I do! I DO! He's one of my favorite fighting characters of all time (partly because the first three letters in his name are the same as mine). I'm actually pretty good with him (I'm even better with him in CvS 2). Another reason why I like him is because he's the only original character (outside of Kyo, Chin, Chang, and Choi) to appear in KOF every year (keep in mind that Athena and Kensou were originally in Psycho Soldiers, while Ralf and Clark were in Ikari Warriors).
Beni's pretty cool! It took a while for me to force myself to believe that he wasn't gay; just flamboyant. I think I started liking him in '98... When he changed his outfit. I use him a lot, now.
Benimaru was the first character I picked up on when I played the Hero team back in KOF94. Cool character indeed, though I miss the 94-95 look of his DM. It just doesn't look as impressive now.