The King of Fighters/Characters

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As many tropers know, The King of Fighters contains Loads and Loads of Characters. This will be a HUGE project, possibly remaining a WIP for several thousands of years to come. Here is a list of EVERY CHARACTER in the series, including the crossover characters.

Characters are listed in alphabetical order of last names. It should be noted that all the Chinese and Korean character names are rendered in the Western style (given name-surname rather than surname-given name).

Due to size problems, this page has now been split. Please put new relevant characters and their related tropes in the new pages linked below. For the sake of simplicity, characters debuting in The King of Fighters '94 will be listed in the Orochi Saga page and so on.

Please refer to the Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting character pages for tropes applying to alternate incarnations of characters that also appear in this series.


Characters in the main The King of Fighters storyline



Debuting in the EX series

The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood

Moe Habana

Voiced by: Reiko Chiba

The female lead of the series, Moe is a guardian of one of the Ten Sacred Treasures, the Yatsuka no Tsurugi. A high school student residing in America, she comes across a wounded Kyo after his battle with Orochi and subsequent evasion of NESTS. Worried for his safety, Moe nurses Kyo back to health and accompanies him throughout King of Fighters.


The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood

Sinobu Amou

Voiced by: Sawa Ishige

The shy guardian of one of the Ten Sacred Treasures, the Makaru Kaeshi no Tama, Sinobu was kidnapped by the European millionaire Gustav Munchausen, who plans to channel the spirit of Goenitz through his body.

Sinobu: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I BROKE YOU!!!"


Jun Kagami

Voiced by: Mariko Suzuki

Another guardian of the Ten Sacred Treasures, Jun is a classy woman who enjoys the finer things in life. She joins Iori's team in EX2 to help out Miu.

  • Combat Stilettos: Wears tall heels for combat. That may also be the reason why she runs rather slowly.
  • Cool Big Sis: To Miu.
  • Dance Battler: Downplayed: she just likes dancing in his idle standing and walking pose, but her style is far from "dancing".
  • Gravity Master: Most notably seen in her apparent Super Strength: she's so powerful that she can smash her opponent into the ground with enough force, causing them to bounce vertically off-screen.
  • Hair Antennae: Has a long one.
  • Mighty Glacier: Has the slowest run of all characters, barring Chang. Her gameplay is also power-based.
  • Of Corsets Sexy: Her top consists of nothing but a corset.
  • Sexy Walk: She walks while shaking her hips.
  • Statuesque Stunner: She actually beats out Diana as the tallest female in all continuities at 6'6" (199 cm).
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: They have purple hair.


Miu Kurosaki

Voiced by: Ai Nonaka

A guardian of one of the Ten Sacred Treasures, Miu is a quiet and lonely girl. She joins the EX2 tournament in search of her older brother Sinobu, who she fears has fallen prey to the Orochi power.


Reiji Ogami

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada

A member of the Hero Team in EX2 alongside Kyo and Moe, he is a guardian of the Hetsu Kagami, one of the Ten Sacred Treasures. A representative of Chizuru Kagura currently living in America, he is the one who invites Kyo to the tournament so they can investigate the phenomena disturbing the seal on Orochi.


Debuting in the Maximum Impact series

The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact

Mignon Beart

Voiced by: Miwa Yasuda (Japanese), Vanessa Bellardini (English)

A sorceress who inherited her grandmother's techniques. She becomes a pop star and has a rival in Athena. She decides to enter the tournament to do battle with her.


Duke Burkoff

Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (English), Jerry Lyden (Japanese)

The boss of the Mephistopheles gang, a sub-syndicate of Addes. Duke is a Self-Made Man who was a part of a genetic experiment by a scientist named Jalange. He is referred to as Type "D" by his superiors, just as Nagase is referred to as Type "N". It is said that he is immortal, evidenced by the large scar across his neck. He is the one who killed Alba and Soiree's mentor Fate in order to gain full control of Southtown. He hosts the new King of Fighters tournament to lure his enemies out. In the final round, Duke is defeated by Alba, but vanishes during a blackout of the stadium. He enters the 2nd tournament held by Jivatma to find out the truth of what happened to his sister, whom Jalange promised would be well taken care of.


Rock Howard

Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese), Jon Thomas (Maximum Impact, English), Mike Lane (Maximum Impact 2, English)

The only son of Geese Howard. Rock was raised solely by his mother Marie, who cautioned him not to approach his father. Unfortunately, due to the loneliness suffered from Geese's neglect, Marie fell ill and passed away in Rock's care. Sometime later, Terry Bogard took Rock in his care and trained him. When Terry revealed the truth about his father, Rock charged at him in a rage, but got over it. He enters the Maximum Mayhem tournament held by Kain R. Heinlein to get answers regarding his mother, and may or may not have been tricked by Kain into working with him to uncover Geese's secret legacy. In Maximum Impact, Billy Kane is trying to get him to take over Geese's role as ruler of Southtown.


