Characters page about Buriki One, all fighters are Original Generation excepting Ryo Sakazaki from Art of Fighting. This page covers their guest appearance in The King of Fighters.
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Gai Tendo
Gai Tendo
Origin: Japan
Fighting style: Total Fighting
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Gai Tendo is a fighter of the martial arts system named Total Combat or Total Fighting Art. He hails from Japan and heard news of the upcoming Buriki One tournament and decided to enter to test his skills. During the tournament, he started a rivalry with American boxer Rob Python. He's appeared in The King of Fighters series as a mascot of Buriki One, being a Striker in The King of Fighters 2000 and a playable character in The King of Fighters XI.
- Badass Longcoat: The one he uses before the fights, with a hood and fire designs on the lower part.
- Badass Normal: He was essentially Shen Woo in KOF before Shen Woo existed. Here's a guy who only uses his fists to lethal effect.
- Boisterous Bruiser: He's a complished fighter, but is also a nice person.
- Breakout Character: Of the series, appearing in various official artworks and especially in The King of Fighters series, first as Assist Character in KOF '99 Evolution ('99 port for PlayStation 2 and Sega Dreamcast) and KOF 2000 (as Another Striker for Takuma Sakazaki), and later as a Mid-Boss and Secret Character in KOF XI along with Silber. The KOF 10th Anniversary Website puts it best: "A Buriki character in KOF? You can't be serious!"
- The Cameo: Gai appears as part of the background in KOF '94 Re-bout, KOF: Maximum Impact 2 and KOF 2002: Ultimate Match, also as Chae Lim's Another Outfit-Variation G in Maximum Impact 2 and in all SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash game series.
- Delinquent Hair: Mostly because of being redhead in Japan. Subverted in his 2P outfit, in which Gai's hair is brown.
- Duel to the Death: His LDM in KOF XI, Timing Shoubu, if it successfully connects, forces a non-lethal version of this upon both players, prevent them from tagging out or using Quick Shifts/Saving Shifts until one of the two fighters is down for the count. The move also allows Gai to use Slider, Knee Upper, Gai Driller, Gai Wheel, and Gai Spider as standalone attacks instead of needing to access them from specific combinations/stances.
- Elemental Motifs: He has his MMA speedo and Badass Longcoat with fire designs and motifs. Considering he's a passionate Fiery Redhead, has the red as one of his main colors and even being voiced by a voice actor known for make fiery characters, Gai fits perfect in the Playing with Fire motif but without the Elemental Powers.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: And also has a good arsenal of kicks.
- Fiery Redhead: Apart of the hair, this is something obvious becoming of his seiyuu.
- Hot-Blooded: Nobuyuki Hiyama voices him, giving Gai a very hot-blooded personality.
- In the Hood: His longcoat has a hood that usually Gai uses before to start the fight (mostly known by his KOF appearances).
- Mr. Fanservice: Well-marked muscles and stretched MMA shorts, all for the Female Gaze.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Gai was mostly based on MMA fighter Kazushi Sakuraba.
- No Shirt, Long Jacket: Used when he appears with his longcoat before entering to fight.
- Optional Boss: If the right conditions are met, you'll fight him instead of Adel as a mid-boss in KOF XI.
- Playing with Fire: Played With as part of his clothes. His shorts, longcoat and pants (in his 2P outfit) got designs of fire on all of them.
- Pretty Boy: KOF XI artwork portrays him as a handsome man, compared to his Buriki One appearance.
- Product Placement: Gai uses Mizuno shorts, as seen in his official artwork with the "M" logo on it.
- Primary-Color Champion. All red and blue with a touch of white.
- The Protagonist: Of this game and the most known character outside Buriki One.
- Red/Green Contrast: His red hair and details in his outfit contrasts Silver's green karategi.
- Red Is Violent: Gai is one of the most violent fighters of the game, not just because of his martial arts, and also wears red even in his head.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Rob's Blue.
- Spirited Competitor: Always looking for a fair fight, even if he sometimes has to face people like Silber.
