Robert Garcia/Story

=Art of Fighting series=

Past
Robert is the only son of Albert Garcia, a wealthy Italian businessman and best friend of Takuma Sakazaki. During his early childhood, Robert lived a life free of responsibility and caring, being doted on by his loving parents for his every whim. Yet he would yearn for more in his life and would regularly sneak away from his home to go to the Kyokugenryu Dojo. He spied on Takuma and Ryo Sakazaki's training sessions and aspired to become like them.

Albert wanted Robert to focus on his corporate teachings and someday inherit the Garcia Foundation from him. After his father pushed him too far, a young Robert rebelled and embraced his own ambitions to find success by himself. Running away from home, Robert rushed to Takuma's dojo and demanded to be taught Kyokugenryu Karate. Impressed by the boy's spirit, Takuma agreed and Robert became Ryo's sparring partner. The two boys soon became best friends.

Unlike Ryo, Robert is a natural ace in martial arts. Because Robert excelled so well in his studies, Takuma became harder on his son's training to keep up. As Robert completed his training first, however, this would happen immediately before Ryo's 10th birthday, and on the day of Ronnet's deadly car accident. With the death of Ryo's mother, his master mysteriously disappearing, and leaving Ryo to take care of Yuri, Robert was left with no choice but to reluctantly return home to Italy. Knowing that Ryo must overcome his own trials and mature into the man his father sought, he promised him that he would return, and for Ryo to protect Yuri and to keep her happy. In his home country, Robert rigorously continued his martial arts studies and matured into a respected martial artist. He was given his moniker "The Raging Tiger" overseas.

Robert eventually developed romantic feelings for his friend's sister, Yuri. He has held an infatuation with Yuri ever since he first met her and would likely wed her if not for Takuma and Ryo, who are overprotective of Yuri.

Art of Fighting
Several years later, Robert returns to America to pay the Sakazaki family a visit. While Ryo is away at a street fight, Robert arrives to the dojo too late to save Yuri from her kidnapping. He barges into the street fight and tells Ryo that Yuri has been taken to Southtown. He gladly assists the search, the duo eventually learning that Mr. Big allegedly masterminded the kidnapping. Thanks to King, they were able to find Yuri and save her from Mr. Big. In gratitude, he and Ryo later fund for Jan's operation.

Art of Fighting 3
After the conclusion of the first King of Fighters tournament, Robert visited Mexico to help Freia Lawrence, a childhood friend, save her friend Wyler. He acts as her bodyguard during their journey through Glasshill. Once he sees his friends reconcile, he follows his father's wishes to head back home and help run the family company. Before he boards the plane out of the city, Yuri surprises him by having her own ticket. They return to Italy together.

Robert's whereabouts after the series conclusion remains unclear. Ryo's backstory from Buriki One and the King of Fighters series seems to imply that Robert eventually takes over his father's company. Despite popular belief, he is still single years after Art of Fighting's conclusion.

=The King of Fighters series= Robert's life is the exact same as his Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury counterpart up until Art of Fighting 3.

The King of Fighters '94
Prior to the 1994 tournament, Ryo learns that Yuri entered KOF on her own accord, despite being told it was too dangerous. Takuma Sakazaki tells him and his friend Robert Garcia that they should enter KOF to put their training to the test as the Art of Fighting Team, representing Mexico.

The King of Fighters '95
Takuma forces Ryo and Robert to participate in KOF '95, wheater they like it or not, forming the Kyokugenryu Team again.

The King of Fighters '96
Takuma talks to Ryo, Robert and Yuri about this upcoming KOF tournament. He announces that he'll be retiring starting this year, and requests that Yuri should team up with Ryo and Robert, much to the former's disdain. The three team up as the new Kyokugenryu Team. Robert is overjoyed when Yuri also joins their team and often tries to voice his opinion in her favor.

The King of Fighters '97
Prior to the 1997 tournament, Takuma is injured by an unknown attacker. Ryo, Robert, and Yuri once again team up to form the Art of Fighting Team, to discover who injured Takuma prior to the tournament.

The King of Fighters '99
Ryo, Robert and Yuri form the Art of Fighting Team, with Takuma joining them, now fully recovered.

The King of Fighters 2000
In The King of Fighters 2000, Ryo welcomed King into the team, even through Robert's protests, as Yuri back to the Women Fighters Team. Takuma apparently noticed (and mistook) the respect the young fighters had for one another for love, and presses his wishes for her to join whenever the time calls for it (something Robert and Yuri would eventually do too).

The King of Fighters 2001
To be added...

The King of Fighters 2003
By the time of The King of Fighters 2003, he is somehow joyfully wealthy again and is confident enough to enter without the demands of his master.

The King of Fighters XI
Robert did not participate in the eleventh tournament. The reason for his absence was due to a simultaneous disaster in his father's company that needed to be solved with Robert's presence. During the "Art of Fighting Team" ending, Robert, Yuri, and Takuma arranged a secret blind date with Ryo and King. (as well as unintentionally knocking out Malin, Eiji Kisaragi, and Kasumi Todoh, who were there to fight the Kyokugenryu practitioners).

The King of Fighters XIII
He has enough free time from his family business to participate in the KOF XIII tournament. In the ending, Robert shows a wedding ring to Takuma that Robert want to propose marriage to Yuri, but Takuma disagrees. Both of them end up hitting each other without Ryo, Yuri or King noticing them.

The King of Fighters XIV
By the time of The King of Fighters XIV, the Sakazaki family has opened a Kyokugen BBQ restaurant with the help of Richard Meyer. Ryo, displeasing with his family attitude regarding their training, is determined to leave South Town and is accompanied by his student, Khushnood Butt.

The King of Fighters XV
King leaves the Women Fighters Team, and replaces Yuri in the Art of Fighting Team.