Robert Garcia

Birthdate: December 25

Age: 22-24

Birthplace: Italy

Height: 5’11 (180)

Weight: 187 (85)

Blood Type: AB

Job: Vice-President of the Garcia Foundation

Style: Kyokugenryu Karate

## History

Robert is the son of Alberto Garcia, a wealthy Italian
businessman and best friend of Takuma Sakazaki, the master of Kyokugenryu
Karate. When he was younger, Robert was fascinated with the fighting style as
he saw it as a way to escape from his father's shadow in the stifling high class
society. Against his father's wishes, Robert trained under Takuma Sakazaki and
often sparred with Ryo. As time passed, Ryo became his best friend.

Robert eventually developed romantic feelings for his
friend's sister, Yuri. He has held an infatuation with Yuri ever since he first
met her, and would likely wed her if not for Takuma and Ryo, who either
overprotect Yuri out of habit or suspect that Robert might take her for
granted.

### Fist of the Dragon and Tiger

In 1978 (by the Fist of the Dragon and Tiger timeline), Geese Howard
secretly blackmailed Takuma into working for him, which eventually lead to
Yuri's kidnapping. Meanwhile, Ryo and Robert began searching Southtown's dojos,
dives, and nightclubs for clues about Yuri's disappearance. In the process,
they fought Southtown's toughest criminals, bouncers, and martial artists. They
eventually learned that Mr. Big allegedly masterminded the kidnapping. Thanks
to King, they were able to find Yuri and save her from Mr. Big. In gratitude,
he and Ryo later fund for Jan's operation.

After the conclusion of the first King of Fighters
tournament, Robert visited Mexico to help Freia Lawrence, a childhood friend,
save her friend Wyler. He acts as her bodyguard during their journey through
Glasshill. Once he sees his friends reconcile, he follows his father's wishes
to head back home and help run the family company. Before he boards the plane
out of the city, Yuri surprises him by having her own ticket. They return to
Italy together.

Robert's whereabouts after the series conclusion remains
unclear. Ryo's backstory from Buriki One and the King of Fighters series seems
to imply that Robert eventually takes over his father's company. Despite
popular belief, he is still single years after FDT's conclusion.

### King of Fighters

As one of the successful examples of the Kyokugen style,
Robert often partners himself with Takuma and Ryo. Like Ryo, he is often
ordered around by their master to proudly represent the Kyokugen dojo. He is
overjoyed when Yuri also joins their team and often tries to voice his opinion
in her favor. When he learns that King was to be her replacement in The King of
Fighters 2000, he is indignant about not having prior knowledge of Yuri's
absence and thinks that this is a underhanded scheme for Ryo to get closer to
King. He challenges her to prove her worth to the team and they engage in a
fearsome kicking contest. Since their match ends in a stalemate, he agrees to
let her in the team. The following year Robert and his family are faced with
grievous financial problems so his friends and master agree to help him out by
winning the tournament.

By the time of The King of Fighters 2003, he is somehow
joyfully wealthy again and is confident enough to enter without the demands of
his master. The reason for his absence in The King of Fighters XI was due to a
simultaneous disaster in his father's company that needed to be solved with
Robert's presence. He has enough free time from his family business to
participate in the KOF XIII tournament. In the ending, Robert shows a wedding
ring to Takuma that Robert want to propose marrage to Yuri, but Takuma
disagrees. Both of them end up hitting each other without Ryo, Yuri or King
noticing them.

## Music

Swing the House (FDT 2)

Mojo (FDT 3)

Fist of Dragon and Tiger (KOF 94)

Trembling Male Spirit (KOF 95)

Praying Mantis (KOF 96)

Art of Fight (KOF 98)

Dragon Tiger (KOF 99)

Beauty and the Beast (KOF 00, 02)

Fight to the Limit (KOF 01)

Kyoku-gen (KOF 03)

After a Long Absence (KOF 11, 13)

Kyokugen Training: Mountain Seclusion (KOF 13)

Art of Fight: Dragon, Tiger and Wing (KOF 02 Unlimited Match)

## Powers

Gather Chi

Energy Projectile

Multi-Attack