- Status Buff: In KOF XI, in direct contrast to Silber, Gai's second DM, Kodoku no Ring, increases his offensive power for a brief duration.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Something subverted in his intro when he appears with a Badass Longcoat, which gets off before the fight.
Ryo Sakazaki
Ryo Sakazaki
Origin: Japan
Fighting style: Karate
Voiced by: Masaki Usui
After the events of the Art of Fighting series, Takuma Sakazaki retires from the fighting scene and Ryo takes the identity of "Mr. Karate". This new Mr. Karate travels the world proving the power of Kyokugenryu Karate. He appeared in Southtown and in Japan, during the Buriki One '99 Tokyo tournament.
This is for his Buriki One appearance only, for more tropes of him see also Art Of Fighting I.
This is for his Buriki One appearance only, for more tropes of him see also Art Of Fighting I.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Skin color version, in NGBC he appears again with light skin as in most of the games.
- Breakout Character: This version of Ryo is seen in various games after Buriki One:
- From the same time period, in Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition with his classic orange karategi pants and with a black spandex t-shirt as a Secret Character.
- In KOF: Maximum Impact series, appears with this look in the first 2 games as Another Outfit of Ryo and in the second game as a separate Secret Character with a Cool Mask in a similar way than his father Takuma (also with the black karategi). Also, the Another Outfit of this version is Wild Ambition's outfit.
- And finally in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum as "Mr. Karate" and representing Buriki One in this game.
- Cool Mask: In his Mr. Karate II persona in Maximum Impact 2 as Secret Character.
- In-Series Nickname: Known as the new Mr. Karate, also called as Mr. Karate II to difference of Takuma.
- Legacy Character: By the time of this game, Ryo already has the title of Mr. Karate inherited from his father Takuma. Confirmed in his appearance in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, where appears representing this game as Mr. Karate instead of using his own name.
- Messy Hair: As most of his appearances in this version (maybe excepting NGBC).
- New Powers as the Plot Demands: To balance the game, most of Ryo's classic special moves were unused for this game, only leaving some of his physical moves, which also are toned down. Subverted in all his other appearances (KOF: Maximum Impact 2, Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, etc) where Ryo uses all his classic moves, mostly as a Moveset Clone of Takuma.
- Paint It Black: In clothes only. In this game, Ryo replaces his classic orange karategi with no sleeves by a black karategi with long sleeves.
- Shotoclone: Some of the moves he mantains in the game are his Koho, Hien Shippuukyaku and the final hit of his combo is the pose of Haoh Shokoken.
Rob Python
Rob Python
Origin: USA
Fighting style: Boxing
Voiced by: Kouji Ishii
Rob Python is an American boxing champion with some bad attitude, but with great fighting skills. Seeing that, Silber brings him under his wing. Rob and Silber enter the Buriki One tournament and they develop an interest in the newcomer, Gai Tendo.
- Boxing Battler: The representant of this combat sport in this game.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: In his profile, he likes reading but hates exercising.
- The Cameo: Rob appears in both NGPC games of SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash.
- The Casanova: Rob is a womanizer, as also seen with A Lady on Each Arm in this official artwork
◊. - The Complainer Is Always Wrong: Rob doesn't like people who disagree with him.
- Ghetto Name: Rob Python. Probably it's just known by this nickname instead of being his real name.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Rob shares some similarities with MMA fighter Kevin Randleman.
- Tattooed Crook: Has a lot of tattoos like the two guns covering his chest.
Seo Yong Song
Seo Yong Song
Origin: South Korea
Fighting style: Taekwondo
Voiced by: Jun Hashimoto
Seo Yong Song is the star pupil of Kim Kaphwan and a Korean national champion. Since entering the Buriki One tournament he became good friends with Gai Tendo and Takato Saionji.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Not Kung Fu, but he's the Arrogant Taekwondo Guy. Probably the most arrogant of all fighters in the game.
- The Cameo: Yong Song appears in a Counter Card in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS.
