Jin Chonrei


 * ''In this Chinese name, the family name is "Jin".

Jin Chonrei is a character from the Fatal Fury series who also makes an appearance in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum. Chonrei first appeared as the final secret boss in Fatal Fury 3, following Ryuji Yamazaki and his brother Jin Chonshu.

He is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi.

Development
According to an issue of Neo Geo Freak, Chonrei was originally conceived to be a person with split-personalities with a masculine and feminine side. However, since the designers favored both sides equally, they abandoned this version in favor of a twin brother.

Story
Chonrei is the older twin brother of Chonshu. When they were six, they lost their parents to an epidemic around their home. Before their father died, he spoke of Qin Wanglong (秦王龍) AKA Jin Ouryuu, one of their family's ancient ancestors. Wanglong/Ouryuu was a celebrated general of the great Qin Shi Huang and was said to have single-handedly slayed a thousand soldiers. Their father convinced them that they had the same blood of this warrior and soon passed away. Left to fend for themselves, the brothers worked together to support themselves and live up to their family name. As they grew older, they also began to detest other people. When they were fourteen, an attack from bullies left them in a half-dead state on the streets. Once they lost consciousness, two spirits of their 2200-year-old ancestors possessed their bodies.

The spirit that possessed Chonrei was known as Qin Konglong (秦空龍) AKA Jin Kuuryuu, making the boy a strong combatant while also heightening his brutality further. The spirit that possessed Chonshu was Qin Hailong (秦海龍) AKA Jin Kairyuu, who was Konglong's younger brother. Konglong/Kuuryuu and Hailong/Kairyuu were the sons of Wanglong, who wrote the Jin scrolls during the Qin Dynasty. They now seek to gather all three scrolls, which they believe will resurrect them in immortal bodies and allow them to conquer the world. However, Fatal Fury 3's ending describes this goal as a delusion.

They know the scrolls are in South Town and send Ryuji Yamazaki to search the city, but several other characters are also searching for the scrolls for different reasons. If the player did well throughout the course of the game, Chonrei appears and becomes extremely angry at the defeat of his younger brother, promising that the player character will not leave the place alive. Following the brothers' defeat, their ancestors' spirits depart from their bodies.

Geese Howard ends up collecting all three scrolls but orders Billy Kane to dispose of them in the backstory of the next game, Real Bout Fatal Fury. In endings where either Chonshu or Chonrei defeats Geese, the brothers recover the scrolls. Yet despite Chonshu's objections and questioning, Chonrei angrily tears them up to defy the deluded will of their ancestors. The twins continue their lives as normal children under Tung's wing, especially with Chonrei's Real Bout 2 ending involving him being the sole pupil training under Tung in both of their endings (while Chonshu prefers to take his route under Kim's wing instead).

Personality
He focuses himself on his little brother and wants to protect him at all costs. Overall, he is more brutal-minded and direct-to-the-point compared to Chonshu. Chonrei doesn't like putting in a lot of effort into something, but he is very confident in his abilities, and has no problem of showing it akin to how his younger brother taunts others. He is known to be angry when his brother is hurt, and will go after anyone to seek revenge (thus making him rather overprotective).

Even then, in the end he realizes that the goal of their ancestors was a mere delusion and for all the power they have gained since that moment when their bodies were possessed, he and Chonshu start to seek better things in life without the influence of the spirits that resided in their bodies.

Powers

 * Channel Energy - Chonrei can channel chi energy from the earth.
 * Create Energy - Chonrei can create a small non-damaging ball of energy that emanates heat and light.
 * Energy Projectile - Chonrei can fire a ball of energy.
 * Energy Vampirism - Chonrei can absorb energy from his enemy through a small ball.
 * Translocation - Chonrei can translocate himself.
 * Dragon Beam - Chonrei can fire a beam of energy while a blue dragon appears behind him.
 * Reflector - Chonrei can reflect projectiles with his body.

Skills

 * Cooking - Likely with having to fend for themselves as the eldest of the two, Chonrei is a decent cook.
 * Winter sports - Chonrei appears to have a solid preference for snowboarding especially.

Fighting Style
Chonshu's fighting style named Teiouken (Sovereign Fist, read in pinyin as Diwangquan) is a fictional kungfu style that consists of techniques with a high focus in chi control and fast-blinking movements. Chonrei's take on the style focuses more on allowing him to stand his ground more often.

Music

 * Pandora no Hako Yori Dainiban Meimu (The Second from Pandora's Box "Mist") - Fatal Fury 3, Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * Pandora no Hako Yori Daisanban Ketsudan (The Third from Pandora's Box "Determination") - Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (Dominated Mind), Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 (shared with his brother)

Games

 * Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory - true final boss
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum

Mobile

 * Kimi wa Hero

Cameos

 * The King of Fighters 2002 - in the China stage
 * The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout - background cameo in the Psycho Soldier Team stage
 * The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match - in the China stage
 * Garou Densetsu Special
 * The King of Fighters XIV - in the China Team ending

Trivia

 * Spiritually, him, his brother Jin Chonshu, and Ryuji Yamazaki's originating appearance hearken back to the John Carpenter 1986 martial arts cult classic Big Trouble in Little China.
 * In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Chonrei was voted as the staff's thirty-ninth favorite character. He shared the spot with four other characters, including Fatal Fury character, Joe Higashi, and Street Fighter character, Zangief. And In the Neo Geo Freak's 1997 Volume 8 character poll, he was voted as the eighteenth favourite character with a total of 532 votes.
 * It should be noted that unlike their ancestors, Chonshu and Chonrei's given names are written in alternate/butchered Japanese-styled Chinese as opposed to on'yomi in Japanese or proper pinyin in all other contexts; Chonrei's name would be rendered properly as "Shin Suurai".

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Jin Chonrei