The first video is alright… the second, NOPE!
There’s a lot more to explore about India than Yoga and Priyanka Chopra, and I really hope if there is such a character to come, he won’t be a Dhalsim-like silly stereotype.
South Indian movie stars, if you’ve ever seen any short clip posted by someone with the a title that basically translates to “hilarious bollywood fight scene”, you’ll know that they are just made to be FG characters.
(That is from a really cheap movie by the way. If you don’t understand Hindi and won’t laugh at the hilariously awful dialogue, skip to about 1:40 where every move is basically a Level 4 Ender)
Another inspiration from South India, the martial art of Kalaripayattu,
This next one may seem like he’s similar to Dhalsim, contrary to what I said. But it kinda isn’t. A more exaggerated version would be awesome and creepy. A witch doctor, sort of.
EDIT: TL;DR I commented on this as a character discussion when it was about music. Sorry about that, possible second edit coming for music fitting to these ideas.
im REALLY digging that egyption Metal so anythng to get something like this in K.I im all in for. especially for an anubis type of charecter. tall calm mixture of magic and close combat. black(or bright blue) fire etc.
Wait… since India & Indonesia are neighbors… like Kim Wu who is Korean-Chinese and American… perhaps a fighter whose heritage is both Indian and Indonesian join in.
I can say one thing it would be extraordinary hard to find a charecter that would fit that genre and the dystopian ki universe.
Maybe a juri looking cyborg guy/girl with almost all kicks with neon pink highlights. Their music could be a mix of jazz and disco music. Reminds me of that really tall black guy with really long legs that fought Bruce lee in the tower in I think enter the dragon
doesnt have to have any bruce lee influence though. there are other places to find kick centered martial artists. like the black guy i mentioned that bruce fought…
on the topic of phantom of the opera i had at first wanted mira to be a vampire with that sort of flair but alas…
i suppose if we get an angel he could be a bad guy similar to the phantom.(i read the book and i remember people thought the phantom was an angel because of his voice)
in fact i think it would be cool to have a one winged angel who weilds his other wing as a wind sword hat dresses like the phantom. his style could be skimitar focused with Iado/bushido sword slices imbued with the wind