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Beautiful Japanese martial artist recreates fighting video game moves in the real world【Video】

Casey Baseel Jan 20, 2023
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Strikes and poses from Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, and more.

Japanese Twitter user Inami (@inami_future) has two major interests. One of them is Lolita fashion, so sometimes she posts things like this.

サンリオ展(ちょうど1年前

写真フォルダさんからオススメだといわれ pic.twitter.com/qlSd9K2HyC

— イナミ@kungfuもふもふ太極拳໒꒱ 中華剣術＆格ゲーキックセミナー (@inami_future) January 10, 2023

Her other passion? Martial arts.

#TLに深刻なキックポーズ不足

イナミのカンフーキック💥 pic.twitter.com/drGG0yeG8Z

— イナミ@kungfuもふもふ太極拳໒꒱ 中華剣術＆格ゲーキックセミナー (@inami_future) January 19, 2023

And as photogenic as that high kick looks, what’s really grabbing people’s attention online in Japan is Inami’s amazing video where she recreates moves from hit fighting video games in our real world!

格ゲーモノマネ選手権！ pic.twitter.com/EPMVDwQBvH

— イナミ@kungfuもふもふ太極拳໒꒱ 中華剣術＆格ゲーキックセミナー (@inami_future) January 12, 2023

Starting with attack strings from Dead or Alive’s Leifang and Helena, Inami next replicates the motions of Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, a polearm fighter from For Honor, and Dead or Alive’s Honoka (complete with cosplaying in the character’s schoolgirl outfit), before finishing with, fittingly, a win pose from Virtua Fighter’s Pai.

All throughout, overlays and inserts show just how closely her movements match those of the digital pugilists. As you can probably guess, Inami is no mere game fan. She’s also a professional martial arts instructor, and her focus on kung fu and tai chi aligns nicely with the Chinese fighting disciplines practiced by several of the characters in her video. Assisting Inami is action director FEI-LONG, who in addition to chirography guidance also handles the camera work that allows the martial artist to bring the video game moves to life.

太極拳は半端じゃないわ　byレイファン pic.twitter.com/ysskAXDH7E

— イナミ@kungfuもふもふ太極拳໒꒱ 中華剣術＆格ゲーキックセミナー (@inami_future) January 14, 2023

In addition to over a million and a half views, Inami’s video has earned reactions from commenters including:

“Even the angles of her wrists and [the slow motion after the strike] are just like in the games.”
“I got pretty emotional at the Chun-Li part. She’s my favorite character.”
“Those drunken fist movements are so cool.”
“Whoa, so humans really can do those moves!”
“Now I want to see Inami as a character in a fighting game.”

The last comment is something that could one day happen, even if Inami doesn’t appear as herself. In general, action movements in modern fighting games are taken from, or at least based on, motion capture data recorded from the movements of an actual martial artist. With Inami’s obvious skills, it’s not so far-fetched to think that she may one day get recruited to help with the development of a new fighting game with a character or characters that move just like she does.

片手剣が最強なワケ

来年1月【片手剣に極振りしたセミナー】やるからそこで👋

申込と詳細 ➡️ https://t.co/U0FFPeogrQ
関東・関西・東北の3箇所で開催する⚔早割！ pic.twitter.com/Kboyi4aM73

— イナミ@kungfuもふもふ太極拳໒꒱ 中華剣術＆格ゲーキックセミナー (@inami_future) December 19, 2022

In the meantime, though, Inami offers instruction online through the East Martial Arts organization, and also holds periodic in-person classes, like the one-handed sword seminar shown in the video above.

Related: East Martial Arts
Source: Twitter/@inami_future via IT Media
Images: Twitter/@inami_future
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