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T. Peers
Some guy or gal who made a game once, I guess.
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taekwondo
Uses the Korean martial art of taekwondo.
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Tag
Press the "tag" button.
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tag_team
Two or more characters fighting as a team, with the capability to switch mid-battle.
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tag_team
Players pick teams of multiple characters and have the ability to switch "active" characters during play.
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tagalong
Character is accompanied by an NPC who may cheer / jeer him along but is otherwise irrelevant to the fight.
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tai_chi
Performs the martial art of Taijiquan, commonly known as "Tai Chi" or "Tai Chi Chuan".
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Taito
Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware. The word Taito (pronounced "TIE-toe") is chinese character contraction of "Jew of far east". Taito also imports and distributes American coin-op video games in Japan, as well as their own games all around the world.
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taiwanese
Born in, or a citizen, of the country of Taiwan (Republic of China/Formosa).
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Takara
Japanese toy vending juggernaut and former console porter of Neo Geo fighting games.
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Takase
Doujin game developer responsible for the development of Arm Joe.
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Takashi Nishiyama
"Piston" Takashi, co-creator of some of the most influential fighters on the planet.
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Taki
Only responsible for two titles, both on the Playstation and both Japan-exclusive (Battle Master, a fighter, and Acid, some kind of puzzle-shooter).
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tall_hair
Hair is worn in an unrealistically vertical style.
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Tama Soft
Japanese developer. Has done some adult visual novels. Lost Child is one of them.
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Tamaoka Soft
Japanese visual novel/eroge developer. Formerly known as Tama-Soft.
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Tamio Ōki
Japanese voice actor. Died December 14, 2017.
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Tamsoft
Developer of the Toshinden series of games, often had their limelight stolen entirely by publisher Takara.
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tanktop
Upper body wear consists of a tank top or similar sleeveless shirt.
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Táo Diǎn
Chinese voice actress, best known for the title role in I Am Nezha.
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Tara Platt
American voice actress. Married to Yuri Lowenthal.
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Tarsier Studios
A Swedish game developing company, Tarsier Studios was responsible for the remake of the original Rag Doll Kung Fu, known as Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic.
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Tatsunoko
Anime studio started in 1962 that has many well-known series under its belt, including Mach Go! Go! Go! (Speed Racer), Time Bokan, Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman, and Chou Jiku Yosai Macross.
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Tatsuya Naka
Shōtōkan instructor at the Japan Karate Association.
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Tatung Einstein
Taiwanese/British computer system that flopped in both venues. Still semi-popular for indie games.
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taunts
Has an affiliation with taunts that his or her contemporaries does not, such as exclusively or semi-exclusively being able to taunt, having more taunts than other characters in the same game, having special properties with his or her taunts, or having gameplay features resolving around taunts.
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Teacher
Has imparted some or all of their fighting prowess upon another.
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Team Aether
The studio headed by Dan Fornace that puts together the "X of Aether" games.
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Team Craze
A team of indie developers resposible for Battle Craze.
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Team Ninja
Tecmo/Koei-Tecmo/Tecmo-Koei studio behind the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series.
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Team Shanghai Alice
Doujin developer (formely called ZUN Soft). Mostly known for the Touhou Project games.
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Team Shuriken
Indie team most known for their Minecraft platformer clones
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team_elim
Battle between teams of multiple characters with no tag feature.
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Team17
Long standing developer with Amiga / PC roots. Known these days for the Worms series of combat strategy games.
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tech_armor
Adorned in an advanced suit most likely featuring weapons systems and computer bits.
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Technique
An archetypal move or technique found in character moveslists.
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Technos
Best known for rocking the beat 'em up genre, Technos regardless made a few unsuccessful attempts at the fighting game.
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TechnoSoft
Japanese company that was very active during the 90's. It's mostly known for the Thunder Force shoot 'em up series.
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Tecmo
Legendary arcade developers from the 80's, responsible for the "Dead or Alive" games. Now merged with Koei.
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teen
Teenaged character.
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TeePee Studios
Either a Native American dwelling or something for your bum. Or maybe a developer.
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telekinesis
Is able to use his or her mind to manipulate objects and their foes.
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teleport
Instant/near-instant transport to somewhere else on the screen.
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teleporter
Able to warp about the battlefield, while his/her contemporaries are unable to.
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Tencent
Founded in 1998, Tencent is China's largest holder of internet and mobile services. Tencent has both licensed foreign games (most notably from South Korea) and games produced domestically.
