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The Women Fighters Team is a group composed exclusively of women, christened "The Princesses of Punch." The team originally comprises the ninja Mai Shiranui, the Muay Thai fighter King and a teenager karate prodigy named Yuri Sakazaki. Throughout the later games of the series, there are several changes in the members of the team, as Yuri is replaced by the heir of the ancient Yata clan Chizuru Kagura and Kasumi Todoh—a young female martial artist who seeks to defeat those who practice Kyokugen karate. In later games, new characters appear, due to the new rule of using four members; these include the Chinese-American female martial artist Li Xiangfei, the sumo fighter Hinako Shijou (四条 雛子, Shijō Hinako?), and the agent Blue Mary in 2003. In XI, the team is dissolved, since the members go to other teams or they have other things to do[clarification needed]. The Women Fighters team is reformed for The King of Fighters XIII, featuring the three original members from the 1994 tournament.

The Art of Fighting Team is composed of characters from the video game of the same name, and most of its members are practitioners of the Kyokugen Karate style. The team initially consists of the teacher Takuma Sakazaki, his son Ryo, and the heir of the dojo and his student Robert Garcia. Takuma's daughter, Yuri only appears in some tournaments, since she wants train with the Women Fighters Team (which is exclusively composed of women); her appearances sometimes end in asking King to take her place on the team. Takuma, however, likes this idea, and also asks King to stay in the team, wanting her to force the consummation of Ryo and King's still tentative relationship. The Garou Team appears only in KOF XI, containing characters that appear in the video game Garou: Mark of the Wolves. The team includes Tizoc, a famous pro wrestler, Gato, a powerful martial artist and a female pirate named B. Jenet. Though the members become good friends, Gato decides to leave them after the end of the tournament.

The Fatal Fury Team is composed by characters from the video game series with the same name. The team is initially composed of Terry Bogard, an American fighter who sought to defeat an evil crime lord named Geese Howard in order to avenge the death of his father; Andy Bogard, the younger brother of Terry who uses Shiranui Ninjutsu to fight; and Joe Higashi, a Muay Thai fighter and friend to both Terry and Andy. During the NESTS tournaments, Mai Shiranui, a Shiranui kunoichi, and Blue Mary, a female agent, also enter the team, to fulfill the team's the need for a fourth member at that time. In the 2003 tournament, Andy leaves them to take care of a Shiranui disciple named Hokutomaru, who fell sick, and Tizoc, a famous Mexican pro wrestler, enters the team to replace him. In The King of Fighters XI, Tizoc and Joe leave the team for their own reasons, enabling Duck King and Kim Kaphwan to replace them in order to help Terry out.

The Japan Team appears during the first game of the series. Its leader is Kyo Kusanagi, a high school student who is the heir to the Kusanagi clan, who can use pyrokinetic powers. Once Kyo leaves the Japan Team, it is renamed Benimaru Team by Benimaru Nikaido (二階堂 紅丸, Nikaidō Benimaru?). Benimaru has the ability to create electricity, which—due to an exaggerated case of static electricity—causes his straight hair to stand up during fights. He is loosely based on the character Polnareff from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, right down to his outfit in The King of Fighters '94 and The King of Fighters '95. His vocal performance was initially deemed by his original designer to have nothing to do with the character's original image. Due to the particular pitch in his voice and appearance, some fans have questioned Benimaru's sexual identity with the developers; they responded, "he is not what you think."

This section lists the characters in the original game, and characters added or removed in subsequent releases.

The Psycho Soldier Team specializes in using psychic powers—dubbed "Psycho Powers" by SNK. The powers, and some members of the team, originally belonged to the SNK video game Psycho Soldier. The team includes Chin Gentsai (鎮元斎?), an elderly mentor and master of Psycho Power. He participates with his students throughout the tournaments since 1994, but leaves the competition in 2003 to observe the matter thoroughly, asking K' and Maxima to investigate the tournament in his place for activity. The others members of the team are his students Athena Asamiya, a famous Japanese pop singer; a Chinese teenager named Sie Kensou (椎 拳崇, Shii Kensū?); and a little Chinese boy named Bao (Chinese: 包; Pinyin: Bāo; Japanese: 包 Pao). As Bao trains with them during the time between King of Fighters '97 and King of Fighters '99, Kensou gradually loses his powers, until they become obsolete. However, his powers are recovered in King of Fighters XI, causing Ron and Misty to take an interest in it, revealing a probable importance of the Dragon Spirit.