Characters / The King of Fighters

All the canon characters in the series as of January 2023^note The only characters missing are K9999, Hotaru, and all characters from the EX series (but those might not even be owned by SNK, to begin with)

The King of Fighters is well known for its massive roster of characters. Here is a list of every character in the series, including the crossover characters.

Characters are listed in alphabetical order of last names. It should be noted that all the Chinese and Korean character names are rendered in the Western style (given name-surname rather than surname-given name).

Due to size problems, this page has now been split. Please put new relevant characters and their related tropes in the new pages linked below. For the sake of simplicity, characters debuting in The King of Fighters '94 will be listed in the Rugal Saga page and so on.

Please refer to the Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and Samurai Shodown character pages for tropes applying to alternative incarnations of characters that also appear in this series.

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Characters in the main The King of Fighters storyline

• Protagonists^note  Kyo Kusanagi, K', Ash Crimson, Shun'ei
• Deuteragonists^note  Iori Yagami, Kula Diamond, Elisabeth Blanctorche, Isla
• The King Of Fighters: The Rugal Saga - Place here characters debuting in The King of Fighters '94. (Hero Team^note Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Goro Daimon, Fatal Fury Team^note Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Art of Fighting Team^note Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Takuma Sakazaki/Mr. Karate, Ikari Warriors Team^note Heidern, Ralf Jones, Clark Still Psycho Soldiers Team^note Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Chin Gentsai, Women Fighters Team^note King, Mai Shiranui, Yuri Sakazaki, Korea Team^note Kim Kaphwan, Chang Koehan, Choi Bounge, Sports Team^note Heavy D!, Lucky Glauber, Brian Battler, Rugal Bernstein)
• The King of Fighters: The Orochi Saga - Place here characters debuting from KOF '95 to KOF '98.
  • The King of Fighters '95: (Rivals Team^note Iori Yagami, Billy Kane, Eiji Kisaragi, Saisyu Kusanagi, Nakoruru)
  • The King of Fighters '96: (Leona Heidern, Kasumi Todoh, Yagami Team^note Mature, Vice, Boss Team^note Geese Howard, Wolfgang Krauser, Mr. Big, Chizuru Kagura, Goenitz)
  • The King of Fighters '97: (New Faces Team^note Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, Chris, '97 Special Team^note Ryuji Yamazaki, Blue Mary, Shingo Yabuki, Orochi)
• The King of Fighters: The NESTS Chronicles - Place here characters debuting from KOF '99 to KOF 2002 (this includes 2002: Unlimited Match).
  • The King of Fighters '99 (Team K'^note K' and Maxima, Whip, Bao, Li Xiangfei, Jhun Hoon, Krizalid, Kyo-1 & Kyo-2)
  • The King of Fighters 2000 (Hero Team^note Ramón and Vanessa, Benimaru Team^note Lin and Seth, Hinako Shijou, Kula Diamond, Clone Zero)
  • The King of Fighters 2001 (NESTS Team^note Ángel, Foxy and K9999, May Lee Jinju, Bosses^note Original Zero, Igniz)
• The King of Fighters: The Tales of Ash - Place here characters debuting from KOF 2003 to KOF XIII.
  • The King of Fighters 2003 (Ash Team^note Ash Crimson, Duo Lon and Shen Woo, Tizoc, Gato, Malin, Bosses ^note Adelheid Bernstein, Maki Kagura, Mukai)
  • The King of Fighters XI (Oswald, Elisabeth Blanctorche, Duck King, B. Jenet, Momoko, Extra characters^note Hotaru Futaba, Sho Hayate, Jyazu, Silber, Gai Tendo, Tung Fu Rue, Villains^note Shion, Magaki)
• The King of Fighters: The New Age - Place here characters debuting in KOF XIV and XV.
  • The King of Fighters XIV (China Team ^note Shun'ei and Meitenkun, Official Invitation Team^note Sylvie Paula Paula, Kukri and Mian, South America Team ^note Nelson, Zarina and Bandeiras Hattori, Kim Team^note Gang-il and Luong, King of Dinosaurs, Another World Team^note  Mui Mui and Love Heart, Xanadu, Hein, Alice Garnet Nakata, Bosses^note Antonov and Verse, Others^note Rock Howard and Najd)
  • The King of Fighters XV (Rival Team^note Isla and Dolores, Krohnen McDougall, Samurai Team^note Haohmaru and Darli Dagger, Bosses^note The Sub-Boss and the Final Boss)
• The King of Fighters EX - Place here characters from the EX series.
• The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact - Place here characters from the Maximum Impact series.

