Team Masters

Team Masters, known in Japan as the Oyaji Team (, lit. "Old Man/Father Team") in The King of Fighters '98, is a reoccuring Special Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by masters of some martial style. The team is available only in Dream Match games, and the classic formation is Heidern (his own style of assassination techiniques), Takuma Sakazaki (the Kyokugenryu Karate style) and Saisyu Kusanagi (the Kusanagi style of ancient martial arts), available in the two versions of KOF '98. Chin Gentsai (Kung Fu and [mainly] Drunken Fist) replaces Saisyu in KOF 2002 UM.

Leader

 * Heidern - Leader of Team Masters in '98/UM and 2002 UM.

Members

 * Takuma Sakazaki - Member of Team Masters in '98/UM and 2002 UM.
 * Saisyu Kusanagi - Member of Team Masters in '98/UM.

Member

 * Chin Gentsai - Member of Team Masters in 2002 UM.

Members' Participation

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

Trivia

 * With exception of Saisyu, all the other members of this team were/are part of classic teams present in the series (Heidern is part of the Ikari Warriors Team, Takuma was part of the Art of Fighting Team and Chin is part of the Psycho Soldier Team).
 * Saisyu appears as the first sub-boss of the series, in The King of Fighters '95.


 * This Team appears as a Special Entry in The King of Fighters '99 (a canonical game). Like all teams in this game, it had 4 members instead of the usual 3, and it composed by Takuma, Chin, Kim Kaphwan and Jhun Hoon.


 * This team, Team Yagami, Team Ikari Warriors, Team K', Team NESTS, Team Kim, Team Hero, Team Rivals, Team Agents and Team Isla are the only teams of the series which one or more members have unknown nationality.