Ibuki (いぶき, Breath) is a female ninja (kunoichi) in theStreet Fighter series. She first appeared in Street Fighter III.

Official Profile
Birthdate December 6
Birthplace Japan
Height 5' 4" (162 cm)
Weight 101½ lbs (46 kg)
Eye color Brown
Hair color Black
Fighting style Ninjitsu
Likes Boys, her pet tanuki (raccoon dog)
Dislikes Exams, Guy's uptight way of the ninja, Rolento's habit calling her with military rankings (SFxT)
Rival(s) Sakura (friendly), Oro, Makoto, Guy, Natsuki Kuga (SFxMH; friendly), Akira Okuzaki (SFxMH)
Moveset Kunai, Neck Breaker, Hien, Kazegiri, Tsumuji, Kasumi Suzaku, Agaman, Raida, Yoroitoshi, Hashinsho, Yami Shigure
First game Street Fighter III
English voice actor(s) Kat Steel (Super Street Fighter IV)
Japanese voice actor(s) Yuri Amano (Street Fighter III), Ayumi Fujimura (Super Street Fighter IV)

Bio

Appearance

Ibuki is a beautiful young girl from Japan who is raised in a ninja village that is hidden from society's watchful eyes, where she trains in the deadly art of ninjutsu. She has a slim, athletic build and her blackish/brown hair is held back tightly in a topknot that drops well below her waist. Unlike her other female counterparts in the same genre, Ibuki's outfit has a more traditional type of ninja dogi, consisting of a sleeveless upper garment, baggy pants, arm guards, and a mask that conceals the lower half of her face. Her footwear consists only of cloth bandages that are wrapped around her shins, ankles, and instep. Her winpose in the games and concept art reveal her wearing a tanktop and a white thong underneath.

Personality

Even though she is a well-trained ninja, she is still a normal teenage girl, and states on several occasions that she finds her ninja garments ugly and her daily training strange. She will jump right back into her "normal" clothes when her regimen is over and/or when she wins a fight.

Ibuki has a notable interest in boys. This can be seen in several of her win quotes in Super Street Fighter IV where she evaluates her opponents based on their looks, behavior, clothing, as well as their fighting performance.

Story

Super Street Fighter IV

In Super Street Fighter IV, she sneaks away from her clan's summer training camp to compete in S.I.N's tournament, in order to meet cool and handsome guys. When the tournament is over, she realizes that she is going to be late for camp and attempts to sneak back in as if nothing had happened. However, she is caught by one of the camp's instructors.

Street Fighter III series

Later in 2nd Impact, Ibuki was sent by her clan to procure documents from Gill's organization. These documents concern the "G-File" project, which was responsible for creating Necro and Twelve. Gill voluntarily gave Ibuki the documents, though the project was already underway by that point.

In 3rd Strike, Ibuki tracks down Oro to fight him for her ninja graduation exam. She fights well enough to pass, and moves on to go to a university. While there, she joins a club which, to her dismay, turns out to be run by her ninja clan as an additional training method - and she clues in just as an upperclassman holds her at kunai-point.

Street Fighter X Mai-HiME

Ibuki's role in Street Fighter X Mai-HiME is somewhat vital to Natsuki's mission of destroying the First District. Ibuki first appeared in the sixth chapter along with Makoto as Natsuki and Sakura arrived in her village attacked by Orphans.

As said above, in order to avoid series of attacks by Orphans, Ibuki was ordered by her clan to assist Natsuki Kuga's mission of exposing the conspiracies of the First District. As her profile shows her dislike to Guy's seriousness, she does have a tendency not to get along with him very well. However, Ibuki is reluctant to work with him in times of Natsuki's missions.

Abilities

Ibuki's fighting style and gameplay is the purest of ninjutsu. With addition of throwing kunais, and manipulate ki. Her Yoroitoshi is also used by Natsuki in Street Fighter X Mai-HiME, as a last resort "all or nothing" move.

Trivia

-She seems to have begun a friendship with Sakura, based on their rival match in SSFIV and their similar background as high school fighters interested in boys (or at least a particular boy, in Sakura's case). Also, when Ibuki defeats Sakura in a round with a Super Combo Finish, she says "We should totally hang out sometime!", with her match victory quote saying "I never meet anyone cool at my school."