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Kyo Kusanagi
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Kyo Kusanagi
Kyo Kusanagi (Japanese: 草薙 京, Hepburn: Kusanagi Kyō) is a character and the protagonist of SNK's The King of Fighters series of fighting video games. The character was first introduced in the 1994 video game The King of Fighters '94 as the leader of the Japan team from the series' title tournament. A school delinquent, Kyo is the head to the Kusanagi clan who wield pyrokinetic powers. His clan is one of three who banished the legendary snake demon entity Yamata no Orochi, forming a rivalry with the cursed Iori Yagami, the successor of Kusanagi's ally turned into enemy. Besides reprising his role in printed adaptations, Kyo's personal life is explored in Yumekobo's game The King of Fighters: Kyo which deals with his personal life where his girlfriend Yuki is revealed to be predecessor of an ancient maiden the Kusanagi saved from Orochi in the ancient times. Inspired by the boxing character Joe Yabuki from Ashita no Joe, Kyo was created by Yuichiro Hiraki after director Masanori Kuwasashi...
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