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Contents 1 Overview 2 Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '94 3 Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '95 4 Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '96 5 Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '97 6 Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest

[edit] Overview

[edit] Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '94

• Total number of Characters: 25 (of which 24 are playable + 1 unplayable boss character)
• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 10
  • Art of Fighting (5 characters): King, Robert, Ryo, Takuma, Yuri
  • Fatal Fury (5 characters): Andy, Joe, Kim, Mai, Terry
• Characters appearing from other non-fighting games: 5
  • Psycho Soldier (2 characters)
    • Athena Asamiya - A Japanese high school girl with psycho powers from her ancestor Princess Athena.
    • Sie Kensou - A young psycho powers fighter from China.
  • Ikari Warriors (2 characters)
    • Clark - A mercenary for the Ikari Warriors agency.
    • Ralf - A mercenary for the Ikari Warriors agency. Superior officer to Clark.
  • Ikari III - The Rescue (1 character)
    • Heidern - A mercenary for the Ikari Warriors agency. Superior officer to Clark and Ralf.
• New Characters: 10
  • Benimaru Nikaido - Fights using the power of electricity. Wears a rather short costume and an unusual hairstyle.
  • Brian Battler - A violent Football player from the USA.
  • Chang Koehan - Once a feared and violent criminal in Korea, he is now supervised by Kim. Best (and only) friend of Choi.
  • Chin Gentsai - The elderly mentor to Athena and Sie.
  • Chang Koehan - Once a feared and violent criminal in Korea, he is now supervised by Kim. Best (and only) friend of Chang.
  • Goro Daimon - A former gold medalist of Judo and a mentor to his own dojo.
  • Heavy D! - A boxing character and the leader of Team USA.
  • Kyo Kusanagi - A fighting High School student and one of the main (canonial) winners of the King of Fighters tournaments.
  • Lucky Glauber - A karate champion who is also a former professional basketball player.
  • Rugal Bernstein - A wealthy arms dealer and host of the KoF '94 Tournament. (Appears only as a not playable boss character)

[edit] Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '95

• Total number of Characters: 26 (all playable)
• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '94): 22
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Chang, Chin, Choi, Clark, Goro, Heidern, Joe, Kim, King, Kyo, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Rugal, Ryo, Sie, Takuma, Terry, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '94): 3
  

(Brian, Heavy, Lucky)

• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 2
  • Art of Fighting (1 character): Eiji
  • Fatal Fury (1 character): Billy
• New Characters: 2
  • Iori Yagami - The main rival of Kyo Kusanagi. Wields pyrokinetic powers.
  • Saisyu Kusanagi - The head of the Kusanagi clan and the father of Kyo Kusanagi.

[edit] Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '96

• Total number of Characters: 29 (of which 27 are playable in all versions + 2 are only playable in the CD version)
• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '95): 20
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Chang, Chin, Choi, Clark, Goro, Iori, Joe, Kim, King, Kyo, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Ryo, Sie, Terry, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '95): 6
  

(Billy, Eiji, Heidern, Rugal, Saisyu, Takuma)

• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 4
  • Art of Fighting (2 characters): Kasumi, Mr. Big
  • Fatal Fury (2 characters): Geese, Krauser
• New Characters: 5
  • Chizuru Kagura - A mysterious woman with deep connections to the Orochi powers and who sponsors the KoF '96 tournament.
  • Leona Heidern - The daughter of Heidern and his replacement in the Ikari Warriors Team.
  • Leopold Goenitz - One of the four heavenly kings of Orochi and a very powerful fighter.
  • Mature - One of the two secretaries of Rugal Bernstein. She can wield the Orochi power.
  • Vice - One of the two secretaries of Rugal Bernstein. She can wield the Orochi power and is thought to be a very cruel person.

[edit] Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '97

• Total number of Characters: 30 (of which 29 are playable + 1 unplayable boss character)
• Number of Characters with alternate versions available: 6
  

(Chris, Iori, Kyo, Leona, Shermie, Yashiro)

• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '96): 22
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Chang, Chin, Chizuru, Choi, Clark, Goro, Iori, Joe, Kim, King, Kyo, Leona, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Ryo, Sie, Terry, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '96): 7
  

(Geese, Kasumi, Goenitz, Mature, Mr.Big, Vive, Krauser)

• Characters reappearing from older KoF games: 1
  

KoF '95: Billy

• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 2
  • Fatal Fury (2 characters): Blue Mary, Ryuji
• New Characters: 5
  • Chris - One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi and the dark Orochi counterpart to Kyo Kusanagi.
  • Orochi - One of the series main villains and the final boss of KoF '97.
  • Shermie - One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi and the dark Orochi counterpart to Benimaru Nikaido.
  • Shingo - A simple, plain and friendly character who considers all fighters as his friends and is liked by most other contestants.
  • Yashiro - One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi and the dark counterpart to Goro Daimon.

[edit] Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest

• Total number of Characters: 38 (all playable)
• Number of Characters with alternate versions available: 13
  

(Andy, Billy, Chris, Joe, Kyo, Mai, Robert, Rugal, Ryo, Shermie, Terry, Yashiro, Yuri)

• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '97): 29
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Billy, Mary, Chang, Chin, Chizuru, Choi, Chris, Clark, Goro, Iori, Joe, Kim, King, Kyo, Leona, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Ryo, Ryuji, Shermie, Shingo, Sie, Terry, Yashiro, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '97): 1
  

(Orochi)

• Characters reappearing from older KoF games: 9
  • KoF '94: Brian, Lucky, Heavy
  • KoF '95: Heidern, Rugal, Saisyu, Takuma
  • KoF '96: Mature, Vice
• New Characters: 0