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112-1087: Mukai may refer to: Mukai - King of Fighters character Mukai , an album by Louis Mhlanga Mukai , the main villain in the Riki-Oh manga People with the surname [ edit ] Chiaki Mukai , Japanese physician and astronaut Chiaki Mukai (Go player) , Japanese Go player Chie Mukai , Japanese composer and musician Hirofumi Mukai , Japanese boxer Kan Mukai , Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Kuma Mukai , Japanese painter Masahiro Mukai , Japanese director Masao Mukai , Japanese choir conductor Natsumi Mukai , manga artist Osamu Mukai , Japanese actor Shigeharu Mukai , Japanese jazz trombonist Shigeru Mukai , Japanese mathematician Mukai Shōgen Tadakatsu (1582−1641), Japanese samurai and admiral Shogo Mukai , Japanese rugby coach Shoichiro Mukai ( 向 翔一郎 , born 1996) , Japanese judoka Taichi Mukai , Japanese singer, songwriter and model Topics referred to by

224-486: A "leading lady" character. The developers also describe her fighting style as "orthodox with subtle tricks [to it]" despite her minimal moveset. She initially invites Benimaru Nikaido and Duo Lon to France to form the Rival Team. She eventually reveals her acquaintance with Ash Crimson , whom she scolds for seeming to forsake their mission. Elisabeth did not appear in the arcade version of The King of Fighters XII , but

336-431: A 14 year old girl in the illustrations. Nevertheless, he claims he grew attached to drawing her alongside K'. Yumi Kakazu has voiced Kula in all of her appearances. In KOF: Maximum Impact 2 , Falcoon gave her a color palette that makes her look like fighter Ash Crimson as well as the robot Candy. Her alternative costume is that of a coquettish ice skater. Falcoon also once envisioned an adult version of Kula for

448-413: A 7.1 score by Famitsu . DefunctGames gave it a B+ praising the new gameplay style gave the series a major change. New character Tizoc was noted by Kotaku for appealing South American fans based on him being wrestler. Eurogamer was negative believing, previous SNK fighting game like The King of Fighters 2002 offered a better cast and that the new gameplay system would confuse newcomers. Nevertheless,

560-423: A Leader Super Special Move. The narrative of the game involves a new tournament set by "R" with two parallel bosses serving as final bosses. The game is notable for starting the story arc of newcomer Ash Crimson , with the story arc itself titled the "Tales of Ash". Falcoon worked as the main illustrator. Critical reception to this game has been mixed due to the major change of the regular gameplay associated with

672-445: A better working online gameplay. However, they still felt the predecessor was more enjoyable as KOF 2003 was still experimenting the tag system with this installment and had less characters. GameZone agreed, criticizing the fewer amount of playable character but still praised the fast paced team system that makes combat more enjoyable. They still addressed SNK's lack of commitment to improve the visuals for several games but still retain

784-479: A brief confrontation with the Rival Team. In The King of Fighters XIII , Kyo, Benimaru, and Goro enter the tournament to relive their old days as the Japan Team, while Shingo look after Chizuru until her Yata Mirror recovers. Following the tournament, Iori regains Yasakani no Magatama and his flames, and fights Kyo to an unknown outcome. In The King of Fighters XIV , Saisyu Kusanagi (Kyo's father) informs Kyo of

896-462: A chance to escape from Kim's grasp during the end of each tournament but fail due to speaking out loud their scheme near Kim. During the NESTS saga, Jhun Hoon (Korean: 전훈 Jeon Hoon , Japanese: ジョン・フーン Jon Fūn ), a childhood friend of Kim and rival, took noticed of Kim's rehabilitation project and after seeing the ethics and methods of training towards Chang and Choi, he decides that he would show Kim

1008-549: A downloadable character in Koei Tecmo 's fighting game Dead or Alive 6 . In her story chapter, NiCO pulls her into the Dead or Alive dimension while experimenting with subspace portals. Kula and NiCO briefly spar, and NiCO later thanks her for providing "interesting data" while swearing her to secrecy. The printed adaptations of The King of Fighters retell Kula's role in the NESTS' story arc where she constantly clashes with K', having

1120-399: A falling out each other because he and Maxima are too busy over capturing remaining NESTS’ remnants instead of taking vacation for a while with her, causing her to join a team consisting former NESTS Agents, Angel and a mysterious agent who is in fact K9999's current identity, Krohnen McDougall, unbeknownst to Kula. Kula is also present in the spin-off games, Neowave which does not feature

1232-477: A famous heel professional wrestler and Hwa Jai , a former Muay Thai champion who was defeated and lost his title to Joe Higashi in the past , to Southtown after he believes that they are still employed by Geese Howard , and takes them in as his new students. However, unknown to Kim, Raiden and Hwa has since cut their ties with Geese and have already reform for quite some time. Instead, they trick Kim into thinking that they are still working for Geese and enter

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1344-453: A high school student who idolizes Kyo and dreams of being able to wield flames, becomes a friend of the team and appears as an edit entry character. During the NESTS saga which began in The King of Fighters '99 , Benimaru and Shingo are invited to participate in the tournament but were assigned to a “special team” with newcomers K' and Maxima . Winning the tournament, they learned that NESTS

1456-497: A match, Lucky Glauber , a former basketball player and a karate champion, and Brian Battler , the MVP football player of the year better known for his brash and violent behavior in the sport. Despite not winning the ' 94 tournament, in their non-canonical ending, Brian returns to football for his fans while Lucky and Heavy D! will continue street fighting and promise Brian to contact him for further competitions. Unfortunately,

