Ibuki

HEIGHT 5'2" (157 cm) (SFIII)[3] 5'4" (162 cm)[1][2][4] WEIGHT 101 lbs (46 kg) (SFIII)[3] 121 lbs (55 kg)[4] EYE COLOR Brown HAIR COLOR Black BLOOD TYPE A[1][2] MEASUREMENTS B82／W57／H82 (SFIII)[3] B95／W57／H90[1]

FIRST GAME Street Fighter III: New Generation BIRTHDATE December 6[1][2] BIRTHPLACE Japan[1][2] FIGHTING STYLE Ninjutsu[1][2] LIKES Her pet raccoon dog Don-chan, roasted sweet potatoes, cute boys, midwife toads[2][4] DISLIKES Ninja training[1], detention[2] OCCUPATION Ninja/Student RIVAL(S) Sakura (friendly), Oro, Elena (friendly), Makoto, Guy, Birdie (friendly), Karin (friendly), R. Mika (friendly), Balrog, Abigail, King, Marduk (SFxTK), Zeku, Akira (friendly) SKILLS Fast eater[1][2] MOVESET Kunai, Neck Breaker, Kasumi Gake, Jiraiya, Tsujigoe, Hien, Kazekiri, Tsumuji, Raida, Kunai Ikkinage, Kunai Hoju, Kagenui, Hayate, Yami Shigure, Kasumi Suzaku, Yoroitoshi, Hashinsho, Tenrai, Hanagasumi, Rokushaku Horokudama, Fuma Shuriken, Chizuri Hayabusa, Kachofugetsu ALIGNMENT Good STATUS Alive

Ibuki (いぶき, Ibuki?) is a video game character from the Street Fighter series, first appearing in Street Fighter III: New Generation. She is a young ninja-in-training from an ancient clan who would rather live a normal life of a modern female Japanese teenager.

Ibuki has a petite, yet athletic build, and her black hair, remarkably divided in three angular bangs at the front, in the back it her twin ponytails are about mid-thigh length and held back tightly in a topknot (though some other media changes this). Unlike most other female characters in the same genre, Ibuki's outfit is a more traditional type of ninja dogi, consisting of a sleeveless black upper garment, baggy pants, arm guards, and a mask that conceals the lower half of her face. Her footwear consists only of cloth bandages that are wrapped around her shins, ankles, and instep, somewhat realistically protecting her from foot related injuries. Her garments are more revealing than normal ninja ones, however.

As seen in one of her win animations in Street Fighter III, Ibuki's normal clothes consist of a white sleeveless loose shirt, blue denim pants, and gray and black sneakers. She also carries a yellow backpack. Her school uniform consist of a light blue sleeveless shirt under a white short sleeve button shirt with a red laced ribbon at the center of her collar, light blue skirt, black panties underneath, white socks, and blue and white sneakers.

Ibuki tends to have ninja themed accessories in some of her casual outfits. Her 2nd alternate in Street Fighter IV has a chain of miniaturized toy kunai and a shuriken belt buckle, and has added ninja elements to two of her uniforms and her school swimsuit. Her sporty outfit despite being one of the more realistic outfits for her based on a female track and field runner's outfit has Kunai printed in various parts of the outfit.

Designed by Akiman and Kinu Nishimura, Ibuki's design was modeled after Linn Kurosawa, an original character that appeared in the Alien vs Predator arcade game. Ibuki's friend, Sarai, shares Linn's last name, making the inspiration more evident. According to Akiman, the team incorporated Koppōjutsu into Ibuki's ninjutsu-based moveset because the fighting style was gaining popularity around the time she was being designed.

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Ibuki for the first time has a different default outfit in SFV that combines her schoolgirl public image with her secret ninja one. It takes Ibuki's school uniform, that involves a blue skirt and a blue vest, she wears a white shirt underneath her blue vest with a dark red ribbon on the shirt for design, and shoes that match the color scheme of her clothes.

