 Introduced in The King of Fighters 2003 , Ash leads the New Hero Team of Duo Lon and Shen Woo which participates in a new King of Fighters tournament . After the tournament , he ambushes host Chizuru Kagura and steals her powers , telling Iori Yagami he will be his next opponent . In The King of Fighters XI , the character teams up with Oswald and Shen Woo . At the game 's end Ash leaves his teammates to fight each other , after disclosing that Oswald 's price for joining him was finding a drug he can only obtain after defeating their pharmacist 's enemy : Shen Woo . He later finds a berserker , Iori , defeats him and steals his powers . When Ash 's comrade Elisabeth Blanctorche accuses him of abandoning his original mission and becoming obsessed with power , he leaves after saying that Kyo Kusanagi will be his next victim . Ash also appears as an available fighter in the KOF : Maximum Impact 2 update KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A and The King of Fighters XII , games without a storyline . 
