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** Despite Creator/AyakoKawasumi still providing voices for Hinako in ''KOF: AS'', she did not return for Hinako in ''XV''. Akane Tamura replaces her.
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** Nakoruru subverts this in ''XIV'', though. Harumi Ikoma, her very original voice actress, did not return for her. However, Creator/MaiNakahara, who was voicing her during her appearances in ''Samurai Shodown'''s Pachislot titles reprised her role.
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** Nakoruru subverts this in ''XIV'', though. Harumi Ikoma, her very original voice actress, did not return for her. However, Creator/MaiNakahara, who was voicing her during her appearances in ''Samurai Shodown'''s Pachislot titles reprised her role. (Most likely due to Ikoma's advanced age; it'll make it hard for her to do Nakoruru in her youthful appearance. King, however, is a more adult-looking character that Ikoma can still do.)
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* Kim is voiced by Kazuhiko Nagata in ''XII'', succeeding Satoshi Hashimoto (Hashimoto voices Terry until ''XIII'', where Creator/TakashiKondo takes over for ''XIV'').
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* Kim is voiced by Kazuhiko Nagata in ''XII'', succeeding Satoshi Hashimoto (Hashimoto voices Terry until ''XIII'', where Creator/TakashiKondo takes over for ''XIV''). However, in his return in ''XV'' as DLC, he's instead voiced by Kunihiro Kawamoto, his voice actor in ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny''.
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* Krizalid is a rather perplexing example in that ''both'' of his seiyuu are used in ''2002 UM'' (Yoshiyuki Iwamoto for him as a standalone character, Eiji Yano for him as one of Original Zero's Strikers). Semi-justified since they are two different Krizalids, the one who backing Zero being a clone of the one who hosted the '99 tournament.
* Rugal also has this kind of case, as while Toshimitsu Arai has voiced him in nearly all of his appearances, his appearances in ''2002'' and ''Neowave'' instead have him voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto.
* Rugal also has this kind of case, as while Toshimitsu Arai has voiced him in nearly all of his appearances, his appearances in ''2002'' and ''Neowave'' instead have him voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto.
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* Krizalid is a rather perplexing example in that ''both'' of his seiyuu are used in ''2002 UM'' (Yoshiyuki Iwamoto for him as a standalone character, Eiji Yano for him as one of Original Zero's Strikers). Semi-justified since they are two different Krizalids, the one who backing Zero being a clone of the one who hosted the '99 tournament.
tournament. He has since been voiced by Masahito Kawanago since ''KOF: World''.
* Rugal also has this kind of case, as while Toshimitsu Arai has voiced him in nearly all of his appearances, his appearances in ''2002'' and ''Neowave'' instead have him voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto. Rugal's role would then be handed over to Tsuguo Mogami come ''KOF: AS''.
* Rugal also has this kind of case, as while Toshimitsu Arai has voiced him in nearly all of his appearances, his appearances in ''2002'' and ''Neowave'' instead have him voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto. Rugal's role would then be handed over to Tsuguo Mogami come ''KOF: AS''.
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*Until ''KOF: AS'', Yamazaki has been voiced by Creator/KoujiIshii since his debut. His role was then handed over to Tsuguo Mogami, who would return as the character in ''XIV''.
*Goenitz was initially voiced by Yoshinori Shima since debut, until ''KOF: World'' replaced him with Susumu Akagi.
*The "New Faces Team" from KOF '97 also had this change since ''KOF: AS'':
**Yashiro: Makoto Awane --> Keisuke Hamaoka
**Shermie: Hazuki Nishikawa --> Erina Seto
**Chris: Rio Ogata --> Shiki Aoki (Aoki would later be darrin'd by Rui Yamasaki come ''XV'')
*Goenitz was initially voiced by Yoshinori Shima since debut, until ''KOF: World'' replaced him with Susumu Akagi.
*The "New Faces Team" from KOF '97 also had this change since ''KOF: AS'':
**Yashiro: Makoto Awane --> Keisuke Hamaoka
**Shermie: Hazuki Nishikawa --> Erina Seto
**Chris: Rio Ogata --> Shiki Aoki (Aoki would later be darrin'd by Rui Yamasaki come ''XV'')
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** Gato and B. Jenet went from Koji Ishii and Rei Saito as of their last appearances in ''XI'' to Yuma Yamaguchi and Creator/MikakoKomatsu in ''XV'', respectively.
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** Gato and B. Jenet went from Koji Ishii Creator/KoujiIshii and Rei Saito as of their last appearances in ''XI'' to Yuma Yamaguchi and Creator/MikakoKomatsu in ''XV'', respectively.
