The Story Of K9999 And Nameless - KOF Lore 

Here's a little trivia: when K9999 meets Kusanagi, K9999 shouts "Kusanagi!" and Kusanagi answers back "That's Mr. Kusanagi to you punk!" in Japanese. The connection? Kusanagi is played by Mitsuo Iwata, the voice of Kaneda in Akira, while K9999 is played by Nozumo Sasaki, who played both Tetsuo in Akira and K9999. In Akira, Kaneda says something similar when he meets Tetsuo: "That's Mr. Kaneda to you punk!"

If his lover's name was Isolde, maybe Nameless' true name is... Tristan?

Nameless definitely feels like he had a slightly more fleshed out backstory compared to K9999. Adding the revival of the nests bosses after the destruction of verse there's potential for his return.

I'm so angry that these characters were forgotten. I really like them despite or underrated they are.

K9999's walking animation was legendary. He walks like a Boss!!

Nameless for a country mile. And hey, he has shown up in both KOF 98 OL and All Star, so he's halfway there for another appearance in a proper KOF game. Here's hoping Angel gets a video of her own in the future.

Love the thumbnail! Wish they just changed K9999 visually instead of getting rid of him completely.

He's back! This game has shattered my expectations three times already.

i'm glad Nameless is in All Stars SNK still remembers him :)

Nameless is having his story in KOF All Stars along with Dark Ash and a sad theme along too, Awesome video!

K9999 has Tetsuo Shima's VA (Nozomu Sasaki), along with Kusanagi having Shotaro Kaneda's VA (Mitsuo Iwata). Their special VS intro is a nice callback to Akira.

You know it just makes me wish Nameless was canon And had a name -and Terry adopted him like Rock- -Terry must adopt them all-

Man, such a shame that these characters are underutilized, especially Nameless. He has such an awesome design and moveset. I hope he appears in KOF15 to see how he will react to Kula. Thanks for increasing the awareness of these guys.

Nameless is the type of person who would share his potato chips k9999 is the type of person who eats all of em in one go when you asked for it

I love K9999, as a fan of Akira I noticed the "resemblance" immediately. I think that is what drew me to him.

If it wasn't for Eolith we would never have had May Lee, Igniz and the sexy Angel. They deserve respect.

He's back. He also has a real name now- Krohnen. Also his move set is almost exactly the same is K9999's set from 2002. That, and they still have their huge prejudice for Kusanagi.

And he didn't appear in the Story Mode of KOF 2001 in KOF All Stars. All my hopes to see K9999 were shattered... Rest in Peace, K9999 (2001-2021) My favorite character in KOF 2001 and vanilla 2002 😢😞 F*** you, SNK

I never knew Nameless' backstory! Cool video, thank you!

Nameless by far. They should do a Nameless vs K9999 cameo in the next KoF so we can put them to the test.

Funny enough, K9999 vs. Kusanagi re-enacts a scene from AKIRA since Kusanagi is voiced by Kaneda.

Coming here to celebrate the return of K9999

Guys he is back 😀in KOF 15

Some Facts: - Daisuke Ono (The Voice of Nameless) also voiced Sebastian (Black Butler). - There was a censored version of K9999's Gun Arm Super which shows his hand only. - K9999's voice actor (Nozomu Sasaki) also voiced Lee Chaolan from Tekken 2 and Tekken Tag Tournament 1. Both K9999 and Nameless are my favorite characters in KOF but I would love to see them interact.

Now in 10/12/2021 AND MY BOY IS BACK BABY LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Would you ever cover Nameless story in All stars? Or ever revisit this topic again? Since K9999 came back and Nameless in KOF All stars with a complete Story.

K9999 has been announced for KOFXV!

Though i've never had the opportunity to play 2000 UM, i think I like Nameless' story more. I particularly like that he confuses Kula for his ex for a brief moment. I really hope he gets canonically put into KOF XV... especially with how they eluded to the shadow of NESTS in the "A New Beginning" manga.

Bro you don't know how long i've been waiting for this

We'll both of them are really cool, I was rooting for nameless, until I saw that the voice of k9999 is the same actor that in Akira... And that's a lot... Again thanks for your vids dude! Awesome as always!! Wanna see some southtown lore!! Some rock haward / alba. Maybe some psycho soldiers lore (kensou dragon tattoo??) Just keep them coming!!

