The King of Fighters (KOF) is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of The King of Fighters '94 in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main platform for the series until 2004 when SNK retired it in favor of the Atomiswave arcade board. Two King of Fighters games were produced for the Atomiswave platform (The King of Fighters Neowave and The King of Fighters XI) before SNK decided to discontinue using it for the series. The series' most recent arcade hardware is the Taito Type X2,first used with the release of The King of Fighters XII. Ports of the arcade games and the original The King of Fighters games have been released for several video game consoles. The latest entry in the series,The King of Fighters XV,was released in February 2022.
Terry Bogard is a fictional character created by SNK as the protagonist of their Fatal Fury series. Introduced in Fatal Fury:King of Fighters in 1991,he is an American fighter who enters the worldwide "The King of Fighters" tournaments to combat his father's murderer,Geese Howard. Following Geese's defeat,Terry becomes the guardian of Geese's son Rock Howard. He is also a regular character in the crossover video game series The King of Fighters,where he continues participating in tournaments. He has also been a guest character in other games,including the Capcom vs. SNK series,Arika’s Fighting EX Layer and Nintendo's crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In addition to video games,Terry has appeared in anime films based on Fatal Fury,and manga serialized in Comic Bom Bom.
Iori Yagami is a character from SNK's The King of Fighters video game series. The character first appeared in The King of Fighters '95 as the leader of the Rivals Team,as the initial enemy and later rival of Kyo Kusanagi. Iori is the heir of the Yagami clan,who use pyrokinetic powers and sealed the Orochi devil along with the Kusanagi and Yata clans. Iori suffers from a curse –"The Riot of the Blood" –under which he becomes faster,stronger and wilder,exhibiting a deadly tendency to indiscriminately attack everyone in close proximity. In this state,Iori is commonly called "Wild Iori" or "Orochi Iori". Aside from the main series,Iori appears in several other media series,including spin-offs,crossover video games and comic adaptations of the series.
Kyo Kusanagi is a Japanese martial artist and guitarist,and is a fictional character in SNK's The King of Fighters series of fighting games. The character was first introduced in the 1994 video game The King of Fighters '94 as the leader of the Japan team from the series' title tournament. Kyo,heir to the Kusanagi clan,is first introduced as a cocky,delinquent high-school student who has pyrokinetic powers. His clan is one of three who banished the legendary snake demon entity Yamata no Orochi. During the series' story,Kyo meets rivals and enemies who seek to take his flame abilities. Aside from the main series,Kyo appears in several crossovers and spinoffs with other games. He is also the central title character of the manga The King of Fighters:Kyo and video game adaptation with the same name which center around his daily life.
Nakoruru is a fictional character in the Samurai Shodown series of fighting games by SNK. She is one of the series' best known and most popular characters alongside its main protagonist Haohmaru,and has been introduced in the original Samurai Shodown in 1993. Nakoruru is a good-hearted,young Ainu shrine maiden who loves nature and fights evil with the help of her hawk sidekick Mamahaha. She has a younger sister named Rimururu and an aggressive,and bloodthirsty darker side alter-ego known as Rera. As one of SNK's popular mascot characters,Nakoruru has also appeared in many other games and other media.
Athena Asamiya is a fictional character originally from the former SNK's 1987 video game Psycho Soldier. An esper,Athena is a descendant of Princess Athena from the earlier Athena game. She later appears in The King of Fighters series of fighting games as a member of the Psycho Soldier Team alongside her friend Sie Kensou and her teacher Chin Gentsai. While there have been changes to the team,Athena has been consistently playable in the main series. She was also given her own video game Athena:Awakening from the Ordinary Life,which was only released in Japanese regions for the PlayStation in 1999.
Mami Kingetsu is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Akashi,Hyōgo. She is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. She is best known for her role as Shiori Fujisaki in the Tokimeki Memorial series. Other notable roles include Izumi Himuro in Princess Nine,Nagisa Shiozaki in If I See You In My Dreams,Miss Merry Christmas &Stussy in One Piece,Rei Kazama in eX-Driver,Maki Kawasaki in Burn Up Excess,Li Xiangfei in Fatal Fury / The King of Fighters;and Da Ji in Warriors Orochi.
Nobuyuki Hiyama is a Japanese voice actor,narrator,and radio personality currently affiliated with Arts Vision.
Masahiro Nonaka is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Vozator Voice Production. Nonaka has been excessively famous for his role as Kyo Kusanagi,as well as the two Kyo clones,Kyo-1 and Kyo-2,in The King of Fighters fighting game series. Nonaka is also did the voice of another SNK character,Basara in the Samurai Shodown series.
