Demitri Maximoff

Demitri Maximoff
Darkstalkers character
Demitri Maximoff in Darkstalkers Resurrection
First game	Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)
Voiced by (English)	Paul Dobson (anime) Michael Donovan (cartoon) Richard Epcar (Cross Edge)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Nobuyuki Hiyama (games) Akio Ōtsuka (anime)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	Romania

Demitri Maximoff (Japanese: デミトリ・マキシモフ, Hepburn: Demitori Makishimofu^?) is a fictional character in Capcom's Darkstalkers series. Making his first appearance in Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors in 1994, he is the series' main character, and is considerably eclipsed by his rival Morrigan in terms of popularity. He has nonetheless made multiple crossover appearances in many games outside of the Darkstalkers series.

Demitri is a mighty Romanian vampire lord who shares a bitter rivalry with Morrigan Aensland following a war over the rule of the otherworldly dimension of Makai between the Maximoff and Aensland families that resulted in Demitri's banishment to the human world. To avoid human contact while recovering his strength, he protects his castle with an energy field and secludes himself inside a coffin for fifty years, emerging only in the event of a full moon or to attack intruders of his castle and consume their blood, converting them into his servants in the process. A century later, after learning of Belial Aensland's death, and again in attempt to claim Makai as his own, Demitri prepares to face off against Morrigan—Belial's daughter and current heir to the dimension's throne—but he and his castle are sucked into the newly created realm of Majigen, causing him to abort his battle with Morrigan to fight its ruler, Jedah Dohma, instead. In the plot of the first game, he is responsible for organizing the tournament between the Darkstalkers to determine the ruler of the Demon World.

Demitri's appearances in Capcom crossover fighting games has been limited to 2004's Capcom Fighting Evolution and SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (2005), due to the complexity of the developers having to create new sprites for all the characters in these games in order to accommodate Demitri's signature "Midnight Bliss" super move from Darkstalkers, which transforms his opponents into female versions of themselves. He makes playable appearances in tactical role-players Namco × Capcom,Cross Edge,Project X Zone (where he is paired with Dante from Devil May Cry) and Project X Zone 2 (where he is paired with Morrigan).