Hitomi

• Character name: Hitomi
• Also known as: The Fist of Innocence, A Karate Expert and Then Some!
• Martial art: Karate
• Place of birth: Germany
• Nationality: German
• Date of birth: May 25
• Age: 20
• Species: Human
• Gender: Female
• Height: 160 cm (5' 3")
• Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs.)
• Measurements: B90 W58 H85 cm (B35" W23" H33")
• Eye color: Bluish-grey
• Hair color: Dark brown
• Current occupations: College student and karate instructor
• Hobbies: Cooking
• Favorite foods and drinks: Sachertorte, Orange juice
• Favorite color: Sky blue
• Tropical zodiac sign: Gemini (21 May – 20 June)
• Birthstone: Emerald
• Birthflower: Carnation
• Birthfruit: Banana
• Friends: Hayate, Leifang
• Rivals: Hayate (friendly), Ayane, Jann Lee, Leifang (friendly), Eliot (friendly)
• History: Hitomi was a nikkei, born to a German father and a Japanese mother, and lived with them in southwest Germany where her father ran his own karate dojo. From a young age, Hitomi trained in the art of karate under her father's guidance. By the age of eighteen, she had earned a black belt.

After the events of Dead or Alive, Hitomi found ‘Ein’ unconscious in the Black Forest, after he had been abandoned by the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee, following their failed Project Epsilon. Hitomi took him home, where she and Ein studied karate together until Ein left to enter the second Dead or Alive Tournament to find out about his past, which he had forgotten due to amnesia. During this tournament, Ein regained his memories, remembering that he was really Hayate, a shinobi leader, and returned home to the Mugen Tenshin Village.

Hitomi enters the third tournament in order to test her skills against other martial artists and to prove to her father that she was now a capable fighter, and an independent woman. While working on the Freedom Survivor as a waitress, she reunites with Ein and meets Ayane. When Hitomi asks her if she's Kasumi, the ninja is angered and fights Hitomi. After the fight, Ayane is surprised to find that Hitomi's karate is equal to her ninjutsu. Ein then finally tells Hitomi that his real name is Hayate, and that he and Ayane are ninjas, much to Hitomi's surprise. While on the ship with Ein she meets Jann Lee, who also shares a keen passion for martial arts, and the two share some philosophies about the way of martial arts. However Hitomi gets mad at him for being too hard on opponents after he brutally defeats Leifang.

With Hitomi ranking third place in the tournament, her father lets her leave the dojo, and she moves on with her new life as an independent adult.

When a sudden illness befalls upon her father, the family's dojo goes into despair and becomes afflicted with financial trouble. To help her father, Hitomi enters the fourth Dead or Alive Tournament in an attempt to win the cash prize. During the tournament, she faces and defeats Leifang after a dispute over a cabbage, but the two of them form a friendship afterwards. Hitomi then faces Jann Lee again, after he 'rescues' her from a T-Rex; she finds it "cruel" of Jann to attack the dinosaur, despite its attempt to eat her.

In the DOATEC Tritower, Hitomi eventually encounters Hayate again, and she pleads for him to come back with her to the dojo, admitting that she does not know what to do without him. Hayate tells her that he can't because he is no longer Ein, and the fourth tournament is no tournament at all, but a war. He then asks her to spar for old time's sake to which she happily accepts. After the fight, they tell each other to take care, and Hitomi runs down the stairs and passes Ayane with tears in her eyes.

After the tournament, Hitomi returns home, continuing to live her independent life.

Upon hearing about the fifth Dead or Alive Tournament, Hitomi reunites with Leifang and the two of them set off on a journey to train together. While training at a circus that's still under construction, the pair does a friendly sparring match against Brad Wong and Eliot. They are then invited to the tournament by Zack, who does so humorously by launching himself into the air with a human cannon.

Later, Hitomi and Leifang travel to South America to continue their training. There, they spot Jann Lee being recruited by Zack into joining the tournament. Knowing that they need to do their own training, they spar against each other to improve their skills. After the fight, the two of them go separate ways, promising each other to meet again at the tournament. While on her own, Hitomi runs into Ayane, who is trying to find Kasumi's clone. Hitomi asks if she is entering the fifth tournament, to which Ayane says she is not, while chastising her choice of clothing for training. The two have a sparring match, and Ayane leaves to continue her search.

At the tournament, Hitomi defeats Mila in the quarterfinals and Eliot in the semifinals. Before the finals, Hitomi reunites with Hayate, proudly telling him that she needs to win one more fight and she'll be champion. She then asks him if he could spar with her, telling him that her muscles are a bit tight. Hayate accepts and they spar together. After the fight they wish each other good luck, and then Hayate departs with Ayane.

Hitomi is defeated by Jann Lee in the finals, making her the runner-up of the tournament.

Hitomi went on a treasure hunt with Leifang and then sparred to see who could win the treasure. However, before they could collect the prize, a tentacle from a giant squid took the treasure, with their being forced to flee the doomed ship.

Some time later, Hitomi brought out some Kshitigarbha statues, presumably as practice to hone her Karate skills, and was in the midst of counting down in German when Honoka appeared and requested that the two spar for the upcoming tournament. Hitomi agreed to Honoka's request, though she warned that she wouldn't go easy on her. Hitomi then beat Honoka, who humbly thanked her and departed, although not before bidding farewell alongside her friend Marie Rose one of the "eins" statues, with Hitomi stating she'll see her at the tournament.

Hitomi also briefly teased Leifang regarding the latter's "challenge letter" to Jann Lee, saying it came across as a love letter, and also worked with Leifang to create some chocolates for their respective loved ones for Valentine's Day. She also encountered Eliot at the museum and briefly sparred with him. Despite losing the fight, Hitomi is impressed by his skills. She politely refuses his offer to help her up and states that she won't lose to him when they meet in the tournament. Indeed at the tournament she meets Eliot again at the quarterfinals and this time she defeats him, advancing to the semifinals. Later she lost to Diego, who went on to become the runner up of the tournament.

• Hitomi is of average height, with a slender and athletic build, she has fair skin, bluish-grey eyes and shoulder-length dark brown hair with a front fringe, normally worn with a pink hairband. Although she usually wears a hairband, she sometimes goes without it, and also has three varying styles including two braids, a ponytail at the back, and a bob cut. her height and bust measurements have changed, through only by a couple of centimeters.
• Attire: Hitomi wears a White tank top with a black bra, stonewashed jeans, grey sneakers, and a pair of fighting gloves.