Kyo Kusanagi

Kyo Kusanagi, also known as Scion of the Flame, is the main protagonist from the King of Fighters series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kyo begins as an ordinary high-school student who enters the first tournament both to prove his strength to the world (having already won the All-Japan Martial Arts Tournament) and to find his missing father Saisyu. After defeating Rugal for the first time, he encounters Iori Yagami who proclaims himself as Kyo's eternal enemy. Kyo makes it to the finals again and fights his brainwashed father, and then Rugal once again. He learns of his destiny to seal away Orochi from Chizuru Kagura, and in '96 defeats Goenitz along with Iori. In '97 he, along with Iori and Chizuru, battle the last remaining forces of Orochi and reseal him, but he disappears afterward, and he is found by NESTS and cloned. A year later he decides to find out about NESTS, and joins K' in combating the organization. In the Tales of Ash saga, he joins with Iori and Chizuru once again to stop a group of people trying to resurrect Orochi, but Iori and Chizuru have their powers stolen by Ash Crimson, leaving Kyo as the final target. Due to Ash fully managing to unfurl his plan, however, Kyo never has his powers stolen.
In XIV, Kyo learns that a friend of Saisyu, Tung Fu Rue, is participating in the tournament with some new students. Kyo is asked to participate in order to 'show the ropes' to these newcomers.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* King of Fighters: Another Day
* The King of Fighters XV
* The King of Fighters: Destiny
=== Manga ===
* The King of Fighters: A New Beginning
* The King of Fighters: Kyo
=== Video Games ===
* Arena Masters
* Avabel Online
* Beast Busters featuring KOF
* Boku to Dragon
* Brave Frontier
* Capcom vs SNK
* Capcom vs SNK 2
* Core Masters
* CR The King of Fighters
* Crash Fever
* Crusaders Quest
* Days of Memories
* Dungeon Hunter Champions
* Fatal Fury 3
* Final Fighter
* Game of Dice
* Gang Legend
* Garou: Mark of the Wolves
* Grand Summoners
* Kimi wa Hero
* Knives Out-Tokyo Royale
* KOF Sky Stage
* KOF x Fatal Fury
* Lord of Vermilion RE: 2
* Maximum Impact: The King of Fighters
* Metal Slug Defense
* Moeyo! KOF Daiundokai
* Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
* Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting
* NeoGeo Tennis Coliseum
* Puzzle & Dragons
* Returners
* Samurai Spirits Gaiden: Cham Cham
* Seven Deadly Sins : Grand Cross
* Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidou Retsuden
* Sister Quest
* SNK All Star
* SNK Dream Battle
* SNK Fighting Age
* SNK Gals' Fighters
* SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy
* SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
* Soul Warrior
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
* SVC Chaos: SNK vs Capcom
* The King of Cyphers
* The King of Fighters (Pachinko)
* The King of Fighters '94
* The King of Fighters '95
* The King of Fighters '96
* The King of Fighters '97
* The King of Fighters '98
* The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Online
* The King of Fighters '99
* The King of Fighters 2
* The King of Fighters 2000
* The King of Fighters 2001
* The King of Fighters 2002
* The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
* The King of Fighters 2003
* The King of Fighters All Star
* The King of Fighters Destiny
* The King of Fighters EX
* The King of Fighters EX2
* The King of Fighters for Girls
* The King of Fighters Mahjong
* The King of Fighters Maximum Impact
* The King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2
* The King of Fighters Maximum Impact Regulation A
* The King of Fighters Mobile
* The King of Fighters Mobile R-2
* The King of Fighters Neowave
* The King of Fighters R-1
* The King of Fighters R-2
* The King of Fighters Volleyball
* The King of Fighters XI
* The King of Fighters XII
* The King of Fighters XIII
* The King of Fighters XV
* The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise
* The King of Fighters: Kyo
* The King of Fighters: Orochi Go
* The King of Fighters: World
* The King of Millionaire
* The Rhythm of Fighters
* Tian Tian Xuan Dou
* Tokyo Prison
* Tower of Saviors
* Ultimate Heroes
* Valkyrie Connect
* World Cross Saga
* YAMATO Chronicle
== Trivia ==
* Kyo and Iori were designed by Shinichi Morioka. He would later depart from the company to work on The Fallen Angels (Daraku Tenshi) a game that would heavily influence the designs for K' and Maxima.
* Early artwork shows Kyo and Saisyu having the Kusanagi symbol on their foreheads. This idea was referenced in one of the KOF Manhua's.
* When Daimon uses Jirai Shin in KOF '95-'98, Kyo and Benimaru are the only background characters who'll jump.
* Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon are the winners of all The King of Fighters tournaments hosted in Orochi Saga. And the most recent ones in XIII and XIV. Their victories are confirmed in Team Stories, Light Novels and cutscenes.
* In Neo-Geo Freak 1998, the characters in KOF '98 have their own interviews. Here are Kyo's response to the questions.
** What is your aspiration in this competition? - "It's only about dealing with the person standing on opposite side."
** Who would you like to fight the most? - "No one really. But there are quite a lot of guys who want to try me out?"
** Who would you like to team up with? / Who would you not like to team up with? - "They are the people I'm most comfortable with. Who do I not want to team up with? I don't want to answer that."
** What is "KOF" for you? - "A big time killer."
** Finally, please give a word to your fans. - "It's definitely me who resolves things in a blink of an eye. I don't have time to sleep!"
* Yuichiro Hiraki was the pixel artist for Kyo in KOF '94 and Iori in KOF '95. Although he left SNK in 1997 to work on The Fallen Angels, he was asked by Kaname Fujioka to do Kyo and Iori's pixel art once more for Capcom vs. SNK.
* In the Maximum Impact games, Kyo is the only character whose select-number-of Stylish Arts are styled akin to a majority of crouching light kick-to-light punch normal attacks in the original 2D games (though the input windows are fairly tight).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kyo Kusanagi at SNK Wiki
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