Well first off great video man. I tell everyone I know about your channel! Secondly, based upon story alone I would have to say that Nameless gets the edge. I like both characters, but K9999 has a lot of ties to Tetsuo for his overall appeal and the copyright thing is understandable. Nameless could be intergrated in the current KOF 14 arc even, since NESTS is gone but if you remember Nelson's story ending, the company that have him his robotic arm have some weird ulterior motive. Maybe they are like a weird alternative NESTS like company looking to make super soldiers. Nameless could seek their help to restore his wife. Pretty cool backstory. While i like both, Nameless has more story potential. But I wouldn't mind seeing K9999 back in action or mentioned in some way.

K9999 certainly was the better and more fun character. I still hope for a K9999 skin for Nameless in the future

How about making them the same clone and K9999 was refined due to his defectiveness, memories wiped and all. K9999 can shape shift so Nameless could be the refined K9999.

nameless is my fav char in the entire series love his char and backstory with isolde. I also love calling him liars because he looks like lars from tekken

I have no earthly idea that K9999 had such a deep distain K dash. I thought it was a simple rivalry or something. But you open my eyes to the truth thank you. Also I feel nameless's pain

As long as I see no Nameless in any other game, I feel very sad. Idk why, but I'm feel Nameless's pain, not as much as he do, but I can feel it in my life.

Nameless's theme is *_intense_* af

You know all those souls Verse released when he was defeated? What if one of them was Isolde? Also, I can't help but compare Nameless' design to Lars Alexandersson....

We need Nameless for the next Kof

You forgot to mention K9999's secret max despo move tho :( The one where floats in mid air and calls down apocalypse onto his enemies and you need to spam backward-forward to trigger it while being in air :( That move looked damn cool :"D

A crazy thing is that Nameless came close to death at least 180 times, so he's pretty resilient. I'd also like to think that if Nameless would ditch NESTS in a heartbeat, but he doesn't know what happened to Isolde, so all he can do is stay loyal in the hopes that he could see her again. Another interesting thing, Nameless's code name, Zhe Prime, uses the Cyrillic letter of Zhe, which looks like Ж. The letter Ж also looks like 2 "K"s back to back, which makes sense cause Nameless is a clone of K', who himself is a guy infused with Kyo's DNA. His hair is also black, half white, which I believe comes from Kyo and K''s hair. I've also noticed lots of people prefer K9999 to Nameless cause Nameless is "edgy," but if all your life was based around painful and suffering tests and coming close to death at least 180 times, I wouldn't think anyone could be cheery after that. This is made worse since he's a clone, and as such, I'm pretty sure there was no wonderful childhood to be had. Also if the only person you ever loved goes missing one day and you don't know why, that just makes things even worse, so I believe that Nameless has many valid reasons to be "edgy," but I wouldn't personally describe him that way.

I wish they would keep k9999 and change his design, nameless backstory is neat but he well always be some non canon oc made to replace a copyrighted design

K9999 ,is back baby! (under his new name Krohnen) interesting that they chose him over his more copyright safe counterpart but still cool. Hope Nameless will be DLC, perhaps making him the 10'000th K clone storywise (and perhaps he will also get his own name, based on a body horror filmmaker)

I remember the good stuff from KoF manga during my high school years. I was taken down or removed after a good while, but the manga was excellent. Wish I could find to read more of it.

Man i like both of them but i like Nameless more because i knew of him before k9999 because of KOF All stars great mobile game btw and when i saw Nameless he actully reminded me of Lars from Tekken their hair the cool attitude kinda off their cool design bit their powers are different. I just hope Nameless comes back and k9999 too with a new and cooler design.

