The King of Fighters '96/Interviews

In the Neo Geo CD version of The King of Fighters '96, the characters have their own interviews, along with special messages from the Voice Actors as well as their outtakes from recording the game. Below, the list (by Teams and Single Entries):

Kyo Kusanagi


NAME
 * "My name is Kyo Kusanagi."

FIGHTING STYLE
 * "Isn't it obvious? It's the Kusanagi style of ancient martial arts."

NATIONALITY
 * "Japan."

BIRTHDAY
 * "December 12th. Are you asking cause you wanna get me a gift?"

AGE
 * "20."

HEIGHT
 * "181 cm."

WEIGHT
 * "75 kg."

BLOOD TYPE
 * "RH-B. Rare, huh?"

HOBBY
 * "Writing poetry, maybe?. I barely show it to people though."

FAVOURITE FOOD
 * "Grilled Fish; but only samma, you know."

FAVOURITE SPORT
 * "Ice Hockey."

IMPORTANT THINGS
 * "Important...? Firstly, my bike. Then... I guess... my girl...?"

DISLIKES
 * "Effort. I was born talented; trying hard and training's for losers!"

VA COMMENT
 * "Hello. This is Masahiro Nonaka, voice actor for Kyo Kusanagi. THE KING OF FIGHTERS series is now three years old now, which means this is my third year with the series too. To all the fans, I hope you will keep suporting this game (and me, while you're at it) and enjoying this game!"

Benimaru Nikaido


NAME
 * "My name is Benimaru Nikaido. Nice to meet ya!"

FIGHTING STYLE
 * "My fighting style is Shooting."

NATIONALITY
 * "My nationality is Japanese, but my parents are Japanese & American. In other words, I'm a half!"

BIRTHDAY
 * "My birthday is June 6th. Don't forget it, honey!"

AGE
 * "21."

HEIGHT
 * "180 cm."

WEIGHT
 * "70 kg."

BLOOD TYPE
 * "O."

HOBBY
 * "I don't like people who try to stand out. No one stands out more than me!"

FAVOURITE FOOD
 * "My favorite food... That would have to be sashimi!"

FAVOURITE SPORT
 * "When it comes to sports, I'm pretty much good at everything. But my specialty lies in clay pigeon shooting!"

IMPORTANT THINGS
 * "Isn't it obvious? My beauty and brawn!"

DISLIKES
 * "Sorry, but I just can't stand otakus!"

VA COMMENT
 * "Hey there, this is Monster Maezuka, voice for Benimaru, Choi and Ralf. Ralf and Benimaru aren't too bad for me, but Choi Bounge...! You know, I've been doing his voice continuously for almost 10 years now, and with the way I have to strain my voice for him, I'm extremely worried that I'm going to burst a blood vessel sooner or later! As far as my personal life goes, as of today (1996), I've been doing late-night broadcasts for BunBunRequest on Radio Osaka; Sorry, this only airs in Osaka, so if you'd like, send me your letters there too!"

Ralf Jones


NAME
 * "My name is Benimaru Nikaido. Nice to meet ya!"

FIGHTING STYLE
 * "My fighting style is Shooting."

NATIONALITY
 * "My nationality is Japanese, but my parents are Japanese & American. In other words, I'm a half!"

BIRTHDAY
 * "My birthday is June 6th. Don't forget it, honey!"

AGE
 * "21."

HEIGHT
 * "180 cm."

WEIGHT
 * "70 kg."

BLOOD TYPE
 * "O."

HOBBY
 * "I don't like people who try to stand out. No one stands out more than me!"

FAVOURITE FOOD
 * "My favorite food... That would have to be sashimi!"

FAVOURITE SPORT
 * "When it comes to sports, I'm pretty much good at everything. But my specialty lies in clay pigeon shooting!"

IMPORTANT THINGS
 * "Isn't it obvious? My beauty and brawn!"

DISLIKES
 * "Sorry, but I just can't stand otakus!"

VA COMMENT
 * "Hey there, this is Monster Maezuka, voice for Benimaru, Choi and Ralf. Ralf and Benimaru aren't too bad for me, but Choi Bounge...! You know, I've been doing his voice continuously for almost 10 years now, and with the way I have to strain my voice for him, I'm extremely worried that I'm going to burst a blood vessel sooner or later! As far as my personal life goes, as of today (1996), I've been doing late-night broadcasts for BunBunRequest on Radio Osaka; Sorry, this only airs in Osaka, so if you'd like, send me your letters there too!"

Choi Bounge


NAME
 * "Choi Bongue, buddy boy!"

FIGHTING STYLE
 * "I fight with these two claws of mine, buddy boy!"

NATIONALITY
 * "I was born and raised in Korea, buddy boy!"

BIRTHDAY
 * "October 25th, buddy boy!"

AGE
 * "36."

HEIGHT
 * "153 cm."

WEIGHT
 * "44 kg."

BLOOD TYPE
 * "B."

HOBBY
 * "Cutting things to shreds, buddy boy! Hyohyohyohyohyohyo!"

FAVOURITE FOOD
 * "Crabs; I can't get enough of their claws!"

FAVOURITE SPORT
 * "When it comes to sports, I'm pretty much good at everything. But my specialty lies in clay pigeon shooting!"

IMPORTANT THINGS
 * "Isn't it obvious? My beauty and brawn!"

DISLIKES
 * "Sorry, but I just can't stand otakus!"

VA COMMENT
 * "Hey there, this is Monster Maezuka, voice for Benimaru, Choi and Ralf. Ralf and Benimaru aren't too bad for me, but Choi Bounge...! You know, I've been doing his voice continuously for almost 10 years now, and with the way I have to strain my voice for him, I'm extremely worried that I'm going to burst a blood vessel sooner or later! As far as my personal life goes, as of today (1996), I've been doing late-night broadcasts for BunBunRequest on Radio Osaka; Sorry, this only airs in Osaka, so if you'd like, send me your letters there too!"

Trivia

 * Certain characters will straight up refuse to answer questions. The most blatant example is Geese, who responds to most questions with really doesn't seem to like interviews). The actual answer is presented on screen.


 * Monster Maezuka ends his comment with "send me your letters there too!". This last part is what Choi says when defeated in the games "Otegami choudai!"


 * Krauser's "Guild of Gessenkrieg" line proved to be a massive headache.


 * The outtake line that Terry's voice actor (Satoshi Hashimoto) does is a take of Terry's ending in the Neo Geo CD version of Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory.


 * Andy's voice actor (Keiichi Nanba) mentions a person named "Rekio-chan". This is referring to Reiko Chiba.


 * Joe is the only character who's interview is not read by his Voice Actor (Nobuyuki Hiyama), profile is narrated by Mai (Akoya Sogi). It is currently unknown why Hiyama didn't voice Joe for the KOF '96 Collection interview, but the most popular theories fans have is that either SNK didn't want to pay him to do it, or there were simply scheduling conflicts, and he couldn't be there.
 * The latter theory lines up with how most of SNK's voice actors and actresses were Osaka based, whilst Nobuyuki was Tokyo based, possibly adding to that part of the problem as well.