Raiden

Raiden (ライデン, Raiden) is a character from the Fatal Fury series. He originally appeared in the first Fatal Fury (and its 3D remake, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition) as a large character wearing a blue wrestling suit and mask with a yellow lightning bolt down its center.

Story
Raiden is a professional wrestler known for his ruthlessness in the ring. He is very strong and is known to manhandle his opponents. He moved to Southtown to get involved with strong fights. He was eventually hired by Geese Howard as one of his henchmen. He entered the King of Fighters tournament created by Geese, but was eventually defeated by Andy Bogard.

While the Raiden gimmick is treated as a heel, the Big Bear gimmick is treated as a face.

Personality
Raiden has a fighting spirit and wants to fight strong opponents. During his time as Raiden, he was portrayed as a ruthless man with little care about his opponents well being.

Powers
None.

Fighting Style
Raiden is a heel Pro Wrestler. He uses several pro wrestler moves and also uses heel tactics, like spitting sand in his opponents eyes.

Music

 * Yuusha Raiden - Fatal Fury
 * Call From the Earth - Fatal Fury Wild Ambition

Voice Actors

 * Michael Beard - Fatal Fury 2, Special
 * Dango Takeda - Fatal Fury Special Scitron Video
 * John Hulaton - Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition, SNK vs Capcom series
 * Hisao Egawa - animated films
 * Robert O. Smith - animated films (English voice)

Game Appearances



 * Fatal Fury
 * Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
 * Capcom vs SNK
 * Capcom vs SNK Pro
 * Capcom vs SNK 2
 * Garou Densetsu The Legend of Wild Wolf
 * The King of Fighters XII

Anime Appearances

 * Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf

Similar Characters

 * Big Bear