Franco Bash is a video game character created by SNK, and one of the characters featured in the Fatal Fury series of fighting games.

According to his official biography, Franco was born September 16, 1963. He stands 1.95 m (6 ft 4 in) tall and weighed 115 kg (253 lb). His blood is type A. His hobby is Bodybuilding, his favourite food is Curry rice, his favourite sport is Ice Hockey. His treasured possession is his son Junior, and dislikes people who bully his son. He enjoys Jazz music, and is especially skilled at drinking beer.

Franco Bash is a kickboxer, who began fighting to distract himself from his wife's death. He traveled to Southtown in order to hone his skills as a fighter. He rose in popularity while avoiding the city's corruption, although his presence was beginning to be noticed by Southtowns crime syndicates. Franco was approached by Ryuji Yamazaki after a fight and asked to become a bodyguard of Jin Chonrei and Jin Chonshu, who both sought to achieve immortality. He quickly refused, and Yamazaki disappeared as quickly as he appeared, but not before telling Bash that he would gain many strong enemies if he didn't concede.

Afterwards Franco became worried and his fighting ability became impaired. He returned home one day to find his son kidnapped and a note signed by Yamazaki. An inflamed Bash promised to bring his son's captors to justice, and with the help of the Lonely Wolves Andy and Terry Bogard, rescued his son, even though Yamazaki had escaped. With the Jin twins plans trounced, he joined the Lonely Wolves and friends and assisted them in defeating Geese Howard.

He was astounded by all of the fighting styles he witnessed and now travels the world with his son in search of strong opponents.