He also makes an appearance in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation as one of several fighters accompanying Ryu to rescue Shun from Dr. Sadler. Pullum returns as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer. Marisa (, Marza) is a giant muscular Italian jewelry designer and an MMA-Pankration fighter, whose medium-length red hair almost looks like a helmet. Oh, how apt, as his full name is Ken Masters. [134] Hayate is the only character from the original EX2 who was absent in the arcade version of Street Fighter EX2 Plus. European Street Fighter champion Ryan Hart listed Eagle at the top of his list of best Street Fighter characters. Among the cast of characters introduced in the Street Fighter EX series, Skullomania is the most popular. Kimberly Jackson (, Kinbar Jakuson) is a fighting game character from the Street Fighter games, first partially seen in Street Fighter 6 's second trailer before being properly confirmed near the end of the 2022 EVO tournament. Elena (, Erena) is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series who made her first appearance in Street Fighter III: New Generation in 1997. Elena made her debut in Street Fighter III and its subsequent expansions, Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. With new powers also developing as well, he sets out to find the reason behind these sudden changes. She addresses both Ryu and Rose by name, despite the two of them never revealing their names to her. [125], Blair is ranked 53rd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. 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. 6 Blanka. 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. She's 6 years older than Sean. A tough and uncompromising USAF captain generalwho is a man of mystery, yet at the same time a pretty important guy in the grander scheme of things.Naturally as a high ranking member of the United States Air Force, Bryon is an enemy of Shadaloo and vice versa. Ironically, Strider is one of Zeku's planned clan names, during a conversation between both of his older and younger-selves, therefore possibly connecting the Strider series to the Street Fighter shared universe. Blade (, Burdo), played by game designer Alan Noon, is a character who appears exclusively in the Street Fighter: The Movie arcade game. 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. [8] Street Fighter Alpha's Birdie also topped Gameist's's list of the 10 "lamest Street Fighter characters ever conceived". Sawada's voice is the only one dubbed in the film, as Sawada himself only speaks a little English. All I see is a white haze." "[33], She has gained a popularity among the series' fandom as well. [46] Juli and Juni appear in Namco Capcom as two enemy characters that protagonists face throughout the game. 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. While very energetic and golden hearted, she is also smart, sociable, and culture-adaptive. Area (, Eria), who first appears in Street Fighter EX2 Plus, is a young girl hailing from the United Kingdom with braided hair and glasses. They all share Blade's ending. You you saved meThank you.." / "Ingrid: It seems someone was controlling you like an evil puppet." BirdieThis dim-witted, violent and short tempered brute is the type of cockney you wouldn't wanna meet in a dark alley. He is absent from the original Street Fighter EX2, but returns in Street Fighter EX2 Plus, in which he obtains another opportunity to fight against more wrestlers around the world after Pullum becomes a princess. Kimberly is also a natural born fighter who easily defeated Zeku, which led Guy to accept her request to be his apprentice. [135] A new Hayate, the descendant of the original, appears as a playable character in Fighting EX Layer. His attacks are similar to that of Guile and Charlie, but no notable connection to them has been established. 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. tournament, he then reveals that he has decided to enter her into it. Her fighting style is derived from Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that utilizes elbow and shoulder strikes, while Daigo assists her in certain attacks. Probably not. [28], Elena was also noted as one of the relatively few black female or African characters in video games. Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. He lost his memories while fighting an unknown challenger and now walks the "Path of the Shura", fighting to survive. Street Fighter III producer Tomoshi Sadamoto recalled: "We decided the country of origin before anything else. 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. He is the first opponent the player faces in Japan in the original Street Fighter. This enables him to slide across the ground and launch his opponents by squeezing them through his bulging muscles. He is a humanoid weapon created by Gill's organization, and a prototype of Twelve from Street Fighter III. "[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. 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. super art, Twelve has the ability to briefly copy his opponent's form and moves. 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. Furthermore, as head of the tribe, he then commands her (amid protests from her brother) to observe the fighters and thus determine "the truth", to which she happily agrees. Q is being tracked by the CIA because of his presence in numerous strange disasters. She reverts to her original design in EX3. [39] In addition, her likeness is featured as a downloadable alternate costume for Karin in Street Fighter V. On Capcom's official Street Fighter Character Poll, Ingrid ranked 4th most popular character in the Japanese rankings. 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. 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. She was known as Shirase () as a child. Lucia Morgan (, Rushia Mgan) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. In New Generation, Tom loses a fight with Gill, the president of the Illuminati and gets injured as a result. Gill makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V as a playable character in the Champion Edition update. For years, him and his white counterpart were often mistaken for being Mike and Joe from Street Fighter 1. There, she worked with Guy and Haggar to take down the Skull Cross gang as thanks for Haggar clearing her of a false corruption charge in the past. Capcom will be making a conscious effort to dial back the sexualization of female characters (and perhaps male as well) in Street Fighter 6. Shin (, Shin) is a playable character in Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation making his debut during the game's 18 December 2008 update. [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. In addition to receiving a formal education, Blair has trained herself in various combat sports, believing that one day she will need to know how to defend her loved ones as well as herself. There was a glimpse at a battle hub,. killed her. 