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Story

She and her twin sister Hisui have worked for the Tohno family since they were young. Her trademark outfit is an apron over a classic kimono. Apart from assisting Akiha, she does household chores and tends the garden. Her pharmaceutical knowledge means she is also responsible for Shiki when he falls ill. She is endlessly cheerful, always willing to help, and wears a constant smile. In battle, Kohaku can be seen wielding the sword she keeps hidden in her broom, calling on strange plants, and even dropping fire bombs from above as if by magic. How she is capable of such things is still a mystery to those around her.

Gameplay

Kohaku uses her huge normals and unconventional specials to control the midrange before confirming hits into devastating setplay.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Metered damage: Good damage and consistent hard knockdowns with meter, even off the weakest starters. Strong & loopable setplay: Using her 22B and 2B+C, you can completely lock the opponent down on wakeup. Great range: Using her large and disjointed broom attacks, Kohaku can attack from ranges the opponent cannot contest. Pressure: Using her variety of special moves, there are many ways for Kohaku to reset pressure and frame trap the opponent.	Extremely meter hungry: Kohaku's most powerful combo ender is 236C, and her only real reversals are 214C or using moon skills while in Moon Drive.

HP Value: -

Backdash: -

Movement Speed: -

Character Summary

Move list

Moon Skill

6B+C - Drawn Sword - Hidden Blade

4B+C - Magical Amber Missile (Air OK)

2B+C - Look What I Grew ♪

Special Attacks

236A/B/C (EX OK) - Drawn Sword - Hidden Blade

> A/B/C - Drawn Sword - Clean Sweep

214A/B/C (EX OK) - Magical Amber Missile

> A/B/C - Additional input

22A/B/C (EX OK) - Look What I Grew ♪

j.214A/B/C (EX OK) - Magical Amber Missile

Arc Drive

236B+C - Chinese Kohaku Cuffing

Last Arc

A+B+C+D / D in Blood Heat - Drawn Sword Technique - Comet Sweep

Unique Attacks

6C, 3C, 2C>2C

Blowback Edge Moves

j.[C], 236[A], 236[B], 236[B+C]

Stats & vitals

Dash startup: 7

Dash actionable: 9

Jump startup: 5

Jump airtime: 38

Quick combo reference

Practice confirming anything into these. Turn a late normal into Rapid beat > At if you don't have meter.
* - 8jc if close, 9jc if far.

~3.7k Metered BnB. // j.C 2B(2) 2C 236B~B jc* dlj.[C] dlj.B land 5B (5C(1)) 6C 236A 236C

~3.7K Metered Sideswap // j.C 2B(2) 2C 236B~B IAD j.Cw land 5B 6C 22A 6C 236A 236C

~4.2K Air FC Route, Meter Positive // FC j.B 2C 236B~B dl.236A~A jc* j.[C] dlj.B 5C(1) 6C 22A 6C 236A~A 236C

~4K Ground CH Route, Meter Positive // CH j.C 2B 5C(1) 2C 236B~B dl.236A~A jc* j.[C] dlj.B 5B 6C 22A 6C 236A~A 236C

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5A

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5A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
160	LH	-SE-, -N-, -RB-, -SP-, -MS-, -EX-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	2	11	17	-1	-

Standard 5A Jab.
Whiff cancels available from frame 10 onwards (frame 10 is the first frame of the whiff cancelled move).

Quick activation and low overall duration make this move good for mashing out of blockstrings and rebeat canceling. Cancellable on whiff.

5B

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5B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
480	LH	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	5	16	29	-6/-3	-

Kohaku swipes the air above her with her broom.

Has an early hitbox slightly in front of her and above her head. Useful as an anti-air, midrange poke, and combo filler. This is also one of the best moves for putting gaps in your blockstrings either naturally through the longer startup or using the longer delay cancel window.

5C

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5C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400, 200*4 (1126)	LH	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	4 (6) 8	23	48	-8/-12	-

Kohaku stabs the handle of her broom forward before twirling it for four hits.

Broom twirl is air unblockable giving the move niche applications as an anti-air. Extremely unsafe on whiff, so use it sparingly in neutral. The second part of the move may miss if the first part is not done close enough to the opponent.

Crouching Normals

2A

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2A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
140	L	-SE-, -N-, -RB-, -SP-, -MS-, -EX-, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	2	11	17	-1	-

Primary mash button.
Whiff cancels available from frame 10 onwards (frame 10 is the first frame of the whiff cancelled move).

Hits low and has decent range. Cancellable on whiff.

2B

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2B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
230*2 (448)	LH, L	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
8	4 (4) 7	10	32	-2	-

Two hit swipe with her broom.

The first hit is a mid and the second is a low. The relatively small hitbox and high recovery make this move highly unsafe on whiff. The second hit may miss if the first one is not done close enough to the opponent.

