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Kyōko (きょうこ?) is a recurring character first featured in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and is a third year student at Hanazono High School. She is described as being faithful and high-spirited. She is close friends with Misako.

In Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka, River City: Tokyo Rumble, and the River City Girls continuity, she is the girlfriend of Riki. Although she's younger than him, she's able to keep him on a tight leash with her firecracker personality.

Appearances[]

Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka[]

Kyōko's debut appearance in the Kunio-kun franchise. She is waiting for Riki on the roof of Hanazono High School with Ryūta, who is holding her captive. Once Riki arrives, she stands aside so that he can beat the crap out of Ryūta. After his defeat, he reveals that Shinji was the one who ordered him to take control of Hanazono High School. Learning of this, Kyōko wishes to accompany Riki, Kunio and Misako to the amusement park where he is located to take revenge for forcing the Hanazono students to work for him.

Later in the story, Kyōko and Misako are shot by Sabu in front of Kunio and Riki inside of the office at the pachinko parlor. The two girls pass out and are then carried outside of the parlor by the boys. Mamoru calls an ambulance to get them to the hospital while Takayama leads Kunio and Riki to Sabu's mansion. In the game's ending, Takayama reveals to the boys that Kyōko and Misako have survived.

Like Misako, Kyōko moves and runs faster than both Kunio and Riki. She cannot be grabbed by enemies, but she cannot grab or sit on enemies. Her special techniques are the Mach Kick, the Screw Slap, and the Spinning Chop.

River City: Tokyo Rumble[]

In the story mode, Kyōko first appears when Kunio first meets Riki in Shinjuku. She warns Riki not to start a fight with Kunio as she doesn't want him to get hurt. On the following day, Misako will get angry with Kunio as he gets ready to leave for Yokohama with Riki, to where she then gets angry at Riki for backing him up and mentions that Kyōko would be equally as mad if she found out he was going out to get involved in street fights. Not wanting to get in trouble as he describes Kyōko as being very scary when she's mad, Riki asks Misako to stay quiet about the ordeal.

On a second playthrough of the game, Kyōko will see Riki off before leaving to Yokohama. From this point on, she will be seen next to Misako outside of Nekketsu High School and can be talked to in order to switch the player controlled character.

River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~[]

Kyōko appears as a member of Team Misuzu and can be played outside of the story mode. She is equipped with a chain by default and is able to use the Tornado Punch and Mach Kick.

Statistics[]

In the Team Registration Mode, all of her stats except stamina will increase by two if selected as a captain. If selected as a vice-captain, her stats will instead increase by one. Kyōko can only perform the Mach Kick in Camphor Ball and Battle Royal.

Cost 3
Stamina 180
Punch 5
Kick 5
Weapon 5
Throw 1
Agility 10
Swimming 7
Strength 3
Special Techniques Tornado Punch
Mach Kick

River City Melee: Battle Royal Special[]

Kyōko returns as a member of Team Misuzu and is involved in the story. Kyōko is able to use the Mach FumiFumi and the Tornado Punch.

Statistics[]

Stamina 180
Punch 5
Kick 5
Weapon 5
Throw 1
Agility 10
Strength 3
Special Techniques Mach FumiFumi
Tornado Punch

River City Girls[]

In this continuity, Kyoko is reimagined to be cheerful, bubbly, and as a bit of an airhead. Although she's typically very easygoing, she is prone to getting angry, especially so if it involves Riki. Kyoko appears as one of the main protagonists alongside Misako. She is voiced by Kira Buckland.

Kyoko starts off in detention with Misako until they decide to bust out of school after she received a text message saying Kunio and Riki have been kidnapped. The girls run throughout all of town fighting anyone that gets in their way in search of any information on Kunio and Riki's whereabouts. Throughout their search, they frequently come across their love rivals Hasebe and Mami who degrade the girls and suggest that the boys are instead in love with them. Kyoko eventually reunites with her old middle school friend Nozomi at the end of Ocean Heights, though must fight her first for embarrassing her in front of her fans. By the end of the game, the girls have made their way through the Sanwakai Tower and defeat Sabuko, who is the acting matriarch while Sabu is incarcerated.

Defeating Sabuko, the girls kick her out of the window and crash into the sauna nearby where they find Kunio and Riki relaxing. In the bad ending, the boys don't remember who the girls are and set off to go find Hasebe and Mami. In the good ending, the girls instead kick Hasebe and Mami out of the window with the boys now knowing who Misako and Kyoko are, they proceed to offer taking them on a burger date.