- Child Prodigy: He seems himself (and also is seen by others) like that in Taekwondo scene.
- Dye Hard: In his 2P outfit, his hair is blonde.
Takato Saionji
Takato Saionji
Origin: Japan
Fighting style: Aikido
Voiced by: Eiji Yano
Takato was raised by his grandparents and was taught the art of Aikido by his grandfather. Takato is good friends with Gai Tendo and Seo Yong Song.
- Ambiguous Gender: Despite his looks, Takato is a man.
- The Cameo: Takato appears in both NGPC games of SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash. In CFC1 he appears with his 2P outfit, but in CFC2 is with the Aikido outfit.
- Chick Magnet: He has a fanbase In-Universe.
- David Versus Goliath: With almost everyone in this tournament.
- I Know Karate: One of the few representants of Aikido from SNK. Other aikidokas are Geese Howard and the Todoh family (Ryuhaku and Kasumi).
- Muscles Are Meaningless/Weak, but Skilled: Seems like the weakest of the bunch, but Aikido is about using enemy's force against himself. And since Takato mastered this martial art, he can easily defeat fighters more muscular and taller than him.
- Non-Uniform Uniform: His 2P outfit is a blue tracksuit with a headband (that reminds Kyo Kusanagi).
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despise his age, Takato is a mature person.
Jacques Ducalis
Jacques Ducalis
Origin: France
Fighting style: Judo
Voiced by: Eiji Tsuda
Jacques is a successful Judo champion and is now an instructor in France. In his mind, he thinks that a fighter must always evolve and that he wasn't evolving. So, when he received a letter asking him to point the best of his students to enter the tournament, he pointed himself.
- Dreadlock Rasta: His 2P outfit as a short hair version of this haircut.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Jacques is based on famous french judoka David Douillet. Also, his look is based on brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Royce Gracie.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Jacques' voice actor, Eiji Tsuda, is also known for make the voice of another serious character: Takuma Sakazaki and Mr. Karate from Art of Fighting, The King of Fighters and SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos.
- Sports Hero Backstory: Jacques is a gold medalist in his discipline.
- Teachers Out of School: Instead picking one of his best students, he points himself for the tournament.
Patrick Van Heyting
Patrick Van Heyting
Origin: The Netherlands
Fighting style: Professional Wrestling
Voiced by: Franky Nakamura
A professional wrestler with 15 years of experience, van Heyting was noted for his mic skills. He enters the Buriki One tournament to prove his strength is unmatched, as well as to promote his new wrestling organization, fWo.
- The Alcoholic: In his profile, his hobby is go to drink with his friends.
- The Gimmick: His 2P outfit has a different persona, like a Masked Luchador with a complete grey and silver costume.
- The Cameo: This 2P outfit only appears as an Action Card in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Based on various WWE wrestlers, mostly Goldberg.
- Papa Wolf: He loves his daughter, so you better don't mess with her.
- Trash Talk: Apart of his wrestling skills, Patrick is well-known for messing the opponent with his mic skills, the reason why he has many fans.
- Walking Shirtless Scene
- Wrestler in All of Us: He uses pro wrestling moves, such as the Brainbuster.
Ivan Sokolov
Ivan Sokolov
Origin: Russia
Fighting style: Greco-Roman Wrestling
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Arita
An olympic gold medal winner currently working as a physical education teacher, Sokolov is considered one of the world's top wrestlers due to his technical expertise. When the Russian Wrestling Association receives notice to point someone to participate in the Buriki One tournament, Ivan Sokolov was the instant choice.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: A very serious person and very brutal when fighting, Ivan Sokolov is someone to be feared in the ring.
- Boring, but Practical: Ivan's wrestling style is described as not being very flashy, but highly technical, especially when it comes to tackling.
- In Name Only: His name is the same than the Dutch chess grandmaster and the Russian composer and pianist.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Based on Aleksandr Karelin. Also, probably his name was based on the WWE Legend Ivan Koloff, who also has the "Mother Russia" gimmick as Sokolov.
