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When designing characters for the first ''The King of Fighters'', developers wanted a new hip hero who would easily fight against [[Fatal Fury (series)|''Fatal Fury'']] and [[Art of Fighting (series)|''Art of Fighting'']] characters. Through most of his development, Kyo was meant to be called [[Syo Kirishima]], and was dressed in martial arts clothing common with fighting games at the time. But late in production, his name became Kyo Kusanagi, likely due to the KOF story's change in direction towards the [[Wikipedia:Yamata no Orochi|Yamata no Orochi]] legend. The idea for his flames -as well as the other elemental powers for the rest of the Japan team- was derived from the anime [[w:c:getterrobo:Getter Robo|''Getter Robo'']]; in the show, there were three featured heroes who served as the inspiration for the KOF trio: the protagonist had a "fiery" persona, his friend was "edgy and daring", and the third hero was the "down-to-earth giant". It is also a homage to a Japanese phrase of giving birth to fire (roughly translated as "lighting strikes the earth which sparks the flame").
When designing characters for the first ''The King of Fighters'', developers wanted a new hip hero who would easily fight against [[Fatal Fury (series)|''Fatal Fury'']] and [[Art of Fighting (series)|''Art of Fighting'']] characters. Through most of his development, Kyo was meant to be called [[Syo Kirishima]], and was dressed in martial arts clothing common with fighting games at the time. But late in production, his name became Kyo Kusanagi, likely due to the KOF story's change in direction towards the [[Wikipedia:Yamata no Orochi|Yamata no Orochi]] legend. The idea for his flames -as well as the other elemental powers for the rest of the Japan team- was derived from the anime [[w:c:getterrobo:Getter Robo|''Getter Robo'']]; in the show, there were three featured heroes who served as the inspiration for the KOF trio: the protagonist had a "fiery" persona, his friend was "edgy and daring", and the third hero was the "down-to-earth giant". It is also a homage to a Japanese phrase of giving birth to fire (roughly translated as "lighting strikes the earth which sparks the flame").
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His change in fighting style was also made as a part of the series's overhaul in ''[[The King of Fighters '96]]''. To appease all fans, they also included an older version of Kyo from ''[[The King of Fighters '94]]'' into ''[[The King of Fighters '97]]'' and placed the [[The King of Fighters '95|'<nowiki/>''95'']] version of Kyo in [[The King of Fighters '98|'''98'']], which made both versions of Kyo popular during location tests. The idea of having two versions of Kyo at once lead to the concept of his clones; during the early development stages of ''[[The King of Fighters '99]]'', SNK planned to avoid adding any version of Kyo altoghether, or Iori, to the game, as the story's focus was meant to center on the new protagonist, [[K']]. However, they retracted this decision, as "they couldn't leave these popular characters in limbo". Since then, veteran developers for the series admit that Kyo's repeated appearances in the series is due to the marketers and the main planners' insistence to add him, Iori, and other SNK regulars in every game, making it a challenge to decide the story for each title. Kyo's voice actor, [[Masahiro Nonaka]], related greatly with his character as being young and reckless until he "grew up" in his later appearances. He then expressed some difficulty accepting Kyo on the same level.
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His change in fighting style was also made as a part of the series's overhaul in ''[[The King of Fighters '96]]''. To appease all fans, they also included an older version of Kyo from ''[[The King of Fighters '94]]'' into ''[[The King of Fighters '97]]'' and placed the [[The King of Fighters '95|'''95'']] version of Kyo in [[The King of Fighters '98|'''98'']], which made both versions of Kyo popular during location tests. The idea of having two versions of Kyo at once lead to the concept of his clones; during the early development stages of ''[[The King of Fighters '99]]'', SNK planned to avoid adding any version of Kyo altoghether, or Iori, to the game, as the story's focus was meant to center on the new protagonist, [[K']]. However, they retracted this decision, as "they couldn't leave these popular characters in limbo". Since then, veteran developers for the series admit that Kyo's repeated appearances in the series is due to the marketers and the main planners' insistence to add him, Iori, and other SNK regulars in every game, making it a challenge to decide the story for each title. Kyo's voice actor, [[Masahiro Nonaka]], related greatly with his character as being young and reckless until he "grew up" in his later appearances. He then expressed some difficulty accepting Kyo on the same level.
Kyo, along with his rival, Iori, has been noted by several of the series's designers as being one of the most difficult characters to illustrate because of his popularity amongst fans. In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Kyo was voted as the staff's second favorite character. In a 2005 poll made by SNK-Playmore USA, he was voted as the sixth fan favorite character with a total of 176 votes. In the character popularity poll on [[Neo Geo Freak]]'s website, he was voted as the third favorite character with a total of 2,574 votes.
Kyo, along with his rival, Iori, has been noted by several of the series's designers as being one of the most difficult characters to illustrate because of his popularity amongst fans. In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Kyo was voted as the staff's second favorite character. In a 2005 poll made by SNK-Playmore USA, he was voted as the sixth fan favorite character with a total of 176 votes. In the character popularity poll on [[Neo Geo Freak]]'s website, he was voted as the third favorite character with a total of 2,574 votes.
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[[Image:Kyokofxiii.gif|The King of Fighters XIII (NESTS-Style Kyo)]]
[[Image:Kyokofxiii.gif|The King of Fighters XIII (NESTS-Style Kyo)]]
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