He is the game's largest character, towering over other heavyweights such as Zangief and Birdie. Q is being tracked by the CIA because of his presence in numerous strange disasters. His supposedly bad behaviour sees him constantly getting punished, as evident in his debut. Earlier this year, a State of Play presentation saw Capcom show off Street Fighter 6, which revealed new character Jamie alongside Ryu, Chun-Li, and Luke. He was the only character fully created by Keiji Inafune for the original Street Fighter. Balrog, Vega, Sagat, and M. Bison were all unplayable bosses in the original, Shin Akuma only appears playable in the console versions of, Hayate is playable in the arcade version of, Voiced by: Shintaro Ohata (Japanese); Lance J. Holt (English), "It is likely he was a prototype for Balrog, judging by outward appearance and profile. [4] In his ending, he makes fun from redundant Sagat and since then he considers himself as a new Muay Thai master. Similarities between Joe and "Ghost", the blond underground fighter in red jeans from the Capcom game Final Fight: Streetwise, have led many to believe they are the same character.[29]. Hayate (), who makes his first appearance in the original Street Fighter EX2, is a samurai from the village of Kukunoichi (, Kukunoichimura), hidden within the mountains. According to leaked documents (via ResetEra) from the . [1] In Alpha 3, he tries to track down and challenge Akuma. [51][67] Outside the Street Fighter III series, Hugo appears as a playable character in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos and Capcom USA's Final Fight Revenge. Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. In A Shadow Falls, he appears as an antagonist on his own, unrelated to Shadaloo nor the Secret Society. [29][51] Sean makes a cameo appearance in Ryu's ending and intro in Marvel vs. Capcom, and as a supporting character in Street Fighter V. Twelve (, Tueruvu) is a humanoid creature introduced as a playable character in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. "[33], She has gained a popularity among the series' fandom as well. In New Generation, Tom loses a fight with Gill, the president of the Illuminati and gets injured as a result. He dreams of creating his original special moves. [citation needed] From there he is included in the GBA and PSP versions of Street Fighter Alpha 3. Afterwards, Hugo and his rival go on to form a tag team to compete in the CWA tag tournament. Beta is an untextured blue polygonal model resembling a male human, and Gamma is a green wireframed model. [103] Rashid's appearance was announced by Yoshinori Ono during the Games15 event in Dubai. He first appears as a non-playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 2 as Guy's teacher and the 38th Master of the Bushinryu school. For artist and designers, these female fatales provides a chance for artistic people to come up with intriguing and creative artworks on Street Fighter characters. DudleyIs there a Street fighter character with as much class and dignity as Dudley? He serves as a protagonist of Street Fighter IV. [82] She was reportedly his favorite character when the game was early in development. [64] Gill is not playable in any of the arcade versions of the Street Fighter III games. Kolin (, Krin) is a character who made her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. A princess from a tribe in Kenya, who loves friends, music, and fighting, Elena debuted in Street Fighter III: New Generation back in 1997 as the first playable Black woman in the series, and, at . 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[21] According to Red Bull, Elena earned an infamy during the 2015 Capcom Pro Tour for being an overpowered character "terrorizing" the players at the game's early tournaments, as her "healing Ultra, ridiculously awkward hurtbox, and even more ridiculous range and hit box was a nightmare scenario for many. [5] Like Birdie and Eagle, Adon and Sagat share a motif: both characters' special moves are inspired by big cats, the jaguar and the tiger. Misty has been breaking new ground since she burst onto the comic page, including her 1970s relationship with Iron Fist, one of the first interracial relationships in the superhero genre. [60] Alex was named by Heavy.com as the character they wanted to see the most in Ultra Street Fighter IV. He has artificially enhanced his body in order to overthrow the men in charge of the totalitarian government responsible for the deaths of his wife and daughter. Max is a technical heavyweight boxer who fights in mixed martial arts events and loves to gamble. Ace uses a custom fighting style, which