Nationality: Japan Age: 25 Height: 180cm Weight: 79kg Blood Type: O Occupation: Kung Fu Master Hobby: Teaching Kung Fu Fighting Style: Bajiquan He is highly popular due to his disciplined martial arts style, which requires great effort to master, combined with powerful impact and spirited shouts. His techniques consist of short, single-hit strikes. As a practitioner of a style that utilizes Jingang (strong foot stomps), the screen shakes whenever he lands a hit—or even when he misses—creating an overwhelming sense of power unlike any other character.

Nationality: USA Age: 22 Height: 182cm Weight: 75kg Blood Type: A Occupation: Indy Car Racing Hobby: Training Fighting Style: Jeet Kune Do As the successor of his style, Jacky enters the World Martial Arts Tournament hosted by Lau Chan's Koen-kan Foundation. After a winning streak, he encounters his missing sister, Sarah, at the tournament. However, Sarah has been brainwashed by the dark organizers, J6, and entered as a ruthless fighting machine. Unable to bring himself to defeat his sister, Jacky loses his will to fight and is defeated. He then begins to move against the dark organization behind the scenes to rescue Sarah.

Nationality: USA Age: 21 Height: 173cm Weight: 55kg Blood Type: AB Occupation: College Student Hobby: Skydiving Fighting Style: Jeet Kune Do A kind young lady who worries about and looks after her reckless older brother.

Nationality: Japan Age: 21 Height: 178cm Weight: 66kg Blood Type: B Occupation: Ninja Hobby: Mahjong Fighting Style: Hagakure-ryu Jujutsu

Nationality: France Age: 20 Height: 171cm Weight: 63kg Blood Type: AB Occupation: College Student Hobby: Knife collecting, Skateboarding Fighting Style: Tanglangquan (Praying Mantis Style) Hailing from a family of arms dealers known as 'merchants of death,' he initially entered the tournament to escape his parents' interference. However, after losing to Kage-Maru, he begins to participate for reasons beyond mere rebellion. Although he has the image of an arrogant, handsome young man, he is occasionally depicted as a surprisingly good guy.

Nationality: Canada Age: 27 Height: 181cm Weight: 101kg Hobby: Karaoke Fighting Style: Professional Wrestling He has a rough face that makes him look like a villain, but he's actually a great guy!

Nationality: China Age: 53 Height: 172cm Weight: 77kg Blood Type: B Occupation: Cook Hobby: Chinese Poetry Fighting Style: Koen-ken A master of martial arts and a top-class Chinese chef. His hair has turned white due to illness, and he coughs frequently, making him the character whose health is of the most concern.

Nationality: China Age: 18 Height: 166cm Weight: 49kg Blood Type: O Occupation: Actress Hobby: Dancing Fighting Style: Ensei-ken A Chinese girl who practices Ensei-ken. She is a movie actress by profession and the daughter of Lau Chan. She harbored ill feelings toward her father for abandoning the family for martial arts training during her childhood. However, as the story progresses, she comes to understand him after learning he is terminally ill. She eventually lets go of her resentment and tries to stop him from continuing to fight.

Nationality: Unknown Age: Unknown Height: 175cm Weight: 55kg Blood Type: AB Occupation: Security Officer Hobby: Singing Fighting Style: Vale Tudo An employee of a private security firm, she is tasked with guarding Sarah Bryant. However, she also enters the tournament to find the culprit who murdered her foster father, who had rescued her from a J6 research facility when she was a child.

Nationality: None Gender: Female Fighting Style: Copying other fighters' styles Dural is Tsukikage, Kage-Maru's mother, who was cybernetically modified by the organization J6. Later versions of Dural are said to be Shun Di's disciple modified instead of Kage-Maru's mother, utilizing Vanessa's combat data. There is a plot point where Kage-Maru continues to fight even after 'rescuing' his mother to secure Dural parts for her recovery. However, when the parts are installed, Tsukikage transforms back into Dural.