The King of Fighters XV, one of 2022’s biggest fighting games, is just around the corner, and it has one of the largest rosters in the genre at launch. As its release looms, let’s go over all of the confirmed characters in the game so far, as well as its upcoming DLC content. Hopefully, SNK will “shatter all expectations” with its roster.
Original Roster
Hero Team
- Shun’ei
- Meitenkun
- Benimaru
Sacred Treasures Team
- Kyo
- Chizuru
- Iori
Fatal Fury Team
- Terry Bogard
- Joe Higashi
- Andy Bogard
Orochi Team
- Yashiro
- Chris
- Shermie
Art of Fighting Team
- King
- Ryo
- Robert
Ikari Warriors Team
- Clark
- Leona
- Ralf
Secret Agents Team
- Luong
- Vanessa
- Blue Mary
Team Super Heroine
- Mai
- Yuri
- Athena
Galaxy Anton Wrestling Team
- King of Dinosaurs
- Antonov
- Ramon
Team Rival
- Heidern
- Isla
- Dolores
Team K’
- K’
- Maxima
- Whip
Team Ash
- Ash Crimson
- Elisabeth
- Kukri
Team Krohnen
- Krohnen
- Kula Diamond
- Angel
DLC Characters
Team Garou
- Rock Howard
- Gato
- B. Jenet
Team Southtown
- Geese Howard
- Billy Kane
- Ryuji Yamazaki
At the time of writing, six additional DLC characters have been revealed in Team Garou and Team Southtown. They’re scheduled to release sometime in March 2021 and May 2022 respectively. Six more characters have yet been revealed, but they’ll be out by the end of the year during the summer and autumn seasons.
Some new characters like Delores and the stylish Isla will hopefully bring new life to the series. In addition, old school fighters like Chris and Shermie are back from the dead after being canonically disposed of until now.
When more DLC characters are announced, we’ll update the list here. The game’s official release on February 17, 2022, on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC systems.