Related Series:

• Athena
• Psycho Soldier
  • Psycho Soldier - Sie Kensou
• Fatal Fury^note For Xiangfei and Alice
  • Fatal Fury: King of Fighters^note For Terry, Andy, Joe, Duck King, Tung, Raiden, Hwa Jai, Geese, and Billy
  • Fatal Fury 2^note For Mai, Kim, and Krauser
  • Fatal Fury 3^note For Blue Mary and Yamazaki
  • Garou: Mark of the Wolves^note For Rock, B. Jenet, Gato, Hotaru, and Tizoc/King Of Dinosaurs
• Art of Fighting^note For Ryo, Robert, Takuma, King, Mr.Big, Yuri, Eiji, and Kasumi
• Samurai Shodown
  • Samurai Shodown (1993)^note For Nakoruru and Haohmaru
  • Samurai Shodown (2019)^note For Darli
• Metal Slug^note For Fio
• Fu'un Series^note For Sho and Jyazu
• Buriki One^note For Silber and Gai

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The following is just a list of the characters' teams. Do not add tropes here.

Orthodox Team-up

These teams are predetermined by the character select interface in the given game, and mostly in the series as whole; in other words the official teams.

Japan Team/"Orochi Saga" Hero Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Benimaru Nikaido
• Goro Daimon
• Shingo Yabuki

Fatal Fury Team/Garou Densetsu Team/Lonely Wolves Team

• Terry Bogard
• Andy Bogard
• Joe Higashi
• Mai Shiranui
• Blue Mary
• Tizoc
• Kim Kaphwan
• Duck King

Art of Fighting Team/Ryuuko Team/Kyokugenryu Team

• Ryo Sakazaki
• Robert Garcia
• Takuma Sakazaki
• Yuri Sakazaki
• King

Women Fighters Team/Gorgeous Team/Super Heroine Team

• King
• Mai Shiranui
• Yuri Sakazaki
• Kasumi Todoh
• Chizuru Kagura
• Blue Mary
• Li Xiangfei
• Hinako Shijou
• May Lee
• Alice Garnet Nakata
• Athena Asamiya

Psycho Soldier Team/Neo Psycho Soldier Team

• Athena Asamiya
• Sie Kensou
• Chin Gentsai
• Bao
• Momoko

Ikari Team/Ikari Warriors Team

• Heidern
• Ralf Jones
• Clark Still
• Leona Heidern
• Whip

Kim Team/Korea Team/Justice Team

• Kim Kaphwan
• Chang Koehan
• Choi Bounge
• Jhun Hoon
• May Lee
• Hwa Jai
• Raiden
• Gang-Il
• Luong

American Sports Team

• Heavy D!
• Lucky Glauber
• Brian Battler

Yagami Team/"Orochi Saga" Rival Team

• Iori Yagami
• Billy Kane
• Eiji Kisaragi
• Mature
• Vice
• Vanessa
• Seth
• Ramon

'96 Boss Team/History's Most Evil Trio

• Geese Howard
• Wolfgang Krauser
• Mr. Big

New Faces Team/Orochi Team

• Yashiro Nanakase
• Shermie
• Chris

'97 Special Team/Outlaw Team

• Billy Kane
• Blue Mary
• Ryuji Yamazaki
• Gato

God's Caliber Team/Sacred Treasures Team/Divine Vessels Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Iori Yagami
• Chizuru Kagura

Mentors/Masters Team

• Heidern
• Takuma Sakazaki
• Saisyu Kusanagi
• Chin Gentsai

K' Team/"NESTS Saga" Hero Team

• K'
• Maxima
• Benimaru Nikaido
• Shingo Yabuki
• Vanessa
• Ramon
• Whip
• Lin
• Kula Diamond

Benimaru Team

• Benimaru Nikaido
• Shingo Yabuki
• Seth
• Lin

NESTS Team/Krohnen Team

• Kula Diamond
• K9999
• Angel
• Foxy
• Krohnen McDougall

Jhun Team/Triple Asian Alliance Team

• Jhun Hoon
• Lin
• Shingo Yabuki

Pretty Girls Team

• Li Xiangfei
• Hinako Shijou
• May Lee

Clone Team

• Kyo-1
• Kyo-2
• Kusanagi

Agent Team/Secret Agent Team

• Vanessa
• Seth
• Ramon
• Blue Mary
• Luong

Ash Team/"Ash Saga" Hero Team

• Ash Crimson
• Duo Lon
• Shen Woo
• Oswald
• Kukri
• Elisabeth Blanctorche

High School Girls Team

• Athena Asamiya
• Hinako Shijou
• Malin

Elisabeth Team/"Ash Saga" Rival Team

• Elisabeth Blanctorche
• Duo Lon
• Benimaru Nikaido
• Shen Woo

Garou Team

• B.Jenet
• Gato
• Tizoc
• Rock Howard

Anti-Kyokugenryu Team

• Eiji Kisaragi
• Malin
• Kasumi Todoh

Kyo & Iori Team/Kusanagi & Yagami Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Iori Yagami
• Shingo Yabuki