1568-463: A matter of public interest in the country. The tournament establishes a new set of rules, including the Multi-Shift System that enables fighters to tag out at any given time and the competition itself, consisting of both veterans and newcomers once again takes place and being shown around the world. The narrative is divided depending on the player's actions against the mid-boss Kusanagi, a clone of

1680-620: A member of the game's Hero Team. His overall look was based on anime title character Vampire Hunter D . He is a member of the assassin group, the Flying Brigands—or Hizoku ( 飛賊 , Hizoku ) —and the half-brother of Xiao Lon . He is an acquaintance of Ash Crimson and Shen Woo . Hoping to hunt down the clan's traitor, Ron , he agrees to enter the tournament with them. However, after discovering Ash's true objectives, he teams up with Elisabeth Blanctorche and Benimaru Nikaido . Information on Duo Lon's design graph revealed he

1792-512: A more antagonistic characterization until the events of 2001 and 2002 . She also appears in the CD dramas from KOF 2000 , in which she attacks K' before the events of her the story. However, this ends when K' is knocked out by Maxima for fighting with his wounded arm and the fugitive escapes with the unconscious K' from Kula. A cyborg named Rugal Bernstein kidnaps Kula during the 2002 storyline to absorb her powers. Using this, Rugal manages to defeat

1904-401: A more efficient way of management for the criminals and joins the team as the fourth member for the '99 and 2000 tournaments. In The King of Fighters 2001 , the team was set to enter the tournament as usual. However, before the tournament started, Jhun broke his right arm while chasing an image of Athena Asamiya , of whom he is a fan of. Down one member, Kim decides to have May Lee ,

2016-454: A new story arc, revolving around K′ , a young man who seeks to destroy the mysterious NESTS organization because they kidnapped him at an early age and stripped him of his past memories, so that they could force him to be a fighter under their control. In The King of Fighters 2003 , a new character named Ash Crimson enters the tournament, to steal the powers of the clans who sealed the Orochi in

2128-462: A new threat which will cause untold chaos. On his father's suggestion, he convenes with Tung Fu Rue and Nakoruru to investigate, while entering the tournament with Benimaru and Goro as the Japan Team. After winning the tournament, Kyo advises Shun'ei to keep training to control his powers. At the airport, he tells his teammates to go home without him and travels to Hungary . In Hungary, Chizuru had called him there for his assistance after Iori found

2240-485: A new, "snazzy" hero who would easily fight against Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting characters. Initially, this character was called Syo Kirishima, but late in the production, his name was changed to Kyo Kusanagi. This was done in order to relate him with the Yamata no Orochi legend, which was used as the inspiration for the first arc (and specifically featured a majestic sword known as Kusanagi no Tsurugi ). To continue with

2352-419: A pair of headphones to help silence the malevolent voice inside Shun'ei's head while also keeping his powers in check. While Tung retires from fighting, Shun'ei and Meitenkun are enlisted to be accompanied by Benimaru Nikaido at Kyo's behest due to Kyo himself having an important mission in teaming up with Iori Yagami and Chizuru Kagura to help investigate the current situation during the events of KOF XV . Once

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2464-456: A party, much to Shingo’s dismay. However, Shingo is scouted by Kyo’s father Saisyu and becoming the elder Kusanagi’s student instead. In The King of Fighters 2003 , Benimaru, Goro, and Shingo enters the tournament as the Benimaru Team while Kyo and Iori going solo to investigate suspicious activities concerning the Orochi and saving their Sacred Treasures teammate, Chizuru. Later, Kyo's team

2576-430: A perky teenager and a student of Kim who have always admired the team, replace Jhun as the fourth member with the task of keeping an eye of Chang and Choi during the tournament. During the tournament, May Lee surprised the audience and her teammates with her unique taekwondo style and gains much praise. When the tournament ended, the team return home and are celebrated as heroes for ending NESTS (despite not actually winning

2688-549: A puppeter who manipulates Kyo and Iori at the same time, most notably in the original net animation Another Day . Nona was the artist in charge of the new protagonist, and said he liked Ash and looked forward to his development. In North America the game was released alongside The King of Fighters 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game was solely released for Switch on February 21, 2019. The two boss characters, Adelheid and Mukai, had no problems during their designs with

2800-525: A story and KOF: Maximum Impact 2 where looks for a doctor to repair Maxima's cybernetic body. She also appears in The King of Fighters '98: Unlimited Match Online and The King of Fighters Online . She is also present KOF: Sky Stage , Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting and SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy . In SNK Heroines , the female fighters must fight their way home but are confronted by Kukri and defeat him before he can initiate his grand plan on

2912-642: A teammate of Ash's team from the previous tournament, are invited by Elisabeth Blanctorche to enter the tournament as the Rival Team to track down Ash. Near the end of the tournament, the growing presence of the Orochi from Magaki causes Iori to snap and enter into the Riot of the Blood state, nearly killing Kyo and Shingo. Ash appears thereafter and steals the Yasakani no Magatama within Iori's body, along with his flames and escapes after

3024-548: A weaken state, Orochi was released from its seal and Goenitz leaves satisfied. Before her death, Maki passes on the responsibilities of the seal to Chizuru, begging her to bring the three clans together to defeat Orochi. Ten years afterwards, Chizuru becomes a very successful and prestigious businesswoman and the owner of Kagura Enterprises. During this time, she secretly kept track with the King of Fighters tournaments since it began with Geese Howard and comes up with an idea to bringing

