Editing Nakoruru

|universe    = {{uvm3|Samurai Shodown}}

Nakoruru's "Capcom-style" artwork in ''{{s|wikipedia|Capcom vs. SNK 2}}''.

|firstgame    = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Samurai Shodown|1993 video game}}'' (1993)

|lastappearance= ''{{iw|wikipedia|The King of Fighters XV}}'' (2022, DLC)

|placeoforigin= Kamui Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan

|artist      = Yūichi "Violetche Nakamoto" Nakatani<br>Keisen "Oshioki-Keisen" Yamaguchi<br>"The·Fool" ^{''(Nakoruru)''}<br>Erina Makino ^{''(Mamahaha)''}

|voiceactor = {{s|wikipedia|Harumi Ikoma}} (trailer only)

'''Nakoruru''' ({{ja|ナコルル|Nakoruru}}, ''Nakoruru'') is a major character in the fighting game series {{uvm3|Samurai Shodown}}. A young woman from Japan, she fights with a sword alongside her hawk Mamahaha and somethimes with her wolf Shikuru.

Nakoruru is a teenage {{s|wikipedia|Ainu}} (an indigenous Japanese people from Hokkaido) woman, living as a nature-loving priestess in the woods. She first gets involved in the story timeline-wise in ''Samurai Shodown 5'' (known in Japan as ''Samurai Spirits Zero'' and the earliest installment chronologically), helping to stop the vicious warlord Gaoh Hinowanokami. After his defeat, Nakoruru follows in her late father's footsteps, becoming a Kamui warrior. She continues to protect nature and defeat the various villains in the series, even after sacrificing her human form to become a spirit of nature at the end of ''Samurai Shodown II''. As a divine spirit, Nakoruru has traveled to ''The King of Fighters'' universe before in ''The King of Fighters XIV'' to defeat Verse. She also is one of the major female characters of SNK's creation, starring in her own drama CD, being a key member in [https://snk.fandom.com/wiki/The_Band_of_Fighters SNK's image band] and common mascot for SNK's social action programs for children and nature awareness campaigns along with [[Terry Bogard|Terry]].

Nakoruru makes her ''Smash'' debut as one of {{h2|Downloadable content (SSBU)|Round 4}}'s DLC [[Mii costumes]]. She appears as a {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}} with using her prized sword, Chichi-ushi. Notably, this Mii Costume has flowing hair physics, and the sword is given a yellow trail near the tip.

 

Nakoruru appears in the {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}} Costumes #4 trailer along with a [[Fletchling]] and [[Wolf (SSBU)|Wolf]] in reference to her hawk Mamahaha and her wolf Shikuru (which usually appears alongside her dark alter ego, Rera). In the final shot where Wolf appears, she is standing in front of the cabin of the Ice-type morph of [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]; this is a reference to her original ''Samurai Shodown'' stage, in the snow-bound Kamui Kotan village. Additionally, {{SSBU|Falco}} also appears in the trailer as a stand-in for Mamahaha, when he uses his [[Fire Bird]] in a downward diagonal, similar to Nakoruru's Amube Yatoro move from her playable appearances.

 

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| 1,365 || {{SpiritTableName|Nakoruru}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★★ || 1 || Air Attack ↑ || ''SAMURAI SHODOWN'' Series

*Nakoruru is the only character that cameos in {{SSBU|Terry}}'s reveal trailer, and the only SNK character with a Mii costume, to not appear as a [[background character]] on [[King of Fighters Stadium]].

 

[https://snk.fandom.com/wiki/Nakoruru Article on SNK Wiki]

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