Editing Akira Yuki

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'''Akira Yuki''' ({{ja|結城 晶|Yūki Akira}}, ''Akira Yuki'') is the main protagonist and mascot of the {{uv|Virtua Fighter}} universe.

Akira Yuki is the mascot of the ''Virtua Fighter'' series. He is the grandson of the man who invented a unique version of the Bājíquán martial art for Japanese soldiers to use during the Second World War. In the original game, he serves as the assistant instructor at his family's dojo, Yuki Budokan. When he learns of the first World Fighting Tournament at age 23, he decides to enter not for glory, but to further hone his Bājíquán techniques and to understand what "true fighting" is about. The plot of ''Virtua Fighter 2'' elaborates that his overly enthusiastic attitude was met with disapproval by the fellow tournament entrants. He was defeated and humiliated by Kage, which Akira now holds a grudge against. After putting himself through rigorous training, he attended the second World Fighting Tournament and won. As he showed his grandfather his trophy, he simply said "Don't flatter yourself. You haven't mastered anything yet." Believing he had not found his true strength yet, he attended the third World Fighting tournament and lost. After some encouragement from his grandfather, Akira secluded himself in the mountains to train more, still trying to figure out what "real power" really is. While training, he received an invitation for the fourth World Fighting Tournament. He entered and lost to Kage-Maru. Returning to the mountains, he trained even harder. Akira then attended the fifth World Fighting Tournament, with his results currently unknown.

Akira does not seek money or glory from fighting and entering tournaments. He instead fights simply to test himself and his abilities. Akira also seeks to learn the meaning of "true fighting," something that his grandfather assures he will learn in time. Akira is usually seen wearing a traditional sleeveless fighting Gi, either white or black, and a head band around his spiky hair.

===As a costume===

Akira is the basis for a paid [[downloadable content]] [[Alternate costume (SSB4)#Wave 2|costume]] for {{SSB4|Mii Brawler}}s. Nintendo also released a [http://www.smashbros.com/images/dlc/image/qr_sample05.jpg QR code] for those who wish to have the exact Mii used in the costume's advertising. The costume is similar to his debut appearance in the original ''Virtua Fighter'', where graphical limitations had him appear in a blocky and polygonal form.

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Akira appears as an [[Assist Trophy]]. He appears with his blocky model from the original ''Virtua Fighter'', and his animations resemble the choppy movements of the original game. However, his voice clips are sourced from ''Virtua Fighter 4''. As a result, his appearance is similar to ''Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary'', a port of the original game built on ''Virtua Fighter 4''{{'}}s engine.

He can use a variety of martial arts attacks from ''Virtua Fighter'', including his signature move, the Tetsuzanko (where he grabs an opponent and slams into them, launching them forward). He can also block incoming attacks. He can be defeated as well. Before he disappears, he says his famous quote from the ''Virtua Fighter'' series, "{{ja|十年早いんだよ!|Jūnen hayain da yo!}}" (''"It's ten years too soon for you to challenge me!"'', literally ''"Ten years too early!"'') He is also a [[List of spirits (Others)|Spirit]] in the game's Spirits mode.

===As a costume===

Akira appears as a {{SSBU|downloadable content}} [[Mii Costume]] for {{SSBU|Mii Brawler}}s, released with the fourth wave of Mii Fighters.

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*Akira appeared in various games alongside other ''Super Smash Bros.'' characters outside of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, most of them doing connections with [[Sonic]]:

**In ''Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing'', Akira teams up with [[Jacky]] to race against Sonic and other characters. He and Jacky can race against a [[Mii]] on the Wii version and [[Banjo]] & [[Kazooie]] on the Xbox 360 version as well. Due to hardware limitations, Akira is excluded from the Nintendo DS version.

**Akira is a playable character in ''Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax'', where one of the stages is [[Green Hill Zone]].

**He's a playable solo unit in both ''Project X Zone'' and ''Project X Zone 2'', where [[Ryu]], [[Ken]], [[Lucina]], and [[Chrom]] are playable units as well.

**He was one of certain characters that could be summoned in ''SEGA Heroes'', alongside Sonic.

*[[Bayonetta]] performs the Tetsuzanko technique for her forward throw, and she will occasionally say "{{ja|十年早いんだよ!|Jūnen hayain da yo!}}" in reference to Akira's line. This is a carryover of a similar easter egg from ''Bayonetta'', and is acknowledged in Akira's blog entry.

**In the Wave 4 Mii costume showcase for ''Ultimate'', an Akira Mii is shown fighting Bayonetta, referencing her use of Tetsuzanko, and alongside a Jacky Mii fighting a metal Mii Brawler, referencing Dural.

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