List of characters in the Art of Fighting series

This is a list of all characters from the "Art of Fighting" series by SNK. Characters are listed in order of appearance by game.

"Art of Fighting"

Ryo Sakazaki

nihongo|Ryo Sakazaki|リョウ・サカザキ is the son of the respected Kyokugenryu master, Takuma Sakazaki. Orphaned at the age of 10, he now lives with his kid sister, Yuri. After Yuri is kidnapped, the Invincible Dragon is awakened in him. He plunges head-long into the urban battlezone, Southtown.

Robert Garcia

Son of the multi-millionaire Albert Garcia. Sent to the world-famous Imperial Academy to study themysteries of Kyokugen karate under the tutelage of Albert's lifelong friend, Takuma Sakazaki. After the death of Ryo's mother and the disappearance of Ryo's father, Robert watched over the young boy, providing him with friendship. Robert remains, however, Ryo's ultimate rival.

Ryuhaku Todoh

nihongo|Ryuhaku Todoh|藤堂 竜白 is a disciple of traditional Japanese Martial arts and master of modern-fighting techniques. He stalks Southtown in search of worthy opponents. He is the father of fellow Art of Fighting series character, Kasumi Todoh.

Jack Turner

nihongo|Jack Turner|ジャック・ターナー is a member of Mr. Big's syndicate, and a developer of his own fighting style. One of Mr. Big's highest-ranking subordinates, he devastates anyone who crosses his path. Jack is also the leader of the Southtown gang known as the "Neo Black Cats". Humorously, in Jack's ending in AOF2, it was revealed that he wanted to make the gang into a dance group.

Lee Pai Long

Lee Pai Long ( _zh. 李 白龍) is a master of Chinese martial arts and noted expert of Chinese medicine, he now works as the director of the Southtown prison. A former adversary of Ryo's father, he now faces the son.

King

nihongo|King|キング is an employee of the mysterious Mr. Big. From a childhood spent in Thailand, King mastered the fighting art, Muay Thai. Due to her masculine appearance, she disguises herself as a male. King is the bouncer at Mr. Big's restaurant, where "he" often is seen reading the works of Gertrude Stein.

Mickey Rogers

nihongo|Mickey Rogers|ミッキー・ロジャース was a professional boxer, but was expelled from the ranks after he accidentally killed a man in the ring. He currently stalks Southtown seeking opponents to vent his anger and frustration on, and enters the tournament for the same reason. Like Crawley, Mickey gets a haircut between his two appearances. In the first AOF, Mickey has long hair, worn in dreadlocks. In AOF2, he has short hair. In Art of Fighting 1, Mickey becomes a small time hood who works for Mr. Big so that he can get money as a street hustler. in Art of Fighting 2, Mickey has since reformed, wanting to get back into the professional boxing circuit.

In Mickey's AOF2 ending, his trainer Pops (who is visible in Mickey's stage as well) informs him that his time has come, and he has a title bout. We then see Mickey training for the fight, confident that 'Mickey the Mauler' is going to be the next champion of the world. His Burning Upper is similar to Geese Howard's Reppuken.

John Crawley

nihongo|John Crawley|ジョン・クローリー is a Martial Arts Instructor, and with his brutal and aggressive fighting style was known to his friends as "The Madman" and "The killing Machine". He enters the tournament to win the prize money and test his skills.

In the first AOF, Crawley has longer hair. By the time AOF2 occurs, his hair is cut shorter. Crawley also has been compared to Guile because of their similar hair colour, special moves, and military motifs. In John's AOF2 ending, the US Military attempts to recruit him to rescue the President's canary, named Tweeter. John refuses, telling the General "Hasta la vista!"

Mr. Big

Mr. Big kidnapped Yuri because her dad, Takuma broke the group code after he fled the dreaded Southtown syndicate and the powerful figure who led this dreaded bunch of thugs. Holding her hostage to lure the unsuspecting Mr. Karate, Takuma Sakazaki, into a trap involving Robert and Ryo.

Takuma Sakazaki

nihongo|Takuma Sakazaki|タクマ・サカザキ who fled the dreaded Southtown syndicate and the powerful figure who led this dreaded bunch of thugs. For his breaking of the group code, Mr. Big kidnapped Yuri. Holding her hostage to lure the unsuspecting Mr. Karate, Takuma Sakazaki, into a trap involving Robert and Ryo.

"Art of Fighting 2"

Yuri Sakazaki

nihongo|Yuri Sakazaki|ユリ・サカザキ is Ryo's beloved kid sister. Anxious to learn the ways of Kyokugen. She learns from her father, Takuma, she studies with her father while pretending to attend a fitness club to appease her brother, Ryo, who objects to Yuri's studies. Achieving momentous success in a brief period of training. Yuri joins the competition to show her big brother what she's really made of. She's a NPC in the first and third game.

Eiji Kisaragi

nihongo|Eiji Kisaragi|如月影二 is a master of the ancient ways of the ninja and sworn enemy of the Sakazaki clan whose devotion to the school of "Kyokugen school of Karate" is an insult to Kisaragi's being. An enigmatic soul who thirst for revenge.

Temjin

nihongo|Temjin|テムジン The one and only Mongolian dock worker at the Southtown port, Tem resigned himself to a period of menial work as a manure loader. Finding the job 25 bucks an hour. Tem stayed on, earning money for the small school in Mongolia where he dreams of teaching one day. A pure heart who fights for the good of others.

Geese Howard

nihongo|Geese Howard|ギース・ハワード a former champion of the National Martial Arts of America. Before he became a champion, people in the underground were afraid of him and he was nicknamed "Lone Wolf Killer Geese". Underhandedly, he achieved fame and authority in Southtown. He trained under every martial arts master around. He became a brutal killer and it is rumored that he is as strong as a demon. And now he is here to gather more and more young strong fighters for his plans.He also appears in kof 96 as the leader of the boss team, he use Mr Big and Wolfgang Krauser as prawns.

