Benimaru Nikaido (二階堂 紅丸, Nikaidō Benimaru) is a character from The King of Fighters game series. He debuted as one of the members of the "Japan Team" during the Orochi Saga (also composed with Kyo Kusanagi and Goro Daimon). He forms his own team dubbed the "Benimaru Team" in 2000. Benimaru is born of half-Japanese and American descent, and wears a waist-length sleeveless top with matching jeans/pants. In his later appearances, his top is shorter, exposing his abs. His top is plain black (with short sleeves from '98 to 2002), until it changes to a leopard spot motif in The King of Fighters 2003 and beyond. His straight hair during fights stays up due to a rather exaggerated case of electrostatics. He also appears playable in Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 and Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001.
