Kirishima Sho, I believe many players are very familiar with it! The man, who is said to have almost become the protagonist of King of Fighters, only appeared as an aid in King of Fighters 2000. Shō Kirishima and Kyo Kusanagi are two completely unrelated people, and the original characters were both candidates for the first protagonist. However, Kyo Kusanagi eventually became the first protagonist that the King of Fighters focused on creating.
Since the beginning of "King of Fighters 94", the image of Kusanagi Kyo has always been more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the original version, it was unknown and needed to rely on traffic stars to bring. Therefore, during the "King of Fighters 94" period, it was a process of exchanging protagonists between Terry, Ryo Sakazaki and Kyo Kusanagi. Kyo Kusanagi's image in King of Fighters 94 is the final product of SNK, so it is perfect in any way, and this image is only the beginning.
Interestingly, in the creation of the character of Kyo Kusanagi, there have also been many directions. Even the initial setting was a model route, not a 10,000-year repeat student.
"King of Fighters 94" previously created one of the images of Kyo Kusanagi
The tall figure and the advanced clothing style are completely detached from the student dress. However, Kyo Kusanagi, as the protagonist, must not be so casual, so this style was eventually used on the red pill. As the red pill of the millennium, dressing naturally does not need to be so formal.
However, looking at the young grass in the original picture, the student spirit is relatively heavy, and there is no masculinity at all. Is it really okay to let such a weak student play the leading role?
In the next hand-drawn drawing, Kyo Kusanagi's image has changed to a certain extent, and the character modeling looks a lot more handsome.
At this time, Kusanagi Kyo was still a little bit of a god, but some of the designs had become a reference for "King of Fighters 94".
After that, the slightly larger image of Kusanagi Kyo appeared, which laid the foundation for the later kusanagi kyo image.
I don't know if you noticed it, the original Kusanagi Kyo had the sun logo on his forehead. This is a mark that belongs to the three artifacts uniquely. What makes people feel strange is that this setting does not appear in the game, but is carried forward in the Hong Kong comics. However, the pattern of the sun and moon, one yin and one yang, became the setting on the back of the clothes of Hachijin-an and Kusanagi Kyo, and was also a symbol of the two.
In addition, Terry actually had stars on his back.
The Kusanagi family that appears in the Hong Kong manga has a sun logo on the forehead of each character, perhaps because the author of the Hong Kong manga has seen the original Kusanagi Kyo people to set the picture and conceived the idea.
However, if there is a sun logo, will it affect the appearance?
As a result, in the Xeno Fighter Contest before "King of Fighters 94", kyo Kusanagi dressed as a student and a model-shaped red pill appeared.
This is also the final image in the later "King of Fighters 94". In this xenomorph fighter competition, Kyo Kusanagi won. In fact, there have been many well-known characters in this competition, and even "King of Fighters" Antonov is the champion of this competition in a certain period.
Kyo Kusanagi in "King of Fighters 94", wearing student clothes, looks relatively young as a whole. Can such a character really carry the banner of "King of Fighters"?
Definitely! Because in "King of Fighters 95", Kyo Kusanagi's old enemy Yajin-an appears. The two complementary ones, coupled with the fateful setting of the sun and the moon, reached the peak of popularity in the later version.
However, the Sun moon glow of the Eight Gods and Kusanagi Kyo only exists in the Great Snake Chapter, because the subsequent chapters no longer need the Three Artifacts, so there is no need to retain their family inheritance. In "King of Fighters 99", Kyo Kusanagi has already changed a coat, and Hachijinan has also changed his handsome costume in "King of Fighters 13".
The costume changes of Yagami and Kusanagi Kyo seem to have illustrated the end of an era.
In "King of Fighters 99", there was also a small episode in the character of Kyo Kusanagi. Because this is a new chapter, it requires Kusanagi Kyo to have a new image, at least to give people a feeling of being bright. So a large number of new images of Kusanagi Kyo were designed.
The final chosen image is what we use now, but looking at the original designs, is there one that satisfies you?
Is there a strong rustic atmosphere? Such a grass seems to be more suitable for field work.
Kyo Kusanagi's drawing and posture in the game have also undergone a lot of deletions. If we look a little closer, we will find that the image of Kyo Kusanagi in 2003 has already appeared in the "King of Fighters 99" period.
In later versions, Kyo Kusanagi changed costumes in almost every chapter, and his hairstyles kept pace with the times.
Nakabu's hairstyle was popular in the 1990s, and Kyo Kusanagi used it for many years until the Extreme Shock period.
Popular hairstyles can only stay in that era, so Kyo Kusanagi also needs to change his style, but his image of the middle point is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so it can only change little by little.
Kyo Kusanagi in Extreme Shock
In "King of Fighters 14", the image of Kyo Kusanagi was reset, looking much younger, and the hairstyle was also adjusted to meet the aesthetics of this era.
At this time, the shapes of the eight gods and Kusanagi Kyo can no longer be described as handsome, and they are domineering
Will the future Kyo Kusanagi change its new shape? The answer is yes, as long as the "King of Fighters" series is still updated, as long as the players of this generation are still there, then Kyo Kusanagi is still the most popular first protagonist of King of Fighters.
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