Ángel

FULL NAME Ángel

BIRTHDATE March 6th; 19 years old

BIRTHPLACE Mexico

HEIGHT 168 cm (5'6")

WEIGHT "Write it down and you die!"

BLOOD TYPE O

FAMILY/RELATIVES None

JOB/OCCUPATION Former agent of NESTS, freelancer agent

LIKES Vintage B-3, deck coat and P-D series clothes

DISLIKES Gambling

HOBBIES Riding 50cc motorcycles, live concerts

FAVORITE FOOD Tequila, raw cactus slices

FORTE IN SPORTS Soccer (mainly goalkeeping)

MEASUREMENTS (BUST, WAIST, HIP) B92-W60-H89 cm

FIGHTING STYLE 'Perfunctory'♥ and elements of pro wrestling and Muay Thai

Ángel (アンヘル, pronounced as Ahn-hehl) is a character introduced in The King of Fighters series. She was introduced as a NESTS operative and was a member of the NESTS Team in The King of Fighters 2001. Her nickname is "Knockout ♥ Free Spirit" (悩殺のうさつ♥てきとー娘むすめ).

Development During the development of The King of Fighters 2001, Diana was originally intended to to be part of Team NESTS. In the process, BrezzaSoft approached the team of a Mexican game developer called Evoga and offer to collaborate with them to develop their own fighting game, Rage of the Dragons for the Neo Geo. The director of EVOGA, Ángel Torres, was challenged by the SNK staff to make an interesting bet on their match in The King of Fighters '98; should he lose, the KOF staff will make a character for Rage of the Dragons and must pay the sum of $5000 to the president of BrezzaSoft, and if he wins, EVOGA can request an original character for KOF 2001. The end result had Torres winning the bet, and BrezzaSoft created a female Mexican fighter named after the director of EVOGA himself, as she took Diana's slot for the NESTS team.

Personality Ángel is a lighthearted, flirtatious and playful individual who behaves like a cat, in spite of her working status as an assassin for NESTS prior to the organization's disbandment. She is also quite violent and sadistic, as shown with her dangerous attacks and balefulness. One of Ángel's habits is being an showboat and an exhibitionist; She flaunts herself to the crowd when a tournament match is about to start and she can especially be a bit of a show-off when the opponent is losing against her, to gain the crowd's attention she'll boast about her skills and belittle her opponents in the fight. Despite her arrogance, she's all for a fair and good fight, feeling that her opponents shouldn't hold back when fighting to provide her with a good challenge. It's also been shown that Ángel's very insensitive when it comes to people being angry at her, a good example of this is whenever Kula's irritated at her and Ángel is largely indifferent to her insults.

Kula gets very annoyed at Ángel's lack of compassion, even going as far as wanting to fight her for not apologizing for what she did to Foxy. While Ángel retaliates with heartless insults against Kula, it's hinted that Ángel does indeed care for Kula but she just loves teasing her. While being on the wrestling team, she's on good terms with Ramón and King of Dinosaurs, possibly considering teaming up with them again in the future.

Abilities Enhanced Body - Due to her affiliation with NESTS, much of her body was enhanced to be far stronger than that of a normal human. Superhuman Strength - She is able to lift and throw someone as heavy as Maxima. Superhuman Reflexes - She is able to dodge several attacks. Superhuman Stamina - Her body will only develop fatigue toxins after several hours of physical stress. Superhuman Dexterity - Her dexterity is even greater than that of a 10th grade black belt. Superhuman Speed - Ángel is so fast that she can translocate herself. Motorcycle Driving - Angel likes to drive motorcycles. Soccer - Ángel often plays soccer as a goalkeeper.

Fighting style Ángel utilizes a unique fighting style called "Perfunctory♥", which makes use of an "unchain" system that involves multiple throw techniques. This technique also incorporates elements of both Muay Thai (as seen in her stance and some of her kicks) and professional wrestling.