Over that she has gloves that are thicker than her historical brown default and are sort of a hybrid between said outfit and her SFXT swap gloves in terms of thickness using visual ques from both. As for tradition for her default outfits she wears a mask that covers the lower half of her face. Her legs have blue wrapping and brown protective leather looking armor to presumably defend the area. Under her skirt she wears "spat" style dark blue underwear and just where her skirt ends she has visible. For her hair she has a red hairband knotting her twin ponytails just like with her historical default outfit before they divide.

Likely in the wake of the era which Street Fighter III debuted in, specifically that of the 1990s and the Lost Decade era of Japan, Ibuki comes to represent the youth generation gap within Japanese society, a tomboyish teenage ninja divided between traditional Japanese devotion to duty and the rise of a global liberated and outgoing youth culture in the wake of the rise of modern Information Age infrastructure. Even though Ibuki is a well-trained ninja, she displays traits typical a normal teenage girl in modern day society, stating on several occasions that she finds her ninja garments ugly and her daily training strange, while focusing more on enjoying life and being baffled at those who devote themselves to what they do. Despite this, she performs her role out of at least respect and to hopefully leave the way of the ninja peacefully in hopes of having a normal life. In turn, while she is with a sense of duty and responsibility and with striving determination for her own future, she comes across as somewhat shallow, vapid, and youthfully ignorant, with plenty of people noting she lacks focus as a ninja stemming from her not taking her role seriously, and with her not respecting at full what she was born into, the ways of the ninja included.

She has a typical interest in boys; in several of her win quotes in Super Street Fighter IV, she evaluates her opponents based on their looks, behavior, and clothing, as well as their fighting performance. She regards Guy in particular as quite a hunk, though she also complains about his non-traditional ninja garb. She has also shown slight interest in others like Blanka and Fei Long. Ibuki is also very conscious about her weight, as mentioned in her Street Fighter × Tekken win quote against Bob and her Arcade mode ending in Street Fighter V.

Ibuki seems to be well in touch with modern pop culture and self awareness. In Street Fighter × Tekken her winning quotes against some characters, especially those who come from Tekken, seem to reference memes or even her own faults. She references "Ninjas vs. Pirates" when defeating Jack-X, hints at Naruto when she defeats Lili, referencing hairstyles when defeating Paul Phoenix, and lastly references her own low stamina when defeating Marshall Law. Most recently keeping with the trend with sport outfits, with Sgt. Ashida from the Shadaloo C.R.I. commenting on this. Ibuki also seems to be familiar with live streaming, as her reaction when defeating G has her more surprised she wasn't told their fight was being streamed rather than the fact that it was streamed itself. In Street Fighter V, Ibuki seems to take her ninja training more seriously (although her mirror match quote suggests she still finds it irksome), but still makes mistakes (such as almost falling off a cliff while talking on her cellphone, for example) and has many moments of not using her head. She is also glad to return home when her story mode is completed.

She also seems to have a little bit more maturity and battle sense than her SF4-era self, as she can call out some characters like Sagat, although she still usually has her own bubbly win quotes. Her win quote against Kage displays some more serious and relatable insight to her outlook on her life, hoping to find a new path as a ninja than the more fatalistic traditions of being devoted living and dying by their ways that ninja are attributed to.

Noticeably in V, Ibuki has become less cutesy and smiles significantly less in battle. In IV Ibuki would smile during her regular stance and most attacks such as Neckbreaker and Yoroitoshi, however in V she only smiles during her taunt and Idle Pose. This is most notable in attacks she has in both IV and V. Most of Ibuki's smiling and looking bubbly facial expressions have been replaced with her looking more serious and determined during her attacks.

In the Street Fighter III series, Alex is the only "boy" Ibuki has shown anything resembling a hint of attraction to; however, though she calls him a "macho stud" in a win quote, she is mainly expressing her disappointment in his loss of "power instinct".

