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He resents his father's control over his life and during one of their arguments, his father proposed that Lion must win the World Fighting Tournament as a prerequisite to become free from him. Lion has been practicing Northern Praying Mantis (pronounced as "Tourou-ken" in Japanese) under an instructor as part of management education since he was five. But this business is just a front for their involvement in illegal arms contracts with terrorists. They are involved in the aircraft industry. Both are teenage skateboarders who enter their respective tournaments.He is born into the Rafale family, one of the wealthiest families in France.
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In the second season (which was never dubbed in English) he discovers something about the secret organization, which made a secret kill-list where there are the names of all the most famous fighters of the world, he discovers that his father, Vandoll Rafale, is also linked with the secret organization, which has a full control of the Rafale Enterprises, and he tells everything to Akira and his friends. In the first season, he helps Akira against Koen-Kan, after he sees him along with Jacky and Sarah’s squirrel: Alexander, but in the end he returns home. Like his counterpart in the games, Lion Rafale is a practitioner of Tourou-ken. Other Media Virtua Fighter AnimeĪ young teenage boy, the only son of a rather upper class French family. He also has a green praying mantis as a family pet that trains in the Mantis style alongside him.
The whole situation with his dad is dropped altogether, since the character has been reduced to the age of a boy. In Virtua Fighter Kids, Lion is depicted as a much-younger boy (six to eight years old) and he has a group of maids that tend to his every need. Somewhat bothered by the timing of the invitation’s arrival, Lion decides to enter the tournament, in part to learn about his father’s involvement with J6. Just when he could no longer stand to keep quiet, an invitation arrived for the Fifth World Fighting Tournament. Lion threw himself into his training, trying to forget his suspicions. His father congratulated him as well, and it seemed that his life would continue without incident.īut one day, Lion stumbled on the documents that seemed to link his father’s company to Judgement 6. He had not been able to win the tournament, but was satisfied with his performance and fighting. Virtua Fighter 5Īt the end of the Fourth World Fighting Tournament, Lion once again returned home. He decides to join the 4th tournament with every intention of winning the title. After a few months, he received a letter inviting him to join the 4th tournament. As time passed, he began to let go of his disappointment and slowly regained his fighting spirit. However, he realized he needed to be stronger and thus trained harder than ever. Virtua Fighter 4Īfter failing to win the 3rd tournament, Lion went back to France a disappointed fighter. Once again, Lion accepted the invitation to compete in his 3rd tournament. In that time his skills have improved greatly. Promising a rematch to all the fighters, Lion returned home and became absorbed in his training. Virtua Fighter 3Īlthough Lion lost to Kage-Maru in the first round of the tournament, but while in the midst of that became aware of a burning fighting spirit buried deep within him, a satisfying feeling he had never tasted before. Thus, Lion is participating in the tournament competition. He resents his father’s control over his life and during one of their arguments, his father proposed that Lion must win the World Fighting Tournament as a prerequisite to become free from him. Lion has been practicing Northern Praying Mantis (pronounced as “Tourou-ken” in Japanese) under an instructor as part of management education since he was five.
He is born into the Rafale family, one of the wealthiest families in France. Lion’s personality is displayed as cocky, spoiled, a little bratty and arrogant. He was one of two new characters, along with Shun Di added in Virtua Fighter 2.
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Lion Rafale (リオン・ラファール, Rion Rafāru) (born DecemBordeaux, France) is a fictional character in the video game series Virtua Fighter.