A green cell indicates that the character is playable, with the number indicating the revision of the game they are introduced in (e.g. Sean Matsuda (, Shn Matsuda) is a young boy from an average home in Brazil and the younger brother of Laura. 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. Nanase becomes worried about Hokuto after she leaves the shrine where they live and does not return. Laura is the girlfriend for those who want to be family men. Arika later developed its own fighting game featuring characters from the series, Fighting EX Layer, which was released in 2018.[120]. Lucia Morgan (, Rushia Mgan) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. as an opponent who challenges Sakura in a street fighting event sponsored by Karin Kanzuki at the Setagaya Ward. 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. [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. 7. Elena is noted for her unique gameplay style in the series, as she only uses kicks. He was once trained by his grandfather, who was of Japanese descent. Dark once served in the American armed forces. F7 (, Efusebun) (the black shock trooper) has all the techniques of the other three shock troopers. [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. [54] In the story mode of Street Fighter V, "A Shadow Falls", Alex is first shown winning a pro-wrestling tournament. Streamline Studios, based in Malaysia, was responsible for modeling and rigging of his model. 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. He is a famous kickboxer, as well as a breakdancer and snappy beat maker who at some point rose to stardom in the music industry. [134] Hayate is the only character from the original EX2 who was absent in the arcade version of Street Fighter EX2 Plus. You you saved meThank you.." / "Ingrid: It seems someone was controlling you like an evil puppet." Arkane (, kein) (the blue shock trooper) can teleport. 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. 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. "[33], She has gained a popularity among the series' fandom as well. He is an optional pit-fight opponent in Final Fight Streetwise. Believing that this person is associated with the upcoming S.I.N. He also makes a brief cameo in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation. 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. Capcom will be making a conscious effort to dial back the sexualization of female characters (and perhaps male as well) in Street Fighter 6. 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. Sharon later returned as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer. Ingrid also possesses psychic abilities similar to Rose's. [48] Although absent in Street Fighter EX2 and subsequent games, he makes an appearance in the Arika-developed arcade game Fighting Layer, where he seeks to defeat the strongest opponent on South Island. Engineer before being kidnapped by Bison and Shadaloo. Lily [15] He is introduced in the first Street Fighter as the second computer-controlled opponent the players face in England. 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. [2] He briefly appears in Sagat's Street Fighter IV prologue, where he is defeated by Sagat. Kolin (, Krin) is a character who made her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. [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". She reverts to her original design in EX3. 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. genuine diversity of characters, not characters getting 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. Asuka is a young Japanese woman with long black hair. A lot of fans most likely expected Blanka to be here. Despite his love of cooking, he seems to be an incompetent chef. Still, one of its new female characters, Kimberly, is making a huge splash in the Fighting Game Community. In Hugo's ending, he and Poison form the Huge Wrestling Army (H.W.A. The series as a whole serves as a prequel to the Street Fighter II series. He makes a cameo appearance in Street Fighter X Tekken. Holger was the sole survivor of his unit, but suffered tremendous physical and mental scars. In Fighting EX Layer, Dark appears as a villainous character influenced by Garuda's negative energy. 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 has special moves named after Canterbury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and St. Andrews. He is the son of a Japanese karate master and the grandson of a Korean taekwondo master on his mother's side. "[13] She was originally envisioned to use a long spear. 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They are categorized based on the game in which they first became playable, including the original Street Fighter game, the Street Fighter II series, the Street Fighter Alpha series, the Street Fighter III series, the Street Fighter IV series, Street Fighter V, Street Fighter 6 and other related games. 