Zaki
Zaki, by Omar Dogan.
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Full Name	Aoi Himezaki
Birthdate	August 18
Birthplace	Japan
Height	175 cm (nearly 5'9")
Weight	56 kg (123.5 lbs)
Blood Type	A
Likes	Ohagi (sweet rice cakes), the "Ladies' Team" from her middle school times, children
Dislikes	Teachers, stupid (and useless) adults, showy clothes
Measurements (Bust, Waist, Hip)	83 cm (33"), 63 cm (25"), 85 cm (33")
Fighting Style	Undeterminable

Aoi Himezaki (姫崎 葵 Himezaki Aoi), simply known as Zaki (ザキ), is a character introduced in Project Justice. She is a student of Seijyun High School, an all-girls' school.

Contents 1 About Zaki 2 Arsenal, Combat Style and Fighting Strategy 2.1 Special Attacks 2.2 Burning Vigor Attacks 2.3 Team-Up Technique 2.4 Party-Up Technique 3 Trivia 4 Gallery 5 References 5.1 Game and Character Information 5.2 Translations

About Zaki Edit

Zaki, the "Female Cold Gang Leader"

Before entering high school, Zaki was a popular gang leader of an uprising force, known as the "5,000 Ladies". This eventually made her parents and some members of her extended family to come to a unanimous decision: to enroll her in Seijyun High in order to turn her into a "pure" woman. As a result, she had to leave her "Ladies' Team" behind. She's an unsociable person who dislikes people who do not make efforts to voice out their thoughts and feelings. She's also a highly confrontational person who will easily snap at anyone who messes with her.

She is approached by Akira and Yurika, who ask for her help in finding the whereabouts of Akira's brother, who suddenly started ordering his subordinates to attack random schools without any reason. Zaki agrees under one condition: that either Akira or Yurika defeat her in a match, which does happen. They then proceed on their mission, encountering Batsu's team and the teacher trio of Hideo, Kyoko, and Hayato. In both encounters, Zaki shows her confrontational side to Batsu for the latter's apparent attack on Akira (which the "fake" Batsu really did), and to the teachers as well (as indicated in the infobox). By the end of the mission, Zaki, at first, was reluctant on forgiving Yurika for her involvement in Kurow's plans, but changes her mind anyways upon seeing Akira warmly welcome her back.

Arsenal, Combat Style and Fighting Strategy Edit

Zaki wields a chain for a weapon. With this chain, she is able to perform mid- to long-range attacks. Special moves with her chain are chargeable, but leaves her vulnerable to counterattacks while she spins her chain around (charging her attack). Nonetheless, players see her as the "coolest" female character in Project Justice.

Special AttacksEdit

The Hard Punch version of the first three listed attacks are chargeable, and the longer the charge time, the farther is the range, and the more hits they will deal as well. The disadvantage of charging these attacks has been mentioned earlier.

• Transgressive Iron Chain (Japanese: 破戒の鉄鎖 Hakai no Tessa) - Zaki swings her chain forward. It is also usable in the air, where it can be swung straight ahead, or 45 degrees downward, depending on the punch button pressed for this attack's button combination.

• Venomous Serpent Iron Chain (Japanese: 毒蛇の鉄鎖 Dokuja no Tessa) - Zaki swings her chain into the ground, making the chain's end behave in a way a stone does when bouncing on a water surface. As a result, this attack has to be blocked low.

• Anti-air Iron Chain (Japanese: 空覇の鉄鎖 Kuuha no Tessa) - the anti-air version of Transgressive Iron Chain, wherein Zaki swings her chain 45 degrees upward.

• Discerning Kick (Japanese: 眼光蹴り Kenkou Geri) - Zaki does one or two overhead spin-kicks, depending on the kick button pressed for this move's button combination. It even hits airborne opponents who forget to block. Done at close range, this attacks scores an additional hit, regardless of the version. The latter version has Zaki taunting the opponent by glaring at the latter after the second kick, making her vulnerable to counterattack if this is blocked.

