Appearances
Introduced in The King of Fighters 2003, Ash stars as the leader of the New Hero Team composed also by Duo Lon and Shen Woo participating in a new King of Fighters tournament. After the tournament, he ambushes the host Chizuru Kagura and steals her powers, promising Iori Yagami to be his next opponent. In The King of Fighters XI, he teams up with Oswald and again Shen Woo. In the game's endings, Ash leaves his teammates to fight each other after revealing Oswald's price for joining him was finding a drug he can only obtain after defeating their pharmacists' enemy, Shen Woo. He later finds a berserker Iori and defeats him, stealing his powers. As his comrade Elisabeth Blanctorche accuses Ash for abandoning his original mission, and having become obsessed with power, Ash leaves stating that Kyo Kusanagi will be his next victim. He also appears as an available fighter in the KOF: Maximum Impact 2 update titled KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A as well as The King of Fighters XII, games which do not have a storyline.
For The King of Fighters XIII, Ash appears as the only character who does not belong to a defined team. Ash's role in The King of Fighters XIII reveals that he has working for the organization Those From the Past, seen in 2003 and XI. However, he comes into direct conflict with the organization's leader, Saiki, at the end of the game. Ash acts as the final boss of The King of Fighters XIII as "Ash driven insane by the Spiral of Blood" (血の螺旋に狂うアッシュ, Chi no Rasen ni Kuruu Asshu?), which is imbued with power stolen from Saiki, who is attempting to possess him. He ultimately sacrifices himself to destroy Saiki.
Aside from the main series, Ash has also appeared in other media from The King of Fighters series. In the anime The King of Fighters: Another Day, he is featured in the fourth chapter, in which he is revealed as the creator from a city's fire, seeking to lure Kyo into a trap. Ash also appears in the manhua adaptations of The King of Fighters 2003 created by Wing Yang and King Tung. Paticipating in the 2003 tournament, Ash's team is defeated in the final, but later assists in the defeat of the demon Mukai. In The King of Fighters XII manhua, Ash is absent from the recurring tournament, but briefly confronts Kyo in an attempt to steal his powers. He is also featured in the CD drama KOF: Mid Summer Struggle, which shows a fake King of Fighters tournament.
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