Team Masters

Team Masters, known in Japan as the Oyaji Team (, lit. "Old Man/Father Team") in The King of Fighters '98, is a reoccuring Special Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by masters of some martial style. The team is available only in Dream Match games, and the classic formation is Heidern (his own style of assassination techiniques), Takuma Sakazaki (the Kyokugenryu Karate style) and Saisyu Kusanagi (the Kusanagi style of ancient martial arts), available in the two versions of KOF '98. Chin Gentsai (Kung Fu and [mainly] Drunken Fist) replaces Saisyu in KOF 2002 UM.

Leader

 * Heidern - Leader of Team Masters in '98/UM and 2002 UM.

Members

 * Takuma Sakazaki - Member of Team Masters in '98/UM and 2002 UM.
 * Saisyu Kusanagi - Member of Team Masters only in '98/UM.

Member

 * Chin Gentsai - Member of Team Masters in 2002 UM.

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 and undefined/dual status.
 * 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.