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"A master of Shiranui-style Ninjutsu! His whole body is a weapon, honed to perfection! ANDY BOGARD."
- The King of Fighters XV

Andy Bogard (アンディ・ボガード) is a character in both the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series. He is Terry Bogard's younger brother. His official nickname is "The Human Weapon"[2] or "Whole Body Weapon" (全身ぜんしん 凶器きゅうきん).[3]

Personality

Andy is a quiet and rather stoic man who always sets his sights on improving himself. Although he is usually serious, he breaks form when confronted with things that make him uncomfortable -such as his height- and hides his embarrassment with boastful declarations, probably underlying his diffidence in a sense. Andy acts as the withdrawn and analytical observer amongst his friends. As far back as he can remember, he has never won any fight over his elder brother and seems to suffer from an inferiority complex because of it. He respects him yet feels that he has to one day overcome him. Despite this, both brothers are solid companions to each other, whether be in normal tasks, fighting or even travels.

In the Fatal Fury timeline, he is aware of Mai's interest, and he just considers her to be more of a younger sister since he started training with Hanzo when he was very young and devoted his life to martial arts. Mai's luck is surely bad. However, in The King of Fighters timeline, he is in love with Mai, but rarely expresses it, as he personally feels that he is not yet mature enough to handle marriage and training at the same time. He seems perplexed by Mai's actions towards him but will do everything he can to protect her. Their relationship is usually used for comedic effect in the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series. As the series progresses however, their relationship becomes more serious.

Abilities

  • Gather Chi - Andy can gather chi energy from Gaia, the mother-earth.
  • Energy Projectile - Andy can fire a ball of chi energy from his hands called Hishouken.
  • Energy Attacks - Andy can use chi energy to increase the damage of his normal attacks (punches, kicks, etc.)
  • Fire Attacks - Andy can use fire to increase the damage of his normal attacks and even engulf his body in flames, though he is not a pyrokinetic like Mai is.

  • Acrobatics - Andy is very proficient with acrobatics thanks to his ninjutsu training.
  • Stealth - Due to his ninja training, Andy is proficient in stealth.
  • Cycling - Andy is a bicyclist and can do short laps.

Fighting style

Andy unlike Terry who mixes in street fighting, has had formal martial arts training via employing Koppouken as his fighting style (which is an old Japanese martial art that has some Karate and Ninjutsu moves, but with emphasis on targeting vulnerable parts of the body and breaking bones). Some time after mastering Koppouken, Andy went to learn the Shiranui-ryuu Ninjutsu with Hanzo Shiranui, mixing in fast blinking movement, chi control and some acrobatics.

Curiously, despite him actually undergoing far more formal training than his brother Terry, Andy somehow hasn't been able to match up to him as often, likely due to Terry having more raw experience in the streets. Despite this, both brothers have regularly kept up their own skills.

Music

Themes
  • Chotto Koikki na Kenka Yarou (A Somewhat Stylish Brawling Punk) - Player VS. Player BGM in Fatal Fury, shared with Terry Bogard and Joe Higashi
  • Pasta - Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury Special
  • Raihatou (Thunder Surge Warrior) - Fatal Fury 3, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, The King of Fighters: Kyo
  • Raihatou Gaiden (Thunder Surge Warrior Sidestory) - Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
  • Ribbon of the Night - Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
  • Napolitan Blues - The King of Fighters '94
  • Club M ~Flute in the Sky~ - The King of Fighters '95
  • Big Shot! "Elegant Simplicity" - The King of Fighters '96, The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (when teaming EX Andy with EX Terry and EX Joe)
  • Kurikinton - The King of Fighters '98, The King of Fighters 2002
  • 176th Street - The King of Fighters '99
  • Terry 115 - The King of Fighters 2000, The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood, The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood
  • All OK! - The King of Fighters 2001
  • Wild Street - The King of Fighters XIII
  • Street Dancer - The King of Fighters XIII (when the music is set to "Type B", console version only, also shared with Terry Bogard and Joe Higashi)
  • Departure from South Town - The King of Fighters XIV
  • Pasta -KOF XIV ver.- - The King of Fighters XIV (as Tung's opponent)
  • Ride the Big Wave! - The King of Fighters XV
  • Club M ~Flute in the Sky~ (KOF XV ver.) - The King of Fighters XV (as Mai's opponent)
  • Sun Shine Glory - The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
  • Andy no Tatakai - Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
  • Andy - Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
Image songs
  • Lucky Paradise - shared image song with Mai in Garou Densetsu Special