Nameless'story similiar Spencer's story from Bionic Commando

Everyone's been waiting for this video, myself included~ Gotta say though, the art featured in this vid is intriguing. A lot of it I've never seen before! (granted, most of them which I've never seen is fan art but still!) This video was interesting for sure as it doesn't follow the usual structure that your KOF Lore videos do, but that's great nevertheless~ But yeah, so I *STILL* find Nameless to be the far more interesting one than K9999 both in story and gameplay. lol But it's VERY clear that Isolde has a striking resemblance to Kula. Though KOF 2002 UM is a non-canon entry, I would've like if they did a little bit more with that, especially since Kula's origins are... all over the place due to how the NESTS saga misuses the word "clone" (For example, they say that K' is a clone when he's actually just a ordinary got who got kidnapped and infused with Kyo's DNA. Whip, originally named Seirah, is actually a clone.). Nonetheless, once KOF XV is fully announced with gameplay footage and whatnot, I hope Nameless makes a canonical comeback. HECK, KOF: A New Beginning (a manga based on KOF XIV's events) actually has NESTS return. Even Igniz comes back...though he's killed again in like 2 chapters by Kyo and later K'. lmao But still, Nameless could make an appearance there... maybe~ I doubt it, but I can hope darn it! And yes, SNK LOATHES K9999. Go to the KOF 10th Anniversary website, they acknowledge... or rather _refuse_ to acknowledge him very much and talk about how he looks like a certain someone. Keep in mind, that website was made during KOF XII's development (and KOF 2002 UM was on the way too). It doesn't help that they removed K9999 from official galleries like the one seen in KOF XIV. It's no secret that SNK doesn't like him and there's a 99.9% chance he's never coming back. (He's not even acknowledged in KOF: A New Beginning by the way... though in a flashback of Angel's, she _does_ escape via a motorcycle... K9999 liked motorcycles... and that's all I'll say on that. lol) I personally don't really like K9999 all that much mostly due to how much he's ripped off of Tetsuo, but his animations are superb. I cannot deny that. But hey, if there's anything fun about K9999, he's actually VOICED by the Japanese VA of Tetsuo from Akira... and Kusanagi (Kyo's doppelganger made by Chizuru) is actually voiced by the Japanese VA of Kaneda also from Akira... and in KOF 2002 (not KOF 2002 UM), they have a unique intro... Also Nameless is voiced by the Japanese VA of Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. TwT KOF really likes JoJo if Benimaru and Leona's special (references Sheer Heart Attack, the unstoppable stand of Yoshikage Kira!) weren't clear enough. lmao

K9999 could return with a change in appearance and Nameless could be revealed as the 10,000th clone. Thus keeping both and making for an interesting rivalry. I think it would be cool if K’, K9999, and Nameless made amends and became a new team.

I wonder if K9999 will ever comeback to the KOF games, the fighting games! 🥺

I love Nameless, he is cool and mostly voiced by Daisuke Ono. I like his personality more than K9999. Of course his MAX2 Rinkou where he summons a pillar of flames with a silhouette of Isolde is my favourite move of all. I liked Nameless background music as well when you fight him. I'm sorry K9999 fans, but Nameless is my favourite fighting character among the 2.

K9999 voice acting makes him better without even starting to compare.

Amazing video as always!

Last time I was this early, K9999 was new to KOF

And now in 2021 we have Krohnen!

He’s baaaccckkkk

Nameless and K9999 both should be brought back in KOF XV.

Both are COOL, but I like Nameless a bit more. Enjoyed watching this, subed to your channel. Happy 2020 and I'm looking forward to your content.

Well, at least K9999 is still playable in every port and re-release of KOF 01 and KOF 02 (arcade versions)

Love the choices you make, presenting characters who are not in the focus. Me not being too familiar with that huge roster of KOF’s, I appreciate the insight you deliver. ^^ And, yes, I love the thumbnail, too. xD

Lore-wise, if Nameless ever comes back as canon, I really bet he'd be like the "superior and stable" version of K9999/Krohnen. And since he is a NESTS assassin to track down NESTS traitors, I really wonder if Nameless ever tracks down Krohnen.?

K'9999 (Tetsuo) : NAMELEEEEESSS nameless (Kaneda) : Shikereyou, who shikerya

K9999 has severe anger issues while Nameless has chronic depression

I think Nameless deserves to be canon, kinda like how DBZ Broly changed into DBS Broly and was canon.

Great informative vid. Just subbed but been watching for awhile.

I came to support the channel but I wasn't notified. Either way, I'm here to watch and leave a like people.

