History Characters / RivalSchools

* StoicSpectacles: For the most part, he's pretty calm and collected -- as noted above, it doesn't always hold.

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[[caption-width-right:255:Superhuman Gang Leader]]

[[caption-width-right:152:Cold Female Gang Leader]]

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* PrettyBoy: So much so that Vega throws a rose at him in their intro (he only does the same to females, and very few others)

* {{Bishonen}}: So much so that Vega throws a rose at him in their intro (he only does the same to females, and very few others)

* JokeCharacter: Her moves are very basic karate techniques that do only paltry damage. Except that is for her assist, which then makes her a...
** LethalJokeCharacter: Seriously. She's the ONLY one able to fill up both gauges when assisting.

** PaperFanOfDoom: Her other weapon, used to whap opponents.
** ThrowTheBookAtThem: Occasionally throws some copies of the school magazine too.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: As stated above, her goal is to get a front-page story on the Taiyo school newspaper - even if she has to [[IntrepidReporter get tangled up in a crazy school-conquering villain's plans]] to do so.
* WeaponizedCamera: She uses her camera this way. No [[BottomlessMagazines bottomless film rolls]] for her, though - she has to load new film (either automatically after a set number of shots or manually through a special) and players have to plan their Ran strategies around this limitation.

** Sadly {{Bowdlerise}}d in the English translations where Shoma's sentence is changed to to:

* MeaningfulName: ''Karuizawa'' is a famous Japanese holiday/activity spot, and it was here that Emperor Akihito famously met the Empress Michiko... ''on a tennis court''.

* [[GeniusBruiser Artistic Bruiser]]: Not in terms of intelligence, but according to Chairperson, she discovered that Gan is actually very talented in art. The reason he doesn't develop this talent is because he has his own duty to help support his family.

* [[invoked]]RealWomenNeverWearDresses: She doesn't seem to be fond of overly feminine girls, despite her friendship with Yurika.

* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: '''Part''' of her apparent stupidity can be explained by the fact that her grasp of the Japanese language is much more slippery than Roy or Boman's. For example, the above quote makes her out to be a little less clueless if one remembers that [[TranslationConvention everyone is actually speaking Japanese]].
** BilingualBonus: The way she ''tries'' to say "you guys" in Japanese is ''you-tachi''; as in the English word "you" to refer to who she's talking to, and 達 (''tachi'') to make it plural.

->Of course, like Hyo before him a year ago, Kurow's plans go awry when the friendship of the characters are only strengthened by the chaos instead of weakened, and his moles betray him for their new found friends. Kurow attempts to use his apparent trump card Hyo, but find out ''that'' didn't work out as well as he thought either, and Hyo defeats him, leaving him severely injured. A few days after the fire at Justice High, however, Kurow's hospital room is found wrecked and empty, implying that he'll be back later...

* [[BigBrotherBully Little Brother Bully]]: His treatment of Yurika often tends to be this.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead]: To Zaki's redhead and Yurika's blonde.

* SweaterGirl: Part of her outfit includes a red ribbed sweater.

* {{Keigo}}/JapanesePoliteness: One of the conversations in ''Project Justice'''s board game implies that Yurika is a very polite speaker, to the point that even Gedo High's numerous {{delinquents}} start speaking more politely around her.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Between his long white hair, broad frame, and military uniform-like apparel, you'd have a hard time telling that he's a teenager from a glance.

* TrueFinalBoss: In ''United By Fate''.

* AnimeHair: Tall spikes, which he even uses in a few attacks.

* CombatPragmatist: Wields knives, kicks sand at opponents, even uses his hair!

* JapaneseDelinquents: As a student of Gedo, he's naturally one.

* JamesBondage: During the first game, he's captured and brainwashed by Hyo and has to be rescued by his sister and subordinates.

%%* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tomboy]]: To Yurika's girly girl.

->'''Fighting style:''' [[WhipItGood Soubenjutsu]]

* WhipItGood: It's a chain, but the way she uses it is the same.

%%* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Girly Girl]]: To Akira's tomboy.

* OperaGloves: White ones, to be specific.

->In ''Project Justice'', Hyo confronts Kurow Kirishima after the latter incapacitates Raizo, and is defeated and turned into a brainwashed servant of the new student... or so Kurow thought. Hyo faked his defeat and pretended to be under Kurow's control, eventually dropping the ruse when Kurow's plans collapsed around him like it had to Hyo a year earlier. Fighting for real this time, Hyo defeats Kurow, but the defeat awakens the spirit of his father Mugen, who possesses Hyo in an attempt to finally realize his plans. It takes the work of Kysouke and his classmates to defeat the possessed Hyo, but the strain on his body leaves him dying (apparently) in Kyosuke's arms as Justice High burns...

* DemonicPossession
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: At the end of Kyosuke's storyline.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Demon Hyo.

