Robert Garcia (Japanese: ロバート・ガルシア, Hepburn: Robāto Garushia) is a video game character created by SNK introduced in the 1992 fighting game Art of Fighting as the supporting character alongside his best friend Ryo Sakazaki, the lead character. The game has both of them as practitioners of the Kyokugenryu Karate (Japanese: 極限流空手) fighting style who search for Ryo's younger sister, Yuri Sakazaki, who was kidnapped by a criminal named Mr. Big. He is additionally featured in most of The King of Fighters crossover games, in which starts into the King of Fighters tournament in teams composed of three members. Thus far, he has been a playable character in every edition of KOF except The King of Fighters XI; however, he has been added back in for the PlayStation 2 version of the game. Besides Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters, an older Robert has appeared as downloadable content in the video game Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, but under the name "Mr. Karate III" (Mr.カラテ; lit. "The Third Mr. Karate"). Robert appeared in the film adaptation of Art of Fighting and the manhua from The King of Fighters.
Robert and Ryo were created in Art of Fighting to have a notable role in the narrative based on the game's presentation. Across his appearances, Robert's appearance has changed influenced by multiple famous actors though his gameplay has remained consistent to focus on kicks to contrast Ryo's punches. The character was also used several times in crossovers which led to revisions in The King of Fighters and a major redesign in Fatal Fury to tease a future installment in the Art of Fighting series.
Robert received mixed critics from video games publication, which praised his design, but some also noted him similar to the Street Fighter main characters which eventually led to their company Capcom make their own parody character Dan Hibiki in response. His inclusion in the Fatal Fury series surprised multiple journalists and gamers for taking the nickname Takuma and Ryo often used in previous SNK games. Nevertheless, such role was the subject of positive response based on his new design and how he still incorporates classic techniques from previous games.