The Story Of Kyo Kusanagi (And His Clones) - KOF Lore

Kyo Kusanagi is the the main protagonist and most recognizable character in the KOF series. He is the heir of the Kusanagi family, one of the three clans that defeated Orochi 1800 years ago.
Although cocky and arrogant, Kyo is kind hearted and well meaning. He possess one of the three sacred treasures : the sword of Kusanagi and despises the heir of the Yagami clan; Iori.
This video also tells the story of Kyo's clones : Kyo 1, Kyo 2 and Kusanagi.
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"Esaka" from The King of Fighters 98
"ESAKA FOREVER" from The King of Fighters 97
"Esaka!!" from The King of Fighters 2002 UM
"Goodbye Esaka" from Real The King of Fighters XIII
"Yappari ESAKA" from The King of Fighters XIV
"Tears" from The King of Fighters 99
"Who Likes To Party" by Kevin MacLeod
• Royalty Free Music - W...
"Aurea Carmina" by Kevin MacLeod
• Kevin MacLeod ~ Aurea ...

[@muadibadder3345]

For a guy who never graduated highschool, Kyo definitely has done good for himself.

[@LOKBLUDOM3N]

Because he's TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL. ;)

[@userinterface2000]

@@kyokusanagi4256 did you drop out of school for the greater good?

[@0rderSol]

Eh.... High School is over-rated IMHO; Could and Should be used as an interest hub the student can take but the reality is the social aspect in which, unfortunately, most people even in their 30's or 40's never grew out of.

[@mnlgrdn1]

Goku never went to school! 🤣🤣

[@KenMasters.]

He's a KOF celebrity, that's why.

[@isaaciktaile1118]

You are not a KOF Fan if you have never once tried to pretend as Iori or Kyo

[@boiiii4257]

I prentended k' when i was a kid

[@theflameswillreignitesoon]

Noo you found me out. I still do tho

[@ilovekatsumi]

i became kyo.. i fucking cosplayed him

[@adriellightvale8140]

Earlier, I tried using Method 182. It's basically a spinning back knuckle followed by an uppercut, right?

[@dorianjames3202]

You got me. I did. I did the same with Ryu. Kyo and Ryu are my favorites

[@mia3033]

You know what I like about Kyo? He's this MC who has a special bloodbline but gives no shit abt it unless his family is threatened, leads a normal life, with a love towards his motorcycle and his girlfriend & friends. Thats all nothing too edgy and complicated which makes him unique among fighting games MC's. He is a relatable character

[@KusanaG11]

The best part about Kyo, in my opinion, is that he’s a borderline OP character, and I meant that both character-wise and gameplay-wise. He’s not perfect as a fighter, but even so, no one is. Not even the likes of Rugal, M. Bison or Shao Kahn are. Firstly, there’s his conversation with Akuma in SvC, where he considers Kyo to be someone of his equal as respectable fighters. It’s technically not canon, but it’s fun nonetheless to acknowledge it. Then, in multiple conversations with other fighters in KoF XIII, he never hesitates to show off his talent and skills while keeping it well between the thin line of arrogance and pure confidence. Heck, this is the same man who, along with a rich lightning-using playboy and a gold medal Judo international champion, won a total of 5 different tournaments in the KoF timeline, so why not get a little cocky? And one more thing worth mentioning is his fighting style. Most fighter characters simply stick to the style they trained under and tried to perfect it while learning more along the way, while Kyo is always changing and mixing his own up with his own creativity and intuitiveness. In other words, if compared to something like reading a book, Kyo is like an author, learning as he reads while writing more along the way. (kinda ironic tho that he sucks at poetry, lol) Needless to say, he’s badass but not edgy, wicked but not insane, and confident but not overly arrogant.

[@gropatapouf5998]

Well try Ken Masters. He wins tournament to get money to ride new cars with his girlfriend. Et voilà!

[@tnmblonewolf8799]

@@gropatapouf5998 Ken Masters himself is already rich in the first place.

[@ALI_872K]

that's also one of the reasons people find him boring! because he's too generic which is true but being generic doesn't always mean shitty, i don't know who came up with that....

[@ALI_872K]

Ryo: Fights for a living as he sees this as the only purpose in his life Jin: Fights for power to accomplish his goals Kyo: Just chilling

[@GeaForce]

The story of Terry Bogard: He entered every tournament, reached the semifinals and then went home

[@doomvictor3934]

Yeah in a team tournament not a one on one.