* HeelFaceTurn

* KatanasAreJustBetter
** DualWielding: Demon Hyo wields two katanas, though one of them is broken with it's tip formed by ki instead.

%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* TheManBehindTheMan

* {{Ubermensch}}

%%** VillainousIncest

%%* ManipulativeBastard

%%* {{Mukokuseki}}

* WolverineClaws: He fights with a pair of clawed gloves.

* MeaningfulName: The name "Roy" comes from the French word "roi", meaning "King", which suits his status as a big man on campus.
* PatrioticFervor: Loves his country, and admire his WWII-veteran grandfather.

* AmazonianBeauty: She's the tallest female character, also has the most athletic physique of the female cast, and participates in sports. While all of that makes her intimidating, there's no denying that she's a looker, as [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer some of her teammates have crushes on her]], as does her ''[[MasochismTango sometime boyfriend]]'', Shoma.
* BoyishShortHair: Wears short hair with the sidetail accents. She's [[{{Tomboy}} a tomboy]] and the captain of the school's volleyball team, and so good at it that [[IKnowMaddenKombat she's based her fighting style around it.]] The members of her team all look up to her ([[HugeSchoolgirl literally!]]) like a CoolBigSis and a role model. Most of all, [[MamaBear they know she'll protect them.]]

-->'''Shoma''': Hey Natsu! What are you doing here? Beating up your club members?
* HugeSchoolgirl: And very awkward about it - at 182cm (a shade under 6 feet), this measurement is a huge deal in Japan, where the average female height is 158 cm, or 5'2".
* IKnowMaddenKombat: She makes use of her volleyball skills in fight - her main moves includes servers and spikes, among other volleyball-themed moves.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: She fights by using her volleyball. She can spike it hard enough to KO her opponents, and can even make it burst into flames!
* MasochismTango: With Shoma (see the WhatDoesSheSeeInHim entry).

* StatuesqueStunner: Mentioned above in the HugeSchoolgirl section - she's the tallest female character in the series and is still quite a looker.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It's a wonder why she puts up with Shoma; let alone, dates him. Their friend, Roberto, usually gets stuck playing mediator whenever she and Shoma [[MasochismTango are at each other's throats]], but Roberto ends up exasperated just as often.

->'''Fighting style:''' Grappling

* DressedToHeal: Her labcoat, glasses and clipboard.

->His plans, however, are cut short very early on in ''Project Justice'' - he is attacked by new student Kurow Kirishima in order to further ''his'' plans, and Raizo spends much of that game on the sidelines incapacitated, appearing only to [[MrExposition explain who is possesing Hyo]] and making a cameo in the Justice High ending.

* SchoolSportsUniform: Her attire is a school T-shirt over navy ''buruma'' and a CoatCape.

* BigGuy
* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* DecoyLeader

* FemmeFatalons: A ''male'' example, natch.
* GeniusBruiser

* SleevesAreForWimps

* AlliterativeName

* EvilLaugh

* ManipulativeBastard

* {{Mukokuseki}}

* SlasherSmile
* SmugSnake

* WolverineClaws

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** GroundPunch: "Touchdown Wave" is a short-ranged version of Terry's "Power Wave". While his [[LimitBreak "Touchdown Spike"]] BV is essentially the same as Terry's 'Triple Geyser'/"Overshoot Geyser".
** PowerFist: "Dynamite Straight" is a stationary version of the "Burn Knuckle" and, in ''"Project Justice"'', he gains own version of the 'Power Dunk'.

* BoxingBattler: She's an acrobatic cheerleader who incorporates boxing moves into her fighting style. She's even got large boxing gloves to prove so, which also resemble pom-poms in a way.

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]
* GuestFighter: From a different series, though the ''Rival Schools'' and ''Street Fighter'' games take place in the [[SharedUniverse same universe]].
* {{Hachimaki}}

* HurricaneKick

* {{Shotoclone}}

* AttractivenessIsolation: Because she's so tall and beautiful, men are easily intimidated by her and prevent them from having the courage to ask her out. She's been [[ChristmasCake eternally single]] because of this, until Hideo gathers the fortitude to propose to her.

* ChristmasCake: Kyoko takes it very personally that she's not married yet at her age. She immediately accepts Hideo's marriage proposal without having dated him, though there's signs of LoveAtFirstSight.

* MeaningfulName: "Batsu" literally means to attack or fell (an opponent). It's also the word for an X-mark, as in the opposite of an "O" in tic-tac-toe.

* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tomboy]]: To Yurika's girly girl.
** TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's now like this after her tenure as OneOfTheBoys in ''United by Fate''.

* GiantWaistRibbon: Wears a bright-red one to contrast with her blue dress.
* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Girly Girl]]: To Akira's tomboy.

* OjouRinglets[=/=]MegaTwintails: The poster girl for this style -- to the point of [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggeration]].

* SchoolSPortsUniform: Her attire is a school T-shirt over navy ''buruma'' and a CoatCape.