💥K' Dash (Barefoot Style)💥

Name: K' Dash

Age: 19

Date of Birth: Unknown

Zodiac Sign: Unknown

Birthstone: Unknown

Height: 183 cm (6'0”)

Weight: 65 kg (143 lbs.)

Likes: Unknown

Dislikes: King of Fighters tournaments, sweets

Favorite food: Beef Jerky

Forte in sports: None (hates exercise)

Weapon: None (wears a special glove that keeps his power under control; he also uses his sunglasses as projectile)

Fighting Style: Jeet Kune Do

Appearance: K' is a dark-skinned, gray-eyed young man with silver-white hair and a lean yet muscular build. He wears a black, high-collared leather jacket with the emblem "A BEAST OF PREY" on the back, paired with black denim tights, and black boots. Around his neck, he wears a silver cross necklace that rests against his chest. His right hand is wrapped in a bright red glove made of special material designed to suppress his unstable flames, while his left hand is covered with black fingerless gloves. K' also sports a pair of sunglasses, which he occasionally wears, except during a fight. He also uses them as a projectile during his signature Chain Drive attack or in his victory pose.

Personality K' has a very serious and arrogant personality but is very easy to enrage due to his more high-strung side, though he is starting to treat Whip as a big sister and Kula as a little sister. He often calls Maxima names - like "stupid", "idiot", etc. - but he actually trusts his partner's reliability. He is hardly polite and is always gruff, even to those close to him. Because K' usually expresses his concerns in a "tough guy" manner, Maxima jokingly calls him dishonest or stiff. Because of this, K' would often let Maxima handle any social necessities in his stead.

If there is something K' hates above everything else it is to be compared with Kyo which often results of him being labeled the inferior Kusanagi, and because of that K' started to have some sort of rivalry with Kyo. Believing that he is more than just a mere imitation of Kyo, K' is always looking for a way to escape his fate as the "second Kusanagi flame".

In KOF XIII, several fighters often point out K's rather immature personality ("whiny", lazy, anti-social and constantly rude to others) in their pre-fight dialogues against him. It is also pointed out he feels trapped in his life and hates involving himself in most things he finds trivial, making him not unlike Iori Yagami in terms of nihilistic mindset (and the two ironically very much hate each other and are prone to nasty dialogue between one another for little reason).

He, of course, despite his disinterest to partake in the KOF tournaments, at times often boasts about his abilities to take on anyone anytime, anywhere, which is something not quite far off from his capabilities as he also finds engaging in tasks with expected results to be yet another chore. Much of his dislike of trivial things is likely due to the trauma of often serving as one of NESTS's agents in regard to various shady assignments, as seen in his pre-battle dialogue against Daimon in XIII where he states: "I have enough blood on my hands already".

Powers His powers are derived from Kyo Kusanagi, whose pyrokinesis he has inherited, but has no control over it. It is also important to note that he is not a descendant of the Kusanagi clan, and thus, has no control of the family heirloom, nor the authority/ability to seal Orochi if necessary.

Pyrokinesis - Due to Kyo Kusanagi's DNA he was infused with, K' can create and manipulate fire out of thin air but only from his right hand. K' can create fireballs, infuse his kicks and punches with fire and create pillars of fire with his body as seen with his "Hyper Chain Drive" super. However, he is not immune to other types of fire nor able to control fires he didn't create. In fact, due to him not being a descendant of the Kusanagi clan, he doesn't have total control of his own flames either, which is why he is forced to wear a special red glove to protect himself from his own fire and to help him suppress and control it. Translocation - K' can translocate himself. Minor Assimilation - K' can slowly learn the fighting style of his opponent, allowing him to grow a minor pseudo-precognition. However, it is stated by Original Zero that K9999 has superior assimilation.[11]

Fighting Style K' has a unique fighting style that is said to be "Pure Violence", but it has several similarities with Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. He even uses some of his famous moves, such as the one inch punch and various flying kicks. As a nod to hinting of said "violence", K's moves tend to show very brutal mannerisms due to his high-strung nature. This ranges from violent elbow strikes, enraged battle cries, and even resorting to throwing his sunglasses at his foe and following up with a beatdown, no holds barred.

Most of his mannerisms are a result of K' being somewhat lazy due to his disinterest in fighting; so much to dozing off in battle via his idle stance when a certain amount of time passes in games before KOF XIII. His flames can only be summoned from his right hand due to his limitations. Despite this, K' can work around this handicap in combat, and is regarded as one of the best fighters in the KOF universe (as well as a high/top tier character in terms of gameplay in later installments of the series).

Despite his laziness, K' is shown to be rather flexible (evidenced by his pre-KOF XI blowback attack, Second Shell, Minutes Spike, and Crow Bites Plus/classic jumping strong kick).