Bridget (Guilty Gear)

Bridget
Guilty Gear character
a blonde girl in a nun-inspired outfit with a miniskirt striding to the left with a yoyo in one hand and a large teddy bear in the other.
Bridget in Guilty Gear Strive
First gameGuilty Gear X2 (2002)
Created byDaisuke Ishiwatari
Voiced byEnglish
Kelly Ohanian (Guilty Gear Strive)[1]
Japanese
Hiroko Konishi (from Guilty Gear X2 to Slash)
Yukiko Kato (Guilty Gear XX Accent Core)
Manaka Iwami (Guilty Gear Strive)[2]
In-universe information
GenderFemale[3]
WeaponYo-yo
OriginUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish

Bridget (Japanese: ブリジット, Hepburn: Burijitto) is a fictional character in Arc System Works's Guilty Gear video game series. Bridget first appeared in the 2002 video game Guilty Gear X2. In the series, Bridget was born male with a twin brother in a village where the birth of same-sex twins is considered bad luck; therefore, Bridget's parents named and raised Bridget as a girl to hide her identity, despite how much it pained them. In her youth, Bridget recognized their pain and set out to be a man and gain great wealth in order to disprove the superstition and to make her parents happy. After disproving the superstition, Bridget found that being a man did not make her happy, and realized that her true self was her desire to live as a woman in accordance with her gender identity.

Bridget was created as "a cute character" by Daisuke Ishiwatari, who wanted to vary the cast of Guilty Gear X2, where she was presented as a cross-dressing but self-identifying boy. Due to the character's appearance, Bridget was initially described as female by video game press. When they became aware of her biological sex, reviewers included Bridget on lists of best androgynous and cross-dressing characters, and debated her sexual orientation. Bridget has become a popular character among gamers, and critics have described her as "a memorable character" in the series. Critics praised her appearance in Guilty Gear Strive in which she realized her identity as a trans woman.

  1. ^ Ohanian, Kelly [@KellyOhanianVO] (9 August 2022). "So thrilled to announce that I'm the english voice of #Bridget in #GuiltyGearStrive!" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "ブリジット | CHARACTER | GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- | ARC SYSTEM WORKS". guiltygear.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ Akira Katano; Ken Miyauchi; Daisuke Ishiwatari (14 September 2022). "11th volume of "Developer's Backyard"(9/14 Release)". Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022. (Ishiwatari) We've received many inquiries about Bridget's gender. After the events of Bridget's story in Arcade Mode, she self-identifies as a woman. So, as to whether "he" or "she" would be the correct pronoun for Bridget, the answer would be "she".