Bridget born to wealthy parents in England travels as a bounty hunter trying to refute her village's superstitions when it comes to twins, She is known for using a yo yo in battle along with a stuffed bear named Roger. Her introductory game was Guilty Gear XX The Midnight Carnival.
DESIGN SIMILARITIES
Rosette Christopher from Chrono Crusade are often mentioned as a possible inspiration for Bridget's Design
Bridget’s Pixiv Encyclopedia (unofficial fan wiki) page mentions Rosette’s similarity to Bridget, stating that, “There are rumors that [Rosette] was the inspiration for Bridget’s design, but there is no clear source for this” (JP). Seesaawiki (another unofficial fan wiki) includes this on a page for possible inspirations/allusions for characters too, “Is [Bridget] modeled after Rosette Christopher, the main character in Chrono Crusade?” This idea definitely exists in both English and Japanese spaces. Occasionally one language’s side of the community will think one thing about a character and the other something different, but it seems they’re in agreement on this.
Normally when Daisuke Ishiwatari talks about his inspirations for characters, he’ll unsubtly hint that he may have borrowed inspiration from another artist’s work, like the few times he’s mentioned having been inspired by Kazushi Hagiwara’s Bastard!! manga. From what I’ve been able to dig up, it doesn’t seem like he’s done that with Bridget, and that her inspirations were drawn from real people and original concepts.
Here’s a quote from an interview with TBS News Dig: “When we started releasing Guilty Gear (1998) in arcades, I had an acquaintance who was the best in the world at yo-yo, and was asked to make a new character modeled after them.”(JP)
And Daisuke’s commentary from Character Designer issue 1, Sept. 26, 2003:
"At first, I was working on a completely different character, but then I was unexpectedly asked if it would be possible for a yo-yo to be used as a weapon. I was only aware of the yo-yo’s long reach and use as a projectile weapon, but the yo-yo’s unique traits include the ability to stall in place low to the ground, and also to return back to the user. Because of that, it was employed since it could work in an interesting way within the two-dimensional game system.
The finer details came later, and I decided what I wanted to include as a theme. Similarly to Dizzy, Bridget was a character “born into inequality,” and I wanted to express that in an immoral design. Dressed like a nun, with a dangling manacle. It gives an impression like, “This person is horribly held back by something,” don’t you think?(JP)"
it’s not impossible that Rosette Christopher may have inspired Bridget, but it honestly feels unlikely. Blue is often used as a replacement for black (the traditional color of nun clothing) in older anime/manga, and yellow/blonde contrasts well with blue. Nuns that fight were also relatively popular in the early 2000s. Daisuke may discuss his inspirations in more depth some day, but for now it’s safe to say that the similarities are simply uncanny coincidence. -Sol RadGuy
