He later appears in the manga Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru! She is the second heaviest known playable female character, the heaviest being Marisa. Crimson Viper is an American double agent, who is posing as an employee of the S.I.N. [129] In July 2011, a video from an Arika 3DS test project, called Fighting Sample, was released featuring Dark. [6] In her ending, Elena writes back to her Japanese friend after returning to France from spending her summer vacation in Japan again and invites Narumi to visit her in Africa during her winter vacation. In 3rd Strike,[69] Necro and Effie are pursued by agents of the organization, but still live in hope of "truth and liberty". Tia Ballard ( Street Fighter V) Jianyu ( Yan'y?, October) Simplified Chinese: Jiany is Xiayu's older twin sister and a member of the Dolls. He is featured in Street Fighter V: A Shadow Falls, having undergone accelerated aging and working alongside Balrog for Shadaloo. Among the cast of characters introduced in the Street Fighter EX series, Skullomania is the most popular. fighting tournament, she escapes the Shadaloo testing facility that houses her and goes on a murderous rampage. Sharon is depicted wielding a gun in the character artwork for the original EX2, but she does not use any firearms until EX2 Plus. She later joins the playable roster during the game's second season of DLC content. These women would make the perfect girlfriend. She's coded as a character of African descent. 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). Lucia Morgan (, Rushia Mgan) is a character who makes her playable debut in Street Fighter V Season 4 DLC. His targets are filled with despair when he corners them. 2nd Impact introduces Gill's younger brother Urien as a player character of similar build and attire but with short hair; in addition, Urien's body is the same color on both sides. Michael Dobson voiced Sawada in two episodes of the Street Fighter television series, as head of the A.N. Cycloid- (-, Saikuroido Bta) and Cycloid- (-, Saikuroido Ganma), who both appear as secret characters in Street Fighter EX Plus and EX Plus , are a pair of cyborgs that use the special techniques of other characters. 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. Laura (Debut: Street Fighter V) She's Sean Matsuda's older sister and a master of Jiu-Jitsu who can shoot lightning out of her palms. [133] Garuda returns as the antagonist of Fighting EX Layer. [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. 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. 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[16][17] The fighting style of Street Fighter V's Laura resembles a mix of Elena's and Abel's. He is the third of four children, with two older brothers and a younger sister. Originally from China, Jianyu and her twin sister were kidnapped and brainwashed by Shadaloo to be trained as an assassin working for M. Bison. She resolves to travel the world and become friends with people from every country. Holger was the sole survivor of his unit, but suffered tremendous physical and mental scars. [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". He appears in the ending of Street Fighter V revealing that Helen is in fact his secretary Kolin. As I mentioned in a previous thread, Street Fighter V alone has quite a bit of people of color in its current roster, especially compared to most other fighting games. For artist and designers, these female fatales provides a chance for artistic people to come up with intriguing and creative artworks on Street Fighter characters. Menat (, Menato, from Arabic , Egyptian ) is a character introduced in Street Fighter V Season 2 DLC. 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Abel appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken, with his official tag partner, Guile. Laura is the girlfriend for those who want to be family men. Twelve is the ultimate humanoid weapon developed by Gill's organization. [17] Eagle was nominated eighth by Heavy.com as one of 10 characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV.[18]. Her fighting style is derived from Bajiquan, a Chinese martial art that utilizes elbow and shoulder strikes, while Daigo assists her in certain attacks. It is also hinted that Charlie was the person that helped him as Abel recognizes Guile's fighting style and Abel even comments to Chun-Li about the soldier that rescued him from Shadaloo. Hugo's final opponent in the single-player mode varies, the four possibilities being Gill, Ryu, Elena and Necro. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Ryme, the Gym Leader who raps, Top 10 Best Black Female video game characters. He lost his memories while fighting an unknown challenger and now walks the "Path of the Shura", fighting to survive. In Street Fighter III: Ryu Final, a manga adaptation of the game, Elena has a small but nevertheless important role as she is able to mystically communicate with Ryu via a sacred tree when he was temporarily knocked out during his battle with Dudley. MaxRemember the Black dude who got dropped with a right hook in the controversial Street Fighter 2 intro, yeah that dude. Pullum returns as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer. This angered Alex and prompted him to enter the third World Warrior tournament hosted by Gill in order kill him. After the tournament, Elena tells her father that she has made many friends along the way. 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. [51][71] Nothing of his background has yet been revealed. 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. [clarification needed] According to his back-story in the original Street Fighter EX, he was created by the souls of dead men who were consumed by the Satsui no Had, although his revised back-story in Street Fighter EX2 suggests that he has an accumulation of negative feelings such as anger, hatred, envy, treachery, and despair. Similarities between Joe and "Ghost", the blond underground fighter in red jeans from the Capcom game Final Fight: Streetwise, have led many to believe they are the same character.[29]. [27] Den of Geek ranked Gen as the "34th Best Street Fighter Character". Laura was the third of the four default newcomers confirmed for Street Fighter V (she was first seen in Famitsu, and later on a Twitter leak [citation needed]) and the first new female fighter in the game. Arkane (, kein) (the blue shock trooper) can teleport. 