Benimaru Nikaido

Height: 180 cm 511 Birthplace: Japan Benimaru Nikaido is a character from The King of Fighters game series. His straight hair stays up during fights due to a rather exaggerated case of electrostatics. His official nickname is The Shooting Star. He was loosely based on the character Jean Pierre Polnareff from Jojos Bizarre Adventure right down to his outfit in The King of Fighters 94 and The King of Fighters 95. Even after Benimarus name was decided on the game developers continued to refer to him as Polnareff. Additionally his taunt in The King of Fighters XI mirrors Polnareffs stature from the manga. His vocal performance was initially deemed by his original designer to have nothing to do with the characters original image. The idea for his electric powers as well as the other elemental powers for the rest of the Japan team was derived from the anime Getter Robo.