Pai Chan



Pai Chan is a fictional character in the Sega video game series Virtua Fighter. She is the daughter of Lau Chan, another character in the game.

Pai Chan was born May 17, 1975 in Hong Kong (she first was 18 years old in Virtua Fighter; she is 22 as of Virtua Fighter 5). She is a martial arts action movie star in her hometown, and her fighting style is Ensei-Ken. It is revealed that her favourite hobby is dancing. Even though Pai Chan is from Hong Kong and her native language is Cantonese (specifically the Yuehai dialect), due to the game's Japanese origin, she is voiced by an actress speaking Japanese (Iwao Junko in VF2, and Minami Takayama from VF3 on).

Virtua Fighter
Pai is a leading star in Hong Kong action films. Her moods change as quickly as a cat's - she can erupt in passion in one minute, and turn icy cold in the next. Lau's only daughter, Pai was specially trained by her father in martial arts from a young age. However, while Lau obsessively strove on with his training, Pai's mother worked so hard to support the family that she died of overwork. Her death devastated Pai and she blamed it on Lau; she swore that one day she would beat him. Two years later, she was a success in the movie industry. When she received word that her father was going to enter the World Fighting Tournament, she also decided to enter.

Virtua Fighter 2
Pai took part in the First World Fighting Tournament to test her skills. It revealed that she was rather weak and she decided to train for a year before the Second World Fighting Tournament. During the past year, she incorporated her own techniques and tactics she had discovered. She is determined to defeat (this time for sure) her father for pursuing his own ideals at the expense of his family.

Virtua Fighter 3
Although Pai lost to her father, Lau, a second time, she left the tournament with a new perspective on her father. What is it that he seeks with his fists that is so important that he would forsake his family? Pondering that, Pai began working on her new world-spanning, big budget film, until she heard that there would be a 3rd tournament.

Virtua Fighter 4
After being defeated in the 3rd world tournament and discovering that her skills matched close to her father's, Pai went back to Hong Kong to concentrate on her acting career. Although her work schedule was hectic, she continued to train and managed to bring herself to another level. One day she hears of Lau's intention to find a suitable successor in the 4th world tournament. Finding it strange, she investigates the matter and discovered Lau's terminal illness. She too decides to join the 4th world tournament to prove that she is a worthy successor to her father's legacy.

Virtua Fighter 5
Pai's father, Lau, trained her in Ensei-Ken from a young age and was secretly jealous of her flawless technique. When her mother died, Pai ran away and became an actress. To cope, her father poured himself into training and later earned a place in the World Fighting Tournament. Though Pai was a famous movie star by that time, she took time off to challenge her father in the Tournament but was no match for his improved skills. When she found out that her father had an incurable disease, she worked harder than ever so she could be a worthy successor to his legacy. Finally realizing that she has to let her bitter resentment go, she decides that she has to be physically, mentally, and emotionally strong in her father's possible final days.

Fighters Megamix
Pai Chan wishes to challenge someone who was stronger than ever as a test. She skilled herself to be more powerful like a fighting style in this tournament. Pai meets Janet Marshall in Virtua Cop 2 as a friend and a challenger, she maybe a student of Janet Marshall, as she trains her for an upcoming training skill.

Virtua Fighter Kids
In Virtua Fighter Kids, Pai is depicted as a young girl (six to eight years old). In this variant of Virtua Fighter 2, she is seen as a martial arts child actress, working on a movie with super deformed depictions of the Virtua Cop characters as her fans.

Pai Chan was the friend of Janet Marshall (in her VCPD Outfit) in Virtua Cop 2. She and Janet challenged each other so that they both could stronger than ever. She dislikes others getting involved into this fight.

Virtua Fighter Anime
It is revealed in the Virtua Fighter anime that Pai was taught Ensei-ken forcibly rather than by her own volition, and that Jacky accuses Pai early on of being part of the Koenkan mafia group. Her mother, though not shown in the games, was shown in the anime. Lau did not train in Koen-ken to cope with his wife's passing, but rather he was absorbed in it. He became so absorbed that he didn't even notice that his wife was dying. Also, it is revealed that Pai's mother did not die when she was sixteen, but she instead died when Pai was really young, maybe around 6 to 10 years of age.

Quotes and Winning Poses
Pai has had a number of famous quotes and winning poses. The most notable quote of hers is "Anata niwa kunfuu ga tarinai wa", translated from Japanese as "You don't have enough kung-fu." One of her trademark poses is when she does her "crane standing in flock of chicken" stance.