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In the past, Jubei
Yamada was such a fierce Judo warrior, that his prowess and skill that
he released in his matches owned him the nickname of "The Demon". His young
spirit and burning will was admired and respected by those who saw his
fights. But that was long ago.
Now a giddly old man
who passes his time eating cookies and taking care of his dojo, where he
looks over the progress of his many students, Jubei has resorted to a more
peaceful life. Having chosen to live away from the ways of fighting, Jubei
rested in his dojo, with not too much effort spent. He spends his time
with his old friend and rival Hanzo Shiranui, a Ninjitsu master and well
trained in the ways of Koppo-ken. Hanzo had been training his granddaughter Mai in the Shiranui Ninjitsu style, but when he was approached by a young
American boy called
Andy Bogard who wanted to learn the Koppo-ken art,
Hanzo left Mai to complete her training with Jubei. Jubei realized that
Andy had a lot of potential to become a superb fighter, but he had more
important tasks to do...
Several years have
passed, and both Andy and Mai have became full grown-ups, and in love...the
problem was that Andy denied any feeling he had for Hanzo's granddaughter,
which was no trouble for Jubei at all, as the pervert he is, always takes
his chance to contemplate Mai...fairly close. Hanzo had already died not
long ago, so Jubei now had to look over both youngsters. But Andy was decided
to return to his homeplace, in Southtown, where he would attempt to exact
revenge from the man who killed his father,
Geese
Howard. Jubei had to
convince Mai that Andy had to take that trip alone, in order to hone his
skills learned from Hanzo, and that she would only end up distracting Andy.
But that was just a mere excuse for Jubei to keep on pestering Mai, and
also the cause for several backaches for Jubei (after getting smacked all
over the place by Mai several times).
Andy returned to Japan
shortly after, and Mai basked in rejoice. But the happiness was only temporal:
Andy would only train so far as the next "King of Fighters" tournament
which, as fate would have had it, would be organized by a descendant of
a feared German noble bloodline, Wolfgang Krauser. Jubei knew what kind
of twisted heritage the Strolheim clan had, so he knew what was coming
in store for Andy if he ever gets his chance against Krauser. But Mai would
be joining Andy in the tournament as well. Leaving Jubei all by himself,
the lively geezer now chooses to come back from retirement, and take some
action at last, seeing to the defeat of Krauser. After that occurs at the
hands of the legendary Terry Bogard, Jubei gets incredibly tired by the
fights in "The King of Fighters" tournament, and decides that fights are
definitely not needed for him any longer. Rather than that, Jubei spends
his time eating cookies, teaching his disciples, and constantly bothering
Mai!
Even though his golden
age has long been gone, Jubei refuses to sit back in a bed and wait for
his death. Jubei likes to be where the action is, and always tries to live
his remaining days as a youngster. Revived by the passion of other young
fighters as Andy and Mai, Jubei takes a cue, and always takes to the fighting
arena every now and then. He sure doesn't inspire as much fear as before,
but he still remains the same old "demon" he has always been!
 
 
 
  
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