Sentoki 5

Sentoki 5 (戦闘機; fighter) is a 3D fighting game developed and published by ACS. It is the sequel to Sentoki 4 and the fifth part of the Sentoki series. Released in 2016 for Arcades (nex System), PC, PlayStation 4, XBox ONE, Nintendo Switch and the Samsung Zeo.

The game later recieved an update in 2017 in the form of Sentoki 5: Xceed, which was based on the console version. This update added the previously unplayable boss characters Ranzou Kihara and Zero, as well as rebalanced some characters and included new customization items. Released exclusively for Arcades (nex System).

Additional content for Sentoki 5 is distributed through "seasons". The Season 1 update was released in 2018, which added two new DLC characters, newcomer Eillen A., and guest character Heihachi Mishima from Bandai Namco's Tekken series, and stages, as well as rebalanced some characters and included new customization items. This update would later serve as the basis for Sentoki 5: 2nd Xceed, released for Arcades (nex System).

Later on, the Season 2 update was released in 2019 featuring two new DLC characters, newcomer Sajid Al-Abid, and guest character Kasumi from Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive series, and stages, as well as rebalanced some characters and included new customization items. Like with Season 1, this update would later serve as the basis for Sentoki 5: Final Xceed, released for Arcades (nex System).

The final season update, Season 3, was released in 2020 featuring two new DLC characters, newcomer Carol Falke, and guest character Kyo Kusanagi from SNK's The King of Fighters series, and stages, as well as rebalanced some characters and included new customization items. An arcade update based on Season 3, Sentoki 5: Ultimate Xceed, was announced, but would later end up being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gameplay
Gameplay remains the same as previous installments, but with a few new changes. The Fury system has been revamped, with the introduction of the “Fury Drive”, a highly-damaging cinematic attack that can only be used when the player has entered Fury mode. Upon usage, the Fury Drive attack will also shut off the player’s Fury for the rest of the round, so players need to use the attack wisely. Fury Drives can also be used as a Combo Wheel ender, allowing for massive combo damage.

Another new introduction is the addition of "Power Points". Each player starts off with 3 Power Points per match, which can then be used for special abilities that can be performed during the match, but they cannot be regained after usage until the next round starts. Gameplay mechanics that use Power Points include “Impact Strikes”, which are multi-purpose special attacks that deal significant damage, and “Saving Reversals” which allows players to perform reversals during standing hitstun in order to escape stun combos.

The game also includes “Armored Attacks”, which are attacks that possess the ability to “absorb” one hit from the opponent before it can be cancelled out. Armored Attacks are best used for countering strategies against more aggresive players. Hits absorbed by Armored Attacks still damage the player, so players need to be careful when utilizing Armored Attacks.

Customization once again receives a significant expansion from Sentoki 4, with the new layer system. This time around, face items and glasses, inner and outer upper body items, as well as waist and lower body items, have all been separated from each other, allowing the player to mix and match different combinations of clothes. Also introduced is the color slider, which allows players to adjust the exact color of each part of the costume to their liking, as well as slots for up to 10 extra costumes.

Ranks

 * ^ denotes new ranks


 * Novice
 * 10th kyu
 * 9th kyu
 * 8th kyu
 * 7th kyu
 * 6th kyu
 * 5th kyu
 * 4th kyu
 * 3rd kyu
 * 2nd kyu
 * 1st kyu
 * 1st dan
 * 2nd dan
 * 3rd dan
 * 4th dan
 * 5th dan
 * 6th dan
 * 7th dan
 * 8th dan
 * 9th dan
 * 10th dan
 * Maverick^
 * Fighter
 * Contender
 * Hero
 * Ace
 * Genius^
 * Master
 * Champion
 * Icon
 * Legend
 * Phenom^
 * Innovator
 * Warrior
 * Dominator
 * Conquerer
 * Emperor^
 * Ruler
 * Magistrate
 * Sage
 * Deity
 * Avatar^
 * Overlord
 * Dojin^
 * Enjin^
 * Suijin^
 * Fujin^
 * Raijin^
 * Lord of Fighting
 * Lord of Sentoki
 * God of Fighting
 * God of Sentoki
 * True God of Fighting^
 * True God of Sentoki^

Story
Near the end of the fourth tournament, Nixon had defeated K2, officially winning the fourth tournament. However, he did not care about this, as Nixon suddenly ran off to the Orion building shorly after the announcement. After taking down a handful of Orion’s guards with his bare hands, Nixon stormed into Ranzou Kihara’s office so he could spill out everthing that he knows about him. Upon encountering Ranzou Kihara in his office, Nixon went face-to-face with the CEO. It was then that Ranzou told him the truth that he was looking for all along.