2C

2C~2C

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> Add

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2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
620	L	N, RB, SP, MS, CH, EX, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	4	26	38	-13	-

A literal sweep attack. Your go-to poke when you know the opponent will stay grounded
Ground untechable but air techable, so it must be delayed to hit low to the ground as a combo ender.

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2C~2C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
740	LH	N, SP, MS, EX, (J)	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
13	3	23	38	-9	-

Kohaku creates a massive shockwave by strumming her broom.
Can be used to frametrap the opponent trying to jump or mash out after 2C. Wallslams on hit.

Jumping Normals

j.A

Aerial

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jA

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
130	HA	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
5	4	-	-	-	-

Kohaku's fastest air attack.

Great air-to-air tool when the opponent gets too close to safely use j.B or j.C.

j.B

Aerial

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jB

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
400	HA	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
9	4	-	-	-	-

A fast upwards broom swipe with amazing range.

Your best air-to-air attack that allows you to poke safely from from a range in the air. The broom is almost completely disjointed so use and abuse this move when the opponent is above you. (Hits mid while rising)

j.C

Aerial

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jC

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
560	HA	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10 ~ 17	4	-	-	-	-

A downwards broom swipe.
Disjoint in front of and below her makes this a fantastic air-to-ground attack. (Hits mid while rising)

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j[C]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
900	HA	N, RB, SP, MS, EX, J	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
20	4	-	-	-	Clash 16-19

Ground bounces on hit.
Bigger hitbox and and has clash frames. Used often in combos. Can be used to fake a regular j.C if done low to the ground, as the animation will be cancelled by Kohaku's landing.

Command Normals

3C

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3C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700	LH	(SP, MS, EX)On Block	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	3	25	37	-11	Air 5-12

Standard 3C launcher.

Kohaku swings her broom like a golf club. On hit Kohaku automatically jumps for an air combo.

6C

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6C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
700	LH	SP, MS, EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10	3	22	34	-8	-

A downwards smack with a giant paper fan.
Ground bounces on air hit.
Can't be cancelled into any normals.

Combo filler, the ground bounce makes it great for stabilizing airborne opponents to combo into Battou moves.

Universal Mechanics

Rapid Beat 2

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Second hit in the grounded rapid beat chain. Kohaku turns her back and does a quick kick behind her.

Rapid Beat 3

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Third hit in the grounded rapid beat chain. Identical to 3C.

Ground Throw

Throw

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4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1500/1875	U	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4	3	19	25	+62	-

Kohaku injects her opponent with something and knocks them away.

Has plenty of advantage on hit, more than enough for a short dash into a plant of your choosing.

Air Throw

Aerial

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j4/6AD

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200/1500	U	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
1	3	12L	-	+31~	-

Kohaku pulls a 16 ton weight, a wrecking ball, or a globe and drops it and the opponent into an untechable knockdown.
Universal air combo ender.

If you have air options, you can Super Double Jump > j.C for a safejump. You're mainly going to use this as an ender if you don't have meter for 236C or j.214C though.

Special Moves

Drawn Sword - Hidden Blade

(Battou)

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236A

236B
"The game's widescreen now..."

236[B]
The influence Yuzuriha had on this move can't be understated.

236C

236XX

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236A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	L	-CH-, -EX-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10 ~ 14	1	26/31	36 ~ 40/41 ~ 45	-4	-

Kohaku performs a quick low slash with the sword hidden in her broom.

Useful as a safe blockstring ender due to its low frame disadvantage and good range.

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236[A]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
-	-	-	21	-	-

Kohaku battou feint.
On the quickest special cancels into feint, C normals are -5, B normals are -7, A normals are -10 and Rapid Beat 2 is -6.

Kohaku poses in preparation to slash with her sword before returning to a neutral stance. Can be used to reset pressure once the opponent is conditioned to expect 236A.

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236B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1200	LH	-CH-, -EX-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
10 ~ 17	1	33/34	43 ~ 50/44 ~ 51	-11	-

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236[B]

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1400	LH	-EX-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
21	1	31	52	-9	-

Kohaku slashes the air in front of and above her with her sword.
Charged version wallslams on hit but cannot be canceled into the follow-up.
236B > 236C pulls the opponent out of the corner, enabling grimy crossups.

This move has great range and is air unblockable making it a great grounded anti-air when the opponent gets too predictable.

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236X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
900	LH	EX	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
12	3	29	43	-13	-

Kohaku swings her broom sheath up following her sword slash.

Launches the opponent into the air and is jump cancellable allowing for air combo followups.

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236C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
1100, 1280	LH	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+4	6	28	41	-7/-5	-

Kohaku's best metered combo ender.

Ends in a hard knockdown with enough time to place a 22B tree and still be able to cross them up before they get off the ground.