3136-562: A weakened Orochi and seal it together once again. While the Sacred Treasures Team reunite in order to investigate the revived New Faces/Orochi Team in The King of Fighters XV , Kyo had also insist for Benimaru to accompany Tung Fu Rue’s last disciples from the previous tournament, Shun’ei and Meitenkun per the Hakkyokuseiken grandmaster’s request. In the spin-off series The King of Fighters EX , there are two additional members of

3248-491: A young fighter who is always holding a pillow and is very sleepy. Despite having little knowledge of the King of Fighters, Tung convinces Shun'ei and Meitenkun to enter the tournament as a means for them to face off against renowned martial artists from around the world. In addition, Tung saw the tournament as an opportunity to reunite with the Bogard brothers and meet Kyo Kusanagi , the latter after his father Saisyu requested

3360-545: Is a Russian billionaire and the president of his own company, the Antonov Corporation. After being reinvigorated for his love of fighting, he purchases the rights to the King of Fighters brand despite objections from the board members of his company, and announces a new King of Fighters tournament . Proclaiming himself as the “first champion”, he sends out invitations across the world, challenging old and new teams to take his "KOF" championship belt away from him. After

3472-491: Is ambushed by Ash Crimson , who steals the power of the Yata Mirror from Chizuru and vows to steals the powers from both Iori and Kyo. In The King of Fighters XI , Kyo, Iori, and Shingo enter the tournament together at the convalescent Chizuru's behest (Shingo's presence serving ostensibly to keep Kyo and Iori from being at each other's throats) to stop Ash as the '"Kusanagi & Yagami Team". Meanwhile, Benimaru and Duo Lon ,

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3584-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages List of The King of Fighters characters#Mukai The King of Fighters fighting game series, produced by SNK , includes a wide cast of characters, some of which are taken from other SNK games. The story takes place in a fictional universe in which an annual series of 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 fighting tournaments are held. The first game in

3696-467: Is increased by one, giving the losing team a handicap against the opposing team. In addition, unlike the previous KOF games, each hit only earns the player 100 points. The King of Fighters 2003's sequel, The King of Fighters XI would go on to use its mechanics in its gameplay. Taking place two years after the events of The King of Fighters 2001 , a new KOF tournament has been announced, being sponsored by an unknown patron whose identity becomes

3808-564: Is no longer an active member in King of Fighters , his story and character have not been abandoned. He is a member of the assassination group, The Flying Brigands—or Hizoku ( 飛賊 , Hizoku ) Clan in Japanese—which is apparently on the brink of ruin. The agent Seth entices him to enter the King of Fighters tournament in order to find their clan's missing leader, Ron . After learning that Ron had defected to NESTS for his personal greed, Lin tracks

3920-401: Is one of the nine children of Ron, an assassin who chased after his own father. Elisabeth Blanctorche ( エリザベート・ブラントルシュ , Erizabēto Burantorushu ) (spelled "Elisabeth Branctorche" in The King of Fighters XII ) is one of three original characters debuting in The King of Fighters XI . Her initial character concept was to be the rival to Ash, though developers decided to change her into

4032-462: Is revealed that Shun'ei's special abilities had originated from a result of Ash Crimson's act of erasing the latter's ancestor Saiki (and consequentially, his own self) from existence by orchestrating a temporal paradox (via trapping Saiki in the present time), leading to the current events taking place in the KOF universe, with Shun'ei himself wielding a multiversal power known as Amplified Specters, which are

4144-464: Is seen as being safe and forms a friendship with her original target and allies. In the story-less game, KOF 2002 , Kula appears as member of a team with Ángel and K9999. In KOF 2003 , she appears in the ending of the K' Team where the group go to recruit her following an apparent threat. She participates in KOF XI and KOF XIII with K' and Maxima as her allies, having also joined forces with

4256-488: Is the humble preference of the supervising designer and a mystery to us all". She becomes a member of the Anti-Kyokugenryu Team in The King of Fighters XI due to her animosity towards one of the style's practitioners, Yuri Sakazaki . The King of Fighters 2003 The game uses a 3-on-3 Tag Battle format in which players can change characters in the middle of a fight. Each team has one leader with access to

4368-569: Is unrelated to the China Team that appeared in The King of Fighters '94 , is composed of characters originating from China . First appearing in The King of Fighters XIV , the team consists of Shun'ei, a fighter who wields hydrokinesis in a form of a claw on his right side of his body and pyrokinesis in a form of a fist on his left side of his body, Tung Fu Rue , the legendary master of Hakkyokuseiken who had debuted in Fatal Fury , and Meitenkun,

4480-457: The Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury fighters were added specifically for adults. The newer King of Fighters characters were aimed to appeal to younger and newer audiences. He adds that every original character for the series was added based on the developers' strong desire to make one. For example, he agreed to include characters such as Benimaru Nikaido and Chang Koehan to add an off-beat variety to

4592-530: The Japan Team to help Tung's students with their training. During the tournament finals, Shun'ei learns that he possesses a fragment of Verse 's power, which causes Verse to go after Shun'ei. After Verse is defeated, the team returns to the Wudang Mountains where Shun'ei tells his teammates that Kyo advised him to continue his training to keep his powers under control to which Shun'ei vows to train harder. It

