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Battle Arena Toshinden 5 is the fifth episode of the 3D weapon-based fighting game series developed by Tamsoft.the fifth game was announced in 2000(development hell)and was developed and released by Tamsoft, Eighting and Taito for arcade(January 1st 2010), then for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube/Wii and PSP(May 7th 2011). The game is set two years after Toshinden 4 including old favorites and new faces and for the first time you can create your own character.

Story
Vermilion, a mysterious feared gunfighter, became the leader of a genetic biolaboratory where is developing a project of a genetic weapon and has organized the fifth Toshindaibukai to test his new weapon of war. Many brave warriors from all over the world have entered the tournament, who will be the winner?

Characters
The Game hosts 32 characters: 11 from the last episode and 5 newcomers and 16 historical returns form the further previous episodes.

Newcomers

 * Akiji Abe Fuji: a young Japanese man with an androgynous beauty, Shizuku's only adopted son. He has joined the tournament to avenge his biological father killed by Vermilion. He resembles in appearance much Amane Nishiki from BlazBlue series. He wields a roped sugata.
 * Brittany Lea: a 16-years-old American girl with the aspiration of becoming a great warrior. She has joined the tournament to show to her father, great businessman, that she is not softened. She wields two spiked tonfas.
 * Little Mark: a 15-years-old boy, Naru's best friend. He has joined the tournament to find out what happened to his father, employed in the Vermilion's study, who is long gone. He resembles in appearance much Carl Clover from BlazBlue series. He wields a bladed yo-yo.
 * Mei Lin: a 12-years-old Chinese girl, Fo's granddaughter. She has joined the tournament with her pet Xiao Xiao to bring back home her grandfather, who was also in the tournament, by this time too old to support battles. She wields a guan dao.
 * Xiao Xiao: a young female Panda, Mei Lin's pet. She has joined the tournament because she follows her owner, who was also in the tournament, everywhere. She wields a giant mace.

Returning from the last episode

 * Bang Boo: after the fourth Toshindaibukai, he was lost and wandered aimlessly for months until he was found by Miss Til, leader of the Soshiki. Now he is part of the sect serving that woman. Between the fourth and the fifth chapter there is an inconsistency, in the fourth one is specified that Bang Boo is conscienceless and emotionless but in the fifth one is specified that he has feelings and emotions as a human being. He wields two big canons.
 * Eiji Shinjo[Tomokazu Sugita,James Arnold Taylor]: after the fourth Toshindaibukai his helper Eos has been kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments. As soon as he knew that Vermillion has organized the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has joined it, with his other helper Zero, to find his helper. He is the leader of the Gerard Foundation, a good foundation from which the two evil sects Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki were born. He wields a katana.
 * Fen Barefoot: her friend Puella want to join the fifth Toshindaibukai to find Eos, her protector, and he argued that she needed help so he has joined the tournament too. He wields an harpoon.
 * Genma: after the fourth Toshindaibukai the Four Sacred Arms have been lost and he is still desperately looking for them to get a huge power. He has joined the new tournament with the hope to find these weapons and take Subaru and Lancelot as Hostages. He wields a jian and a buckler.
 * Lancelot Lakeknight: during the fourth Toshindaibukai he managed to defeat Naru during a match but his fight with Subaru has ended with a draw. After the announcement of the fifth Toshindaibukai, Duke, his master, has said to him that Sho, father of Naru's friend, and Kayin, Naru's father, both believed to be dead, would take part in the tournament. He has anonymously spread the news with the hope that his rival would take part in the tournament too,avenge his father Ten Count and settle the score with Subaru. He wields a rapier.
 * Miyabi: before the fourth Toshindaibukai Genma erased her memories and during the tournament she hoped to meet Rook to no avail. Two years later she has received a letter by Rook that says that he would have participated in the fifth Toshindaibukai just announced and he invited her too, so Miyabi has decided to take part in the new tournament with the hope to regain her memory with Rook's help. She wields a giant chained shuriken and two kunais.
 * Naru Amoh: Kayin's adoptive daughter, she and her friend Subaru have discovered that their respective fathers, believed dead, are alive and have joined the fifth Toshindaibukai. She has joined the tournament to reconcile with her father. She wields an épée.
 * Puella Marionette: she has discovered, just over a year, that her protector Eos, whom she had not seen a long time, has been kidnapped by Vermilion. She has joined the tournament to free Eos. For unknown reasons she appears without wings losing the angel-like appearance. She wields a sword.
 * Rook Castle[Hiroshi Kamiya,Matthew Mercer]: during the fourth Toshindaibukai he didn't meet Miyabi but he discovered one address of hers. Two years after his friends Subaru and Naru has told to him that the fifth Toshindaibukai was announced and they want to take part in it. Also Rook has decided to join the tournament and to send Miyabi too using her address. He wields a nunchaku.
 * Subaru Shinjo[Kappei Yamaguchi,Josh Grelle]: the main protagonist of the series and Sho and Cupido's son. during the last tournament his fight with Lancelot had enden in a draw. He and his friend Naru have discovered that their respective fathers, believed dead, are alive and have joined the fifth Toshindaibukai. He has joined the tournament to reconcile with his parents and settle the score with Lancelot. He wields a katana.
 * Zero: Eiji's helper, he has joined the tournament to find Eos, another Eiji's helper, kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments after the fourth Toshindaibukai. He wields a sword.