Magical Amber Missile

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214A/B

214X~X

Recovery, Kohaku falls to the ground

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214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	18	19A + 8L (27 Total)	59	-	9 - 32 Strike

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214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
-	-	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	21	19A + 8L (27 Total)	62	-	9 - 35 Strike

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214X~X

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
460, 1000 (1240)	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
7/23	16/8	33A + 8L	48	+8 ~ +4/+5/-12	1 - 21 Strike

Kohaku jumps in the air and flies a short distance on her broom. While airborne, she can drop an explosive starting from frame 16 by inputting any button. She is invincible and lacks a collision box while airborne, but can be air thrown.
A version flies a short distance and recovers quickly.
B version flies faster and further.

The explosives dropped have two hits, one when she tosses and the explosion itself. At +4, this is used as a way to maintain pressure on opponents you've conditioned with throws, and beat anti-air option selects with it's invincibility.

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214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
[170, 3103] 4 (2593)	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+7/17/28	93	15A + 12L	129	+6 ~ -12	1 - 6 All, 7 - 84 Strike

Kohaku soars into the air and automatically drops 4 explosives.
Explosives lead into a hard knockdown if the hitstun decay isn't too high.

EX version has invincibility on startup making it your only true reversal besides Arc Drive. It can also be used as a very expensive pressure reset because it is +1. Niche use as a combo ender but generally you'll be using j.214C or 236C instead.

Look What I Grew ♪

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22A
Go child! Hold down the Air!

22B
Go child! Hold down the Oki!

22C
Go Johnny! Hold down the Neutral!

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22A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
330*6 (1640)	LHA	-EX-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15	22~	22	37	+6 ~ -2	-

All versions disappear if Kohaku is hit, but not if she blocks.
Kohaku pulls out a spinning pine tree that takes off diagonally upwards.
Has enough untech time to run up and convert with a normal like 6C.

The low startup and recovery make this move effective as an anti-air and a tool to extend combos.

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22B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
160*10 (1313)	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
15 ~ 24 / 61 ~ 70	40	-	34 ~ 43	+81 ~ +79	-

Kohaku puts out a grounded multi-hit spinning tree.
On block, the opponent is locked down for up to 80 frames.

Kohaku's primary oki tool. Can be used after 236C, throw, or 214C to completely lock the opponent down on wakeup, giving you the time you need to do whatever mixup you can imagine. You can use the threat of 22B on wakeup to diversify your pressure, by intentionally delaying 22B to make it not meaty, allowing sneaky throws before the plant becomes active. The sky is the limit.

A note on conversions with 22B - 22B does not scale hitstun decay that much provided the opponent stays grounded. Do not use moves that launch the opponent airborne like 2C or 236B until 22B has finished hitting them to maximize combo stability & damage.

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22C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
590*4 (1781)	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+89	(UT (25))* 4	-	34	+24*4	-

Kohaku places a plant that spits 4 fullscreen fireballs.
On hit, fireballs cause an completly untechable launch which leads into a hard knockdown if they touch the ground.
On block, fireballs inflict 24 frames of blockstun each, with a variable gap between them midscreen (4F if they do nothing, 5F if they walk backwards.), and a 1F gap in the corner.

The return of Johnny! You can use it to hold down the neutral or as a potential combo ender utilizing EX Special cancels. With certain combo routes, all 4 fireballs can hit, granting Kohaku a ton of corner carry while still getting a good knockdown. You can artificially extend the gap between the fireballs on block up to 13F by running at the opponent which allows tickthrow setups but the window to throw is tight and you risk getting hit by a 2A and losing it.

Magical Amber Missile (air)

Aerial

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214X

Explosives are automatic when done in the air.

EX version makes her fly up way higher

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j214A

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
460, 700 (1006)	LHA	-EX-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
25	UL + 8	29 + UL + 12L	65 + UL	+9 ~ +5 ~ +1	10 - 36 Strike

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j214B

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
460, 700 (1006)	LHA	-EX-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
29	UL + 8	32 + UL + 12L	72 + UL	+6 ~ +2 ~ -2	10 - 42 Strike

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j214C

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Property	Cost	Attribute
[100, 2503] 4 (~2011)	LHA	-	-	-	-
First Active	Active	Recovery	Overall	Advantage	Invul
4+5	(UL + 9)*4	30 + UL + 12L	104 + UL	+8 ~ +2	1 - 6 All, 7 - 77 Strike

Kohaku flies forward and automatically drops an explosive on the opponent
B version flies faster and further than A version
EX version automatically drops 4 explosives.

All versions of j.214X are plus on block (+9 if the molotov hits on the way down, +6 if not), allowing you to do risky pressure resets using TK.214X after a rebeat 5A. Visually identical to the ground version when TK'd, allowing frametraps on opponents who try to mash out.

The extra startup of TK.214X makes it easier to react with airthrow though, so use it sparingly.

Moon Skills