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4704-589: The NESTS Chronicles . She was to add excitement to the story as an enemy and a foil of K'. Newly hired female staff designed her to depict a "14-year-old girl" with "appropriately girlish" gestures. The unnamed character designer was pleased with Kula's design saying: "Kula had an easy delivery. She didn't give me any pain." Despite being K' 's foil, Kula's was designed to closely resemble her rival as both fighters wear similar leather outfits with contrasting colors. According to artist Hiroaki, Kula does not look like

4816-549: The Real Bout Fatal Fury Team with Terry Bogard and Duck King as they want Kim to enjoy himself for once after Kim believes that Chang and Choi are finally “rehabilitated.” Following the tournament, Chang and Choi realize that Kim will be on the look out for more criminals to help rehabilitate. Despite being deem “rehabilitated”, Chang and Choi are still in Kim's custody. In The King of Fighters XIII , Kim summons Raiden ,

4928-642: The Unreal Engine , the original game had more realistic visuals but they clashed with character designs of Kula and Athena Asamiya . The designs looked like those in an anime series so the designers opted for the current look. A programmer with the alias of "Ando" designed the blades on Kula's boots during special attacks. Kula was the first character in KOF XIV to be given this type of design, requiring multiple attempts to work with her 3D character model. Ando further believed Kula could wield other type of weapons based on

5040-547: The "Change OK" sign is displayed above the Power Gauge, the player can do a Quick Shift and change characters immediately, or perform a Switch-Off Attack against the opponent that will consume one Power Gauge stock. The game also features a Tactical Leader System, in which one of the members of the team is designated as the Leader. The chosen Leader has access to an exclusive move known as the "Leader Super Special Move" (in addition to

5152-522: The American Sports Team later becomes subject of a running gag in the series, which has them invited to participate in the later tournaments, only to get beaten up and have their invitations stolen by other teams prior to the start of each tournament. The team would make their return in The King of Fighters '98 , though it is not canonical in the series, but rather for the purpose of a “dream match” as it features every character up to that point in

5264-549: The Ikari Team. They are assigned to investigate a group known as "Those From the Past". In KOF XIV , she once again participates in the tournament following the Ikari's orders to investigate NESTS' agents. During these games, the K' Team becomes allied with the Ikari Team to help them on missions though they tend to avoid them. Prior to The King of Fighters XV , Kula and K' end up having

5376-604: The Japan Team: Moe Habana (葉花 萌, Habana Moe), an Asian American high school girl from the United States who is one of the ten treasures of Japan with her treasure being the "Yatsuka Sword" (八握 剣, Yatsuka no Tsurugi), and Reiji Oogami (大神 零児, Ohgami Reiji), a Japanese man from Japan who is a member of the Yata clan, and one of the keepers of the ten treasures, the "Hetsu Mirror" (辺津 鏡, Hetsu Kagami). Shingo stars as

5488-466: The Korea Team. Xanadu was created for XIV to fulfilled this concept. Also, during the development for 2001 , May Lee's character design stems from sponsor Eolith 's desire for a "Korean Athena Asamiya" that was an " idol -like visual fighter." Kula Diamond ( クーラ・ダイアモンド , Kūra Daiamondo ) is a teenage girl who was experimented on by NESTS in order to exterminate the cartel's traitor, K' . Despite

5600-511: The Kusanagi clan wielding pyrokinetic abilities while also specializing in kenpo , Benimaru Nikaido (二階堂 紅丸 Nikaidō Benimaru?), a professional shoot boxing fighter and model who can create electricity , and Goro Daimon (大門 五郎 Daimon Gorō), a former gold medalist in Judo and mentor to his own dojo . During the Orochi saga, the Japan Team emerged victorious in the first four tournaments. In

5712-526: The Orochi arc was further expanded EX Neo Blood spin-offs while Maximum Impact deals with new defenders from South Town led by the Miera brothers. The plot and the characters came from the Yamata no Orochi legend. There are also several characters in the games that are parodies or homages. Merchandise based on the characters has also been released, including action figures and keychains. The characters have garnered praise from several video game publications for

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5824-586: The Yasakani no Magatama from Iori's body and his flames. In the conclusion of The King of Fighters XIII , after Evil Ash erases himself and his ancestor Saiki from existence, both Iori and Chizuru regain their sacred treasures. After Verse is defeated in The King of Fighters XIV , Chizuru senses Orochi's presence in Hungary . After contacting Kyo and Iori, the trio find an awakened yet weakened Orochi in Aggtelek Karst and seal it away once again. Due to both

5936-428: The Yata Mirror from her body before evading Kyo and Iori. While she doesn't appear in The King of Fighters XI , Chizuru asks Shingo Yabuki to enter the tournament with Kyo and Iori to investigate Ash and the weakened Orochi seal as she cannot due to still recovering from her injuries. Unfortunately, the investigation ends with Iori, while in the Riot of the Blood state, nearly killing Kyo and Shingo, and Ash stealing

6048-501: The Zero Cannon, Ron confronted the Benimaru Team but escaped after Benimaru saves Lin from being killed. In The King of Fighters 2001 , Kyo reunites with his friends, and as the Japan Team (with Shingo being the fourth member) enter the tournament to battle against NESTS, but also relive their time together as a team. After the tournament was over following NEST's destruction, the Japan Team went their usual separate ways instead of having

6160-519: The activities of NESTS' renegades, K′ and his teammates, in hopes of finding his traitorous leader. He joins up with K', Maxima, and Whip in the 2001 tournament. He continues to search for Ron even after NESTS' destruction. For an unexplained reason, he appears next to Ron in the Psycho Soldier Team's ending in The King of Fighters XI . He is a master of the Poison Hand technique, which enables

