

Mai is also usually seen wielding a traditional white Kachō Sen, or "butterfly fan", as her primary weapon. She has circular white ropes secured around her shoulders, with red and black colored tabi for footwear. Her main outfit is a red and white kunoichi dress (a traditional garb of her family's), with red tassels at the back that are fastened to an obi around her waist. She is well-known both in verse and amongst fans for her well-endowed body. Mai is a very beautiful woman, with fair skin, long brown hair tied into a tight, high topknot style, accompanied by a waist-length ponytail with parted bangs and amber eyes. He comments "I thought she was going to burst out of her costume." Appearance
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In an interview with one of the series designers, Shinkiro, he replies that Mai was the most difficult character to illustrate. Due to this pose's potency, however, Mai's eye-popping motions were stilled in the KOF '94 international home version. When the designer came back with the "swaying bosom", the developers were awestruck. Illustrations by Eisuke Oguraĭuring the development of The King of Fighters '94, Mai's designer wanted to add more animation to her neutral pose.

Mai's concept art in KOF XIV, showing her personality: Happy, Angry, Serious.

According to an issue of Neo Geo Freak, her breasts were modeled after Fumie Hosokawa and her bottom is modeled after the late Ai Iijima both women were famous idols at the time. Her characteristic "bounce" was loosely modified from a kunoichi (female ninja) method of assassination: to be sensual to their unassuming prey before they strike. When developers shifted their focus to include an idol character in the series, they decided to scrap the Shiranui man for Mai. Mai was originally not planned to be included in Fatal Fury 2 at all, as her fighting style was created for a different male ninja.