the player can edit by passing a series of trials in the game's Character Edit mode. He is a hot-temperered Canadian member of Metro City's Mad Gear gang who originally appeared as a boss character in 1989's Final Fight. [136] Bloody Hokuto returns in Fighting EX Layer, now going by her original name of Shirase. [90] IGN AU praised the character, stating approval for the variations of her attacks. Inspired by Greco-Roman gladiator culture, she enters competitive fighting to seek both glorious beauty and strength. Believing that this person is associated with the upcoming S.I.N. [80] She was tailored towards Western tastes, as an experiment to see how audiences would receive the character. While Capcom noted this would be the starting lineup for Street Fighter 6, some fans theorized more characters might be added soon after or even during launch. Little is known about her, although Alpha 3 MAX presents some possibilities about her true origins. You you saved meThank you.." / "Ingrid: It seems someone was controlling you like an evil puppet." [14], Elena's visual design is somewhat similar to Dhalsim's,[15] but her fighting style is strikingly different. "[24] The magazine compared her "incredible" taunt animation to "a particularly smooth cartoon. IGN ranked Gen at number eighteen in their "Top 25 Street Fighter Characters" article. While the majority of Cyborg's mission is watching Street Fighters battle, the Cyborg faces Ryu near the game's end. These female characters like Chun Li, Cammy, Sakura, Ibuki and many others have a large fan base of men (and women) from all around the world. He was in a special forces unit led by Guile when it became involved in a scuffle against a rival unit led by Rolento. Eleven (, Irevun) is a character who made his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC. Gen has appeared in media outside of video games. Fighters include Luke, Jamie, Manon, Kimberly, Marisa, Lily, JP, Juri, Dee Jay, Cammy, Ryu, E. Honda, Blanka, Guile, Ken, Chun-Li, Zangief, and Dhalsim. He is the second Japanese opponent in the original Street Fighter,[19] a battle which takes place near Mount Fuji. His stats are exactly the same as listed in the original Slam Masters video game, again confirming his true identity.[141]. Uncharted series - Nadine Ross As a former South African mercenary who was raised in war, and later pursues a career as a treasure hunter, Nadine Ross obviously knows how to hold her own. [97] Streamline Studios, based in Malaysia, was responsible for modeling and rigging of his model. Gill appears in his default costume as a tall, muscular man with flowing blond hair, the right side of his body colored red, and the left side colored blue, wearing nothing but a loincloth. She reverts to her original design in EX3. She was the first female fighter in the series and has been a mainstay ever since. He makes a cameo appearance in Street Fighter X Tekken. After Remy's sister died, he encased her body in an iced casket, which he keeps in an underwater cove in the Bay of Biscay. He appears as a selectable character in the crossover game Capcom vs. SNK 2, having become a secret agent for MI6. On a lighter note, the general owns a private plane and is the owner of five bulldogs, although due to hishigh dedication to work, he hasn't found time to go home and be a family man. She recently became Guy's kunoichi apprentice and loves 1980's pop culture. [88] A reviewer for the New Straits Times described her as the best of the new characters, praising both her appearance and attack arsenal. Elena is one of the playable Capcom-side character cards appearing in the SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash series. Ken. He recognizes Guile's "Sonic Boom" technique, but refuses to comment when Guile presses him for information about Charlie, its originator. He was re-included in the PlayStation version of the game as a hidden character. Years later, during the S.I.N. [4] She has a tomboyish but light-hearted personality, and loves music and dance. Alex beats Gill and wins the tournament, but spares Gill, who is impressed about Alex's skills after their encounter. After confronting Hokuto and Nanase, he recovers his memories and learns that he was responsible for the death of their father. She appears as a solo unit in Project X Zone 2. [123] Her butler is called Sebastian. [131] In Street Fighter EX3, he has a special ending if the player finishes the single-player mode with Zangief as his tag-partner. Due to his struggling to fight off the fragment of Bison's soul in him, Ed parts away from Balrog, in order to save themselves, and being forced to fight him one