Ninjara

Ninjara is a playable character in ARMS. He is a Japanese college student studying ninjutsu. As a ninja, his gameplay style revolves around stealth, where he can disappear while dashing mid-air or if his opponent tries to punch his shield.

Appearance
Ninjara appears mostly human except for his red spiraled irises and his coiled chain arms. His green hair is pulled up into a topknot in the shape of a four-pointed shuriken, with chain links to hold it in place. He wears a black, green, and blue suit resembling ninja gear, blue goggles made out of chains, and black and green boots.

Backstory
Ninjara is a training ninja student at the Rasen Ninja University who enjoys reading books and hiding like a ninja. He has come to the ARMS tournament to represent his own university.

Attributes
Ninjara's abilities are designed to evade attacks more easily. For example, each time Ninjara blocks an attack he disappears, thus receiving no shield chip damage, and teleports to a different location, which allows him to counterattack. He can also teleport a short distance in the air while air-dashing.

Related Badges

 * Main article: Badge Stash

Quotes

 * List of Quotes

Trivia

 * Ninjara was one of the first characters announced as playable, being revealed alongside the game itself during the Nintendo Switch presentation in January 2017.
 * Ninjara was in the original trailer known as "The Elusive Ninja" instead of "The Student of Stealth".
 * Ninjara's voice actor, Kenji Takahashi, also voiced Piston Hondo in another Nintendo game based around punching, Punch-Out!! for the Wii.
 * At any given time while playing as Ninjara, the sound of the chains which make up his ARMS rattling can be heard as he moves around.
 * Ninjara's name is a portmanteau of "ninja" and "jara jara," the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a rattling chain.
 * Ninjara says "Kore nite DORON!" at the credits. It means "I'm going now". DORON is originally the sound that a ninja makes a smoke screen and vanishes.
 * Ninjara's logo is a stylized version of the kanji "忍" (lit. nin), meaning conceal, sneak or spy, and is shaped like a shuriken.