Tae Kwon Do
The Way of the Fist and Kick
Annyeong haseyo, I'm Master Kim. A local sahbumnim here in South Town and competitor in the King of Fighters Tournaments. I've been competing for the passed twelve years with several of my students, such as Chang, Choi, and May Lee...as well as Jhun Hoon (although that boy actually considers me his rival, funny). My passion consists nothing but the beauty and grace that is Taekwondo! I've dedicated nearly all my life to it while maintaining justice in this beautiful neighborhood.
I have two beautiful sons, Donghwan and Jaehoon whom I'm very proud of. I love teaching students who would be more than willing to learn. So if anyone out there wants to be taught the most formidable martial art in the world, stop by my Dojang and I'll teach you everything. Although it's hard to find new students considering about 80% of the people in this town already known martial arts.
Name: Kim Kap Hwan
Mode of Combat: Tae Kwon Do
Birthday: December 21st
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 78 kg
Blood Type: Type A
Birthplace: Korea
Hobby: Karaoke
Personal Treasure: Two children, Jaehoon and Donghwan
Favorte Food: Korean barbeque, Kimchi
Dislikes: Evil
Forte in Sports: Gymnastics
Voice Actor: Satoshi Hashimoto(JP)--Kim Ik Gon (KR)
Kim is a master of Tae Kwon Do, and also considers himself a fighter of justice. Since Kim was little and during his Tae Kwon Do training sessions, he was always reminded to fight for justice, and use the martial art as a way to accomplish this. Taking it at heart, Kim has now grown up to a man that will fight evil wherever it surges, and he will use the power of his kicks to make a point!
Being the current world Tae Kwon Do champion, Kim has been able to use this in his favor and fight against the best fighters in the world. He first traveled to fight Krauser, who was looking for some decent challenges. On the way, he met Terry Bogard and his friends. They soon became very good pals, and ever since, Kim always agrees to help Terry in all that he can, but that doesn't mean that they won't fight once in awhile!
Kim always takes care of his free time to pass time with his two sons. He trains both of them in Tae Kwon Do, as well as many others in his dojo. One day, when Kim was watching the T.V., he saw a report of a huge man with an iron ball and a little clawed man causing panic among the people of Korea, and that the huge man known as Chang Koehan had escaped from prison recently! Kim suddenly gets up, and vows he will make those criminals retire from the path of crime and go back to the way of justice!
Going out at night where he would surely find them in action, Kim inspects the streets. He then comes upon some female screams. Attending the call of help, Kim rushes forward. Seeing the two mischief makers, Kim enters in action, and puts the two criminals away. Still unaware of what just happened, the two criminals try to catch on. Kim tells them that he has come to put an end to their evil ways, and would personally take care of their way pack to the good ways! The little man called Choi Bounge stood up and refused to accept Kim's orders. Then, Kim decides to teach him and Chang (even though he was just standing there) the strength of Tae Kwon Do by knocking them silly. Now, with resignation and fear, both criminals retire to Kim's dojo, where their torture would just begin...
During the King of Fighters tournaments, Kim has entered with his two "students" to show the world the power of Tae Kwon Do (even though the only thing those two have in mind is escaping from Kim's clutches). Kim has not allowed the duo to escape, and everytime they try to, Kim induces them to a more harder training (even though Kim thinks it's not too hard). Kim always thinks his students are closer to the good path, but he always manages to overhear their macabre conversations, and has no other choice but to reel them back again. Kim's goal, to impart justice, is neverending!
After the Orochi menace was rid of the world, Kim feels that finally the world might have a chance to enjoy some peace. However, he is soon challenged by his old training partner, way back in the times when Kim was just a child learning Tae Kwon Do. It was Jhun Hoon, old friend and rival. Jhun denies Kim's ways of wielding justice, since he is so gullible, and tends to trust on people too much. He will prove how an iron hand and strict discipline go farther than that! Kim wishes to prove the contrary, and to do that, he takes Chang, one of his students, and agrees with Jhun to see who can reform the criminals best, and lends Choi to Jhun. Justice, after all, will be the only winner at the end!
Training day after day, Kim and Chang train harder than ever in order to face the menace of the NESTS cartel next year (much to Chang's dismay). Kim feels inspired by Jhun's appearance, since he now feels more determined than ever to show who has the best justice principles! The long year ends, and the new King of Fighters 2000 tournament arrives. Kim is surprised to know that the final battles will take place in Southtown once more. To that end, Kim fights harder than ever in order to make amends in the criminal city of Southtown.
Upon arrival at Southtown, Kim seeks everywhere for clues of the whereabouts of the NESTS organization. He is instead received by the pitiful notice that a deadly device known as the Zero Cannon has fired a mortal laser blast straight towards Southtown! Kim and Jhun manage to escape from the Zero Cannon at time, but much to Kim's despair, Chang and Choi are paralyzed with fear. With Jhun's help, Kim manages to save his two formal students and take cover. When all the dust clears off, Kim is powerless against the destruction of Southtown, but something else turns out a lot worse...Chang and Choi have exchanged bodies! Kim now feels more compelled than ever to show the evil NESTS who is the real justice fighter.
Fortunately for Chang and Choi, Kim had a very bright idea to exchange their bodies back to their original selves: they would butt heads until they switched back! The idea turned out well, and after a tiring session of headbutts, Chang and Choi got back to their bodies. But Kim was then facced with another problem: Jhun was wounded in a street accident and was not fit to compete in the next King of Fighters tournament. Kim really needed Jhun this year to exact justice from those evildoers at NESTS! But a student in Kim's dojo catches his eye for being so dedicated to justice and training: a young lady called May Lee, who also happened to admire Kim and Jhun a lot. Kim considered her to be the perfect replacement for Jhun this year, and now more than ever, Kim focuses all his justice power to bring down NESTS now more than ever!
Kim's style was tweaked to perfection, and he helped out May Lee by giving her some pointers throughout the tournament. After NESTS was destroyed and their HQ met its' ultimate resting place at the bottom of the ocean, Kim and the others returned to Korea, where they were received as true heroes! A huge celebration party was hosted for the winners, and Kim finally felt that his principles of justice were rightfully recognized! But, like always, Jhun tries to object about his part in Kim's victory, and they soon get into a huge brawl. The eternal fight between Kim and Jhun's ideals continue!
Kim is a very kind man, mostly because he is so determined to impart justice, and his love for his family. His opponents also consider him a very honorable fighter, and a very wise man too. He considers Chang and Choi to be strayed souls that must be corrected. He despises evil and will fight whomever fights for that cause. Kim trains very hard every day to show the world the power of Tae Kwon Do!