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. [88] A reviewer for the New Straits Times described her as the best of the new characters, praising both her appearance and attack arsenal. [7] Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. She appears as a solo unit in Project X Zone 2. This list also features several non playable characters, so without further ado, here are 15 of the best Black Street Fighter characters to appear in the games, ranked from worst to best.15. He also appears as a playable character in Ultra Street Fighter IV. 14. Juli's backstory is further developed in the console versions of Alpha 3 with the addition of T. Hawk to the cast. He learns that he is the elder brother of Hokuto, who has been on a mission to find him. Anyway, as the only other playable character in the first game, Ken is arguably as iconic a Street Fighter character as Ryu. Gen appears as one of the main characters the live-action movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, portrayed by Robin Shou. He also appears in the High Roller Casino stage in Street Fighter 5 as a background character. In it, she ends up being sent to the same school as Ibuki, Makoto, Narumi, and Sarai Kurosawa. He makes peace with his sister and follows a new path. [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". [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. Dudley agrees to accompany her but insists that he return in time for his next bout. 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. [4] She has a tomboyish but light-hearted personality, and loves music and dance. "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. Blair Dame (, Burea Deimu), appears as a secret character in the original Street Fighter EX and as a regular character in Street Fighter EX Plus, EX Plus , and Fighting EX Layer. [45] With the release of Street Fighter V, he was given an official entry in the game's encyclopedia and thus was canonized. Pullum Purna (, Purumu Puruna, Arabic: ) is the daughter of Balba Purna, an Arab multimillionaire and inventor. She was briefly seen in the first full trailer of Summer State Play 2022 before being fully revealed in Tokyo Game Show 2022. [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. Laura is black. In Street Fighter V, he re-emerges to establish his own ninja clan and develop a new fighting style. And Street Fighter made sure to follow that respectful trend by introducing the world to Fei Long in Super Street Fighter II. In Fighting EX Layer, Jack escapes the organization by leaving Blair's employ and fleeing to America. [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. 13. Akira Kazama ( , Kazama Akira) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC. In an official poll by Namco in 2012, Elena was the 13th most requested Street Fighter character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter. Nanase is a skilled master of bojutsu. 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. He is the third of four children, with two older brothers and a younger sister. He appears in the original EX and its re-releases with long black hair and a scar over his left eye. 9. [18] Alex was also named as 10th-best character in the series by Complex. [47][65] In 2nd Impact, Hugo seeks a partner for an upcoming tag team wrestling tournament due to take place in a few months. Dhalsim successfully convinces Alex otherwise and receives the chess piece from Alex. 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 fighting style she uses is Systema, a hybrid Russian martial arts that can be seen in her use of counters, throws and strikes.[102]. Capcom's reason for his paleness in the original Street Fighter game was due to him being sick. 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. [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. Eleven (, Irevun) is a character who made his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 5 DLC. DudleyIs there a Street fighter character with as much class and dignity as Dudley? Accompanied by his attendant Azam, He is searching for a missing female friend, who used to work as a S.I.N. He also appears in Alpha, Alpha 2 and Alpha 3. He is apparently permanently destroyed by Akuma in the latter's character story. [128] In Street Fighter EX2 Plus, an unidentified Cycloid model appears in one of the bonus rounds. Hell, we even have a transgender character in the form of Poison & a gay character in the form of Eagle. [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. [90] IGN AU praised the character, stating approval for the variations of her attacks. 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. Elena was added to the social game Street Fighter Battle Combination in 2016.[11]. Elena (, Erena) is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series who made her first appearance in Street Fighter III: New Generation in 1997. Tia Ballard ( Street Fighter V) Jianyu ( Yan'y?, October) Simplified Chinese: Jiany is Xiayu's older twin sister and a member of the Dolls. [8] Street Fighter Alpha's Birdie also topped Gameist's's list of the 10 "lamest Street Fighter characters ever conceived". [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. As a sentient version of Evil Ryu, Kage's fighting style is reminiscent of pre-sentient counterpart from the earlier games, including Akuma's Oni form from Street Fighter IV updates. In his ending, he is tricked by Gill and left for dead in a facility, until he is rescued by a young girl named Effie (, Ef), and the pair go on a journey together. He is found as a child and freed by Balrog, who believes Ed's ability to channel Psycho Power like Bison could be useful. Shin (, Shin) is a playable character in Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation making his debut during the game's 18 December 2008 update. 