Team Ikari Warriors




 * This article is about the team present in The King of Fighters series. For the game of the same name, check Ikari Warriors. For the game series to which the game belongs, check Ikari Warriors (series). For the mercenary group, check Ikari Warriors (group).

Team Ikari Warriors, shortened called Team Ikari, is a reoccurring Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by the main characters of the Ikari Warriors series, Ralf Jones and Clark Still (both are known as Paul and Vince in its source series, respectively), alongside his Commander Heidern, who was present in the two first tournaments of the series (Heidern also made a brief intro participation in Ikari III: The Rescue).

Starting with The King of Fighters '96, the team earns new members: Leona Heidern, Heidern's adoptive daughter and frontline soldier of the squad, and Whip, a younger soldier, during the NESTS Chronicles and the Tales of Ash Saga. The two female soldiers and the Commander were created exclusively for the KOF series (although the commander himself debuted in NES version of Ikari III).

The most active team formation is commonly the members of the  '96 formation through the games, except in The King of Fighters XI, where Whip replaces Leona. However, the 2001 entry (and last chapter of the NESTS Chronicles) brings all members who were active during the Orochi Saga, such as the former classic pre- '96 team leader Heidern, due to Whip’s absence joining Team K' in 2001 - 2003, prior to temporarily re-joining with the Ikari Squad, due to an emergency matter regarding of Leona's absence as mentioned previously (the weakening of the Orochi seal and her Riot of the Blood state).

 

First Leader

 * Commander Heidern - First Leader and Member of Team Ikari Warriors in '94/Re-Bout and '95. He left the team in '96 and 2003, and returned in 2001.

Member & Second Leader

 * Colonel Ralf Jones - Second Leader and Member of Team Ikari Warriors in '94, '95, '96, '97, '98/UM, all the NESTS Chronicles Saga, 2003, XI, XIII, XIV and XV. Also has appeared in all mainline games of the series.

Member

 * Lieutenant Clark Still - Member of Team Ikari Warriors. Appeared in all mainline games of the series.

Frontline Member

 * Frontline Soldier Leona Heidern - Frontline Member of Team Ikari Warriors in most of the game series' mainline entries ('96, '97, '98/UM, all the NESTS Chronicles Saga, 2003, XIII, XIV and XV). Left the team only in XI.

Member

 * Soldier Whip - Member of Team Ikari Warriors. Left the team in 2001 and XV, and returned in XI.

Members' Participation

 * Participation of the members of the team during the mainline series (and some spin-offs).
 * Note 1: 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.