Curated playlist

Street Fighter characters

Birdie (Street Fighter)Birdie, a Street Fighter character, went from pale to Black between games. Capcom said he had been ill.
Ibuki (Street Fighter)Ibuki's ponytail nearly broke the Street Fighter III animation team. It took several months of extra work to finish.
Makoto (Street Fighter)Makoto, a Street Fighter character, fights to save her father's crumbling dojo. She debuted in 1999.
Sakura KasuganoSakura Kasugano was cut from Street Fighter Alpha 2, then a superior put her back. The game shipped in 1996.
Alex (Street Fighter)Alex entered a fighting tournament to kill the man who put his guardian in the hospital.
Captain SawadaCaptain Sawada was invented to keep a fired Ryu actor in the 1994 Street Fighter film.
Akuma (Street Fighter)Akuma, a Street Fighter villain, was designed in just one hour. His face was modeled on a Buddha statue.
Gill (Street Fighter)Gill's body is split in red and blue, and the split changes how he fights. His abilities change with the way he faces.
Oro (Street Fighter)Street Fighter's Oro fights with one arm behind his back to keep matches fair. He is an ancient hermit.
DhalsimDhalsim nearly had an elephant head in Street Fighter II. Capcom's designers modeled one draft on the Hindu god Ganesh.
Juri (Street Fighter)Capcom's team went through 400 to 500 ideas before settling on Street Fighter's Juri Han.
Laura MatsudaCapcom's Brazil office objected to Laura Matsuda's first design in Street Fighter V.
ZangiefOne player's 85 straight wins with Zangief made Capcom weaken him in Street Fighter II.
Balrog (Street Fighter)Street Fighter's boxer Balrog is called M. Bison in Japan, where the M stands for Mike.
Kimberly JacksonKimberly Jackson replaced smoke bombs with spray paint cans. The Street Fighter 6 ninja uses them to hide and explode.
Ryu (Street Fighter)A 2019 study found Street Fighter's Ryu would need to move nearly 70 miles per hour to land his spinning kick.
Sean MatsudaSean Matsuda is a playable fighter in Capcom's Street Fighter series, and he exists because another character was not finished in time. While making Street Fighter III: New Generation, the development team realized they were running out of…
Elena (Street Fighter)Elena first appeared in 1997 in Street Fighter III: New Generation, and she carried a double distinction into the arcade. She was the first character in Capcom's Street Fighter series to come from Africa. Writers have also cited her as one…
Guile (Street Fighter)Guile has dictator M. Bison by the throat in Street Fighter II's ending. His wife's voice and his daughter stop him.
Ken MastersDaigo Umehara's Street Fighter Ken blocked and countered fourteen straight hits with 26 seconds left.
Vega (Street Fighter)Street Fighter II's Vega never removes his mask, and a Shakespeare character helped explain why.
R. MikaStreet Fighter V cut one animation of R. Mika, and fans started a petition. It showed her slapping her own buttocks.
Seth (Street Fighter)Seth, a Street Fighter villain, is one of many androids built as spare bodies for M. Bison.
CammyCammy, the blonde British commando from Capcom's Street Fighter series, once won a fan vote by a margin that startled the company. In 2008, Capcom asked which character fans most wanted in Street Fighter IV. Cammy collected almost as many…
Chun-LiChun-Li's backflip attack was cut because testers loved it too much. Capcom ran out of time to rebalance it.
Dee JayDee Jay, a Street Fighter character, was designed by an American. James Goddard based his name on the nickname DJames.
F.A.N.G. (Street Fighter)F.A.N.G promised to beat his opponent in exactly two minutes. The Street Fighter V villain still ranked near the bottom.
Necro (Street Fighter)Street Fighter's Necro is a living bioweapon who just wanted to go home with his girlfriend.
Sagat (Street Fighter)Muay Thai fighter Sagat Petchyindee claims he inspired Street Fighter's Sagat. Capcom has never confirmed it.
Sodom (Final Fight)Capcom's Sodom tried to write the kanji for death on his chest and got it wrong.