The Top 20 2D Fighting Game Characters Of All Time (Part 1)

16. Iori Yagami (The King of Fighters Series)

He’s beautiful, he’s brutal, he makes red emo hair look graceful. Fighting game protagonists are usually the most popular characters in their own game, but Iori is the prime example of a rival character that manages to outshine the protagonist in their own game.

It really feels as if every dedicated KoF player has this guy on their team, and it also seems like he’s been top tier/near top tier in almost every KoF game as well. They just don’t make rival characters of this calibre nowadays.

NEXT