Taka-Arashi

Taka-Arashi
Taka-Arashi in Virtua Fighter 5
Profile
Country	Japan
Fighting Style	Sumo
Birthday	November 11, 1968
Blood Type	O
Height	202cm (6’7¾”)
Weight	198kg (436 lbs)
Job	Sumo Wrestler
Hobby	Shogi
Debut	Virtua Fighter 3
Voice Actor	Kiyoyuki Yanada (VF3 - VF5)

Taka-Arashi (鷹嵐), also known as T-Arashi, (born November 11, 1968) is a sumo wrestler from Japan. His first appearance was in Virtua Fighter 3; he did not make further appearances because he was deemed too difficult to integrate. He bears the distinction of being the only character in the series ever to be retired. Taka-Arashi returned in an updated version of Virtua Fighter 5 named "Virtua Fighter 5 R."

Story

Virtua Fighter 3

In the Sumo world, Taka-Arashi is famous for his unusually brutal fighting style. One day, while entertaining at an American bar, Taka-Arashi agreed to settle an argument in an underground fist fight. Taka-Arashi fiercely bested his opponent, a man famous in the world of underground fighting. Upon his return to Japan, Taka-Arashi informed his boss of his decision to leave Sumo wrestling. On that same day, Taka-Arashi received an invitation to the 3rd World Fighting Tournament, and, with blood still boiling with the thrill of battle, decided to enter.

Virtua Fighter 5 R

Looking back in time, in the 3rd world tournament, Taka-Arashi was defeated by the lined-up horde of veteran fighters. Sumo might have been his whole life, a part of his blood, however Taka-Arashi faced fighters who were true masters of their fighting styles, and moreover their fighting-styles were something unfamiliar to Taka-Arashi. This regrettable defeat in the 3rd world tournament was an unprecedented humiliation for Taka-Arashi, as he was an undefeated sumo-wrestler since his childhood. After that, Taka-Arashi moves away from the sumo-world and returns to his mountain village, a place where he used to train, but this time he has lost completely his motivation. Engulfed by desperation, Taka-Arashi is being saved by a sumo-coach, a man who had been an ex-worker in Taka-Arashi's sumo-stable.

The sumo-coach exhorts Taka-Arashi to make a return in the sumo world. Moreover Taka-Arashi devotes himself to sumo even more, as if he was determined to erase the aforementioned defeat of his. And the time passed, Taka-Arashi establishes a unparallelled record of consecutive victories in the November sumo-venue and furthermore his winning-streak continues. The sumo world is fermented; people are debating: "Who is going to stop Taka-Arashi?"

In that year, the official sumo-tournament took place. Taka-Arashi was continuing his undefeated winning run in the tournament. Everyone was ready for Taka-Arashi's glorious entrance at the final day of the official sumo-tournament; however Taka-Arashi did not show up. The announcement "Taka-Arashi is not going to take part" resounded through the sumo-hall.

Taka-Arashi disappears without informing anybody. A pupil discovers a letter in Taka-Arashi's sumo-dressing room & hands it over to Taka-Arashi's sumo-coach.

"Why was this letter in yokozuna's room?" mutters the sumo-coach and opens the letter. It contained an invitation for the 5th world tournament. The sumo-coach was all smiles while he shouted "Taka, go and create havoc!"

Trivia

• Taka-Arashi debuted in Virtua Fighter 3 but not appearing in the following four installments (Virtua Fighter 4 sub-series (Virtua Fighter 4 (original), Evolution and Final Tuned) and original Virtua Fighter 5); Taka-Arashi bears the distinction of being the only character in the series to have been dropped from a game. Taka-Arashi returned in Virtua Fighter 5 R, the in-story explanation being that his loss devastated him so much that he was forced to retire for several years.
  • This doubled by the developer's apparent reason to exclusion from the fourth installment's sub-series, possibly due to the developers not being able to make him work properly with the its system mechanics.
• Despite debuting in Virtua Fighter 3, he is listed as a Virtua Fighter 5 debut character due to explanations above, as evident on the updated Virtua Fighter 5's character select screens, and his Virtua Fighter-styled DLC costume models are based on his appearance in Virtua Fighter 5, instead of being based on his debut game Virtua Fighter 3.

Quotes

Pre-Fight

• 鷹嵐！見参！(Taka-Arashi! Kenzan!) — Behold Taka-Arashi!
• 久しぶりの登場だ。ガチンコで行くぜ！(Hisashiburi-no tōjō-da. Gachinko-de iku-ze!) — It's been a while since my last appearance. I'm gonna give it all I've got!
• かわいがってやるぜ…(Kawaigatteyaru-ze…) — I'll take real good care of you…
• 腹の肥やしにしたやるわい！(Hara-no koyashi-ni shitayaru-wai!) — I'll whip you into a nourishing snack for my belly! (VF5FS, VF5US)

During Battle

• うん、軽い！(Un, karui!) — Hm, what a lightweight!
• ごっつあんです！(Gottsuan-desu!) — Thanks!
• 逃がさん！(Nigasan!) — There's no escape!
• 弱すぎぜ！(Yowasugi-ze!) — Pathetic!
• お手が！(Otega!) — I've got you now!

Victory

• ごっつあんです！(Gottsuan-desu!) — Many thanks!
• どすこい！しばらくそこで寝ておけ。(Dosukoi! Shibaraku soko-de nete-oke.) — Dosukoi! Stay down and sleep it off for a while.
• どすこい！（５ｘ）お笑い外とまらわい！(Dosukoi! Owarai-gai tomara-wai!) — Dosukoi! (x5) I can't stop laughing!
• 横綱んなめんっな！(Yokozunan namenna!) — Don't mess with the Yokozuna! (VF5R)
• どすこい！残酷で百雨人力！(Dosukoi! Zangoku-de hyakūnin-riki!) — Dosukoi! Merciless and with the strength of a hundred men! (VF5FS, VF5US)

Item Victory

• 次のやつ、出てこい！(Tsugi-no yatsu, detekoi!) — Whoever's next, get over here! -w/ Spiked Ogre Club
• ドリャ！（５ｘ）(Dorya!) — Dorya! (x5) -w/ Bow
• ごっつあんです！(Gottsuan-desu!) — Many thanks! -w/ Chanko Nabe Hot Pot
• どすこい！残酷で百雨人力！(Dosukoi! Zangoku-de hyakūnin-riki!) — Dosukoi! Merciless and with the strength of a hundred men! -w/ Rice Bales
• どんなもんじゃ絵！(Don'namon-jae!) — How ya like me now! -w/ Flag
• 楽所じゃ絵！(Rakusho-jae!) — What a pushover! -w/ Ball

Losing

• 話者わ今まで何を嫉妬たじゃあ？今の勝負、戻りゃいいかい？も一勝負！(Washa-wa ima made nani-wo shittota-jaa? Ima-no shōbu, modorya-ii-kai? Mo-hito shōbu! (sobbing) — Has everything until now been for nothing? Can I take one more shot at this match? Just one more! (sobbing)

Second chance

• ちゃんこ持って来い！(Chanko mottekoi!) — Bring the chanko hot pot!

Videos

Taka-Arashi/Videos

Gallery

Taka-Arashi/Gallery