Andy Bogard

Andy Bogard (アンディー・ボガード, Andī Bogādo) is a video game character in both the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK Playmore. He is also Terry Bogard's brother.

Fatal Fury


Andy practices the Shiranui-ryuu ("style" in Japanese) Ninjutsu and a form of empty-handed ninja combat called Koppouken, which he trained in after witnessing his foster father's murder in order to gain revenge on Geese Howard. Mai Shiranui is his fiancée (in her mind), and the granddaughter of Hanzo Shiranui, the man he learned Ninjitsu from.

It was after his foster father Jeff's death that Tung Fu Rue took responsibility for raising himself and Terry. Andy went to Japan to train under Hanzo and grew up alongside Mai, while Terry stayed in South Town.

During Andy's time in Japan, he met the Muay Thai fighter Joe Higashi, and challenged him to a match. When Andy won, he invited Joe to return to America with him to enter the King of Fighters tournament, held by Geese. Before this, Andy had rarely, if ever, seen Terry in the interim since Jeff's death. Andy quickly grew jealous of Terry because Terry was taller, older, more experienced and quite possibly a better fighter, and unlike Andy, Terry did not practice a grueling daily training regimen.

Late in the tournament, Andy tried to kill off Geese by himself. Geese's power proved to be too much for Andy as he almost fell to his death. Terry saved Andy, who finally acknowledged Terry as the better of the two brothers.

Andy's emotions prevented him from reaching the final round, but when Terry defeated Geese, Andy felt a sense of closure and returned to Japan to continue his training. After Terry beat Geese at the end of their first King of Fighters Tournament, a new tournament was held, this time hosted by Wolfgang Krauser. Andy, while present in the tournament, did not accomplish much story-wise.

Ever since Geese's death, the fall of the First Southtown, and the birth of Second Southtown, Andy has been busy training Hokutomaru through the ways of Shiranui-ryuu Ninjutsu and Koppouken. Instead of fighting in the tournament himself, he sends Hokutomaru in his place to see what his apprentice has learned. In Hokutomaru's ending Andy writes him a note saying that he was proud of how strong Hokutomaru has gotten. Then he ended the note by saying he is no longer his teacher but his rival and that they will cross paths again.

The King of Fighters
When the new King of Fighters '94 tournament was announced, Andy joined Terry and Joe in the new 3-on-3 matches. Since then, Andy has always agreed to follow his brother Terry whenever he decided to enter the new version of the King of Fighters tournament. The Fatal Fury Team maintained his original formation (Terry, Andy and Joe) from King of Fighters '94 to '98. With new rules in KOF '99 allowing teams of four members, Mai Shiranui (in KOF '99) and, later, Blue Mary (KOF 2000) joined the team. After the beginning of the Ash Crimson Saga (KOF 2003, XI, XII) Andy left the Fatal Fury team to take care of Shiranui disciple Hokutomaru, who fell sick, and Mai went after him.

Personality
Andy is a quiet man who wishes to become stronger than his brother. He's also in love with Mai, but rarely shows so. He seems to be perplexed by Mai's actions towards him, but will do everything to protect her.

Powers



 * Gather Chi: Andy can gather chi energy from Gaia, the mother-earth.


 * Energy Projectile: Andy can fire a ball of chi energy from his hands called Hishouken.


 * Energy Attacks: Andy can use chi energy to increase the damage of his normal attacks (punches, kicks...)


 * Fire Attacks: Andy can use fire to increase the damage of his normal attacks (punches, kicks...) and even engulf his body on fire.

Skills

 * Acrobatics: Andy is very proficient with acrobatics.


 * Stealth: Due to his ninja training, Andy is proficient with stealth.

Fighting Style
Andy employs Koppouken as his fighting style. Koppouken is an old Japanese martial art that has some karate and ninjutsu moves. Some time after mastering Koppouken, Andy went to learn the Shiranui-ryuu Ninjutsu with Hanzo Shiranui.

Music

 * Chotto Koikki na Kenka Yarou (A Somewhat Stylish Brawling Punk) - Player VS. Player BGM in Fatal Fury, shared with Terry and Joe.
 * Pasta - Fatal Fury 2 and Fatal Fury Special
 * Raihatou (Thunder Surge Warrior) - Fatal Fury 3 and Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * Raihatou Gaiden (Thunder Surge Warrior Sidestory) - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special and Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
 * Ribbon of the Night - Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
 * Napolitan Blues - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters '94, shared with Terry and Joe.
 * Club M ~Flute in the Sky~ - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters '95, shared with Terry and Joe.
 * Big Shot - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters '96, shared with Terry and Joe.
 * Kurikinton ~Gomame Guitar Ver.~ (Chestnuts and Mashed Sweet Potatoes ~Gomame Guitar Ver.~) - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters '98, shared with Terry and Joe.
 * 117th Street - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters '99, shared with Terry, Joe, and Mai.
 * Terry 115 - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters 2000, shared with Terry, Joe, and Blue Mary.
 * All OK! - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters 2001, shared with Terry, Joe, and Mary.
 * Kurikinton - Fatal Fury Team's theme from The King of Fighters 2002, shared with Terry and Joe.

Game Appearances



 * Fatal Fury - playable character
 * Fatal Fury 2 - playable character
 * Fatal Fury Special - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 94 - playable character
 * Fatal Fury 3 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 95 - playable character
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 96 - playable character
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind - playable character
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 97 - playable character
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 98 - playable character
 * Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition - playable character
 * Fatal Fury: First Contact - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 99 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 2000 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 2001 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters EX - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 2002 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters EX2 - playable character
 * The King of Fighters Neowave - playable character
 * The King of Fighters 98: Ultimate Match - playable character
 * Garou Densetsu The Legend of Wild Wolf - playable character

Anime Appearances

 * Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
 * Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
 * Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

Similar Characters

 * Shadow Andy