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" (). Ace uses a custom fighting style, which the player can edit by passing a series of trials in the game's Character Edit mode. 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 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. [41] Ingrid also placed tenth by Heavy.com as one of 10 Characters they wanted to see in Ultra Street Fighter IV. In her Street Fighter III ending, Elena ends up being transferred to a high school in Japan as an exchange student, where she has befriended a young Japanese girl named Narumi () and writes home to her parents about her experiences. ", "Ryu and Cammy sit atop the Ultra Street Fighter 4 popularity rankings in Japan, you'll never guess who came in dead last", "Street Fighter III 2nd Impact character introductions (waybacked)", Official Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike Alex character biography (in Japanese), "Street Fighter III 3rd Strike character introductions", Capcom Fighting Evolution (Xbox) Xbox Game Reviews. Hakan (, Hakan) is an oil wrestler from Turkey and is the second new addition to Super Street Fighter IV. 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. 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). Eventually, he changes his opinion of martial arts and takes up taekwondo because he thought the style was brilliant and cool.[143]. Hell, we even have a transgender character in the form of Poison & a gay character in the form of Eagle. 2. In New Generation, Tom loses a fight with Gill, the president of the Illuminati and gets injured as a result. Furthermore, as head of the tribe, he then commands her (amid protests from her brother) to observe the fighters and thus determine "the truth", to which she happily agrees. He was in a special forces unit led by Guile when it became involved in a scuffle against a rival unit led by Rolento. 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. Shin (, Shin) is a playable character in Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation making his debut during the game's 18 December 2008 update. 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. Sean is black Dan, Birdie is probably the ugliest and most disgusting street fighter character to date (In a series with Blanka and Rufus top), Dee Jay is literally a dancing sambo, and Balrog is an inept, stupid thug. He was re-included in the PlayStation version of the game as a hidden character. In Hugo's ending, he and Poison form the Huge Wrestling Army (H.W.A. It is hinted in his original ending that Abel may have been abducted in his youth to serve as a "replacement body" for M.Bison, or created by Shadaloo as a prototype of Seth, a later replacement body. Elena is featured as a playable character via DLC in Street Fighter X Tekken. [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. [Top 10] Street Fighter Best Female Characters We'd Love To Date . 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). [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". [35] Remy was voted 8th in Capcom's popularity poll of 85 characters for the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter.[10]. This is reinforced by dialogue from both Bison and Seth, who refer to him as "the one that got away". Dark once served in the American armed forces. Streamline Studios, based in Malaysia, was responsible for modeling and rigging of his model. Sharon later returned as a downloadable character in Fighting EX Layer. A lot of fans most likely expected Blanka to be here. She reflects on her selfies with the fighters in the tournament and recalls her experience with Blanka, El Fuerte, Dudley, and even Akuma. [47][68] Necro has a long reach and can use throws and electrocution. 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. 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. Before beginning her studies again, Elena decides to street fight once again to seek new friends. 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". He's also . 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. She wears a S.I.N form-fitting suit which enables her to perform electrical, seismic, and pyrotechnic moves. [8], Birdie debuted in the first Street Fighter as the first of two opponents the player faces in England, where he is initially presented as a tall, white punk rocker with a beak-shaped mohawk hairstyle. Adon appears in one episode of the Street Fighter cartoon series as a non-speaking role. This enables him to slide across the ground and launch his opponents by squeezing them through his bulging muscles. His fighting style is simulated by a computer, then programmed into his brain with cyber implants. In her first concept, she wore a white headband with a red spot in the middle akin to the Japanese flag, black wristbands, and a white sarashi covering her chest and breasts. Elena is always eager to learn more about the world, which is part of the reason for her travels. And Balrog is even called Mike Bison in Japan. However Capcom has made it perfectly clear that they're separate characters. Gill (, Giru) is the main antagonist and final boss of the Street Fighter III series. European Street Fighter champion Ryan Hart listed Eagle at the top of his list of best Street Fighter characters. Juli's backstory is further developed in the console versions of Alpha 3 with the addition of T. Hawk to the cast. Her father confirms her suspicions, claiming to have already discussed the matter with the shaman. [11] Nevertheless, he is included in a series of character wishlists prior to his return to the series in Street Fighter V by IGN,[12] Askmen.com[13] and GamesRadar.[14]. He is an unknown man from an unnamed country, dressed in a lethal superhero costume similar to Skullomania's. Santamu () is one of the Shadaloo Dolls shown at the end of Street Fighter Alpha 3's Arcade Mode, making an in-game appearance in the story mode of Street Fighter V. From Ethiopia, she specialises in spear combat and espionage. He is a demon dressed in samurai-like armor who wields a sword hidden within his own body. [28], Elena was also noted as one of the relatively few black female or African characters in video games. 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 . [123] Pullum's theme tune was later used in the game Technictix. What's also unique about Santamu is her use of a spear, which is a first time in the Street Fighter verse. Kairi (), who first appears as a secret character in the original Street Fighter EX, is depicted as an amnesiac who was initially conceived to be the main character in the EX series.