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Onihime & Yasha (鬼姫&夜叉, Onihime & Yasha), also known as Mona & Lisa in the US localisations of the game, are a pair of bosses which appear in Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 3 and the Mania+ and Survival Mode of Streets of Rage 4.

In the original Streets of Rage, they make their first appearance as bosses on Stage 5. They are very acrobatic, evasive, and clever at delivering their attacks, especially in tandem by misdirection. In the third game they appear as bosses on Stage 2.

Streets of Rage[]

They appear as palette swaps of Blaze, bearing most of the same moves. Despite looking petite, they can deliver some of the most damaging attacks in the game; in the hardest difficulty, a successful slam can cost up to 80% of the player's health. It is very difficult to hit them with regular moves, as they'll constantly do backflips which render them invulnerable whenever the player attempts to approach them. A good strategy is to keep one's back turned, then using a back attack (attack+jump buttons) whenever they approach.

In the Master System port, the two are given unique head sprites, depicting them with bun hairstyles.

Streets of Rage 3[]

In this game they are given a major overhaul. Instead of looking like Blaze, they appear as acrobats in skintight bodysuits with 1980s-styled teased hair & white panties with pink bra. Besides most of Blaze's moves, they also use several double-team tactics that can knock off huge chunks of health and can be very difficult to avoid. Their weaker attacks are just as dangerous, however, because of how quickly they can set up the player from both sides for a toss or a back suplex. Unlike their original appearance, they will successfully land and take no damage if tossed. They tend to cover each other in both attack and defense. Worth note, if one of the acrobats is defeated first, the remaining one will adopt the defeated one's moveset and incorporate to her own. They only appear in Stage 2, in the discotheque's VIP bar.

Streets of Rage 4[]

In Streets of Rage 4, during the Mania+ mode and throughout the Survival Mode in the Mr. X Nightmare DLC, they appear in their Streets of Rage 3 forms. They can appear as both regular enemies and bosses.

Trivia[]

  • Their US names are a wordplay off Mona Lisa, the world-famous painting made by the Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci.
  • Onihime (鬼姫) means Demon Princess in Japanese, while Yasha (夜叉) refers to Yaksha, an ancient class of (usually benevolent) spirit beings from Hindi mythology.
  • They were originally considered to return in Streets of Rage 4, as concept art based on their Streets of Rage 3 version can be found in the Extras Menu. Instead they are fought as retro bosses in the Mania+ difficulty and Survival Mode.

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