Orochi (オロチ, Orochi) is the main antagonist and final boss of The King of Fighters ’97. It and its followers are another interpretation of the mythical eight headed serpent, Yamata no Orochi. In the KOF series, Orochi was sealed 1,800 years ago by the three sacred treasures of Japan. The three clan’s descendants are charged with protecting the seal over it.

Orochi is a powerful being that plans to serve Gaia by all costs. It will protect her from anything, even from what she created herself. It shows no mercy to humans, citing their sins and their harmful self-destructive acts, although it grudgingly does acknowledge their potential to be able to change for the better, holding on to some hope that humanity may one day understand the pain of nature and tells them that they still has chance.

Orochi by itself is not a sinister being and only desires balance between man and nature.