She is a college student from San Francisco, California, who debuted in the original Virtua Fighter, brainwashed to try and kill her brother, and later tries to surpass him while seeking to take down the organization responsible.

Originally voiced by Lynn Harris, she was designed by Seiichi Ishii alongside director Yu Suzuki after a brainstorming session, and inspired by Sarah Connor from the Terminator franchise.

[8] Designed by Seiichi Ishii, he stated she was inspired by the Terminator franchise character Sarah Connor,[2] though series creator Yu Suzuki refused to comment himself when asked if she was based on anyone.

Most of these themes were kept going forward into the second design pass, with the halter top expanded into a full leotard featuring a sash, fingerless purple gloves, and a short dark brown haircut.

[8] Intended to have "a sense of style while also combat-ready", and possibly serve as a "distraction", this finalized design was simplified to lose the buttons and buckle, and with Virtua Fighter 3 shifted to a dark blue color.

[11] According to Suzuki, her ponytail in the finalized design was intended to be "practical" in martial arts fighting, due to no hair pulling within the games, while her longer legs were meant to emphasize her reliance on kick-based attacks using Jeet Kune Do.

[12] Developer Keiji Okayasu elaborated on this, stating it caused an issue for the home port of the title, as they were unable to reduce the polygon count without drastically altering her proportions.

[13] Sarah Bryant was introduced in the 1993 video game Virtua Fighter as a college student from San Francisco, California, investigating her brother Jacky's car crash in the 1990 Indianapolis 500.

While doing so she is kidnapped by the Illuminati-esque group responsible for the crash, Judgement 6, and brainwashed to kill her brother who had entered in their World Martial Arts Tournament.

[23] An anime series called Virtua Fighter was also produced, consisting of thirty-minute segments and was directed by Hideki Tonokatsu, with Ryo Tanaka as character designer.

[24] Voiced by Maya Okamoto in Japanese and Juliet Cesario in localized releases,[6] she appears in the third episode onward, acting as a grid girl for her brother when he races.

Later on she is kidnapped due to her fighting ability and brainwashed with the intention of creating a "pure human weapon with no emotion", attacking the group and beating Jacky severely afterwards.

[19] Sega Saturn Magazine described her as "one of the most brilliant creations in the world of video games", praising her brainwashing plot and more heavily her breast size.

[31] The magazine Total Control was far more critical of the character in their own comparison, citing Virtua Fighter as an example of sexism in video games due to her presence and portrayal in the title.

[11] J. C. Hertz in the 1997 book Joystick Nation called her "the reigning queen of 3D polygon fighting game characters", describing her as being "built like an Olympic swimmer.