Yashiro Nanakase

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Yashiro Nanakase
Yashiro Nanakase in King of Fighters: Neo Wave
Game series	King of Fighters series
First game	King of Fighters '97
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Japan
Blood type	O
Fighting style	Power attacks, Orochi terra
Likes	Band, traveling

Yashiro Nanakase is a videogame character from the King of Fighters series.

1 History
2 Trivia
- 2.1 Orochi Yashiro
3 Trivia
4 Related characters
5 External links

[edit] History

The true origins of the Orochi fighter known as Yashiro are shrouded in mystery. He was a wanderer who traveled the world at his leisure, and played his guitar to his heart's content.

He then found two people who seemed to understand him: in France, he meets Shermie, a beautiful female keyboardist. Even though he notices there's something familiar on her, Yashiro got hooked on her. Afterwards, in Sweden, he meets a kid named Chris who, although seemingly quite antisocial, made an excellent drummer. As Chris was a drummer, Yashiro thought of making a band, and soon they played all around the world, making thousands of fans. Yashiro become a celebrity, but he also felt something special between him and his partners.

Yashiro looked forward to playing at a big venue in Japan. The day arrived, and a huge crowd arrived at the performance. He then spotted a red-haired man stirring up the crowd. Yashiro leaves, but not without experiencing the feeling of something familiar in the soul of Iori, similar to Shermie and Chris.

Yashiro spent the following days developing deadly fighting techniques, so he could exact revenge on that redhead. His chance appeared by the time of the King of Fighters '97 tournament. However, his true self revealed itself throughout the tournament. He was revealed to be the sacred king of the parched earth, one of the four heavenly kings of Orochi, and proceeded to fight to get energy for the Orochi's resurrection. Despite his new form, however, the Orochi had achieved enough energy at that point. They then poured it all into Chris, who made a startling transformation into the original Orochi.

[edit] Trivia

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Yashiro appears as Ralf's Another Striker in KOF 2000.

Yashiro hates Iori not only because of his role as a servant of Orochi, but also because Iori is a rival musician.

Yashiro is the only member of the New Faces team whose last name is known.

Despite the fact that Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris are assumed dead post King of Fighters 97, they continue making non-canon appearances.

Yashiro makes an appearance in the ending of Shermie in SNK Gal Fighters where he points out it would have been better to use the magic talisman to awaken Orochi rather than get a big hamster cage. (Shermie's hamsters recently had babies.)

Yashiro makes a cameo in KOF Maximum Impact, he's in the Esaka stage with Goro Daimon, and Ramon.

"Bl.. G... Xa..gle" that stated in KOF 10th for being the material for Yashiro, is Blue Gale Xabungle.

In KOF '97/98 Yashiro possessed a rushing punch combo attack and DM variation of it. This move was incredibly useful but was omitted in his '02 appearance. His HDM, Logjammin in that game reflects part of the move as it ends in his Duel Uppercut, although the start-up is completely different, utilizing a Shoulder Tackle instead of going right into the punch combo.

The NEW FACE TEAM's theme song is titled 'Bloody'.

[edit] Orochi Yashiro

The Orochi New Face Team is made as counterpart to the Japan Team, with Orochi Yashiro being the counterpart of Goro Daimon.

In Orochi Form, Yashiro becomes able to utilize the element of earth, increasing his physical strength and turning into a grappler character.

His skin tone also turns a darker hue and the color of his jacket changes to a purple tint. Along with Shermie and Chris's Orochi transformations, Yashiro loses much of his original personality and becomes crazed simialar to Iori's riot of the blood, although the three are able to control the mindset of the transformation to a degree.

Orochi Yashiro's theme song is titled Rhytmic Hallucination which is also the theme song for the Orochi team in KOF97. The song are composed with hard rock style while in the arrange version, you can heard the sound of the smashing glass.

[edit] Trivia

Orochi Yashiro is an alternate version of Yashiro that is possessed by one of the Heavenly Kings of Orochi. His normal and throw moves remain exactly the same, but his special/super selection is completely changed.

Orochi Yashiro's moveset is derived from that of Goro Daimon, being very throw centric... as his role in the Heavenly Kings of Orochi is the King of the Earth, or ground. He even possesses a variation of Daimon's DM Heaven to Hell Drop, only with the trademark "Orochi skull column" appearing at the end, which is also seen in various DM's of Rugal, Mature and Vice.

Orochi Yashiro possessed the ability to summon power from the ground and project it into a blue beam attack in his KOF '97/98 appearance. This technique, the DM Howling Earth, is missing from his '02 appearance.

In '02, instead of the lost move above, Orochi Yashiro has developed a technique that is nearly unstoppable in the form of his new HDM move Armageddon Fist. This is a super fast unblockable dash punch with an autoguard quality (goes through one hit moves) that deals over 50% damage which usually turns the tide of the battle.