Chae Lim

Voiced by: Yukiko Amano (Japanese), Allie Moss (English)

A young girl who has been training under Kim since she was four. She is rumored to be Kim's secret weapon for King of Fighters. The Maximum Impact tournament marks her first professional debut.


Alba Meira

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Satou (Japanese), Jason Wooley (English)

The current leader of Southtown. Alba and his brother Soiree were orphaned at the age of 3, when their parents died in an accident. At 14, they escaped the orphanage and were taken in by Fate, the then leader of Southtown who succeeded Geese Howard after his death. Fate told both of them that they had a role to play for Southtown's future. Unfortunately, since Southtown was the den for several crime lords, after Geese's death war had erupted in their ranks to see who would succeed Geese, and Fate ended up assassinated by Duke, the leader of Mephistopheles, using Lien Neville as a proxy. Alba sets out to find his mentor's killer, and enters Duke's tournament. He defeats Duke, but he vanishes. Alba becomes the leader of Southtown along with his brother, but both hear of mysterious events around the town. He encounters Luise Meyrink, who reveals that he is part of a prophecy, but when Alba questions her about it, he has no choice but to fight her for the answers. She vanishes afterward, and Alba encounters Jivatma, the leader of Kusiel, which are the remnants of Mephistopheles and a sub-syndicate of a new Nebulous Evil Organization called Addes. Jivatma confirms Luise's claims, referring to Alba as "Judeim", and reveals that Alba is needed for an ancient prophecy to occur. Alba fights him, but after beating Jivatma suddenly has visions of a black-silhouetted being with white hair and collapses. When he wakes up, he realizes that Luise saved him, and she reveals that Soiree has been taken by Addes. Luise decides to reveal everything to Alba.

(to Lien): "There's no mercy even if you are a chick."


Soiree Meira

Voiced by: Kouji Haramaki (Japanese), Ed Bishop (English)

Alba's brother. He and Alba escaped the orphanage they lived at and were adopted by Fate. They both sought and avenged his death. Soiree is the more laid-back and carefree of the two and tries to help Alba in any way he can. He encounters Jivatma, but is incapacitated by visions of Judeim and is captured by the Addes organization.

(to most female fighters) "Whoa... hey there, baby! This could be my lucky day!"


Lien Neville

Voiced by: Fumiko Inoue (Japanese), Claire Caponigro (English)

A former subordinate of Duke. Her family was killed by Jivatma, so she goes undercover to exact revenge. She kills Fate and prompts Alba and Soiree's rise to power. She eventually finds a kindred spirit in Duke, as both of their lives were ruined by Addes.

"To win... I will use any method..."


The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2

Ninon Beart

Voiced by: Jun Koutsuka (Japanese), Jessica Wachsman (English)

Mignon's sister and rival. When Mignon inherited their grandmothers' secret techniques, she felt jealous and decided to see if Mignon was worthy of them by competing in the second tournament. Hates being underestimated by her older sister.


Fiolina "Fio" Germi

Voiced by: Ryoko Nakano (Japanese, credited as Aikel), Melissa Ex (English)

A character ported over from the Metal Slug series, she a member of the Sparrows Intelligence Unit who is best known for helping the Peregrine Falcon Squad defeat General Morden's Evil Army and the Mars People on several occasions.


Hanzo Hattori

Voiced by: Masaki Usui (Japanese), Liou Johnson (English)

Ported over from Samurai Shodown, he serves as a holographic sparring partner for Nagase.


Hyena

Voiced by: Bin Shimada (Japanese), Bill Hemberger (English)

The referee for the first tournament. Hyena is at first Duke's servant, but in the end when Mephistopheles breaks apart, he decides to enter the tournament on his own and build his own gang.


Jivatma

Voiced by: Kyouzo Kudou (Japanese), Kevin Cummings (English)

The final boss of the second game. Jivatma is the leader of Kusiel, which are the remnants of Mephistopheles and a sub-syndicate of Addes. Jivatma is one of the high ranking members of Addes, which are known as the Children of Kokaviel. He is The Man Behind the Man for Duke, and is the one who ordered the death of Lien's parents. He faces off against Alba in the finals, and refers to him as Judeim. Upon his defeat, he disappears, having already taken Soiree hostage. He is, in fact, an alien creature who has been hunting Luise, and used the tournament to draw her out. His objective is to return to his homeland.

Jivatma: "I do not wish to be bound by notions of justice and evil."

