Team Ikari Warriors




 * This article is about the team present in The King of Fighters series. For the game of the same name, check Ikari Warriors. For the game series to which the game belongs, check Ikari Warriors (series). For the mercenary group, check Ikari Warriors (group).

Team Ikari Warriors, shortened called Team Ikari , is a reoccurring Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by the main characters of the Ikari Warriors series, Ralf Jones and Clark Still (which both are known as Paul and Vince in its source series, respectively), alongside his Commander Heidern, who was present in the two first tournaments of the series (Heidern also made a brief intro participation in Ikari III: The Rescue).

Starting with The King of Fighters '96, the team earns new members: Leona Heidern, who replaces his adoptive father in the leadership, and Whip, during the NESTS Chronicles and the Tales of Ash. The two female soldiers and the Commander were created exclusively for the KOF series (although the commander himself debuted in NES version of Ikari III).

The most active team formation is commonly the members of the  '96 formation through the games, except in The King of Fighters XI, where Whip replaces Leona. However, the 2001 entry (and last chapter of the NESTS Chronicles) brings all members who were active during the Orochi Saga, such as the former classic pre- '96 team leader Heidern, due to Whip’s absent into joining Team K' in 2001 - 2003, prior to temporarily re-join with the Ikari Squad, due to an emergency matter regarding of Leona's absent as mentioned previously (the weakening of the Orochi seal and her Riot of the Blood state).

 

First Leader

 * Commander Heidern - First Leader and Member of Team Ikari Warriors in '94/Re-Bout and '95. He left the team in '96 and 2003, and returned in 2001.

Member & Third Leader

 * Colonel Ralf Jones - Third Leader and Member of Team Ikari Warriors in XI, XIII and XIV, and appear in all mainline games of the series.

Member

 * Lieutenant Clark Still - Member of Team Ikari Warriors. Appears in all mainline games of the series.

Member & Second Leader

 * Frontline Soldier Leona Heidern - Second Leader and Member of Team Ikari Warriors in most of the game series' mainline entries ('96, '97, '98/UM, all the NESTS Chronicles Saga, 2003 and XV). Left the team only in XI.

Member

 * Soldier Whip - Member of Team Ikari Warriors. Left the team in 2001 and XV, and returned in XI.

Members' Participation

 * Participation of the members of the team during the mainline series (and some spin-offs).