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. 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. Rose: "I can't see your future, or your past. [35] In a 2018 worldwide poll by Capcom, Elena was voted 42nd most popular Street Fighter character (out of 109).[36]. Black Widow Blair Dame Blana Bloody Hokuto C C. Viper Cammy Cantana Carol and Brenda Celeste Chairperson Chang Chun-Li D Decapre Demon Machami Dorthey E Effie Elena Eliza Eliza Masters Elizabeth Enero F Falke Fuka Fvrier H Hanna Ackerson Hinata Wakaba Hoimei and Shaomei Hokuto I Ibuki Ingrid Iwashigahama Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling J Jessica [27] In 2012, ScrewAttack included her among top ten underrated Street Fighter characters. [26] In their rankings of Street Fighter characters, Paste Magazine placed Gen at 41st place. 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. [24] In 2015, Gamer Headlines ranked Gen as the "9th top over 50 video game character in gaming". After having fulfilled his purpose at Shadaloo, he is said to have returned to professional wrestling. The appearance of his eyes change to resemble Seth's during the initiation of his Ultra Combo 1, Soulless. In Street Fighter EX2, his costume is redesigned, adding a red scarf and a red letter "S" in front of his mask, along with white gloves and boots and a belt. Juli (, Yri) and Juni (, Yni) make their first appearance in the arcade version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 as a pair of sub-bosses. He was re-included in the PlayStation version of the game as a hidden character. Max is a technical heavyweight boxer who fights in mixed martial arts events and loves to gamble. He has a shapeshifting body that is an improved and strengthened version of the prototype body given to Necro. His supposedly bad behaviour sees him constantly getting punished, as evident in his debut. 9. Height: 5'5" (165 cm) Weight: Secret. BirdieThis dim-witted, violent and short tempered brute is the type of cockney you wouldn't wanna meet in a dark alley. This character was only playable in the Street Fighter II MOVIE. [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. [101] Her ice attacks that drain the opponent's stun meter will end up freezing them, rather than simply leaving them dizzy. Retsu () is a former Shorinji Kempo instructor who was expelled from his temple after getting involved in too many fights. Worried about the lack of matches for Hugo, Poison forms a new wrestling organization with him, recruiting only the best fighters. 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. Her animation appears to be two to three times smoother than any other character in SFIII. 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. The Street Fighter Alpha series consists of three games: Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1995), Street Fighter Alpha 2 (1996) and Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998). Beta primarily uses command-based special moves, while Gamma specializes in charge-based moves. Manon () is an idealistic French ballerina, judoka champion, and celebrity who joined the competitive world fighting circuits to pursue true beauty through self-improvement. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Capcom's reason for his paleness in the original Street Fighter game was due to him being sick. She fights wearing a light blue leotard and long boots. He is a drunken kung fu break dancer who is a rival of Luke, and idolizes the Lee brothers, Yun and Yang. Hell, we even have a transgender character in the form of Poison & a gay character in the form of Eagle. After a long absence from the series, Birdie returns as a playable character for Street Fighter V, where he is presented as abdominally obese and has new special moves that involve eating and throwing food at his opponents.[9]. 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. Motivated by these words, Allen sets out to prove that he can be the best not only in America, but in the world. [6] Adon was included in a wishlist of characters by GamesRadar for inclusion in Street Fighter X Tekken. JafariElena's kin first appeared as a family portrait in her Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike ending, and it's at this moment we are introduced to her father and head of the table, Jafari. Asuka is a young Japanese woman with long black hair. 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. Q is being tracked by the CIA because of his presence in numerous strange disasters. He comes from Bari, and his special moves are named after locations in Italy such as Aetna, Vesuvio, Canossa, Ponte dei Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs), and Torre Pendente (Leaning Tower). 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]. Ingrid's Street Fighter V character profile disregards her story from Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, amending her backstory to be more in line with how she was originally going to be portrayed in Capcom Fighting All-Stars. Capcom will be making a conscious effort to dial back the sexualization of female characters (and perhaps male as well) in Street Fighter 6. [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 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. He was once trained by his grandfather, who was of Japanese descent. 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 his ending, he becomes Ken's disciple, only to be told that he needs to defeat Ryu to become worthy. 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. Originally from China, Jianyu and her twin sister were kidnapped and brainwashed by Shadaloo to be trained as an assassin working for M. Bison. Two New Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Characters Revealed! She returns in Ultra Street Fighter IV, the final update for Street Fighter IV. Garuda () first appears as a non-playable boss character in the original Street Fighter EX, but becomes a playable character in subsequent installments. 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. [84] He went on to state that she was also an attempt to create a character with a "cool" design, which he feels are predominant in SNK titles. [87] Todd Ciolek from Anime News Network felt the character fit comfortably in the "Street Fighter mold", in spite of her design's deliberate similarity to characters from the King of Fighters series. Elena has similar traits to Storm from X-Men, as both have white hair, blue eyes, are Kenyan descent and come from African royalty. [3] She is an extremely skilled adept of capoeira, a fighting style which mostly use one's legs to fight. 