Returning form the further previous episodes

 * Adam: after the third Toshindaibukai he was found nearly destroyed by Ron Ron, she rebuilt and adopted him. Now she is a scientist for an Interpol's genetic research and want to join the fifth Toshindaibukai to destroy the Vermilion's genetic weapon. He has joined the tournament, unbeknownst to her, to eliminate any possible threat to her. He wields two canons.
 * Atahua: his greatest dream is the restoration of his fallen tribe's empire and he has joined the tournament to find the Four Sacred Arms to realize it. He wields two tomahawks.
 * Bayhou: after the third Toshindaibukai, he was adopted by Cuiling and with her family he has lived in happiness. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai Cuiling has known that the Soshiki has not been destroyed yet and she has decided to join the tournament to destroy definitively the sect. Bayhou want to go with her but the young woman initially was contrary but after she has left him to go with her. He wields two hand claws.
 * Chaos: one of the executives of the Himitsu Kessha, he has always sought to take control of the sect but, Veil, the former commander of the Soshiki, managed to take control of this sect. He has pretented to be faithful to his new boss but he was looking forward to destroy him. Just announced the fourth Toshindaibukai wanted to try to implement his intent but he was seriously wounded in a battle against an evil Chinese sorcerer who stoled him his Genbu shield, but two years later has been announced the fifth Toshindaibukai, an excellent opportunity, so he has sent an an anonymous threatening letter on which he has written that he is able to sabotage Himitsu Kessha proving it revealing some secret practices of the sect and that the showdown would take place in the tournament. Will Veil accept the unpleasant invitation? He wields a scythe.
 * Cuiling: after the third Toshindaibukai she began a new life as a normal woman, she had a family and she adopted Bayhou. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai, Cuiling has known that the Soshiki has not been destroyed yet and she has decided to join the tournament to destroy definitively the sect. Bayhou want to go with her but the young woman initially was contrary but after she has left him to go with her. She wields two hand claws.
 * Cupido: belonging to a secret sect, Himitsu Kessha, who has passed her off as dead for dead all these years for security reasons. She has joined the tournament, under the order of this sect, to take possession of the Vermilion's genetic weapon. She wields a rhomphaia.
 * Ellis: after the third Toshindaibukai she works in the orphanage where she grew up and occasionally in the circus with which she has always performed. One day came to the orphanage to seek help a man employed in the Vermilion's study. This man said that in that biolaboratory Vermilion was creating a weapon able to cause the end of the world. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai by Vermilion to test this weapon, Ellis has joined the tournament to stop Vermilion and his weapon promising to all the orphanage to bring back serenity. She wields two dirks.
 * Fo Fai: now very old, he has joined the torunament to stop Genma in his intent with the hope that this is his last battle before a peacefully remnant of life. He wields two hand claws.
 * Judgement: with the passage of time he has become a schizophrenic and sadistic man with the passion to kill, nevertheless remembers well that bitter moment, during the third Toshindaibukai he was seriously wounded by David and his sect, the Soshiki, considered him useless and didn't help him. Now, just known that the Soshiki would patrecipated in the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has decided to join the tournament to avenge himself. In the fifth chapter there is a clarification than the third chapter, in the third one is only stated that he is English instead in the fifth one is specified that is Australian raised in England. He wields a chainsaw.
 * Kayin Amoh[Takehito Koyasu,Kile Hebert]: during the third Toshindaibukai he was thought to be killed by Vermilion but the truth is that he was rescued by Ten Count from the attempted murder. soon as it is made​ official the fifth Toshindaibukai, has been announced that he will participate in the tournament to avenge Ten Count and kill Vermilion. He wields a rapier.
 * Miss Til: two years after the third Toshindaibukai, She banished Abel from the Soshiki. Now she has taken command the organization, which was about to decay, and she has joined the tournament to kill Abel and take possession of property of Vermilion who was a member of Soshiki. She wields a rod with each end chained with an iron ball.
 * Ripper: during the second Toshindaibukai he learned that his younger sister, Cupido, had died and he connected this tragedy with the passionate story with Sho. When he has known that Sho was still alive and has joined the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has decided to join the tournament too to avenge his sister. He wields two katars.
 * Shizuku Fuji: four years ago David disappeared and rumor has it now he is in the Vermilion's genetic biolaboratory, so she has joined to the fifth Toshindaibukai, organized by Vermilion himself, to find David. She wields an ōdachi.
 * Sho Shinjo[Daisuke Ono,Crispin Freeman]: a member of the Soshiki that was thought that, during the third Toshindaibukai, he and Kayin were killed by an assassin named Vermilion but these were security reasons. soon as it is made ​official the fifth Toshindaibukai, has been announced that they will participate in the tournament. He wields a katana.
 * Sofia[Fumiko Orikasa,Michelle Ruff]: just after the third Toshindaibukai was rescued by Zola, her old whip-wielding rival, from an attempted murder by Vermilion. Zola died and in honor of her saving, now Sofia, during her battle, wear Zola's outfit and wields Zola's weapon. In her hometown is considered an heroine called "The Feline of Justice". She, as soon as the fifth Toshindaibukai has been announced with its purpose, has joined it to destroy this Vermilion's dangerous genetic weapon and avenge Zola. She wields a whip with a bladed tip and hand claws.
 * Abel/Veil[Nobuyuki Hiyama,Doug Erholtz]: two years after the third Toshindaibukai he was banished from the Soshiki by Miss Til. Six years later he managed to take control of Himitsu Kessha. He wants to take possession of the Vermilion's genetic weapon at all costs, so he has sent Cupido a great warrior passed off as dead for many years for security reasons. One day received an anonymous threatening letter, on that was written that the sender was able to sabotage Himitsu Kessha proving it revealing some secret practices of the sect and that the showdown would take place in the fifth Toshindaibukai, Veil understood that the sender was a member of his sect and has joined the tournament to punish the traitor. He fights with his bare hand/laserswords.

