Kyo-2

Kyo-2 is a character in The King of Fighters series. He was introduced as one of Kyo Kusanagi's many clones who serves the NESTS cartel.

Development
In The King of Fighters '99, two clones of Kyo Kusanagi appeared as selectable characters: Kyo-1 and Kyo-2. The original Kyo was redesigned for the game, but some designers wanted his return to KOF '99 with his iconic school uniform. When they were nearing the end of their production schedule, staff members were indecisive upon which uniform the Kyo clone should wear (KOF '94 or KOF '95) when the project head said to just make two clones instead. To save time, the project head then drew designs for Kyo-1 and Kyo-2 on the spot.

Story
During the course of The King of Fighters '99, Kyo-1 and Kyo-2 were merely two of thousands ready to be activated by Krizalid. They were presumably destroyed, since both characters don't have a personal ending and don't belong to any team. They return in The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match as part of the Clones Team along with Kusanagi, only to presumably test their opponents and eliminate Kyo.

Personality
In contrast to Kyo-1, Kyo-2 is very cocky and often (if not always) underestimates his opponents.

Powers

 * Pyrokinesis - Kyo-2 has control over fire save for those he didn't create.
 * Create Fire - Kyo-2 can create fire from thin air.
 * Fire Attacks - Kyo-2 can deliver punches and kicks of fire.
 * Fire Body - Kyo-2 can put his own body on fire without burning himself.
 * Fire Pillar - Kyo-2 can create a pillar of fire.

Fighting Style
His fighting style is based on Kyo's fighting style during The King of Fighters '96 and The King of Fighters '97, though heavily modified and includes the Aragami (Savage Bite) and Dokugami (Poison Bite) chains. In comparison to Kyo-1, most of Kyo-2's moves are relatively the same as the normal Kyo's, only with alternate twists on the attacks (such as being able to do a guard-breaking Nue Tsumi/Nue Plucker during a Yanosabi/Eight Rusts). Basically, Kyo-2 does not have much in the way of original attacks like Kyo-1, and he also ditches the method numbering font of the three clans for all of his moves. Unlike Kyo-1, Kusanagi and Kyo himself, Kyo-2 does not have the signature Orochinagi, and instead has the Mu Shiki in its place instead. His moveset mostly has multi-input techniques.

Music

 * Esaka ~Acid Mix~ - The King of Fighters '99
 * Niritsuhaihan (Antinomy) ~Mutually Exclusive Dichotomy~ - The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match, The King of Fighters All Star

Voice Actors

 * Masahiro Nonaka - The King of Fighters '99~2002 UM
 * Tomoaki Maeno - The King of Fighters All Star

Games

 * The King of Fighters '99 - potential special boss
 * The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match - potential mid-boss

Mobile

 * The King of Fighters All Star - NPC

Cameos

 * Days of Memories (fourth title) - in-text cameo; mentioned as one of Krizalid's minions

Trivia

 * Kyo-2's crouching D/HK sweep happens to be the original Kyo's 88 Shiki, which is likely a nod to how the said move used to be Kyo's sweep normal back in The King of Fighters '94.

Similar characters

 * Kyo Kusanagi
 * Kyo-1
 * Kusanagi