The gorgeous, vain member of Kyo's Japan Team. Benimaru is famous for his gravity-defying hair and his obsession with beautiful girls. He's 21 years old, half-American, half-Japanese, heir to one of the richest families in Japan, and he has some power to wield lightning while fighting. He lists his most valuable possession as himself.
Benimaru is a great fighter as well as a flashy one, and was an undefeated champion on the Tokyo streets for many years. Until he challenged one of his classmates and found defeat at the hands of Kyo Kusanagi. Benimaru could only laugh at himself, and they became great friends from then on. When the first King Of Fighters tournament came about he agreed to join Kyo's team in it. However, with Kyo being such a powerful fighter, Benimaru is starting to feel like second best. So he's now determined to prove himself and his worth in the tournament.
Benimaru's sexual preferences have oft been questioned, despite his self-proclaimed love of girls, because he looks and acts so amazingly gay. We think he's bi. ^_^ The most obvious pairing for him is Kyo, except that everyone is usually pairing Kyo with Iori. Perhaps they could be a threesome. Another possible pairing is Shingo, who hangs around Kyo (and thus the Japan team) an awful lot.