Team Art of Fighting



Team Art of Fighting, known in Japan as Team Ryuko no Ken (, lit. "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger Team"), sometimes called Team Kyokugenryu, is a reoccuring Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team consists of characters coming from the Art of Fighting series. In the first two games of the series, this team consisted of Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia and Takuma Sakazaki, the three main protagonists of the classic series and the main practitioners of the Kyokugenryu Karate Style.

Starting with The King of Fighters '96, the team would begin shaking up their dynamic, with Yuri Sakazaki (Ryo's younger sister and young apprencite of the family's style) and King (a French bartender from South Town and Ryo's love interest) joining with the team in some moments. Continuning with The King of Fighters 2000, King's inclusion to the team roster in few tournament entries abandons the name of "Kyokugenryu Team" to simply called the "Art of Fighting Team (or Ryuko no Team)", due to her not being a Kyokugenryu fighter (her fighting style is Muay Thai). Starting from The King of Fighters XIV, Takuma leaves officially the team, and retires from the fighting scene to open a BBQ restaurant.

Leader

 * Ryo Sakazaki - Leader of Team Art of Fighting.

Members

 * Robert Garcia - Member of Team Art of Fighting. Only left in XI.
 * Takuma Sakazaki - Member of Team Art of Fighting. He joined in '94/Rebout and '95, returned in '99 - 2001 (counting the original version of 2002) and XIII, and left in '95, 2001 and XIII. He is also present in EX2: Howling Blood.

Member

 * Yuri Sakazaki - Member of Team Art of Fighting. She joined during '96~'99, left in 2000, XIII and XV and returned in 2001 and XIV. She is also present in EX games.

Member

 * King - Member of Team Art of Fighting. She joined this team in 2000, left in 2001 and returned in XI and XV.

Members' Participation

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


 * Note: About the colors in the table, they follow the logic below:


 * Yellow: for table titles.
 * 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.

Team Anti-Kyokugenryu (A.K.A. Team Anti-Art of Fighting)
Team Anti-Kyokugenryu, also known as Team Anti-Art of Fighting , is another variant of Team Art of Fighting. This team consist those who are enemies of the Sakazaki family and its fighting style. This team currently only appears officially in The King of Fighters XI. In The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, this team appears as a Special Entry, with Mr. Big as a member.

Orochi Saga (KOF '98 UM)
Team Anti-Kyokugenryu in KOF '98 UM.

Leader

 * Eiji Kisaragi - Leader of Team Anti-Kyokugenryu in '98 UM and XI. Left the team after XI.

Members

 * Kasumi Todoh - Member of Team Anti-Kyokugenryu in '98 UM and XI and regular member of Team Women Fighters. Left the team after XI.
 * Mr. Big - Member of Team Anti-Kyokugenryu only in '98 UM (and only in a special formation).

Member

 * Malin - Member and founder of new incarnation of Team Anti-Kyokugenryu in XI. Left the team after this game.

Members' Participation

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