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| Ángel | Story | Move List | Gallery | Quotes |
Ángel (アンヘル, pronounced as Ahn-hehl) is a character introduced in The King of Fighters series. She was introduced as a NESTS operative and was a member of the NESTS Team in The King of Fighters 2001. Her nickname is "Knockout ♥ Free Spirit" (
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Development
Developers have stated that her design was conceived based purely on her designer's personal "preferences".[1]
Personality
Ángel is a lighthearted, flirtatious, and playful individual who behaves like a cat, in spite of her working status as an assassin for NESTS prior the organization disbandment. She is also quite violent and sadistic.
Abilities
- Enhanced Body - Due to her affiliation with NESTS, much of her body was enhanced to be far stronger than that of a normal human.
- Superhuman Strength - She is able to lift and throw someone as heavy as Maxima.
- Superhuman Reflexes - She is able to dodge several attacks.
- Superhuman Stamina - Her body will only develop fatigue toxins after several hours of physical stress.
- Superhuman Dexterity - Her dexterity is even greater than that of a 10th grade black belt.
- Superhuman Speed - Ángel is so fast that she can translocate herself.
- Motorcycle Driving - Angel likes to drive motorcycles.
- Soccer - Ángel often plays soccer as a goalkeeper.
Fighting style
Ángel's fighting style incorporates elements of both Muay Thai (as seen in her stance and some of her kicks) and professional wrestling.
Music
- NESTS - Ruler of the Dark - The King of Fighters 2001
- Napolitan Trance - The King of Fighters 2002
- Cowgirl with a Horse Loose - Days of Memories (Boku to Kanojo to Koto no Koi)
- QT★@ngel - The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
- Sky Blue - The King of Fighters XIV
- Ice Place -KOF XIV ver.- - The King of Fighters XIV (as Kula's opponent)
- Liberty - The King of Fighters XV
Voice actors
- Miina Tominaga - The King of Fighters 2001
- Mayumi Shintani -The King of Fighters 2002~Unlimited Match
- Miki Ogura - The King of Fighters XIV~present
Appearances
Games
Mobile
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Trivia
- Ángel, Elisabeth Blanctorche, Kula Diamond, Isla, Vice, Foxy, Mature and Dolores are the only female members of Team Rivals.
- Some of her moves and mannerisms pay homage to entertainer Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Most notably, her "Winds Fairground", "Blue Monday Parade" and "Survivor's Banquet" mimic his "Laying the Smacketh Down", "Rock Bottom", and "People's Elbow", respectively. Her 2002, Neowave intro, and "Survivor's Banquet" quote roughly translates to "If/Do you taste The Angel's extraordinary skill!?", a play on The Rock's famous "If/Do you smell what The Rock is cookin'!?" catchphrase.
- This would end up coming full circle, as both Ángel and The Rock would both eventually appear in the same game, it being The King of Fighters All Star.
- Ángel's move names are all named after songs by the band Soul Flower Union and their predecessor Newest Model. Many of these references were removed for her appearance in KOF XIV, opting for a more conventional series of names.
- Both Ángel and Shermie are tied for have the largest bust measurement out of all the KOF female characters (92 cm).
- This would end up coming full circle, as both Ángel and Shermie are canonically appearing in KOF XV.
- Because of the controversy surrounding K9999, starting with KOF XIV, Ángel's backstory was heavily edited, with only having betraying NESTS, and never mentions K9999 at all (despite Team NESTS ending in KOF 2001 implying that K9999 left the destroyed NESTS base on a helicopter).
- In a 2005 poll made by SNK Playmore USA, she was voted as the third fan favorite character with a total of 2498 votes.
- Prior to The King of Fighters XV, her name was rendered as "Angel" in English. Starting with KOF XV, her name was rendered as "Ángel", possibly done to be more in-line with the Spanish spelling and pronunciation of the name.
- The same thing occurs with Ramón, her former teammate in the previous game.
Gallery
The King of Fighters 2001 artwork.
The King of Fighters XIV render.
The King of Fighters XIV final artwork.