  • Affably Evil: Although he also dabbles in snark.
  • Animal Motifs: In his alternate costumes. Insects and plants.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Leader of Kusiel and another top leader of the Children of Kokaviel.
  • Body Snatcher: One theory is that he is actually a parasitic alien. He talks of taking the bodies of several characters in their pre-fight dialogue with him; however, this also gives some of the female fighters the wrong impression. What's more, the theory goes on to explain that his alternative outfit is a result of him infesting Luise.
  • Breath Weapon: The next thing you know, KO!
  • Combat Stilettos: A male example.
  • Eldritch Abomination
  • Guyliner: Wears some sort of intricate tribal design on his face.
  • Hannibal Lecture: He's very fond of picking at the motivations of others.
  • Human Aliens: Like Luise, Jivatma is an alien, though it is unknown if the form we see him in is his true form or simply a powerful body he has stolen.
  • Lean and Mean: Very tall and pretty slim, and is the Final Boss.
  • Manipulative Bastard: He's set up the tournament with the express purpose of drawing powerful fighters together to test their abilities and harvest the best ones. He's also personally manipulated the lives of Duke, Lien, Nagase and the Meira brothers.
  • Multicolored Hair: Mostly black with some white portions.
  • Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: His alternate costume depicts him as a woman with enormous spiked breasts and moth wings. All while keeping his male voice.
  • Puny Earthlings: His pre-fight quote in Story Mode is even, "Then come, you weak bug from this tiny planet."

(to Lilly): "You're adorable. But, you're just a weak human."

"I think we have met before... haven't we?"


Lilly Kane

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Ivy Omere (English)

Billy's kid sister, who he is overly protective of. Having moved back to England to enjoy a happy life with her brother, Lilly awakes one day to discovers that Billy has left. Angry and worried, she travels to Southtown to find him and drag him back home.


Richard Meyer

Voiced by: Kong Kuwata (Japanese), Kofi Candela (English)

A former competitor in Geese Howard's tournament. He is the owner of the Pao Pao Cafe. He entered the tournament to promote the restaurant. Although he lost, the restaurant became immensely popular and became a local hangout for fighters in Southtown. He found an apprentice in Bob Wilson, and opened the Pao Pao Cafe 2, giving Bob the management rights. He enters the Maximum Impact 2 tournament out of boredom.


Luise Meyrink

Voiced by: Hiroko Tsuji (Japanese), Katrin Biemann (English)

A mysterious woman with even more mysterious abilities. She exemplifies the butterfly: a free spirit that goes wherever the wind takes her. When her father is abducted by Addes for refusing to work with them, she enters the tournament for answers. She seems to have a connection with Alba, knowing about his true identity as Judeim: this is because she is a being similar to Judeim known as Lakia.


Nagase

Voiced by: Ryoko Tanifuji (Japanese), Kristen Erdman (English)

A mysterious young girl who was modified by the Addes scientist Jarange into a "Type-N" cyborg. She uses a complex form of Ninjutsu similar to that of legendary ninja Hanzo Hattori, which she acquired through her data disc system. She works for Jivatma, but harbours no loyalty towards him: she fights only to test her own strength. Hates "pretty boys" for some reason.


The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation A

Xiao Lon

Voiced by Makiko Matsumoto

Ron's daughter, and Duo Lon's biological sister half-sister. Like her brother, she is searching for her father to find out the truth behind her clan's massacre. She ends up in Southtown, believing that Alba knows about her father.

Makoto Mizoguchi

Voiced by: Kay Inage

A bruiser who fights on the streets. Aside from that, we... don't know much about him.

  • Bonus Boss: You can only fight him in Regulation A if you don't continue and get a certain amount of super finishes.
  • The Cameo: He wasn't originally supposed to be in Maximum Impact: Regulation A and only got in after hard lobbying from the head producer (Falcoon, the lead producer of the series, was a fan of Fighter's History back when he was a kid; Mizoguchi held the distinction of being his favorite character; it didn't hurt that he was a favorite of most fans of the series). Mizoguchi also shows up as a hidden boss character in Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble as well as an enemy in Joe & Mac Returns.
  • Canon Immigrant: Comes from the Fighter's History series.
  • Fan Disservice: His "Another" costume.
  • Ridiculously Average Guy
  • Running Gag: Whenever Mizoguchi tries to escape from the Mafia, they usually catch him and send him into the tournament to carry out one of their hits. Subverted, as Maximum Impact: Regulation A is the first time he's been able to enter a tourney for fun. However, he did beat Lucky to enter, thus continuing the American Sports Team's running gag of receiving an invite to King of Fighters, only to be defeated and have their invites stolen.
  • Shotoclone: More or less.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene


NPC (only exclusive to these series)

Gustav Munchausen

An illustrious millionare hailing from Europe, he is a man who hungers for power. Having discovered a way to channel the spirit of Goenitz, one of Orochi's Heavenly Kings, he kidnaps Sinobu and subjects him to numerous experiments, transforming the boy into his puppet. Gustav uses the tournament as a test for his new weapon.


