Andy Bogard

Andy Bogard is a character from the Fatal Fury and the King of Fighters games.

The younger brother of Terry and a McNinja. He was taught a basic form of Shuranui ninjitsu by Mai's grandfather Hanzo. After hearing of his father Jeff's death at the hands of Geese Howard, he joins forces with Terry and Joe Higashi, and the three of them enter Geese's King of Fighters tournament. Although Andy fights Geese first, he loses badly, and Terry finishes the villain off... maybe. He's also the apple of Mai's eye, although he rejects her advances.

Personality
Andy is a quiet and rather stoic man who always sets his sights on improving himself. Although he is usually serious, he breaks form when confronted with things that make him uncomfortable -such as his height- and hides his embarrassment with boastful declarations, probably underlying his diffidence in a sense. Andy acts as the withdrawn and analytical observer amongst his friends. As far back as he can remember, He has never won anything over his elder brother and seems to suffer from an inferiority complex because of it. He respects him yet feels that he has to one day overcome him.

He's also in love with Mai, but rarely expresses it, as he personally feels that he is not yet mature enough to handle marriage and training at the same time. He seems perplexed by Mai's actions towards him but will do everything he can to protect her. Their relationship is usually used for comedic effect in the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series.

Powers

 * Gather Chi - Andy can gather chi energy from Gaia, the mother-earth.
 * Energy Projectile - Andy can fire a ball of chi energy from his hands called Hishouken.
 * Energy Attacks - Andy can use chi energy to increase the damage of his normal attacks (punches, kicks, etc.)
 * Fire Attacks - Andy can use fire to increase the damage of his normal attacks and even engulf his body in flames, though he is not a pyrokinetic like Mai is.

Skills

 * Acrobatics - Andy is very proficient with acrobatics thanks to his ninjutsu training
 * Stealth - Due to his ninja training, Andy is proficient in stealth.
 * Cycling - Andy is a bicyclist and can do short laps.

Fighting Style
Andy employs Koppouken as his fighting style. Koppouken is an old Japanese martial art that has some Karatemand Ninjutsu moves, but with emphasis on targeting vulnerable parts of the body and breaking bones. Some time after mastering Koppouken, Andy went to learn the Shiranui-ryuu Ninjutsu with Hanzo Shiranui.

Trivia

 * Andy's Japanese speech patterns has changed a bit over the years. In his debut, he referred to Terry as "Ani-shaa", the archaic version for the "big brother". Since Fatal Fury 3, however, he calls him the more common phrase for "older brother", "Nii-san". He also used to refer to himself as "boku" before using the more formal "watashi" and masculine "ore".
 * According to Terry's character album, he is well aware of Andy's desires to surpass him and recognizes him to be his greatest living rival. To counter his brother's effort, Terry constantly strives to improve himself by fighting stronger opponents.
 * In Neo-Geo Freak 1998, the characters in KOF '98 have their own interviews. Here are Andy's response to the questions.
 * What is your aspiration in this competition? - "If you don't care about the two letters of the championship, it's a lie. I intend to relax enough and come to the tournament."
 * Who would you like to fight the most? - "My brother."
 * Who would you like to team up with? / Who would you not like to team up with? - "The ones I team up with, is Joe and my brother. However, I feel sorry for Mai every year, so I would like to join with Mai once. Billy is the man who I don't want to team up with."
 * What is "KOF" for you? - "I think it's one of the lessons."
 * Finally, please give a word to your fans. - "Please refer carefully to the result of the lesson well."
 * In the Fatal Fury movie, Terry loses to the CPU Andy in the arcade game he was playing.