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In this character name, his name is sometimes written in Katakana due to living and being prominent abroad, despite being born in Japan.

Takuma Sakazaki (タクマ・サカザキ; also written as 坂崎さかざき 拓馬たくま) is a character from both the Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters fighting game series. His distinguishing feature is an X-shaped scar on his right pectoral. He is also somewhat eccentric, donning his tengu mask and insisting he's Mr. Karate, and delivering speeches that are supposed to rally morale, but often make him look silly. Takuma is the most established known Kyokugenryu Karate practitioner, and he is the only one in the discipline who can make full use of the discipline's most difficult moves.

Personality[]

Takuma is rather serious when he's relating to evil people. But when relating to his students, Takuma starts saying things that many people find silly. He is a traditionalist and a fighter to the core, making it sometimes impossible for him to relate with the modern day youth. His inability to change his strict training regime unintentionally drives newer students away from the dojo. He constantly makes wheat noodles to the point where it's almost sickening for his students.

Much of his sillier antics tends to spread to his family, being seen as a bit of a bumbling dad; he desperately wants his son to wed and grant them the "third successor" of the family. When Yuri cuts her hair, Takuma doesn't approve of it since it pains him to have no memories of her with a short haircut. He is also a bit overprotective of Yuri in a comical way, seeing how he and Robert fight each other behind their teammates' backs due to Robert proposing a marriage to Yuri.

Despite this, outside of his serious Mr. Karate persona in SVC Chaos and KOF XIII, Takuma himself is serious in regards to both friend and foe alike, and offers fine words of wisdom to those like K' and Saiki (though the latter dismisses his point).

Powers[]

  • Gather Chi - Takuma can gather ki from Gaia, the mother-earth.
  • Energy Projectile - Takuma can fire the Kouken, Haoh Shou Kouken and Haoh Shi-Kouken blasts normally.
  • Vacuum - In The King of Fighters 2002, Takuma can fire an invisible projectile.
  • Multiple Attacks - Takuma can channel his ki energy into his arms to deliver multiple punches at high speed.

Skills[]

  • Management - Despite not having a lot of new students, Takuma certainly knows how to run a business like a dojo. This would later extend to running a barbecue restaurant.
  • Cooking - Perhaps with the help of Richard Meyer, Takuma enhances this skill to the point of near culinary expertise.
  • Noodle-making - Takuma has been known to be skilled at cooking wheat noodles or soba. However, he seems to overfeed his prospective students and family with it to the point of saturation.

Fighting Style[]

Takuma is the grandmaster (black belt) of Kyokugenryu Karate. He mainly relies on strong and focused strikes from his arms and legs. In The King of Fighters series, he can eventually hurl his own ki to hurt his opponents in an invisible manner, being the first practitioner to do so.

His desperation move, Haoh Shikouken, is more powerful than the Haoh Shoukouken used by other Kyokugenryu practicioners and he can also fire several of them in succession. His son Ryo, even after becoming Mr. Karate II, still primarily relies on Haoh Shoukouken, so Haoh Shikouken is likely extremely difficult to master.

Voice Actors[]

Music[]

  • Shihan (Normal) ver.2 (Master (Normal) ver.2) - Art of Fighting 2
  • Ryuuko no Ken (Fist of the Dragon and Tiger) - The King of Fighters '94
  • Yureru Otokogokoro (Trembling Male Senses) - The King of Fighters '95
  • In Spite of One's Age - The King of Fighters '98
  • Ryu-Ko (Dragon-Ko) - The King of Fighters '99
  • The Beauty and the Beast - The King of Fighters 2000, 2002, EX2
  • Fight to the Limit - The King of Fighters 2001
  • In Spite of One's Age ~Ver. Immortal~ - The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
  • Kyokugen Training! ~ Mountain Seclusion - The King of Fighters XIII
  • After a Long Absence - The King of Fighters XIII (when the music is set to "Type B", console version only, shared with Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia)

Appearances[]

Games

Mobile

Cameos

Anime

Similar Characters[]

Etymology[]

  • The name Takuma means "expand, open, support" (拓) (taku) and "horse" (馬) (ma).
  • Takuma's surname Sakazaki means "slope, hill" (坂) (saka) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki).

Trivia[]

See also[]

Cards[]

SNK vs SNK vs SNK vs KOF98UM OL KOF All Star KOF All Star KOF All Star KOF All Star

Sprites[]

Metal Slug Defense Art of Fighting 2 The King of Fighters '94, with idle animation added in The King of Fighters '95 The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest The King of Fighters '94 Rebout The King of Fighters XIII

Gallery[]

Art of Fighting characters
Art of Fighting Logo Sprite Ryo SakazakiRobert GarciaRyuhaku TodohJack TurnerLee Pai LongKingMickey RogersJohn CrawleyMr. BigMr. Karate
Art of Fighting 2 Logo Sprite Yuri SakazakiTakuma SakazakiEiji KisaragiTemjinGeese Howard
Art of Fighting 3 Logo Sprite Kasumi TodohKarman ColeRody BirtsLenny CrestonJin Fu-HaWang Koh-SanSinclairWyler
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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