In-universe, it seems she is not taken too seriously as a fighter (although not to the extent of Dan). Many characters tend to mention how she lacks some attributes. Chun-Li and Ken say that she needs to be more focused, Kolin tells her that their fights aren't even noteworthy, Balrog doesn't take her seriously during pre and post fight interactions, and Kazuya Mishima straight up telling her that she is the worst ninja he has ever faced. One of the most notable insults might be from Seth, who in both his appearances considers nothing of Ibuki's moveset to be useful. The only characters who do not verbally accost her are characters who are on the nicer end (i.e. Menat, Elena and Karin).

Ibuki seems to have begun a friendship with Sakura, based on their rival match in SSFIV and their similar background as high school fighters interested in boys (or at least a particular boy, in Sakura's case). Also, when Ibuki defeats Sakura in a round with a Super Combo Finish, she says "We should totally hang out sometime!", with her match victory quote saying "I never meet anyone cool at my school". In Street Fighter V, they are seen having a conversation via their cellphones. It is through Sakura that she became acquainted with Karin. Based on their win quotes, it seems they both are quite familiar with each other with Sakura telling Ibuki that Sakura doesn't know of any boys for Ibuki to see and Ibuki's win quote against Sakura, she asks her if she wants to go out and get something to eat. Ibuki was given the mission in having to fight and battle against Oro as her final task as a ninja. While she was unable to defeat him, she is one of the few to wound him. He even thought she would ask him out on a date. In Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki, it is shown that Ibuki had learned both her Raida and Yoroitoshi attacks during their battle against each other. However, this is non-canon and Ibuki has these skills as early as Street Fighter IV in the main games, which pre-date the III series.

When Sakura calls Ibuki to fill in for the event Karin is hosting, Ibuki accepts. Ibuki heads to the Kanzuki Estate and after brawling with Birdie, meets Karin. Karin politely greets Ibuki and challenges her to a match. Afterwards, Ibuki watches a match between two teams composed of R. Mika and Zangief taking on Laura and Alex. During the match, Karin's screen goes out. Ibuki helps Karin as she angrily leaves, with the latter eventually hiring Ibuki in due time. The next day, Ibuki and R. Mika go with Karin to the Shadaloo base. After defeating Balrog, they give Karin a chess piece which is connected with Shadaloo's latest plan of world domination. Interestingly, Karin specifically told Ibuki she can get into the escape helicopter when it arrived after being attacked by Abel, implying Karin both cares for Ibuki and has a high degree for Ibuki's rather easily startled personality. Ibuki was last seen with Karin waiting for Ryu, Chun-Li, and Guile to come out of the Shadaloo base. Karin and Ibuki both also had a battle in Street Fighter Unlimited sidestory "Some Wisdom". However this was Ibuki interacting with the younger Alpha Karin who wanted to fight Ibuki and is non canon. Karin treated Ibuki in a similar way she would treat Sakura in Alpha, which kind of reverses their roles in SFV where Karin is the calm and collected one and Ibuki reacts to everything more easily.

Interestingly in Akira's story mode Ibuki's other two bodyguards from A Shadow Falls are nowhere to be seen yet Karin invited Ibuki alongside Sakura and Akira to a tea party while Ibuki seemingly still was living within Karin's estate. It is possible Karin and Ibuki have developed a closer relationship than Karin has with her other bodyguards with Ibuki no longer being freaked out by Karin's odder tendencies and even being the only one who can calmly and rationally explain them to Akira. Ibuki has also stopped referring to both Sakura and Karin as "miss" then following their last names as she did in her own story.

