Ranking System Guide & Translation

Introduction

This is a guide and translation to the character ranking system found in the Japanese version of Virtua Fighter 4 for the Sony Note that the English translations are based on the meanings of the words in Japanese, and they are not the official English rank names. Please contact me if there are any errors in the guide.

The Ranking System in this guide applies to the Japanese and US PS2 version, and Arcade Version C as of this moment.

Kyu Rankings

10th Kyu to 1st Kyu

• Ranks are gained here through experience points.
• For every 100 exp. points gained, you raise a rank.
• There is no rank demotion here.

Dan Rankings

1st Dan to 10th Dan

• Ranks are gained here from now on through victory points. Experience points are no longer in use.
• You get +1 victory point for every win over a same rank opponent. Lose to a same rank opponent, you get -1 victory point.
• For every +5 victory points gained, you raise a rank. However, you lose a rank when you reach -5 victory points.
• At 10th Dan, you can only gain to the next rank by either having 10 consecutive wins over 10th Dan opponents, or by simply defeating a Hero rank opponent.

Higher Rankings

Hero to Champion

• At Hero rank, defeat 10 10th dan opponents consecutively to advance to Champion rank. However, if you lose to any 10th dan opponent, you instantly fall back to 10th dan.
• At Champion rank, defeat 5 Champion rank opponents consecutively to advance to the next rank. You cannot lose rank here.
• Depending on your win rate, you will get to go off to 2 different branches. Having 77% or less win rate when you defeat the final (5th) Champion rank opponent, you will advance to the Adept rank. Have 78% or more win rate, you will get Conqueror rank instead.

Adept to Grand Master, Conqueror to Subjugator

• Two different group branches, but same conditions apply. You cannot move from branch to branch.
• You get +1 victory point for every win over a same rank opponent. Lose to an Adept, Master, Grand Master, Conqueror, Vanquisher, Subjugator rank opponent, you get -1 victory point.
• Defeat 5 same rank opponents consecutively to rise to the next rank. However, you lose a rank when you reach -5 victory points.
• At Grand Master or Subjugator rank, you will get to go off to 2 different branches again. Collect +12 victory points, you will advance to Demonlord. Defeat 10 same rank opponents consecutively, you will get Stormlord instead.

Demonlord to Battlelord, Stormlord to Dragonlord

• Again, two different group branches, but same conditions apply. You cannot move from branch to branch.
• Defeat 10 same rank opponents consecutively to advance to the next rank. However, you lose a rank when you face 2 consecutive defeats by any Demonlord, Shadowlord, Battlelord, Stormlord, Thunderlord, Dragonlord rank opponents.
• At Battlelord or Dragonlord rank, defeat 20 same rank opponents consecutively to advance to the next rank.
• There are no branches here; Battlelord can only advance to Emperor, and Dragonlord to High King.

Highest Ranking

Emperor, High King

• Once you attain the highest rank, you cannot lose it.

General Rules

• "Defeat xx same rank opponents" only means that you have to continuously defeat opponents that are of the same rank as you every time you meet them for xx number of times. You can still lose to opponents with ranks that are not equal to yours, or save and quit in between the matches.
• Conqueror, Vanquisher and Subjugator ranks are considered to be superior to Adept, Master and Grand Master even though they are on the same levels in different branches due to the higher difficulty in achieving to the former ranks. This also applies to Stormlord, Thunderlord, Dragonlord and High King for being higher than Demonlord, Shadowlord, Battlelord and Emperor.
• Once your character has attained either Emperor or High King ranks, he or she will no longer be able to change ranks.

Unlockables

Rank	Reward
9th kyu	Coordinate 1 Second outfit color set.
7th kyu	Coordinate 2 Third outfit color set.
5th kyu	Coordinate 3 Fourth outfit color set.
3rd kyu	Coordinate 4 Fifth outfit color set.
2nd kyu	Old Win Pose 1 Press and hold P+K+G buttons before your character does the victory pose.
1st dan	Training Stage 1 Selectable in Versus Mode. VF1 Character Model Press and hold P+K buttons right after selecting your custom character. Coordinate 5 Sixth outfit color set.
3rd dan	Old Win Pose 2 Press and hold P+K buttons before your character does the victory pose. Coordinate 6 Seventh outfit color set.
5th dan	Training Stage 2 Selectable in Versus Mode. Coordinate 7 Eighth outfit color set.
7th dan	Coordinate 8 Ninth outfit color set.
10th dan	Coordinate 9 Tenth outfit color set.
Champion	Training Stage 3 Selectable in Versus Mode. Coordinate 10 Eleventh outfit color set.
Emperor, High King	Hangar Stage (Dural's Stage) Selectable in Versus Mode.