Akira Yuki
Game series	Virtua Fighter series
First game	Virtua Fighter
Creator(s)	Yu Suzuki
Voice actor(s)	Miki Shinichirou (in the anime series as well)
In-universe information
Nationality	Japanese
Birthday	9 / 23 / 1968
Hobby	Kung-Fu
Height	180 cm (5' 11")
Weight	79 kg (173 lbs.)
Measurements	105 / 90 / 94
Blood type	O
Occupation	Kung Fu Teacher
Fighting style	Hakkyoku-Ken

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Akira strives for perfection and will drive himself relentlessly to master his techniques. He seeks worthy opponents to fight in order to find flaws in his skills to further attain mastery.

Story

Virtua Fighter

Hakkyoku-ken is one of the foremost Chinese martial arts known as Bajiquan. During the Second World War, the Japanese army developed their own Hakkyoku-ken techniques to improve their infantry's fighting ability. Akira Yuki is the grand-son of the man who developed these techniques. Akira serves as the assistant instructor at Yuki Budokan. Akira is known to be hot-blooded and impulsive by nature, he also can be naive and intemperate. After completing his training under his grandfather's tutelage at the age of 23, he went on a quest to test his abilities. When he got word of the 1st World Fighting Tournament, he decided to enter and test his abilities. Virtua Fighter is a 1993 fighting game developed by the Sega studio AM2, headed by Yu Suzuki. ...

Virtua Fighter 2

The only person to whom the ultimate martial art of Hakkyoku-ken is handed down. Realizing that the last time he lacked experience; Akira is now testing the results of last year's training and practice. During the last Tournament, Akira was a bit too "enthusiastic" and his attitude was met with much disapproval. He was defeated and humiliated by Kage, so now he bears a grudge against him. Virtua Fighter 2 is the second game in the popular Virtua Fighter fighting game series by Sega. ...

Virtua Fighter 3

Realizing that he lacked experience from his failure to win the First World Fighting Tournament, Akira went through rigorous training to prepare himself for the Second World Fighting Tournament. Akira returned home, with the second tournament trophy. Yet as he was about to proclaim his victory, his grand-father told him, "Don't flatter yourself. You haven't mastered anything yet." In order to answer the question, "What is true strength," Akira resolved to fight in the tournament once more. On the Third World Fighting Tournament, Akira’s main intentions are to show his grand-father and himself that "true strength". Virtua Fighter 3 was the launch title for the arcade board Model 3 from Sega. ...

Virtua Fighter 4

After Akira failed to win the tournament, he went back to Japan and told his grandfather about the disappointing results. With further encouragement from his grandfather, Akira decides to continue his training in the mountains. This time, Akira trained harder than ever, while trying to understand exactly what "true power" really is. However while training, Akira received an invitation for the 4th world tournament. Akira decides to join the tournament to test out the new skills he had learned and try to find the "real" power within him. Virtua Fighter 4 is a fighting game in the Virtua Fighter video game series by Sega. ...

Virtua Fighter 5

After losing to Kage-Maru in the Fourth World Fighting Tournament, Akira returned to the mountains to train harder than ever before. He began to doubt his previous training and could not understand how he had been defeated. One day he caught sight of a leaf floating downstream and he held his breath as it spun easily around a boulder, avoiding it neatly, and continuing on in the flow. He suddenly understood that he had been resisting the flow and he resumed his training with renewed confidence. Soon after, he decided to join the Fifth World Fighting Tournament. Virtua Fighter 5 is the latest game in Segas Virtua Fighter series. ... Kage-Maru Hagakure (Kage for short) is a fictional character in the Sega video game series Virtua Fighter. ...

Virtua Fighter Kids

In Virtua Fighter Kids, Akira is depicted as a young boy (6 to 8 years old) and he lives at the dojo that he works in, Yuki Budokan. In his FMV movie, he fights a giant warrior which results in a large hole in the dojo wall. He hammers it up but accidentally stubs his thumb. Virtua Fighter Kids is an installment in the Sega-AM2 Virtua Fighter fighting game series. ... Virtua Fighter Kids is an installment in the Sega-AM2 Virtua Fighter fighting game series. ... A dojo is a term used in Japanese martial arts that refers to a formal training hall. ...

Trivia

• Akira is the Assistant teacher of his father's dojo. This dojo is his stage in Virtua Fighter 3 and Virtua Fighter 4.
• Aoi Umenokouji is Akira's childhood friend.
• Wolf Hawkfield is a friend and rival of Akira.
• Akira resembles street fighters Ryu