Is Erza's samurai costume considered an armor?


That famous costume where her hair is tied in a very long huge pony tail and
she has only bandages on her torso and this baggy red hakama pants with a
katana.

Is that an armor? If so, what's the name?

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There really is no name for the armor, some people call it the Japanese Cloth
armor but the fact is that it is not really armor. It is a completely
offensive requip in which she puts all of her power into her sword for
attacks. On the wiki page for her battle against
_[Azuma](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Azuma)_ it states:

> Erza decides that in order to defeat him, she has to collect all of her
> Magic into a single offensive attack without wasting any on defensive power.
> She requips into her Japanese-like clothes, previously used in her battle
> against Ikaruga in, stating that she has no need for armor and only her
> sword.

On her _[wiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Erza_Scarlet)_ page you can see
that the requip in question is not listed. For a complete listing of her
armors you can find that here:
_[Armors](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Armors)_

