Jubei Yamada

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Jubei Yamada
Game series	Fatal Fury series
First game	Fatal Fury 2
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Japan
Blood type	A
Fighting style	Judo

Jubei Yamada is a video game character created by SNK. He has only made two appearances in the Fatal Fury series as a playable character: Fatal Fury 2 and Fatal Fury Special. However, he has made numerous cameos in other SNK games.

1 History
2 Cameos
3 Film and Movies
4 Trivia
5 Characters Relationship
6 See also

[edit] History

In the past, Jubei Yamada was such a fierce Judo warrior, that his prowess and skill that he released in his matches earned him the nickname of "The Demon". His young spirit and burning will was admired and respected by those who saw his fights. But that was long ago.

Now he is a giddy old man who passes his time eating cookies and taking care of his dojo, where he looks over the progress of his many students, Jubei has resorted to a more peaceful life. Having chosen to live away from the ways of fighting, Jubei rested in his dojo, with not too much effort spent. He spends his time with his old friend and rival Hanzo Shiranui, a Ninjitsu master and well trained in the ways of Koppo-ken. Hanzo had been training his grandaughter Mai in the Shiranui Ninjitsu style, but when he was approached by a young American boy called Andy Bogard who wanted to learn the Koppo-ken art, Hanzo left Mai to complete her training with Jubei. Jubei realized that Andy had a lot of potential to become a superb fighter, but he had more important tasks to do....

Several years have passed, and both Andy and Mai had become adults and fell in love. The problem was that Andy denied any feeling he had for Hanzo's grandaughter, which was no trouble for Jubei at all, as the pervert he is, always takes his chance to contemplate Mai...fairly close. Hanzo had already died not long ago, so Jubei now had to look over both youngsters. But Andy was decided to return to his homeplace, in Southtown, where he would attempt to exact revenge from the man who killed his father, Geese Howard. Jubei had to convince Mai that Andy had to take that trip alone, in order to hone his skills learned from Hanzo, and that she would only end up distracting Andy. But that was just a mere excuse for Jubei to keep on pestering Mai, and also the cause for several backaches for Jubei (after getting smacked all over the place by Mai several times).

Andy returned to Japan shortly after, and Mai basked in rejoice. But the happiness was only temporary: Andy would only train so far as the next "King of Fighters" tournament which, as fate would have had it, would be organized by a descendant of a feared German noble bloodline, Wolfgang Krauser. Jubei knew what kind of twisted heritage the Strolheim clan had, so he knew what was coming in store for Andy if he ever gets his chance against Krauser. But Mai would be joining Andy in the tournament as well. Leaving Jubei all by himself, the lively geezer now chooses to come back from retirement, and take some action at last, seeing to the defeat of Krauser. After that occurs at the hands of the legendary Terry Bogard, Jubei gets incredibly tired by the fights in "The King of Fighters" tournament, and decides that fights are definitely not needed for him any longer. Rather than that, Jubei spends his time eating cookies, teaching his disciples, and constantly bothering Mai!

Even though his golden age has long been gone, Jubei refuses to sit back in a bed and wait for his death. Jubei likes to be where the action is, and always tries to live his remaining days as a youngster. Revived by the passion of other young fighters as Andy and Mai, Jubei takes a cue, and always takes to the fighting arena every now and then. He sure doesn't inspire as much fear as before, but he still remains the same old "demon" he has always been!

[edit] Cameos

The King of Fighters '94: The Fatal Fury team's stage in Italy, standing on the gondola in the middle of the stage, giving the peace sign with both hands.
The King of Fighters '96: The Fatal Fury team's stage (trailer park, daytime), sitting in the right part of the stage, munching down on his cookies.
The King of Fighters '97: The China stage of The King of Fighters '97, in the "Next Challenger" booth on the left from time to time (along with Tung and Art of Fighting's Lee Pailong, eating cookies).
Real Bout Fatal Fury: Mai's ending, where he receives Mai and Andy in a rather "happy" way, and even peeks on Mai while she's taking a bath.

[edit] Film and Movies

Jubei also appears in the Fatal Fury anime movies. He reveals himself to be quite the pervert, but wise at the same time. In the second FF anime, he flirts with Mai often, but gives useful advice to Andy Bogard about Wolfgang Krauser, the man who defeated Terry Bogard. He fights with Andy to prove if he's ready, and Andy does so by beating him. In the FF motion picture, Jubei also gives Andy info about the location of one of the pieces of the Armor of Mars, but in Duck King's night club, where Jubei doesn't waste anytime in displaying his womanizing techniques.

[edit] Trivia

With his first videogame appearance in 1992's Fatal Fury 2, he could very well be credited for pioneering the "dash throw"-style special technique, which has now become commonplace in the world of fighting games.
One of Jubei's command throws (and his DM, which is a stronger version) requires a downward charge, making it a move that cannot be used in a "pinch" situation, and must be planned out to be used effectively.
Being the archetypal Judo-master, Jubei has more throw moves than any another Fatal Fury character in the series.
In Jubei's only non-throw special move, peculiarly, he flings a large disc-shaped cookie at the opponent as if it were a throwing star.