He agrees to become Pullum Purna's bodyguard, hoping to use the opportunity to travel the world and fight many wrestlers. 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. Elena figures were released by manufacturers including G-Dome, Mad Hands, Yujin, and Kotabukiya. [133] Garuda returns as the antagonist of Fighting EX Layer. Falke was built by Shadaloo to be an alternative clone for M. Bison and forced to undergo relentless experimentation and training. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [8] Birdie [ edit] Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Alpha series), Ryzabur tomo (Alpha: The Animation), Hidenari Ugaki (V) (Japanese); Paul Dobson (animated series), Michael McCarty (Alpha: The Animation), T.J. Storm (V) (English) 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. 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. [28], Elena was also noted as one of the relatively few black female or African characters in video games. 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. "[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 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. 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. Capcom will be making a conscious effort to dial back the sexualization of female characters (and perhaps male as well) in Street Fighter 6. Garuda () first appears as a non-playable boss character in the original Street Fighter EX, but becomes a playable character in subsequent installments. [140] Rosso appears as a downloadable fighter in Fighting EX Layer. Sharon later returned as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer. It is a playable character at the end of the homonymous game released for the PlayStation and later Sega Saturn, exclusive to the NTSC region (also known as Street Fighter II: The Interactive Game). 4. "[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. He also appears as a playable character in Ultra Street Fighter IV. [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. 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. "[22] Now Gamer listed Gen and Heihachi Mishima as one of the rivalries they want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken. [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). During gameplay, he can vanish and reappear as a younger version of himself, which bears a strong resemblance to another Capcom character, Strider Hiryu. 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. 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. 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. 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 . 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. In his 3rd Strike ending, Sean dreams that he has won the championship title, but in fact he loses in the qualifying rounds as a result of his lack of training. [Top 10] Street Fighter Best Female Characters We'd Love To Date . Sean's greatest weakness is receiving attacks while attacking. He is the second Japanese opponent in the original Street Fighter,[19] a battle which takes place near Mount Fuji. 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. 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. Gen has been positively received for his in-universe longevity, and for being one of the few characters in fighting games who has multiple movesets and who is challenging for most players to master. 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. She is in fact an undercover CIA agent, whose goal is to acquire data for the BLECE Project. Elena is the young daughter of a small African tribe with a warrior culture tradition from a savannah in Kenya. [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. as an opponent who challenges Sakura in a street fighting event sponsored by Karin Kanzuki at the Setagaya Ward. She first appears in Street Fighter III in a non-playable capacity as Gill's assistant. 9. [1] In Alpha 3, he tries to track down and challenge Akuma. After Guy defeats him, he passes on his title as Master and disappears. 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. 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. 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. Dhalsim successfully convinces Alex otherwise and receives the chess piece from Alex. [131] In Street Fighter EX3, he has a special ending if the player finishes the single-player mode with Zangief as his tag-partner. Abel appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Guile. He can also create a momentary shield to protect him from single-hit projectile attacks. Street Fighter III producer Tomoshi Sadamoto recalled: "We decided the country of origin before anything else. In Street Fighter V, Akira is invited by Karin to join her, Sakura and Ibuki for a tea party at her mansion, where she retells the story of how she and Sakura first met during the events of Rival Schools. He appears in UDON's Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li to challenge Fei Long for the honor of revealing a Chinese artifact. [26] In their rankings of Street Fighter characters, Paste Magazine placed Gen at 41st place. [52][53] Alex reappears as a playable character in Street Fighter V as the first of 6 characters to be released after the game's launch in 2016. Motivated by these words, Allen sets out to prove that he can be the best not only in America, but in the world. Kairi was born to the main house of the Mizukami family and was trained in the family's traditional art of karate. Nanase (), who first appears as a hidden character in the original Street Fighter EX2 and becomes a regular character in Street Fighter EX2 Plus and Street Fighter EX3, is the younger sister of Hokuto. Hugo's final opponent in the single-player mode varies, the four possibilities being Gill, Ryu, Elena and Necro. She is able to hear and comprehend various rhythms as well as the voices of the wind and trees.