 She is one of the lead characters in all subsequent installments of "Tenchu" except of "Tenchu Z" and has been well received by gaming mass media, often perceived as one of the top assassins and best female ninja characters in video games.Ayame's story begins when a young shocked girl, unable to remember anything but her name and age, is discovered by Master Shiunsai of the small Azuma school of ninjutsu (Azuma Shinobi-ryu) in the desolate ruins of Kyoto after it was devastated by the Ōnin War (1467–1477) during the Muromachi period.Shiunsai finds himself unable to neither leave or help her and so he eventually decides to take her with him and train her to become a kunoichi (female ninja).