The King of Fighters '94 (Dengeki)

Dengeki CD Bunko ~ Best Game Selection 13 ~ The King of Fighters '94 (電撃CD文庫　ベストゲームセレクション１３　ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ’９４) is a dramatization of the events predating The King of Fighters '94 made by Dengeki Bunko. As with other Dengeki adaptions, this CD comes with a booklet, remixes game themes, and uses various famous actors for the game's characters.

Story
The plot begins with Rugal narrating the words being inputted into his typewriter for a team tournament. He repeats the words in the game's opening and signs his invitations as "R".

Back in Japan, a lazy Kyo chats with one of his friend's from school. Although his acquaintance jibs him for lolly gagging, Kyo replies that he feels a bit more tense than usual like he is before a fight. When the wind blows a few scant cherry blossom petals their way, he is nostalgic at the time of the year. In the tranquility of nature, Goro is training his body for speed and endurance. He loses his concentration at the last minute and smashes the ground to save himself from being stung by bees. He falls into the cold spring below and takes a break by a campfire. Hearing the rustle of cherry blossom trees, he states that a year has passed since a particular event happened. Out in the town with a girl strapped to his hip, Benimaru asks her name and she says it's Sakura. The name is reminiscent to a memory he had so he abruptly runs off.

The trio instinctively meet up in the same location where a martial arts tournament was held the previous year. At that time, the fighters had hardly known one another and the cherry blossoms were nearing the end of their blooming season. They remember when Kyo was still a newcomer to the fighting cycle, a time when Benimaru was more cockier about his reputation, and Goro breaking up their arguments with one another. All three pave through the competition and face each other in the finals. Though he has a rough time with them, Kyo surpasses his rivals and earns first place.

In the present, both Goro and Benimaru relates accepting their defeats with sportsmanship and respect for Kyo. Once he shows them the new tournament invitation, they mutually agree to team up and plan their rematches later.

During a thunderstorm, Rugal explains the purpose of The King of Fighters tournament: to test the world's strongest fighters against his own. He rates the worthiness of the participants he chose, saying that they would all be fabulous furniture in his mansion. At the end of his monologue, he's blasted by lightening.

Cast

 * Kyo Kusanagi - Ryōtarō Okiayu
 * Benimaru Nikaido - Hikaru Midorikawa
 * Goro Daimon - Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
 * King - Yumi Tōma
 * Yuri Sakazaki - Sakura Tange
 * Mai Shiranui - Megumi Hayashibara
 * Ryo Sakazaki - Akira Kamiya
 * Robert Garcia - Hideo Ishikawa
 * Takuma Sakazaki - Hōchū Ōtsuka
 * Rugal Bernstein - Banjō Ginga