Kasumi α

Kasumi X (霞, Kasumi no X), also known as Kasumi Alpha, is the antagonist clone of Kasumi that debuted in Dead or Alive 2. Created by Victor Donovan and the DOATEC, it was produced as the first stage of Project ALPHA-152 with the aim of creating the perfect fighter.

History
After the first Dead or Alive Tournament ended, Kasumi was captured by the DOATEC and was used a subject for an experiment known as Project ALPHA-152. The project had successfully made clones of Kasumi.

Dead or Alive 2
The first clone was a prototype named Kasumi Alpha. Kasumi was shocked to see her clone, but still went on to defeat it. It is unknown what happened to the clone afterwards, but it is most likely that it got killed.

Gameplay and Strategy
The clone is an exact duplicate of Kasumi, so she has also has Kasumi's fighting style. If the player knows Kasumi's own moves and mannerisms when if comes to fighting, it will be very easy to counter the clone's attacks and defeat it.

Trivia

 * The Kasumi X clone although not Kasumi X herself appears in multitude in the third, fourth and fifth installments of the fan-made CG movie Dead Fantasy. They were sent by Helena to fight Kasumi and Yuna from Final Fantasy X. According to the third episode, they could only go for 14 hours without medical help. In the fourth episode, the clones managed to defeat Yuna's powerful aeons and were about to take her life as well, but Cloud Stife of Final Fantasy VII came in and saved her life. In the fifth episode, most of them were killed by Kasumi. As she became overcome by exhaustion, the remaining clones were about to finish her off, but they were all killed by Ryu Hayabusa.