Kim is rush down character, fun to use, doesn't have projectile, but have a lot of mid attack variation, and a lot of close range combo variations, his 2D animations was absolutely breathtaking, I mean look at his pants animation.. so insanely fluid.

You forgot to mention the pants! Kim has the best pants in fighting games! At first glance, Kim looks like a generic Tae Kwon Do practitioner, but he's actually a warrior of justice which makes him pretty comical when you think about it. Instead of the usual superhero or police attire, it's a guy in a gi chasing down evil.

"It was time for Kim to taste his own medicine." LMAO

14:47 I'm now picturing Kim beating criminals to a pulp with a death notebook and pen. Shinigami: Dude, that's not how you're suppose to use the Death Note...

Where did you hear that Kim is a nickname? I was always under the impression it was his last name.

Kim is probably my favorite character. I loved using his air super combo.

Dude it's like you have this ability to know all my favorite king of fighter characters. And you do a video about them. You make me so happy man thank you so much never stop making videos

Kof XV announcer: No bad deed or corruption goes unpunished when this taekwondo master is around. His passion for justice burns like no other. *Kim Kaphwan* Kim: Aku wa yurusan!

For me KIM have the best combo of martial artist variations, his fluid movements and awesome ultimates are superb!!!!!!!!

The Maximum Impact series was going to give him a Mr. Taekwondo persona similar to Takuma and Ryo's Mr. Karate personas.

The cheapest dive kick in history is his Fatal fury 2 version - Sit down and watch my single hit-multi stomp attack if you miss your block.

You know, I've been watching your KOF Lore vids for quite some time and I'm glad that someone like you is going a little in depth videos with KOF lore akin to others who do in depth videos with Street Fighter and BlazBlue lores. It should also be noted that "Kim" is actually his last name. Much like "Sie" is Kensou's last name.

Kim Kaphwan is phenomenal

Finally!, another Fatal Fury character, does this mean the story of the Legendary Hungry Lone Wolf will be up next? OHHHH... MAN!, I just can't wait for that to come but please take your time,keep up the good work and by the way i enjoyed this one, even though i kinda don't like Kim way back from Fatal Fury 2 and made him even more annoying in KOF, this video lore was very cool in describing Kim's personality, I must say good job!, P.S. thank you, this made me even more excited for a Benimaru Nikaido,Shingo Yabuki, Maxima, and even a Psycho Soldier lore video, but the one that i've been dying to see is a lore video of Terry Bogard, this guy made a big impact on my life because of that i learned how important the word "enjoy" is. Again, nice video, keep up the good work and also always have fun, "ARE YOU OKAY!?". 😁

One of my favorite characters. I hope he becomes neutral instead of good. Seeing a bad ass Kim would be awesome

He is a very fun character to use! He can close a gap quick even though he doesn't have a projectale! I only struggle against counter strike people like Geese and Wolfgang! He has the best kicks in ANY fighting game in my opinion!!

Kim is probably one of my favorite characters to play as in most KoF games and I agree that it'd be a very cool idea to see Kim as a sort of anti-hero, or at least try to understand that his justice needs reworking. I also pray very hard that Luong and Gang-il return for the sake of the story (playable or not I don't really care for that part). As always, I love your videos and I hope to see one on another character very soon. Mai Shiranui wouldn't be a bad choice honestly.

Nice! I haven't watched your videos that much, but they are always a fun treat. Keep doing what you love and love SNK! 👍

Without forgetting that even though Kim have a strong sense of justice, one of his sons went astray from his teaching, I think thats is a good punishment or at least an interesting character development.

Kim breaking the ice blocks' intro in real bout 1 marked my teenage years. Love your kof lore series!

I totally respect and admire his sense of justice

damn.more of this.i like it that KOf has a good story line this

“His sense of justice is so strong that he can tell if someone is evil or not by just looking at them” He looked at shermie?

