Piranha (ピラニア Pirania?) or Sugar (シュガー Shugā?) in Japan, is a playable character and member of the GG's in Jet Set Radio.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
Piranha is rather curvy. She is seen wearing a white top with short sleeves, which is very low cut to the point of being open down to below her chest, and also bares her midriff. It has two red stars across the front and a larger one on the back, centered between her shoulder blades. Completing her outfit are white tight fitting bell bottomed white pants, with more red stars at the ankles. Her shoulder-length, dark brown hair sticks out in what appear to be thick braids from behind red tinted goggles, placed above her forehead. She wears bright green gloves with dark green/gray cuffs, and her skates are two toned grey, with bright yellow frame rails, and grey wheels.
Personality[]
Piranha is supposedly reckless and likes spicy food. She also seems to be more energetic as her idle dance contains her moving from side to side, unlike most characters, who simply stay in place when they perform theirs. In addition to this, in the original Japanese release of Jet Set Radio, she challenges the GG's to a race. Her dialogue in the Game Boy Advance version of the game consist of energetic responses too.
Role in Jet Set Radio[]
Piranha's role in the plot of Jet Set Radio is minimal. She only appears as a rival at the garage after completing the Explosion mission. She challenges the GG's to copy some of her moves in Shibuya-cho. When one of them completes these challenges, she joins the gang, and becomes a playable character. In the original Japanese release of the game, Sugar challenges the GG's to a race around Shibuya-cho instead.
From this point onwards, Piranha can be seen dancing near the middle of the garage on the character select screen.
Graffiti[]
Dialogue[]
Jet Set Radio dialogue[]
- "Shall we rumble?"
- "Think you can copy my moves?"
- "How about this? Think you can follow me?"
- "Here's the last one! Try this!"
- "Not bad. I'll join you."
Jet Set Radio (GBA) dialogue[]
- "You guys need an injection of style and I'm the prescription. Let's see if you can fill the doctor's orders!"
- "Sweet moves, try grooving to this one!"
- "I think you got it baby. One more and I might be seen in public with you!"
- "Those were some smooth moves kid, can't wait to get down with you!"
Stats[]
Piranha's maximum health, cans held, and starting graffiti challenge.
| Style | Graffiti |
| Power | Mid to High |
| Technique | Mid |
| Graffiti | High |
| Spray Cans | 15 |
| Graffiti Command | Gum Type |
- Stats are referred by their descriptions in the Sybex guidebook.
- An underline notes the character's highest skill(s).
- Piranha/Sugar's graffiti challenge begins with an 180 counterclockwise then 180 clockwise, making her a "Gum Type" character. She can only hold 15 spray cans.
- She does the Frontside, Makio, and X grinds. Her backwards grinds are the Ally-oop Soul and Porn Star.
- Her air tricks are the Shifty and 1080. Her halfpipe air tricks are the Abstract 540 and Rocket 180. Her backwards air tricks are the Flying Kite and Stalefish. Her backwards halfpipe air tricks are the Rocket 180 and Backflip 180.
Official profiles[]
Jet Set Radio Perfect Guide[]
- Her technique stat's not that high, but she's got the most power out of all the Gum-type characters. Graffiti is her forte.
Jet Grind Radio IGN Guide[]
- This honey is out to tag the town and she has the skills to rack up points doing just that. Piranha is a strong tagger and has a lot of stamina. She is good to use where there are lots of cops and rival gang members as she can take some punishment. Piranha is not very fast though. Pick up Piranha after finishing Explosion.
Jet Grind Radio: Sybex's Official Strategies & Secrets[]
- Think of Piranha as a slightly more powerful counterpart to Gum. With strong graffiti skills, you can expect her to grab a lot of points while tagging the town. Though she's not as quick as Gum, she has a little more stamina, which makes her a good choice for levels that pack more enemies.
Jet Set Radio GBA manual[]
- Not just her looks are electric; her souped-up magnet skates help to grind over everything. Piranha grinds so fast, she really needs that form fitting racing suit.
Other appearances[]
Sega Superstars Tennis[]
In Sega Superstars Tennis, Piranha appears as a spectator on the Jet Set Radio court.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed[]
Piranha's only appearance in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is via an unlockable sticker. It can be obtained from finishing first in a grand prix tournament on Expert difficulty.
Gallery[]
- For this character's full image gallery, see Piranha/Gallery.
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Trivia[]
- Piranha's red tinted goggles are similar to dark adaptor goggles, used by meteorologists to adapt the eyes to darkness for observations at night.
- Piranha has two completely unique idle dances to herself, one seen when playing as her and another exclusive to her appearance in the garage.
- Piranha's E3 design has a small difference from her final appearance in the game, with it being stars on her goggles.[1]
- Piranha is the oldest female in the GG's, with the oldest male being Combo. She is 21 years old.
- Piranha and the Love Shockers share the exact same grind and air tricks.
- In the original Japanese release of Jet Set Radio, Piranha's showdown challenge was a race. This race would be reworked for chapter 2 against Beat as Combo tries to join the GG's.
- Piranha has three songs associated with her.
- In the original Japanese release of Jet Set Radio, the song "O.K. House" by Idol Taxi, played during her showdown.
- When the game got localized the song was changed to "Yappie Feet" from Deavid Soul.
- Due to Sega losing the rights to "Yappie Feet" for the HD release of the game the song was changed to "'Bout the City" from the Reps.
- In a similar fashion to Yo-Yo, Piranha is described as being not as fast in the Sybex and IGN guides for Jet Grind Radio, but the GBA manual refers to her being quick.
- As seen above, Piranha's artwork was censored on the Jet Set Radio page on Sega's website in the United States.
Credits[]
- Character model reference sheet created by Wint.
- Translation of the Jet Set Radio Perfect Guide profile by 6eat.
- Art edited by dedtoot.
References[]
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