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* Between ''[='94=]'' and ''[='98=]'', Athena's voice changed as much as her clothes, with one for every game. In order: Reiko Fukai, Moe Nagasaki, Tamao Sato, Chris Yukina, and lastly Haruna Ikezawa, which was the one who stuck. It can be presumed that this was because SNK was testing out a seiyuu for her.
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* Between ''[='94=]'' and ''[='98=]'', Athena's voice changed as much as her clothes, with one for every game. In order: Reiko Fukai, Moe Nagasaki, Tamao Sato, Chris Yukina, and lastly Haruna Ikezawa, Creator/HarunaIkezawa, which was the one who stuck. It can be presumed that this was because SNK was testing out a seiyuu for her.
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* Between ''[='94=]'' and ''[='98=]'', Athena's voice changed as much as her clothes, with one for every game. In order: Reiko Fukai, Moe Nagasaki, the aforementioned Tamao Sato, Chris Yukina, and lastly Haruna Ikezawa, which was the one who stuck. It can be presumed that this was because SNK was testing out seiyuu for her.
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* Between ''[='94=]'' and ''[='98=]'', Athena's voice changed as much as her clothes, with one for every game. In order: Reiko Fukai, Moe Nagasaki, the aforementioned Tamao Sato, Chris Yukina, and lastly Haruna Ikezawa, which was the one who stuck. It can be presumed that this was because SNK was testing out a seiyuu for her.
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* Nakoruru subverts this in ''XIV'', though. Harumi Ikoma, her very original voice actress, did not return for her. However, Creator/MaiNakahara, who was voicing her during her appearances in ''Samurai Shodown'''s Pachislot titles reprised her role.
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* Bizarrely enough in ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny'', Mature, who already had an established new voice actress in ''XIV'', got hers replaced ''once again'' in the series, being replaced with Creator/YuShimamura instead.
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** Gato and B. Jenet went from Koji Ishii and Rei Saito as of their last appearances in ''XI'' to Yuma Yamaguchi and Creator/MikakoKomatsu in ''XV'', respectively.
* Bizarrely enough in ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny'', Mature, who already had an established new voice actress in ''XIV'', got hers replaced ''once again'' in the series, being replaced with Creator/YuShimamurainstead.instead.
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* Bizarrely enough in ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny'', Mature, who already had an established new voice actress in ''XIV'', got hers replaced ''once again'' in the series, being replaced with Creator/YuShimamura
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For a franchise that spans as long as ''The King of Fighters'' has, it's inevitable that some characters will eventually be recasted.
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* Jun Hashimoto (Andy Bogard's seiyuu in ''KOF '94'') was replaced by Creator/KeiichiNanba in the following game; Nanba has voiced Andy in all subsequent games until ''KOF XIV'', where Creator/HiroshiOkamoto took over.
* In ''XII'', Matsuo Matsuo now voices Chin instead of Toshikazu Nishimura. Come ''XIV'', Shintaro Tanaka takes over.
* Several characters had alternate voice actors/actresses in the ''[='94=]'' Dengeki drama CD:
** Kyo: Creator/RyotaroOkiayu.
** Benimaru: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa.
** Daimon: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo.
** King: Creator/YumiTouma.
** Mai: Music/MegumiHayashibara.
** Ryo: Creator/AkiraKamiya.
** Yuri: Creator/SakuraTange.
** Takuma: Creator/HochuOtsuka.
** Rugal: Creator/BanjoGinga.
** Terry: Creator/TakeshiKusao.
** Joe: Creator/KazukiYao.
* Katsuhisa Namase voiced Joe in ''KOF '94''. Creator/NobuyukiHiyama has taken over the role since then, until ''XIV'' where Kozo Mito took over.
* Robert Garcia: Kazuhiro "Kay" Inage was replaced by Mantaro Koichi, who voiced Robert from ''KOF '96'' to ''2003''. When Robert popped up as a SecretCharacter in ''XI'' (which was based off of his appearance in MascotFighter ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''), Inage returned to voice Robert, and continues to do so in ''XII'' and ''XIII''. Come ''XIV'', Inage gets replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya.
* Bunsyu Shinoya takes over for Ralf in ''XII''. In English, Scott Casey in the ''Maximum Impact'' series, Jeff Manning in ''XII''.
* In English, Clark went from Sean Michaels (''Maximum Impact'') to Eric Kelso (''XII'').
* Kim is voiced by Kazuhiko Nagata in ''XII'', succeeding Satoshi Hashimoto (Hashimoto voices Terry until ''XIII'', where Creator/TakashiKondo takes over for ''XIV'').
