Da Ji

Da Ji is one of the primary antagonists in Koei's crossover series, Warriors Orochi. She can be playable in the original Warriors Orochi once the player has personally completed every stage in the game (including the gaiden stages). In Warriors Orochi 2, she is one of the initially available characters in the Orochi story.

Warriors Orochi
Based on conversations with the other Mystics, Da Ji is a runaway immortal being who was bored of her previous life. Sympathetic with the serpent king and wanting to entertain herself, she unleashed Orochi from his prison and agreed to serve him. Acting as his main strategist, she uses her schemes and sorcery to inflict confusion in battle. She coordinates their army's advances and personally orders Orochi's minions. She also doubles as the army's inventor as she created the cannons surrounding Koshi Castle. During Orochi's story, she helps plan her lord's rise to power.

During the final conflict with Orochi, she survives the assault and flees from the battlefield. Sometime after the battle, she meets Himiko and, knowing that she is the key for her lord's resurrection, fiercely guards the girl's safety. They travel together to find Kiyomori, who is interested in reviving the serpent king. By this time, Taigong Wang and his comrades have recovered from their previous defeat and join with other factions to capture her. She sacrifices her own safety to ensure that Himiko reaches her destination and escapes to serve the resurrected Orochi.

In Warriors Orochi Z, she cons Benkei to join Orochi's army and joyfully pits Yoshitsune against his friend. She also has three dream stages in this title. In one of them, she teams with Xing Cai and Gracia to prove women's might to the men of the world.

Houshin Engi
In the series, Da Ji acts as one of Taigong Wang's primary villains. With her ties to the netherworld, she uses Emperor Kang to sow discord into the world. Though she taunts her rival's attempts to stop her, she is eventually slain. Her child acts as one of the antagonists in Houshin Engi 2.

Personality
Two notable characteristics of Da Ji are that she is very good at deception and that she also has a penchant for "reminding" officers under Orochi's control of that fact often taunting them for it. She is a very sadistic and cruel person who reveals in vanity and human suffering. She can be quite angry when someone can see through all of her plans. She is occasionally called a "vixen" or "fox" by many of the other characters. Fond of her inventions, she pouts when they're destroyed or taken by the enemy. She fondly treats Himiko as a sister though her true sincerity for the girl is never made clear. As such, Da Ji doesn't get along with Sun Wukong as she is suspicious of the monkey king's intentions to steal Himiko for himself.

Her belittlement and spite for her rival, Taigong Wang, is emphasized in the Fengshen Yanyi‎‎ series. She acts as a low-keyed and sultry woman to hide her sadistic plans for the Shang Dynasty. Though she usually acts unfazed to anyone who insults her, she will get flustered when her rival or Wen Zhong berate her.

Voice Actors

 * Stephanie Sheh - Warriors Orochi series (English)
 * Mami Kingetsu - Warriors Orochi series (Japanese)
 * Yumi Tōma - Fengshen Yanyi Drama CD series

Quotes

 * "How do you like my dance? Deadly enough for you?"
 * "You are simply inferior!"
 * "How pathetic!"
 * "Aim...Aim...Aim...and fire!"
 * "Lower your head and knees down to the ground!"
 * "Lord Orochi shall be your King!"
 * "Such filthy mortals, out of my way!"
 * "I thought I was...immortal..."
 * "With my charm and beauty, you shall bow before me!"
 * "Hahaha! Screams of hells... how melodious!"
 * "Your pain shall bring joy to me and Lord Orochi!"

Fighting Style
Da Ji fights primarily with the two floating orbs that follow her. She is constantly in motion, dancing gracefully while her orbs swing around her. She also uses magic for her more powerful moves. The fact that she doesn't stay still while attacking can be a challenge for new players.

Historical Information
She is based on one of King Zhou's concubines of the same name. She used her position and standing with the emperor to eventually bring ruin to the Shang Dynasty. She was also known for being very sadistic, and delighted at finding creative new ways to torture people. It was said that her favorite thing in the world was the screams of those in physical agony. She was eventually executed for the atrocities she committed.

Her body however was not actually hers, Da Ji was a nine-tailed fox spirit created by Nu Wa (hence their recognition to each other in Warriors Orochi 2), later on to steal the body of the human Da Ji and destroy her soul.

When she was executed Taigong Wang allegedly destroyed the fox spirit soul at the same time.