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'''Amane Nishiki''', also known as the '''Uzume''', is the current [[Onlooker]] of the world. He runs a small troupe consisting of orphans of war that he has adopted, and ventures across the world. He is a mysterious figure, but once he has his eyes set on something, or someone, he wants, it is difficult to dissuade him.
'''Amane Nishiki''' (アマネ=ニシキ), also known as the '''Uzume''', is the current [[Onlooker]] of the world. He runs a small troupe consisting of orphans of war that he has adopted, and ventures across the world. He is a mysterious figure, but once he has his eyes set on something, or someone, he wants, it is difficult to dissuade him.


Amane was made playable in ''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma]]'', the same game he debuted in.
Amane was made playable in ''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma]]'', the same game he debuted in.
==Appearance==
==Appearance==
[[File:BlazBlue Amane Nishiki Model Sheet 01.png|thumb|left|150px|Amane's usual attire.]]


==Personality==
Amane is a tall, thin, androgynous man with light blue eyes and long purple hair tied into a topknot with a pin. Amane is always seen wearing makeup similar to an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onnagata onnagata kabuki actor], which matches many aspects of his character and design.


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He wears a pink sleeveless kimono-like garment with two green metal pieces hanging from the front, black toeless socks, and high platform sandals. He wraps pink scarves around his arms, which he uses as weapons in combat. Underneath his garments, he wears tight black shorts, a short black tank top that covers his upper torso, and black arm warmers.
Very honest about his own desires, and a dogged and relentless opponent of anything he deems wrong or dishonest. He looks after the boys—mostly war orphans—that he’s recruited to his troupe with a great deal of kindness.
<ref>''BlazBlue Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/character/amane.php Amane Nishiki]''</ref><ref>''BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), [http://blazblueuniverse.com/amane Amane Nishiki]''</ref><ref>''BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Official Site (EU), [http://www.blazblue.jp/eu/chara_amane.html Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
</blockquote>


==Biography==
Before entering combat, Amane instead wears a pink, green, purple, and red geisha's outfit with even larger platform shoes. His hair is styled differently, with ten pins stuck in it.
A travelling performer and manager of a troupe consisting of orphans of war that he has adopted, Amane roams the globe. Around 2190, Amane was hired by a [[Bullet's Mercenary Squad|mercenary squad's]] drill sergeant as an instructor for their "troops" on integrating new combat moves into their arsenal. Amane misunderstood, thinking that they were a "troupe" who needed to be taught new dancing styles. For three days and nights, he made the troops dance traditional Oriental dances before realising his mistake and vanishing. [[Bullet]], then a young girl, never forgot the incident, swearing revenge. <ref>''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Arcade Mode, Bullet - Paranoia''</ref>


===Chrono Phantasma===
==Personality==


<blockquote style="font-style:italic">
{{Quote|Very honest about his own desires, and a dogged and relentless opponent of anything he deems wrong or dishonest. He looks after the boys—mostly war orphans—that he's recruited to his troupe with a great deal of kindness.<ref name="bbcf-amane-personality-jp"/><ref name="bbcpex-amane"/><ref name="bbcpex-amane-eu"/>}}
The beautiful leader of a dance troupe, "Amane." From a young age he wished to grasp the true essence of dance, and obtained the "dance" of battle. He prefers unparallelled "pretty boys," and after hearing rumors of one such young vigilante, he journeyed all the way to the Ikaruga Region to scount him.
<ref>''BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cp/chara_amane.html Amane Nishiki]</ref>
</blockquote>


===Central Fiction===
Straightforward and honest about nearly everything, Amane is true to his beliefs and has an unstoppable determination. When he sees something, or someone, he desires for his troupe, he will never take 'no' for an answer. This can grating, and some people have even tried to runaway from being scouted into the group. When he is not being straightforward, Amane speaks in riddles, dancing around a subject and using various terms associated with performing troupes to mask his intentions. It does not take long for this mask to fall, and then he will tell his victim what he desires from them.


