Sanae Kochiya

''This article is about the character from Touhou Project. For the M.U.G.E.N creator formerly known as Daniel9999999, see Sanae63.''

Sanae Kochiya (alternatively spelled as Sanae Kotiya) is a human from Touhou Project, and a distant descendant of the goddess Suwako Moriya. She first appeared as the boss of Stage 5 in Mountain of Faith, and later as a recurring playable character.

Her role at the Moriya Shrine is similar to a shrine maiden, but with her inherited power from Suwako, Sanae has also become a minor deity herself. She is originally from the Outside World, she migrated to Gensokyo with the shrine and its two resident goddesses, Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya. During the events of Mountain of Faith, she is sent by Kanako to close down the Hakurei Shrine, as Kanako sees any shrine dedicated to rival shinto gods as a threat to her own weakened existence. Unwilling to yield to Sanae's demands, Reimu Hakurei goes off to the Moriya Shrine to make her stand against Kanako.

In M.U.G.E.N, Sanae has been made by various authors, including RicePigeon, Kohaku, Nenmin, Frule, and Sanae63.

Gameplay
This version uses a customized gameplay with less reliance on projectiles. Sanae is able to summon Kanako and Suwako with her and  specials, respectively; both of which will display a cooldown meter that shows when Sanae will be able to summon her goddesses again. Instead of using Kanako's sprites from Hisoutensoku, this version uses sprites taken from Cabbage's Kanako. This version of Sanae uses Senna Kyoudou's voice, while Kanako uses Elizabeth Blanctorche's voice and Suwako uses Miyako Arima's voice.

Stats

 * Health: 1000
 * Attack: 100
 * Defense: 100
 * Power: 3000

Sanae63's Version
This version of Sanae is currently a W.I.P. It will be a 6-button character, with a gameplay inspired by the Clayfighter series. The sprites are the same as the others, but the portraits will be drawn by Sanae63 himself.