Capcom's fighting game franchise Street Fighter has introduced many iconic characters since it's debut in 1987, from the likes of Ryu and Chun-Li to Guile and Cammy. Before beginning her studies again, Elena decides to street fight once again to seek new friends. Juli's backstory is further developed in the console versions of Alpha 3 with the addition of T. Hawk to the cast. Streamline Studios, based in Malaysia, was responsible for modeling and rigging of his model. These women would make the perfect girlfriend. And Balrog is even called Mike Bison in Japan. On the surface Deejay is a happy go lucky man with a nonsensical grin and laidback attitude, however he is also a hard worker with strong credentials.At the time of his conception, Deejay was the only street fighter to be designed by Capcom's American division and the inspiration behind his character wasBilly Blanks. In the story, she lives a double life as a nun taking care of orphans at a monastery and an A-class agent for a secret intelligence group. [129] In July 2011, a video from an Arika 3DS test project, called Fighting Sample, was released featuring Dark. Ingrid claims that she is the true bearer of what is called "Psycho Power", telling M. Bison that the Psycho Power is "her power" and that he has stolen it. [4] In his ending, he makes fun from redundant Sagat and since then he considers himself as a new Muay Thai master. Mike (, Maiku) is an African-American boxer who formerly competed professionally, until he accidentally killed an opponent during a match. She is the second heaviest known playable female character, the heaviest being Marisa. Capcom's reason for his paleness in the original Street Fighter game was due to him being sick. There's the giant wrestler, the stretchy guy, the karate guy who sucks, and . He is the only new character created for the game. Ken is Ryu's best bud and a straight-up karate master. The creation of Rashid was a close collaboration between Capcom Japan, Sony, and Pluto Games. As revealed in his ending sequence, he is actually Guile's brother Gunloc (Lucky Colt ( Rakk Koruto) in the Japanese version) who has infiltrated the Shadaloo Gang as a deep cover agent, reporting to his brother. [51][70], Q, who first appears in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, is a mysterious individual in a trenchcoat and hat, whose face is concealed by an expressionless metal mask, based on the main character from Tokusatsu series Robot Detective (Robot Keiji K). As I mentioned in a previous thread, Street Fighter V alone has quite a bit of people of color in its current roster, especially compared to most other fighting games. He has a move called the Ontario drop, and likes to mimic car sounds. He also appears in Capcom Fighting All-Stars and Capcom Fighting Evolution. 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. [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. "The Shadowed One") is a physical manifestation of the Satsui no Had separated from Ryu's body, introduced in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. This is a list of playable characters and non-playable opponents from the whole franchise. After confronting Hokuto and Nanase, he recovers his memories and learns that he was responsible for the death of their father. 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. [24] In 2015, Gamer Headlines ranked Gen as the "9th top over 50 video game character in gaming". The Emperor of Muay Thai himself, Sagat, is probably one of the more formidable-looking characters on this list. Despite parting ways, Ed and Balrog still share a bond with each other, as shown in his Arcade ending artwork where they have an official boxing match. [6] In her ending, Elena writes back to her Japanese friend after returning to France from spending her summer vacation in Japan again and invites Narumi to visit her in Africa during her winter vacation. Her animation appears to be two to three times smoother than any other character in SFIII. He appears in UDON's Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li to challenge Fei Long for the honor of revealing a Chinese artifact. After being rescued by Ed, the duo became founding members of Neo Shadaloo. 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]. Moreover, he's undoubtedly the strongest Street Fighter character to have ever worked under Bison. He appears in the original EX and its re-releases with long black hair and a scar over his left eye. Depicted as a younger martial arts master, he serves as the leader of a secret anti-crime organization known as the Order of the Web who taught Chun-Li her more advanced moves, including the Kikoken[clarification needed], and accompanies her in the fight against M. Bison and Shadaloo. Byron TaylorIf there was ever a man who took his job more seriously than Guile in the Street Fighter universe, it would probably be his superior Bryon Taylor in Street Fighter 5. He also appears as a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken with his official tag partner, Poison. 2. 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. The character of El Fuerte is inspired by real wrestlers from Mexico, in particular El Santo, a prominent Mexican wrestler who also wore a silver mask. He is ranked 16th in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. 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. He is an American MMA fighter who joined the military to become stronger after his father, Robert, was killed in a terrorist attack during his childhood. His parents died at a young age, so he was raised by his father's friend, Tom, who trained him in fighting. In 3rd Strike,[69] Necro and Effie are pursued by agents of the organization, but still live in hope of "truth and liberty". 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. Despite being considered a failure, Eleven's raw material was later used by Kolin for the reconstruction of Charlie Nash. Blair is acquainted with Pullum, as they are both members of the International Debutante Club. Elena made her debut in Street Fighter III and its subsequent expansions, Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Many of his moves have names referring to Mexican food. [citation needed] From there he is included in the GBA and PSP versions of Street Fighter Alpha 3. Dhalsim comes to his trailer, wanting the chess piece, but Alex believes Dhalsim is a mugger and fights him. [47][68] Necro has a long reach and can use throws and electrocution. [11] Nevertheless, he is included in a series of character wishlists prior to his return to the series in Street Fighter V by IGN,[12] Askmen.com[13] and GamesRadar.