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K2 LLC
Company founded by ex-SNK and ex-Square staff members. Mostly worked on Tenchu sequels after Acquire Corp. moved to other original IPs.
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kabuki
Costumed in the style of Japanese kabuki dancers.
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kabuto
Representative of a traditional Asian helmet most commonly associated with samurai.
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Kaiji Tang
Chinese-born American voice actor known for tough guys and Bruce Lee-types.
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kaiju
A game that features gigantic monsters battling one another while trampling the terrain.
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Kanako Urai
WWE superstar "Asuka" and YouTube channel operator "Kana".
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kancho
Moves that involve sticking two pointer fingers in the booty, a childish "prank" in Japan known as kanchō.
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Kaneko
Former Taito developer that branched out on its own, made a bunch of junk, and died off quietly.
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kanji
This move causes some kind of Japanese character to appear, whether as window dressing or an actual part of the attack.
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kanji
Has characters of the Japanese writing system based on Chinese characters known as 'kanji' prominently displayed on their clothes and/or body. Alternatively, this tag may be used to refer to any other form of Asian scripture as opposed to Kanji proper.
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Kaori Minami
Japanese voice actress with several SNK credits.
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karate
Uses the martial art of karate, or some fictionalized variant thereof.
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Karen Neill
4Kids voice actor. Also known as Nell Balaban.
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Kari Wahlgren
American voice actress whose breakout role was as Haruko in FLCL.
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Kasubisha
Weirdo who made Ultra Fight Da! Kyanta 2
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katana
Wields a Japanese katana sword.
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katar
Wields katar or another "punch dagger"-style weapon.
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Katsuhiro Harada
Director and producer of the Tekken series. Don't ask him for shit.
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Kay Inage
Japanese voice actor, does a lot of work with SNK, real name Kazuhiro Inage.
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Kayac
Makes cell phone games. They're in Korea.
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KAZe
Developer mostly known for doing pinball video games. After leaving unfinished what would have been their first fighting game, Burning Fists, they went to develop licensed fighters.
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Kazuhiko Nagata
Japanese voice actor, the second game voice for Kim Kaphwan.
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Kazumi Totaka
Composer and voice of Yoshi. Tends to hide a certain song in most games.
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Kazuo Sawa
Late musician mostly working for Technos Japan.
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keffiyeh
Traditional headwear of Middle East, North Africa, and other usual desert-based locales. Often confused with turbans despite not looking alike.
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Kei Garo
Creator and designer. Even called KEI. Mostly known for illustrating Miku Hatsune.
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Keiko Han
Japanese voice actress. Mother of Megumi Han.
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Ken Lobb
Creative director at Xbox Game Studios.
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Ken Wei
Digital Crafter founder and producer.
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KENN
Born Kenichirō Ōhashi, Japanese voice actor.
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Kenneth Young
Sound designer for Media Molecule. Also provides the few vocal sounds Sackboy makes.
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kenpo
Practitioner of one of the martial arts known as kenpō (or kempo). Kenpō initially started as the Japanese transliteration of "quánfǎ" (kung fu) but has since expanded to its own family of arts.
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kenyan
Character was born in, or lives in, the country of Kenya.
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Keropyon
a doujin game development group primarily known for their semi-popular fighting game title Crimson Alive.
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Kevin Afghani
American voice actor, best known for taking over Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and other affiliated voices after Charles Martinet.
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Key
Japanese visual novel developer, founded by former members of Tactics. Their intellectual property is frequently mined for doujin games.
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key_weapon
Fights with a weapon(s) that is/are shaped like or are literally keys.
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Khary Payton
Voice actor best known for his recurring role as DC's Cyborg, although mainstream audiences know him as Ezekiel from The Walking Dead.
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Kick
Press the "kick" button (for games with only one kick button).
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Kick 1
The weakest kick available. "Short" in Capcom terms.
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Kick 2
A medium ("Forward") strength kick. Typically only available in six-button games.
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Kick 3
The strongest kick available. "Roundhouse" in Capcom terms.
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kickboxer
Uses some non-muaythai form of kickboxing martial art.
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Killed
Character has ended another characters life, directly or indirectly.
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Kim Okkerstrøm
Massively prolific indie developer and avant-garde artist, speculated to have released the highest number of games of anyone, ever. His earliest games, while in earnest, were janky, broken and pretty much unplayable, but developed such a cult following that even after his skills improved, he kept the aesthetics on purpose. Died in 2014.
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kinky
Uses moves (often grappling ones) that often have blatant sexual undertones. Sometimes it's unintentionally Freudian and sometimes it's purely intentional (the latter of which is usually, but not always, played for fanservice).
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Kinu Nishimura
Prolific Japanese artist and character designer, best known for her work with Capcom.
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Kira Buckland
Once Newgrounds go-to "Rina-chan", now one of the most prolific voices in anime and video games.
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kissing
Character can either kiss or blow a kiss at the opponent as a special move.
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Knute Horwitz
American actor. His first credit ever was as Shinnok in Mortal Kombat Armageddon.
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kobujutsu
Uses some variant of Kobujutsu ("ancient Japanese martial arts", traditional combat drills used before mid-19th century). While the term can be used to define a pre-Kodokan Judo / Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu form of Jujutsu, it is usually used as a shorthand for fictional ancient Japanese martial arts.
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Kodansha
Publishers of many manga, including Shōnen Magazine. They also publish games, most of which are based on their manga properties.
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Koei
Will Koei's massive amount of strategy game experience result in a more "strategic" fighter??
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Kōji Suidzu
SNK-affiliated voice actor. Name is also spelled Kōji Suizu or Kōji Suitsu.
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Kōji Tobe
Japanese voice actor, most prominently associated with sentai acts.
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Kōji Yada
Japanese voice actor. Died May 1, 2014.
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Komatsu Yūtarō
Japanese voice actor? Only known work is Shovel Knight in Blade Strangers. Potential pseudonym.
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Komi Games
Indie dev, made Mighty Fight Federation.
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Konami
Company with many popular series such as Metal Gear and Castlevania. Often crosses over into fighting games, with mixed results.
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koppo
Uses the Japanese martial art of Koppo (Koppojutsu), which focuses primarily on attacks against the bones.
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korean
Born in, or a citizen of, Korea.
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