Ninjara

Ninjara is a playable fighter in ARMS. He is a Japanese college student studying ninjutsu.

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 Ninjutsu University who enjoys reading books. He has come to the ARMS tournament to represent his own university; the headmaster has said that it serves as his senior project.

Abilities
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.

Playstyle
Ninjara has some of the best movement in the game, having the fastest and longest dash, and the ability to warp on block and in the air. His great many movement options can seem daunting at first, so Ninjara is considered a character for intermediate-advanced players.

His shield-warping ability is a double-edged sword, as it can let him escape from the corner much more easily than most characters, but it's very difficult for him to defend against a rush, as his shield-warp is unreliable in getting him away from such a rapid attack flurry. His strengths come out best when spacing the opponent out from a fair distance, using his movement (which, in most cases, is superior) to get around his opponent's attacks with relative ease and preparing counterattacks all the while.

ARM Recommendations
ARMS with fast retraction time work well with the Student of Stealth. They make his punches as safe as possible, allowing him to take better advantage of his fast, safe movement. Some examples are:

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.
 * In the demo build, Ninjara had the Chakram, Sparky, and Tribolt.
 * 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!" during the credits, which translates to "I'm going now." "Doron" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a ninja vanishing via a smoke screen.
 * Ninjara appears as a spirit in Smash Bros Ultimate alongside Spring Man, Ribbon Girl, Min Min and Twintelle.
 * Ninjara's logo is a stylized version of the kanji "忍" (lit. nin), meaning conceal, sneak, or spy, and is shaped like a shuriken.