6272-574: The aftermath, both Kyo and Iori protests into working together and leave Chizuru. In The King of Fighters '97 , Chizuru hosts the tournament again but this time, requests to join the Women Team with Mai Shiranui and King , which they agree. During the finals of the tournament, Chizuru departs from her teammates and joins up with Kyo and Iori where they confront the remaining Orochi servants: Yashiro Nanakase , Shermie , and Chris . After defeating them, Orochi possesses Chris' body and attempts to destroy

6384-606: The announcement of the new tournament, the trio enter as the Villains Team with the goal of causing chaos and destruction. Meanwhile, Kim has not heard from Chang or Choi and is unaware of their imprisonment. Deciding to go look for them, Kim was about leave the dojo when Gang-Il , Kim's master and chairman of the World Taekwondo Federation , and Luong , a seductive woman who is secretly a freelance secret agent and fell in love with Gang-II during his world tour, appear at

6496-560: The canon story-line. Since then, the American Sports Team have made non-playable appearances in later games of the series as background characters and in other games. However, in the PlayStation 2 version of The King of Fighters 2000 , the American Sports Team appear as optional strikers for the Fatal Fury Team with Heavy D! being a striker for Joe , Lucky for Andy , and Brian for Terry . Antonov ( アントノフ , Antonofu , Антонов)

6608-500: The cast, which he had previously deemed to be too serious. Later in the series, their approach to creating their characters altered slightly, to also serve as a type of fan service , which he refers to as a collaborative effort between fans and the staff. Several characters that appear in the series are parodies or homages to either anime, manga, actors, films or television shows that held the creators' interest. Noticeable examples are K9999 and Zero . Characters are sometimes added at

6720-480: The clans together. First appearing in The King of Fighters '96 , Chizuru hosts the tournament with the goal of bringing together the three clans by entreating Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami to help her replace the broken seal. During the finals of the tournament however, Goenitz appears to finally end all three heirs at once but is defeated by Kyo, with the assistance of Iori and Chizuru. Humiliated, Goenitz takes his own life by cutting his body by his own wind. In

6832-487: The climax of The King of Fighters '97 , Kyo, along with his rival Iori Yagami , and Chizuru Kagura , seal away Orochi , saving mankind from destruction. After the fight however, Kyo was kidnapped by a mysterious cartel while Benimaru resumed his modeling career and went on a world tour, and Goro retires from being a fighter and returns to the Judo circuit representing Japan. Also in ’97 , Shingo Yabuki (矢吹 真吾 Yabuki Shingo?),

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6944-469: The crucible of souls that connects all universes and converging all possibilities in the multiverse. However, these can only be perceived as illusions, and only a limited few are capable of controlling them. Ever since Shun'ei had inherited two halves of the Amplified Specters from Verse, he has been suffering from recurring nightmares of being ordered to destroy everything in sight until Tung gave him

7056-412: The dojo's entrance. Though Gang-II and Luong are excited to meet Kim, Kim's bitter memories of his master distracts him from their conversation until Gang-II shows Kim a leaflet , revealing that Chang and Choi are entering the new tournament with a criminal. As Kim decides to enter the tournament to retrieve Chang and Choi from the criminal's control, Gang-II and Luong also decides to enter alongside Kim in

7168-424: The enemy AI and making a revival in the franchise. In regards to the cast, Falcoon aimed to balance a roster that composes both manly men and beautiful women. His message towards fans was to keep enjoying the series. As the first chapter of a new story arc, Ash was designed as an "attractive evil character", in contrast to previous King of Fighters heroes. Due to Ash's late appearance in The King of Fighters 2003 ,

7280-562: The fact that Kula hates Ángel, so the game's villain, Kukri, gave her that appearance to humiliate her. Lin ( Chinese : 麟 ; Pinyin : Lín ; Japanese: 麟 Rin ) is one of the new characters introduced in The King of Fighters 2000 as a member of the Benimaru Team . He, along with the Flying Brigands subplot, was created without the entire staff's knowledge, leading to some developers being surprised by his team's ending. Though he

7392-454: The fact their subject was a mindless puppet with no sign of emotions, the NESTS cartel created an android called Candy Diamond to monitor Kula's behavior and to ensure that she would accomplish her missions. During KOF 2000 , Kula can be fought as a mid- boss during her debut. Shortly afterwards, Kula destroys the main Zero Cannon from its titular creator who is betraying NESTS. Candy shields Kula's descent from space by sacrificing her body in

7504-419: The fighters Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami , but in the end he is stopped by K' and Maxima who rescue their former enemy. In the comic of The King of Fighters XII , Kula engages the mysterious Magaki alongside K' and former NESTS' agent Nameless. SNK created Kula Diamond to bring more complexity to the NESTS' story arc in the series. Her character added another dimension to the villainous NESTS organization in

7616-542: The former being the last added to expand the narrative of the series. While Kusanagi was first introduced in The King of Fighters 2002 without a plot focused around him, KOF 2003 gave him the idea of being a clone of Kyo Kusanagi created by Chizuru Kagura while also intending to include his school uniform highly popular within Kyo's fans. Meanwhile, the alternative boss Adelheid was picked up on common female name among Swiss and Germans. Developing Adelheid's design and moves gave

7728-416: The game Kimi wa Hero . For The King of Fighters XIII , the staff decided to make Kula similar to her original incarnation in The King of Fighters 2000 . The team had no problems in designing her gameplay and added taunts where the character becomes boring. Similar to K' ' s moves, the developers wanted Kula's trademarks, most notably her ice moves, to be appealing to see. A move that exemplifies this