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. 13 Kimberly: Street Fighter's Best Female Newcomer Street Fighter 6 is still far off on the horizon. When she learns that a key member of a criminal organization she was assigned to investigate has the same tattoo that she has, she goes after him to find out why. After confronting Hokuto and Nanase, he recovers his memories and learns that he was responsible for the death of their father. [Top 10] Street Fighter Best Female Characters We'd Love To Date . In 3rd Strike, almost a year has passed since Elena has left Japan to study medicine abroad in France during the new year. However in 2016, Capcom finally put that rumour to rest and identified both fighters as Max and Scott respectively. 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. [29] In her article on black game characters, game designer Brenda Brathwaite cited Elena as a character who has a stereotypical design, though fellow game designer Seth Smith noted that black players tended to gravitate to such characters. As of Street Fighter Alpha 2, this is reflected in Gen's ability to switch between two fighting styles during gameplay (mantis and crane). Lee (, R, pinyin: L) is a Chinese martial arts expert seeking to test his skills against worthy opponents. And Balrog is even called Mike Bison in Japan. This character was only playable in the Street Fighter II MOVIE. F7 (, Efusebun) (the black shock trooper) has all the techniques of the other three shock troopers. He serves as a protagonist of 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. 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. His fighting style is simulated by a computer, then programmed into his brain with cyber implants. [61] In the official poll by Bandai Namco, Alex was the second most requested Street Fighter side character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter, as of August 2012 racking up 17.97% of votes.[41]. Elena is noted for her unique gameplay style in the series, as she only uses kicks. Jamie Siu (, Jeim Shou)[107] was revealed in the Summer State of Play trailer on June 2, 2022. Her dad is a professional saxophonist, so naturally Libra grew up in a house full of music, and she's huge fan of old school hip hop. 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. During battle, he can perform a "G Charge" to increase his presidentiality level, enhancing his special moves. He's also . Height: 5'5" (165 cm) Weight: Secret. 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. [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. On February 20, 2022 (February 21 in Japan) when Street Fighter 6 was announced, he appeared as one of the two first characters shown in the 40-second teaser trailer, the other being Ryu. 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. 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. Impressed by Ken's performance at a martial arts rally, Sean seeks to become his disciple, calling him "Master Ken". He has special moves named after Canterbury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and St. Andrews. [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). 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. Before the final battle against M. Bison in the single-player mode, the player faces them simultaneously in a two-on-one fight similar to the Dramatic Battle match. A lot of fans most likely expected Blanka to be here. [104] Rashid's model was created by NXA Studios, based in China. [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. While being pursued by an unknown organization, he becomes Blair's bodyguard to travel the world and flee his pursuers. While the majority of Cyborg's mission is watching Street Fighters battle, the Cyborg faces Ryu near the game's end. Kolin (, Krin) is a character who made her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. Falke was built by Shadaloo to be an alternative clone for M. Bison and forced to undergo relentless experimentation and training. G is a character introduced in Street Fighter V Season 3 DLC, who claims to be the "President of the World" and seeks to unite all of its people, using social media to spread his message and streaming video of his battles with strong fighters. Beta is an untextured blue polygonal model resembling a male human, and Gamma is a green wireframed model. This is a list of playable characters and non-playable opponents from the whole franchise. Bold indicates that the character made their debut in the series. Her name may be a reference to the menat, an artifact linked to the cult of the Egyptian goddess Hathor. Hakan and Necalli are not. He is later redesigned from the Street Fighter Alpha series onwards as a hulking Black British punk rocker with a blonde, blade-shaped mohawk. She has been well received for a variety of reasons, including her innovative fighting style and very smooth animation in Street Fighter III. Capcom has made exactly one black character who isn't really a joke in the context of th SF universe and that's Dudley. [94] C. Viper is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. He's practically a more stylish version of the Hulk, but with fewer anger issues and less height. Akira Kazama ( , Kazama Akira) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC. Birdie's appearance in the first Street Fighter was voted joint last in Capcom's own popularity poll of 85 characters for the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter,[10] along with a low placement at 87th in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. [15] He is introduced in the first Street Fighter as the second computer-controlled opponent the players face in England. 