Ryu (Street Fighter)

Hero Overview
"Your range is one fist short!" - Ryu.

"Give it your all!" - Ryu's victory quote.

"The journey...has just begun." - Ryu after winning a fight.

"SHROYUKEN!!!!!" - Ryu releasing a Shroyuken move.

"Metsu...HADOKEN!!!!" - Ryu unleashing a Hadoken.



Full Name: Ryu Hoshi Alias: Ryu, The Tireless Wanderer, The Eternal Wanderer Origin: Street Fighter (1987) Age: 34 Blood Type: O Species: Human Gender: Male Nationality: Japanese Likes: General martial arts, music, winning, being a hero, saving the world, playing games with his friends, food, sleeping, adventures Dislikes: Spiders, crime, M. Bison, losing, threats and insults, the world in danger, villains, mischief, immature people, irresponsibility Family: Gouken (adoptive father) Friends/Allies: Gouken (trainer), Ken Masters (best friend and friendly rival), Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy White, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Cloud Strife, Little Mac (rival), Incineroar Enemies: M. Bison (arch-nemesis), Kazuya Mishima, Akuma, Heihachi Mishima, Kratos, Bowser, Wario, Ganondorf, Dr. Eggman, Sephiroth Type of Hero: Honorable Fighter

Ryu Hoshi is the overall main protagonist of the Street Fighter series. He is a silent, humble, and serious individual who seeks hope in all situations no matter what. He is also the best friend of Ken Masters, whose personality is 100% different to Ryu's personality and attitude. Ryu's arch-nemesis is M. Bison.

Appearance
Ryu is a broad-looking human with tan skin. He has black hair and he wears a red headband. He has a white fighting suit and he is barefoot.

Personality
Ryu is a silent, meek, humble, submissive, self-deprecating, and respectful individual; which is often juxtaposed against the light-hearted, fiery persona of his childhood friend, Ken. He wanders the world with the desire for complete mastery of his martial art, and takes both his travels and training seriously. For Ryu, the training and the mastery that comes from the fight are all that he requires for satisfaction, declining the more material trappings of his various accomplishments as a warrior, simply moving on to his next challenge once he is victorious without delay, unless he is offered food or if he wants to converse with his friendly rivals.

There is a dark side to Ryu: His drive to improve himself, no matter the difficulty, risks developing into a drive to win and to be the best at any cost. This darker drive is fed by (and in turn feeds) the Satsui no Hado within his soul, an influence which Ryu must constantly fight to suppress from killing (at least until the time of Street Fighter III).

Trivia

 * Evil Ryu's win quote to Rose in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is almost the same as Ryu's win quote to her in Street Fighter IV.
 * In the original Street Fighter, there's unused audio in the game files for a "Fire Kick", along with unused graphics that suggest Ryu and Ken were planned to have a fourth special move. If it was implemented, it would have been a standard jump kick with fire covering the user's foot, similar to the Senpukyaku or Tenmakujinkyaku.
 * According to Yoshinori Ono, Ryu suffers from arachnophobia (fear of spiders), a subject matter emphasized in his introduction quote against Spider-Man in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and its updated version.
 * In Street Fighter: Resurrection, Ryu's date of birth is listed as "Unknown" when his official birthdate is July 21, 1964.