[5]. Sean Matsuda (, Shn Matsuda) is a young boy from an average home in Brazil and the younger brother of Laura. [54] In the story mode of Street Fighter V, "A Shadow Falls", Alex is first shown winning a pro-wrestling tournament. A man descended from a family of warriors. [45] With the release of Street Fighter V, he was given an official entry in the game's encyclopedia and thus was canonized. In 3rd Strike, almost a year has passed since Elena has left Japan to study medicine abroad in France during the new year. 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. Pressured by his parents into upholding the family legacy, Shin was not interested in doing so. [14], Elena's visual design is somewhat similar to Dhalsim's,[15] but her fighting style is strikingly different. A lot of fans most likely expected Blanka to be here. 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". [41] Ingrid also placed tenth by Heavy.com as one of 10 Characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV. [82] She was reportedly his favorite character when the game was early in development. 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. She's 6 years older than Sean. [38] Ingrid also plays a role in the background story of Street Fighter X Tekken. Decapre (, Dikpuri, ) is a character who makes her first playable appearance in Ultra Street Fighter IV. 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. Below are characters that made their debut in the arcade game based on the live action film. [60] Alex was named by Heavy.com as the character they wanted to see the most in Ultra Street Fighter IV. Arika later developed its own fighting game featuring characters from the series, Fighting EX Layer, which was released in 2018.[120]. As Pandora opens, it creates a geyser of light, reminding Elena of "flowers falling from the sky", prompting Dudley to invite her to his garden. He also makes an appearance in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation as one of several fighters accompanying Ryu to rescue Shun from Dr. Sadler. Sawada's voice is the only one dubbed in the film, as Sawada himself only speaks a little English. Ken is Ryu's best bud and a straight-up karate master. Gen appears as one of the main characters the live-action movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, portrayed by Robin Shou. 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. killed her. 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. 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. 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. 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. In 3rd Strike,[66] Hugo achieves such an overwhelming victory in the tag tournament that no other wrestler dares to challenge him anymore. She has been well received for a variety of reasons, including her innovative fighting style and very smooth animation in Street Fighter III. 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Birdie was initially a pale and tall70sEnglishpunk rocker in the original Street Fighter game. [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. [80] She was tailored towards Western tastes, as an experiment to see how audiences would receive the character. 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. But we didn't have a lot of materials about it, so that was difficult. Years later, during the S.I.N. He hires Ryu, whom he befriended after a past fight, as a bodyguard for his drug smuggling operation. Asuka is a young Japanese woman with long black hair. [16][17] The fighting style of Street Fighter V's Laura resembles a mix of Elena's and Abel's. She addresses both Ryu and Rose by name, despite the two of them never revealing their names to her. He is the game's largest character, towering over other heavyweights such as Zangief and Birdie. It comes with a Walkman, earbuds, a colorful ascot, matching hair bow, and turquoise tips that appear to have electrical powers of some kind to support her Ninjutsu fighting style. Necro (, Nekuro), whose real name is Illia (, Iriya), was born in a poor Russian village near a lake. His attacks are similar to that of Guile and Charlie, but no notable connection to them has been established. She was first introduced in 1997's Rival Schools: United by Fate as a high school student from Seijyun High who initially posed as a male biker to go undercover at Gedo High and find her missing brother Daigo, then investigate the suspicions behind Daigos personality change during its sequel Project Justice. He is the first opponent the player faces in Japan in the original Street Fighter. 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. [2] He briefly appears in Sagat's Street Fighter IV prologue, where he is defeated by Sagat. In Fighting EX Layer, Jack escapes the organization by leaving Blair's employ and fleeing to America. 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. Dhalsim comes to his trailer, wanting the chess piece, but Alex believes Dhalsim is a mugger and fights him. Pullum returns as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer. [18] Alex was also named as 10th-best character in the series by Complex. [47][72] It is Sean who leads the basketball parry bonus round in 3rd Strike. 13. [47][65] In 2nd Impact, Hugo seeks a partner for an upcoming tag team wrestling tournament due to take place in a few months. She first appears as a non-player character in Street Fighter Alpha 3, making a cameo in Juli and Juni's introduction. All I see is a white haze." [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. [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.