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Ryuji Yamazaki is a playable character from the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series.
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Yamazaki was orphaned at a young age in the streets of Okinawa. His life was a miserable and boring existence — with American troops constantly patrolling his town — until he caught glimpse of a well-dressed yakuza boss named Sorimachi. Aspiring to be like the man he saw, Yamazaki left his town and joined the crime syndicate. Eventually, he worked under Sorimachi, the man he admired as a surrogate father, and found happiness for the first time in his life as his bodyguard.
Unfortunately, Yamazaki's uneasiness during a fateful business trip to Osaka alongside his boss marked an ambush from a rival gang, and from there his boss Sorimachi was tortured and killed. The shock of his death gave birth to Yamazaki's insane alter ego.
Although he has little memory of his past after this incident, Yamazaki murdered his boss's rival and fled from Japan to Hong Kong. He continues to be an influential broker, weapons dealer, and drug trader with Kowloon Walled City as his base of operations. He is usually at odds with Hon-Fu, who tries to catch and arrest him in the act.
Ten years later, he joined the Chinese mafia and was hired by Jin Chonrei and Jin Chonshu to protect them and the scrolls of immortality. In his Fatal Fury 3 ending, Yamazaki is arrested by local authorities, yet he beats the police officers around him and escapes. He is presumably still on the run from the law.
| Characters in Fatal Fury | |
|---|---|
| Fatal Fury | Terry Bogard • Andy Bogard • Joe Higashi |
| Fatal Fury 2/Special | Big Bear • Mai Shiranui • Kim Kaphwan • Cheng Sinzan • Jubei Yamada • Axel Hawk • Laurence Blood • Wolfgang Krauser • Billy Kane • Tung Fu Rue • Duck King • Geese Howard • Ryo Sakazaki |
| Fatal Fury 3 | Sokaku Mochizuki • Bob Wilson • Hon-Fu • Blue Mary • Franco Bash |
| Real Bout Fatal Fury | Ryuji Yamazaki • Jin Chonrei • Jin Chonshu |
| Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 | Li Xiangfei • Rick Strowd |
| Garou: Mark of the Wolves | Rock Howard • Kevin Rian • Bonne Jenet • Kim Dong-Hwan • Kim Jae-Hoon • Gato • Hotaru Futaba • Hokutomaru • Khushnood Butt • Tizoz • Freeman |
| Characters in The King of Fighters | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Terry Bogard • Andy Bogard • Joe Higashi • Mai Shiranui • Kim Kaphwan • Ryo Sakazaki • Robert Garcia • Takuma Sakazaki • King • Yuri Sakazaki • Ralf Jones • Clark Still • Athena Asamiya • Sie Kensou • Kyo Kusanagi • Benimaru Nikaido • Goro Daimon • Chang Koehan • Choi Bounge • Chin Gentsai • Heavy D! • Lucky Glauber • Brian Battler • Heidern • Rugal Bernstein |
| 1995 | Iori Yagami • Eiji Kisaragi • Billy Kane |
| 1996 | Leona Heidern • Kasumi Todoh • Mature • Vice • Geese Howard • Wolfgang Krauser • Mr. Big |
| 1997 | Chizuru Kagure • Yashiro Nanakase • Shermie • Chris • Ryuji Yamazaki • Blue Mary • Shingo Yabuki |
| 1998 | Rugal Bernstein |
| 1999 | K' • Maxima • Whip • Bao • Li Xiangfei • Jhun Hoon • Kyo-1 • Kyo-2 |
| 2000 | Ramon • Vanessa • Lin • Seth • Hinako Shijou • Kula Diamond |
| 2001 | May Lee Jinju • Foxy • K9999 • Angel |
| 2002 | Kusanagi |
| 2003 | Ash Crimson • Duo Lon • Shen Woo • Tizoc • Gato • Malin |