Team Rivals

The Team Rivals (チームライバル, Chīmu Raibaru), also called Rivals Team in early English translations, is a reoccuring Special Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is created to act as rivals of the Hero Team, or against a specific character. The team is composed, in the most part, of characters who are important to some arc story or the game series. This team is only available in the Orochi Saga and Tales of Ash story arc. In KOF XIII, the team is renamed to "Elisabeth Team".

Members

 * -|Orochi Saga=
 * Iori Yagami - First Leader of Rivals Team. Left the team in '96.
 * Eiji Kisaragi - Member of Rivals Team. Left the team in '96.
 * Billy Kane - Member of Rivals Team. Left the team in '96.
 * -|Tales of Ash=
 * Elisabeth Blanctorche - Second Leader of Rivals Team. Appears only in XI and XIII.
 * Duo Lon - Member of Rivals Team. Appears only in XI and XIII.
 * Benimaru Nikaido - Member of Rivals Team. Left the team in XIII.
 * Shen Woo - Member of Rivals Team. Appears only in XIII.

Members Participation
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 * Character
 * Iori Yagami
 * Yes
 * No
 * No
 * Eiji Kisaragi
 * Yes
 * No
 * No
 * Billy Kane
 * Yes
 * No
 * No
 * Elisabeth Blanctorche
 * No
 * Yes
 * Yes
 * Duo Lon
 * No
 * Yes
 * Yes
 * Benimaru Nikaido
 * No
 * Yes
 * No
 * Shen Woo
 * No
 * Yes
 * Yes
 * Yes
 * No
 * Shen Woo
 * No
 * Yes
 * Yes
 * Yes