Characters
Grace: The game's major 'sex symbol', Grace is an attractive 19-year-old African-American born in Armstone City whose armor is themed after the protective gear for inline skating, including the skates themselves. Grace is making her living as a fashion model, though she once dreamed of becoming a professional figure skater, but her lover and coach betrayed her, leaving her disillusioned.
Bahn: Despite only being a 17-year-old high school student from Nishino Machi, Bahn is a powerful and imposing fighter in a long coat and hat, who has come overseas to find and fight his father, whom he has never met and abandoned him and his mother when they were small. He has declared himself 'Gengis Bahn III'.
Raxel: the narcissistic lead singer and guitarist for a hair metal band called 'Death Crunch' with KISS-styled armor (pretty much looking like Ace Frehley's outfit) and carrying a red Gibson Flying-V electric guitar, Raxel is the son of an Armstone City councilman, a drop out who left home after a fight with said father, Raxel has simply entered the tournament to heighten his own profile and become further famous.
- Note: Raxel's name is strikingly similar to Guns N' Roses' frontman Axl Rose. There is no official confirmation however that he is in any way based on him, as he doesn't really look like Rose, but more like ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach or Poison's vocalist Bret Michaels.
Tokio: a 16 year old pretty boy rebelling against a strict kabuki actor's household, Tokio is a former leader of a street gang called 'Black Thunder' but left after feeling responsible for another gangmember's death. He has entered the tournament for a challenge and for thrills.
Sanman: a mysterious fat oriental-looking man about whom nothing is known, other than his birthday (3 March) and an obsession with the number 3, hence the name for which he goes (san in the Japanese for "three"). Sanman drives a large customized scooter.
Jane: a butch and muscled 18 year old part-time construction worker, Jane trained her whole life to join the Navy, but did not make it past training. She was discharged after repeatedly losing control of herself during fights and injuring fellow seamen. Jane now wants to test just how tough she is, hence entering the Fighting Vipers tournament.
Honey: a petite 16 year old Fashion Student with a pleasant nature, Honey designed her trademark plastic fairy suit herself, and has entered the tournament to promote her original fashion line. Honey became, by far, the most popular of the characters, and remains so, particularly in Japan, with, for instance, people regularly dressing as her (Cosplay) for Video Game conventions. In the US version and the PAL Version, this character is known as "Candy." A scrapped anthropomorphic cat character in Sonic the Fighters was also known as Honey and based on her design. This character made its first official appearance in the HD re-release of that game.
Picky: a 14 year old stereotypical skateboarder Picky's armour is styled after protective gear for skateboarders, he carries his skateboard on his back, and hits opponents with it. Picky began skateboarding to impress his first love, but later on he left her for Honey.
Mahler: the ninth character, unplayable on arcade version but unlockable on the Sega Saturn port, Mahler is a mysterious 20-year-old with a grudge against the Mayor of Armstone City (who has organised the tournament) wearing poisonous armor resembling a snake. He isn't officially registered as a member of the tournament.
B.M. is the boss of the game and is a powered-up version of Mahler. Both Mahler and B.M.'s names may have been inspired by musician Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was known in America as the "Big Mahler".
Kumachan:: a 10-year-old smiling bear mascot in an orange hat that has no points of articulation that is unlockable character. In the Old Armstone Town, at the bottom of the stage a giant statue of Kumachan with a green scarf is seem. Its counterpart is called Pandachan.
Pepsiman: the Japanese mascot of Pepsi who only appears in the Japanese Sega Saturn version of the game as an unlockable character. He was removed from the US and PAL releases.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Available in the game's code. Only playable through hacking.
Miles "Tails" Prower: Available in the game's code. Only playable through hacking.
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