# Dead or Alive 6 DLC character Minato release

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/dead-or-alive-6-dlc-character-minato-release
> Updated: 2026-09-09T12:00:06.000Z. Sources: 6. Developments: 2.

Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA announced the addition of a new downloadable content (DLC) character, Minato, for the fighting game ‘Dead or Alive 6: Last Round’. 

Initial announcements described Minato as a stylish school girl. Following her release, further lore details revealed her as a cheerful, outgoing student from Tokyo and a former world-class dance competition winner nicknamed ‘Tokyo JK’. Her character background includes a mysterious identity and a connection to a cyberneticist named NiCO from M.I.S.T., who has reportedly hired her for an ongoing experiment.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-09: Dead or Alive 6 Last Round adds new DLC character Minato

Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA have released Minato, a new mysterious DLC fighter, for Dead or Alive 6 Last Round.

6 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/dead-or-alive-6-last-round-adds-new-dlc-character-minato

### 2026-08-13: Dead or Alive 6: Last Round announces new DLC character Minato

Koei Tecmo announced that new DLC character Minato will join ‘Dead or Alive 6: Last Round’ on September 10, alongside a Version 1.07 update featuring new costumes and bug fixes.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/dead-or-alive-6-last-round-announces-new-dlc-character-minato

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