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. [16][17] The fighting style of Street Fighter V's Laura resembles a mix of Elena's and Abel's. Unknown to Pullum, the reason why her grandfather is worried about Shadaloo is that she has a blood relative working for the organization who is a candidate to become a Shadaloo executive. Laura Matsuda is a confident and hyper-energetic Brazillian girl with a constant desire to be thrilled and to promote her family's fighting style. [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. [3] She is an extremely skilled adept of capoeira, a fighting style which mostly use one's legs to fight. She returns in Ultra Street Fighter IV, the final update for Street Fighter IV. Max is a technical heavyweight boxer who fights in mixed martial arts events and loves to gamble. He makes a cameo appearance in Street Fighter X Tekken. "[31], Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield expressed a desire to see her in Super Street Fighter IV, calling her his favourite character. Its objective was to develop its abilities by analyzing the fighting techniques of martial artists around the world in order to gain enough strength to challenge Ryu in combat. 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. Ingrid also possesses psychic abilities similar to Rose's. [82] She was reportedly his favorite character when the game was early in development. He is thought to be a precursor to Balrog (known as M. Bison in Japan) from Street Fighter II due to his similar profile and outer appearance. Sharon is depicted wielding a gun in the character artwork for the original EX2, but she does not use any firearms until EX2 Plus. Special Forces when Guile was discharged and formed his team. He dreams of creating his original special moves. [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. [43] Juli and Juni are members of a special unit within Shadaloo called the "Dolls", or Bison Elite Guard (, Bega Shin'eitai), which is composed of twelve young women brainwashed to serve as Bison's personal assassins. [4] She has a tomboyish but light-hearted personality, and loves music and dance. She goes on a journey to find Hokuto and Kairi, unaware that the journey is also a test to determine whether she is fit to inherit the Mizugami teachings. Capcom's reason for his paleness in the original Street Fighter game was due to him being sick. He also appears in the High Roller Casino stage in Street Fighter 5 as a background character. Cyborg was a new model of Monitor Cyborg secretly developed by Shadaloo. His stage background, shared with Necro, is Saint Basil's Cathedral. Birthday: March 1st Haven't tried Street Fighter V yet, then here is your chance to get more from Street Fighter V Champion Edition. 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. [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. Birdie also appears in the Street Fighter Alpha manga by Masahiko Nakahira. He recognizes Guile's "Sonic Boom" technique, but refuses to comment when Guile presses him for information about Charlie, its originator. 9. Hokuto () is the daughter of the Mizugami () family, who was trained in the family's style of kobujutsu, which has been refined into her personal style that resembles the art of aikijujutsu. The creation of Rashid was a close collaboration between Capcom Japan, Sony, and Pluto Games. He may also be inspired byBritish former professional boxer Chris Eubank. Despite being considered a failure, Eleven's raw material was later used by Kolin for the reconstruction of Charlie Nash. In EX2, she wears a hakama and ties her hair in a pony-tail. [clarification needed] In Abel's rival encounter, Abel mentions that he recognizes Guile's Sonic Boom, leading to speculation that he may have spent time with Charlie. While the Rival Schools series has long been established as taking place in the same world as the Street Fighter series, Akira is the first Rival Schools character to appear as a playable character in a mainline Street Fighter game.[98]. He serves as a protagonist of Street Fighter III. Motivated by these words, Allen sets out to prove that he can be the best not only in America, but in the world. Gen resurfaces as a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, as well as Street Fighter IV and its updates. [24] In 2015, Gamer Headlines ranked Gen as the "9th top over 50 video game character in gaming". However Capcom has made it perfectly clear that they're separate characters. [21] Complex ranked Gen as the "21st best Street Fighter character". Sean's greatest weakness is receiving attacks while attacking. Zeku (, Zek) is a character is a character who makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. [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. He meets Ryu and fought him, only to lose, in which Ryu told Alex to explore the world and find worthy fighters. After Guy defeats him, he passes on his title as Master and disappears. [83] In response to claims that the character resembled one found more commonly in SNK developed games, Ono retorted that the resemblance was unintended, and that she was created from the best parts of several proposed designs during early development. [16] Eagle was included in the UGO.com top 50 Street Fighter characters. 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. The UDON comic series of Street Fighter shows El Fuerte as a big fan of R. Mika. He is apparently permanently destroyed by Akuma in the latter's character story. [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. 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. Her loving father, the patriarch of the tribe, has a doctorate from a French university. A stylish new character hailing from the United States, Kimberly is a young Black American woman who sports one of the snazziest costumes in Street Fighter 6. 31. Birdie was initially a pale and tall70sEnglishpunk rocker in the original Street Fighter game. Adon is a playable character in Super Street Fighter IV,[3] where decides to join the S.I.N tournament and gets his rematch with Sagat, defeating him there. Fighters include Luke, Jamie, Manon, Kimberly, Marisa, Lily, JP, Juri, Dee Jay, Cammy, Ryu, E. Honda, Blanka, Guile, Ken, Chun-Li, Zangief, and Dhalsim. Elena was added to the social game Street Fighter Battle Combination in 2016.[11]. He also has massive data. He was in a special forces unit led by Guile when it became involved in a scuffle against a rival unit led by Rolento. Wha Where am I? She entered the Street Fighter universe in Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX for the PSP. Sharon later returned as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer.