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- The character featured in this page is sometimes called Clone Kyo.
Kusanagi (officially rendered as KUSANAGI in all caps with no Japanese characters nor kanji) is a character in The King of Fighters series. He was first introduced in The King of Fighters 2002 as a hidden character, while canonically re-introduced in The King of Fighters 2003 as a mandatory mid-boss.
Development[]
Due to Kyo's design constantly changing, some of the developers desired the return of his old look. As a result, Kusanagi was added to the cast as a last minute decision.[1]
Personality[]
Kusanagi lives only to fight and wants to find a strong fighter for him to test his skills. He enjoys battling pyrokinetic hand to hand combatants (including a weapon user, Mai Shiranui), especially battling the original Kyo.
Similar to Kyo-1, he's serious at most times. He has special quotes against characters like Kyo, Iori, K' and K9999 in KOF 2002.
Powers[]
As a clone, his powers are derived from Kyo Kusanagi, whose pyrokinesis he has inherited. It is also important to note that he is not a descendant of the Kusanagi clan, and thus, has no control of the family heirloom, nor the authority/ability to seal Orochi if necessary.
As a generated shade by Chizuru Kagura, he is potentially able to mimic Kyo Kusanagi perfectly, but whether he can truly stand in for Kyo Kusanagi in terms of his clan's abilities remains unknown.
- Pyrokinesis - Kusanagi has control over fire, but not immune to other types of fire he didn't create.
- Create Fire - Kusanagi can create fire from thin air.
- Fire Attacks - Kusanagi can deliver attacks of fire.
- Fire Projectiles - Kusanagi can fire a projectile of fire through the ground.
- Pillar of Fire - Kusanagi can create a powerful pillar made of fire.
- Fire Body - Kusanagi can put his own body on fire without burning himself.
Fighting Style[]
Kusanagi fights using a modified version of Kyo's original fighting style from KOF '95. Unlike the other two Kyo clones, the style/method theme naming of the three clans is consistent in Kusanagi's attacks, and his shared moves with the original Kyo tend to be the exact same with minor alterations in damage. Kusanagi was also given some of Kyo's techniques from KOF '97 and onward that were never seen in the classic moveset, such as the 910 Shiki Nue Tsumi and its counter-based moves.
Music[]
- Esaka? - The King of Fighters 2002
- Esaka? 03 - The King of Fighters 2003
- Niritsuhaihan (Antinomy) ~Mutually Exclusive Dichotomy~ - The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match, KOF Sky Stage, Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting, The King of Fighters All Star
Voice Actors[]
Japanese[]
| Mitsuo Iwata | Masahiro Nonaka | ||
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English[]
| Peter von Gomm | |
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Appearances[]
Games[]
- The King of Fighters 2002 - hidden character
- The King of Fighters 2003 - hidden character and mid-boss
- The King of Fighters Neowave - hidden character (console versions only)
- The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match - potential mid-boss
- KOF Sky Stage - as a boss
- Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting - as a boss
- KOF X Fatal Fury - As a Legend card
Mobile[]
- Kimi wa Hero
- The King of Fighters Destiny
- The King of Fighters All Star
Cameos[]
- The King of Fighters XIII - as an alternate color scheme for Kyo's classic outfit
- The King of Fighters XV - mentioned in Krohnen McDougall and Kyo Kusanagi's pre-fight talk; also as an alternative costume for Kyo (#Color 7)
Similar Characters[]
Trivia[]
- Kusanagi was believed by many fans to have been originally created as a NESTS experiment due to a special intro he has with K9999. This introduction is, in fact, a homage to Akira, as K9999 and Kusanagi have the same voice actors as Tetsuo and Kaneda, respectively.
- In KOF 2002, he has a special intro against characters that use weapons in battle such as Chang Koehan, Choi Bounge, Billy Kane and Whip (save for Mai Shiranui and Malin, whom he is unaware that they use hidden weapons): "Temee! Sude de shoubu shiyagare!" (You (bastard)! Fight me with your bare hands!), which is also taken even further in Unlimited Match when fighting against almost anyone who wields weapons; this is also another Akira reference.
- As Kusanagi is mentioned by Krohnen McDougall (K9999's alias) in The King of Fighters XV, this means that Kusanagi is one of the canonical nemeses of K9999/Krohnen.
- Kusanagi's voice actor, Mitsuo Iwata, also voiced the striker character Syo Kirishima (likely to allude to Syo being Kyo's prototype). His voice actor in KOF Sky Stage, Masahiro Nonaka, originally voiced Kyo Kusanagi from The King of Fighters series up until The King of Fighters XIII.
- It is possible that since he does not have the same voice as Kyo (except KOF Sky Stage, where he was voiced by Kyo's voice actor), they gave him the voice of Mitsuo Iwata to make him significantly different from his fellow clones as a unique doppelganger to Kyo.
Cards[]
Sprites[]
Gallery[]
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