• Lonesome Pride (Japanese: 孤高のプライド Kokou no Pride) - Zaki crouches low on the ground. From this position, she can execute any of the following four special kick attacks:

Sanctity Kick (Japanese: 本気蹴り Maji Geri)

Zaki does a stomp kick. Startup is slow, but if it connects, a combo can be started.

Reverse Sanctity Kick (Japanese: 裏・本気蹴り Ura Maji Geri)

Zaki does a stomp kick aimed at the back of the opponent's head.

Tenka Soutai (天下掃腿)

Zaki does a powerful slide kick that must be blocked low.

Ceiling Foot Blade (Japanese: 天井足刀 Tenjou Sokutou)

Zaki does a flying kick. It, however, is not an overhead attack.

Burning Vigor AttacksEdit

• Killer Lightning Iron Chain (Japanese: 必殺電光鉄鎖 Hissatsu Denkou Tessa) - Powered version of the Transgressive Iron Chain. Upon contact, the opponent is stunned and dragged towards Zaki, who then executes a few blows on the latter, who is finally knocked away from her with a high kick. It can also hit jump-in opponents, but they will not be dragged towards Zaki.

This is also usable in the air, where the attack deals five hits of damage. Depending on the punch button pressed for this attack's button combination, Zaki may swing her chain straight ahead, or 45 degrees downward.

• Killer Lightning Flash Discerning Kick (Japanese: 必殺稲妻眼光蹴り Hissatsu Inazuma Kenkou Geri) - Zaki does four Discerning Kicks, followed by a three-hit Ceiling Foot Blade. Since this is not an overhead attack, it can be blocked low.

Team-Up TechniqueEdit

• Gantsuke One Hundred Twenty Percent (ガンつけ１２０％) - The active character tries to restrain Zaki, who engages in a glaring bout with the opponent. Zaki slaps the active character's hands away from her, kicks at the opponent repeatedly until the latter is almost low on the ground, grabs the active character's hand and swings the latter around, pummeling the opponent one last time.

Party-Up TechniqueEdit

• Zaki does the Divine Woman's Hammer.

Trivia Edit

• Her parents are always at work, leaving her in the care of her strict paternal grandparents most of the time.
• She excels in physics, but has poor grades in physical education, since she skips this class. This is because she hates changing into her gym uniform, one of the outfits she considers to be 'showy'.
• Due to the fact that she wears a mask (see official artwork), her real face has never been shown up to now.
• At one point, she was made to join the tea ceremony and flower arrangement clubs, but she ditched them.
• Since she practically has control of the school's entire student body, she has no time for a part-time job.
• She may not look like it, but she is skilled in cat's cradle.
• She is voiced by Ai Orikasa.

GalleryEdit

References Edit

Game and Character InformationEdit

Nguyen, John. Project Justice FAQ/Move List by Puar. GameFAQs.com. Published 2001. Last accessed 14 March 2010.

Tsai, Peter. FAQ/Movelist for Project Justice (Moero! Justice Gakuen) for Dreamcast/Arcade. Version 1.07. GameFAQs.com. Published 17 July 2002; last updated 13 March 2003. Last accessed 14 March 2010.

Cheshire, Sophie. Project Justice: FAQ/Move List by falsehead. Final version. GameFAQs.com. Published 5 November 2001; final update 7 December 2002. Last accessed 14 March 2010.

Batsu, the Doctor of Punishment. Shiritsu Justice Gakuen/Rival Schools series: Character Stories FAQ. Version 1.5 (final). GameFAQs.com. Last accessed 14 March 2010.

NeoChaosX. List of characters in the Rival Schools series. Wikipedia (English). Created 20 August 2007; last updated 30 March 2010. Last accessed 1 April 2010.

TranslationsEdit

Kanji translations made possible through the Kanji Romaji Hiragana Convert website.

Maruyama, Chiemi. English-Kanji-Japanese/Japanese-Kanji-English Dictionary. Pasig City, Philippines: Persian Gulf Publication, 2002. ISBN 978-971-8796-37.

Nakao, Seigo. Random House Japanese-English/English-Japanese Dictionary. United States: Ballantine Books, 1995. ISBN 0-345-40548-X.