Kasumi is a kunoichi (female ninja) who was ordained as leader of the "Mugen Tenshin" style. Instead of accepting this position, she became a "runaway shinobi" so that she might avenge her brother, Hayate, who was partially paralyzed by DOATEC.
Day after day she is forced to defend herself from attempts on her life by highly skilled assassins. Then, one day, Kasumi learns that Hayate is to be at the DOA tournament. Though she finally meets her long-lost brother in this last tournament, it is impossible for a runaway shinobi to ever return home in peace.
Movelist and frame data
Kasumi is an aggressive character who wants to fight up close where her fast jabs and elbows help her overwhelm her opponents.
Many of her strings can go into low strikes, meaning a defending opponent always has to stay on their toes.
Kasumi's mid launchers are all fairly slow (
,
,
), while her
launcher has an extremely fast 10 frame startup.
Having access to parries, Kasumi is able to shut down a lot of the opponents offense. However, her parry only teleports her behind the opponent, and it's up to the player to captialize on the situation. In most cases, immediately using a
will hit the the opponent's back and allow her to start a combo.
Her
is a potentially very strong throw, though an opponent who is good at throw breaking will be able to shut it down. If she successfully lands it, she gets a guaranteed
against the opponent's back, letting her combo into a launcher and juggle.