Though they never fought, R. Mika and Ibuki usually argue when they see each other, as seen in the latter's character story. R. Mika considers Ibuki to be rude for not listening to her "wonderful" speech about "muscle spirit". On the other hand, Ibuki considers R. Mika to be bossy because what she says is demanding and boring. In SFV, they seem to have developed a sister-like bonding with R. Mika treating Ibuki as a younger sister of sorts. When Ibuki saves R. Mika from an attacking soldier, R. Mika steps in front of Ibuki without hesitation to take the full brunt of the hit. Whenever Ibuki sees R. Mika bragging about how awesome Zangief is, she thinks that it is gross, despite the fact that Ibuki herself often seeks romance. In Ibuki's own Arcade Mode ending in the SFV route sees her go on a hot dog contest against R. Mika and Birdie for some unstated reason, though for even more unstated reasons Ibuki throws one of her Kunai at Birdie to knock him out. It is implied throughout she is concerned about her weight.

In Street Fighter X Tekken, Ibuki does not get along well with Rolento due to his constant orders, which she follows reluctantly, and the military titles he bestows on her during their story. Rolento also seems to be one of the few people she was not previously acquainted with who does not have a low opinion of her fighting skill, as even in Street Fighter IV, both of their win quotes against each other still suggest the possibility of Ibuki joining his army due to her skills.

The two seem to be rivals of sorts. In Pocket Fighter, Ibuki refers to Guy as being from "a rival ninja clan". In her win quotes against Guy, Ibuki displays fondness to Guy but complains about his looks, telling that his outfit does not look like that of a ninja.

In Super Street Fighter IV they both appear together in a promotional trailer.

In the minicomic "Final Forest Fighter" Ibuki's master Sanjou sets up a fight between Ibuki and Guy. Guy initially has the upper hand but Ibuki suddenly bests Guy in hand to hand combat with Ibuki later stating that the first Ibuki ninja lesson is to always fight harder in front of your friends in which various Tanuki alongside one implied to be her own pet tanuki Don-Chan are shown to be watching afterwards. When Ibuki first meets Zeku in his younger form, she found him to be handsome. He offers her a chance to join his group. After fighting Zeku, he shows his elderly form, much to Ibuki's disappointment, and she turns down his offer.

In Zeku's arcade ending he defeats Karin and she agrees to join his new ninja group along with some of her employs, Ibuki included. It is shown that Birdie and Karin have both become ninjas with weapons, while Ibuki was already a ninja and her weapon still remained a Kunai. It is currently unknown how this allegiance affects her standing with the Glade of Ninjas. Ibuki's relationship with Birdie is a little hard to pinpoint. They had a rather hostile first meeting, with Birdie attacking her due to her coming in a suspicious manner. After their fight, Ibuki seemed not to take lightly when Birdie commented that "someone like her" does not get invited to Karin's party.

During the events of A Shadow Falls, Ibuki and Birdie seem to be able to at least work together in a professional workplace. In their scenes together, they are shown to be at least highly tolerant of each other, Ibuki herself seeming more irritated that she found the party boring rather than having to be with Birdie, and both being with each other in Karin's helicopter. It should be noted that only Ibuki and Birdie found the concept of being ninjas for Zeku ridiculous in his Arcade ending.

Both of their win quotes against each other still suggest animosity, with Ibuki telling him to work on his table manners due to the way that he eats (which is ironic in a way as Ibuki's own skill is said to be big eater), and Birdie commenting his intention to tie her up for seemingly no reason. Though in Biride's win quote against Zeku, he says that Ibuki has shown him some of her ninja gear (specifically her field rations, which he doesn't like), something that she rarely does based on her win quotes against other characters.

While in the main games Makoto and Ibuki both have had limited interaction, they tend to have more interaction in the non-canonical side media. In Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki Both become friends and Makoto helps Ibuki fight off the evil Geki clan. In Street Fighter Unlimited both girls tend to hang out frequently with Elena. It is possible that Ibuki is closer to Makoto than Elena as only Makoto is shown helping an injured Ibuki get out of the ring after Ibuki and Ryu's fight. It is consistently shown that Ibuki is willing to tease Makoto for her less sociable skills, such as when Makoto initially is too shy to dance to Dee Jay's song and only joining in after being called a "wall flower", likewise Makoto tends to commonly point out Ibuki's faults, such as when Ibuki couldn't hit Elena or when Ibuki fell for the Subaru University trick mostly because of a "Cute Boy." Similarly to Makoto, most of Ibuki's interaction with Elena comes from side media. In the games their only one on one interaction is in Second Impact where in their rival battles Ibuki comments on Elena's long legs.