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. According to leaked documents (via ResetEra) from the . At the end of the original EX2, he vanquishes the demon his father once sealed and saves the local shrine maiden, becoming the new guardian deity of Kukunoichi. He is the only new character created for the game. Abel (, Aberu) is a heavily scarred French martial artist described as an amnesiac. 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. He is the second opponent the player faces in the US in the original Street Fighter. However in 2016, Capcom finally put that rumour to rest and identified both fighters as Max and Scott respectively. If you already didn't know, him and the rest of the Delta Red members made their debut appearance in Cammy's ending in Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers. Decapre (, Dikpuri, ) is a character who makes her first playable appearance in Ultra Street Fighter IV. [92] UGO Networks ranked C. Viper at #21 on their list of "Fighting Games' Finest Female Fighters", commenting on how she shoves her tie between her breasts and her bright red bouffant. Aside from having a pet cat named Cybele, he is revealed to have a secret connection to the deceased primary antagonist of the series, M. Bison, due to him also having Psycho power and claims to be the late Shadaloo dictators successor. 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. Alex is a wrestler from New York who first appears in Street Fighter III: New Generation, and his design and character are based on an extremely young Hulk Hogan. Her story does not change much in 2nd Impact, although Elena has an additional role as one of Hugo's potential partners in one of his multiple endings as "Elena the Wilderness Warrior", becoming the tag team of "Beauty and the Beast". She wears a S.I.N form-fitting suit which enables her to perform electrical, seismic, and pyrotechnic moves. [2] He briefly appears in Sagat's Street Fighter IV prologue, where he is defeated by Sagat. [123] Her butler is called Sebastian. 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. [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. [18] In a 2014 poll ran by Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Ingrid was ranked as one of the top three most requested characters to be added to Ultra Street Fighter IV.[42]. Shadowgeist appears again in Fighting EX Layer, with most of his moves renamed from the ruthless vigilante motifs into the Greek alphabetic-based reformed agent motifs. These women would make the perfect girlfriend. as an opponent who challenges Sakura in a street fighting event sponsored by Karin Kanzuki at the Setagaya Ward. 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. When M. Bison is eventually defeated, she comments that a regular human being like him couldn't possibly control such power and takes the whole Psycho Drive with her as she leaves. 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. Years later, during the S.I.N. Nanase becomes worried about Hokuto after she leaves the shrine where they live and does not return. List of Rival Schools characters Akira Kazama, "Street Fighter X Tekken character rejects: 20 fighters we wish: 20 fighters we wish were included", "Character Popularity Poll - CAPCOM:Shadaloo C.R.I. He appears in the ending of Street Fighter V revealing that Helen is in fact his secretary Kolin. 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. It's not unusual for fighting games to pay tribute the to great Bruce Lee. Hakan is the father of seven young children and the president of a company that seeks to create the perfect olive oil. Updated: 08 Sep 2022 9:42 pm. To add,Elena was created a year after X-Men vs Street Fighter, a game which Storm herself appeared in. 13 Kimberly: Street Fighter's Best Female Newcomer Street Fighter 6 is still far off on the horizon. What's also unique about Santamu is her use of a spear, which is a first time in the Street Fighter verse. Pullum Purna (, Purumu Puruna, Arabic: ) is the daughter of Balba Purna, an Arab multimillionaire and inventor. He's also . 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. Monitor Cyborg (, Monit Saibgu), mainly known as Cyborg, is a character created for the Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. A look at black characters in the Street Fighter series since 1987. As a character who only appeared during the draw game screen, her role is actually minimal, but she would make for an exciting new playable character in future Street Fighter games. She recently became Guy's kunoichi apprentice and loves 1980's pop culture. At the end of EX3, he returns home after getting his revenge on his lover's murderer. MaxRemember the Black dude who got dropped with a right hook in the controversial Street Fighter 2 intro, yeah that dude. The Emperor of Muay Thai himself, Sagat, is probably one of the more formidable-looking characters on this list. However the signal cuts out due to a Black Moon detonating over New York City, causing a blackout. Gen appears as one of the main characters the live-action movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, portrayed by Robin Shou. In this game, however, he also has a role as one of Hugo's potential final bosses and tag partners, forming the tag team "Thunderbolt". Vulcano Rosso (, Vurukno Rosso), who makes his debut in Street Fighter EX2 Plus, is a mysterious Italian warrior who leaves his organization in order to avenge the death of his lover. He appears as a selectable character in the crossover game Capcom vs. SNK 2, having become a secret agent for MI6. Little is known about her, although Alpha 3 MAX presents some possibilities about her true origins. In the original design, he was a young judo fighter who wore pigtails and "could be mistaken for a girl". [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. [34] She won Gameyaro.com's vote for the most kawaii Street Fighter female. He meets Ryu and fought him, only to lose, in which Ryu told Alex to explore the world and find worthy fighters. She then learns from her grandfather that she has a brother named Kairi, whom Hokuto was sent to find. During a final battle against Shadaloo, he found out that his friend sacrifices her life to countermeasure Shadaloo's plan before F.A.N.G. But we didn't have a lot of materials about it, so that was difficult. Zeku (, Zek) is a character is a character who makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. "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. 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. Gill makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V as a playable character in the Champion Edition update. 