Yuri Sakazaki

## Personal Info

Birthdate: December 7

Age: 19-20

Birthplace: Japan

Height: 5’6 (168)

Weight: 117 (53)

Blood Type: A

Job: Student

Style: Kyokugenryu Karate

## History

Fist of the Dragon and Tiger

As a child, Takuma dedicated more time training Ryo to be
next family heir rather than raising Yuri. When she was six years old, her
mother died in a tragic car accident. Sensing his family was being targeted,
their father leaves in order to protect them. With the loss of both parents,
she becomes fearful and heavily dependent on Ryo for the rest of their
childhood. When she first meets Robert, she does not trust him but eventually
warms up to him.

When she was 17, Yuri was kidnapped by Mr. Big on behalf of Geese Howard as part of a ploy to blackmail her father. Ryo and Robert search
Southtown to find her whereabouts and rescue her. While held hostage, she finds
out the identity of Mr. Karate. When Ryo defeats her captors, she reveals it to
her brother and the family is reunited.

In order to protect herself in the future, Takuma teaches
her how to fight much to Ryo and Robert's chagrin. He trained Yuri in secret,
but only taught her enough to defend herself.

She becomes worried about Robert when he doesn't appear for their date before Fist of the Dragon and Tiger 3. Setting out with her brother, they search
for him in Glasshill. During their trip, she is wounded by Sinclair and briefly
hospitalized. If the player plays through Robert's story, a strained Yuri
appears to assist his plight against Wyler. She is healthy enough to leave with
Robert by the end of the game's events.

According to Ryo, she and Robert are still single by the
time Buriki One takes place. She likely stayed at home to help the family
business, as she is close enough to her brother to tell him to shave off the
hair from his chin.

### King of Fighters

Yuri, now confident in her fighting prowess, decides to
enter the tournament, but is denied to enter by her brother. She defies his
wishes and enters with King and Mai. It isn't until the 1996 tournament that
they finally form a team together to represent the prestige of Kyokugenryu to
the world. She is forced to join when Takuma gives her an ultimatum to either
enter with Ryo or leave the house.

After the 1999 King of Fighters tournament, Yuri wanted to
once again show her independence. She begs King to take her place for the year
and joins the Women's Team. In 2001, Robert reveals to the family that his
family business is in trouble. They decide to all enter together to win the
prize money and help out Robert's situation. Since 2001, Yuri then has been a
regular for the Art of Fighting team alongside Ryo and Robert. In The King of
Fighters XI, Yuri has a rival in the form of Malin. She stuns her father with
her whimsical haircut before KOF XIII and is upset by her family's eccentric
reactions. Since the rising skill of martial artists in the tournaments
outclasses her basic training, Robert informs her of her brother and father's
wishes to quit Karate for her own safety. Optimistic in her attempts to improve
herself, however, she teams with Mai and King for the newest tournament.

## Powers

Gather Chi

Energy Projectile

Energy Relfector

## Music

Diet (FDT 2, KOF 98: UM, KOF R-2, KOF 02, SNK Gals Fighters,
SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium, KOF 11)

Ne! (KOF 94, KOF 98, KOF 98 UM)

Tsuchi o Hau Bass (KOF 95)

Kamikirimushi (KOF 96)

Art of Fight (KOF 98)

Dragon-Ko (KOF 99)

Come Up Smiling (KOF 00)

Beauty and the Beast (KOF EX2: Howling Blood)

Fight to the Limit (KOF 01)

Kyoku-gen (KOF 03)

After a Long Absence (KOF 11)

Who is Queen? (KOF 13)

I’m Hot for You (KOF 13)

Art of Fight: Ryuko to Tsubame (KOF 02: UM)

Cho Smile (Days of Memories)

Song of Fighters 95 (KOF 95)

Heavy Baby’s (Neo Geo DJ Station)