Other influences include Jo Yabuki and Akira Fudo from the respectively series Ashita no Joe and Devilman. It is also a homage to a Japanese phrase of giving birth to fire (roughly translated as "lighting strikes the earth which sparks the flame"). The idea for his flames -as well as the other elemental powers for the rest of the Japan team- was derived from the anime Getter Robo in the show, there were three featured heroes who served as the inspiration for the KOF trio: the protagonist had a "fiery" persona, his friend was "edgy and daring", and the third hero was the "down-to-earth giant".
When Syo appears as a striker in KOF 2000, he would be voiced by Mitsuo Iwata who also voiced Kaneda. When designing Syo, Shinichi Morioka (Kyo and Iori's creator) used Shotaro Kaneda from the Akira manga as inspiration. But late in production, his name became Kyo Kusanagi, likely due to the KOF story's change in direction towards the Yamata no Orochi legend. Through most of his development, Kyo was meant to be called Syo Kirishima, and was dressed in martial arts clothing common with fighting games at the time. When designing characters for the first The King of Fighters, developers wanted a new hip hero who would easily rival the Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting characters in style. He is a member of SNK's character image band, The Band of Fighters and also co-star alongside Iori in one of SNK's promotional series, Part Time Stories: Kyo & Iori.Ĭoncept artwork from The King of Fighters '94, including sketches for Syo Kirishima (left) In addition, a number of image songs and audio dramas featuring Kyo's character have been released, including the contents of his own character image album consisting of all of his theme songs. A video game under the same name was also created to further expand his character.
Īside from the main series, Kyo also has a spin-off manga story based on his adventure in The King of Fighters '96, entitled The King of Fighters: Kyo. His official nickname is " Scion of the Flame" ( 炎 （ ほのお ）の 貴公子 （ きこうし ）) or " The Cleansing Exorcising Flame" ( 火炎 （ かえん ） 祓 （ はらう ） 濯 （ ゆす ）). His family's treasure is the Kusanagi Sword ( 草薙 （ くさなぎ ）の 剣 （ つるぎ ）), and his family crest is the sun, represented in a stylized halo of fire. They, along with the Yasakani and Yata clans, keep one of the three sacred treasures used to contain Orochi long ago. His clan wields pyrokinetic powers, an inherited power that few members obtain. He was first introduced as a cocky delinquent high school student who is the heir of the Kusanagi clan, one of the three clans that sealed the legendary snake entity, Orochi, 1,800 years ago. He was first introduced in The King of Fighters '94 as the leader of the Japan Team. Kyo Kusanagi ( 草薙 （ くさなぎ ） 京 （ きょう ）) is the main protagonist in SNK's The King of Fighters video game series. Bao had many different design before its final one, as you can see in the gallery below.Kusanagi style of ancient martial arts + personal style of Chinese boxing ( Kenpō) In contrast to this Bao was added to the game in order to reduce the average age from the Psycho Soldiers Teams. The character from Whip was originally meant to star in The King of Fighters ’96, but due Leona’s introduction in that game, the staff decided to wait until K0F ’99.ĭevelopers also found troubles with the large number of young characters appearing in the game as such the staff also designed older character such as Maxima and Vannesa to balance the game. However, this idea was abandoned but they later made it a tribute in The King of Fighters 2000 by introducing Rocky, a character from Robo Army as a striker for Maxima. The SNK staff wanted to create a Robo Army Team. However, due to negative fan response in location tests, they decided to readd them.
The King of Fighters ’99 initially meant to remove Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami from the series due to the introduction of the new lead character, K’. As we can read from Wikipedia, The King of Fighters ’99: Millennium Battle is a 1999 head-to-head fighting game by SNK released for the Neo Geo arcade and home platform.
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