Born of a distinguished family of martial artists, he won the All Japan Fighting Championships when he was just 18.

BLOW OFF THE DARK
( + or )

BURN OGRE
( + or )

ILLUSIVE KICK
( + or )

SERPENT WAVE
( + )

He is a born fighter and became the Japanese Shoot Boxing Champion at the young age of 14. He lost the final match at A.J.F.C to Kyo.

LIGHTNING FIST
( + or )

SINKU KATATEGOMA
( + or )

IAIDO KICK
( + or )

HEAVEN BLAST FLASH
( + )

He retired from Judo after winning an Olympic gold medal. However, he went on to participate in A.J.F.C where he lost to Kyo in the semi final.

MINE LAYER
( + or )

SUPER UKEMI
( + or )

EARTH MOVER
(Approach, + )

SUPER OHSOTOGARI
(Approach, + )

HEAVEN TO HELL DROP
(Approach, + )

A member of the world famous fighting trio, Terry has grown bored of "THE KING OF FIGHTERS" but decided to participate when he sensed something evil had crept into the tournament.

BURNING KNUCKLE
( + or )

POWER WAVE
( + or )

RISING TACKLE
(Hold + or )

CRACK SHOT
( + or )

POWER GEYSER
( + + )

He received an invitation in Italy where he was staying with his brother on vacation and training. He is most concerned about Mai entering this tournament.

SHORYU DAN
( + or )

ZANEI KEN
(Hold + or )

HISHO KEN
( + or )

SONIC SPLIT
(Hold or )

SUPER SONIC SWIRL
(Hold + + )

A champion of Muay Thai Kickboxing, Joe will go anywhere to combat strong fighters. When the Bogard brothers invited him to the tournament he was soon to agree.

HURRICANE UPPER
( + or )

SLASH KICK
(Hold + or )

TIGER KICK
( or )

BAKURETSU KEN
( or repeatedly)

SCREW UPPER
( + + )

Takuma established the Mexico branch of the Kyokugen Karate School. He is worried that students who learn from him are training in order to become famous.

TIGER FLAME PUNCH
( + or )

ZAN RETSU KEN
( + or )

LIGHTNING KNOCKOUT KICK
(Hold + or )

SHORAN KYAKU
(Approach, + or )

HAOH SHI KOH KEN
( + or )

RYUKO RANBU
( + )

The "Almighty Tiger" Robert Garcia was training with Ryo at the new school of their master Takuma when they received an invitation to "THE KING OF FIGHTERS". He chose to participate in the tournament to test his own combat ability.

DRAGON BLAST PUNCH
( + or )

FLYING DRAGON BLAST KICK
(while jumping, + or )

GREAT SPLIT KICK
( + or )

LIGHTNING KNOCKOUT KICK
(Hold + or )

RYUGA UPPER PUNCH
( + or )

HAOH SHO KOH KEN
( + or )

RYUKO RANBU
( + )

The "Invincible Dragon" Ryo Sakazaki is the son of Master Takuma. He doesn't know that his sister Yuri has also entered "THE KING OF FIGHTERS" tournament.

TIGER FLAME PUNCH
( + or )

FLYING TIGER FLAME PUNCH
(While jumping, + or )

ZAN RETSU KEN
( + or )

LIGHTNING KNOCKOUT KICK
(Hold + or )

KOHO UPPER PUNCH
( + or )

HAOH SHO KOH KEN
( + or )

RYUKO RANBU
( + )

After giving up on the fighting world she was running a pub in England when Yuri and Mai revived the fighting spirit inside her.

VENOM STRIKE
( + or )

DOUBLE STRIKE
( + or )

TRAP SHOT
( + or )

TORNADO KICK
( + or )

MOSHU KYAKU
( + or )

ILLUSION DANCE
( + or )

When Andy teamed up with his brother Terry instead of her, Mai decided to team up with the downtrodden Yuri and King to form the Strongest Female Team.