Nixon was actually a failed experiment by Orion. A guinea pig for testing out the “perfect fighter” DNA on live subjects. He, alongside several other people, were stripped off their previous memories and geneticaly reconstructed as “perfect fighters”. However, the experiment on him failed, as his body did not accept these changes, thus only giving him half of the effects of the experiment. Ranzou also told Nixon that his sister still works for Orion, now known as the psychotic assasin Mira, which explained her comparatively mellow behavior when fighting him. Nixon was shocked to know all of these revelations that he did not notice the guards behind him. The guards then proceeded to escort Nixon out in the building, his mind still in disbelief.

Nixon then spent a three-year interim under the custody of the Ikushimas after they offered themselves to take care of him. During this time, he also developed a romantic relationship with Kei, whom he had once met in the tournament. It all seemed like Nixon was now living the peaceful life that he had always wanted. Until one day, another series of attacks and kidnappings took place in several places around the world. All of them involving Orion. Rumors regarding these attacks trickled once again, but one thing was confirmed: Orion was definitely planning something.

Realizing that it was the perfect time, Orion brings themselves back to the public consciousness once again by suddenly announcing the fifth Sentoki: Global Martial Arts tournament. With the promise of a much bigger prize pool than ever, the tournament attracted lots and lots of participants from all over the world, and interest in Orion skyrocketed once again. The announcement that Ranzou Kihara himself would be the last adversary that the participants would face in the finals only added more fuel to the fire.

To Nixon and the Ikushimas, it was like the golden opportunity that they have all been waiting for. The chance to finally crush Orion once and for all. Thus, the three of the decided decided to join the tournament. Each for their own reasons: Shin, to finally exact his long-awaited revenge for his deceased mother. Kei, to find out the whole truth about her relationship with Ranzo. And Nixon, to save his sister and regain their past memories back.

Returning

 * Shin Ikushima

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Karate

Voice Actors: Tomokazu Seki (JP), Matthew Mercer (EN)


 * Ralph Rollins

Birthplace: 🇺🇸 USA

Fighting Style: Martial Arts

Voice Actors: Ryo Horikawa (JP), Liam O'Brien (EN)


 * Huang Long

Birthplace: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong

Fighting Style: Jeet Kune Do

Voice Actors: Nobutoshi Canna (JP), Kaiji Tang (EN)


 * Joanna Spencer

Birthplace: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales

Fighting Style: Kuk Sool Won

Voice Actresses: Rica Fukami (JP), Tara Platt (EN)


 * Bru Bronson

Birthplace: 🇬🇧 England

Fighting Style: Pro Wrestling

Voice Actors: Koji Ishii (JP), Jamieson Price (EN)


 * Kagero

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Ninjutsu

Voice Actors: Takumi Yamazaki (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN)


 * Liang Meifen

Birthplace: 🇨🇳 China

Fighting Style: Baguazhang

Voice Actresses: Michie Tomizawa (JP), Julie Ann Taylor (EN)


 * Ruslanovich

Birthplace: 🇷🇺 Russia

Fighting Style: Command Sambo

Voice Actors: Fumihiko Tachiki (JP), Patrick Seitz (EN)


 * Sonchai Damrongsak

Birthplace: 🇹🇭 Thailand

Fighting Style: Muay Thai

Voice Actors: Mitsuaki Madono (JP), Brian Beacock (EN)


 * Chen Su

Birthplace: 🇨🇳 China

Fighting Style: Drunken Fist

Voice Actors: Mugihito (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)


