Mai Shiranui

Mai Shiranui Age: 18 Birthplace: Japan Height: 5 feet 5 inches Weight: 106 lbs. Occupation: Shiranui Ninja, main heiress of Shiranui clan Likes: Ornamental hairpin that's her grandmother's keepsake, spending time with Andy Dislikes: Spiders Hobbies: Cooking (making boxed lunches and traditional Japanese New Years' dishes) Favorite food: Rice cake soup, sweet-red-bean-covered rice balls Measurements (bust, waist, hip): B87-W55-H91 cm Weapon: Kachō Sen ("Butterfly Fan") Personality: Though training to be a ninja, Mai's personality reflects that of a flirtatious, young girl when not fighting, often showing her voluptuous body by wearing skimpy outfits (though sometimes she wears kimonos). When Mai fights, she can become quite condescending and taunt her opponent. Mai can also be quite jealous, especially when anybody talks about Andy, her self-proclaimed "boyfriend", who she's immediately head over heels for and can sometimes act like a helpless girl around. However, Andy doesn’t return any feelings as he views her as more of a close friend or sister as they were raised and trained together by her grandfather and doesn’t value romance as an importance to his goal. Appearance: Mai is a very beautiful woman, with fair skin, long brown hair tied into a tight, high topknot style, accompanied by a waist-length ponytail with parted bangs and amber eyes (with some games being brown). She is well-known both in verse and amongst fans for her well-endowed body. Her main outfit is a red and white kunoichi dress (a traditional garb of her family's), with red tassels at the back that are fastened to an obi around her waist. She has circular white ropes secured around her shoulders, with red and black colored tabi for footwear. Mai is also usually seen wielding a traditional white Kachō Sen, or "butterfly fan", as her primary weapon. Background: Pre-Fatal Fury 2 Mai Shiranui was under the tutelage of her grandfather Hanzo. Though she wasn't at all interested in her training, that is until a rival judo master Jubei Yamada tried to challenge her grandfather to a fight. In defense of her grandfather Mai challenges Jubei in his stead, Mai defeated Jubei and that fight seemed to rejuvenate her interest for her ninja training and began to take her grandfather more seriously. After the King of Fighters tournament in South Town, a competitor of the tournament named Andy Bogard traveled to Japan to study under Hanzo. At first, Mai wasn't at all interested in Andy considering him to be plain and boring, but it wasn't until Andy gave Mai a special present on her birthday that Mai changed her mind and made Andy her "Self-proclaimed boyfriend". Mostly confusing Andy.

Fatal Fury 2 Once both Andy and Mai were given permission to take leave from their training, Andy leaves for Italy and Mai decides to go along with him. While in italy, both Andy and Mai receive invitations to another King of Fighters tournament held by Wolfgang Krauser Von Stroheim. Andy's brother Terry meets with them in Italy and they compete in the tournament. Eventually, Terry defeats Krauser ad wins the tournament once again. Meanwhile Andy and Mai return to Japan to resume their training.

Fatal Fury 3 Mai and Andy were still in Japan when they receive a letter from Terry, telling them about the ancient scrolls and that the Jin brothers (Chonshu and Chonrei) seek as well as Geese Howard. Andy ventures to South Town to aid his brother, and Mai follws suit. Mai was able to help the Bogards defeat the Jins and Howard himself. Soon after, Andy and Mai venture back to Japan (this time on Mai's request).