She has received mostly positive feedback, often having been for noted her iconic status in the Soul series and regarded as one of the best female ninja characters in video games as well as one of sex symbols of the fighting genre and gaming in general, sometimes being compared in these aspects to the likes of Mai Shiranui and the ninja women from Mortal Kombat.

Taki has achieved a significant popularity among the fans of the series, especially in the West. In terms of gameplay, Taki is most capable at close quarters fighting where her speed, acrobatic agility and powerful kicks are the most effective. She has been voiced in Japanese by Fujiko Takimoto until Soulcalibur III, and then by Sachiko Kojima in later games, while her English voice actors included Desirée Goyette. She has further appeared in all of Soulcalibur spin-off games, as well as in some other titles such as Namco × Capcom and Queen's Gate. Taki has been featured as a player character in every main entry in the series up until 2012's Soulcalibur V, when her place was taken by her own young disciple named Natsu, but returned in 2018's Soulcalibur VI. Taki has been introduced in the original arcade version of Soul Edge in 1995 as one of the main characters along with her friend Sophitia. Taki is a Japanese demon-hunting kunoichi and the greatest warrior of the Fu-Ma ninja clan, who is traveling the world on a quest to destroy the powerful swords known as Soul Edge and Soul Calibur. Taki ( タキ, Taki, alternatively written as 多喜), known as the Hunter of Darkness ( 闇の狩人, Yami no Karyuudo), is a fictional character in the Soulcalibur series of historical fantasy fighting games by Namco.

Sachiko Kojima ( Soulcalibur Legends, Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny) Īrmed: Fu-Ma's Musō-Battō- Ryū school of ninjutsu Cynthia Holloway ( Soulcalibur III - VI) įujiko Takimoto ( Soul Edge - Soulcalibur III, Namco × Capcom)

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