 * Kei Ikushima

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Karate

Voice Actresses: Ryoka Yuzuki (JP), Michelle Ruff (EN)


 * Kwon Eun-Soo

Birthplace: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Fighting Style: Taekwondo

Voice Actors: Nozomu Sasaki (JP), Grant George (EN)


 * Shannon Meltzer

Birthplace: 🇨🇦 Canada

Fighting Style: Catch Wrestling

Voice Actresses: Akiko Hiramatsu (JP), Erin Fitzgerald (EN)


 * Douglas Freeman

Birthplace: 🇺🇸 USA

Fighting Style: Boxing

Voice Actors: Hisao Egawa (JP), Keith Silverstein (EN)


 * Liang Meilin

Birthplace: 🇨🇳 China

Fighting Style: Baguazhang

Voice Actresses: Motoko Kumai (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)


 * Brandon Donovan

Birthplace: 🇮🇪 Ireland

Fighting Style: Vale Tudo

Voice Actors: Kazuya Nakai (JP), Tony Oliver (EN)


 * Fiona Andrade

Birthplace: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Fighting Style: Capoeira

Voice Actresses: Kotono Mitsuishi (JP), Lauren Landa (EN)


 * Yao Shuren

Birthplace: 🇨🇳 China

Fighting Style: Xingyiquan

Voice Actors: Hidekatsu Shibata (JP), Steve Kramer (EN)


 * Inori Kinomiya

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Aikido

Voice Actresses: Noriko Shitaya (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN)


 * Akechi

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Sumo

Voice Actor: Ryuzaburo Otomo (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN)


 * Mira

Birthplace: Unknown

Fighting Style: Kalaripayattu

Voice Actors: Satsuki Yukino (JP), Megan Hollingshead (EN)


 * Nixon

Birthplace:  Unknown

Fighting Style: Kenpo

Voice Actors: Yuki Ono (JP), David Vincent (EN)


 * Valérie Lafontaine

Birthplace: 🇫🇷 France

Fighting Style: Savate

Voice Actresses: Sayaka Ohara (JP), Karen Strassman (EN)


 * Hong Tengfei

Birthplace: 🇨🇳 China

Fighting Style: Hung Ga

Voice Actors: Shinji Kawada (JP), Taliesin Jaffe (EN)


 * Candace Ryan

Birthplace: 🇦🇺 Australia

Fighting Style: Tricking

Voice Actresses: Marina Inoue (JP), Kate Higgins (EN)


 * Raul Mendoza

Birthplace: 🇲🇽 Mexico

Fighting Style: Judo

Voice Actors: Jurota Kosugi (JP), JB Blanc (EN)

New

 * Emil Svensson

Birthplace: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Fighting Style: Bajiquan

Voice Actors: Romi Park (JP), Casey Mongillo (EN)

Emil Svensson is a young, feminine-looking boy from Sweden. Emil used to live a peaceful life alongside his dad Wilmer Svensson, the multi-millionaire owner of Svensson Enterprises, a pharmaceutical firm, and his mom Serah Wong, who trained Emil in the art of bajiquan, until Svensson Enterprises went bankrupt and later absorbed by rival company Orion, which let to Wilmer descending into illness, which Emil blamed on Orion. Despite his mother’s objections, Emil enters the Sentoki tournament, thinking that it is the only way to avenge his father and save his family business.


 * Trina Chau

Birthplace: Vietnam

Fighting Style: Vovinam

Voice Actresses: Ami Koshimizu (JP), Kimlinh Tran (EN)

Trina Chau is a teen delinquent from Vietnam. A rebel born from an Amerasian family, Trina is a member of a street gang who, in spite of disciplining herself by training vovinam, can’t seem to escape the dark world of juvenile delinquency, until one day, after being chased by a trio of Orion agents, Trina proceeded to beat them down easily, eventually leading to her receiving plane tickets to Japan from an unknown sender, urging her to join the Sentoki tournament. While initially hesitant, Trina eventually decides to join the tournament, not knowning that it was a trap set up by Orion


 * Otis

Birthplace: Unknown

Fighting Style: Pankration

Voice Actors: Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)

Otis is a genetically-enhanced fighter created by Orion. Just like Mira and Nixon before him, Otis was one of many people who were abducted and subject to various experiments by Orion, turning him into his current state, that of a humongous killing machine with a mind full of nothing but destruction, albeit one with a very faint memory of his past, as he is seemingly able to recognize the faces of Mira and Nixon, but could never remember where or when they first met each other. Under orders by Orion, Otis enters the Sentoki tournament to destroy, if not kill all the other participants.