In the comics, although non-canon, Elena seems to be an older sister figure to Ibuki, helping her train and giving her moral support. This was most evident when Ibuki was feeling sad after finding out she had to defeat Oro one on one. Elena also tries to keep Makoto from taking her criticism of Ibuki's faults too far. Elena also seems to be very tolerant of Ibuki's playful antics. While Makoto doesn't take kindly to Ibuki's ninja antics Elena is shown to not get angry at antics like the "Stealfie" (Ibuki appearing out of nowhere to take a selfie while the person she also has in frame has no time to react).

As shown in Street Fighter III era supplemental non-canon story "Case Closed" Q interfered in a retrieval job assigned to Ibuki. Ibuki was assigned to retrieve a briefcase with potential (yet unnamed) sensitive information, and Q was able to run away with the briefcase after Ibuki accidentally broke the handcuff holding the briefcase and carrier together with a Kasumi Suzaku Kunai.

Afterwards Ibuki's Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) was lowered by the Glade of Ninjas and she was also assigned to recover the briefcase's contents by the Glade. Sarai Kurosawa is the best friend of Ibuki who attends the same school for ninjas. Their friendship differs quite a bit in the game lore and UDON due to differences in how Sarai is handled.

In either lore Sarai is very similar in function to Ibuki as Kei Chitose does Sakura, both being best friends of each respective girl. In the games Sarai is also a ninja from the Glade of Ninjas. It is shown Sarai is willing to lie to "cover" for Ibuki as Ibuki sneaks out of camp.

In the UDON lore Sarai isn't a ninja initially and doesn't even have any combat ability, furthering the parallels of herself and Kei with their respective friends. Sarai shows concern for Ibuki when she goes to meet Makoto while Makoto openly wants to fight Ibuki, asking if Ibuki has her ninja family to help against Makoto and even asking Ibuki if she should call the police. Despite being a normal girl from the start Sarai is shown to be aware of Ibuki's ninja status. Later Sarai shows insecurities as Ibuki starts hanging out more with Makoto and Elena thinking they have a club between themselves as 3 female fighters leaving Sarai out causing Sarai to stop communicating with Ibuki temporarily.

Later both Sarai and Ibuki reconcile with Ibuki even offers to have Sarai be trained as a ninja herself by the Glade of Ninjas. Sarai, albiet with assistance mostly from Elena, is shown to care about Ibuki enough to accompany her for her match against Oro and despite not helping combat wise against the Geki clan's attack against the Glade of Ninjas she is said afterwards to have helped out in putting out fires. It is shown at the end of the Legends comic that Sarai did accept Ibuki's offer and she is being trained as a ninja watching Ibuki and Makoto's fight at the end without anyone noticing.

Sarai is shown later in the Back To School special comic not only being friends with Ibuki still but also Makoto and Elena. In this comic she actually appears with her counterpart Kei both speaking about the progress of both of their friends (Ibuki for Sarai and Sakura for Kei) talking about both girls how similar they are. Sarai and Kei are shown to play peace keepers in the fight between the Street Fighter girls in which both Ibuki and Sakura are part of alongside Karin and the Rival Schools girls of Akira, Zaki and Yurika. Notably neither girl showed preferential treatment towards their respective friend. It is worth noting that in the UDON comic it appears Sarai is younger than Ibuki as by the time of the comic while Ibuki is a University student Sarai alongside Makoto and Elena are still in High School while even Kei seems to be past that part of her life. It isn't shown if this detail is true in the game lore.

