Profile
| Fighting Style: | Kyokugen-ryuu Karate (Extreme Style Karate) |  |
| Birthday: | 12 / 7 |
| Age: | 20 |
| Birthplace: | Japan (but she's half-American) |
| Blood Type: | A |
| Height: | 168cm |
| Weight: | 54kg |
| Hobby: | Karaoke |
| Favorite Food: | Sweet Curry with home made umeboshi (pickled plums) |
| Best Sport: | Softball |
| Most Important: | Friends, and earings given by her mother. |
| Dislikes: | Octupus, indecisive men |
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| Backstory (Fenix's Summary) |
| The second child of Takuma Sakazaki, Yuri is another practicioner of the Kyokugenryu karate. Though not as proficient as her brother, Ryo Sakazaki, she strives to constantly compete and show her worth to their father. She is in a long standing relationship with Robert Garcia. |
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| Tournament Participation |
| Art of Fighting 1: | Was kidnapped by Mr. Big. Was ultimately rescued by Ryo and Robert, but not before learning of her father's involvement with the Organization. |
| Art of Fighting 2: | I cannot confirm her activities at this time, but I believe she had fight with Jack Turner at some point.(*) |
| KoF '94: | Unable to team up with her peers, she creates her own team with King and Mai Shiranui. |
| KoF '95: | Still a member of "England" team. |
| KoF '96: | When Takuma retires, she takes her father's place on the "Mexico" team. |
| KoF '97: | Still a member of "Mexico" team. |
| KoF '99: | Member of the "Art of Fighting / Kyokugenryu" team. |
| KoF '00: | Asks King to replace her on the AoF Team, so she can form a new "Ladies" team. |
| KoF '01: | Returns to the "Art of Fighting / Kyokugenryu" team to help represent their style and generate new students. |
| KoF '03: | Still a member of the "Art of Fighting / Kyokugenryu" team to help represent their style and generate new students. |
| Current Status: | Unknown, though it is presumed she will return in 2k4.(*) |
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| Other Facts and Information |
| Like the other Kyokugenryu characters, Yuri has been parodied in the form of Street Fighter's Dan Hibiki, namely her "thumbs up" and also the "Yoyuichi" / "Yoyuse" quote. But unlike the others, she has parodied just as much of Street Fighter in return, including borrowing Ryu's Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadoken, Ken Masters' Shoryureppa and Hurricane Kick, Sakura's overhead "panty shot" kick and charge style hadoken, AND Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu technique. |
| Yuri underwent a severe physical redesign between Art of Fighting 1, and Art of Fighting 2, most likely caused by the fact that she was made into a legitimate member of the cast, and not just "Robert's helpless girlfriend". UNCONFIRMED: Recent evidence has been uncovered that a long lost member of the Street Fighter Universe (Gouken's daughter, only known as "Little Miss") may have in fact been the true inspiration for her redesign. Could the SNK/Capcom parody war have begun long before Dan was even born?(*) |
| Though a storyline explanation was never given, beating Yuri with a projectile move in Art of Fighting 2, KoF94, and KoF95 would trigger the same "shirt explosion" that happens with King. |