<blockquote style="font-style:italic">
Amane cares for those in his troupe as if they were his own family. He's adopted war-orphans, giving them a family, job, and home with him, and goes far out of his way to oppose what he considers an injustice. Nothing fazes Amane - even when someone is holding him by his throat, an aura of cockiness and subtle arrogance in his abilities remains.
From a young age, Amane travelled to grasp the true essense of dance. He realized that the origins of "dance" lie the ideals of the "martial arts," and obtained the "dance" of battle. He prefers unparallelled "pretty boys," and journeyed to gather a number of "pretty boys" and establish positions for them. Concerned about the fate of the world, he decides to Observe it.
<ref>''BlazBlue Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/story/ Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
</blockquote>


As with many others, Amane was absorbed into the Embryo, although his memories remained unaffected, and he became one of the [[chosen]]. He found Rachel in the [[Kagutsuchi Port]] in a distorted reality of the [[13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi]], and began to warn her about how much she was intervening in the world – but he did grant her his blessing to continue forward as “everyone is an actor once on stage”. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 030, Sub Scenario 1''</ref>
There are times where Amane makes innocent mistakes and does not notice until a long time afterwards. He once taught [[Bullet's Mercenary Squad]] dancing techniques when he mistook them for being a "''troupe''" instead of "''troops''"; he did not realise until three days and nights after he had started. This incident scarred Bullet for years because of Amane's harsh dance teaching and regime.<ref>''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Arcade Mode, Bullet - Paranoia''</ref>


Mimicking Rachel’s teleportation, Amane used sorcery to transfer [[Ragna the Bloodedge]] to his location next to the Kushinada’s Lynchpin. He offered Ragna to join his troupe, a metaphor for Observation. Although he was turned down, Amane listened to the Grim Reaper’s plan to create a new possibility using Soul Eater to take the desires of the chosen. Gleefully, Amane told him that he would watch what he could do, teleporting Ragna back to Wadatsumi. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 073''</ref>
==Powers & Techniques==
As an [[Onlooker]], Amane is far more powerful than his appearance suggests. He is capable of [[Observer|Observing]] targets, fixing their existence within the world, and can use [[Phenomenon Intervention]] should the need ever arise. Because he is an Onlooker, however, he is incapable of intervening on the world and its major events lest he disappear from the world itself. Amane is capable of rebooting the [[Takamagahara System]].<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Arcade Mode, Amane Nishiki, Act III''</ref>


[[Valkenhayn R. Hellsing]] found Amane at the [[Altar]] atop Kagutsuchi. The lycanthrope told him about Rachel’s disappearing state and that he was going to kill the Onlooker to save his young mistress. They battled, but Amane revealed that because Valkenhayn exists outside of [[Logic]], there is no way that he can kill an Onlooker and change the world. Amane further asked him where his loyalties truly lie – with his promise to [[Clavis Alucard]] to protect Rachel, or to the girl herself. He answered the latter, so the Onlooker told him of Ragna’s plan and how that would save the young vampire from disappearing. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 089, Sub Scenario 1''</ref> He later came to the battle between [[Es]] and [[Makoto Nanaya]], seeing the latter off as she dissolved into seithr and commending her on how brilliantly she fought. Es left to pursue [[Naoto Kurogane]] afterwards, and Amane allowed her. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 092''</ref>
As he fights, Amane dances around his opponent, using their own skills and power against them with his grace.<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Jubei Victory Quote Vs Amane Nishiki, Act III''</ref> In gameplay, he uses the [[Drive]] '''{{h|Spiral}}''' which turns his ribbons into sharp drills that are capable of piercing shields and guards. For whatever reason, Amane can resist the [[sorcery]] spell [[Slave Red]], and is capable of replicating complicated spells like [[teleportation]] from just having seen it done once, similar to [[Vision]].  