last time before both departing for new lives. Naturally this makes him the powerhouse of his unit.Matthew is pretty much like Jax from Mortal Kombat and Cyborg from DC comics fused into one entity. Kairi (), who first appears as a secret character in the original Street Fighter EX, is depicted as an amnesiac who was initially conceived to be the main character in the EX series. In Street Fighter EX2 Plus, he continues to be pursued by the mysterious organization,[126] and by the end of Street Fighter EX3 he seeks refuge in Blair's mansion. A male would end up being stern, and we already had plenty of stern characters. While Birdie has an intimating aura in the Street Fighter Alpha series, he is literally turned into a fat joke in Street Fighter V. 5. It has been determined that "a bringer of death" once walked amongst their people. While Dudley was less than thrilled about the journey to begin with, it turns out that Elena's cheerful demeanor helped make it a fun trip. She is featured prominently in Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls, operating under the name "Helen" and organizing a group of fighters to help stop Bison's plan in order to advance the Illuminati's goals. He also appears in the High Roller Casino stage in Street Fighter 5 as a background character. Designed by Daigo Ikeno,[78] Viper was designed around the concept of a 20-year-old single mother. [16][17] The fighting style of Street Fighter V's Laura resembles a mix of Elena's and Abel's. Remy's rival match illustrates this, as his sudden appearance and challenge surprise Alex, who thinks him nothing but a troubled man. Blade (, Burdo), played by game designer Alan Noon, is a character who appears exclusively in the Street Fighter: The Movie arcade game. MaxRemember the Black dude who got dropped with a right hook in the controversial Street Fighter 2 intro, yeah that dude. Nanase is a skilled master of bojutsu. Eleven does not have his own fighting style, but instead functions as a mimic character, transforming into a random fighter with a randomly-selected V-Skill and V-Trigger at the start of each match.[100]. [124] She is also mentioned in Jack's ending in Street Fighter EX3. Area (, Eria), who first appears in Street Fighter EX2 Plus, is a young girl hailing from the United Kingdom with braided hair and glasses. [47][65] In 2nd Impact, Hugo seeks a partner for an upcoming tag team wrestling tournament due to take place in a few months. However, he finds his military training is not bringing him the type of strength he seeks. The fighting style she uses is Systema, a hybrid Russian martial arts that can be seen in her use of counters, throws and strikes.[102]. The Cyborg's special moves are the same ones used by Ken in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, including his Shry Reppa Super Combo. The Emperor of Muay Thai himself, Sagat, is probably one of the more formidable-looking characters on this list. Cyborg was a new model of Monitor Cyborg secretly developed by Shadaloo. [30] In 2012, Complex ranked her as the seventh best black character in video games, adding "though not one of the most popular characters in the franchise, Elena has a cult fanbase that adores her and so do we. He obsesses big judo or wrestling type of throws and slams as well his signature move Flying wheel kick (Jap. [104] Rashid's model was created by NXA Studios, based in China. [51][71] Nothing of his background has yet been revealed. Rashid (, Rashdo, from Arabic ) is a character introduced as the protagonist of Street Fighter V, according to Capcom, and is the eldest son of an old Middle Eastern family. Her power is so intense that if given the chance, she can actually break Ryu's madness if he ever succumbs to the Satsui no Hado. However, he is selectable once he is unlocked from within the console versions of 2nd Impact and 3rd Strike. He is apparently permanently destroyed by Akuma in the latter's character story. Anyway, as the only other playable character in the first game, Ken is arguably as iconic a Street Fighter character as Ryu. Abel's fighting style has elements from Judo, Kyokushin style of karate, Wrestling, Sambo and Mixed martial arts. At the end of EX3, he returns home after getting his revenge on his lover's murderer. Returning to Britain, Elena told the tree who summoned her all about the trip, and the tree seemed to be listening intently. This character was only playable in the Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation. [7][20] In Ultra Street Fighter IV, she is the only one with both offensive and defensive Ultras, the latter of which can restore half of her health bar. There