Moveset[]

Move Name Input Special Meter? Learned From Level Required Description
Head Stomp Heavy Attack in midair No Leveling Up 3 Kyoko flips and stomps downward. This knocks enemies straight down.
Volley Save Heavy Attack while running No Leveling Up 4 A dashing heavy attack, Kyoko dives in to make the save, striking enemies and knocking them straight up.
Donkey Kick Block and Heavy Attack simultaneously No Leveling Up 5 Kyoko's back attack, she kicks behind her in a handstand.
Dab! Directional Pad Left/Right + Heavy Attack No Leveling Up 7 A fabulous shoulder tackle! Kyoko knocks enemies straight ahead with this attack. Combo-ending attack.
Dragon Feet Special Attack Yes Dojo 0 Kyoko's signature move, she throws multiple kicks and ends with a roundhouse kick, knocking enemies down.
Crescent Kick Light Attack No Dojo 0 An additional attack for Kyoko's Light Attack button combo. This becomes her third attack.
Spin Kick Directional Pad Up + Heavy Attack No Dojo 0 Kyoko performs a jumping spin kick, knocking enemies upward away from her. Combo-ending attack.
Volleyball Set Directional Pad Down + Heavy Attack No Dojo 0 Kyoko's launcher, she performs a forearm pass and launches enemies straight upward. Can be used to end combos.
Acro Circus Directional Pad Up + Special Attack Yes Dojo 5 A screw attack directed upward that knocks enemies down.
Double Dropkick Special Attack while running Yes Dojo 5
Hook Kick Light Attack No Dojo 5 An additional attack for Kyoko's Light Attack button combo, becoming her fourth attack.
Cheer Drill Directional Pad Left/Right + Special Attack Yes Dojo 8 A spinning drop kick attack. Can be performed in midair by pressing the Special Attack button.
Frankensteiner Heavy Attack after grabbing stunned enemy from behind No Dojo 8 The professional wrestling throw.
Pogo Kick Special Attack after grabbing stunned enemy from the front Yes Dojo 8 A throw, Kyoko kicks the enemy to launch herself upward, knocking them out.
Handstand Kick Directional Pad Down + Special Attack Yes Dojo 12 Kyoko does a handstand with one hand to perform a spinning kick with both legs, kicking all enemies surrounding her.
Volley Spike Heavy Attack + Special Attack near enemy in midair Yes Dojo 12 A midair grab, Kyoko grabs an enemy and throws them down, as if she was performing a volleyball spike.

River City Melee Mach!![]

Kyōko would have her moveset changed and her stats increased. She now uses the Screw Slap from Kunio-tachi no Banka and Mach Kick.

Statistics[]

Stamina 180
Punch 9
Kick 9
Weapon 9
Throw 5
Agility 10
Strength 7
Special Techniques Screw Slap
Mach Kick

River City Saga: Three Kingdoms[]

Kyoko plays the role of Zhou Yu, a general in Sun Quan (Riki)'s army. Her River City Girls counterpart plays the role of Xiao Qiao, the younger of the sisters.

In the story mode, Zhou Yu is reluctant on teaming up with Liu Bei (Gōda) and would rather hand him over to Cao Cao (Yamada). Zhuge Liang (Misako) eventually is able to convince her to ally with Liu Bei as Cao Cao also has his sights on Yangzhou. Later, Zhou Yu instructs Guan Yu (Kunio) to gather 100,000 arrows for the upcoming battle.

In the China Heroes gamemode, Kyoko's River City Girls counterpart was added into the English release of the game as a bonus character and is unlocked by default. Her moveset is copied from River City Girls and translates it to this game's control scheme.

River City Girls Zero[]

The River City Girls counterparts of Kyoko and Misako appear in the game's newly added intro and outro. Kira Buckland returns to voice Kyoko in English with Sumire Morohoshi voicing the newly added Japanese dub.

Kyoko buys an old videogame with a free SNES thrown in at Skullmageddon's pawn shop. Kyoko is trying to figure out how to play the game with Misako being instantly intrigued when walking in the room to see Kunio on the game's cartridge. The girls then play through the entirety of Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka. After the girls finish playing the game, they talk about what happened in the game while also questioning if any of it actually happened. Kyoko asks where Sabuko was in the game not knowing who Ken is, to which Misako asks why Ken looked so handsome. Kyoko teases Misako for saying this only because he resembles Kunio. The girls then proceed to leave the house and go look for Kunio and Riki, foreshadowing events that later happen in River City Girls 2.

River City Girls 2[]

Kyoko retains her role as one of the main protagonists alongside Misako. Kira Buckland returns as her English voice actor with Sumire Morohoshi returning from River City Girls Zero as her voice actor in the Japanese dub.