Ash Crimson is a character in The King of Fighters fighting game series developed by SNK Playmore. His first appearance was in The King of Fighters 2003 as leader of its Hero Team. Ash,a teenager,participates in the series' fighting tournaments. He employs a personal fighting style that involves pyrokinesis with green flames. Despite being the series' protagonist since its third story arc,Ash's behavior is generally antagonistic and he tries to steal powers from several recurring characters,leaving them powerless. His identity and intentions are further explored in the 2011 title,The King of Fighters XIII,and he has been featured in print adaptations and a drama CD based on the games.
Ami Koshimizu is a Japanese actress and singer. She has voiced many different types of characters,from young girls to adult women,as well as boys and animals. Her roles include leads such as Ryuko Matoi in Kill la Kill,Kallen Stadtfeld in Code Geass,Nadja Applefield in Ashita no Nadja,Leonmitchelli Galette Des Rois in Dog Days,Yumi Hoshino in KimiKiss:Pure Rouge,Takuto Hasegawa in Magician's Academy,Hibiki Hojo in Suite PreCure,Nanaka Yatsushiro in Myself ;Yourself,Himari Noihara in Omamori Himari,Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon Crystal,Mikumo Guynemer in Macross Delta,Nodoka Haramura in Saki,Tenma Tsukamoto in School Rumble,Holo in Spice and Wolf,and Yang Xiao Long in both RWBY and RWBY:Ice Queendom. In video games,she voiced notable characters like Agnès Oblige in Bravely Default,Mai Shiranui since KOF Sky Stage,Mist in Rune Factory,Rimurisu in Tears to Tiara,Rinka in the Atelier series,Miyabi in Zenless Zone Zero,Rosa Ushiromiya in Umineko:Golden Fantasia,Tsuruhime in Sengoku Basara,Yukiko Amagi in Persona 4,Beidou in Genshin Impact,and Zima and Projekt Red in Arknights. She also is known for her dubbing role for Thailand films which starred Yanin Vismitananda.
Takanori Hoshino is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Production Baobab and Office PAC. He is best known for his role as Jack Atlas in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
Satoshi Hashimoto is a Japanese actor and voice actor currently affiliated with the Cube. Inc voice actor agency. Hashimoto is noted for his roles as Terry Bogard and Kim Kaphwan in the Fatal Fury,Capcom vs. SNK and King of Fighters fighting game series.
Monster Maezuka is a Japanese voice actor currently associated with the Clutch voice actor agency. Maezuka is noted for his roles as Ralf Jones,Benimaru Nikaido,and Choi Bounge in The King of Fighters fighting game series. He has also voiced the latter two in Capcom vs. SNK,and the first in The King of Fighters:Another Day anime;in addition to that,he has had voiceover experience playing Sling and the narrator in the original Japanese version of Beast Wars Neo. Maezuka is also noted for having done the voices of Kyoshiro Senryo and Nicotine Caffeine in the Samurai Shodown series,as well as Ken Masters in SNK vs. Capcom:SVC Chaos.
Tomoaki Maeno is a Japanese voice actor.
Sōnosuke Nagashiro is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with the Osaka TV Talent Bureau (TTB) and a graduate of the Amusement Media Academy. He trained to be a chef until he was spotted by SNK for his voice.
Neo Geo Heroes:Ultimate Shooting is a shooting game developed and published by SNK Playmore for the PlayStation Portable in 2010.
Ayaka Fukuhara is a Japanese voice actress from Kagoshima Prefecture affiliated with the agency Across Entertainment. After aspiring to become a voice actress early in life,she made her acting debut in 2012 as the character Rin Shibuya in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls franchise. She is also known for her roles as Myoko in Arpeggio of Blue Steel and Hotaru Rindōin Qualidea Code.
K Dash,is a video game character from The King of Fighters fighting game series developed by SNK. He debuted as the leader of the Hero Team in The King of Fighters '99,released in 1999. He often stars as the reluctant hero. K′is a young man who lost all his memories when the NESTS syndicate captured him and injected the DNA of Kyo Kusanagi to replicate his pyrokinetic abilities. While rebelling against organization,K' forms multiple bonds with other NESTS agents. Aside from the main series,K' also appears in several other media series,such as spin-offs and crossover video games,as well as printed adaptations of the series.
Kinu Nishimura is a Japanese video game and anime concept artist and illustrator. Currently freelance,she is best known for her character design and promotional art for Capcom's fighting games during the 1990s.
