Hwa Jai

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Hwa Jai
Hwa Jai in Fatal Fury OVA
Game series	Fatal Fury series
First game	Fatal Fury
Voice actor(s)	Fumei
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Thailand
Blood type	AB
Fighting style	Muay Thai

Hwa Jai (ホア・ジャイ, Hwa Jai^?) is a fictional character in the Fatal Fury series.

1 History
2 Trivia
3 Related characters
4 Related Disciplines
5 External links

[edit] History

Hwa Jai is a mighty Muay Thai fighter who resided in the callous Thailand jungle since birth. There he trained for most of his life to survive the jungle’s various dangers and to become a hero to his countrymen. While he was one of Thailand’s best fighters, Hwa Jai would never become world champion. In various Muay Thai tournaments, he was bested by the overconfident yet superiorly trained, Joe Higashi. The two became fierce rivals with Joe always being the victor.

This prompted Hwa Jai to start cheating by drinking a strange fluid that boosted his physical attributes exponentially. Worrying he would have been found out, Hwa Jai moved to Southtown, where many fighters reside and none would care about him using the drink. Entering Geese Howard’s King of Fighters tournament, Hwa Jai sought his vengeance against Joe. He faced off against his arrogant nemesis once more resulting in, despite his training and his drink’s power boost, Joe coming out the winner.

Shamed, Hwa Jai returned to the Thai jungle once more. Hwa Jai now lives a normal life training Muay Thai to those who, like he previously, strive to be the best. Eventually Hwa Jai’s rivalry with Joe ended with the two being sparring partners, and even friends, after Joe avenges him from Wolfgang Krauser, who left Hwa Jai in the hospital before the second tournament.[1]

[edit] Trivia

Hwa Jai wears traditional Muay Thai fighter garb.

Hwa Jai was only able to perform his special moves after using his "power drink". He would automatically do this after taking a significant amount of damage (around 1/2). His special techniques included a Flame Breath, a Twisting Punch attack, and the Rocket Kick, which launched him high offscreen.

Hwa Jai was left out of the Sega Genesis version of Fatal Fury due to memory constraints.

Hwa Jai is one of the few characters in the series who only appears in the first game and making cameos in other games: in Fatal Fury 3, Real Bout Fatal Fury and Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 appears in the stages and in some Joe Higashi's intros; and as a alternate striker in The King of Fighters 2000.

Hwa Jai makes two appearances in the Fatal Fury anime. In Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf, he participates in the King of Fighters tournament and drinks his potion before being defeated by Andy Bogard's Shoryudan. Later, in Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, he battles Joe Higashi and despite getting in some lucky hits, Joe dispatches him with a knee to the head.