The King of Fighters '99: Evolution also contains a Striker version from Athena with her school uniform. The team has little changes within tournaments with the only new member joining them being Bao from The King of Fighters '99 until The King of Fighters 2001. The team would be present in most King of Fighters tournament as Chin wanted to train more Kensou and Athena as well as searching for evil forces such as the demon Orochi. The Psycho Soldier Team is initially composed of Kensou and Athena's teacher, Chin Gentsai. She would also appear in the crossover fighting game series The King of Fighters as part of the Psycho Soldier Team. Objectively, she also has gained lots of popularity to make her an idol because of her physical charms and warm soul, both inside and outside fictions.Īthena first appears in the video game Psycho Soldier, fighting against several creatures attacking Earth along with her friend Sie Kensou. She is a typical protagonist of Japanese animation culture with strong sense of justice and will to fight evil, help the weak and exercise hard for self-progress. Her psycho power is a legacy from her ancestor Princess Athena through her mother and it seems no other one in her family possesses the same power. For the English version from KOF: Maximum Impact, Robyn Gryphe makes Athena's voice and Lily Kane in the sequel, while in the English version of the King of Fighters XII, she is voiced by Miwa Gardner.Īthena is a modern day high school girl in Japan. Since The King of Fighters '98, Athena has been voiced by Haruna Ikezawa in each game she is featured as well as the anime The King of Fighters Another Day. Reiko Fukui voiced her in The King of Fighters '94, Moe Nagasaki in The King of Fighters '95, Tamao Satō in The King of Fighters '96 and Yukina Kurisu The King of Fighters '97 and The King of Fighters: Kyo. For The King of Fighters series, Athena has been played by several actresses. However, by The King of Fighters XI, Athena appears with a white school uniform and in The King of Fighters XII she returns to her original Psycho Soldier outfit as the members from SNK wanted to return The King of Fighters series to its "original concept." In The King of Fighters XIII, Athena returns wearing the same clothes but with a color alteration (white shirt and blue skirt more in line with her attire from The King of Fighters XI).Īthena has been voiced by several voice actresses since her debut in Psycho Soldier in which she was played by Rushina in the game and Kaori Shimizu for her image songs. The staff from the series has been requested by fans to return her Japanese school uniform in several games, but they only made her wear it only in her introductions as they thought it would not be well received by gamers from other countries. Her hair, however, is purple and becomes short from The King of Fighters '99 to The King of Fighters 2001. In The King of Fighters series, Athena wears new outfits in every game, some with little changes. In her first appearance in Psycho Soldier Athena has long pink hair and wears a black Japanese school uniform.
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