The story starts right with Sabuko's defeat and Misako and Kyoko heading off to their lunch date with Kunio and Riki. Sabu now knowing of Sabuko's embarrassing defeat breaks out of prison and quickly takes control of River City. On their way to class, the girls are expelled from school by Ken and are then kicked out of the window by Ryuichi and Ryuji. The group all head back to Kyoko's house to play videogames. Two months pass since then and Kyoko's Mom informs the crew that the sequel to Vampire Punchers has been released with a few copies still being in stores at the mall. Students were paid by the Sanwakai to wait outside of Kyoko's house to ensure the group doesn't get in the way, so they must all fight their way towards the mall. While at the mall, the group gets sidetracked and go see a movie, though coincidentally end up meeting Ken once again. The group faces off against Ken and wins, to where he then attempts to pull his gun on Misako and Kyoko. Unfazed, the girls continue to make fun of him until a knife with a note knocks the gun out of his hands, to where he then runs away. The girls find out the note came from Sabuko looking to team up after going to the requested location.

Throughout the rest of the story, the group travels all throughout the town taking down Sabu's subordinates (Blaire, Tsuiko, and Primo) for their emblems to get inside of the Sanwakai Tower. In Uptown, the group meets Provie and are mistaken to be yakuza, so then fight her to prove that they aren't associated with any yakuza goons. Provie was looking for her Ken to get him to tell the location of her friend Chris, but because of the group's altercation with him earlier he left the place and left Provie back to chasing him down. Misako offers to help Provie find Chris and to also beat Ken, to which she reluctantly agrees. In Downtown, the group is informed by Saotome to go look for Marian. The group eventually head into the subway where they find Marian working for the Sanwakai under Blaire's spell, which wears off after the group beat her in a fight. Marian then agrees to join the group in fighting.

After Primo's defeat in Ocean Heights, he reveals the girls will need a fourth emblem to get into the Sanwakai Tower which is held by Ken. The group fights their way to the rooftop of the now destroyed River City High to face off against Ken once again with Ryuichi and Ryuji assisting him in battle. Ken is defeated once more, hands his emblem to the girls, and flies off on a helicopter telling the girls to drop by the Sanwakai Tower for their rematch. Sabuko waits for the group outside of the school and betrays the girls by informing them that her men have strapped explosives to their friends. After saving everybody, the group heads off to the Sanwakai Tower to the sight of Sabuko putting Ken in his place and attempting to make an escape in a helicopter. The group eventually makes their way into the underground of the Sanwaki Tower where they defeat Sabu and end his plans for good.

In the post-credits cutscene, Kyoko and everyone else are back at her house playing Vampire Punchers 2 with Misako.

Other games[]

CODE SHIFTER[]

Kyoko and Misako appear as a dual character. A remix of the shop theme plays when playing as them in Story Mode.

Baseball Superstar 2020[]

Mighty Fight Federation[]

Kyōko makes a cameo appearance during Kunio's arcade mode ending.

Other media[]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (TV series)[]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Rantō Enbu-hen[]

Kyōko is played by Erika Denya.

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Gaiden River City Girls[]

Kyoko was to be played by Reo Kurachi, though the play would be cancelled due to one of the cast members testing positive for COVID.[2]

Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister![]

In Season 1's "Mahiro's Time of the Month", Kyoko and Misako make a cameo appearance as Mahiro and Mihari play River City Girls together.

Trivia[]

  • Kyōko's rendition of the Mach Kick in Kunio-tachi no Banka bears a resemblance to the Hyakuretsukyaku (百裂脚 "Hundred Rending Legs"), one of Chun-Li's signature special attacks in the Street Fighter series. River City Girls further expands on this by making the move (Dragon Feet, like in River City Ransom) a literal Hyakuretsukyaku with a finishing kick, much like Chun-Li's Senretsukyaku (千裂脚 "Thousand Rending Legs"), one of her super combos.
    • Sometimes while doing this move in River City Girls, she will shout "Ora ora ora!" as a reference to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Coincidentally, Kira Buckland would later be cast in the anime's English dub.
    • Her Handstand Kick also resembles the Spinning Bird Kick, another of Chun Li's signature moves. However, according to the game's director Bannon Rudis, there wasn't a deliberate effort to reference Chun-Li.
  • Her name has three different variations: Kyōko or Kyoko or Kyouko. Depending on the characters with which it is written, the name can have different meanings. In her case, it means City Girl or Girl from the Capital.
  • The Japanese pronunciation of her name prolongs the first o; hence why it is sometimes Romanized as Kyouko. Adam Tierney has said it was simplified to make it easier for the English voice cast to say their lines.

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