[14]. as an opponent who challenges Sakura in a street fighting event sponsored by Karin Kanzuki at the Setagaya Ward. He makes peace with his sister and follows a new path. [135] A new Hayate, the descendant of the original, appears as a playable character in Fighting EX Layer. In Street Fighter IV his alternate outfit is like the original, only with blue wrestling singlets with embroidered French flag on his chest. His fighting style is based on Yal gre and involves him coating himself in oil to make his body slippery. Allen Snider (, Aren Sunaid), who appears as a secret character in the original Street Fighter EX and as a regular character in Street Fighter EX Plus and EX Plus , is a fighter who was said to be the strongest freestyle karate fighter on the American karate circuit, until he experienced his first defeat against a young Ken Masters at the All-American Martial Arts Tournament. Kimberly Jackson (, Kinbar Jakuson)[113] was also first shown in the trailer for June 2022 before being announced at EVO 2022. 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. Black Characters in the Street Fighter Series - WordPress.com ), which includes other 3rd Strike characters. [40] In another official poll conducted by Bandai Namco, Ingrid was the third most requested Street Fighter character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, having received 15.38% of the votes. Gen () is an elderly Chinese martial arts master and former assassin with ties to Chun-Li's backstory, first introduced as a non-playable opponent in the original Street Fighter. He craves to experience all fighting arts, searching for the perfect duel. Birdie was initially a pale and tall70sEnglishpunk rocker in the original Street Fighter game. She was raised to be a successor to the Mizugami clan. Elena is an expert in capoeira, and she is the nature-loving and light-hearted daughter of an East African tribal leader who has attended schools abroad and travels the world to make friends. Area (, Eria), who first appears in Street Fighter EX2 Plus, is a young girl hailing from the United Kingdom with braided hair and glasses. [62] At the start of the series he is the President of the Illuminati, a secret society that has controlled the underworld for thousands of years and seeks to turn the whole world into a utopia by causing an armageddon. She decides to travel the world with her bodyguard Darun when she overhears her grandfather whisper the name "Shadaloo", believing that it is the name of a person. There was a glimpse at a battle hub,. He dreams of creating his original special moves. BirdieThis dim-witted, violent and short tempered brute is the type of cockney you wouldn't wanna meet in a dark alley. The UDON comic series of Street Fighter shows El Fuerte as a big fan of R. Mika. Though capable of imitating other fighters, Eleven is heavily damaged during a training exercise with Urien and deemed a failure, resulting in the design being further modified to create Twelve. With that, she decides to head for her next trip to Japan, where she meets up with Sakura.[9]. His targets are filled with despair when he corners them. [94] C. Viper is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. 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. Elena has been mostly very well received by video game critics and writers. Height: 5'5" (165 cm) Weight: Secret. [19], Elena is one of the only characters who can heal, which she uses her Super Arts to do. Alex eventually returns to Tom as a changed person after fighting various people around the world. She's an amazing fighter who is also intelligent, pretty and just an all around badass woman. With her fast moves and killer combos, anyone who played the game's closed beta knows that this eighties-fan-girl is the one to beat! ", "Ryu and Cammy sit atop the Ultra Street Fighter 4 popularity rankings in Japan, you'll never guess who came in dead last", "Street Fighter III 2nd Impact character introductions (waybacked)", Official Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike Alex character biography (in Japanese), "Street Fighter III 3rd Strike character introductions", Capcom Fighting Evolution (Xbox) Xbox Game Reviews. After leaving his hometown at the age of 20, he becomes a popular wrestler in the US, with former street warrior Poison, another enemy character from Final Fight, as his manager. [31][32] The Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia notably lists them as separate individuals[33] as does the Japanese Street Fighter V website, which has a separate character page for Mike with redesigned artwork for him. Upon his reappearance in later titles, Eagle was redesigned and inspired by Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury: One of his voiced win quotes is "the show must go on", based on the song of the same name. Decapre (, Dikpuri, ) is a character who makes her first playable appearance in Ultra Street Fighter IV. Obsessively following every lead on the whereabouts of Shadaloo's remnants, he was found in the burning remains of a Shadaloo base and nursed back to health by a group of mercenaries, working alongside them to rediscover his past and to defeat Shadaloo once and for all. Dark once served in the American armed forces. A male would end up being stern, and we already had plenty of stern characters. He has a shapeshifting body that is an improved and strengthened version of the prototype body given to Necro. F7 (, Efusebun) (the black shock trooper) has all the techniques of the other three shock troopers. [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. She is in fact an undercover CIA agent, whose goal is to acquire data for the BLECE Project. [18], Remy (, Rem), who first appears in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, is a young turquoise-haired savateur from Paris who seeks revenge against his father, a martial artist who abandoned him and his sister. This enables him to slide across the ground and launch his opponents by squeezing them through his bulging muscles. He agrees to become Pullum Purna's bodyguard, hoping to use the opportunity to travel the world and fight many wrestlers. Mr. Long is a fine doppelganger of the martial arts legend that has fiery punches and kicks in tow. Elena was added to the social game Street Fighter Battle Combination in 2016.