[@rezie9247]

*went to Smash

[@Raliuga999]

Well, despite the story behind KOF, at the end KOF is more like a spin-off, a big crossover of SNK characters where Kyo, Iori and K are the main protagonist, some times we just forget that Terry and Ryo are tha mains protagonist of their own games, Terry can't have main protagonism in KOF, other wise it would be Fatal Fury, the same with Ryo, he can't be protagonist in KOF it would be Art of Fighting. This just remember me we need more iterations of Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting.

[@max-d8105]

@@Raliuga999 to be fair though, Robert is the main protagonist of aof3.

[@SoloPlayerP1]

@@Raliuga999 and kof suppose to be art of fighting vs Fatal fury until kof become a series and had a protagonist like kyo iori k dash ash and shun ei

[@trevinodude]

Kyo is by far my favorite KOF character. I love the fact that even when he's not the MC of a particular arc, he's always one of the central character... but since the Orochi saga is what I think of when I think of KOF, I'll always see Kyo as THE MC of KOF.

[@user-py3re5jw6g]

He's Gay😒

[@Mjwara]

Who's happy that Kyo's original appearance is back?

[@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962]

What are you talkig about... he still looks ASH saga'ish

[@Op3ium_]

@@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962😭

[@Raziel_Plisken]

Dude, I always thought that Kyo was a natural and never trained, thanks for teaching me his history with such detail. Now I've found new respect for the character.

[@KOFKYO2012]

Kyo is the eternal hero of KOF. Even with each saga he is a central figure in each arc

[@markgaming7668]

Thank you

[@gowiththeflow363]

Rich Harris Terry. Is. Better.

[@arham247]

RandomDude ur mom gay

[@arham247]

RandomDude kyo is way better then terry

[@VixXstazosJOB]

He's like the Goku of KOF... the other Heroes will be Gohan or Goten but actual protagonism though

[@aznpikachu215]

Real quick, the Yagami was originally called the Yasakani before binding a contract with the Orochi and became the Yagami. It honestly sucked that Kusanagi wasn't a NESTS project, honestly, his personality seemed perfect as a Kyo clone. One of Kusanagi's super move from 2002 UM came from KOF 99 EVOLUTION from Syo Kirishima.

[@OsamaAhmed-ph3ck]

Your KoF Lore is the best content i have ever seen about kof

[@jamespalmer5679]

I agree

[@Proxyeditss]

I too agree

[@user-ky5oc6no5p]

The Spanish content is also superbly good, i watched many Spanish kof videos yesrs ago, and yeah they have their own lore and characters story, top 10 thing you may not know about...... And more, although they have amino king of fighters, a social media app Dedicated to only kof.

[@patricksavage242]

His fights with Iori are LEGENDARY.

[@strider4life696]

Before we had Prince Zuko and Azula, we had Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami

[@dreezy2286]

Strider 4life corny

[@STALKER777LK]

@@dreezy2286 didnt lie tho

[@VixXstazosJOB]

Yeeeep. Awesome analogy btw xD

[@nuibaba280]

lol

[@Nlghtmal2e_NGS]

who???

[@Seraphil1]

Nests Kyo is my childhood fighting game hero.

[@BrothaKyo]

Character that was so influential in my life, he wound up as my nickname.

[@BrothaKyo]

Smash players as of August 2019: "What's an SNK? Do they have characters" This is a good place to start.

[@TheHDEpics]

@@BrothaKyo LMAOOOOOO yeah

[@kaibaman9651]

Oharo sakurai himself had to school them, that was awesome

[@ajsoreal9716]

I would love to see a show just about Kyo and his orgins

[@pigifi]

My first exposure to Kyo and KOF in general were the arcade 2002 cabinets that were lying around my country. Ironically, the first characters I saw and remember wasn't him but Iori and Flame!Chris. I spent years wondering how to unlock the latter's flame mode when I saw the different stances while being unaware of Kyo as the main hero for many years. My cousin and I would just main Kyo and Iori by sheer coincidence, unaware that they are the main protagonists.

[@Addition2]

While Kyo is the main hero to many, K' remains to be my most favorite main character.

[@taenapink]

Me too

[@HyakuJuu01300]

K' is bland and one-dimensional.

[@LOKBLUDOM3N]

He's always edgy & doesn't move on, look I know K's been through some deep shit with the NESTS, but he wasn't alone. Kyo's been through some deep shit too, but he put it all behind. That's why Kyo is my favorite character, he's the HERO & best boy. Same as comparing Squall and Cloud, Squall moves on, Cloud does not. So yeah, Kyo & Squall over K' & Cloud anyday. K' & Cloud, (as Kyo said) pull yourselves together & get over it!

