Hitomi is a character from the Dead or Alive series, born to a German father and a Japanese mother. She has been practicing the art of karate under her father's tutelage since she was a child, and enters the Dead or Alive Tournaments either to prove her skills or to see Hayate. Either reason, she is determined to win the tournament. Trained in Karate ever since she was a kid, Hitomi is a friendly, cheerful and energetic young woman but is also a hard-working martial artist, through-and-through. 