Tina Armstrong

Tina Armstrong
Dead or Alive character
Tina Armstrong in Dead or Alive 2
First appearance	Dead or Alive (1996)
Created by	Tomonobu Itagaki[1]
Voiced by	English Kate Higgins (DOAX2–present)[2] Japanese Mami Koyama[3] Yūko Nagashima (DOA2–present)[2]
Portrayed by	Jaime Pressly (film)
In-universe information
Fighting style	Professional wrestling
Origin	Texas, United States
Nationality	American

Tina Armstrong (Japanese: ティナ・アームストロング, Hepburn: Tina Āmusutorongu) is a player character in the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise by Koei Tecmo. Originally conceived as a tropical "deadly dancer" character by lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki, she was later changed to a professional wrestler due to the development team's love for the sport. The daughter of fellow character Bass Armstrong, he wants her to follow in his footsteps as a wrestler, but she has ambitions to be a model, actress and rock star, much to his dismay. Through the course of the franchise, she has been voiced by Mami Koyama, Yūko Nagashima and Kate Higgins.

Since her debut Tina has been very popular, praised for her character's physical beauty and her personality, most heavily by Asian media outlets. Additional praise has been given to her relationship with Bass, but also how well her character background such as being a model works with titles such as the Dead or Alive Xtreme series. She has also been cited as a positive example of a female character in literary sources and seen as a partial response to a growing female gaming demographic. On the other hand, other publications have derided the series' emphasis on sex appeal through her, seeing her as an example of the sexualization of women in video games and how they are often portrayed as having "uncharacteristically large breasts and unusually small waists".