Nakoruru

Nakoruru
Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters character
Nakoruru with Mamahaha the hawk in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
First appearanceSamurai Shodown (1993)[1]
Portrayed by
  • Carol Amerson (Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture)
  • Risa Mei (Honor of Kings)[2]
  • Nakoruru:
  • Harumi Ikoma (Samurai Shodown - V, Neo Geo Battle Coliseum)
  • Mikako Takahashi (Samurai Shodown VI)
  • Reiko Chiba (Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture,[3] "Koko ni Oide" image song)
  • Mai Nakahara (Samurai Spirits Oni, Samurai Spirits Kengou, The King of Fighters XIV, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, Granblue Fantasy, The King of Fighters All Star, Samurai Shodown 2019, The King of Fighters XV)[4][5]
  • Mariko Kouda (drama CDs)
  • Rera:
    Harumi Ikoma (Nakoruru ADV)
  • Kyōko Hikami (Samurai Shodown V, Samurai Shodown V Special, Nakoruru OVA)
  • Mikako Takahashi (Samurai Shodown VI)
Portrayed by
Spokesmodels
  • Reiko Chiba (Samurai Shodown II commercials)[3]
  • Harumi Ikoma (Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits commercials)
  • Sakuya Aine (The King of Fighters XIV promotion)[6]
In-universe information
Fighting styleDancing Sword Arts of the Shikanna-Kamui[7]
WeaponMakiri short sword
OriginKamuikotan, Ainu-Moshiri (the Ainu Lands)[7] Hokkaido (1771)
NationalityJapanese (Ainu)

Nakoruru (ナコルル, Nakoruru) is a fictional character in the Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits in Japan) series of fighting games by SNK. She is one of the series' best known and most popular characters alongside its main protagonist Haohmaru, and has been introduced in the original Samurai Shodown in 1993. Nakoruru is a good-hearted, young Ainu shrine maiden who loves nature and fights evil with the help of her hawk sidekick Mamahaha. She has a younger sister named Rimururu and an aggressive, and bloodthirsty darker side alter-ego known as Rera. As one of SNK's popular mascot characters, Nakoruru has also appeared in many other games and other media.

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