Bosses
At the end of the Story mode the player must fight against all 5 Bosses.
 * Abomination[Toshiyuki Morikawa,Richard Casnino]: first mid-boss, a big golem with two chainsaws instead of the forearms. Before the battle there is a short interlude which shows the disbelief of the selected character seeing this monstrous beast. Immediately the player thinks that he is the Vermilion's genetic weapon and that after defeating him the game is over. After defeating Vermillion you will find that he is nothing more than David who was the victim of genetic experiments by Vermilion before working on the real weapon.
 * Vermilion[Kazuhiko Inoue,Steven Blum]: second mid-boss, the player, who thinks that the game is over, is confused because there is another interlude which shows Vermilion who says that Abomination was just a "small appetizer" and that now the going gets tough and he plans to take over both the Soshiki and the Himitsu Kessha. He use his usual SMG and Sawn-off Shotgun.
 * Eos: third mid-boss, after defeating Vermilion there is a third interlude in which finally Vermilion present to the selected character his weapon and Eos appears as she appeared in Toshinden 4. The player does not understand what's so evil in that angelic creature. During the battle she wields a spear.
 * Psycho Eos: fourth mid-boss, after defeating Eos there is a fourth interlude which shows Eos stunned to the ground then Vermilion evilly laughing, Eos gets up levitating, surrounded by a red aura with eyes emitting a red light, then she shouts possessed. During the battle she continues to wield the same spear.
 * Wild Psycho Eos: fifth mid-boss, there is an interlude which shows a spirit taking posession of Psycho Eos' body and trasforming in a demonic being then shows Vermilion's face incredulous because that being is not his work. During the battle some part of her body turn into blades.
 * Harbringer Wild Psychoc Eos: final boss, there is an interlude which shows an orb coming out of abomination(who becomes human again) and going inside of wild psycho eos(who becomes more demonic)  After defeating her there is the last inderlude that shows vermillion crying: "No, thats Impossible!", then was shown the selected character's epilogue.

Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword/Absolute
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword is an upgrade of Battle Arena Toshinden 5 available for Playstation 3, Xbox, Wii U, and PS VITA.