[@UnifiedEntity]

​@@LOKBLUDOM3N Cloud did move on.....have you watched Advent Children? And in Dirge of Cerberus he is perfectly fine. Youre talking about a kid who had an whole identity crisis , used as a puppet to nearly kill a friend and end the world. Yeah pretty sure he had alot more to deal with than K. Kyo is better than K' but Cloud and Leon ( I call Squall Leon) are equal for me.

[@johnnyvibezzz6372]

@@HyakuJuu01300 says the one who likes kyo💀💀

[@shemarlosscott4103]

Kyo Kusanagi is Amazing

[@Ines_Ella]

I've never seen someone made such an effort at gathering a full amount of information about this game . We the KOF old school members are grateful to you Thank You 😊🙏❤️

[@ShoryuGame]

Glad I could help!

[@alexandersebastian1190]

I see my favorite chatacter instant click, this is what i like about KOF thier moves ability and power balance to the game, is dictated by the story, not only for the sake of new move and change

[@vaclaw1177]

I just want to thank you for telling me the story of Kyo because I’m getting into SNKs series and this video really helped!

[@cyriszx]

NESTS saga Kyo had the best Design , Those from the Past comes close 2nd

[@vicethane]

I genuinely believe that the reason N.E.S.T fell was because they thought making an army of clones of a teenager with unfair fire power was a good idea. Seriously. Also, considering how many times they beat him, Orochi needs to give up and wait till Kyo,Iori and Shizuru bite the dust before resurrecting.

[@zhaoyun255]

Or just become Athena fanboys. LOL

[@hind__]

Their ancestors will take care of Orochi next, no rest for the wicked lol.

[@vicethane]

@@hind__ you mean descendants.

[@hind__]

@@vicethane Yes! Thank you.

[@ashchisalleh1454]

@@zhaoyun255 sweet reference

[@sufyankhan2021]

When i started kof, I've selected kyo because of his appearance later i discovered his fighting techniques and now i have known that he is a super hero of KOF 😅😍

[@E.e.V.e.E]

Now this is the best review about Kyo ever !! he's my favorite character and this video make me understand his story better especially with the clones 🤣 KOF deserve to be acknowledged and you making good job to support it Thank you and keep it up.

[@El_Andru]

I love how you tell the story as you show gameplay of what is going on. Very nice video craft. Spotless.

[@jazmenbell994]

Kyo is my favorite kof character as well as his clones

[@WardofSquid]

Anyone else surprised that Terry got in Smash instead of Kyo?

[@davidtorres5500]

No

[@sonnycouchy6418]

NON

[@SoloPlayerP1]

to be honest i was surprised because i thought kyo was going to be in because almost some of the characters have a cross over like iori athena leona for mobile legends geese for tekken terry for fighting layer ex and kyo will be expected pick in smash because i thought if terry was in 1 franchise he cant be in the 2nd one like i thought thats how cross over works since terry was already in fighting layer ex

[@davidtorres5500]

@@SoloPlayerP1 No because Terry is more iconic and important for SNK. His trajectory is much bigger.

[@SoloPlayerP1]

@@davidtorres5500 I seee

[@griffingower1883]

So I was on SNK wiki and I found out that kyo's forte in sports is hockey which seems strange for a guy with pyrokinisis

[@demilettucee3657]

FUN FACT: all kyo clones starts with K K' Krizalid Kyo 1 Kyo 2 Kusanagi K9999 :')

[@Gouilaa4me]

This has been debunked with the arrival of Nameless. Poor guy doesnt even given a name by SNK.

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

Nameless is just a codename. He is still a K but there is some conflict. He is planned to replace K9999 as the 9999th K clone. But Snk is thinking of giving K9999 a chance of existing so they just named him Nameless. It is also a possibility that he is K10000 or K-Man in japanese

[@johnnyfountainS]

Ann hell

[@nintendolife25]

Thank you so much explaining Kyo’s background. With so many KOF games and endings, it’s rather hard to determine what happened.

[@FanaticsRUs2011]

Love this! You have done a excellent job with Kyo Kusanagi's origins. Bravo!

[@m.awaish510]

Kyo is real hero of kof

[@kusanagi3353]

Hey,im the definitive clon!.