- Product Placement: As Gai, Ivan's uniform is made by Mizuno, as seen in his official artwork with the "M" logo on it.
- Sports Hero Backstory: Ivan is a gold medalist in his discipline.
- Weakened by the Light: Kind of. In his profile, he hates sunlight.
- Worthy Opponent: He considers Gai to be one, praising his ability to adapt his fighting style to his opponents. Ivan says he expects Gai will be a finalist, but that he's confident he can defeat Gai.
- Wrestler in All of Us: He fights with greco-roman wrestling, relying on grappling maneuvers.
Song Xuandao
Song Xuandao
Origin: China
Fighting style: Tai Chi Chuan
Voiced by: Keiichiro Sakagi
Song is a master of Tai Chi and became a legend in China. Somewhere in the past, he was defeated by Silber. He was invited to the Buriki One tournament by his best friend, who is the chairman of a TV station in China.
- Boring, but Practical: Tai Chi Chuan, a chinese martial art more known in Occident as a relaxation method, here is used as a real martial art, which moves can knock off even bigger and stronger opponents. And Song mastered this martial art.
- Bruce Lee Clone: In the few images where he fought Silber◊ when he was young◊, he looked a lot like Bruce Lee.
- Call to Agriculture: Song is a farmer in the times he's not into fighting.
- Old Master: Over the course of his long life, he became a master of Tai Chi and a legend in China.
- Playing with Fire: Played With. Just like Gai, Song has fire designs in his clothes.
Payak Sitipitak
Payak Sitipitak
Origin: Thailand
Fighting style: Muay Thai
Voiced by: Atsushi Yamanishi
Payak is a semi-retired Thai kickboxer and former national champion. He decided to join Buriki One because he hasn't participated in an international competition before.
- Butt-Monkey: Payak is the character used as human punching bag in the intro to show the player how the game works.
- The Cameo: He appears being knocked off in KOF XI's Silber intro.
- Continuity Nod: Payak's son is a fan of Joe Higashi.
- Hopeless with Tech: Payak hates computers as stated in his profile.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: In his profile is stated Payak comes from a "family consisting of 17 people".
Akatsuki-Maru
Akatsuki-Maru
Origin: Japan
Fighting style: Sumo
Voiced by: Eiji Yano
Akatsuki-Maru is considered the best sumo wrestler in the 20th century, and is soon to be given the honor of Yokozuna. He decides to show his power and skill not only to the sumo fans, but to all of the world.
- Arrogant Sumo Guy: His personality is that of a cocky yet serious man.
- Big Eater: Required to be a Sumo wrestler.
- Mighty Glacier: Known as the slow-but-strong character of the game.
- Padded Sumo Gameplay: With the exception of the moves that seek to take the enemy out of the ring.
- Sumo Wrestling: The representant of this traditional Japanese sport.
Silber
Silber
Origin: Germany
Fighting style: Karate
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Arita
Silber is a powerful martial artist that wanders the world in search of strong opponents. Sometime in the past, he challenged and defeated Song Xuandao. When he heard of the Buriki One tournament featuring many fighters with different fighting styles, he decides to enter the tournament. His protegé is Rob Pytho. Like Gai, he appears as a playable character in The King of Fighters XI. In KOF-verse, he is also acquainted with the mysterious assassin, Oswald, but any details on said connection are unknown.
- Above Good and Evil: He doesn't care about good and evil; he's only focused on obtaining more power.
- Alternate Company Equivalent: Of Akuma from Street Fighter II. His Badass Back pose and Blood Knight tendency make him very similar to Akuma.
- Bilingual Bonus: His name means "silver" in German.
- Breakout Villain: After Gai, the most known character from this game, thanks to his appearance in The King of Fighters XI, also as Mid-Boss and Secret Character.
- Counter-Attack: One of his specials (and its DM version) in KOF XI requires this.
- Death from Above: One DM of his in KOF XI is little more than an aerial curbstomp.