Characters
Battle Arena Toshinden 5: Fire and Sword adds two 3 more newcomers and 9 more historical returns form the further previous episodes, with a total of 46 characters all initially playable.

Newcomers
Returning Characters
 * Ivan Blackheart: Vermilion's henchman, he has joined the tournament to keep it under control and eliminate any threat against his boss, the genetic biolaboratory and the genetic weapon. He resembles in appearance much Terry Bogard's apparence in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. He wields a double-edged partisan.
 * Sakura Kotobuki: a young miko with the power to talk with the dead, she has joined the tournament to stop Vermilion, danger reported to her by the ancient. Her weapon and how she wields it reminds the Shuten Dōji's one from Warriors Orochi series. She wields a giant gourd.
 * Maria Luigia Furlan: 14-years-old Italian little girl, her family for many generations is the owner of a dojo in Verona. She has joined the tournament to make new experiences in her career as a fighter. She wields a bladed sansetsukon.
 * Ron Ron: scientist for an Interpol's genetic research center where it has come to know what is the Vermilion's genetic weapon and considered extremely dangerous. She has joined the tournament, after having volunteered, to destroy this weapon. She wields a dadao.
 * Schultz: after the third Toshindaibukai he thought that he killed, or better, everyone, included him. After leaving the Soshiki, now he is a Vermilion's henchman joining the tournament to keep it under control and eliminate any threat against his boss, when he has known that Sho and Kayin were still alive and they has joined the tournament, for him his participation in the tournament has become more interesting. This will be a battle for pride for him. He wields a scythe.
 * Wolf[Norio Wakamoto,Mark Hamill]: during the second Toshindaibukai Ripper threw his plans about the Replicant's project away, and he was expelled from the organization. As soon as he knew that Ripper has joined the fifth Toshindaibukai, he has decided to join the tournament too to settle the score. He wields a wooden sword.
 * Duke B. Rambert[Rikiya Koyama,Travis Willingham]: immediately after the announcement of the fifth Toshindaibukai, two hooded men went to visit him inviting him to the tournament, initially he was skeptical but when those men, after affirming their presence at the tournament, revealed their identity he accepted even if still in shock. Those men were Sho and Kayin. He wields a zweihander.
 * Gaia[Akio Otsuka,Jamieson Price]: he has offered himself as an helper for the Gerard Foundation, a good foundation from which the two evil sects Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki were born, to find Eos kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments. He wields a zweihander.
 * Leon: during the third Toshindaibukai he was defeated by Eiji but he admitted and Eiji helped him up. After the tournament he became a very feared pirate with the sole purpose of stealing from the rich to enrich himself and the gerard foundation. When was announced the fifth Toshindaibukai he has inquired about Eiji would participate in the tournament, then he has joined the tournament to help Eiji. He wields a cutlass.
 * Mondo: his clan sent him on a mission to destroy Vermilion's genetic weapon. One day he managed to infiltrate inside the biolaboratory but he was soon discovered and captured then used like a tester for the weapon even if it proved to be very weak. A few days later he managed to escape but two weeks after was annouced the fifth Toshindaibukai to test this weapon, might it have become stronger? He has joined the torunament to get more information. He wields a jumonji yari.
 * Toujin: he has offered to cooperate with Genma to find the Four Sacred Arms. His aims are bring back to life his wife, died two years after the third Toshindaibukai due to a serious illness, by Genma making getting to him an huge power. He wields a naginata.
 * Uranus: at the end of the second Toshindaibukai, she and Master were victims of attempted murder by Sho, on that day a a researcher of the Gerard Foundation, a good foundation from which the two evil sects Himitsu Kessha and Soshiki were born, found the two bodies in dying and bring them into the base. For Master there was nothing more to do but Uranus managed to survive. She has lived protected in the foundation finding inner peace and passion for music. One day Eiji, new leader of Gerard Foundation, said to all the foundation that Eos, another member, has been kidnapped by Vermilion for genetic experiments. Just announced the fifth Toshindaibukai the boss has joined the tournament with his helper Zero, Uranus asked the boss if she could come along too, but Eiji replied in the negative claiming that she was not able to support a new combat. As soon as he has learned that also her daughter, Puella, is going to join the tournament, she could not resist and has joined the tournament too. For unknown reasons she appears without wings losing the angel-like appearance. She wields a twin bladed spear.

Bosses
All Battle Arena Toshinden 5 bosses