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

Don't worry, you are to everyone.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Kyo Got a lot of Killer Moves He amazing👍🏼🔥

[@bananaflava5636]

The narrator sounds like a vampire I love it

[@tebogo743]

I just love ur videos Pls talk about more kof characters

[@comixproviderftw_02]

King of Fighters presents Kyo, The Clone Saga.

[@AbdulAdas]

brother your channel is awesome it's all about SNK and I love it.

[@ginox_0736]

Misete aru! Kusanagi no kobushi wo!

[@aimenezebiri3357]

amzing video as always keep up the great work men 👍👍👍

[@funcionapramim]

Thx for this amazing job/vídeo. Really hard work there.

[@piyakhebisonii1001]

Cool! He's fun to use, but his dad and Iori we're superior, in my opinion! I liked when we switched his style up! He was fun to use all over again! His RED Kick is my favorite move!

[@djon5008]

Mukai will be a good topic. This was well done. The commentary and video were well timed

[@MikeDeeJackson]

Another video? Nice! Great job on this one!

[@GameByExperience]

the 2 dislike are from : Iori & Chizuru MISETE YARU KUSANAGI NO KOBUSHI

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

Wo. It's *MISETEYARU KUSANAGI NO KOBUSHI WO!* also, Chizuru is a friend of Kyo's

[@jinthekingkazama1159]

Chizuru would actually like the video.

[@otsenres1636]

Great video! Thank you for the history lesson!

[@ShoryuGame]

You're welcome.

[@letoenchanted172]

amazing video bro...I can see a lot of time goes into them... I played 99 like so much how I favored K... so when ya got to that part I screamed lol... anyways keep it up i'll support!

[@souloftherisingsun8274]

Gave a thumbs up! I wasn’t that familiar with KoF (only played 99 and the first GBA one) but this helped me get up to date. Amazing what a high schooler has to go through. I guess my favorite one would be the NESTS version of Kyo, if only because I spent so much time with 99.

[@marcushamner5994]

I love your channel and the ending music, bro! It’s very educational!

[@ShoryuGame]

I appreciate that!

[@marcushamner5994]

ShoryuGame Anytime, bro! I’m a guitarist too, so I have to cover SNK music! Terry Bogard, Joe Higashi, Blue Mary, Geese Howard, and Ryuji Yamazaki’s theme are on my list!

[@zj8789]

Thought it was just about his clones.. Now i too know the whole story 😂

[@Allia_Lov]

Fantastic work. I would love to work with you on one of these for Kula because I love SNK and she's one of my favorites 😃

[@realOMNIslasher]

Great job once again!!!

[@KingJaeTV]

Nicely done!

[@jawadulzisan5690]

Please make a video about Vice and Mature..... Like if you guys also want it

[@everbornnjackson]

I foDAMsho do!!! Ive always wondered about them

[@Skeletampire]

I'm down to always see more Mature and Vice content for sure.

[@TheLonelyWolf87]

I wonder if vice and iory And Mature ever had a threesome :p

[@kaitai9720]

I love KYO too I’m a big fan of him

[@givmespace]

dude im going to lay on my bed and watch this right now! thanks for the great content

[@faidou9954]

Is it weird that I've always thought of King of Fighters as a more anime-styled Street Fighter?

[@TakeoKurosawa]

Nah, I think that's accurate

[@Tienko]

@Kujot Shi no

[@PPMN-su7pr]

and a bit morr complex, at least to me

[@Angrygreentea]

I prefer KOF, alot of them dress like normal people and their powers and martial arts technique are cool, it is brutal and they are more "Humanized"

[@mathieud1256]

Well you have former members of Capcom working there, so some vibes maybe similar but I like Kof style better as lots of their characters look more walkable in the streets than street fighter's.

[@NeoNassim]

KOREGAA KUSANAGINOO KEN DAAAA

[@jonathankennedy1963]

Great video man, loved kyo in KoF. Btw, your voice is Cooool, reminds me so much of Black Panther. Keep it up!

[@jonathankennedy1963]

Thank you for the ❤️!!

[@lucasgarcia4193]

Nice video man, really interensting

[@ShoryuGame]

Thanks.

[@JA-Sol-]

Shingo: Train me Kyo: HELL NO! Shingo: Ill give u food Kyo: say less!

[@Raliuga999]

Cool, keep the good work, there is no much videos about KOF or SNK games in general in english.

[@SafiullahMollick]

Another great video..... Thanks bro....

