The Karakusa (吊るし喉輪・唐草 Tsurushi Nodowa: Karakusa?, "Hoisting Throat Thrust: Arabesque") is one of Makoto's special attacks, introduced in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Karakusa is the name of a traditional pattern used in Japanese textiles, featuring an arabesque of tangled vines. The term Nodowa (lit. "throat ring") is also a sumō term for a thrust at the throat.