[[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 79(A).png|thumb|right|A final conversation with the Man of the Azure]]Amane met Es at the Gate, and told her to rest easy as she dissolved into seithr, believing that she had made the right choice to believe in others, not something as grandiose as possibilities. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 011, Chapter 094, Sub Scenario 1''</ref> He was the last of the chosen to dissolve into seithr, and met Ragna in his final moments, calling his dance “majestic.”<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 099''</ref>
His appearance has not changed at all in the last decade, but Amane has denied being outright immortal.<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Arcade Mode, Valkenhayn R. Hellsing - Act III''</ref> Even though he can easily withstand blows from the [[Six Heroes]] and even [[Azrael]] himself, the true extent of Amane's powers remains a mystery.


Amane soon dissolved into seithr and was reborn in the new world created by Ragna, wandering the world with his troupe. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 012, Chapter 100''</ref>
==Official Profiles==
===''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma]]'' Official Site Profile===
''The beautiful leader of a dance troupe, "Amane." From a young age he wished to grasp the true essence of dance, and obtained the "dance" of battle. He prefers unparallelled "pretty boys," and after hearing rumors of one such young vigilante, he journeyed all the way to the Ikaruga Region to scount him.<ref name="bbcp-amane-jp"/>''


==Powers & Techniques==
===''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction]]'' Official Site Profile===
;Story
''From a young age, Amane travelled to grasp the true essense of dance. He realized that the origins of "dance" lie the ideals of the "martial arts," and obtained the "dance" of battle. He prefers unparallelled "pretty boys," and journeyed to gather a number of "pretty boys" and establish positions for them. Concerned about the fate of the world, he decides to Observe it.<ref name="bbcf-amane-story-jp"/>
;Personality
''Very honest about his own desires, and a dogged and relentless opponent of anything he deems wrong or dishonest. He looks after the boys—mostly war orphans—that he's recruited to his troupe with a great deal of kindness.<ref name="bbcf-amane-personality-jp"/><ref name="bbcpex-amane"/><ref name="bbcpex-amane-eu"/>''


==Library Entry==
===''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction]]'' Library Entry===
===Amane Nishiki===
;Amane Nishiki
''A pretty young man who leads his own performance troupe. While he carries himself with almost feminine elegance and grace, there is perhaps a darker side that we do not yet know, at least according to Rachel.
''A pretty young man who leads his own performance troupe. While he carries himself with almost feminine elegance and grace, there is perhaps a darker side that we do not yet know, at least according to Rachel.


''He takes great pride in the quality of his dance, and fights to master the art of dance. To Amane, the stage and battlefield are but one and the same, and dance and fighting are both arts.
''He takes great pride in the quality of his dance, and fights to master the art of dance. To Amane, the stage and battlefield are but one and the same, and dance and fighting are both arts.


''Contrary to his appearance, he speaks in a rather crude tone at times, and has a manly personality. His troupe consists mainly of orphans of war, but that does not mean he’s not constantly on the lookout for more pretty boys to add to the roster.
''Contrary to his appearance, he speaks in a rather crude tone at times, and has a manly personality. His troupe consists mainly of orphans of war, but that does not mean he's not constantly on the lookout for more pretty boys to add to the roster.


''Hearing rumors of one such child, the Vigilante Carl Clover, he heads to Ikaruga to scout that child, like no child has been scouted before.<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #022''</ref>
''Hearing rumors of one such child, the Vigilante Carl Clover, he heads to Ikaruga to scout that child, like no child has been scouted before.<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #022''</ref>
===[[BlazBlue 10th Anniversary]] Official Site Profile===
''A young man who leads a dance troupe. He loves the beautiful, and especially beautiful young men. With a personality that honestly pursues his own desires, he earnestly tries to scout pretty boys who catch his eye.''<ref name="BB 10th Amane"/>


==Appearances in other Media==
==Appearances in other Media==
* The mobile game ''Mabinogi Duel'' stars Amane as a playable card.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the [[Polls/BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Popularity Poll|BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll]], Amane placed 25th out of the 84 candidates. He scored one place above [[Kajun Faycott]] and one place below [[Kagura Mutsuki]]. He had 945 votes.
*The majority of Amane's movelist references [[wikipedia:Super Sentai|Super Sentai]].
*Amane is one of three characters who has never had their Japanese voice actor appear on [[Blue Radio]]. The other two are [[Carl Clover]] and [[Valkenhayn R. Hellsing]].
*Amane is the only character introduced in the arcade version of ''Chrono Phantasma'' to not have a vocal theme.
*Amane and Bullet are the only two playable characters who do not appear or are even referenced in canonical side material, including novels and manga.


