On a personal quest of revenge, Kasumi, highly skilled in the Tenjin Mon ( 天神門, 'sky god clan') style ninjutsu, absconded on her own to enter the Dead or Alive tournament and defeat Raidou, breaking the clan rules and outcasted as an outlaw. In the series' backstory, she was destined to become the 18th Master of the Mugen Tenshin ninja clan when Hayate was left comatose after an attack by their renegade uncle Raidou. She and her older brother Hayate are the respected heirs apparent of their clan, the Mugen Tenshin ( 霧幻天神流, lit. Kasumi is the main character, the protagonist in the first game, and a secondary character in the second game of the series.

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Due to differences in cultural norms, she has attracted some controversy in the West involving eroticism and the use of underage female characters in video games. Kasumi is a popular sex symbol in video game culture and an iconic ninja character. She has been the subject of various merchandise and was used to promote the Xbox consoles in Japan.

Kasumi has become a symbol of the Dead or Alive franchise and is the personal favourite of Team Ninja's founder and the series' creator Tomonobu Itagaki. She also guest appeared in various other games, including Team Ninja's other flagship series Ninja Gaiden where she and Ayane play much bigger roles. There are several Dead or Alive player and boss characters who are clones of her. In the games' canon, Kasumi, also known as 'the Kunoichi of Destiny', is a teenage ninja princess who has left her clan, becoming an outcast and is pursued by her younger half-sister Ayane. She was a main character in the first, second and fifth games of the series and in the film DOA: Dead or Alive. Kasumi has served as the lead character of the Dead or Alive franchise since its premiere in 1996.

Kasumi ( Japanese: かすみ, also written as 霞, meaning ' mist' or ' afterglow') is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Dead or Alive fighting game series by Team Ninja and Tecmo ( Koei Tecmo). Mugen Tenshin Ninjutsu (Tenjin Mon style) Sakura Tange ( DOA- DOA2, DOAD ( Alpha and Alpha-152)).

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