Ryu (Street Fighter)
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Ryu (Japanese: リュウ, Hepburn: Ryū) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Capcom's Street Fighter series.[5] Having premiered in the first Street Fighter in 1987, Ryu appears as the game's lead character alongside his best friend and friendly rival Ken Masters. Other games in the series show Ryu to be highly focused on his training, aiming to become the strongest he can. Unable to control his dark nature, Ryu developed two alter egos: Evil Ryu (殺意の波動に目覚めたリュウ, Satsui no Hadō ni Mezameta Ryū, lit. "Ryu with the surge of murderous intent awakened", abbreviated Satsui Ryu in Street Fighter Alpha 3), and Kage-naru mono (影ナル者, lit. "Shadowed One") or simply Kage (影, lit. "Shadow").
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First game | Street Fighter (1987) |
Created by | Takashi Nishiyama |
Designed by | Manabu Takemura (Street Fighter) Shoei Okano (Street Fighter II)[1] |
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Fighting style | Shotokan/Kyokushin-style Karate[3][4] |
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He was created by Takashi Nishiyama. Nishiyama's inspiration was the martial artist Mas Oyama. For his second appearance, Ryu's design changed from that of a young fighter to a skilled karate practitioner. However, because of issues in the making of Street Fighter II, he possessed a major weakness within the cast. For the next titles, Ryu's fighting style was modified, so he had different skills, with Evil Ryu and Kage possessing more diverse moves. Multiple actors have voiced him both in Japanese and in English.
One of the most iconic characters in the fighting game genre and video games as a whole, Ryu has been the protagonist of the Street Fighter series since the first game and has appeared as a playable character in several crossover games involving the franchise, including the Marvel vs. Capcom series, Project X Zone, and the Super Smash Bros. series. He has also appeared in manga and anime adaptations, as well as the 1994 live-action film.