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. He recognizes Guile's "Sonic Boom" technique, but refuses to comment when Guile presses him for information about Charlie, its originator. Once we decided on Africa, we felt that a female character made for better style. Via the X.C.O.P.Y. Oh, how apt, as his full name is Ken Masters. Donning a full-body skeleton suit, Skullomania sets out to fight evil for real. 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. And Balrog is even called Mike Bison in Japan. Probably not. [6] Adon was included in a wishlist of characters by GamesRadar for inclusion in Street Fighter X Tekken. 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. Beta primarily uses command-based special moves, while Gamma specializes in charge-based moves. He is the first opponent the player faces in Japan in the original Street Fighter. He dreams of creating his original special moves. Elena is one of the playable Capcom-side character cards appearing in the SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash series. 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. [18] Elena's English voice actress, Karen Dyer, cosplayed the character to promote crowdfunding campaign for her live-action series project. 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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. [37] Ingrid's arcade ending reveals that she has the power of time travel, sending herself to the year 201X where she notices that Ryu "is up to something interesting". [16] Eagle was included in the UGO.com top 50 Street Fighter characters. [Top 10] Street Fighter Best Female Characters We'd Love To Date . The two characters can be unlocked in the arcade version, but they have no storyline in the actual game, sharing their ending with M. Bison. Rose also cannot look into Ingrid's future, as she did with other Street Fighters. [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) [46] Juli and Juni appear in Namco Capcom as two enemy characters that protagonists face throughout the game. 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 Street Fighter EX series is developed by Arika, a company formed of former Capcom employees. SFA3 MAX in-game storyline. He's also . His stage background, shared with Necro, is Saint Basil's Cathedral. Sean's greatest weakness is receiving attacks while attacking. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. After Guy defeats him, he passes on his title as Master and disappears. Hugo's final opponent in the single-player mode varies, the four possibilities being Gill, Ryu, Elena and Necro. He also appears in Capcom Fighting All-Stars and Capcom Fighting Evolution. While the majority of Cyborg's mission is watching Street Fighters battle, the Cyborg faces Ryu near the game's end. 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. 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. A female version of Skullomania appears as a special guest character in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. 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. 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. Elena is featured as a playable character via DLC in Street Fighter X Tekken. [91] AJ Glasser from Kotaku listed her as one of the worst mothers in video games, placing as the worst one from fighting games. 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. He first appears in a non-playable capacity in Street Fighter IV during Balrog's ending, created as a potential replacement body for Bison before being stolen by S.I.N. 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. 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. 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. 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. UDON's comic book adaptation delves into some of Gen's history as well as giving him a fairly pivotal role in the second arc of the series. Moreover, he's undoubtedly the strongest Street Fighter character to have ever worked under Bison. As a nod to Skullomania, Capcom gave El Fuerte a similar skull costume in the Halloween pack for Street Fighter IV. 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. 6 Blanka. The "seeds of sadness" this individual has proceeded to sow around the world have caused the trees to respond with "strange noises," the source of her disquiet. [35] In a 2018 worldwide poll by Capcom, Elena was voted 42nd most popular Street Fighter character (out of 109).[36]. Eagle (, guru) is a bouncer from England and a master of stick fighting derived from the combination of Eskrima and Singlestick. [47][68] Necro has a long reach and can use throws and electrocution. [104] Rashid's model was created by NXA Studios, based in China. [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]. Cyborg was a new model of Monitor Cyborg secretly developed by Shadaloo. Afterwards, Hugo and his rival go on to form a tag team to compete in the CWA tag tournament. Necalli is the only character in Street Fighter V who does not have a skeleton when electrocuted. 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. He lost his memories while fighting an unknown challenger and now walks the "Path of the Shura", fighting to survive. Birthplace: China. The table below summarizes every single fighter in the series. 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.
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