The following is just a list of the characters' teams. Do not add tropes here. MOD: Then move these lists to the Trivia subpage where they belong, please.

Orthodox Team-up

These teams are predetermined by the character select interface in the given game, and mostly in the series as whole; in other words the official teams.

Japan Team/Hero Team

  • Kyo Kusanagi
  • Benimaru Nikaido
  • Goro Daimon
  • Shingo Yabuki

Fatal Fury Team/Garou Densetsu Team/Lonely Wolves Team

  • Terry Bogard
  • Andy Bogard
  • Joe Higashi
  • Mai Shiranui
  • Blue Mary
  • Tizoc
  • Kim Kaphwan
  • Duck King

Art of Fighting Team/Ryuuko Team/Kyokugenryu Team

  • Ryo Sakazaki
  • Robert Garcia
  • Takuma Sakazaki
  • Yuri Sakazaki
  • King

Women Fighters Team/Gorgeous Team

  • King
  • Mai Shiranui
  • Yuri Sakazaki
  • Chizuru Kagura
  • Kasumi Todoh
  • Blue Mary
  • Li Xiangfei
  • Hinako Shijou

Psycho Soldier Team/Neo Psycho Soldier Team

  • Athena Asamiya
  • Kensou Sie
  • Gentsai Chin
  • Bao
  • Momoko

Ikari Team/Ikari Warriors Team

  • Heidern
  • Ralf Jones
  • Clark Still
  • Leona
  • Whip (Muchiko)

Kim Team/Team Korea/Justice Team

  • Kaphwan Kim
  • Koehan Chang
  • Bounge Choi
  • Hoon Jhun
  • May Lee
  • Hwa Jai
  • Raiden

American Sports Team

  • Heavy D!
  • Lucky Glauber
  • Brian Battler

Rival Team/Yagami Team

  • Iori Yagami
  • Billy Kane
  • Eiji Kisaragi
  • Mature
  • Vice
  • Vanessa
  • Seth
  • Ramon

‍'‍96 Boss Team/History's Most Evil Trio

  • Geese Howard
  • Wolfgang Krauser
  • Mr. Big

New Faces Team/Orochi Team

  • Yashiro Nanakase
  • Shermie
  • Chris

‍'‍97 Special Team/Outlaw Team

  • Billy Kane
  • Blue Mary
  • Ryuji Yamazaki
  • Gato

K' Team/Hero Team

  • K'
  • Maxima
  • Benimaru Nikaido
  • Shingo Yabuki
  • Vanessa
  • Ramon
  • Whip (Muchiko)
  • Lin
  • Kula Diamond

Benimaru Team

  • Benimaru Nikaido
  • Shingo Yabuki
  • Seth
  • Lin

NESTS Team

  • Kula Diamond
  • K9999
  • Angel
  • Foxy

Ash Team/Hero Team

  • Ash Crimson
  • Duo Lon
  • Shen Woo
  • Oswald

God's Caliber Team/Sacred Treasures Team/Divine Vessels Team

  • Kyo Kusanagi
  • Iori Yagami
  • Chizuru Kagura

Elisabeth Team/Rival Team

  • Elisabeth Blanctorche
  • Duo Lon
  • Benimaru Nikaido
  • Shen Woo

Garou Team/Mark of the Wolves Team

  • Bonne Jenet
  • Gato
  • Tizoc

Agent Team

  • Vanessa
  • Blue Mary
  • Ramon

Joshikousei Team/High School Girls Team

  • Athena Asamiya
  • Hinako Shijou
  • Malin

Anti-Kyokugenryu Team

  • Eiji Kisaragi
  • Malin
  • Kasumi Todoh

Kyo and Iori Team/Kusanagi and Yagami Team

  • Kyo Kusanagi
  • Iori Yagami
  • Shingo Yabuki

Unorthodox Team-up

These teams are likely to be possible to amount in only one or a few games, they are not predetermined by the character select interface, it depends on the player's knowledge of their background to be aware of their existence; the only traits preventing these teams to be considered random, is that they have ending sequences, or a music track, or special quotes of their own.

Classic Characters Team

  • Athena Asamiya
  • Ralf Jones
  • Clark Still

Fathers/Mentors Team

  • Heidern
  • Takuma Sakazaki
  • Chin Gentsai
  • Saisyu Kusanagi

Unrequited Love Team

  • Sie Kensou
  • Robert Garcia
  • Ramon