Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters series)
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Arguably the strongest entrant to ever grace The
King of Fighters tournament, Kyo Kusanagi is the current heir of the legendary
Kusanagi clan, who in turn along with the Yasakani and Kagura clans sealed the beast
Orochi thousands of years ago. Kyo can wield fire like all Kusanagi clan
members and possesses a strong fighting spirit, although he’s only in high school and has had the same girlfriends for more than 10
years straight.
Shift your clocks back to the present (well, not so present) to the year 1994.
This is when the team format of KoF begins, and Kyo represented the team
of Japan for during the years of 1994-1997. During this time, he and the other
competitors fought against the man whose hobby is resurrection, Rugal
Bernstein, and defeated the spawns of Orochi, while Kyo managed to meet his
father, his own personal student, and the current heirs of the Yasakani and
Kagura clans, who bonded their powers together to seal the serpent once again.
While Terry Bogard became the true King of Fighters in the year 1998, (play
RBFF and find out what happened when the international KoF was not taking
place) Kyo was captured by the secret agency NESTS, and had his DNA copied so
his strength could be held in their self created clones. He managed to escape
into the US where he rid of his schoolboy uniform and donned his white jacket
and cross outfit. The NESTS saga is based around a sci-fi epic, where Kyo’s
clone takes over as the main character, and Kyo serves as a shadow in the
midst, at his fighting prime.
The most recent KoF arc revolves around its roots again where a mysterious
French man named Ash Crimson wishes to collect the 3 Sacred Treasures used to
seal Orochi. *spoilers in following sentences* In 2003, Ash kills Chizuru
Kagura and manages to steal the Yata Mirror. Kyo vows revenge but more
misfortune occurs in the most recent installment KoF XI, where Ash defeats Iori
Yagami and takes the Yasakani Jewel away and his power to wield flames. (The Yasakani had formed a pact with Orochi to
become even stronger, and instead of crimson flames which the clans originally
held, every Yasakani heir has purple flames which shows their allegiance to
Orochi, and they have bared a grudge against the Kusanagi since then) Kyo
is the only remaining person who can stop the unknown ideals of Ash, as he
bears the Kusanagi symbol once again in his new apparel for the progressing
story. *end spoilers*
Although Kyo may not surpass the popularity of SNK’s true fighting game main
character Terry Bogard or even his rival Iori, he remains as the main star of
The King of Fighters franchise, the largest profile series of the company that
keeps them running well worldwide.
“Miseteyaru…Kusanagi no kobushi yo!” –Kyo Kusanagi
(Writeup courtest of Frost Harpy; ragingstorm@fastmail.fm)
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Kyo Kusanagi's Contest History
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Win Loss Record1-1 Summer 2002 ContestSouth Division - 9 Seed South Round 1 --- Defeated (8) Abe, 31160 [57.79%] - 22760 [42.21%] Southern Quarterfinal --- Lost to (1) Pac-Man, 19282 [37.16%] - 32607 [62.84%] Extrapolated Strength --- 40th Place [15.09%] Summer 2002 was the year where a lot of obscure fighting game characters made the field, and Kyo Kusanagi is another of the many examples. But unlike a lot of his fighting brethren, Kusanagi actually managed to win a match -- a victory over one more inept in contests than he, Abe of Oddworld fame. Kusanagi was able to follow this up by nearly breaking 40% on the 1 seed Pac-Man, a feat that most thought to be impressive at the time. We now know however that this was out of Pac-Man's weakness, not Kusanagi's strength. Kusanagi, like many of the other fighting game characters to make that contest, has yet to see action since 2002. |
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