Shin Nihon Kikakuさんのイラストまとめ

To further expand on Temjin. Being Mongolian, he is likely inspired by Masashi Ozawa (also known as "Killer Khan"), a Japanese professional wrestler. Besides the notable resemblance, Ozawa was billed from Mongolia, and in Mexico, Ozawa wrestled under the name Temjin El Mongol.

And with that, I celebrate Rugal's birthday! 🥳🎉 Happy birthday to one of the most beloved fighting games bosses in history!!

Here's hoping for an appearance in #KOFXV! (please?)

Yuki of the Last Blade series has a strong snow-related motif. Not only is her name literally the word for Snow in japanese (雪), most of her special moves consists of her manipulating ice in some shape or form. She is also abstractly symbolized by falling snowflakes.

World Heroes consists a ton of references to pop culture. The most famous one being that the main villain, Neo Dio, references several of Hirohiko Araki's works.

He repeatedly shouts Dio's iconic "WRYYY" and "MUDA MUDA", all the while looking suspiciously like Baoh.

Did you know?
Geese Howard's status in KOF clashes that with his homegames. In Fatal Fury he has been dead ever since Real Bout, but in the KOF series he is as alive as ever.

This is due to the fact that the KOF development team wasnt aware of his death during the making of '96.

Did you know?
Before SNK had fully realized Kyo Kusanagi, they had first drafted his character as "Syo Kirishima". While this character eventually evolved into Kyo, Syo did show up as his Striker in the NESTS games. During those appearances, he was voiced by Mitsuo Iwata.

At Vigamus, a Video Game museum located in and sponsored by Rome, there is a special unique illustration that features several Neo Geo mascots.

The mascots featured, in their chronological order, are G-Mantle, Terry Bogard, Kyo Kusanagi and Kula Diamond.