==References==
==References==
 
<references>
{{#tag:references}}
<ref name="bbcp-amane-jp">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cp/chara_amane.html Amane Nishiki]</ref>
<ref name="bbcf-amane-personality-jp">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/character/amane.php Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcf-amane-story-jp">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/story/ Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcpex-amane">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), [http://blazblueuniverse.com/amane Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcpex-amane-eu">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (EU), [http://www.blazblue.jp/eu/chara_amane.html Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
<ref name="BB 10th Amane">''BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site Profile, [http://www.blazblue.jp/10th/characters/amane/ Amane Nishiki]''</ref>
</references>


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Revision as of 22:44, 8 February 2019

"The stage on which the best soldiers are gathered... I wish to dance on such a stage! Such is my wish!"
アマネ=ニシキ
Amane Nishiki

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Name

Amane Nishiki

Birthday

November 15

Voice Actors

Akira Ishida (Japanese)
Yuri Lowenthal (English)

Blood Type

O

Height

180cm

Weight

68kg

Hair Color

Purple

Eye Color

Blue

Drive

Spiral

Likes

Beautiful things (mainly handsome men)

Dislikes

Social withdrawal

Hobbies

Making Japanese sweets

Character Titles

Uzume

Character Themes

BUSIN

Appearances
Games

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (playable)
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (playable)
BlazBlue: Central Fiction (playable)

Amane Nishiki (アマネ=ニシキ), also known as the Uzume, is the current Onlooker of the world. He runs a small troupe consisting of orphans of war that he has adopted, and ventures across the world. He is a mysterious figure, but once he has his eyes set on something, or someone, he wants, it is difficult to dissuade him.

Amane was made playable in BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, the same game he debuted in.

Appearance

Amane's usual attire.

Amane is a tall, thin, androgynous man with light blue eyes and long purple hair tied into a topknot with a pin. Amane is always seen wearing makeup similar to an onnagata kabuki actor, which matches many aspects of his character and design.

He wears a pink sleeveless kimono-like garment with two green metal pieces hanging from the front, black toeless socks, and high platform sandals. He wraps pink scarves around his arms, which he uses as weapons in combat. Underneath his garments, he wears tight black shorts, a short black tank top that covers his upper torso, and black arm warmers.

Before entering combat, Amane instead wears a pink, green, purple, and red geisha's outfit with even larger platform shoes. His hair is styled differently, with ten pins stuck in it.

Personality

Very honest about his own desires, and a dogged and relentless opponent of anything he deems wrong or dishonest. He looks after the boys—mostly war orphans—that he's recruited to his troupe with a great deal of kindness.[1][2][3]

Straightforward and honest about nearly everything, Amane is true to his beliefs and has an unstoppable determination. When he sees something, or someone, he desires for his troupe, he will never take 'no' for an answer. This can grating, and some people have even tried to runaway from being scouted into the group. When he is not being straightforward, Amane speaks in riddles, dancing around a subject and using various terms associated with performing troupes to mask his intentions. It does not take long for this mask to fall, and then he will tell his victim what he desires from them.

Amane cares for those in his troupe as if they were his own family. He's adopted war-orphans, giving them a family, job, and home with him, and goes far out of his way to oppose what he considers an injustice. Nothing fazes Amane - even when someone is holding him by his throat, an aura of cockiness and subtle arrogance in his abilities remains.

