Real Bout Fatal Fury/Characters/Joe


 * Name: Joe Higashi
 * First appearance: Fatal Fury
 * Other appearances: Fatal Fury series, The King of Fighters series, Capcom vs. SNK series

Joe Higashi (ジョー・ヒガシ) is a champion of Muay Thai and a good friend to Andy Bogard. Although Joe's place of origin is Japan, he spent the majority of his time at Thailand, where he trained Muay Thai. It was through his victories that Joe got the nickname "Hurricane Upper" Joe Higashi.

Story (in the Real Bout Series)


For more information, see Joe's Fatal Fury profile.

After Geese Howard obtains the Jin Scrolls, Geese holds another "King of Fighters" tournament. Around this time, Joe began to develop feelings for Lilly Kane, sister to Billy Kane. Joe and Billy fought in Geese Tower. While he was defeated Joe's fight with Billy turned out to be a distraction for Terry and Andy Bogard to enter Geese Tower and face Geese himself. After Geese's death, Joe went back to fighting in the Muay Thai tournaments.

Links
Other character pages of Joe Higashi:
 * Fatal Fury
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
 * King of Fighters (Orochi Saga)
 * King of Fighters (NESTS Saga)
 * King of Fighters (Tales of Ash Saga)
 * Capcom vs. SNK