7840-443: The game's release. Due to the large additions of teenager characters in the series, SNK decided to add several middle-age ones to balance them. The American Sports Team , also known as the U.S.A. Team , is composed of characters originating from the United States of America . First appearing in The King of Fighters '94 , the team consists of Heavy D!, a famous boxer who was expelled after seriously injuring an opponent during

7952-462: The goal of rehabilitating them of their criminal ways. These two criminals are Chang Koehan (Korean: 장거한 Chang Keo-Han , Japanese: チャン・コーハン Chan Kōhan ), a giant and violent man who uses an iron ball and chain and Choi Bounge (Korean: 최번개 Choi Beon-Gae , Japanese: チョイ・ボンゲ Choi Bonge ), a sadistic little man who uses Freddy Krueger -esque claws. During the Orochi saga, Chang and Choi would become friends and would always attempt at

8064-411: The idea of the Orochi plot, the designers gave several other characters, such as Kyo's rival Iori Yagami , similar characteristics to Kyo. In The King of Fighters '99 , to contrast the previous protagonist of the series, K' was made to be the "dark hero". K's introduction to the series was meant to remove popular characters Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami from the roster, though this idea was scrapped in

8176-523: The idea was quickly abandoned. Since the developers were attached to the idea of the two series cross-over, they eventually agreed to make their idea into a fighting game. Characters from the Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier games were also added in the spirit of other gaming genres considered for their final product. The concept of a three-man team was one of the ideas kept from the side-scrolling version. Flagship director Toyohisa Tanabe asserts that

8288-518: The incident caused by Verse at the climax of KOF XIV , the resulting lawsuits had cost Antonov nearly all of his money and damaged his reputation, causing him to briefly disappear from the public. In order to help restore his reputation, Antonov decides to form his own wrestling team named Galaxy Anton Wrestling and is prepared to take part in KOF XV as the leader of Team G.A.W. alongside Mexican wrestlers Ramón and King of Dinosaurs. The China Team , which

8400-458: The kidnapped female fighters. She also makes a cameo appearance alongside Maxima in the ending of K' from NeoGeo Battle Coliseum . She is playable in the mobile phone game Kimi wa Hero (as an adult) and Brave Frontier , while also making a cameo in the dating sim Days of Memories should the player interact with K'. She has since made guest appearances in more games, including the role-playing game Valkyrie Connect . She also appears as

8512-644: The latter serving as the true ending final boss. Despite being defeated, Mukai claims success for his unknown superior, having weakened the seal of the ancient demon Orochi and while both Mukai and Botan escape, Ash Crimson attacks a weakened Chizuru and steals the Yata Mirror from her, warning Iori Yagami that he's his next target. Ash Team (Hero Team) Fatal Fury Team Art of Fighting Team Korea Team Ikari Team Outlaw Team Women Fighters Team Benimaru Team (New Japan Team) High School Girls Team (New Psycho Soldier Team) K′ Team Three Sacred Treasures Team Bosses The game

8624-496: The main protagonist of a gaiden manga series titled The King of Fighters Side Story: The Origin of Flame - Shingo Travels Through Time! Let's Go! , taking place between The King of Fighters XIV and The King of Fighters XV , in which Shingo is unexpectedly brought to the past where the Sacred Treasure Team members’ original ancestors are and finally learns both the origin of their powers and Orochi before returning to

8736-464: The new Hero Team. Though she does not participate in The King of Fighters XIV , she enlists Kukri's help in finding Ash following Verse's defeat, with the two of them succeeding in their mission as Ash's body is soon located in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains with his soul burning inside it, thus confirming Ash's return to the living world much to Elisabeth's rejoice. In order to help investigate and solve

8848-567: The ongoing crisis that's taking place in the world and the unexpected return of the New Faces/Orochi Team, Chizuru, Kyo, and Iori decide to join forces in reuniting the Sacred Treasures Team as a regular team for KOF XV . In the 2010 live-action film adaptation of The King of Fighters , Chizuru is portrayed by Chinese-Canadian actress Françoise Yip . Duo Lon ( Chinese : 堕瓏 ; Pinyin : Duòlóng ; Japanese: デュオロン Dyuoron ) makes his first appearance in The King of Fighters 2003 as

8960-483: The other is a thug that the yakuza would avoid and an assassin possessed by a vengeful spirit, so there is no room for friendship to be born there. However, the ending of XII was written to stand out their connections. Similar to the NESTS arc that put former heroes Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami on return despite SNK's intiial idea to remove them, the "Ash arc" and the Maximum Impact games were written to depcit Ash as

9072-412: The past for unknown reasons. A new group of antagonists, known as Those From the Past , also appears in the series; they want to obtain Orochi's power for the purpose of giving it to their unknown master. The latest story arc involves the young Shun'ei who possesses unknown supernatural powers connected with Ash's timetravelling paradox and is capable gathering new deities from other dimensions. The cast of

9184-596: The present. The Kim Team , also known as the Korea Justice Team , and originally the Korea Team , is composed of characters mostly originating from South Korea and are mostly Taekwondo practitioners. First appearing in The King of Fighters '94 , the original team consisted of Kim Kaphwan (who had debuted in Fatal Fury 2 ), a national hero in his homeland of Korea who convince authorities to take in two criminals as part of his new "Rehabilitation Project" with