 * Kaila Roa

Birthplace: 🇵🇭 Philippines

Fighting Style: Yaw-Yan

Voice Actresses: Rina Sato (JP), Cristina Valenzuela (EN)

Kaila Roa is a college student who was born in the Philippines. An honor student from a poor family, Kaila was offered a college scholarship by Orion after an excellent showing in a yaw-yan tournament, which she ended up taking, not knowing this decision of her would end up causing harm to her loved ones, as her refusal to join Orion's fight data experiments led to her family to be kidnapped by Orion's forces. Upon hearing the news, Kaila decides to join the Sentoki tournament to rescue her family.


 * Ranzou Kihara

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Composite

Voice Actors: Tessho Genda (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN)

Ranzou Kihara is the CEO of Orion, and the one person behind all of the company’s dubious activities. Ranzou was once an outstanding scientist, albeit one with a peculiar interest in exceeding the limits of the human body, until one day, he was granted the company of Orion by its ailing owner, soon taking the position he was given and using it for his personal gain, using other humans as his guinea pigs in his relentless pursuit to create the “perfect fighter”. After carrying out his plans of abduction and attacks for years, Ranzou announces the fifth Sentoki tournament to finally unveil the “perfect fighter”: himself.


 * Zero

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Composite

Voice Actors: Tessho Genda (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN)

Zero is Ranzou Kihara in his form after implanting all of the “fight data” that he has collected through the years onto himself. In his desperation of finding the “perfect fighter” after several failed attempts on other people, Ranzou decided to implant all of the “fight data” that he has collected through the years, onto his own body, turning himself into a fearsome bioweapon with fighting skill and power above everyone else. Ranzou plans to unleash this form of himself on the tournament, as soon as he gets defeated.

Season 1/2nd Xceed Additions

 * Eileen A.

Birthplace: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Fighting Style: Krav Maga

Voice Actresses: Hitomi Nabatame (JP), Caitlin Glass (EN)

Eileen A. is a former Orion scientist who was born in Scotland. Eileen was one of the scientists behind the Perfect Fighter Project, who, realizing how horrible the experiments are, decided to turn on Orion and help out Kei in her quest to find her father, and was last seen in an explosion in one of Orion’s labs at the end of the second tournament, until now, when it was revealed that she was actually in hiding all along, waiting for the right chance to destroy Orion. Realizing that the right time has come, Eileen enters the Sentoki tournament to right her wrongs and put an end to Orion’s many inhumane experiments once and for all.


 * Heihachi Mishima

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Mishima-ryu Fighting Karate

Voice Actors: Unsho Ishizuka (JP), Jamieson Price (EN)

Hailing from the Tekken series, Heihachi Mishima serves as the guest character for Season 1. His appearance serves no purpose to the story and is treated as "non-canonical".

Season 2/Final Xceed Additions

 * Sajid Al-Abid

Birthplace: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

Fighting Style: Pencak Silat

Voice Actors: Go Inoue (JP), Xander Mobus (EN)

Sajid Al-Abid is an oil rig worker from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A family man who cares about his family more than anything else, Sajid dedicated his life to working at the oil rig just so he can put food on their table, until one day, Sajid comes home from almost a year of work, only to find out that his wife and unborn child have been murdered by an unknown assailant. After finding out that the perpetrator will join the Sentoki tournament, Sajid enters the tournament in order to avenge his family.


 * Kasumi

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Mugen Tenshin Ninjustu

Voice Actresses: Houko Kuwashima (JP), Lauren Landa (EN)

Hailing from the Dead or Alive series, Kasumi serves as the guest character for Season 2. Her appearance serves no purpose to the story and is treated as "non-canonical".