Your videos are superb bro you do legit hard research on the characters I have seen other videos telling the history of the kof characters but none are as detailed as you...keep up the great work👏👏👏

KIM is one of my mains.. I always choose someone who use real martial arts, ryo and kim is fun to use.. I hope next there will be martial arts team(they must be using their gi), the members will be ryo(karate), kim(tae kwondo), goro daimon(judo)... But if the team must to have 4 members you can add joe higashi(muay thai)..

This was probably the most fun episode of your videos, thanks for the show!

Kim is amazing character. I feel bad when he was injured by Freeman. I hated Freeman for that so I'm glad his 2 sons Jae Hoon and Dong Hwan defeated him. Kim deserve the respect he needs.

I’ve been watching all of your lore videos man. So great!!! I love KoF even more now. Thank you for the video!!! Cant wait for KoF 15.

You know what you said at the end of the video I can kind of see that happening because they both have a twisted sense of justice Kira thinking he's the god of the world And Kim thinking he's the good guy to save everybody

Your editing has gotten better! I’ve always wondered about Kim’s relationship with his KOF teammates. This helped clear up some questions that I’ve had about them!

RIP Kim’s KOF attendance streak (95-XIV)

I've been meaning to comment on this video for a while. Been too busy to do so though. Kim is, by far, my absolute favorite fighting game character ever. For one, I'm half Korean. When I started playing fighting games, I began with Street Fighter. I thought I enjoyed the game until I tried King of Fighters. And that's when I saw him...Kim...in all his glory. The exquisite quality of his animations, his amazing personality, and the fact that he didn't need to hurl a single fireball at you to f*** you up. He was my favorite right from the start. There is a lot to say about Kim Kaphwan. He's an especially important character as he was one of the first game characters to feature Tae Kwon Do. And his movements in each game were crisp and extremely fluid. I didn't realize how excellent his animations were until I watched a video by Sugarpunch, which was a eulogy to Kim's pants. It never dawned on me that the speed you feel when using Kim derived heavily on how well his pants animated. The loose fit of the pants would mean they would whip about whenever Kim kicked, conveying blurring speeds and power. And as crazy fast and acrobatic as Kim could get in a match, he utilized rather conventional kicks expected of a Tae Kwon Do practitioner--making him a rather accurate representation. More importantly, Kim kickstarted an amazing legacy in the King of Fighters series. For a while, he was always assisted by Chang and Choi. But eventually, we were introduced to his righteous student May Lee, his bitter rival Jhun Hoon, the lascivious Luong, the wayward master Gang-Il, and his own two children, Dong Hwan and Jae Hoon. What surprises me the most out of Kim's legacy of supporting characters is the fact that they all specialize in Tae Kwon Do--but none of these characters fight like one another. Kim, May Lee, Jae Hoon, and Gang-Il adopt more traditional styles of Tae Kwon Do. Chang and Choi utilize their own fighting styles with splashes of Tae Kwon Do here and there. Jhun and Luong adopt a much more fantastic and imaginative interpretation of Tae Kwon Do. And Dong Hwan sports a very loose interpretation of the style with an emphasis on flash and aesthetics. There's also Chae Lim of the Maximum Impact series who is not canon to the main storyline. Ultimately, all these characters feel very different in actual gameplay when compared to Kim. There is only one character I have trouble accepting: Choi. The dude is factually a demented serial killer. Otherwise, I can say that I appreciate every supporting character in Kim's official canon. Can I say the same about the canon of other characters? No. The Kyokugen cast comes close, but does not have as nearly many characters as the Kim team. Ryu's canon in street fighter? Most would argue that Ken, Akuma, Sean, and Dan fit the definition of palette swaps. The characters that emerged from Kim's canon are truly special in this regard. We see so many permutations of Tae Kwon Do succeeding Kim, but none of them seem particularly repetitive or hokey. I think this is a pretty remarkable design achievement.

Thanks! I always wanted to know what Jae Hoon was talking about when he beat Freeman and said his father was avenged. Knowing Freeman, I thought for sur Kaphwan was dead.