[11]. [59] He was ranked as the sixth-best Street Fighter character by UGO.com. In her first concept, she wore a white headband with a red spot in the middle akin to the Japanese flag, black wristbands, and a white sarashi covering her chest and breasts. 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. Her alongside the other Dolls are captured and brainwashed by Shadaloo to serve and ultimately protect M.Bison from danger.Outside of being a Shadaloo Doll, little is known about Santamu's origins, although one thing we do know is that she loves animals and has a pet monkey named Kiki. Haven't tried Street Fighter V yet, then here is your chance to get more from Street Fighter V Champion Edition. [82] She was reportedly his favorite character when the game was early in development. In EX2, his hair has changed from black to white as a result of his constant battles. [85], Writing for VideoGamer.com, Wesley Yin-Poole described Crimson Viper as looking "ridiculous", and called her a "SNK character lost in a Capcom game". We picked out the best Female Warriors from . Falke was built by Shadaloo to be an alternative clone for M. Bison and forced to undergo relentless experimentation and training. She returns in Ultra Street Fighter IV, the final update for Street Fighter IV. Capcom has made exactly one black character who isn't really a joke in the context of th SF universe and that's Dudley. [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". She travels the world to hone her skills with her bodyguard Cracker Jack, whom her mother has hired to protect her. Matthew McCoyThis burly trooper is a member of Delta Red, a special forcesbattalion based in England, UK (that Cammy is apart of) and specializes in heavy weaponry. Despite this she is a joyful, nature loving capoeira fighter whose passion is to travel the world and meet new friends along the way.She studied as an exchange student in Japan where she met her best friend and later continued those studies in France. Ingrid (, Inguriddo) was slated to appear in the canceled Capcom Fighting All-Stars arcade game using the nickname "Eternal Goddess", but her animations were completely redrawn in 2D, and she was introduced as a playable character in Capcom Fighting Jam for the arcades, Xbox and PlayStation 2. 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]. Gen appears as one of the main characters the live-action movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, portrayed by Robin Shou. 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. DeejayAs the first Jamaican character to appear in a video game, Deejay is all about the rhythm. Many elements of Skullomania are homages to the Showa era tokusatsu genre of Japanese action shows in general and Kamen Rider in particular, specifically the red scarf and belt since Street Fighter EX2, and prominence of flying kicks in his fighting style. Retsu () is a former Shorinji Kempo instructor who was expelled from his temple after getting involved in too many fights. Lucia Morgan (, Rushia Mgan) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. "[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. Hakan (, Hakan) is an oil wrestler from Turkey and is the second new addition to Super Street Fighter IV. Street Fighter x Tekken - Episode 2 - Cinematic Trailer Street Fighter X Tekken Gamescom 2011 (PS3, Xbox 360, Vita) Street Fighter X Tekken 'Ryu, Chun Li vs Kazuya, Nina' Gameplay Hugo (, Hyg) is a massive professional wrestler from Germany who first appears in Final Fight under the name Andore (). They are similar to Cammy in character design, but have their own special moves and super combos. However Capcom has made it perfectly clear that they're separate characters. Here are the confirmed characters in the Street Fighter 6 roster so far: Ryu Chun Li Luke Jamie Guile Juri Kimberly Ken E Honda Blanka Dhalsim Manon Marisa Lily JP Dee Jay Cammy Zangief Ryu. [Top 10] Street Fighter Best Female Characters We'd Love To Date . He may also be inspired byBritish former professional boxer Chris Eubank. He is a humanoid weapon created by Gill's organization, and a prototype of Twelve from Street Fighter III. Because of his physical appearance and strength, Hugo is often compared to Andr the Giant, a real-life wrestler who worked for the WWF in the mid-80's and inspired the Andore character, extending as far as Hugo's rivalry with Alex, mirroring that between Andr and Hulk Hogan. In Fighting EX Layer, Jack escapes the organization by leaving Blair's employ and fleeing to America. "[24] The magazine compared her "incredible" taunt animation to "a particularly smooth cartoon. Despite fighting out of Metro City, he is noted for being the first playable character in the series who is a Canadian national. However let's turn our attention to some of the more underrated people in the series.Street Fighter's black representation has been far from perfect, nevertheless these characters still ooze charisma and stand out in their own ways. During battle, he can perform a "G Charge" to increase his presidentiality level, enhancing his special moves. In his ending, he becomes Ken's disciple, only to be told that he needs to defeat Ryu to become worthy. 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. In T. Hawk's single-player storyline, Juli is revealed to be Julia, his girlfriend who used to live in his home village until she was kidnapped and brainwashed by Shadaloo. Once we decided on Africa, we felt that a female character made for better style. In her Street Fighter III ending, Elena ends up being transferred to a high school in Japan as an exchange student, where she has befriended a young Japanese girl named Narumi () and writes home to her parents about her experiences. Her fighting style is derived from Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that utilizes elbow and shoulder strikes, while Daigo assists her in certain attacks.
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