Oh yeah... you KNEW Nakoruru would be in the top 5.
She first appeared in the original Samurai Showdown and has become one of the most popular characters in SNK History.
She also appeared in many spinoff games such as the King of fighters, Capcom vs. SNK, and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
She's the guardian of Mother Nature and is warrior of Kamui Kotan.
She wields a kodachi names Chichi-ushi or Father Bull and also fights alongside her pet hawk named Mamahaha.
Purple Nakoruru is her alternate version,
While Nakoruru is calm gentle, and kind, her alternate self is cockier and crueler.