China Team/"Shun'ei Saga" Hero Team

• Shun'ei
• Tung Fu Rue
• Meitenkun
• Benimaru Nikaido

South America Team

• Nelson
• Zarina
• Bandeiras Hattori

Official Invitations Team

• Sylvie Paula Paula
• Kukri
• Mian

South Town Team

• Geese Howard
• Billy Kane
• Hein
• Ryuji Yamazaki

Mexico Team

• Ramon
• Angel
• King of Dinosaurs

Villains Team

• Xanadu
• Chang Koehan
• Choi Bounge

Another World Team

• Nakoruru
• Muimui
• Love Heart

G.A.W. Team/Galaxy Anton Wrestling Team

• Antonov
• Ramon
• King of Dinosaurs

Isla Team/"Shun'ei Saga" Rival Team

• Isla
• Dolores
• Heidern

Samurai Team

• Haohmaru
• Nakoruru
• Darli Dagger

Unorthodox Team-up

These teams are likely to be possible to amount in only one or a few games, they are not predetermined by the character select interface, it depends on the player's knowledge of their background to be aware of their existence; the only traits preventing these teams to be considered random, is that they have ending sequences, or a music track, or special quotes of their own.

SNK Protagonists Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Terry Bogard
• Ryo Sakazaki

Secondary Characters Team

• Benimaru Nikaido
• Andy Bogard
• Robert Garcia

Third Characters Team/Headband Team

• Goro Daimon
• Joe Higashi
• Yuri Sakazaki

Classic Characters Team

• Athena Asamiya
• Ralf Jones
• Clark Still

April 8th Birthday Team

• Shingo Yabuki
• Mature
• King

Young Boys Team

• Shingo Yabuki
• Sie Kensou
• Chris

Orochi Males Team

• Ryuji Yamazaki
• Yashiro Nanakase
• Chris

Orochi Females Team

• Shermie
• Mature
• Vice

Fathers Team

• Saisyu Kusanagi
• Takuma Sakazaki
• Kim Kaphwan

Handsome Team/"Cute" Team

• Chang Koehan
• Choi Bounge
• Chin Gentsai

Rugal Team

• Rugal Bernstein
• Mature
• Vice

Baseball Team

• Ralf Jones
• Blue Mary
• Lucky Glauber

Rapid Punch Team

• Billy Kane
• Chang Koehan
• Joe Higashi

Flame Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Saisyu Kusanagi
• Orochi Chris

'98 UM Bosses Team

• Rugal Bernstein
• Goenitz
• Orochi

Kusanagi Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Saisyu Kusanagi
• Shingo Yabuki