* Akoya Sogi (who has voiced Mai from the beginning up to ''XI'') has been replaced by Creator/AmiKoshimizu as of ''KOF Sky Stage''. Given that Sogi has apparently retired, it's a safe bet to assume that Koshimizu will take over in all subsequent appearances. This could also be the reason behind Mai's absence in ''XII''.
* For Kyo, Andrew Roth (his English VA in the ''Maximum Impact'' series) was replaced by Peter von Gomm come ''XII''.
** His Japanese Voice is also changed for ''XIV'', with Creator/TomoakiMaeno taking over Masahiro Nonaka.
** Ditto for Iori, who used to be voiced by Creator/KunihikoYasui ever since his debut, until in ''XIV'' he was replaced by Creator/TakanoriHoshino.
* Between ''[='94=]'' and ''[='98=]'', Athena's voice changed as much as her clothes, with one for every game. In order: Reiko Fukai, Moe Nagasaki, the aforementioned Tamao Sato, Chris Yukina, and lastly Haruna Ikezawa, which was the one who stuck. It can be presumed that this was because SNK was testing out seiyuu for her.
* The unfortunate consequence of the suicide of Creator/DaisukeGori led to Raiden's voice duty being handed over to Iain Gibb in ''XIII''.
* Krizalid is a rather perplexing example in that ''both'' of his seiyuu are used in ''2002 UM'' (Yoshiyuki Iwamoto for him as a standalone character, Eiji Yano for him as one of Original Zero's Strikers). Semi-justified since they are two different Krizalids, the one who backing Zero being a clone of the one who hosted the '99 tournament.
* Rugal also has this kind of case, as while Toshimitsu Arai has voiced him in nearly all of his appearances, his appearances in ''2002'' and ''Neowave'' instead have him voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto.
* En masse for XIV, many voice talents got replaced, not the first time it happened in the series as one can see above but XIV took many mainstays out in one go; characters that had the same voice for decades (Kyo, Kensou, Yuri to name a few) were finally, but sadly, gone. And also shockingly, despite still being active with his voice quality intact, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama did ''not'' return for Joe. The only characters who didn't get recast were Geese, Benimaru, King, Mai, Athena, Chang, Choi, Kula, Maxima [[spoiler:and Tizoc as the King of Dinosaurs.]]
* Nakoruru subverts this in ''XIV'', though. Harumi Ikoma, her very original voice actress, did not return for her. However, Creator/MaiNakahara, who was voicing her during her appearances in ''Samurai Shodown'''s Pachislot titles reprised her role.
* In her old Pachislot title, Love Heart was voiced by Creator/AtsukoTanaka. Come her KOF debut, Creator/ToaYukinari took over.
* Creator/MinaTominaga voiced Angel in ''2001'', and got replaced by Creator/MayumiShintani in ''2002'' and later Miki Ogura in ''XIV''.
* Ramon went from Creator/EijiTakemoto to Kiyoshi Katsunuma come ''XIV''. Takemoto also did not reprise Rock Howard for his DLC appearance, despite the fact Rock hasn't had a lot of appearances in general, changing to Creator/YuumaUchida.
* Krohnen/[[spoiler:K9999]] went from Creator/NozomuSasaki to Creator/{{KENN}} in ''XV''. Likewise, Elisabeth is also no longer voiced by Kayoko Oshima, but rather Creator/ShizukaIto.
* Bizarrely enough in ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny'', Mature, who already had an established new voice actress in ''XIV'', got hers replaced ''once again'' in the series, being replaced with Creator/YuShimamura instead.
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* Jun Hashimoto (Andy Bogard's seiyuu in ''KOF '94'') was replaced by Creator/KeiichiNanba in the following game; Nanba has voiced Andy in all subsequent games until ''KOF XIV'', where Creator/HiroshiOkamoto took over.
* In ''XII'', Matsuo Matsuo now voices Chin instead of Toshikazu Nishimura. Come ''XIV'', Shintaro Tanaka takes over.
* Several characters had alternate voice actors/actresses in the ''[='94=]'' Dengeki drama CD:
** Kyo: Creator/RyotaroOkiayu.
** Benimaru: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa.
** Daimon: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo.
** King: Creator/YumiTouma.
** Mai: Music/MegumiHayashibara.
** Ryo: Creator/AkiraKamiya.
** Yuri: Creator/SakuraTange.
** Takuma: Creator/HochuOtsuka.
** Rugal: Creator/BanjoGinga.
** Terry: Creator/TakeshiKusao.
** Joe: Creator/KazukiYao.
* Katsuhisa Namase voiced Joe in ''KOF '94''. Creator/NobuyukiHiyama has taken over the role since then, until ''XIV'' where Kozo Mito took over.
