

Yuri uses the lowest-grade Kyokugenryu movelist in the discipline, called the Raiou principle, which taught only the basic and low-level moves and encouraged personal instinct to be used in conjunction with the tutelage. Yuri enters into the King of Fighters tournament along with Ryo, Robert and Takuma in order to defeat Geese Howard, the criminal who turned Takuma into Mr. In Art of Fighting 2, Yuri becomes a playable character, being trained by Takuma after the events from the previous game. Big taking Yuri as a hostage, but they are stopped by Yuri who reveals that he is Takuma. Big, causing Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia to search for her throughout the game. Appearances Video games Īlthough Yuri is not playable in the first Art of Fighting game, she plays a big role in the plot as she is kidnapped by the Southtown criminal Mr.

In KOF: Maximum Impact 2, some of her extra normal outfits make her look like fellow Kyokugen practitioners color scheme B makes her look like Ryo (blond hair, orange gi and black tights), while scheme F resembles Robert Garcia's outfit from The King of Fighters '99 to 2002, which consists of brown hair, orange gi with black long-sleeved tights, and no headband. Such outfit is composed of a green camo print shirt, short pants, dark green gloves and green shoes. KOF: Maximum Impact marks the first time since Art of Fighting 2 that she has received a new outfit. Yuri's redesign gave the staff a good impression in how she her sprites changed, especially liking the universal lower body due to her combination of white gi and blue pants. There was originally an attempt to give the character one of Robert Garcia's moves because of both of them handling their lower limbs, but was removed due to not fitting Yuri. Due to the skill required to perform some of her special attacks, Yamamoto feels Yuri's players to train themselves in order to use her properly. In making Yuri for The King of Fighters XIII, director Kei Yamamoto stated Yuri wanted the character's moves to focus on kicks. Additionally, the Art of Fighting staff wanted Yuri to appear in the game, thus, she was added to the Women Fighters Team as the leader. Yuri's designer said the character had some bosom animation but not as much as Mai she spent much work on Yuri's calves. Afterwards, the team added Mai Shiranui to the team and form the Women's Team. She replaced the character Big Bear from King's team due to memory issues. Once it was announced Yuri would be a playable character in Art of Fighting 2, the staff behind The King of Fighters '94 wanted her to be as part of the cast. Yuri and King were done by the same person.
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For the character voices, they used all pro or semi-pro voice actors. Although she was given a tragic past due to her mother's death and her father's disappearance, SNK gave her an upbeat character. Yuri was created to be a woman spoiled by her older brother Ryo Sakazaki.
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Her inclusion in The King of Fighters series was noted to give her more variety in her movesets which would appeal to gamers. Critical reception Yuri has been mostly positive for her transition from damsel in distress to a fighter in the Art of Fighting series. Capcom crossover series as well as in SNK Gals' Fighters. She initially starts in the Women Fighters Team (composed entirely of women), but she later moves to the Art of Fighting Team along with her family. She has appeared in most games from The King of Fighters series, with the notable exception of the non-canon The King of Fighters XII, participating in the annual tournaments from each title. Yuri has also starred in the anime adaptation from Art of Fighting, in which she reprises her role from the first game.

In the sequel, Yuri appears for the first time as a playable character, having been trained by her father Takuma in the art of the Kyokugen Karate. The players, Yuri's brother Ryo and his friend Robert Garcia spend the game searching for her. Big, a criminal from the city of South Town. She first appears in the original Art of Fighting being kidnapped by Mr. Yuri Sakazaki ( ユリ・サカザキ, Yuri Sakazaki, sometimes written as 坂崎 ゆり, Sakazaki Yuri) is a fictional character from SNK's Art of Fighting series of fighting games. Veronica Taylor ( Art of Fighting anime) Yuri Sakazaki in The King of Fighters 2000