The real Kim Kaphwan existed! Fighting game fans and people who like taekwondo should thank him for all his work. He loved two things, arcade games and taekwondo. In fact, he put all his efforts to make taekwondo a national sports in South Korea. Thanks to him taekwondo was able to appear in the Olympic Games. About his love for arcades, in the 90s he founded a company called VICCOM that distributed arcade games from Japan to South Korea, most of these were Neo Geo machines. That is the main reason why SNK was so popular in that country. The real Kim Kaphwan suggested SNK to create a taekwondo fighter and put him in Fatal Fury 2, SNK not only did that but also named that character after the founder of VICCOM You know what is cool? The name of the son of the real Kim Kaphwan is Kim Jae Hoon meanwhile the name of the brother of Kim Kaphwan is Kim Dong Hwan. Yep, the same names of the brothers that appear in GAROU MOW SNK and VICCOM had a close relationship. In fact VICCOM wanted to make their own fighting game for the NEO GEO, the staff of VICCOM went to Japan to SNK's offices to learn how to make a fighting game. SNK also gave them free dev kits to work. And that is how VICCOM made 'Fight Fever' (that game is my guilty pleasure 😅) and later made a much better game called 'The Eye of Typhoon'. SNK was thinking of putting some 'Fight Fever' characters in The King of Fighters. Sadly, VICCOM closed their doors in 2000 and in 2018 the real Kim Kaphwan died at 82 years old 😔 (Thank you for everything, rest in peace 🫡) Thankfully in recent years VICCOM has revived as a company. The ex president of the original VICCOM, Kim Jae Hoon (the son of Kim Kaphwan) is now working with the new staff as an advisor. I wish them their best 😊 Hope that the actual SNK makes a collab with the new VICCOM as a way to respect the real Kim Kaphwan. Thanks for reading! Have you all a good day

Wait a minute we don't even know if there is a "Gang Il" or "Jhun Hoon" in the Fatal Fury continuity.

Thank You 😀😀😀 To this day, I remember when and where I first saw his flash kick and was amazed by that I had to photographic memorize the game and the title because I was out of town. So if it wasn't for Kim, I wouldn't have this much fun within fighting games further in my lifetime.

*BEST SNK CHANNEL.!.!!* Thank you.

The most realistic pants ever animated in game

The best moves ever i mean his moves looks awesome

very good video man, never stop making these

man! i love your lore videos! would love to see more from fatal fury and garou: MOTW.

Great video! I was a bit of an SNK completionist back in the day but I haven't the time anymore so these make up for it.

Thank you for this! Kim is such a treasure 😍

The best pants in fighting game history.

He’s Back everyone! He’s coming back to kof he just took a bit to get off that mountain

Kims music in both kofs and fatal fury is always something to hear and pumps me up when playing.

It would be funny Choi and Chang team up with Kim Dong Hwan the former thinking of corrupting latter who was just searching a way to escape his father harsh regimen but after seeing how Dong Hwan is taking a bad direction. They decide to be the voice of reason and bring him to the right path. It will be a change of dynamic in Team Korea

Great vid bro 👍🏿 Kim is one my favourite video game characters of all time.

Just Loved It Brother!! 😆

In KOF Maximum impact 1, Chae Lim replaces Kim Kaphwan. KOF - Kim vs Hwoarang and Baek from Tekken - good dream matches.

Best SNK lore youtuber.

I've always been an SNK guy, and as such, Fatal Fury is my favorite sub-branch. Most people get caught up in all the orochi stuff with Iori and Kyo, though I've always favored the grounded storylines of FF. Well. Except for the Motion picture where Terry defeats the God of War...but I digress. I enjoy the content and please, keep doing what you do. I haven't looked at the back log, but if you haven't, do Duck King or Richard Meyer.

Kim is the best character ever . I like his fighting style , sense of justice and his handsomeness

He is my favorite character in the series

Another great video. I learned a lot about Kim, thanks man!

Koreans use their surname first then their first name. Therefore Kim is his surname. These is strengthened by his sons' full names: Kim Dong Hwan and Kim Jae Hoon. Same with Jhun Hoon.