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. The series as a whole serves as a prequel to the Street Fighter II series. The creation of Rashid was a close collaboration between Capcom Japan, Sony, and Pluto Games. Elena appears in a larger role in the Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki comic book series by UDON Entertainment. She appears in a cameo in the beach stage in Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix and in the London stage in Capcom vs. SNK 2. [77] She is also a boss character in Street Fighter X Mega Man. Birdie also appears in the Street Fighter Alpha manga by Masahiko Nakahira. He is a popular wrestling champion from India who seeks to challenge other wrestlers such as Zangief and Victor Ortega (from the Saturday Night Slam Masters series). And Balrog is even called Mike Bison in Japan. 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. Pressured by his parents into upholding the family legacy, Shin was not interested in doing so. He is ranked 16th in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. 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. After Guy defeats him, he passes on his title as Master and disappears. Believing that this person is associated with the upcoming S.I.N. As of Street Fighter Alpha 2, this is reflected in Gen's ability to switch between two fighting styles during gameplay (mantis and crane). He makes a cameo appearance Street Fighter V Arcade Edition.[34]. He then competes in a tag-team exhibition match with Laura against Zangief and R. Mika, which is broadcast live on television. Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. 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. The first black female character of the Street Fighter franchise, 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 . Though this attitude was toned down by Third Strike. [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. She was raised to be a successor to the Mizugami clan. In Street Fighter 6, Luke becomes a contractor for a PMC where he teaches his military MMA, following an incident conspired by a certain terrorist group who framed Ken. Mike (, Maiku) is an African-American boxer who formerly competed professionally, until he accidentally killed an opponent during a match. Despite being considered a failure, Eleven's raw material was later used by Kolin for the reconstruction of Charlie Nash. She is an African-American graduate student and graffiti artist. Once we decided on Africa, we felt that a female character made for better style. [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. [note 1] While sparring with her brother, Elena feels unsettled by the feelings she senses from the surrounding trees. [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. Her fighting style is derived from Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that utilizes elbow and shoulder strikes, while Daigo assists her in certain attacks. 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. [134] Hayate is the only character from the original EX2 who was absent in the arcade version of Street Fighter EX2 Plus. 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Fei Long. Arkane (, kein) (the blue shock trooper) can teleport. [142] The four shock troopers are the only characters from the arcade game excluded from the Street Fighter: The Movie console game, which is a different game based on the same film. Geki () is a Japanese Ninja who fights with hand claws and shuriken and has the ability to teleport. 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. One of mainstream comics' first Black female heroes, Misty Knight and her bionic arm have been kicking butt in the Marvel Universe for decades. Birdie appears in two episodes of the Street Fighter cartoon series. While being pursued by an unknown organization, he becomes Blair's bodyguard to travel the world and flee his pursuers. We picked out the best Female Warriors from . The table below summarizes every single fighter in the series. 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. [46] Juli and Juni appear in Namco Capcom as two enemy characters that protagonists face throughout the game. 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. 6 Blanka. In 3rd Strike,[66] Hugo achieves such an overwhelming victory in the tag tournament that no other wrestler dares to challenge him anymore. 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. the number in SFV indicates the downloadable content season), a red cell indicates that the character is not playable (they do not appear in the game), while a yellow cell indicates that the character makes a non-playable appearance. [4] In his ending, he makes fun from redundant Sagat and since then he considers himself as a new Muay Thai master. Iconic enough to also appear in Wreck-It Ralph, alongside Ryu, M. Bison, Chun-Li, and Blanka. [8] Similarly, GamesRadar chose Elena as one of the 12 most-wanted Street Fighter characters for Super Street Fighter IV due to "wearing almost nothing and acrobatically showing off her crotch at every opportunity" and the smoothness of her animation in Street Fighter III, adding that she was "much more than just a bikini-clad tease with impossibly fluid and graceful movements" and called her a "lot of fun to play" and "the exact polar opposite of Balrog". 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. 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 makes peace with his sister and follows a new path. Ken is Ryu's best bud and a straight-up karate master. In the first three Alpha games, Adon is characterized as a former pupil of Sagat, seeking to surpass his disgraced master by defeating him, in which he succeeds. Gen has appeared in media outside of video games. [51] His objective is to track down Necro and Effie, who are fleeing from the organization. [131] In Street Fighter EX3, he has a special ending if the player finishes the single-player mode with Zangief as his tag-partner. 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]. 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. 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. It has been determined that "a bringer of death" once walked amongst their people. [38] Ingrid also plays a role in the background story of Street Fighter X Tekken. 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. Her fighting style greatly revolves around baiting, fakes, high jump cancels, and rushdown. "[22] Now Gamer listed Gen and Heihachi Mishima as one of the rivalries they want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken. [45] With the release of Street Fighter V, he was given an official entry in the game's encyclopedia and thus was canonized.