Team Official Invitation

The Team Official Invitation (チーム公式招待状, Chīmu kōshiki jōtaijō), also called the Official Invitation Team in earlier English translations, is a special team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by invited fighters by Antonov, the boss of The King of Fighters XIV and self-proclaimed "first champion". The team is composed by Sylvie Paula Paula and Mian, two underground fighters (the first girl was a discarded NESTS' experiment), beside Kukri, a mysterious member of a secret society, and acts team as the Team Rivals in KOF XIV, due to Kukri's rivalry with Shun'ei, the protagonist of the game and the saga in which he is inserted.

List of Members

 * Sylvie Paula Paula - Leader of Team Official Invitation.
 * Kukri - Member of Team Official Invitation.
 * Mian - Member of Team Official Invitation.

Trivia

 * This team breaks the trend of the protagonist's main rivals commonly debuted in their respective arc's second game, due to Kukri's first appearance in KOF XIV (the first game of the arc).
 * Kukri also appears as a boss for SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy, like Iori Yagami, a former Team Rivals leader.