

Creators have stated Iori's personality and other aspects to his character "broke the mold for characters in fighting games at that time". One of the main objectives planned for The King of Fighters '95 was to properly introduce Iori as Kyo's rival. His character is also a member of SNK's character image band, Band of Fighters and he also appears as a regular antagonist in the spin-off manga, The King of Fighters: Kyo. Part Time Stories: Kyo & Iorialso co-star him and Kyo working together at SNK for the promotion of the company's merchandise. His official nickname is Unbridled Instinct.Īside from the main body of the King of Fighters series, Iori features his own drama CD and character image album.

He also wears a plain silver ring around his left middle finger the significance of the ring, if any, is unknown. His family's treasure is the Yasakani Jewel (八尺瓊曲玉, Yasakani no Magatama) and his family crest is the crescent moon, which he wears on the back of his old jacket. They keep the seal over Orochi intact with help from the Kusanagi and Yata clans using three ancient artifacts. His clan, formerly known as the Yasakani (八尺瓊, Yasakani), wields pyrokinetic powers. He is the heir to one of the three clans that sealed the legendary snake entity, Orochi, 1,800 years ago. He is a central recurring character, and the initial enemy (and eventual rival) of Kyo Kusanagi. Super X Dimensions Iori Yagami (八神 庵, Yagami Iori) is a character who made his first appearance in The King of Fighters '95. e Character Inspirations for Mii Fighter Costumes in Super Smash Bros.The King of Fighters XV (TheProjectXZoneFan1997).Though not originally from the Fatal Fury series, Iori made a playable appearance in the Game Boy version of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. His hobby as a bassist is also acknowledged in the King of Fighters canon, and plays part in the motivations of a rival band, CYS, who form the New Faces Team in The King of Fighters '97 as the game's major antagonists. Iori also features in his own drama CD and as a member in SNK's own character image band, in which he plays the bass guitar. Like his ancestors, due to the pact with the Orochi, Iori is susceptible to the Riot of the Blood which, when activated, drives him into a feral and blood-thirsty, but near-irrational state.
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Using pyrokinesis to fight, Iori joins the series in The King of Fighters '95 as one of the members of the Rival Team, along with Geese Howard's right-hand Billy Kane and Eiji Kisaragi, a ninja who is out to defeat the Kyokugen martial arts school. Over the centuries, this envy turned into outright hatred, with Iori constantly obsessing over killing Kyo in duel. The rival of Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami's family descends from the Yasakani, one of the three families who, along with the Kusanagi and the Yata (of which the organizer of the 1996 King of Fighters tournament, Chizuru Kagura, is a descendant), sealed Orochi away 1,800 years ago, although they later signed a blood pact with the deity out of envy for the Kusanagi clan, thus becoming the Yagami clan, whose purple flames became the sign of their pact. Iori Yagami fighting Kim Kaphwan in The King of Fighters '95.
