Tamaki

• Name — Tamaki • Series — Dead or Alive • First Game — Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation (2018) • Creator — Yasunori Sakuda • Designer — Yohei Shimbori (DOA6) • Voice — Saori Ōnishi • Origin — Japan • Nationality — Japanese • Lbl21 — Fighting style • Data21 — Aikido

• Illustration — Tamaki's early design sketches showed her with shoulder-length light brown hair. Shortly before the launch of Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, Tamaki was created in late 2017 under the direction of Yasunori Sakuda from Team Ninja. The main intent behind Tamaki was creating a character with more straightforward sex appeal than the established characters from the main Dead or Alive franchise. As such, Tamaki was bolder in her approach to the player character compared to the characters available at the time. Part of Venus Vacations gameplay involves collecting swimsuits every week through gacha banners. To tie into this, the team made Tamaki a fashion designer so that some of the in-game designs could be attributed to her. Tamaki has green eyes, stands tall, and has measurements of 84-54-87 cm (33-21-34 in). Her green hair is stylized into an asymmetrical haircut with ear-length hair besides her right ear and shoulder-length hair covering her left ear, she has a single pronounced red highlight on her long-hair side. Additional details include a mole under her right eye and an ahoge.

Tamaki debuted in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation as the second post-launch additional character and 12th overall of the game's roster. She's an alluring 22-year-old fashion designer who previously worked as a model and her hobbies include bouldering, yoga, and bar hopping. Tamaki likes to playfully tease people and often oversteps boundaries. Despite this, she's shown to be a kind and a reliable "older sister" figure to the other girls in the Venus Island as evidenced by her in-game nickname "Tama-nee". Tamaki's single evident flaw is her tendency to drink alcohol past her limits. Yasunori Sakuda has commented that her character being too "flawless" made it challenging to later find struggles for her to overcome. In all appearances, Tamaki is voiced by Saori Ōnishi. She has commented how Tamaki's charm stems from her blend of mature, sisterly vibes with glimpses of playfulness and cuteness. After a request from Team Ninja producer Yohei Shimbori, Tamaki was added as a DLC character to Dead or Alive 6 in March 2020. She was added to the arcade version later that year and would return to the Last Round re-release as a base roster inclusion. Tamaki is the second character to make her fighting game debut from the Xtreme spin-off series after Lisa Hamilton. Shimbori commented that aikido was chosen as Tamaki’s martial art due to her graceful demeanor and Japanese nationality. Also, that he was personally overseeing her moveset creation. In-game, Tamaki fights with a mix of strikes and holds, focusing on neutralizing the opponent’s attacks in an elegant and flexible way. Tamaki has made guest appearances in Destiny Child, Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link, and Azur Lane. On October 21, 2024, Tamaki was announced as the fourth character to be added to Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme. DenfaminicoGamer editor President Takenaka called Tamaki a perfect match for Venus Vacation Prisms immersive dialogue system.