Genra (character)

Genra (幻羅, Genra) is a non-playable character in Dead or Alive. He is the former master of the Hajin Mon Sect of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan and Ayane's foster father. Since Ayane's birth, everyone treated her like dirt and she had no one to go to. Genra took Ayane in and became her father, teaching her Hajin Mon Style Ninjutsu. When Kasumi left the Mugen Tenshin Village in order to avenge her brother Hayate, Genra sent Ayane to kill her so that the clan may protect its secrecy from the outside world.

Dead or Alive 3
In Dead or Alive 3, Genra was somehow taken by DOATEC and was used for yet another experiment, Project Omega. He was transformed into a superhuman known as Omega, meaning that Genra was no longer human. In the third tournament, he was defeated by Ayane. After he died, Ayane took his mask and vajra sword in as a memento of him.

Personality
Genra, despite his overlying loyalty for the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, is at his core an honorable person. When he noticed that Ayane was introverted and looked down upon, he felt sorry for her and took her in. This resulted in a father/daughter bond between him and Ayane, a kind of parental relationship Ayane had never felt before. In his Omega form, however, he seems to know little more than death and destruction, going as so far to became a sadist, immune to other's pain.

DOA: Dead or Alive
Genra is seen in the motion picture DOA: Dead or Alive albeit, without his mask (however his face is still unseen as he is behind a screen). He is the man at the back of the room who tells Ayane that Kasumi's departure from the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan is an act of betrayal. He then instructs Ayane to kill Kasumi.

Trivia

 * After Genra's death, Ayane keeps his mask attached to her belt in Dead or Alive 4. Oddly enough, the same costume featuring Genra's mask was featured as her default costume in Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate, in which the events of that story took place before Dead or Alive 3.