Season 3 Additions

 * Carol Falke

Birthplace: 🇩🇪 Germany

Fighting Style: Mixed Martial Arts

Voice Actresses: Yu Kobayashi (JP), Gina Bowes (EN)

Carol Falke is a mixed martial artist from Munich, Germany. A fighter of African-American and German ancestry, Carol has gained a notorious reputation in the MMA circuit, earning the nickname "Crush" for her sheer dominance and her fearsome ground-and-pound style, but despite her scary exterior, Carol is a friendly individual outside the ring, known for being a fun-loving, hard-drinking party animal amongst her peers. Answering a friendly challenge from fellow fighter Brandon Donovan, Carol enters the Sentoki tournament in order to prove her skill.


 * Kyo Kusanagi

Birthplace: 🇯🇵 Japan

Fighting Style: Kusanagi-ryu Kobujutsu

Voice Actors: Tomoaki Maeno (JP), Robbie Daymond (EN)

Hailing from the King of Fighters series, Kyo Kusanagi serves as the guest character for Season 3. His appearance serves no purpose to the story and is treated as "non-canonical".

Stages

 * Neo Colliseum, Tokyo
 * Martial Dojo, Osaka
 * Mall and Complex, Shibuya
 * Barroom Brawl, New York City
 * Hard Hits Gym, Las Vegas
 * Dragon’s Place, Beijing
 * Mountain Highlands, Tibet
 * Downtown Kowloon, Hong Kong
 * Grand Theatre, Cardiff
 * Palace of Pain, London
 * Air Force Hangar, Moscow
 * Elephant Festival, Bangkok
 * Underground Subway, Seoul
 * Holy Cathedral, Dublin
 * Street Party, Sao Paolo
 * Penthouse and Poolside, Paris
 * Indoor Skatepark, Sydney
 * Historic Museum, Stockholm
 * Collision Course, Manila
 * Mechanical Elevator, Orion HQ
 * Final Phase, Orion HQ

Season 1/2nd Xceed Additions

 * Testing Field, Orion HQ
 * Hon-Maru, Mishima Estate (from Tekken)

Season 2/Final Xceed Additions

 * Oil Rig, Riyadh
 * Niki Beach, Zack Island (from Dead or Alive)

Season 3 Additions

 * Decagon Arena, Munich
 * Esaka Station, Osaka (from The King of Fighters)

Game Modes

 * Tutorial
 * Arcade
 * Story
 * Quick Match
 * Circuit
 * Trials
 * Versus
 * Survival
 * Practice
 * Customize
 * Gallery
 * Online
 * Options

Trivia

 * The song in the game's intro is "Karate" by Babymetal. The music videos for Karate (as seen above) is available as an unlockable item in the game's Gallery mode.
 * Pre-order copies of Sentoki 5 include a specially-made fightstick with custom artwork, as well as a download code for Sentoki 2 Online HD, which was previously released as a digital exclusive for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live a year prior.
 * Sentoki 5 is the first game in the Sentoki series to receive DLC content, as well as the first overall ACS game to rely on yearly season passes to distribute new content.
 * Season 1 guest character Heihachi Mishima reuses his Japanese voice clips from Tekken 7 (done by the late Unsho Ishizuka), but his English voice clips are recorded entirely from scratch by Jamieson Price, who also provides the voice of Bru Bronson.
 * Season 2 guest Kasumi reuses her Dead or Alive 5 voice clips for both languages. Her English voice actress, Lauren Landa, also provides the voice of Fiona Andrade.
 * Season 3 guest Kyo Kusanagi uses reused voice lines from The King of Fighters XIV in Japanese (except for intro and winposes), but has completely new English voice clips provided by Robbie Daymond.
 * Some of the game's Japanese voice cast was recast due to several unfortunate events and chages within the seiyuu industry.
 * Due to the unfortunate circumstances of Takeshi Aono and his passing in 2012, the role of Chen Su was given to Mugihito.
 * Miyu Matsuki would pass away in 2015, during the game's development. Her role as Inori Kinomiya would eventually be taken over by Noriko Shitaya.