Terry Bogard
The character of Rock Howard was created by Nobuyuki Kuroki in 1998. Both he and Yasuyuki Oda wondered what type of hero would succeed Terry Bogard in "Fatal Fury"s latest game, "Garou: Mark of the Wolves". While they were not confident with Rock, they still decided to make him as the new protagonist. Rock was designed to contrast previous masculine "Fatal Fury" characters by giving him a more "bishonen" appearance some thing Kuroki felt the sequel needed to balance the cast.