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After he watching the King
of Fighters '96 tournament on TV, Shingo became a huge fan of Kyo
Kusanagi.
He then realized Kyo went to the same high school as he did, and immediately
began pestering Kyo to teach him his special techniques, especially the ones
involving Kyo's flame. Kyo took pity on him and was bored, so he finally
decided to teach Shingo in exchange for food. Kyo showed Shingo each of his
moves one time. Shingo wrote down every move practiced them everyday. In 1997,
he participated in the tournament for the singles entry and made it. Although
he excelled in his year of training, he apparently lost somewhere in the King
of Fighters tournament. As a reward for his progress, Kyo gives him a pair of
his gloves, and Shingo has worn them since then.
In 1999, Shingo was
worried about Kyo's disappearance, like many others. Shingo was asked by Benimaru
to join him, K'
and Maxima in the KOF
'99 tournament, and he accepted. They set out to find Kyo, and did the
same thing the next year. In KOF 2000, he entered with Benimaru, Seth
and Lin. In 2001, Team Japan
was reunited, but they needed a fourth team member and Shingo was called. He
was extremely excited to fight with on the same team as Kyo. In 2002, he spent
his time training with Saisyu
Kusanagi,
Kyo's father. Saisyu was too touched by Shingo's courage to tell him the truth
about the flame's origin.
In 2003, Shingo teamed
up with Benimaru and Goro
Daimon. When they were eliminated, Benimaru and Daimon complimented him,
but he got cocky and started yelling that he is no longer Kyo's fan, he is his
rival. That's when Kyo appeared behind him and started beating him up. After Ash
Crimson stole Chizuru
Kagura's Yata Mirror, Shingo visits her in the hospital and promises to
unite Kyo and Iori
Yagami in order to investigate Ash and the weakened Orochi seal. In his
team's ending, Iori suddenly enters into the Riot of the Blood. Shingo tries
to stop him several times but is beaten back with each attempt. Although saved
in a sense by Ash, Shingo's wounds are pretty severe as he is covered in a
cast and bandages, making him unable to participate in the next KOF
tournament. Even so, he cheerfully greets Benimaru when the latter returns to
Japan, who gives him a "get-well-soon" present from Chizuru. While
he doesn't remember much about how Ash got there to save him, Benimaru fills
him on his side of the story during his visit.
  
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APPEARANCES:
The
King
of Fighters '98, KOF '98: Ultimate
Match, The King of Fighters '99, The
King
of Fighters 2000, The King of Fighters
2001, The King of Fighters 2002 (PS2 version),
KOF 2002: Unlimited Match, The
King of Fighters 2003, The King
of Fighters XI, The King of Fighters XV, KOF:
Neowave, KOF R1, KOF R2,
SNK Vs. Capcom: card Fighters
Clash, Card Fighters Clash
2, Card Fighters Clash
DS
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