9296-399: The process, as it is badly burned by Earth's atmosphere. While recovering from the trauma of Candy's destruction, in the following game, The King of Fighters 2001 , Kula enters into the fighting tournament with fellow NESTS' agents Foxy , K9999 and Ángel to capture K'. During the story, Kula and Foxy are betrayed by K9999 and Ángel. However, in K' ' s Team ending among others, she

9408-583: The quality of their designs and movesets. Comments focused on the lack of improvements in some of the characters, but added that the roster is greatly diverse. The developers of the series claim that their prototype version for King of Fighters was going to be a Double Dragon -style side-scrolling beat 'em up titled Survivor . It would have used only core characters from the Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury series, specifically allowing players to play Robert Garcia and Terry Bogard for location testing. However,

9520-412: The regular "Super Special Moves"). However, this usually requires two Power Gauge stocks to be able to perform it. As in the last game in the series, the players' Power Gauge can hold up to 3 stocks at the beginning of a match. Unlike the previous game, however, the player starts with a full gauge of three stocks right away. When one team loses one of its members, the maximum capacity of Power Gauge stocks

9632-416: The returning veteran Kyo Kusanagi . An alternate path following Kusanagi's defeat has the player facing off against a young man named Adelheid Bernstein who is accompanied by his young sister Rose, with the two of them being the children of the notorious Rugal Bernstein . Once Adelheid is defeated, Rose threatens the winner, only to be stopped by Adelheid who tells her to let them go as they won fairly. Within

9744-489: The reviewer commented that the new Garou: Mark of the Wolves fighters introduced in 2003 would also appeal to players similar to Kotaku. GameType lamented most characters retained their classic outfits with few exceptions like Terry Bogard, Kyo Kusanagi, and Robert Garcia. The new fighting system was seen as the biggest change SNK provided to the game as it was comparable to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and enjoyable. While exploring

9856-440: The same quality of the original arcade version. Meristation said that while the game needs improvement, the fighting system is still enjoyable, criticizing how defeating Kusanagi in a different manner leads to a different ending as Adehlheid's route which comes across as frustrating as it does not develop the characters. Meanwhile, the route involving Mukai was praised for its presentation and more elaborated story. They still praised

9968-541: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mukai . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mukai&oldid=1257496312 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description

10080-441: The series introduces the initial main character of the series, Kyo Kusanagi , a young Japanese fighter who is the heir to a powerful group of martial artists having pyrokinetic abilities. Kyo fights against the Kusanagi clan's enemies, his rival Iori Yagami , and the snake demon Orochi and its human followers, among others. The first four games in the series revolve about these fights, while The King of Fighters '99 introduces

10192-525: The series was divided into two halves: The King of Fighters 2003 composed of five issues, and The King of Fighters 03: Xenon Zero (拳皇 XENON ZERO) composed of eight issues. The two series were combined for the North American release under the name of The King of Fighters 2003 . In July 2004, ComicsOne licensed the series with its first volume tying the release of a new video game and kept publishing it after their transition to DrMaster . The game got

10304-460: The series. Its sequel was The King of Fighters XI (2005), although SNK also released another installment inbetween called The King of Fighters Neowave (2004). The 3-on-3 Team Battle format is used once again, just like in past editions. It also uses a Multi-Shift format that allows players to change characters in the middle of a fight, similar to that was used in Kizuna Encounter . When

10416-400: The source behind the awry of Amplified Specters, Otoma=Raga has been defeated, Shun'ei's power is fully under control, allowing Shun'ei to take off his headphones safely. Chizuru Kagura ( 神楽 ちづる , Kagura Chizuru ) is a member of the Yata clan who holds one of the three sacred artifacts , the Yata Mirror, that originally sealed the serpent monster Orochi eighteen hundred years ago. As

10528-507: The staff a major problem due to the requierements of the Neo Geo, to the point SNK believes they abused the developers. The King of Fighters 2003 also features Fatal Fury lead Terry Bogard feature the "Mark of the Wolves" arc design. This also led to Terry performing his new techniques first executed in Garou: Mark of the Wolves . The series inspired a manhua with the same name. In China

10640-457: The staff joked that teammate Shen Woo seemed more like the series' main character than Ash did. Akihiko Ureshino saud Ash has the weakest relationships among protagonists. Although it is not clearly depicted, these three are probably just friends who happened to be in Shanghai at the time of "2003" and became acquainted with each other. One of them is a traitorous teenager with no sense of ethics, and

10752-474: The story, they hoped the return to the Orochi narrative based on the handling of Chizuru Kagura. would appeal more to the audience as GameType did not enjoy the NESTS arc from previous installments. HardcoreGaming101 believed the new gameplay features, cast and artwork were interesting but the sequel, The King of Fighters XI , easily fixed most of its issues. GameSpot found KOF 2003 as an improvement over KOF 2002 thanks to its more responsive controls and

10864-442: The struggles they went through, he intensifies Chang and Choi's strict training much to duo's displeasure. In The King of Fighters XIV , Chang and Choi are sent to prison after destroying a bar while intoxicated . Upon arrival, the criminals encounter Xanadu , a mysterious, enigmatic, infamous and dangerous criminal who through his eccentric yet mesmerizing charisma, reverts Chang and Choi back to their old criminal ways. Upon

10976-518: The three clans at once. The Sacred Treasures Team successfully defeats him in an intense fight and in a last-ditch effort, Orochi causes Iori to enter the Riot of Blood, expecting him to turn on Kyo and Chizuru. Instead, Iori snares Orochi by the neck, and Kyo obliges his rival by crippling the great demon with one last deathblow, allowing Chizuru to reseal Orochi again. In The King of Fighters 2003 , Chizuru hosts another tournament with her intentions similar to her previous attempt in 1996, but during