There are times where Amane makes innocent mistakes and does not notice until a long time afterwards. He once taught Bullet's Mercenary Squad dancing techniques when he mistook them for being a "troupe" instead of "troops"; he did not realise until three days and nights after he had started. This incident scarred Bullet for years because of Amane's harsh dance teaching and regime.[4]

Powers & Techniques

As an Onlooker, Amane is far more powerful than his appearance suggests. He is capable of Observing targets, fixing their existence within the world, and can use Phenomenon Intervention should the need ever arise. Because he is an Onlooker, however, he is incapable of intervening on the world and its major events lest he disappear from the world itself. Amane is capable of rebooting the Takamagahara System.[5]

As he fights, Amane dances around his opponent, using their own skills and power against them with his grace.[6] In gameplay, he uses the Drive Spiral which turns his ribbons into sharp drills that are capable of piercing shields and guards. For whatever reason, Amane can resist the sorcery spell Slave Red, and is capable of replicating complicated spells like teleportation from just having seen it done once, similar to Vision.

His appearance has not changed at all in the last decade, but Amane has denied being outright immortal.[7] Even though he can easily withstand blows from the Six Heroes and even Azrael himself, the true extent of Amane's powers remains a mystery.

Official Profiles

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site Profile

The beautiful leader of a dance troupe, "Amane." From a young age he wished to grasp the true essence of dance, and obtained the "dance" of battle. He prefers unparallelled "pretty boys," and after hearing rumors of one such young vigilante, he journeyed all the way to the Ikaruga Region to scount him.[8]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Site Profile

Story

From a young age, Amane travelled to grasp the true essense of dance. He realized that the origins of "dance" lie the ideals of the "martial arts," and obtained the "dance" of battle. He prefers unparallelled "pretty boys," and journeyed to gather a number of "pretty boys" and establish positions for them. Concerned about the fate of the world, he decides to Observe it.[9]

Personality

Very honest about his own desires, and a dogged and relentless opponent of anything he deems wrong or dishonest. He looks after the boys—mostly war orphans—that he's recruited to his troupe with a great deal of kindness.[1][2][3]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Library Entry

Amane Nishiki

A pretty young man who leads his own performance troupe. While he carries himself with almost feminine elegance and grace, there is perhaps a darker side that we do not yet know, at least according to Rachel.

He takes great pride in the quality of his dance, and fights to master the art of dance. To Amane, the stage and battlefield are but one and the same, and dance and fighting are both arts.

Contrary to his appearance, he speaks in a rather crude tone at times, and has a manly personality. His troupe consists mainly of orphans of war, but that does not mean he's not constantly on the lookout for more pretty boys to add to the roster.

Hearing rumors of one such child, the Vigilante Carl Clover, he heads to Ikaruga to scout that child, like no child has been scouted before.[10]

BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site Profile

A young man who leads a dance troupe. He loves the beautiful, and especially beautiful young men. With a personality that honestly pursues his own desires, he earnestly tries to scout pretty boys who catch his eye.[11]

Appearances in other Media

  • The mobile game Mabinogi Duel stars Amane as a playable card.

Trivia

  • In the BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll, Amane placed 25th out of the 84 candidates. He scored one place above Kajun Faycott and one place below Kagura Mutsuki. He had 945 votes.
  • The majority of Amane's movelist references Super Sentai.
  • Amane is one of three characters who has never had their Japanese voice actor appear on Blue Radio. The other two are Carl Clover and Valkenhayn R. Hellsing.
  • Amane is the only character introduced in the arcade version of Chrono Phantasma to not have a vocal theme.
  • Amane and Bullet are the only two playable characters who do not appear or are even referenced in canonical side material, including novels and manga.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Amane Nishiki
  2. 2.0 2.1 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), Amane Nishiki
  3. 3.0 3.1 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (EU), Amane Nishiki
  4. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Arcade Mode, Bullet - Paranoia
  5. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Arcade Mode, Amane Nishiki, Act III
  6. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Jubei Victory Quote Vs Amane Nishiki, Act III
  7. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Arcade Mode, Valkenhayn R. Hellsing - Act III
  8. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), Amane Nishiki
  9. BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - Amane Nishiki
  10. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #022
  11. BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site Profile, Amane Nishiki