are three other hidden characters in the arcade game, who are all palette swaps of Blade. JP is a Russian Bartitsu fighter, head of an international investment NGO, and the main antagonist of Street Fighter 6, having been responsible for the Nayshall incident surrounding Luke and Kens lives. Shadowgeist (, Shadougaisuto) first appears as a secret character in the arcade version of the original Street Fighter EX2 as well as in Street Fighter EX2 Plus and Street Fighter EX3. According to the Computer & Video Games reviewer of the arcade version of her first game, Elena had "the most animation frames of any 2D hand drawn character in [fighting game] history. [18] Alex was also named as 10th-best character in the series by Complex. Sean is black Dan, Birdie is probably the ugliest and most disgusting street fighter character to date (In a series with Blanka and Rufus top), Dee Jay is literally a dancing sambo, and Balrog is an inept, stupid thug. She reflects on her selfies with the fighters in the tournament and recalls her experience with Blanka, El Fuerte, Dudley, and even Akuma. Shin (, Shin) is a playable character in Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation making his debut during the game's 18 December 2008 update. A red-clad member of Bison's shock troops from the film on which the game is based upon, he has undergone rigorous physical training and conceals an array of weapons such as knives and grenades. The Satsui no Had is purged from Ryu's body during the events of Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls, but somehow develops sentience and manifests as an independent physical entity calling itself Kagenaru Mono. During the development of Street Fighter EX, the developers nicknamed him "Mr. Foul-play" (, Hansoku-kun). She was raised to be a successor to the Mizugami clan. Hailing from Brooklyn New York, Libra is a member of the Judgement girls, female judges who decide the winner in the event of a draw. [127] In the Japanese version of Street Fighter EX Plus for the PlayStation, Gamma is given an additional back-story, a weapon secretly developed by Pullum's father Balba to annihilate a huge criminal organization. [89] GamesRadar stated that while her fighting style made her feel out of place in the series, "that's why she adds so much to the game". Like Allen, Blair appears in Arika's arcade fighting game Fighting Layer, in which she takes a sudden trip to South Island. Black teachers, engineers, janitors, construction workers, priests, chefs, boy scouts, cops, judges, activists, nurses, biologists, soldiers, sailors, pirates, immigrants, magicians, tourists, waiters, explorers, gangsters, executives, authors, paranormal investigators, chemists, truckers. Mr. Long is a fine doppelganger of the martial arts legend that has fiery punches and kicks in tow. 13 Kimberly: Street Fighter's Best Female Newcomer Street Fighter 6 is still far off on the horizon. Khyber (, Kaib) (the yellow shock trooper) uses special techniques that resemble the ones used by Dhalsim (who was not featured in the arcade game) such as the Yoga Flame and Yoga Blast. [99] His gameplay can be considered a mixture between Balrog and M.Bison, as he has the boxing (particularly kickboxing outside fist-only official match) prowess of the former and psychokinetic powers of the latter. Both of her concept designs had her barefoot and wearing a black hakama. [19], Elena is one of the only characters who can heal, which she uses her Super Arts to do. [35] Although Retsu has never appeared in another Street Fighter game, his character has been depicted in later Street Fighter related media, including two Japanese Street Fighter II audio drama albums, an appearance in the US Street Fighter comic book and as a card in Card Fighters 2. His back-story for Street Fighter EX2 establishes that he was raised in a mercenary training facility, where he was trained in the use of weapons similar to Rolento's, such as knives, grenades, and wires. [81] Street Fighter IV executive producer Yoshinori Ono has described her as the most "unorthodox" of the four new characters introduced in the title, emphasizing this aspect as one he felt would appeal to American players. Dhalsim then tells Alex that big things will happen to him in the future, foreshadowing his role as the main character of the Street Fighter III series, and teleports away. "[31], Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield expressed a desire to see her in Super Street Fighter IV, calling her his favourite character. Rashid has an obsession with the newest technology and is capable of producing small tornadoes, earning him the nickname "Rashid of the Turbulent Wind". He is following the footsteps of his father, a legendary hero who once saved his home village from the demon Orochi (), and is one of the few Street Fighter characters to use a sword in combat. [3] She is an extremely skilled adept of capoeira, a fighting style which mostly use one's legs to fight. Doctrine Dark was among the 20 fighters GamesRadar wished were included in Street Fighter X Tekken.