Team Kim



Team Kim, also called Team Korea Justice in earlier installments, is a reoccuring Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is leaded by Kim Kaphwan, a character from Fatal Fury series. Kim earns his own team due to his popularity in his home country, South Korea, and in his series' source. The team's main objective is to publicize its leader's justice ideals and rehabilitate feared criminals across the Asian country. The first team's formations consist of Korean fighters, and they are known as Team Korea Justice. Starting from The King of Fighters XIII, the team is simply known as Team Kim (due to the nationality of the team not being all of Korean fighters and its leader's popularity and fame).

Kim's main and reocurring teammates are Chang Koehan and Choi Bounge, two famous outlaw individuals in the country. The team received several characters over the time, starting in The King of Fighters '99. In The King of Fighters Neowave (a non-canonical game), Jhun Hoon replaces Kim in the leadership of the team.

Leader

 * Kim Kaphwan - Leader of the team that bears his name.

Members

 * Chang Koehan - Member of Team Kim. Left the team in XI.
 * Choi Bounge - Member of Team Kim. Left the team in 2003.

Member

 * Jhun Hoon - Member of Team Kim. Left the team in 2001, and returned in 2003. He also is leader of the team only in Neowave.

Member

 * May Lee Jinju - Member of Team Kim. Appears only in 2001.

Members

 * Raiden - Member of Team Kim. Appears only in XIII.
 * Hwa Jai - Member of Team Kim. Appears only in XIII.

Members

 * Gang-il - Member of Team Kim. Appears only in XIV.
 * Luong - Member of Team Kim. Left the team in XV.

Team Asian Triple Alliance (A.K.A. Team Jhun)
Team Asian Triple Alliance, also known as Team Jhun in Japan, is another iteration of Team Kim. While the team exists to rival the original team, the English localization changed the meaning of the team consist of members representing the largest Asian audiences. This team appears only in The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match and in The King of Fighters Neowave, as a new formation of the original, with Jhun replacing Kim in the leadership.

Leader

 * Jhun Hoon - Leader of Team Asian Triple Alliance (A.K.A. Team Jhun) in KOF Neowave and KOF 2002 UM. Represents South Korea in the second game.

Members

 * Chang Koehan - Member of Jhun Team in KOF Neowave.
 * Choi Bounge - Member of Jhun Team in KOF Neowave.

Members

 * Lin - Member of Team Asian Triple Alliance (A.K.A. Team Jhun). Represents China.
 * Shingo Yabuki - Member of Team Asian Triple Alliance (A.K.A. Team Jhun). Represents Japan.

Team Villains
Team Villains (, lit. "Bad Guy Team") is another iteration of Team Kim. The team was formed by Xanadu, a legendary criminal and Kim's fugitive disciples, Chang Koehan and Choi Bounge, who are trying to get back to their old criminal life. This team is currently only available in The King of Fighters XIV.

Leader

 * Xanadu - Leader of Team Villains.

Members

 * Chang Koehan - Member of Team Villains.
 * Choi Bounge - Member of Team Villains.

Members' Participation

 * Participation of the members of the team during the mainline series (and some spin-offs).
 * Note 1: About the colors in the table, they follow the logic below:


 * Yellow: for table titles and undefined status.
 * Lime & Red: for the characters' participation in the team.
 * Forest Green & Fire Brick: the first color indicates the characters who participated in the team in all times which he appeared in the series, and the second indicates the characters who were absent in the team from, at least, one game in the series.


 * Note 2: Since Kim hasn't participated with his source team in The King of Fighters XI, his name in this table is in fire brick.