The Furious Five in the Kung Fu Panda films consist of five members.
The group is a team of highly trained kung fu masters associated with the Jade Palace. Its members are Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane. Each character uses a different animal-inspired fighting style, and the team’s name directly reflects its membership count.
The Furious Five are already celebrated warriors when Po enters their world. The first film uses their initial skepticism toward Po to create a contrast between established mastery and his unusual path to becoming the Dragon Warrior.
This fact is sometimes confused with the identity of the team’s leader. Tigress is the most prominent and often commands the group in action, but the question here concerns the number of members, not leadership. Later stories also introduce other important kung fu characters without changing the traditional five-member lineup.