Voice actors

Live-action actors

  • Curtis Wood Willis - Fatal Fury Special live action commercials

Appearances

Mainline

Mobile

Cameo

Anime

Similar characters

Trivia

  • Andy's Japanese speech patterns has changed a bit over the years. In his debut, he referred to Terry as "Ani-shaa" (兄貴), the archaic version for the "big brother". Since Fatal Fury 3, however, he calls him the more common phrase for "older brother", "Nii-san" (にいさん). He also used to refer to himself as "boku" before using the more formal "watashi" and masculine "ore".
  • Andy is predominantly a diminutive version of the male given name Andrew, and variants of it such as Andreas and Andrei. Andrew is derived from the Greek name Andreas, meaning "manlike" or "brave". 
  • According to Terry's character album, he is well aware of Andy's desires to surpass him and recognizes him to be his greatest living rival. To counter his brother's effort, Terry constantly strives to improve himself by fighting stronger opponents.
  • In Neo-Geo Freak 1998, the characters in KOF '98 have their own interviews. Here are Andy's response to the questions.[4]
    • What is your aspiration in this competition? - "If you don't care about the two letters of the championship, it's a lie. I intend to relax enough and come to the tournament."
    • Who would you like to fight the most? - "My brother."
    • Who would you like to team up with? / Who would you not like to team up with? - "The ones I team up with, is Joe and my brother. However, I feel sorry for Mai every year, so I would like to join with Mai once. Billy is the man who I don't want to team up with."
    • What is "KOF" for you? - "I think it's one of the lessons."
    • Finally, please give a word to your fans. - "Please refer carefully to the result of the lesson well."
  • In the Fatal Fury movie, Terry loses to the CPU Andy in the arcade game he was playing.
  • It was an open secret at SNK that Andy was the older Bogard brother in the planning stage for Fatal Fury: King of Fighters.
  • In the latter entries of The King of Fighters series, Mai teases Andy with a bunshin projection of what appears to be their child, with him being genuinely shocked of her antics. This indirectly implies that his relationship with Mai is more intimate than what is told of. This is also humorously touched upon in one of the endings in the Real Bout series.

Gallery

References

  1. Andy's profile page from the Fatal Fury 15th Anniversary website (Japanese)
  2. Official character profile from The King of Fighters XII
  3. Official site for The King of Fighters XIII
  4. Neo Geo Freak 1998-08 archive The King of Fighters '98 character interviews.


