He is often seen as a comedic glutton in the anime cartoon, as opposed to the games where he is serious and disciplined.Īkira Yuki and Jacky Bryant are partners in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. In the Virtua Fighter anime, Akira starts his quest to see the eight stars in heaven after he had gotten overconfident in his Bājíquán skills from his days training with his grandfather. He was a childhood friend of Aoi Umenokoji. When he got word of the 1st World Fighting Tournament, he decided to enter and test his abilities. After completing his training under his grandfather's tutelage at the age of 23, he went on a quest to test his abilities. In the original Virtua Fighter, Akira serves as the assistant instructor at Yuki Budokan, and is known to be hot-blooded and impulsive by nature. He seeks worthy opponents to fight in order to find flaws in his skills to further attain mastery. Akira strives for perfection and will drive himself relentlessly to master his techniques. Canonically, he won the second World Fighting Tournament ( Virtua Fighter 2). His fighting style is Bājíquán, a Chinese martial art (pronounced 'Hakkyoku-ken' in Japanese).

Akira Yuki ( 結城晶, Yūki Akira ?) is the mascot of the Virtua Fighter video game series.

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