You main Kanji.....yeah main Kanji hes the best after all

Just a quick Recap of what a Combo notation is for those people that can't read universal inputs.
Now that you have understand combo notation let's proceed shall we?

This handsome Hunk of Muscle, Alpha Male Kanji is a grappler/Rushdown as he has a pretty somewhat decent movement choices for a grappler unlike Tager and Waldstein's Movement but how do you exactly play kanji?

As kanji you're the man(?) with a chair you're job is to piss off your enemies but how? by being P A S S I V E which means letting them have the offensive that's right folks let them get the advantage it should look something like this (not really), though being passive isnt the best choice you can always make you can take the initiative by using j.5B though it can be punished so proceed with caution as always as Kanji is a high risk/high reward grappler, tons of risk than what tager or waldstein offers.

Heres where i will show you what kanji's best moves or neutrals


A Good neutral short range, good after proccing Yu's 5P Never do 4AAAA as the 4th A ends the combo. on the 3rd A in 4A, you can follow it up with j.214A


Kanji's Neutral, Startup has good horizontal range never whiff 5A or else you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥ because whiffing 5A, kanji won't be able to follow up another 5A overall its a good startup for combos can be followed up by 236A after 5AAA


Kanji's 5B, Fantastic horizontal and mediocre vertical reach, Relatively High startup, Can be used as a Poke tool however dont make it a habit, If 5B hits opponent on a max Range 5BB will WHIFF never do 5B in close range as you'll be punish because of its high start up. After proccing 5BB can be followed up by 236A similar to 5AAA > 236A.


Kanji's Low neutral can be followed up with a cruel attack (A/B/C Follow Up on hit), unsafe on block though can be bandaged by using Assist, Kanji's only LOW option alongside 2A


One of Kanji's best aerial moves, decent horizontal range and good reach hitting a counter on an opponent while the Opponent is on mid-air can be followed up with 5AAA



A Combo starter only on counter hit other than hitting this you wont be able to do anything afterwards if its not a counter hit.



THE MOVE THAT SMITES THE GODS, Kanji's DP is good for both Offensive and defensive as long as you can read your opponent's moves you can always use this to take the initiative Whiffing this will send your kanji to the shadow realm, Turns Kanji's whole body into an active hitbox Kanji's DP will punish anything as long as its not a projectile however timing Kanji's DP will provide invincibility frames for projectiles, Beats other DPs and Grabs I.e Tager's Command Grab and Waldstein's Command Grab this move is powerful and weak at the same time.


Kanji's Combo filler or Followup for 5AAA or 5BB can be used Aerial too though never use 236B on 5AAA or 5BB as it will whiff and can be punished afterwards 236C is an EX ver. of it using this while on 5AAA or 5BB will ultimately whiff it even more so only use 236A for combos.




Kanji's Command Grab can be used as a wakeup tool but not guranteed to be reliable its C is an EX version of his command grab which makes kanji move a bit before grabbing his opponent

Kanji's Anti-Air its fast and a combo fodder after 2B one of kanji's most damaging routes can be followed up with a Cruel Attack(A/B/C Follow up on hit)



The Unga Bunga Strat aka The ♥♥♥♥ it i give up playing aka the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ aka idc anymore
an aerial command grab that can land on standing or airborne opponents will whiff if opponent is crouching punishable on whiff can be used as a Combo Ender(j.214A) can be punished with DP so use it with risk. A is a short hop of this, B is a longer hop of this, C is an EX ver. of it which is a Homing ver. of it will miss if opponent is dashing forward or moving vertically unsafe on whiff again.




Can be used as a combo ender, damage depends on distance if done on Long Range it wont have a follow up and only do 2k+ damage however if hitted point blank it will make a follow up kick and a punch, somewhat unpunishable on block on close range because the chair bounces 2 times on hit otherwise still solid distortion.



Kanji's Distortion Command Grab good move for wakeups however punishable on whiff opponents can jump on it.

Your best partner is Yu Narukami because of his amazing Neutral Assist (5P)
This one to be exact as it creates tons of Combo potential for Kanji.

Yu's 6P is decent if you want to Create space or zone out your opponents

Im just gonna share few combos for you guys so that you can have a headstart.

1.) 5AAA > 2CC > 5P > 4AAA > 236A > A/B/C - 6603

2.) 5AAA > 236A > 5P > 5BB > 2B > 236B > A/B/C - 8k+

that's about im about to share because the fun part is managing to find out more combos, Though keep in mind that you can replace both 5AAA into 5BB

Sprite Images taken from Dustloop Wiki you can check their site on below:
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Thanks to Stephen Greg for suggesting on adding Universal Notation for other people to understand what those inputs are for.

And there you have it you now know how kanji works or not.