Team Yagami

Team Yagami is a reoccurring Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by Iori Yagami and some characters who have aligned with him, acting as a primary Team Rivals in the Orochi Saga. The first formation occurs in The King of Fighters '95, and the  ' 96 incarnation is the most well-known formation, which returns in  ' 98/UM and 2002/UM, and canonically in XIII and XIV.

  

Leader

 * Iori Yagami - Leader of the team that bears his surname. He left the team in '97, '99, 2000, 2003 and XV and returned in 2001, XIII and XIV.

Members

 * Eiji Kisaragi - Member of Team Yagami. Only joined in '95.
 * Billy Kane - Member of Team Yagami. Only joined in '95.

Members

 * Mature - Member of Team Yagami. Due to her death in '96, she did not join in '97 until XI, but returned in Dream Matches '98/UM and 2002/UM, and canonically in XIII and XIV.
 * Vice - Member of Team Yagami. Due to her death in '96, she did not join in '97 until XI, but returned in Dream Matches '98/UM and 2002/UM, and canonically in XIII and XIV.

Members

 * Vanessa - Member of Team Yagami. Only joined in 2001.
 * Seth - Member of Team Yagami. Only joined in 2001.
 * Ramón - Member of Team Yagami. Only joined in 2001.

KOF EX Team Formation
The team has a new formation, exclusive for The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood (released only in the Game Boy Advance). The new characters added to the team are Jun Kagami and Miu Kurosaki.

Howling Blood

 * Jun Kagami - Member of Team Yagami. Appears only in Howling Blood.
 * Miu Kurosaki - Member of Team Yagami. Appears only in Howling Blood.

Trivia

 * Due to the fact that the team bears his surname, Iori is the only character who is always present in him.


 * This team isn't available in KOF '97, all the canonical chapters of the NESTS Chronicles, the two first chapters of Tales of Ash saga and in KOF XV. The main possible reasons is the unstable temper of his leader (due to his bloodline), his disinterest in form a team and his duties as a member of the Sacred Treasures Team.


 * With exception of Billy Kane and Eiji Kisaragi (who debuts in the Fatal Fury series and Art of Fighting series, respectively), the other characters on this team are exclusively created for the KOF series.


 * Vanessa, Seth and Ramón, members of the 2001's formation, are the founders of Team Agents, a team present in The King of Fighters 2002, The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match (non-canonically), The King of Fighters XI and The King of Fighters XV (cannonically).


 * Iori appears as a boss for SNK Gals' Fighters, under the nickname Miss X.
 * He also appears in the spirital successor of this game, SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy, as DLC character. The boss of this entry, Kukri, appears in an alternative formation of Team Rivals


 * Billy and Eiji are the only former members who left the team on hostile terms, mainly due to Iori mauling them after Omega Rugal's destruction. In his other team formations apart from the ones formed with Mature and Vice, it can be assumed the team dissolution was on somewhat amicable terms.


 * In The King of Fighters 2002, this team was called "KOF '96 Team", with its members (Iori, Mature and Vice) representing The King of Fighters '96 (the canonical game which both appears as a team). However, in the remake of the reffered game, the team returns to their original name.


 * This team, Team Orochi and Team Isla are the only teams which some of his members are in the state of resurrected or undead.
 * All the formations mentioned are/were mainline or alternative entries of Team Rivals.


 * This team, Team Ikari Warriors, Team Masters, Team K', Team NESTS, Team Kim, Team Hero, Team Rivals, Team Agents and Team Isla are the only teams of the series which one or more members have unknown nationality.


 * This team, Team Fatal Fury, Team Hero, Team Outlaw, Team Art of Fighting, Team Ikari Warriors, Team South America, Team Rivals, Team Japan, Team Kyo, Team Sacred Treasures, Team K', Team Benimaru, Team Asian Triple Alliance, Team Agents, Team Ash, Team Elisabeth, Team Shun'ei, Team Mexico, Team G.A.W. and Team East Asia are the only teams of the series which one or more members win a KOF tournament.