His own character story ends with him fading away from existence after Ryu overwhelms him by tapping to the Power of Nothingness. He also makes a brief cameo in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation. Capcom has made exactly one black character who isn't really a joke in the context of th SF universe and that's Dudley. 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. 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. ), which includes other 3rd Strike characters. First appearing in Street Fighter 1, Birdie was formally a professional wrestler who fell into crime to make meets end when his wrestling career ended. The twelve members of the Dolls are named after the months of the Gregorian calendar in various languages, "Decapre" alluding to the Russian word for December, which is actually "Dekabr" (). According to leaked documents (via ResetEra) from the . He agrees to become Pullum Purna's bodyguard, hoping to use the opportunity to travel the world and fight many wrestlers. He is ranked 16th in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018.[8]. He makes later appearances in the PlayStation 2 music game Technictix and in Fighter Maker. [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 is in fact an undercover CIA agent, whose goal is to acquire data for the BLECE Project. Elena is 183cm tall and weighs 52kg, her measurements are B83 / W58 / H88, and her birthday is on September 18. He has a shapeshifting body that is an improved and strengthened version of the prototype body given to Necro. Worried about the lack of matches for Hugo, Poison forms a new wrestling organization with him, recruiting only the best fighters. [129] In July 2011, a video from an Arika 3DS test project, called Fighting Sample, was released featuring Dark. When Hokuto turned 17, she was sent on a journey to find her older half-brother Kairi, who went missing years before. 6 Blanka. Beta primarily uses command-based special moves, while Gamma specializes in charge-based moves. He meets Ryu and fought him, only to lose, in which Ryu told Alex to explore the world and find worthy fighters. Black teachers, engineers, janitors, construction workers, priests, chefs, boy scouts, cops, judges, activists, nurses, biologists, soldiers, sailors, pirates, immigrants, magicians, tourists, waiters, explorers, gangsters, executives, authors, paranormal investigators, chemists, truckers. [46] Juli and Juni appear in Namco Capcom as two enemy characters that protagonists face throughout the game. 13 Kimberly: Street Fighter's Best Female Newcomer Street Fighter 6 is still far off on the horizon. 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. After speaking with Elena, Ryu is able to develop a new technique called "The Fist of the Wind" with which he defeats Dudley. His supposedly bad behaviour sees him constantly getting punished, as evident in his debut. Arkane (, kein) (the blue shock trooper) can teleport. She appears as a solo unit in Project X Zone 2. With that, she decides to head for her next trip to Japan, where she meets up with Sakura.[9]. [123] Pullum's theme tune was later used in the game Technictix. [7] Adon is ranked 22nd in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. [101] Her ice attacks that drain the opponent's stun meter will end up freezing them, rather than simply leaving them dizzy. 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. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 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. F7 (, Efusebun) (the black shock trooper) has all the techniques of the other three shock troopers. 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. One of mainstream comics' first Black female heroes, Misty Knight and her bionic arm have been kicking butt in the Marvel Universe for decades. Despite his love of cooking, he seems to be an incompetent chef. [123] Her butler is called Sebastian. [35] In a 2018 worldwide poll by Capcom, Elena was voted 42nd most popular Street Fighter character (out of 109).[36]. Ken is Ryu's best bud and a straight-up karate master. Rashid has an obsession with the newest technology and is capable of producing small tornadoes, earning him the nickname "Rashid of the Turbulent Wind". However in the sequel he is a hulking Black British punker. 