One of the greatest sink character sir all time! Question though is it true that he is the same skill level as takuma or is that gang il I think in kof 96-97 he was in the special edit masters team.

Deep Down I really want Kim to succeed with Chang and Choi

He was a driving force behind me training in Tae Kwon Do

Kim reminds me of the martial arts i meet when i was 10 who took himself seriously and i wasn't try to laugh at him when he talked about his P.O.V.

I love these videos, I hope you keep making them

One detail was not presented in this video.... The tradition of animating his pants like no other ever in every KoF.

Special justice team : Kim, Athena, Tizoc. (KOF XI) Special cops team : Kim, Athena, May-Lee. (KOF 2002 UM) Kim is drunken. (ending of Real Bout (Terry, Kim, Duck King) team from KOF XI) Student : Alice Chrysler. (Real Bout 2) Master : Gang-Il. (KOF XIV) Son : Kim Jae Hoon and Kim Dong Hwa. (Garoû : MOTW)

9:09 In The King Of Fighters: Allstar, they switched their bodies back by having Benimaru zap them over and over and over again.

It will be interesting to see what will make Kim a villain in the future. Uptight, self-righteous people usually make an about face in their values given the right situation. ...All it takes is one little push..

My favorite combo out this world

Very good video... Please make a video on MAY LEE too... It's a request...

the kim brothers were fun as fuck to play wit

My Favorite Character In The Game, Kim Is The Best

CAN'T WAIT FOR KOF 15!!

tame a bad boy is the best song in KOF 13. and you can quote me on that.

You know i'd almost feel bad for chang and choi if I didn't know they weren't hardened criminals who aren't above murder and probably would have had it harder in prison anyways. Lodging and meal wise at least.

great vid mate

Should do a video on his team team Korea 🇰🇷 & Videos on Choi & Chang!!. And a video of Jhun Lee May & Gang iL

Hoo thanks so much for doing this! He is my favorite SNK Character from all the time

Athena and psycho soldiers next please

I dont play with hazards on in smash but in the kof stage for smash and if kof characters attack on stage that whould be an exception

This guy is extremely skilled and technical.

Aww man...I mean I know Chang and Choi's pain was played up for laughs, but I kinda feel bad for them, too. :/ I'm pretty sure Terry would just wreck Kim if he did go down the path of evil, though it would make for an interesting change of pace in like the next KoF. Maybe he could show up as a midboss like Saishyuu or something.

Drunk kim kapwhan? someone add that in mugen

Kim is So damn awesome he's got a lot of Impressive Moves 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🗣HELL YEAH

PERFECT!!!!! I LIKE KIM! Even he's not circumcised.

The two dislokes are Choi and Chang

Awesome video dude 👍

Who's here upon seeing the announcement of his return? :)

Terry Kim and Ralf are my mains in KOF series. Seeing Kim now more of an anti hero than a hero due to his harsh training or you can say you cannot change bad apples like Choi and Chang. Either way Mae Lee was great addition I prefer her moves over Jhun as for Kim, his sons carry his legacy. My future KOF team for him would be him and his sons.

I feel bad that Kim does his best at helping bad people to turn good but they always go back to their old criminal habits 😕. It was funny when he asked Iori Yagami to let his cursed flames go and join him in his dojo 😅 dude , are you serious ?! Still I hope that Chang & Choi would give up criminal life and do well next time , it would make him feel he accomplished something at least .

I love the idea that Kim somehow didn't recognize that Raiden is Big Bear.

Always love your videos

Great Job Bro!

Kim KOF 2003 is OP.... as the Story end with the training he will have new moves and more badass combo in KOFXV

Another great vídeo!

Kim is easily one of my favorite characters

I hope he becomes an antagonist, it will not only be interesting, but it will also fix his character flaws.

Kim is an archetype of an honest male model student, except with martial arts

Best character ever.

he rocks

i love kim

dont ever stop man u da best

Kim is his family name (last name). Kim is the most common surname (last name) in the Korean kingdom. In South Korea, it’s proper for the family name to be written first. Hence Kim Kaphwan . 🇰🇷