The King of Fighters '96: Neo Geo Collection/Character Profile/Benimaru

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Benimaru Nikaido:

Name: My name is Benimaru Nikaido. Nice to meet ya'.

Fighting style: My fighting style is shooting.

Nationality: My nationality is Japanese, but my parents are Japanese and American. In other words, I'm a half!

Birthday: My birthday is June 6th. Don't forget it, honey!

Age: 21.

Height: 180cm.

Weight: 70kg.

Blood type: O type.

Hobby: I don't like people who try to stand out. No one stands out more than me!

Favorite food: My favorite food... that would be sashimi.

Forte in sports: When it comes to sports, I'm pretty good at most of them, but if I had to say... my specialty is clay pigeon shooting!

Important things: It's obvious, isn't it? My beauty and brawn!

Dislikes: Sorry, but I can't stand otaku.

Voice Actor:

Monster Maezuka, whose real name is Atsushi Maezuka has been voicing Benimaru since The King of Fighters '94, and as of 2016's KOF XIV, is still voicing him. He also used to do the voice for Ralf (from KOF '94 to XII) and currently also voices Choi. Outside of KoF, his other SNK roles include Kyoshiro in the Samurai Shodown games and Wyler in Art of Fighting 3. Outside of SNK, the only other voice work he's done that I could find was for the Japanese-only Transformers series Beast Wars Neo, where he voiced a character called Sling and was also the voice of the narrator.

VA flub: If you work harder, maybe someday you can get clo--damnit, I mispronounced it again.

VA comment: Hey there, Monster Maezuka here, the voice for Benimaru, Choi, and Ralf. Ralf and Benimaru aren't too bad for me, but Choi Bounge... you know, I've been doing his voice continuously for almost 10 years now, and with the way I have to strain my voice for him, I'm extremely worried that I'm going to bust a blood vessel sooner or later! As far as my personal life goes, as of today (in 1996), I've been doing late-night broadcasts for BunBunRequest on Radio Osaka--sorry, it only airs for Osaka residents--so if you'd like, send me your letters there too*!!!

(*This last part is what Choi says when defeated in the games -"otegami choudai!")