

Cool Shades: Is almost never seen without his sunglasses, unless he's in the middle of battle.K' had his past and only relative torn away from him and was subjected to inhumane experimentation, causing him to grow up emotionally stunted and reclusive. Kyo also grew up a relatively normal life, attending high school and having a loving circle of friends and family. But while Kyo was born with his pyrokinetic abilities and can control them with ease, K gained his powers via NESTS' genetic experiments, and has a hard time controlling them, requiring a special glove to handle his flames. Both are pyrokinetic brawlers and arrogant fighters. Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Kyo.Eventually, the truth was revealed to be the other way around. Also, initially he believed himself to be a clone of Krizalid. He believes that he'll perpetually be stuck in Kyo's shadow, a feeling that is only reinforced when he fights Mukai in 2003. He tries to affirm his existence as something more than a mere "clone" of Kyo. Cloning Blues: Not a clone in the traditional sense Kyo's DNA was used on him to see if the pyrokinetic abilities could be transferred.Averted in The King of Fighters 2 pachinko game, though. His early sprites give him the same complexion as Heavy D! but later depictions play the trope dead straight. Art depictions usually show him with very dark skin. But Not Too Black: Zigzagged all the time.


Anti-Hero Substitute: For Kyo Kusanagi during the NESTS saga.A few of his attacks are bird-themed and the back of his jacket reads "A Beast Of Prey" (the words are more legible in character art and in the Maximum Impact series).
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It's possible K's skin and hair colors are linked to the experiments he went through under NESTS custody, and so he wouldn't have been born looking how he does now. It also should be noted that not only does he share Original Zero and Krizalid's skin to hair colors, but that Kyo's other clones are also darker-skinned than the boy they were cloned from. This gets even more confusing when you recall that Whip is a clone of K's sister, Seirah, and yet she's been largely shown as being much lighter-skinned than her brother.
