Nakoruru

Nakoruru
Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters character
Nakoruru in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (with Mamahaha the hawk)
First game	Samurai Shodown (1993)
Designed by	Shiroi Eiji (Samurai Shodown-IV) Senri Kita (Samurai Shodown 64-Warriors Rage) "Takkun" (Samurai Shodown V) Satoshi Ito (Samurai Shodown V Special)
Voiced by (English)	Carol Amerson (Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Nakoruru Harumi Ikoma (Samurai Shodown - Neo Geo Battle Coliseum) Mikako Takahashi (Samurai Shodown VI) Reiko Chiba (Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture, "Koko ni Oide" image song) Mai Nakahara (Samurai Spirits Oni, Samurai Spirits Kengou, The King of Fighters XIV) 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	Reiko Chiba (Samurai Shodown II commercials) Harumi Ikoma (Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidou Retsuden commercials) Sakuya Aine (The King of Fighters XIV promotion)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	Ainumoshiri-Kamuikotan,Hokkaido, Japan (1771)
Nationality	Ainu
Fighting style	Dancing Sword Arts of the Shikanna-Kamui
Weapon	Kodachi
Weapon name	Chichi-ushi (Father Bull)
Occupation	Shrine maiden, warrior

Nakoruru (ナコルル, Nakoruru^?) is a 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 darker side alter-ego known as Rera. As one of SNK mascot characters, Nakoruru has also appeared in many other games and other media.

Nakoruru is featured as a player character in most game in the Samurai Shodown series, including Samurai Shodown, Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidō Retsuden (a role-playing game), Samurai Shodown II, Samurai Shodown III (where she also makes background appearance in Rimururu's stage), Samurai Shodown IV, Samurai Shodown V, Samurai Shodown V Special, Samurai Shodown VI, Samurai Shodown!, Samurai Shodown 64, Samurai Shodown! 2, Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage, and Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny, as well as in the spin-off endless runner Samurai Shodown Slash. In Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage the spirit of Nakoruru is an unplayable story mode character, but its PocketStation mini game is centered around her. She also stars in her own spin-off game, Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono, a 2001 visual novel adventure game which takes place between the first two games in the series, being a non-player character mentor to the protagonist.