Iori Yagami

Iori Yagami is a reoccurring main character in the King of Fighters series.

Overview

The heir of the Yagami clan, and the rival of Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami. He first made his debut in SNK's long running series, The King of Fighters '95, and since then, he has appeared in every other King of Fighters games and other non King of Fighters games, such as SNK Vs Capcom.

History

Iori is the heir of the third clan that seal an ancient demons, Orochi, with the uses of ancient artifacts. Three clans are the Kusanagi clan, Yata clan, and the Yasakani clan, (Which is now known as the Yagami clan). They're famous for having the ability to weld psychokinetic powers.

In the ancient history before the King of Fighters series takes place, the seal of Orochi begins to weaken. The three clans begin to move to another location in hope to strengthen the seal again. One day a member of the Hakkesshu, followers of Orochi and hopes to have the three clans to turn against each other, killed the leader of the Yasakani's wife. Under a disguise, that person approached the head of the Yasakani clan and tells him that the Kusanagi was responsible for the murder. And further explains that the reason why for the murder was because for letting the Orochi seal weaken. Angered by the news, the Yasakani clan made a pact with Orochi and renamed themselves, the Yagami clan. The newly named Yagami clan, had nothing but bad blood for the Kusanagi clan.

But the blood pact with Orochi came with a curse, the woman of the Yagami clan will die at the brith of the first child, and the men will die young. Iori also suffers from a terrible berserk state that can overcome him either when Orochi is near or a significant amount of his power is in use nearby. Entering this berserk state causes Iori to lose all sense of reason and savagely attack both friends and enemies alike.

Iori has made it his personal mission to kill his rival, Kyo Kusanagi, on many occassions though he ends up working together with both Kyo and Chizuru Kagura as a part of the Three Sacred Treasures team. In KOF IX Iori loses himself to the Orochi blood curse and attacks his teammates Kyo and Shingo Yabuki.

Iori's current status is unknown, however like Chizuru before him, his powers have been stolen by the mysterious Ash Crimson. It is not know if as a result of this Iori will retire from the Three Sacred Treasures team for the next tournament or if he'll continue fighting despite his handicap.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
The King of Fighters Sky Stage	XBLM, ARC
The King of Fighters XII released on July 28, 2009	X360, ARC, PS3	SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match released on March 3, 2009	XBLM, PS2, ARC	SNK Playmore
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum released on Dec. 11, 2007	XBLM, ARC, PS2	SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters XI released on Nov. 13, 2007	PS2, ARC	SNK Playmore
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS released on April 24, 2007	DS	SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters 2006 released on Sept. 19, 2006	PS2	SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters: Neowave released on April 18, 2006	ARC, PS2, XBOX	SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters 2002/2003	XBOX, PS2	SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters Extreme released on Jan. 12, 2005	NGE	Hudson Entertainment, Inc.

Character Name:	Iori Yagami
Real Name:
Gender:	Male
Birthday:	March 25, 2009
Appears in:	33 games
First appearance:	The King of Fighters '95
Aliases

	Ramon
	Mature
	Vice
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