Lion Rafale

Lion Rafale (リオン・ラファール Rion Rafāru) is a character from the Virtua Fighter video game series. He is also a character in I-3's Virtua Fighter FM.

Story
Born into affluence, Lion Rafale discovers his father was a “death merchant”. Seeking emancipation from his family, Lion, trained in Tourou-Ken, entered the second World Fighting Tournament with his father’s word that Lion will be his own man if he wins. Lion is defeated in the first round but discovers a fighting spirit within him.

He entered the third tournament to test his new skills and redeem himself after his poor showing previously. Not fairing too much better than his first tournament appearance, Lion’s faith was shaken. With his father’s encouragement, Lion trained hard and entered the fourth tournament determined to take it all. While he did not win, Lion was satisfied with his performance.

After he got back home, he discovered documents connecting his father to J6. Suppressing his suspensions through training, Lion was about to confront his father about what he knew. Just before he could take action, an invitation to the fifth tournament arrived for him.

Unnerved by this coincidence, Lion entered the tournament to see if he could find clues to if his father is truly involved with J6 or not.