is revealed that she is an operative for Donovan's new organization, MIST In the game's true ending, after she frees Hayate and the Mugen Tenshin ninja and Hayabusa destroy the lab, she is trapped under some debris and her scream can be heard in the following explosion.

[43] GameDaily included her among the "Top 25 Hottest Game Babes", saying "Watching Lisa... err... La Mariposa flying around the wrestling ring makes us want to take up lucha libre, if for nothing else than to let her give us "personal" instruction.

[33] Kakuchopurei ranked her 8th "best Dead or Alive waifu", calling her "a great example of a strong lass climbing out from the dredges of a fanservice game to a mothership fighting title, showing the world she can Lucha Libre while looking fabulous".

The data was modified to work in the Dead or Alive game engine as a female combatant, but kept to the traditional Spartan design; a feminine figure would have been implausible for such a heavily armored, cybernetically enhanced individual.

The studio stated that the character, who has never appeared in any other Halo fiction, is sent to the 21st century when a partially stable "bubble" in the space-time continuum opens near Nassau Station, where she and her unit are preparing for a secret mission.

[153] Prior to her inclusion in Dead or Alive 6, her teaser trailer received negative attention with Dustin Bailey from PCGamesN caling Tamaki "the game’s most relentlessly thirsty horndog".

Fame created the Dead or Alive World Combat Championship, simple as an annual, world-wide fighting tournament for fighters to take part in to win large cash prizes.

Fame's illegitimate daughter, Helena, stands to inherit his position as chairman of DOATEC, but in DOA3 Donovan makes attempts to stop this from happening by kidnapping her and forcing her to compete in the tournament for her freedom.

However, when Kokoro became more interested in martial arts than her geisha training and decided to enter the fourth Dead or Alive tournament, Miyako reluctantly allows her to go while warning her that she will not be satisfied in finding out the truth.

Portrayed by: Eric RobertsVoiced by (English): Grant George (Dimensions)[166]Voiced by (Japanese): Moriya Endo Victor Donovan (ビクター・ドノバン, Bikutā Donoban) is the main antagonist of the Dead or Alive series.

He challenges Helena to win the third Dead or Alive tournament in order to gain her freedom and learn the truth behind the company, and also employs the assassin Christie to keep an eye on her, and kill her if necessary.

In DOA5, which takes place two years after the fourth tournament, he sets up a new organization called MIST after DOATEC (now headed by Helena) disbanded its Military Division and Development Department, with Christie, Lisa, Miyako, NiCO and the brainwashed Rig as his operatives.