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Tetsuo Goto
Japanese voice actor. Died November 6, 2018.
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TFT Portable Player
A handheld device which takes proprietary cartridges which are really just an "unlock" for more games already programmed on the device.
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TGL
Developer of some Variable Geo versions.
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The Real Ologram
Italian company which just released one game at the end of Amiga's commercial life.
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the_distant_future
This stage exists in an era that takes place some time after the game's release date. This does not count if a majority or the entirety of the game takes place in the future.
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Theme
A thread of design or inspiration that a game subscribes to.
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Then
Do the preceding and following seperately.
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thief
A character whose job/personality/existence revolves around stealing.
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thighhighs
Wears thigh-high stockings/socks on the legs.
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Thomson TO7
French microcomputer used in almost every school in that country back in the '80's. Apparently also plays games, including a couple of old versus fighters.
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Throw
Press the Throw button.
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throwing
Games where the main, and likely only real attacking method, is grabbing and throwing objects. Any direct attacks from characters are likely special/super moves.
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thumbs_up
The awesome of this move is accentuated with a thumbs up
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Thurop Van Orman
Creator and voice of Flapjack. Also the director of the first video game movie to get widespread critical acclaim.
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Tia Ballard
American voice actress well-known for her work in anime dubs.
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tibetan
Born in, or a citizen of, Tibet.
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Tiertex
Makes mobile phone games and accessories these days, but in days past, were mostly responsible for rubbish ports, with the occasional terrible original release.
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tights
Legs completely covered with tights or stockings.
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time_control
Able to slow down / stop time for their opponents or speed it up for themselves in battle.
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time_travel
Battle rages across the expanse of time, with colorful characters plucked from their own era.
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time_traveler
A character who has come from the past or future through some method of time-traveling (time machines and portals are used as a rule).
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TimeTop
Electronics manufacturer, also released the Game King and Handy Game lines of handheld systems.
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tiny
Much smaller than the majority of a game's cast.
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Tirano
Korean developer responsible for SD-Fighters
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Titan Sports
Property holders of the World Wrestling Entertainment brand, formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation.
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Titus
Titus was a long-running French software publisher and developer founded in 1985 and closed its doors in 2005. Fighting games published by Titus include Evil Zone and Barbarian.
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TJ Storm
Born Juan Ricardo Ojeda, Storm is a 6' 2" martial arts god who found his way into voice acting after some lucrative motion capture work.
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TKO Soft
Japanese dōjin company, not to be confused with the Californian mobile/PC dev TKO Software.
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TKO Software
Mostly known for their work on PC and mobile phone games.
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to_the_skies
While this move is performed on the ground, the character will leap into the air before the attack commences.
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Todd McFarlane
Prominent member of the comic book industry and creator of all things Spawn.
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Toei Animation
Publisher of games based on their own licenses, sub-developer "Shouei" did most of the actual work.
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Toho
One of Japan's most globally recognized film studios, Toho is best known for Kurosawa films, various anime projects, the horror film Ringu, and the king of monsters himself, Godzilla. Toho also produced and published many video games.
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tokusatsu
Either based on a license from or heavily influenced by Japanese live action science fiction television.
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tokusatsu
Homage or parody of Japanese sci-fi television heroes. Posing, justice, scarves.
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Tom Choi
South Korean-born American actor.
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Tom Create
Tom Create Co., Ltd. a Japanese video game developer specializing on licensed anime games.
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Tom Fahn
American voice actor. Brother of Melissa and Johnathan, husband of Dorothy.
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Tom Kane
Voice actor and trailer announcer. Died May 18, 2026.
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Tom Kenny
Prolific voice actor. Despite having 1700+ credits to his name, everybody just knows him as "Sponge Bob".
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Tomoaki Sugeno
A single programmer, illustrator, and former ex-Capcom employee responsible for developing the game Vanguard Princess.
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Tomonobu Itagaki
Architect behind the Dead or Alive series and the 3D Ninja Gaiden. Died October 16, 2025.
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Tomy
Known as Takara-Tomy in Japan; makes the Naruto: Clash of Ninja series while rival Bandai-Namco makes the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series.
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tonfa
Wields tonfa in battle.
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tongue_attacks
This character has one or more attacks utilizing their tongue, which in these cases, is usually abnormally long and/or prehensile.
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Tony Carroll
Terry Bogard in the KoF Maximum Impact series (English).
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