Ninpo

In the Dead or Alive series, Ninpo is a form of offensive and defensive magic used by shinobi. One of the most destructive forms of attack that shinobi have at their disposal, the techniques for using Ninpo are written on ancient scrolls, and powered by Ki energy.

Ninpo Techniques in Dead or Alive

 * Torn Sky Blast

(裂空陣風殺, Rekkū Jinpū Satsu, "Fissure Air Formation Wind Murder") A deadly technique that allows the user to generate a large lightning-like blast of energy from their hands, and shots it towards their target. The colour of the energy summoned differs from person to person: Hayate summons white energy, Raidou red, and Kasumi pink.


 * Art of the Raging Mountain God

A technique that allows the user to draw in energy from the surrounding area and expel it in a large blast of energy around themselves.

Teleportation abilities used by some of the ninja allow the user to leave one place and arrive at another without the need of walking, usually used from travelling long distances or for a quick escape from danger. Actions performed for teleporting differ from person to person: Kasumi spins around until she appears or dissappears within a small whirlwind of pink blossom petals; Hayate teleports in a gust of wind; and Ryu Hayabusa teleports in a whirlwind, normally with leaves dancing around him.
 * Teleportation

Ayane also possessed the ability to teleport in the first Dead or Alive, in a fury of light blue stars. However, for the rest of the series, Ayane did not teleport like the rest of the shinobi, though still showed abilities of using ninpo. Nevertheless, it seems in the new title Dead or Alive: Dimensions that she is able to teleport again, this time in a puff of purple smoke. Small, pinky-purple butterflies can be seen flying from the smoke, but it's unlikely that they are real butterflies.


 * Unnamed Abilities

Other Ninpo abilities include Kasumi’s singular "hand-blast ability" (as seen in Dead or Alive 3) which was uses to fight back assassins, a spell Hayate used on a bow and arrow to destroy a DOATEC airship and a great blast of energy Ryu used against a airplane (both in Dead or Alive 4).