"Path of the Warrior: Art of Fighting 3"

Jin Fu-Ha

nihongo|Jin Fu-Ha|不破刃 was once a disciple of Eiji Kisaragi until Eiji betrayed him, now Jin seeks to kill Eiji, to test if he is strong enough to do so, he decides to see if he can defeat Eiji's sworn enemy Ryo Sakazaki and searches for him, eventually tracking him down and confronting him in GlassHill Valley while Ryo is searching for his friend Robert Garcia there.

Unlike most of the characters, Jin's final battle is not with Wyler, but Ryo Sakazaki. After Jin wins he suggests that Ryo was holding back and is dismissed by Ryo as a thug, and told that Ryo only wants to kill Eiji and has no interest in him. Unique to Jin Fu-Ha's ending is a page of text that tells the player Jin will one day fight Eiji but until then will wander the globe alone in the shadows. So far he has only appeared in "Art of Fighting 3".

Karman Cole

nihongo|Karman Cole|カーマン・コール is a long-time employee of Robert Garcia's parents in a personal assistant-like role (however, he is German, unlike the Garcia family) who has known Robert since he was a child. The Garcias have sent Karman to find their son after he disappeared to look for his old childhood friend Freia Lawrence which has led him to GlassHill Valley. Karmen is a loyal employee who seems very fond of Robert Garcia and lets him get away with much more than he should. So far he has only appeared in "Art of Fighting 3".

Karman's final fight in "Art Of Fighting 3" is not Wyler like most of the characters but Robert Garcia, Karman beats him but allows him to finish his search for Freia, after receiving a demanding phone call from Mrs. Garcia he muses on how Robert has grown and matured.

"Notes:" In Robert Garcia and Ryo Sakazaki's endings Robert flies back to Italy but he is not accompanied by Karman (though he does end up being accompanied by Yuri Sakazaki).

Kasumi Todoh

nihongo|Kasumi Todoh|藤堂香澄 seeks Ryo Sakazaki, hoping that he may know the whereabouts of her father (Ryuhaku Todoh); he has vanished since he was defeated by Ryo. She has escaped home, just like Robert.

Lenny Creston

nihongo|Lenny Kreston|レニィ・クレストン is a private investigator and she works with Rody Birts, though there seems to be some romantic tension between them the two are partners in a business sense only. They have been hired by Wyler to find Freia (also a schoolfriend of Robert Garcia) and deliver her to him, the two appear to have a bad reputation within their profession and Lenny sees their new assignment as their 'big chance'. Lenny is a tough, straight-talking woman but with a caring nature underneath. She fights using a whip, though she appears to be fond of other uses (such as dragging Rody around).

In her ending, Lenny is eventually persuaded by Freia to leave her to tend to Wyler. Meeting up with her partner, she simply lies to him, telling him that Freia was never at the village and that they now have another job, dragging him off before he can protest. So far, Lenny has only appeared in "Art of Fighting 3".

Rody Birts

In his ending, Rody (like all the characters) leaves Freia behind to care for Wyler, (as Wyler was his client and is now reduced to a child-like mind he could do little else). This enrages his partner Lenny (who saw finding Freia as her big chance) and she chases him off of the screen in anger.

Wang Koh-San

Wang Koh-San (Chinese: _zh. 王覚山; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gaau Sāan) is an artist entering a competition, and is also a friend of Lee Pai Long. A small happy-go-lucky comic relief character he has come to GlassHill Valley for inspiration for the competition, but once there he learns of Wyler's Elixir and thinks that it will interest Lee. Wang travels with his pet Pelican Hoeh-Hoeh. So far, he has only appeared in "Art of Fighting 3".

In his ending, Wang sees the witnesses the side-effects of the drug (as Wyler reverts to a child-like mental state) and agrees to leave the drug for Freia to destroy. He returns home and lets Hoeh-Hoeh choose the painting for competition. Then humorous 'drawings' of Hoeh-Hoeh interacting with all of the characters from the game are displayed.

inclair

nihongo|Sinclair|シンクレア is an attractive young woman that appears to be of Indian descent, and is a mini-boss of sorts. Her flashy sword fighting is reminiscent of an assassin style. She is working with Wyler, pretending to encourage him in his experiments, but secretly wants him to stop them; whether she is there to assassinate him or not is unknown.

Like Wyler, Sinclair does not have an ending sequence: completing the game only yields the staff roll. Unlike Wyler, she can be thrown, but cannot use throw moves herself. She has only appeared in "Art of Fighting 3" thus far.

Wyler

nihongo|Wyler|ワイラー is the final boss in "Art Of Fighting 3". He is working on perfecting a powerful elixir that was originally developed by his father and Freia Lawrence's father. However, the essential data needed for completing it was taken by Freia's father when the two's partnership broke up. Wyler believes this action is the cause of his father becoming destitute and even the cause of his death. But Freia now has the data. Wyler hires the private investigator partners Rody Birts and Lenny Creston to find her (they are convinced it is for romantic reasons). Meanwhile, Freia is also being sought out by her old childhood friend Robert Garcia. Wyler finds Freia, though seemingly without the help of the private eyes he hired. He completes the elixir and takes it himself, turning into a large Hulk-like man. However, it has an unforeseen after-effect and reverts his mind to a child-like state. Freia chose to stay and tend to him.

Wyler is a playable character, though he does not have an ending sequence of his own. He is not affected by throw moves.

ee also

*Art of Fighting
*Kyokugenryu Karate