[@lunaticsofficial1161]

Thank you so much, everything is now makes sense to me

[@ReisSns]

Great video as Always.

[@ShoryuGame]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@handsomedevilj7196]

Great video.

[@colk5373]

NESTS Kyo has the best drip out of all the Kyos, change my mind

[@lopony7944]

WHEN YOU SHOW GAME FOOTAGE, YOU SHOULD SHOW THE TITLE/PLATFORM PLEASE, THERE'S GAMES I STILL HAVEN'T GOT! THX LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

[@pekwidota2258]

I was recommended by youtube to watch this video after i downloaded kof all star in my phone. Now i understood a little bit about the story 😂

[@alvinrodriguez863]

Awesome Vid PLZ MAKE MANY MORE

[@agrey832]

Kyo has *Always* been my favorite character in the franchise 👌

[@MALRaziel]

A great video as always, but could you make a video about Leona?

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

Your brother from morocco , i've seen a lot of your videos Bro , you're doing great , keep It Up !!

[@ShoryuGame]

Thank you! Will do!

[@milocylium6612]

At first i was like...wakanda foreva...n then i dint stop listen...intresting story..play this game when i was a kid...never knew about the story..thnks for explaining.

[@stillchill9651]

Best explanation Best Lore Well made Subscribed For This

[@ShoryuGame]

Thank you.

[@stillchill9651]

@@ShoryuGame OMG U RESPONDED THX SO MUCH also can u make vid about Syo Kirishima ii just wanna know about him if u mind and thx

[@Yesimageekk]

Beautiful video so happy to be a sub to u

[@theenlightenedone1283]

My teenage was all about kof and I used to dress up and look like kyo as I have the same structure and dark hair with fair skin tone 👊🏼🙋🏻‍♂️

[@hermontarmand2404]

Hahaha me too bro

[@ezrealkenn3737]

Keep it up bro ♥

[@ftk_ovr_9k]

Dude I love your content

[@ShoryuGame]

Thanks!

[@christopherwashington2417]

Kyo 94 is my fav of all time.

[@JustRichGates]

keep em coming

[@osamaroum]

good work .

[@pedrojosebellobelen3824]

Very Good Video. My only suggestions would be, mainly for a potential future remake post Verse Arc, to briefly mention the KOF EX Games, which take place in an alternate continuity where instead of NESTS, it was Moe Habana whom found Kyo and helped him recover before the next KOF Tournament, and then there’s how in the NESTS Saga his girlfriend Yuki had almost been kidnapped by NESTS agents only to be saved by Daimon and Iori, the latter whom calls him out on this afterwards.

[@ShoryuGame]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@yogeshdharya3857]

Loved it

[@TheLonelyWolf87]

I miss Ash Crimson He Sacrificed His Existence to Save The World From His Ancestor Saiki ):

[@dannyenrique1737]

Nice content

[@mariusspadasinul]

Oh God Im late sorry Btw the is great!

[@sbudaforever]

Favorite character 💐

[@nanikakumori7221]

I know it's just a game and i love playing the game but it's interesting how they cared about a lot of details 😮🖤🖤🖤

[@videogamesareforever]

Bro, Rugal didn't survived kof 94 due to this orochi powers. He was given the orochi power by Goenitz just for Goentiz amusement. And he went half mad after getting it as he could not control it as he didn't had orochi blood within him. Just saying. I love your videos bro. Keep them coming. They bring back so many good memories.

[@touvang9923]

I’m just waiting for him to say “Wakanda Forever”

[@stickzandgamez1110]

that's kinda racist 😂

[@hydekelz]

FINALLY!!!

[@Salty-Josh]

My favorite character i really like kyo both story wise and gameplay wise even though he isn't the main protagonist anymore he is still important. I really like that too bad that they didn't do the same with Terry and Ryo but atleast they got some respect in they're own games

[@undergroundkid8337]

Thanks for this bro ive always wondered why some guys seem the same

[@quex213]

I can watch these all day

[@quex213]

@@ShoryuGame Thank you too, for putting out great content about our favourite fighting series :)

[@ninjako6255]

Yes always Kyo!!!

[@iamthatiam49]

That's my favorite character!!

[@nolanreyes9712]

Kyo is actually designed to be the opposite of Ryu (of SF). While Ryu keeps saying he has to train to get stronger (in every freaking ending), Kyo is cocky and already mastered his fighting style. He used a variation of his Kusanagi style in every saga. He also sports a cool attire in each one.

[@Fighterchar]

your english is very good :D