Ibuki, when it comes to the game lore, appears to be in good but not any sort of special terms with Akira Kazama. After Ibuki mistakes Akira to be a male she attempts to inform "him" that there will be an all girls tea party and he can't come in. Both Akira and Ibuki fight with Akira seemingly getting the upper hand but afterwards Ibuki appears to bear no ill will to the still presumed Akira. After this Ibuki takes more of a "sane person" role alongside Akira compared to Karin and Sakura's more eccentric antics. Ibuki is the one most calm and able to explain Karin's rather odd mannerisms to Akira. Ibuki is shown alongside Sakura, Karin and Akira when they go to the beach alongside other Rival School girls

In the UDON Comics Ibuki has a similarly indirect relationship with Akira yet at the same time much more negative. Ibuki was one of the presenters at Atago Gongen High School where Ibuki used to attend alongside Sakura and Karin and their presentations to attract High School students were interrupted by Akira, Yurika and Zaki who made their presence known by literally throwing one of their promotions at Ibuki's face. Their actions angered Ibuki and later Sakura and Karin because the Rival School girls were advertising without getting their spots fairly as the Street Fighter schools did. This does lead to a fight but Ibuki battles Akira (and has the most individual success out of the Street Fighter side), by the time Makoto and Elena show interest in another activity it appears all the girls who were fighting have no lingering contempt for each other however.

Ibuki is a young girl from Japan who lives in a village entirely composed of ninjas, hidden from society's watchful eyes, where she has trained in the deadly art of ninjutsu since childhood. After doing the same routine everyday and attending a school for ninjas, she wishes to live like a normal schoolgirl. Her best friend is her classmate, Sarai. Ibuki also has a pet tanuki named Don, who is often referred to as "Don-Chan".

Ibuki sneaks away from her clan's summer training camp to compete in S.I.N's tournament, in order to meet cool and handsome guys. When the tournament is over, she realizes that she is going to be late for camp and attempts to sneak back in as if nothing had happened. However, she is caught by one of the camp's instructors.[5]

In her character story, Ibuki has finally finished her ninja assignment and receives a call from Sakura, whom she met and befriended in Super Street Fighter IV. She informs Ibuki of a party invitation sent from her rival, Karin Kanzuki. Ibuki replies that she hasn't read it yet, because she almost fell through a roof while she was getting home to the ninja village, so Sakura tells her to travel to the Kanzuki Estate by plane. Before hanging up, Sakura tells Ibuki that she can't come due to a scheduling conflict. Ibuki reflects on what she should wear to the party and how she's never met Karin before. After arriving at the Kanzuki Estate, Ibuki is excited to get to the party. However, she is ambushed by Birdie and forced to fight him. After defeating Birdie, Ibuki tells him that she also has an invitation to the party. Karin intervenes and scolds Birdie for his rudeness to her guest. Karin and Ibuki introduce themselves, and both have heard of the other from Sakura's stories. Karin then engages Ibuki in a fight, telling her this will be her introduction. After the fight, Karin informs Ibuki that she is interested in working with Ibuki's ninja clan, and that she had invited her as per the clan's recommendation. Karin states that the contract has already been approved by the Glade of Ninjas, and while Ibuki initially refuses to sign it, she is enticed by Karin's promise that her parties always attract handsome men. After the party, Ibuki reflects on all the people she has encountered since leaving her village, notably among them her argument with R. Mika. She is seen conversing on the phone with her friend, Sarai, as she returns home to her village, satisfied with her experiences.

