- This article is about the Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal character. For the River City Soccer Hooligans character, see Raphael (River City Soccer Hooligans).
- Not to be confused with Raffaele.
Raphael (ラファエル Rafaeru) is a student at Oklahoma High School that was first featured in Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal. He is a taciturn martial artist who often stays in the mountains to train alone. Raphael is exceptionally fond of animals and nature. He is the best friend of Johnny.
Appearances
Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal
Raphael debuts in Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal as a member of the Oklahoma team that was flown out by Kōnosuke Tōdō.
In the game's ending, Raphael and Johnny are seen at the airport where they're getting ready to leave for their flight back to the United States. Mamoru Tōdō hands Raphael a set of flowers as a gift, though he throws them out in the trash as he leaves. Raphael and Johnny have both befriended Kunio after the tournament, though this is not shown in-game. In the Game Boy version of the game, Johnny is handed the pair of flowers by Mamoru instead of Raphael.
In the localization Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, Raphael was replaced by Crusher, which uses the face of Riki and is now a member of Team Thornley. Raphael's face would be used on Hayato Ichijō's replacement, Noise and on Ryūichi Hattori's replacement, Artie.
Super Dodgeball Brawlers
Raphael appears as a member of the USA's team.
River City Super Sports Challenge
Raphael appears as a member of Oklahoma High School's team.
River City: Tokyo Rumble
River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~
Raphael appears as a member of the World Team and is fought against in the secret round, though can later be unlocked for play outside of the story mode. Raphael is able to use the Mach Chop and Mach Kick.
River City Melee: Battle Royal Special
Raphael returns as a member of the World Team and is involved in the story mode. Raphael's moveset remains unchanged with him still being able to use the Mach Chop and Mach Kick.
River City Melee Mach!!
Raphael's moveset was changed to instead use the Gorgeous Punch and the Super Fistbone.
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms
Raphael plays the role of Zang Ba, a general of his own force that'd later join Lu Bu (Misuzu)'s side.
In the story mode, Zang Ba first appears during the third chapter in Xiapi and can be talked to as part of a sidequest. Guan Yu (Kunio) will ask Zang Ba if any of the troops do special training in Lu Bu's army as he was looking to bulk up, to which Zang Ba will ask if he'd like to join him in training. Zang Ba will then be waiting on the Xiapi Highroad where he will have Guan Yu fight against a group of new recruits as part of his training. On the second match, Zang Ba will describe Guan Yu as a special instructor and ask some of his troops to spar against him. In this fight, Zang Ba will also spar against Guan Yu as a mini-boss. Upon being defeated, Zang Ba congratulates the new recruits on becoming members of Lu Bu's army.
Localized versions
- In Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, Raphael was replaced by Crusher and was now a member of Team Thornley.
- In River City: Tokyo Rumble, Raphael was renamed to Crush.
Trivia
- In River City: Tokyo Rumble and River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~, Raphael would strangely be given the same skin tone as Johnny. This was corrected in River City Melee Mach!!.
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