Fatal Fury characters
Fatal Fury - King of Fighters Logo Sprite Terry BogardAndy BogardJoe HigashiRichard MeyerMichael MaxDuck KingTung Fu RueHwa JaiRaidenBilly KaneGeese Howard
Fatal Fury 2 Logo Sprite Kim KaphwanMai ShiranuiCheng SinzanJubei YamadaBig BearAxel HawkLaurence BloodWolfgang Krauser
Fatal Fury Special Logo Sprite Ryo Sakazaki
Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory Logo Sprite Blue MaryBob WilsonFranco BashHon-FuSokaku MochizukiRyuji YamazakiJin ChonreiJin Chonshu
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Logo Sprite Nightmare GeeseShadow AndyEX Blue MaryEX Billy KaneEX Tung Fu RueIori Yagami
Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special Dominated Mind Logo White
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers Logo Sprite Rick StrowdLi XiangfeiAlfred
Fatal Fury - First Contact Lao
Fatal Fury - Wild Ambition Logo Touji SakataTsugumi SendoMr. Karate II
Garou - Mark of the Wolves Logo Sprite Rock HowardB. JenetLillien KnightsKim Dong HwanKim Jae HoonHotaru FutabaItokatsuGatoTizocMarco RodriguesHokutomaruKevin RianFreemanGrantKain R. Heinlein
Fatal Fury - City of the Wolves Logo Preecha
Fatal Fury - Legend of the Hungry Wolf Logo Lily McGuire
Fatal Fury 2 - The New Battle Logo Tony
Fatal Fury - The Motion Picture Logo Sulia GaudeamusLaocorn GaudeamusPanniHauerJamin
The King of Fighters characters
KOF '94 Logo Sprite Kyo KusanagiBenimaru NikaidoGoro DaimonTerry BogardAndy BogardJoe HigashiRyo SakazakiRobert GarciaTakuma SakazakiRalf JonesClark StillHeidernAthena AsamiyaSie KensouChin GentsaiKingMai ShiranuiYuri SakazakiKim KaphwanChang KoehanChoi BoungeHeavy-D!Lucky GlauberBrian BattlerRugal Bernstein
KOF '95 Logo Sprite Iori YagamiBilly KaneEiji KisaragiSaisyu KusanagiOmega Rugal
KOF '96 Logo Sprite Leona HeidernMatureViceKasumi TodohGeese HowardWolfgang KrauserMr. BigChizuru KaguraGoenitz
KOF '97 Logo Sprite Shingo YabukiYashiro NanakaseShermieChrisBlue MaryRyuji YamazakiOrochi IoriOrochi LeonaOrochi YashiroOrochi ShermieOrochi ChrisOrochi
KOF '99 Logo Sprite K'MaximaWhipBaoLi XiangfeiJhun HoonKyo-1Kyo-2Krizalid
KOF '99 Evolution Logo VanessaSethSyo KirishimaAlfredFiolina GermiGai Tendo
KOF 2000 Logo Sprite RamónLinHinako ShijoKula DiamondClone ZeroFoxyCandy DiamondAnother K'Another IoriAnother BenimaruAnother RobertCosplayer KyokoKang Bae DalSmart ChangCool ChoiKaoru WatabeBaitangDuck KingLilly KaneKim Jae HoonKim Dong HwanUnknownKing LionKim Sue-ilKaedeDuke EdwardsRockyAthenaNeo & GeoG-Mantle
KOF 2001 Logo Sprite May Lee JinjuK9999ÁngelZeroRonGluganIgnizMistyNests
KOF EX Logo Moe Habana
KOF 2002 Logo Sprite Kusanagi
KOF EX2 Logo Reiji OogamiJun KagamiMiu KurosakiSinobu Amou
KOF 2003 Logo Sprite Ash CrimsonDuo LonShen WooTizocGatoMalinMaki KaguraAdelheid BernsteinMukai
KOF MI Logo Alba MeiraSoiree MeiraLien NevilleMignon BeartChae LimDukeRock Howard
KOF XI Logo Sprite OswaldElisabeth BlanctorcheMomokoB. JenetShionMagakiSilberSho HayateJyazuHotaru FutabaItokatsuTung Fu Rue
KOF MI2 Logo Luise MeyrinkNagaseJivatmaNinon BeartHyenaHanzo HattoriKyo Kusanagi ClassicWild WolfMr. Karate IIArmor RalfRichard Meyer
KOF MIRA Logo Xiao LonMakoto Mizoguchi
KOF '98UM Logo Nightmare Geese
KOF 2002UM Logo Nameless
KOF XII Logo Raiden
KOF XIII Logo Hwa JaiSaikiEvil AshMr. Karate
KOF XIV Logo Shun'eiMeitenkunGang-ilLuongXanaduSylvie Paula PaulaKukriMianNelsonZarinaBandeiras HattoriKing of DinosaursHeinNakoruruMamahahaMui MuiLove HeartAlice Garnet NakataAntonovVerseNajd (Aila)
The King of Fighters XV Logo Isla (Amanda) • DoloresKrohnen McDougallRe VerseOtoma=RagaHaohmaruDarli Dagger
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