War of the High Schools

The President of Justice High, an evil high school that brainwashes its students and Staff. Hyo is the person orchestrating the war of the schools. Hyo wields a masamune-type blade.

A kind hearted woman being controlled by her armor. With her Armor on, Akira is a blood-thirsty killing machine.

The little sister of the Street Fighter Sakura. Hinata was never formally trained in the arts of combat, but she took a mail correspondence course on it. She is best friends with Kyosuke and Batsu.

Kyusuke is the brother of Hyo. The siblings have not spoken for years, ever since Hyo began his plan to create an army of mind controlled high school students. Kyusuke is opposed to his brother's plan and is secretly fighting against Justice High.

An American Style Football player. Roy is an exchange student from the US and gets drawn into the War of the Schools against his will. In actuality, Roy's father is some type of secret agent sent in to control the situation.

Batsu is a trouble maker from Taiyo High. He is often getting into trouble with school officals. However, he is also a member of the strange Imawano family. Being an heir to incredible power, only Batsu can stop the strange war of Justice High.

A teacher at Justice High. Hideo fights under the control of Hyo. Normally an honorable man, he is now being used to do the bidding of the evil Justice High. Hideo is almost exactly like Ryu or Akuma in style.

A baseball player. Shoma is a great clean up batter. He goes to the same school as Roberto. Shoma may be a star baseball player, but his is a moron. He is failing all of his classes and is far too pig-headed to realize that Natsu loves him.

Ran is a reporter for the Taiyo school newspaper. Her only goals are to find the best scoop. Ran is a little bitter about missing the events in the first Rival School game because she was on vacation. Now that Justice High is once again creating havoc, she refuses to be left out of this story.

Incho is the Japanese term for a classroom president or task-master type role. Thus, Incho is not her name, but the only name she uses in the game. She is very strong willed and is always looking out for the school's appearance above her own needs and wishes.

Momo is a "cute and defenseless" (her words) little girl. The truth is, she is a junior member of the Darkside Student Congress terror group led by Kurow. Her mission is to disturb the relationships between the various high schools in Tokyo so the Darkside Congress can rule Japan. Yep. Momo is a member of the tennis club, as she is always carrying a tennis racquet and balls.

A swimmer from Gorin High School. Nagare is perhaps the scariest character in Rival Schools, mostly because he nothing but a jacket, speedo, and flippers. His strong point is that his moves are beyond weird. While not really important to the Project Justice story, Nagare is one of the strangest new additions.

Zaki is enroled at the same all girls school as Akira. She is trained as a ninja who specializes with a length of chain. After Akira defeats her, Zaki agrees to help the new student to investigate the strange happenings around the school.

A violin player who goes to the all girls school. However, she is also the sister of Kurow and a member of the Darkside Student Congress. Yurika often feels bad about the lives she destroys as a Congresswoman. Quiet and melancholy, Yurika simply follows Akira around, waiting to complete her mission.

After Hinata is kidnapped by the Darkside Congress and Batsu is struck down in the battle to rescue her, he leaves in agony. He immediately begins intense training. This training transforms him into Burning Batsu, with new moves and a large improvement in his defense.