KACHO SEN
( + or )

RYU ENBU
( + or )

SHINOBI BACHI
( + or )

FLYING SQUIRREL DANCE
(Hold, or )

CHOU HISSATSU SHINOBI BACHI
( + + )

When she let her brother Ryo know of her ambition to enter the tournament he strongly opposed the idea. Angered by her brother, Yuri formed her own team with other members.

TIGER FLAME PUNCH
( + or )

SAIHA
( + or )

RAIOH KEN
( + or )

SLIPSTREAM SLAP
(Approach, + or )

HAOH SHO KOH KEN
( + or )

FLYING PHOENIX KICK
( + + )

General of the Soldiers of Fortune, Heidern's family was killed by someone 8 years ago. It is said that he lost his eye in that incident.

MOON SLASHER
(Hold + or )

CROSS CUTTER
(Hold + or )

NECK ROLLING
(Hold + or )

STORM BRINGER
(Approach, + (repeatedly))

FINAL BRINGER
(Hold + + )

One of Heidern's men, Ralf appears to be participating in the tournament as part of a special mission. Ralf possesses greater power than Clark.

VULCAN PUNCH
( or repeatedly)

GUTTERING ATTACK
(Hold + or )

SUPER ARGENTINE BACK BREAKER
(Approach, + )

SUPER VULCAN PUNCH
(Hold + )

One of Heidern's men, Clark achieved immeasurable feats on the battlefield. He possesses a greater speed than Ralf.

VULCAN PUNCH
( or repeatedly)

GUTTERING ATTACK
(Hold + or )

SUPER ARGENTINE BACK BREAKER
(Approach, + )

ULTRA ARGENTINE BACK BREAKER
(Approach, + )

Athena is back at last! She has an affinity for her training partner Kensou, but has yet to fall in love with him.

PSYCHO BALL ATTACK
( + or )

PSYCHO REFLECTER
( + or )

PHOENIX ARROW
(While jumping, + or )

SHINING CRYSTAL BIT
( + + )

Athena and Kensou's Taiwanese master, he is a master of Drunken Fist. Chin senses the evil energy which shrouds the tournament.

GOURD ATTACK
( + or )

BREACH OF SAKE
( + or )

ROLLING PUNCH
( + or )

THUNDER BLAST
( + )

A Psychic Soldier with the same mysterious power as Athena. He is convinced that Athena is his girlfriend.

SUPER BULLET ATTACK
( + or )

DRAGON UPPERCUT
( + or )

DRAGON'S FANG
( + or )

DRAGON GOD DRUBBING
( + )

They said that he would surely become a heavyweight champion, but no-one would dare challenge this pro boxer's tremendous strength.

R.S.D.
( + or )

BLAST UPPERCUT
( or )

SOUL FLOWER
( + or )

D.CRAZY
( + )

A former basketball superstar, Glover retired at the pinnacle of his career. After learning Karate he soon won the All American Championships at age 20.

DEATH BOUND
( + or )

LUCKY VISION
( + or )

CYCLONE BREAK
( + or )

HELL BOUND
( + + )

An active player of American Football, Brian is an unbeatable hero in the football world. Although he has no experience in martial arts, his remarkable power is a threat to any opponent.

BRIAN TORNADO
( + or )

HYPER TACKLE
( + or )

SCREW BODYPRESS
(While jumping, + or )

BIG BANG TACKLE
( + )

He set his sights on Chang's power and Choi's speed in order to help him fight his rivals, but he also wants to reform the pair.

HANGETSU ZAN
( + or )

HIEN ZAN
(Hold + or )

HISHO KYAKU
(While jumping, + or )

HO OH KYAKU
( + )

Destruction is his hobby and he is a habitual perpetrator of injury and property damage. He is the most powerful and enduring of any at the tournament, but he is also the slowest.

SPINNING IRON BALL
( or repeatedly)

BREAKING IRON BALL
(Hold + or )

WILD BALL ATTACK
( + )

A butcher by day and a ripper by night, Choi once tried to attack Kim but ended up receiving a good thrashing from him instead.

HISHOKURETSU ZAN
(Hold + or )

HURRICANE CUTTER
(Hold + or )

KAITEN HIENZAN
(Hold + or )

TORNADO RIPPER
(Hold + )