Shun'ei

Shun'ei (シュンエイ) is a new character who debuts in The King of Fighters XIV and central character of the new story arc. He is voiced by Takashi Ohara.

Story
Shun'ei is a manipulator of illusions. Due to his mysterious powers, he was abandoned at a young age by his parents and was raised as a disciple of Tung Fu Rue. Through his training, he learned to control his hidden powers. As Tung's last disciple, he sets out to challenge other fighters from all over the world with his close friend Meitenkun.

It is revealed that the Shun'ei has one of Verse's power on his left-half, one of the two creatures, along with an unknown blue creature, created from the result of Ash Crimson's doing on changing his timeline to erase himself from being Saiki's descendants and kills his ancestor, with their power fragment are somehow implanted Shun'ei when he was a kid in a new timeline.

After Verse's defeat, Shun'ei is advised by Kyo to continue his training to keep his powers under control. Shun'ei agrees and vows to train harder.

Personality
Unlike the rest of the previous KOF primary protagonists, Shun'ei is the nicest person and very reasonable person due to being raised by Tung Fu Rue kindly, making him similar to the primary protagonists from previous SNK games before appearing in KOF series primarily, AOF's Ryo Sakazaki and Fatal Fury's two adopted sons of Tung's old disciples Jeff Bogard, Terry and Andy. Despite being the nicest person because of his master's parenting, Shun'ei admit himself for his accursed powers may endangers anyone near him, unlike Iori Yagami.

Appearance
Shun'ei is a young man with green hair and red eyes. He wears a white high collared short sleeved shirt with front pockets and accent colors of purple and yellow throughout and a purple tie. He wears a pair of intricate white headphones on his head. He has black and red fingerless gloves with diamond shaped studs on the knuckles; and wears red bandage like wraps on his arms and neck. He wears a black jacket with red and blue seams which hangs on his shoulders; with a yellow and black arm band, a large circle in the back with Chinese Kana and gradients from red to yellow on the bottom half of it. He also wears black jeans with one pant leg rolled to his calf with a red belt and a rosery chain consisting of red and black beads with gold accents. He also wears white shoes that go just above his ankles, with red buckled straps holding them in place.

Powers
Shun'ei's power has a symbiotic relationship with some main antagonist of the current arc, such as KOFXIV antagonist, Verse.
 * Hydrokinesis - Shun'ei can control water usually in a form of a claw on his right side. The fragment of his right-half's power from unknown blue creature's power.
 * Pyrokinesis - Shun'ei can control fire usually in a form of a fist on his left side. The fragment of his left-half's power from Verse's power.

Fighting Style
Shun'ei is the only known character to have two air dashes, which act as an air special moves.

Music

 * Inheritance - The King of Fighters XIV

Game Appearances

 * The King of Fighters XIV

Trivia

 * Shun'ei is the last disciple of Tung Fu Rue, aside from Meitenkun.
 * Shun'ei calls Tung Fu Rue "Grandpa", since Shun'ei was adopted by him when he was a kid.
 * Shun'ei's home is nearby the Sichuan region, which is where Mian lives and takes her job as an opera dancer there.