Kula Diamond

Kula Diamond is one of the main characters in The King of Fighters franchise, originally appearing in The King of Fighters 2000 as the mid-boss and hidden character in arcade versions. She's served as the deuteragonist of the NESTS Chronicles Saga. She is also the second rival/deuteragonist of the series after Iori Yagami, and also the first female deuteragonist.
She is voiced by in the Japanese version, and by Kat Casstaneda and Miwa Gardner in the English version.
==Appearance==
Her original hair color is strawberry blonde, but when she fights or uses her energies it changes to cyan. Kula bears a strong resemblance to the character "Isolde", who appeared in King of Fighters 2002 UM in Nameless's Max Move. It is not yet known if he will have any relationship with her because in Nameless' story profile it is mentioned that his beloved Isolde also had the ability to control ice like Kula, apart from the fact that they wanted to involve her in the Anti-K' project. Even in a special intro, Nameless, before fighting Kula, mistakes her for Isolde, thinking it was her because of their great resemblance. She is often seen accompanied by her tutors Diana and Foxy, and her friend Candy Diamond. On the back of Kula's jacket is an image of a heart with 2 swords running through it. You can read Cool Cat. Starting with KOF 2002, that brand takes colors and you can read "Pussy Cat". In KOF: Maximum Impact 2, Kula has alternate costumes reminiscent of Ash Crimson, Candy Diamond, and K'.
In KOF 2000-XIII, she has a purple cropped jacket with yellow zippers and purple chaps with three yellow clips above every chap, attached to a black strap with a yellow buckle. Under it has a turkey blue bodysuit with yellow zipper and also using a yellow gloves. Her shoes of turkey blue color, also has a yellow soles and two circles of the same color over the shoes in the toe.
In KOF XIV and XV, she retains her common colors in a bodysuit genearlly purple but with black and white and too, having yellow zippers. She also retains her yellow gloves and has shoes with the same colors but with a different design, with short heels and yellow plates.
==Story==
Kula Diamond is a being created with the codename Anti-K by NESTS to exterminate the cartel's traitor, K'. She possesses the same design as K', and her clothes are almost identical to K's, with DNA altered to use ice powers instead. Despite the fact that their subject was a mindless puppet with no sign of emotions (aside from being an innocent young girl), the NESTS cartel was not willing to repeat the same mistake they made with K'. Therefore, NESTS created an android called Candy Diamond, who would monitor Kula's behavior and assure that Kula would accomplish her missions, providing assistance in battle if she was needed. NESTS also assigned two of their top agents (Diana and Foxy) to supervise and prevent any sort of betrayal by Kula.
She is often ordered by either Diana or Foxy to exterminate other traitors to NESTS -such as Zero or Igniz- but has been known to disobey her orders for the sake of others, such as the destruction of the Zero Cannon. After NESTS's destruction, she allies herself on friendly terms with her target, K' and his companions, understanding that both their lives were ruined by NESTS. Whip affectionately refers to her as the "little sister" of the group. Prior to the KOF XIII tournament, she was staying with K' and Maxima at their apartment. She became cellphone buddies with Chin Gentsai, who promised that she would get a lot of ice cream if she entered the tournament with her comrades. With Whip asking her to do the same, she entered herself and her teammates in the KOF XIII tournament.
In the Maximum Impact series, Kula accepts to enter in the tournament to search for Dr. Makishima under the orders of Heidern, as the doctor is needed to repair Maxima's failing nuclear core. During the tournament, she finds a rival in the form of Nagase, and defeats her, with the latter swearing revenge for the humiliation she suffered. Kula eventually discovers that the doctor had been taken elsewhere, and leaves the tournament.
==Personality==
Before being a killer, Kula is a child at heart. While working for NESTS or for Diana and Foxy, she would not fail to kill anyone she finds unworthy. During her time with NESTS, her feelings were repressed, as she was portrayed as a cold girl executing her mission. She has since been defrosted into being more childish as of late. 
Kula is trying hard to establish herself as a humane person, so people don't look at her as if she is some kind of weapon, she doesn't use her powers to full extend so she doesn't kill anyone by accident, because she fears that it would make her go back to her previous ways, so she prefers close combat instead. After beating her oponents Kula is usually worried about them. 
Despite being this sweet innocent girl, Kula has some anger management issues. They are mostly the results of people either talking down to her, underestimating her, or reminding her of her origins and calling her a weapon. She also gets angry when she sees flames.
==Gallery==
===Images===
Kula2000fix.jpg|The King of Fighters 2000
Kula-2001.jpg|The King of Fighters 2001
Kula-2002.jpg|The King of Fighters 2002
Kulaxi.jpg|The King of Fighters XI
Kula-Sky_Stage-2.jpg|Kula in KOF: Sky Stage/Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting
King of Fighters - Kula Diamond as seen in King of Fighters XIII.png|Kula Diamond as seen in King of Fighters XIII
Kula-kofxiv.jpg|The King of Fighters XIV
Lili vs Kula.jpg|Lili vs Kula
NESTSGirls-kofXIV.jpg|The King of Fighters XIV: NESTS Girls Team
TeamK-Ending-XIV.jpg|The King of Fighters XIV: Team K' Ending
King of Fighters - Kula Diamond's card number.png|Kula Diamond's card number
Heroine-kula.png|Kula Diamond in SNK Heroines
SNK_Heroines_Tag_Team_Frenzy_Kula.png|Kula wears Angel's clothes in SNK Heroines.
SNK_Heroines_Tag_Team_Frenzy_Kula_.png
===Videos===
KULA DIAMOND MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters XIII (KOFXIII)
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