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. She first appears as a non-player character in Street Fighter Alpha 3, making a cameo in Juli and Juni's introduction. His attacks are similar to that of Guile and Charlie, but no notable connection to them has been established. Cyborg was a new model of Monitor Cyborg secretly developed by Shadaloo. He is an optional pit-fight opponent in Final Fight Streetwise. [131] In Street Fighter EX3, he has a special ending if the player finishes the single-player mode with Zangief as his tag-partner. [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. Abigail (, Abigeiru) is a character who makes his playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. MaxRemember the Black dude who got dropped with a right hook in the controversial Street Fighter 2 intro, yeah that dude. This includes both male and female avatar options in the creator, all presets, body types, hairstyles, colors, skin markings and tattoos, voices, some weird and funny characters, a quick player. [44][45] She bears a strong resemblance to Cammy (even without her mask), though she speaks with a heavy Russian accent and wears a metallic mask to conceal a large scar covering most of her face. But we didn't have a lot of materials about it, so that was difficult. Two New Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Characters Revealed! Bold indicates that the character made their debut in the series. Abel's fighting style has elements from Judo, Kyokushin style of karate, Wrestling, Sambo and Mixed martial arts. Gen resurfaces as a playable character in Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, as well as Street Fighter IV and its updates. He hires Ryu, whom he befriended after a past fight, as a bodyguard for his drug smuggling operation. Our image of African women was that they had long arms and legs, so we felt capoeira was a fitting fighting style for her. In his ending, Necro saves Effie from falling and thwarts agents of the Illuminati at the Siberian railroad. She is named after the month of August, and is accompanied by a golden lion tamarin named Kiki (). Skullomania (, Sukaromania) is the secret identity of Saburo Nishikoyama (, Nishikoyama Sabur), a third-rate businessman from Tokyo who works to support his wife and children. 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. 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. He obsesses big judo or wrestling type of throws and slams as well his signature move Flying wheel kick (Jap. 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). There's the giant wrestler, the stretchy guy, the karate guy who sucks, and . In battle, she wears a pair of high-speed rollerblades and a mechanical right arm codenamed "Cancer" (, Kyans). A princess from a tribe in Kenya, who loves friends, music, and fighting, Elena debuted in Street Fighter III: New Generation back in 1997 as the first playable Black woman in the series, and, at . Doctrine Dark was among the 20 fighters GamesRadar wished were included in Street Fighter X Tekken.[130]. [26] In their rankings of Street Fighter characters, Paste Magazine placed Gen at 41st place. Necro (, Nekuro), whose real name is Illia (, Iriya), was born in a poor Russian village near a lake. [27] In 2012, ScrewAttack included her among top ten underrated Street Fighter characters. He's also . She fights wearing a light blue leotard and long boots. 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. [6] Adon was included in a wishlist of characters by GamesRadar for inclusion in Street Fighter X Tekken. Khyber (, Kaib) (the yellow shock trooper) uses special techniques that resemble the ones used by Dhalsim (who was not featured in the arcade game) such as the Yoga Flame and Yoga Blast. Having separated from her parents when she was young, her only desire is to be reunited with her family and learn about her past. The Emperor of Muay Thai himself, Sagat, is probably one of the more formidable-looking characters on this list. Elena is featured as a playable character via DLC in Street Fighter X Tekken. Hugo is the son of a farmer from the German countryside and was raised alongside his two younger sisters. Moreover, he's undoubtedly the strongest Street Fighter character to have ever worked under Bison. [18] Elena's English voice actress, Karen Dyer, cosplayed the character to promote crowdfunding campaign for her live-action series project. He is the second opponent the player faces in the US in the original Street Fighter. Capcom's reason for his paleness in the original Street Fighter game was due to him being sick. 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. 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. In an issue of UDON's Street Fighter comic book, Geki appears as an assassin sent to kill Gen.[volume&issueneeded] In the Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki comic miniseries, Geki is depicted as a rival clan to Ibuki's clan. There was a glimpse at a battle hub,. As a nod to Skullomania, Capcom gave El Fuerte a similar skull costume in the Halloween pack for Street Fighter IV. Part of the Street Fighter III overhaul was about introducing a checklist of new characters who scratched an old itch. He craves to experience all fighting arts, searching for the perfect duel. Dhalsim comes to his trailer, wanting the chess piece, but Alex believes Dhalsim is a mugger and fights him. 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. His fighting style is based on Yal gre and involves him coating himself in oil to make his body slippery. [139] Skullomania reappears in Fighting EX Layer, having settled back into life as a salaryman but finding himself unexpectedly transforming into his superhero persona without any memory of doing so afterward.