Ibuki appears in the end of R. Mika's character story, in which she rejects R. Mika's offer of "muscle training", stating that she can't learn anything from someone who is overly passionate and bossy. This angers R. Mika, who asks if she had listened to anything she said; Ibuki responds by saying she was shouting too much so she tuned her out. Mika says Ibuki is arrogant, and Ibuki refutes this by saying she has worked with the Kanzuki family for longer than Mika. The argument between the two continues as the story ends. Part of this interaction also appears on Ibuki's own story mode. In Abigail's character story, Ibuki encounters Abigail and mistakes his car noises for a fart. She is so disgusted that she fights Abigail, though Abigail wins, referring to Ibuki as a "Compact car with a little tank"(which could be a reference to her status as a smaller fighter with low health throughout her SF existence).

In Zeku's character story, Ibuki meets Zeku, in his younger form, who is promoting the arts of Bushinryu. Ibuki mistakes Zeku for a salesman, but Zeku corrects her and offers her a chance to to join his group. After being defeated by Zeku, he shows his present form as an elderly ninja, much to Ibuki's disappointment. She turns down his offer. In Zeku's story mode it is shown that she joins his new ninja group, presumably due to her working for Karin who is now working for Zeku. It appears her weapon of choice remains the Kunai but she and Birdie find the situation ridiculous. Ibuki appears as part of a picture in E. Honda's story mode with alongside other SFV female characters in his spa. She is drinking something alongside R. Mika in this image wearing a towel like the rest of the female characters in the image. Ibuki appears after Akira arrives setting up the girls only tea party she alongside other females (including Akira herself) walking with Don-Chan. She notices Akira thinking Akira was a male stranger. After a fight in which Ibuki seemingly loses Ibuki is shown complementing Akira's fighting skills while Ibuki still doesn't know Akira is a female.

After this Ibuki mostly plays a supporting role. She is explained Sakura and Akira's past with a fight between the two mentioned in past tense. Somewhat ironically Sakura wonders why Akira isn't battling her now despite the player just defeating Sakura with Akira as their battle was shown in the past. Karin appears and herself and the girls only tea party starting with Don-Chan seemingly disappearing. After some chat Karin challenges Akira to a fight and afterwards all the girls alongside some Rival School ladies appear in swimsuits with Ibuki commenting she only brought her school bikini. Ibuki mostly explains Karin's mannerisms to Akira during these events.

Ibuki is seen at the Kanzuki Estate with Birdie, watching a tag team match between Zangief and R. Mika against Alex and Laura. The screen suddenly shuts off, a result of the electromagnetic pulse caused by Shadaloo's Black Moons. Karin decides to travel to New York to find out who is responsible for the activation of the Black Moons, and Ibuki goes with her.

After returning to the Kanzuki Estate, Ibuki is seen having an argument with R. Mika, while Karin and Cammy discuss the plan to stop Shadaloo. The estate is suddenly attacked by Shadaloo agents, among them Decapre and Marz. After defeating them, Karin threatens Ibuki and Mika with the same punishment unless they stop fighting.

During the first infiltration of the Shadaloo base, Ibuki and R. Mika continue to argue, until they are confronted by Balrog and Ed, who managed to get one of the chess pieces that control the Black Moons from Zangief. Ibuki is the first to fight Balrog, her ninjutsu skills are not sufficient to beat him. Mika then engages him, but she also fails. The two then team up and succeed in overpowering him. Ed tries to use his Psycho Power to stop them, and Ibuki uses a smoke bomb to distract both of them. She and Mika take the chess piece and escape, finally being reunited with Karin and her butler, Shibasaki. Karin takes the chess piece and goes on ahead, while Ibuki and R. Mika wait for the rescue helicopter to arrive. Karin returns with Chun-Li, and both are being chased by Abel, who has been brainwashed by Bison's Psycho Power. Zangief appears and knocks Abel out with a Spinning Piledriver, then proudly flexes his muscles. Ibuki is disgusted, yet Mika is amazed.

In the final assault against Shadaloo, Ibuki is hesitant about jumping out of a helicopter, as she is afraid of heights. Nevertheless, Dhalsim pushes her out. During the mission, Ibuki and Mika fight off Shadaloo soldiers, and they watch Zangief's fight against Satsuki. Ibuki becomes worried and tells Zangief to watch out for Satsuki's sword, but to her surprise, the blade shatters when it hits Zangief's muscles. Ibuki is last seen with the other fighters, watching Shadaloo's destruction.

