Eiji Kisaragi

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Eiji Kisaragi
Eiji in The King of Fighters XI
Profile
Full name	Eiji Kisaragi
Birthdate	December 25; 26 years old
Birthplace	Japan
Height	172 cm (5'8")
Weight	70 kg (154 lbs)
Blood type	B
Family/Relatives	Zantetsu (possible ancestor)
Job/Occupation	Ninja
Likes	Belief in his own style
Dislikes	Kyokugenryu Karate and its practitioners
Hobbies	Practice for new techniques
Favorite food	Preserved food, good-keeping food
Forte in sports	A Ninja never plays sports
Special skill	Not talking
Weapon	Nagare (流）and Kage (影)
Fighting style	Kisaragi-Ryu Ninjutsu

Eiji Kisaragi (如月影二, Kisaragi Eiji) is a character in both the Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters series. He is speculated to be the descendant of Zantetsu from The Last Blade series of fighting games. SNK illustrator, Shiroi Eiji, takes his namesake from the white palette of Eiji in Art of Fighting 2.

In both The King of Fighters XI and the manga of The King of Fighters: Kyo, Eiji is portrayed as only semi-serious, and is often the butt of other characters' jokes. He is voiced by Yoshinori Shima.

[edit] Story

[edit] Art of Fighting

Eiji is a ninja from the feared and respected Kisaragi clan. Sworn to be the strongest under the heavens, he made it his goal to defeat the one school his clan had not yet surpassed: Kyokugenryu Karate. As a descendant of Zantetsu, he also wields the Nagare and Kage twin ninja daggers and uses them sparingly.

As with all of the characters from the previous two games except Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, Eiji does not appear in Art of Fighting 3. His former student searches for him and is his rival.

[edit] The King of Fighters

In The King of Fighters '95, Eiji was summoned by Billy Kane to enter a team with Iori Yagami and him. Although he seemed surprised to see his teammates for the first time, he agreed since it was a chance to continue his agenda against the Kyokugenryu practitioners.

Eiji returns in The King of Fighters XI as a member of the Anti Kyokugenryu team. In their team's backstory, it is explained that he was extensively training in the mountains since his defeat in 1995. Summoned by Malin, he seemed intent on taking his revenge on Takuma and is surprised to hear the master of the style hospitalized. He instead shifts his target to Ryo, who is deemed to be the most proficient practitioner in the tournament by both him and his teammate, Kasumi.

[edit] Personality

Possibly due to his few appearances, little of his character has been fleshed out beyond his rivalry of the Sakazaki family and his more recent grudge against Iori. As with the other Art of Fighting characters, he is usually used for comic relief in his newer appearances.

Despite the timeline difference between the two series, many Western players believed Eiji to be secretly in love with Mai Shiranui due to a script change in US version of his Art of Fighting 2 ending. The original Japanese version makes no such implication. This belief was reinforced when he was planned to make an appearance in the Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture in Hauer's eventual role.

[edit] Powers

Translocation: Eiji is able to move himself from one place to another nearby almost instantly.
Energy Projectile: Eiji can create a projectile of energy.
Cutting Energy: Eiji can envelop his hands with cutting energy.
Energy Reflector: Eiji can reflect projectiles back towards his opponent.