Mai Shiranui

First appearance: Fighters of Lapis Latest appearance: Fighters of Lapis 6

Mai Shiranui is the granddaughter of Hanzo Shiranui, master of ninjitsu and Koppo-ken. Mai learned from her father the secrets of Ninjitsu. She had met Andy Bogard, during this time, who had come to train under her grandfather. Mai then had to take alternate courses from her grandfather's friend, Jubei Yamada in ninjitsu. At first, Mai was uninterested in Andy and only thought of him as another callous man only interested in his training. It wasn't until he gave her a present on her birthday that she saw him in another light and eventually fell in love with him.

She spends much of the series endlessly pursuing Andy and fantasizing various daydreams about their wedding. When developers were asked about her whereabouts during Mark of Wolves, they chose not to answer the question directly. However, they did divulge that she still loves Andy — as she always has — ten years later.

Mai appears in the Fighters of Lapis series as a starting character in all installments. She also appears in The Mysterious Five Project with her Maximum Impact outfit.

Fighting Style
Mai uses the Shiranui-ryuu form of ninjutsu combined with her fire powers to fight.

Her style resembles normal ninjutsu with more graceful and majestic moves, somewhat in reference to traditional Japanese dance. She also uses paper fans as weapons, integrating them into her combat technique and using them to perform several combinations and moves. Her clothing, specifically, the tassle on her ninja garb, is also used to attack the opponent.

Moveset

 * Standard Special: Breath of Fire - Blows on a fan, giving out a burst of flame.
 * Side Special: Flaming Dash - Dashes forward, with her body on fire.
 * Up Special: To the Skies - Mai jumps in the air and charges downwards. She can change the direction this move is being used, which allows her to also charge upwards.
 * Down Special: Shadow Image - Creates a shadowy image of herself which copies her moves.
 * Super Move: Mizutori no Mai - Mai Shiranui gets armor decorated with fans. She can throw the fans like Boomerangs, and cause serious damage.