- Defeat Means Playable: Silber is unlocked when you defeat him with all characters.
- Dishing Out Dirt: When he stomps, he creates mini tremors.
- Diving Kick: Silber has a variant known as "Axe Kick", which becomes stronger in KOF XI.
- Final Boss: Of this game, the only fighter that can't be selectable.
- Fur and Loathing: The first karateka in fighting games that wears fur in his outfit (way back in 1999), and seeing his scars it's easy to see how he gets the fur (also hinted in old Buriki One website)
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Sports 'em on his face and chest. They're definitely an evil one.
- Green and Mean: His karategi is mostly green.
- I Know Karate: Silber stated his martial art is Karate, but also learned other types of martial arts to complement his style. In the game, his style is called as "Original Karate".
- Inconsistent Spelling: His name is spelled as Silver in KOF XI. Anway, "Silber" also means Silver in German.
- Optional Boss: If the right conditions are met, you'll fight him instead of Adel as a mid-boss in KOF XI.
- The Quiet One: Silber is not a man of many words. In KOF XI, the only person he speaks to in Battle Intro is Gai, and he still doesn't talk much.Silber: You imbecile...
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Actually only his left eye, but you still should take warning in both Buriki One and KOF XI.
- Spirited Competitor: In contrast to his looks, victory and defeat doesn't matter to him. Only the fight itself matters.
- Status Buff: Has an unlisted DM in KOF XI (which presumably wasn't Dummied Out) that raises his defense.
- Limp and Livid: Partially. His idle stance has one of his arms drooping down behind his leg.
- Mighty Glacier: Played with. Mostly seen in KOF XI in which he's hard to manage because he's too slow and heavy, but that's compensated with his quick moves.
- Mythology Gag: His mid-boss intro in KOF XI involves him taking Payak Sitpitak (a nak muay from Buriki One) OUT. This is a nod to his introduction in Buriki One, which is done in the same way.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is unknown, Silber is a pseudonym.
- Red/Green Contrast: Silber wears a green karategi that contrasts Gai's red hair and details in his outfit.
- Rugged Scar: Scars that makes him badass, in his case is mostly Covered with Scars (especially the 2P outfit).
- Walking the Earth: He wanders the world in search of strong opponents.
Buriki Girls (NPC)
Buriki Girl is an umbrella term for the showgirls that appear before and after fights in Buriki One. There are five girls in the unit, each appearing at different times and locations. They usually are seen holding placards for the round number or other similar info.
Back when the game still had its homepage, SNK released a contest centered around them called, Buriki Girl Contest. The challenge was to name all the girls and correctly state when each girl appears in the game. Reportedly, the hardest one for users to find and name was Hinako.
Back when the game still had its homepage, SNK released a contest centered around them called, Buriki Girl Contest. The challenge was to name all the girls and correctly state when each girl appears in the game. Reportedly, the hardest one for users to find and name was Hinako.
Tropes for all the girls:
- Long Hair Is Feminine: Subverted, all girls have short hair, but all of them looks femenine with them.
- NPC: All of the girls appears in the game as part of certain moments, like "Next Stage", "Continue?" or "Game Over".
- Primary-Color Champion: The official outfit for Buriki Girls are in red and blue with white boots.
Hinako Touno
Appears at the Game Over screen. Likes basketball and dancing.Tropes associated with Hinako:
- Ascended Extra: Probably the most famous of Buriki Girls, even appears with Gai in one official artwork.
- Boyish Short Hair: Her hair looks very similar to Gai's, but brown instead red.
- The Cameo: Hinako appears on one background in The King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Hinako likes basketball.
Nanami Sakai
Tropes associated with Nanami:- The Baby of the Bunch: She's 19yo, being the youngest of the group, since all the other girls are in their 20s.
Hikaru Kouda
Tropes associated with Hikaru:Midori Marukame
Tropes associated with Midori:- Implausible Hair Color: Midori has green hair and it's not stated if it's natural or Dye Hard.