As a Geese Howard fan, I always enjoyed pulling off K9999's supers for their pretzel inputs. Nameless, now that you mention it, I actually hope they bring him back this year for XV.

Love Heart: I will never appear again in a new KOF game again 😢 K9999: Don't worry. You are not alone *hugs*

There are ways for the fate of these 2 characters: K9999 - It's obvious he may never return in future installments, but that doesn't mean his moveset will disappear forever, his moveset may actually work better on another character just like how Wang Jinrei & Bruce Irvin were replaced by both Leroy Smith & Fahkumram from Tekken. Nameless - Even though he's a "Filler" Character but there are some exceptions of characters that do not belong to the Main Canon Line but eventually becomes a part of the Main Canon, like how Harley Quin went from a DCAU original character into a Full Fledge DC character, same goes for Broly who originated from a DBZ original movie as now a DBS Canon character.

K9999 reminds me of Tetsuo from the movie Akira. He even has that crazy arm attack like in the movie when Tetsuo loses control and almost kills the commander.

I've played KOF a lot and I have no idea Nameless was a thing in it lol

Keep up bro I really like your content 👌👌

Update there was never any legal issues that just hated his design we can finally close the book still want them in All-Star

and look where we are now x)

Ngl I like Nameless more tbh. I feel bad when he lost his girlfriend Isolde since those were his happiness and romantic moments with her and they make a lovely couple. His design is epic too. I love that cape he wears and his pyrotechnic abilities are sick. I wasn't expecting his flames to be more of a dark red or blood color.

a gem of a channel

If you ask SNK, Nameless is canon, and there never was a K9999. SNK HATES the latter, refuse to allow him to be mentioned in their offices, and have stricken him from canon. They specifically created Nameless to replace him.

Funny how they are supposed to be similar and generic, but they are unique and have more personality than any other KOF's characters

Nameless, my favorite character.

They are both badass! But K49 takes the cake on that cuz he is based off of one of the best villains in anime.

Love from Morocco. Keep it up brother!

Actually, K9999's design was based on Chirico from the anime Armored Trooper VOTOMS. His name (K9999) is based on that anime.

k9999 has 2 supermoves the akira arm and then he does another where he jumps in the air and the screen turns white and he just eats your health!

Nameless would be a dope DLC character in KOF15. I could see him being DLC, considering they’re bringing old characters back, and he wouldn’t really have a team, seeing he’s non-canon. He’s popular too, so he’d sell well

Ladies and gentlemen, K9999 is back in KOF XV.

ive been waiting for this video :3

Wow these characters stories are really interesting. I would say Nameless is my favorite between the two.

K9999 is so cool. It really sucks that we never see him again because of how similar he is to Tetsuo, even though he has his own backstory.

krohnen is officially k9999😅❤❤

I played a lot of KoF02 in the arcades and I thought K9999 was cool.

You gotta admit that nameless’ desperation move looks sick,it’s one of the coolest in my opinion

He's back! I'm looking forward to when you do a lore video of Krohnen.

i like both k9999 & nameless but to me k9999 was the iori yagami of the nests saga nameless looks like black jack, k9999 looks like chirico cuvie. k9999 data is in kof neo wave but you have to hack the game

I hope k999 will be in kof all star and nameless and k9999 at kof xv

i love this channel

The way this aged. K9999 is now Krohnen. What?!

Nameless was the 9999th K' clone, not the 9999th Kyo clone (that's K9999)

nice one bro,

Make both K9999 and Nameless canon. Maybe K9999 changed his name to Krohnen. To add some character in this NEST clone experiment. Maybe Kyo decides to revamp his motorcycle to resemble the Akira bike that fans know of and something that the real Tetsuo really wanted to ride in. At least he would make friendly with K9999. While Nameless actually reforms NEST as a city state civilization dedicated to cloning development and cybernetic technology. Maybe he turns NEST into a legitimate scientific based city state. Maybe his cope of depression is to enhance research and hope that maybe he discovers the key elements to immortality and maybe reviving the dead. Scratch that part. We don’t need zombies in the King of Fighters world.

Awesome kof content sub

Khronen is here the legal k9999