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Cielo, full name Cielo Salinas, is a brand-new fighter introduced in Virtua Fighter Crossroads and the character chosen to be the new face of the series, taking over the spotlight from franchise mainstay Akira Yuki. He is presented as an outsider who has come to Vilasapara for reasons that are kept deliberately vague in early materials, and he is trying to make a name for himself in the city's underground fighting circuit.

In the first gameplay footage, Cielo fights in a grounded, mixed-martial-arts style. He closes distance with takedowns that flow into follow-up strikes and grappling exchanges, a look that sets him apart from the more traditional stand-up styles of the returning veterans. His path is one of those told in Story Mode, and like every fighter he plays on the game's shared Combat System.

Early footage shows Cielo moving through Vilasapara among family and friends while a criminal underworld, described in the reveal as a Chinese mafia, takes an interest in him and pursues him for an as-yet-unexplained reason. Running a restaurant is a core part of his section of the game, one of the grounded, everyday activities woven through his story between fights. His path also brings him into contact with returning characters, including the veteran Pai Chan.

Cielo is one of the four protagonists whose overlapping stories make up the campaign. Beyond these confirmed beats, the finer points of his backstory, his origins, and the full details of his moveset have not been revealed.