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| Gen 715th Post
 
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|  "Re(2):Kim is real, sorta"
, posted Wed 25 Sep 13:56
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It was revealed that Kim and his family are named after specific people that some of the SNK employees knew. I guess he's asking if the are any other homages...
Yes, Kim Kap Hwan was an employee of SNK Corea (the boss?) and one of the sons of Fatal Fury's Kim Kap Hwan (or the two?) was named from the names of the sons of the real Kim Kap Hwan.
Last time I read anything about him, it was an interview of him the Eolith develloping KOF 2001, so he stills works in SNKPlaymoreEolithEtc... I don't know what he does, though.
And my question was : is there a real May Lee, Juhn, Baedal, etc... in the staff of Playmore?
I think only the names you mentioned, were based off real people. Kim Kaphwan was supposed to be a real person who helped SNK. I think one of the video game character's sons was supposed to be named the same as a son of the real person, I don't know if both were.
I don't know any sources that verify the above.
Choi is obviously coppied from the bad horror film character Fredy.
People have said that Kang Baedal is supposed to originate from the Korean MVS game called Fight Fever. The character in Fight Fever has different spelling of his name and looks different. If Kang Baedal is really from Fight Fever, then just as easily so is Jhun Hoon.
I remember lots of discussion on May's name from kof4ever, I think it came from conflicting early reports of the character's name.
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| Gen 719th Post
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| "Re(5):KF99-2001 Story" , posted Wed 25 Sep 21:07
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Kim Jhun-Hoon?
yes, kim jhun-hoon. some of my students who are very familiar with the series stated this as his name. not surprising, as 20% of the people in korea bear the family name kim. while the kim part might be up in the air, jhun-hoon is most definitely his first name.
for those disbelievers, the lee jin-ju part was floating around on the net for quite some time way back when 2k1 first came out. there was a big debate on kof4ever about which name was actually right. both are technically right; the jin-ju bit appears in the 2k1 game guide, as my friend pointed out to me. the game says may lee. the korean version of the game(highly credible, since eolith is that "lazy korean" company after all) clearly states her name as lee jin-ju.
since she is inevitably a korean character, her name is lee jin-ju.
Ah yes, the Fighting Obsession book does say "May Lee Jinju", I just saw it also.
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"Re(2):KF99-2001 Story" 
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