Isla

**Isla** (イスラ) is a original character from *The King of Fighters* series. She was introduced in ***The King of Fighters XV*** as the main rival of Shun'ei, as well as the deuteragonist of the new story arc, which first started in ***The King of Fighters XIV***. She is the fourth rival/deuteragonist of the series, succeeding Iori Yagami (***Orochi Saga***), Kula Diamond (***NESTS Chronicles***) and Elisabeth Blanctorche (***Tales of Ash***). Her official nickname is "***Dreaming Brilliance***".

She is voiced by Lynn.

## Story

### Past

Isla is an up-and-coming young graffiti artist living in Chile, South America. Her works are a hit with the youth in her area, and are very popular abroad via social media. She’s able to stay relatively undetected as, the artist would pop up in unexpected places, perform, and then disappear as soon as the police showed up. She has a special bond with a pair of hands that float around her named "Amanda". Though she lives a life of solitude, she has developed a deep and trusting relationship with Amanda.

### New Age Saga

#### The King of Fighters XIV

Isla did not participate in the fourteenth tournament, although she did watch a televised airing of it. During one of the matches, she saw Shun'ei, Meitenkun and Tung Fu Rue during on of the matches. She specifically focused on Shun'ei, due to his similar powers towards her. Because of Shun was raised and respected by positive adults like Tung and gaining have lots of friends during that tournament than her, she began feeling a deep hatred towards him out of jealousy.

#### The King of Fighters XV

Some time before the fifteenth tournament, Isla was approached by Dolores and Heidern, who notices her during her graffiti run. The two request Isla to join their team for the upcoming KOF tournament. Due to how suspicious they looked, Isla initially declined, until Heidern mentioned Shun'ei and his powers. Interested in the mysteries of her powers, her desire to "smack down" Shun'ei, and winning KOF will earn her tons of cash and fame, Isla agrees, but only with one special request of her own; that she'll be the team's leader.

Prior to the tournament however, Isla ran into Shun'ei by chance to provoke him, until Dolores helps Meitenkun to calm the situation. Despite having a knowledge about her connections with Verse as Shun’ei does, Isla only cares about defeating Shun’ei instead of helping him saving the multiverse from Re Verse (another Verse that had been dormant within Isla and her Amp arms Amanda) and one of the source behind multiversal crisis and the Amp powers, Otoma=Raga.

## Personality

Isla is an extremely energetic graffiti artist based in South America. Though she lives a life of solitude, she has developed a deep and trusting relationship with her phantom hands, Amanda. However, when push comes to shove, Isla is no joke as she uses Amanda and her spray cans to mix up whoever gets in her way. She has a bright and cheery personality, but for some reason, she seems to really have it out for Shun'ei, out of jealousy of having more positive adult friends than her, despite both were cursed with Amplified Specters. Despite her hatred towards adults, Isla respect few of them who are well known and remain positive at heart to everyone else, such as Terry Bogard.

## Powers

Isla has a similar power to that of her rival, Shun'ei, though both hands are purple, in a similar vein to Iori Yagami's Orochi-tainted flames. Though while Shun'ei's hands are large and only show up during some of his special moves, Isla's are relatively small and appear floating around her at all times, being heavily integrated into her gameplay, such as for double jump.

## Fighting Style

Isla mostly avoids physical hands-on combat, as she keeps her own hands in pockets when fighting at all times. Instead, her main method of fighting is with her kicks and her floating phantom hands named "***Amanda***" (アマンダ). She also uses spray paint cans as another type of weapon.

## Fanon Appearances

### Game Appearances

* KOF: The King of Fighters XVI - Playable character
* The King of Fighters XVI - Playable character
* KOF: The King of Fighters XVI - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: First Kingdom - Playable character
* The King Of Fighters: Second Kingdom - Playable character
* The King of Fighters: Crossover Calamity - DLC character
* SNK vs Capcom 2: SVC Clash - Playable character

### Cameo Appearances

* Capcom vs SNK 3: Fighters' Spirit - in New York stage
* Neo Geo 2: Match of the Century - mentioned in Shun'ei's ending as an spectator who saw Shun'ei's fights on TV who promises herself to fight him one day.