As a ninja, Ibuki is skilled in ninjutsu; specifically its curriculum of martial arts. Unlike Guy, her style emphasizes a more traditional depiction, like that of ninjutsu found in the regions of Iga and Koga, utilizing kicks, grabs, speed, agility and accuracy for an aggressive and deadly approach. Somewhat interestingly, Ibuki is the only playable character who uses pure ninjutsu (as others such as Vega use only elements of the art).

Ibuki has many mobility options and pre-SFV had many anti projectile options like EX Neckbreaker. She tends to have many multi hitting attacks. While she generally does below average damage a player with good execution can do multiple 1 frame in a combo to match most of the cast. Her Raida tends to have unique properties, being immune to command throws in the IV series, being the only 2 frame non super special in Street Fighter X Tekken, and having anti back technical mechanics of command grabs despite it's hitbox being classified as a strike.

As a trade-off for her advantages she has been a rather frail character throughout her Street Fighter existence. She is usually around the 900 HP mark, 100 less than average.

Ibuki's fighting style is characterized by her speed and agility. Several of her special moves are useful in both closing distance and evading her foe and/or their attacks: her Hien, for example, is capable of letting her jump over most projectiles while following up with a vaulting kick, and her Kasumi Gake can allow her to pass through opponents entirely, giving her the potential to set up confusing cross-ups (or the potential to just confuse in general). While she may not be as strong as other characters, Ibuki's attacks hit fast, and possesses a multitude of Target Combos that give her various extensions and conversions off many stray attacks.

Though Ibuki has many options in her mixups and gameplan, they are all designed for extremely specific purposes, forcing Ibuki to vary her approach and respond to her opponents just as she would to them. Effective Ibuki play requires full knowledge of the opponent's capabilities and quick reactions, as an incorrect response could easily lead to her taking massive damage from a punish.

In Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Ibuki retains all of her Street Fighter III moves and some of her special attacks like the Kunai and her Kasumi Suzaku Super Combo when she diguises as Rolento. Her unique special attack is when she smacks her opponent in two kicks. She has the most disguise forms than the rest of the characters with a total of seven disguises (Eg. Kendo student, a Japanese marker where she could paint the opponent in black, a Bushido, Traditional Japanese singer, a Japanese magician to make a tornado spin on her opponents, a penguin suit and cosplaying as Rolento). One of her Mighty Combos has her disguise as a Bushido to slash her opponent in one strike to deal heavy damage. If her opponents are obliterated with this move an ocean wave background will be seen. She also wears her casual outfit from one of her Street Fighter III win animations but it was a short sleeved shirt than a sleeveless shirt from her ending while meeting with Guy.

In Street Fighter V, Ibuki exchanges various tools in favor of new ones altogether. Most notably, her Kunai has been changed to give her an ammunition counter, with a total of six kunai before she has to reload, though in exchange she can not only use it on the ground, but even throw all of them at once using Kunai Ikkinage. Her V-Skills and V-Triggers utilize new techniques and tools to further mixup her opponent. Tenrai is a palm blast that lets Ibuki poke the opponent from a distance, while Makibishi gives Ibuki a trap that helps her side-switch mixups.

Rokushaku Horokudama and Fuma Shuriken both work as delayed projectiles that Ibuki can use to trick her opponents, either using the former's variable fuses or the latter's returning trajectory. Her Critical Art is the Kachofugetsu as she trips her opponent with a low sweep while launching them in mid air with a straight kick similar to her Hashinsho Ultra Combo as she teleports while doing ninja hand signs to culminate a burst of blue energy on her left palm similar to her Yoroitoshi Super Art to wipe out her opponent's skull in a deadly explosion.