Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting)

Robert Garcia
Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters character
Robert Garcia in The King of Fighters 2000
First game	Art of Fighting (1992)
Voiced by (English)	James W. Hove (AOF) Nick Sullivan (anime)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Eiji Yano (AOF) Kay Inage (AOF2, KOF'94-'95, KOFXI, NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, KOFXII-XIII) Mantarou Kouichi (AOF3, KOF'96-2003) Masanori Ikeda (AOF anime) Hideo Ishikawa (Dengeki Bunko drama CD) Go Shinomiya (KOFXIV onwards)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	Italy
Fighting style	Kyokugen Karate

Robert Garcia (ロバート・ガルシア, Robāto Garushia^?) is a video game character created by SNK. Robert stars in the fighting video game Art of Fighting as the lead character along his best friend Ryo Sakazaki. The game has both of them as practitioners of the Kyokugenryu Karate fighting who search for Ryo's younger sister, Yuri Sakazaki, who was kidnapped by a criminal named Mr. Big. He is additionally featured in most of The King of Fighters crossover games, in which starts into the King of Fighters tournament in teams composed of three members. Thus far, he has been a playable character in every edition of KOF except The King of Fighters XI; however, he has recently been added back in for the PlayStation 2 version of the game.

Robert appeared in the film adaptation of Art of Fighting, and the manhua from The King of Fighters. He received mixed critics from video games publication, which praised his design, but some also noted him similar to the Street Fighter main characters. He has also been well received by gamers, appearing in several popularity polls developed by journals and websites.

In the first Art of Fighting Robert sports a black t-shirt with short sleeves, a brown vest and a gold medallion around the neck. He also wears white pants, white and black shoes and black gloves. He has the same outfit in the following Art of Fighting but without sleeves in his t-shirt. This costume is also featured in the first two King of Fighters as well as The King of Fighters XII and XIII.