Mai Shiranui

Mai Shiranui
Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters character
Mai Shiranui in The King of Fighters 2001
First game	Fatal Fury 2 (1992)
Designed by	Art: Shinkiro, Falcoon and others in the various games Animation: C.A.C Yamasaki (KOF '94—KOF 2003)
Voiced by (English)	Sarah Sawatsky (Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle) Lisa Ann Beley (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Akoya Sogi (Fatal Fury Special—Wild Ambition, The King of Fighters '94—XI, KOF: Another Day) Kotono Mitsuishi (Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) Megumi Hayashibara (CD dramas) Reiko Chiba (image song) Ami Koshimizu (Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting,Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos, live-action film, KOF XIII—XIV, KOF '98 UM OL,Dead or Alive 5 Last Round)
Portrayed by	Tomomi Miyauchi (Fatal Fury 2 TV commercial) Miki Hareyama (Fatal Fury Special TV commercial) Maggie Q (film)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	Japan United States (2010 film)
Nationality	Japanese Japanese-American (2010 film)
Fighting style	Shiranui ninjutsu (不知火流忍術, Shiranui-ryū ninjutsu?), judo
Weapon	"Fire Butterfly Fan" (花蝶扇, Kachōsen?)

Mai Shiranui (Japanese: 不知火舞, Hepburn: Shiranui Mai^?) (alternatively written しらぬい まい) is a player character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK. She has also appeared in other media of these franchises and in a number of other games since her debut in 1992's Fatal Fury 2 as the first female character in an SNK fighting game. She also appears in the games' various manga and anime adaptations, and plays a leading role in the live-action film.

In the series' canon lore, Mai is a modern-world young female ninja and the granddaughter of the ninjutsu master Hanzo Shiranui, with the ability to create and control fire. She is a founding member of the King of Fighters Tournament's Women Fighters Team and is madly in love with the American fighter Andy Bogard who is ambiguous about their relationship but she chases him endlessly.

Largely due to her sex appeal, Mai has become one of the most popular, recognizable and celebrated female characters of the fighting game genre and video gaming in general, especially in Japan, China and some other East Asian countries, and often being compared to Capcom's Chun-Li. She has also become SNK's primary sex symbol and mascot character featured in many merchandise products and representing the company in several crossover and spin-off titles, in addition to licensed appearanced in several games by other companies, as well as becoming a trendy subject of cosplay and modeling.