[130]. Sharon is depicted wielding a gun in the character artwork for the original EX2, but she does not use any firearms until EX2 Plus. He is described by director Takayuki Nakayama as an important character to the future of the Street Fighter franchise who was created to help expand the universe in the series takes place. Laura (Debut: Street Fighter V) She's Sean Matsuda's older sister and a master of Jiu-Jitsu who can shoot lightning out of her palms. Below are characters that made their debut in the arcade game based on the live action film. He is the third of four children, with two older brothers and a younger sister. MikeBalrog is often credited as the first Black Street Fighter character, having debuted in 1991's Street Fighter II, yet Mike predated the heavyweight boxer by five years in fact, having appeared in the first Street Fighter game, which released in 1987.Over the years many people have mistaken Mike for Balrog, which is fair given the fact that they're both formidable boxers with similar gameplay. It was confirmed in the booklet of the official Street Fighter III soundtrack that Elena was based on actress Yuki Uchida during her career as a model. Blair is acquainted with Pullum, as they are both members of the International Debutante Club. He adopts his superhero identity when a client asks him to dress up and pose for a superhero attraction at his department store. However in 2016, Capcom finally put that rumour to rest and identified both fighters as Max and Scott respectively. 31. "[3] Electronic Gaming Monthly remarked that her lack of punch attacks make her awkward to use, but she can be an effective fighter for players who get used to her unusual kicks. [44][45] Juli and Juni were given their own individual storyline and ending when they became part of the regular character roster in the console versions of Alpha 3, in which Juli is assigned to track down Cammy and Juni to track down Ryu. She first appears in Street Fighter III in a non-playable capacity as Gill's assistant. Gen also makes minor appearances in Street Fighter V and Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix. Geki () is a Japanese Ninja who fights with hand claws and shuriken and has the ability to teleport. His ultimate goal is to test the skills of several warriors and coerce them into his cause. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he wanders off from his home village and into the vicinity of Moscow, where he comes into contact with Gill's organization, which remodels his DNA to turn him into a living weapon, granting him superhuman flexibility. [23] In a GamesRadar article by Michael Grimm, a fight between Gen and Wang Jinrei was written as one of the ones players wanted to see in Street Fighter X Tekken. In battle, she wears a pair of high-speed rollerblades and a mechanical right arm codenamed "Cancer" (, Kyans). [36] How M. Bison came into possession of the item is never explained, though it bears a resemblance to the crests on her head. Sean's greatest weakness is receiving attacks while attacking. Elena appears in a larger role in the Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki comic book series by UDON Entertainment. He made his first Street Fighter appearance in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, in which he wears a similar pink leopard-print shirt and pants with chains around his waist. Garuda's form is said to change depending on his opponent: he takes a strong form against warriors seeking strength and feeds on the hatred of warriors who are seeking vengeance. He can also create a momentary shield to protect him from single-hit projectile attacks. She was first introduced in 1995's Final Fight 3 as a detective with Metro City's Special Crimes Unit and one of the game's player characters. He also appears as a playable character in Ultra Street Fighter IV. Moreover, he's undoubtedly the strongest Street Fighter character to have ever worked under Bison. In Hugo's ending, he and Poison form the Huge Wrestling Army (H.W.A. Dhalsim successfully convinces Alex otherwise and receives the chess piece from Alex. Asuka is a young Japanese woman with long black hair. Elena (, Erena) is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series