11088-420: The tournament nor defeating NESTS themselves). In The King of Fighters 2003 , Choi is requested by Jhun to sit out of that year's tournament to watch over Kim's children, allowing Jhun to take his place with the scheme of showing the world the difference in ability between him and Kim due to the tournament's new “free tag-off Multi-Shift rule.” In The King of Fighters XI , Chang and Choi convince Kim to join

11200-410: The tournament with him as a way help boost their reputations as fighters, as well as secretly to prove they are better on fooling Kim than Chang and Choi. Once the tournament ended, Hwa and Raiden pretend to have been "reformed" by Kim, and the gullible Kim falls for it. After parting ways with his new teammates, Kim thinks he might have been "too soft" on Chang and Choi, and to honor his new teammates and

11312-505: The tournament, despite Kim's objections. Due to Kim and Gang-Il’s absence from the KOF XV tournament via focusing on their Taekwondo training, Luong went to join her fellow secret agents Blue Mary and Vanessa in order to form the Secret Agent Team . Originally, SNK wanted KOF '94 to have a Prisoner Team, formed by Chang Koehan, Choi Bounge, and a third prisoner, but due to various circumstances, they added in Kim instead and made it

11424-422: The tournament, she becomes mind-control by Botan, a member of Those From the Past . She creates an illusion of her late sister Maki and creates a clone from Kyo named Kusanagi to test the strength of the tournament's contestants. Eventually, she breaks free from her mind-control, catches up with Kyo and Iori, and tries to restore the seal of Orochi. However, Ash Crimson seriously attacks her from behind and steals

11536-454: The true ending path, it is revealed that Kusanagi was created by Chizuru Kagura as an attempt to test the winner. Chizuru and her undead sister Maki soon challenge the player to a boss fight. Following the Kagura sisters' defeat, a woman named Botan reveals herself as the one who had brainwashed Chizuru and that both Botan and her partner Mukai are the true masterminds behind the 2003 tournament, with

11648-451: The unknown crisis which seems to revolve around KOF newcomers Shun'ei and Isla, Elisabeth and Kukri join forces with a fully recovered Ash for KOF XV . The Japan Team , also known as the Kyo Team , is composed of characters originating from Japan . First appearing in The King of Fighters '94 , the original team consisted of Kyo Kusanagi (草薙 京), a high school student who is the heir to

11760-476: The user to turn their own blood into venom. Malin ( まりん , Marin ) is a character who debuts in The King of Fighters 2003 as a member of the High School Girls Team (alongside Athena Asamiya and Hinako Shijou ). Her addition to the series was due to Choi's absence in the game where she debuted. The game producers state that her name should be spelled "Malin" and not "Marin", adding that "this

11872-438: The variety used by the cast but in the end felt using blades could prove to be more challenging. An extra outfit for Kula was released for The King of Fighters XIV as downloadable content. In SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy , Kula appears wearing Ángel's skimpy clothing. Director Kaito Soranaka said during an interview that Kula was his favorite character in the game. Ogura said that having Kula wear Ángel's outfit brought up

11984-427: The voice actors' convenience, or to fill in gaps that occur for each installment's story; this happens with Duck King in The King of Fighters XI and Ryuji Yamazaki in The King of Fighters '97 . Several characters were added to the roster by Eolith 's desire when this company sponsored SNK, to attract fans from Eolith's region. When designing characters for the first King of Fighters game, developers wanted

12096-402: The younger heiress of the Yata clan, the other being her older twin sister Maki Kagura , Chizuru was raised as a priestess who maintains the duty of keeping the diligent seal on Orochi intact. One night, Goenitz visited their home and destroyed the seal after killing Maki since the Yata Mirror cannot fight Orochi nor Goenitz's strength alone without the aid of the other two clans. Though in

12208-433: Was added as one of two characters exclusive to the home release of the game. Like the rest of the cast, she does not have a team for The King of Fighters XII (though the two other members of her team from King of Fighters XI are present in the game). For The King of Fighters XIII , she now appears on a team with Ash's former team members from the 2003 tournament (Shen Woo and Duo Lon), effectively forming what seems to be

12320-644: Was first revealed in Tokyo Game Show 2003, originally planned to be developed on the Atomiswave hardware before settling on the Neo-Geo MVS hardware. The game was the debut work of Falcoon in a main KOF though he had experience with spin-offs and the crossover SVC Chaos: SNK VS Capcom . He enjoyed drawing several characters, especially K' whom he liked ever since The King of Fighters '99 and Fatal Fury guest Mai Shiranui . Falcoon also worked into operating

12432-420: Was responsible for Kyo's disappearance, and escaped the crumbling base after a brief reunion with Kyo and being separated from K' and Maxima. In The King of Fighters 2000 , Benimaru forms his own team, the Benimaru Team with Shingo, and two newcomers: Seth , an old friend of Benimaru and a mercenary , and Lin , a Hizoku clan assassin seeking to find a man named Ron . Following Southtown's destruction from

12544-457: Was the "Crow Bites". Kula's "Diamond Breath" move was recommended for new players, while the "Reispin" was designed to make the gameplay more complex and challenging as Kula becomes stronger when executing it. Kula's strongest technique in the game involves the appearance of Foxy and Diana who attack the enemy alongside her. This technique went through numerous trials before it was added to the game. When developing The King of Fighters XIV with

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