Katsuragi (葛城) is a playable character from the Senran Kagura video game series. She makes her debut in Senran Kagura: Portrait of Girls.
Background

When Katsuragi was still a little girl, she lived a normal life while playing with her pet dog, Choco. Her parents were both shinobi as they fulfilled missions that were issued to them by the higher ups. However, one day, both of Katsuragi's parents failed at one particular mission and were told to give up their lives as punishment. To avoid getting Katsuragi involved, the two decided to become renegade shinobi and ran away while abandoning Katsuragi.

Feeling sad and abandoned, Katsuragi thought to herself and decided that she will become a strong shinobi in order to atone for her parents' crimes while hoping that she'll be reunited with her family someday. At some point, she enlisted in Hanzō Academy.

During her first year, she encountered a student that goes by the name of Ikaruga. As much as she tries to interact with her, Ikaruga ignores her. This annoyed Katsuragi to no end as she tries to get along with her. As they interact with one another, Katsuragi learned why Ikaruga has been acting the way she has been, which caused her to remind herself on how lonely she's been since her parents left her behind. As the two started to understand one another, they eventually started becoming friends.

During her second year, she and Ikaruga helped another student, Asuka get through her first year in the Academy. However, during a training session, there was an accident that caused Ikaruga to injure Asuka. Katsuragi figured that Ikaruga was still bothered by something, so she asked her to come to an open field, where the two will fight one another to be able to escape from their problems.

After the fight, the two were able to escape and their friendship was solidified.
Other Appearances
Games
Bon Appétit!
- New Wave as a playable character.
- Senran Kagura: New Link as a playable character.
Books
Skirting Shadows
Guren no Uroboros
Anime
Ninja Flash! and Shinovi Master
Related Article: Katsuragi/Anime
Creation & Development
According to the Senran Kagura: Official Design Works, Katsuragi was the first character design done by Yaegashi simply because he likes blonde hair. He decided on his own that she would be a character that used kicks which played a role in her design process, leading to her having the solid-looking boots she wears.
Trivia
- Katsuragi is one of the Hanzō team kunoichi to use her legs and kicks rather than manning weaponry.
- Katsuragi's name means "Arrowroot Castle".
- Katsuragi makes numerous claims that she wears nothing under her top. But through clothing damage she will be shown wearing a breast harness-like piece that covers her lower chest.
- In Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round, Tina dresses like Katsuragi as a DLC costume.
- During Development, Katsuragi was planned to be the main character of the Hanzō girls instead of Asuka. But due to similarities she has with a certain female protagonist of another fanservice series, Hakufu Sonsaku from Ikki Tousen, it was decided Asuka would be a better choice as the lead character to possibly avoid a lawsuit.
- As of February 11th, 2016 she is currently ranked as Number 3 in Watchmojo.com's: "Top 10 Female Anime Perverts", as well as appearing on the video's thumbnail "attacking" Asuka.
- A Dual Shinobi Heart mission in Estival Versus, when Katsuragi and Yozakura notice and think about that her boots and Yozakura's gauntlets are part of a same (unique) weapon set, it is revealed, knowing Katsuragi inherited her boots from her parents, that Yozakura was given her gauntlets from Katsuragi's parents who became Renegades for sparring Kurokage and thus letting the Gessen Girls live with him until his last moments.
- Although she is not the only member of her team in Bon Appétit! to have her acquire the wishing scroll, she is the only one to use it.
External Links
- Katsuragi on Top Strongest wiki
- Katsuragi on the Heroes wiki.
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