who made her first appearance in Street Fighter III: New Generation in 1997. A few elements of Elena's story are based on her role in the Street Fighter III: Ryu Final manga, including her choice of Dudley as her partner. She returns in Ultra Street Fighter IV, the final update for Street Fighter IV. He usually wears sambo like composition; blue judogi or sambo kurtka with white shorts and belt and also pair of shin pads and MMA gloves. Oh, how apt, as his full name is Ken Masters. Adon (, Thai: , Adon, [/.dn/]) appears in the original Street Fighter as a Muay Thai warrior that the player faces before the final match against Sagat. Capcom's reason for his paleness in the original Street Fighter game was due to him being sick. In Street Fighter V, Viper appears in M. Bison's story mode and serves as the main narrator of events while spying on the dictator. This enables him to slide across the ground and launch his opponents by squeezing them through his bulging muscles. Juli and Juni are the only characters in Alpha 3 to have combined special moves and super combos; these are used exclusively when both characters fight as a pair during the Dramatic Battle mode. "[26], On the other hand, Official Dreamcast Magazine UK had listed the "bland" and "a bit crap" Elena among in their opinion the worst aspects of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike at the time of game's release. In her story, Elena finds herself summoned to Dudley's estate and tells him she was told by a tree in his garden that the two of them must take a journey to Antarctica. [7] Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. He has a friendly rivalry with T. Hawk, who bested him before the events of Super Street Fighter IV and told him to challenge him again when he got stronger. Elena figures were released by manufacturers including G-Dome, Mad Hands, Yujin, and Kotabukiya. Hugo's final opponent in the single-player mode varies, the four possibilities being Gill, Ryu, Elena and Necro. Capcom has made exactly one black character who isn't really a joke in the context of th SF universe and that's Dudley. She first appears as a non-player character in Street Fighter Alpha 3, making a cameo in Juli and Juni's introduction. And Street Fighter made sure to follow that respectful trend by introducing the world to Fei Long in Super Street Fighter II. Lee (, R, pinyin: L) is a Chinese martial arts expert seeking to test his skills against worthy opponents. Gill makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V as a playable character in the Champion Edition update. [47][48][49] Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact retcons New Generation, but Alex's story stays the same, but he now has a rivalry with Hugo, a German pro wrestler of extreme height. [35] In a 2018 worldwide poll by Capcom, Elena was voted 42nd most popular Street Fighter character (out of 109).[36]. For years, him and his white counterpart were often mistaken for being Mike and Joe from Street Fighter 1. He lost his memories while fighting an unknown challenger and now walks the "Path of the Shura", fighting to survive. 14. [8], Birdie debuted in the first Street Fighter as the first of two opponents the player faces in England, where he is initially presented as a tall, white punk rocker with a beak-shaped mohawk hairstyle. Birthplace: China. In EX2, his hair has changed from black to white as a result of his constant battles. Iconic enough to also appear in Wreck-It Ralph, alongside Ryu, M. Bison, Chun-Li, and Blanka. Hell, we even have a transgender character in the form of Poison & a gay character in the form of Eagle. F7 (, Efusebun) (the black shock trooper) has all the techniques of the other three shock troopers. Jamie Siu (, Jeim Shou)[107] was revealed in the Summer State of Play trailer on June 2, 2022. In Ultra Street Fighter IV, it is revealed that she is an earlier, imperfect product of Shadaloo's cloning experiments that would eventually result in Cammy's creation. Skullomania (, Sukaromania) is the secret identity of Saburo Nishikoyama (, Nishikoyama Sabur), a third-rate businessman from Tokyo who works to support his wife and children. Making his debut in 1997's Street Fighter 3 New generation as the second Black British character and third boxer in the series, this upper class heavyweight boxer maybe a gentle soul but his boxing technique and speed are utterly disrespectful.Although Dudley has gained the reputation for being a well mannered and polite gentleman, his personality was quite different in the first two Street Fighter 3 games, in which he was a far more snobbish and proud pugilist.