
Iori Yagami in The King of Fighters XIV render
Name: Iori Yagami
Height: Cerebral Large
Age: 21
Birth of Place: Japan
Blood Type: O
Iori Yagami (八神 庵 Yagami Iori) is a character that first appears in The King of Fighters '95 as the leader of the Rivals Team, as the initial enemy and later rival of Kyo Kusanagi. Iori is the heir of the Yagami clan, who use pyrokinetic powers and sealed the Orochi demon along with the Kusanagi and Yata clans. Iori suffers from a curse – "The Riot of the Blood" (血の暴走 Chi no Bōso) – under which he becomes faster, more powerful and wilder, and exhibits a tendency to indiscriminately attack nearby characters. In this state Iori is commonly named "Wild Iori" or "Orochi Iori" (月の夜大蛇の血に狂う庵 Tsuki no Yoru Orochi no Chi ni Kuruu Iori, lit. Insane Iori with Blood of Orochi Under the Night of the Moon).