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His outfit and gameplay techniques were redesigned throughout the series since his original appearance, featuring a high-school uniform, became popular with fans, designers created clones of his original costume in later games. His debut in The King of Fighters received a large positive response by fans, making Kyo return in The King of Fighters '99 where he was originally non available in early versions. Kyo was created by Shinichi Morioka as a hero who would fight the main characters from other SNK franchises, such as Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting.
He is also the central title character of the manga The King of Fighters: Kyo and video game adaptation with the same name which center around his daily life. Aside from the main series, Kyo appears in several crossovers and spinoffs with other games. During the series' story, Kyo meets rivals and enemies who seek to take his flame abilities. His clan is one of three who banished the legendary snake demon entity Yamata no Orochi. Kyo, heir to the Kusanagi clan, is first introduced as a cocky, delinquent high-school student who has pyrokinetic powers. The character was first introduced in the 1994 video game The King of Fighters '94 as the leader of the Japanese team from the series' title tournament. Kyo Kusanagi ( Japanese: 草薙 京, Hepburn: Kusanagi Kyō) is a fictional character in SNK's The King of Fighters series of fighting games. Kusanagi Style of Ancient Martial Arts (combines it with kenpō starting in KOF '96) Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese dub of KOF movie) Masahiro Nonaka ( KOF '94 - Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting) Yuichi Nakamura ( KOF All Star promo trailer) Kyo Kusanagi in his original design by Shinkiro