Kansai Team/Comedy Team/Weirdo Team

• Robert Garcia
• Sie Kensou
• Choi Bounge

Cap Team/Hat Team

• Terry Bogard
• Lucky Glauber
• Clark Still
• Bao
• Choi Bounge

Burning Shingo Team

• Shingo Yabuki
• Benimaru Nikaido
• Goro Daimon

New Ikari Team/Ikari Charge Team

• Leona
• Ralf Jones
• Heidern

Brute Force Team/Damage Team/Destructors Team

• Ralf Jones
• Brian Battler
• Chang Koehan

Ninja Team

• Andy Bogard
• Mai Shiranui
• Eiji Kisaragi
• Jyazu
• Bandeiras Hattori

Teenage Girls Team

• Athena Asamiya
• Kasumi Todoh
• Leona Heidern

Bald Team

• Chang Koehan
• Choi Bounge
• Mr. Big

Anti-Kyokugenryu Team

• Eiji Kisaragi
• Kasumi Todoh
• Mr. Big

Shingo Detests Team

• Iori Yagami
• Yashiro Nanakase
• Ryuji Yamazaki

Awaken Team

• Orochi
• Wild Iori
• Wild Leona

Yamazaki Team

• Ryuji Yamazaki
• Mature
• Vice

Midriff Baring Team

• Benimaru Nikaido
• Leona Heidern
• Blue Mary
• Athena Asamiya
• Iori Yagami

Kids Team/Juvenile Troop Team

• Bao
• Sie Kensou
• Li Xiangfei
• Shingo Yabuki
• Kula Diamond
• Meitenkun

Good Looking Team

• Benimaru Nikaido
• Andy Bogard
• Jhun Hoon
• Chang Koehan

Women of Fatal Fury Team

• Mai Shiranui
• Blue Mary
• Li Xiangfei

Women of Art of Fighting Team

• King
• Yuri Sakazaki
• Kasumi Todoh

Justice Team

• Athena Asamiya
• Kim Kaphwan
• May Lee Jinju
• Tizoc

Japanese Sports Team

• Goro Daimon
• Kasumi Todoh
• Hinako Shijou

Elder Brothers Team

• Terry Bogard
• Ryo Sakazaki
• Billy Kane
• Adelheid Bernstein
• Gato

Mature Ladies Team

• Mature
• Vice
• Vanessa

Giants Team

• Chang Koehan
• Maxima
• Goro Daimon
• Raiden

Glamorous Team

• Mai Shiranui
• Angel
• Shermie
• Elisabeth Blanctorche
• King

Tornado Summoners Team

• Goenitz
• Joe Higashi
• Choi Bounge

Fatal Fury Bad Guys/Rivals Team

• Geese Howard
• Ryuji Yamazaki
• Billy Kane
• Raiden
• Hwa Jai

NESTS Bosses Team

• Krizalid
• Clone Zero
• Zero
• Igniz

2002 UM Special Bosses Team

• Omega Rugal
• Goenitz
• Geese Howard

KOF Protagonists Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• K'
• Ash Crimson
• Shun'ei

Unrequited Love Team

• Sie Kensou
• Robert Garcia
• Ramon

Birds Team

• Duck King
• Tizoc/King of Dinosaurs
• Jyazu
• Nakoruru
• Zarina

Queen Team/Punishment Team

• Whip
• Elisabeth Blanctorche
• B. Jenet
• Orochi Shermie
• Luong

Buriki-ONE Team

• Gai Tendo
• Ryo Sakazaki
• Silber

Drunkard Fighters Team

• King
• Hwa Jai
• Chin Gentsai

"Mushroom Hair" Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Kim Kaphwan
• Sie Kensou

White Hair Team

• Ash Crimson
• K'
• Chin Gentsai

Dragons Team

• Ryo
• Mui Mui
• Sie Kensou

Tigers Team

• Ramon
• Robert Garcia
• Joe Higashi

NESTS Girls Team

• Angel
• Sylvie Paula Paula
• Kula

Lucky Sevens Team

• Alice
• Love Heart
• Mui Mui

Beautiful Hair Team

• Kula
• Athena Asamiya
• Nakoruru

Old Masters Team

• Gang Il
• Tung Fu Rue
• Chin Gentsai

Tung's Disciples Team

• Terry Bogard
• Geese Howard
• Shun'ei
• Andy Bogard

Mysterious Newcomers Team

• Kukri
• Luong
• Hein

Howard/Bogard Family Team

• Rock Howard
• Geese Howard
• Terry Bogard

XIV Mark of the Wolves Team

• Terry Bogard
• Rock Howard
• King of Dinosaurs

Rampage Warning Team

• Iori Yagami
• Leona Heidern
• Shun'ei

Bad Behavior Team

• K'
• Krohnen McDougall
• Isla

Classic Beauties Team

• Chizuru Kagura
• Mai Shiranui
• Luong

French Beauties Team

• Elisabeth Blantorche
• Shermie
• King

Buff Bods Team

• Ralf Jones
• Maxima
• Antonov

Bike Enthusiasts Team

• Ryo Sakazaki
• Krohnen McDougall
• Angel

Hunk Team

• Robert Garcia
• Benimaru Nikaido
• Yashiro Nanakase

Guardians Team

• Terry Bogard
• Vanessa
• Dolores

New High School Girls Team

• Athena Asamiya
• Yuri Sakazaki
• Isla

Rookies Team

• Rock Howard
• Shun'ei
• Isla

Egoism Team

• Iori Yagami
• Krohnen McDougall
• Gato

Destiny Team

• Geese Howard
• Terry Bogard
• Blue Mary

Neat Freaks Team

• Rock Howard
• Billy Kane
• Kukri

Rulers of the Land Team

• Orochi Yashiro
• Kukri
• Dolores

Flames of Fate Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Iori Yagami
• Orochi Chris

Kindred Spirits Team

• Haohmaru
• Darli Dagger
• Vanessa

Animal Lovers Team

• Nakoruru
• Shermie
• Yashiro Nanakase

Seafarers (?) Team

• B. Jenet
• Darli Dagger
• Joe Higashi

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