* Robert Garcia: Kazuhiro "Kay" Inage was replaced by Mantaro Koichi, who voiced Robert from ''KOF '96'' to ''2003''. When Robert popped up as a SecretCharacter in ''XI'' (which was based off of his appearance in MascotFighter ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''), Inage returned to voice Robert, and continues to do so in ''XII'' and ''XIII''. Come ''XIV'', Inage gets replaced by Creator/GoShinomiya.
* Bunsyu Shinoya takes over for Ralf in ''XII''. In English, Scott Casey in the ''Maximum Impact'' series, Jeff Manning in ''XII''.
* In English, Clark went from Sean Michaels (''Maximum Impact'') to Eric Kelso (''XII'').
* Kim is voiced by Kazuhiko Nagata in ''XII'', succeeding Satoshi Hashimoto (Hashimoto voices Terry until ''XIII'', where Creator/TakashiKondo takes over for ''XIV'').
* Akoya Sogi (who has voiced Mai from the beginning up to ''XI'') has been replaced by Creator/AmiKoshimizu as of ''KOF Sky Stage''. Given that Sogi has apparently retired, it's a safe bet to assume that Koshimizu will take over in all subsequent appearances. This could also be the reason behind Mai's absence in ''XII''.
* For Kyo, Andrew Roth (his English VA in the ''Maximum Impact'' series) was replaced by Peter von Gomm come ''XII''.
** His Japanese Voice is also changed for ''XIV'', with Creator/TomoakiMaeno taking over Masahiro Nonaka.
** Ditto for Iori, who used to be voiced by Creator/KunihikoYasui ever since his debut, until in ''XIV'' he was replaced by Creator/TakanoriHoshino.
* Between ''[='94=]'' and ''[='98=]'', Athena's voice changed as much as her clothes, with one for every game. In order: Reiko Fukai, Moe Nagasaki, the aforementioned Tamao Sato, Chris Yukina, and lastly Haruna Ikezawa, which was the one who stuck. It can be presumed that this was because SNK was testing out seiyuu for her.
* The unfortunate consequence of the suicide of Creator/DaisukeGori led to Raiden's voice duty being handed over to Iain Gibb in ''XIII''.
* Krizalid is a rather perplexing example in that ''both'' of his seiyuu are used in ''2002 UM'' (Yoshiyuki Iwamoto for him as a standalone character, Eiji Yano for him as one of Original Zero's Strikers). Semi-justified since they are two different Krizalids, the one who backing Zero being a clone of the one who hosted the '99 tournament.
* Rugal also has this kind of case, as while Toshimitsu Arai has voiced him in nearly all of his appearances, his appearances in ''2002'' and ''Neowave'' instead have him voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto.
* En masse for XIV, many voice talents got replaced, not the first time it happened in the series as one can see above but XIV took many mainstays out in one go; characters that had the same voice for decades (Kyo, Kensou, Yuri to name a few) were finally, but sadly, gone. And also shockingly, despite still being active with his voice quality intact, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama did ''not'' return for Joe. The only characters who didn't get recast were Geese, Benimaru, King, Mai, Athena, Chang, Choi, Kula, Maxima [[spoiler:and Tizoc as the King of Dinosaurs.]]
* Nakoruru subverts this in ''XIV'', though. Harumi Ikoma, her very original voice actress, did not return for her. However, Creator/MaiNakahara, who was voicing her during her appearances in ''Samurai Shodown'''s Pachislot titles reprised her role.
* In her old Pachislot title, Love Heart was voiced by Creator/AtsukoTanaka. Come her KOF debut, Creator/ToaYukinari took over.
* Creator/MinaTominaga voiced Angel in ''2001'', and got replaced by Creator/MayumiShintani in ''2002'' and later Miki Ogura in ''XIV''.
* Ramon went from Creator/EijiTakemoto to Kiyoshi Katsunuma come ''XIV''. Takemoto also did not reprise Rock Howard for his DLC appearance, despite the fact Rock hasn't had a lot of appearances in general, changing to Creator/YuumaUchida.
* Krohnen/[[spoiler:K9999]] went from Creator/NozomuSasaki to Creator/{{KENN}} in ''XV''. Likewise, Elisabeth is also no longer voiced by Kayoko Oshima, but rather Creator/ShizukaIto.
* Bizarrely enough in ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny'', Mature, who already had an established new voice actress in ''XIV'', got hers replaced ''once again'' in the series, being replaced with Creator/YuShimamura instead.
