Pai Chan

Unreleased

Pai Chan (パイ・チェン, Pai Chen) is a character from Sega's Virtua Fighter series who is set to make a guest appearance in the upcoming game Dead or Alive 5. It was confirmed through an article in Famitsu Magazine that Pai, along with Gen Fu and newcomer Mila, would be appearing in the game. Although she is set to appear in the game, there isn't anymore information about her character and gameplay footage of her was not revealed.

She will be the third Virtua Fighter character to make a guest appearance in Dead or Alive 5, along with Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant.

Appearance
Pai Chan is a beautiful young woman, her facial features are of a young female martial artist. She wears in her hair, ox horns, a traditional hairstyle that young women uses in China. Her outfit is a elegant chinese blue dress, that she allways uses when she is in training or in a fight.

Personality
Pai Chan is a cheerful young woman, she allways looking up to impress the others with her gracious fighting style, she is also devoted in train harder to prove to her father, Lau Chan, that she is worthy and ready to take the place of her father as the master of the Chan dojo.

Etymology
The surname Pai comes from the word Konkani Prakit word paee meaning Lord, Chan (simplified Chinese ; traditional Chinese:pinyin: Chén; Wade–Giles: Ch'en) is one of the most common East Asian family names. It ranks as the 5th most common surname in China.

Appearances

 * Dead or Alive 5 (Unlockable character, 2012)

Virtua Fighter
Pai Chan made her debut in Sega's Virtua Fighter and reappeared in the subsequent sequels. Pai Chan is considered as one of the most popular characters in the series. In the games, Pai is a Hong Kong martial arts movie star and was admired by everyone (more notably, Eileen, a character that debuted in Virtua Fighter 5). She was trained at a young age by her father, Lau Chan, and her mother worked to support the family. However, Pai's mother died from overwork and ever since then, Pai blamed her father for it. She participated in the World Fighting Tournaments to prove her skills to her father.

Trivia

 * Pai Chan was revealed alongside Gen Fu, with screenshots of her shown fighting against him. It is possible the two will be rivals in the game, possibly referencing Pai's rivalry against her father, Lau Chan, in the Virtua Fighter series.