She was the first female fighter in the series and has been a mainstay ever since. [191] In 2013, Complex placed her at their top of list of video game characters that deserve a spin-off, noting her as "arguably the most popular female video character ever created. As she strikes her pose, she hits her opponent with a powerful Shunpukyaku and heavily punch to the opponent's groin followed by an uppercut to knock them down. Explore. Sakura is mostly seen with Hinata and Natsu in some screenshots where they are seen eating desserts at the coffee shop and leaving the school together in the game's ending in Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2. Ibuki (いぶき, Ibuki, also written as 息吹) is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter series. Fan art of Street Fighter 4, Yoon LEE. She then realized that there was something really special about Ryu, but she didn't know what it was. Street Fighter 5 (SFV) is an action fighting game of Street Fighter Universe. As Ryu stops himself from going for a lethal blow, the Metsu Hadoken hits the building, and Sakura's legs are wounded when she tries to save Ken from being hit by the wreckage. [8][9][10] Akiman reveals that the team excluded “weird” characters such as the Sumo fighter E. Honda as the employees younger than Akiman considered him “uncool”. Sakura then complains out loud how she’s a high school girl who’s already been thrown in prison, this led to another prisoner telling her to keep it down. Birthplace [18][19], In the Street Fighter Alpha games, where she was redesigned by Eri "Erichan" Nakamura,[9] Chun-Li wears a sleeveless tight outfit, her arms and upper body were visibly much stronger than those of any other female character in the franchise,[20] however many artists choose to depict her as petite and slim, in official and unofficial artworks alike, drawing only her legs strong due to her emphasis on kicking moves. The character primarily drew inspiration from a similar character in Tong Pooh, a female villain from Strider, an earlier Capcom game.[2]. After Guile's fake death during a staged prison break, Chun-Li uses a homing device to trace him to, and then infiltrate, the Allied Nations' headquarters, where she is shocked to discover that he is still alive. Chun-Li (春麗, also チュン・リー, Chun Rī, simplified Chinese: 春丽; traditional Chinese: 春麗; pinyin: Chūn Lì) is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter video game series. He then heads home. During the 1990s, GamePro chose her as the most iconic character of Street Fighter II and years later called her "everyone's favorite feminine fighter". [109] Other assorted merchandise included Diesel sneakers,[110] women's lingerie,[111] a figure-style flash drive USB stick,[112] a postage stamp from Japanese Philatelic Association came with its own collectible figure,[113] and a figurine that came with a DyDo drink. She wants to live a normal life of a high school girl and has a high interest for boys. "[177], Chun-Li has appeared in many top list type articles for the fighting game genre, all video games, and in even in general fiction, often due to her attractiveness. Then China just came up as a possible homeland. The whole time, Chun-Li is under the influence of Vega's love potion, but it wears off when Vega is defeated. Sakura appeared in UDON's Street Fighter comics as a main character where she and Karin are rivals in high school, she meets Ryu in a fight against Akuma in hopes that he would train her, she tries to prove her worth by attacking Akuma, only to be attacked by Akuma as he hits her in the head to a tree, she begins to lose consciousness as her eyes close. While tracking Sadler, she accompanies Ryu to where Akuma lives and witnesses as Ryu is almost overcome by the Dark Hadou. She has been sometimes deemed the "first lady of video games", the "original videogame super-babe", and such. Like Kei, Sakura and all three students are high-school friends, though all three students are from separate schools in the same area as Tamagawa Minami High (Taiyo High and Gorin High respectively). 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[184] In Game Informer's 2009 list of top ten best fighting game characters Chun-Li was seventh. Once she heard about the disappearance of skilled fighters, she immediately flew from Japan to America so she could ask Ken where Ryu was. [73] Gemma Nguyen plays her in the Power Rangers short film Power Rangers Legacy Wars: Street Fighter Showdown.[74][75][76][77][78]. The results of Capcom's recent Street Fighter character poll are in and the fans have spoken. I thought I could win this time. She is the fourth playable female fighter in the series (after Chun-Li, Cammy and Rose). Sakura in her Street Fighter Alpha 3 ending.. At age 16, she was still fighting, and decided to travel the world to find Ryu. Chun-Li is additionally playable in other Capcom games such as versus puzzle games Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (where she can turn into Jill Valentine[46]) and Street Fighter: Puzzle Spirits,[47] and social games Capcom All-Stars[48] and Street Fighter Battle Combination. 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[123] Her success furthermore directly contributed to the creation of such characters (besides Street Fighter's own Cammy[124]) as Mai Shiranui[125] or Mortal Kombat's Sonya Blade, followed by Kitana and Mileena;[126] popular fighting characters that resemble Chun-Li include Lei Fang (Dead or Alive), Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken), and Pai Chan (Virtua Fighter). "[14], Chun-Li is particularly well known for her very muscular legs, while depictions of the rest of her body are more variable. She can successfully manipulate ki, and is subsequently able to perform the Hadoken energy attack; however, due to her lack of training, she cannot throw it the full length of the arena like Ken or Ryu can. The two escape from the S.I.N. As they enter inside, they head into the building as Ryu is being engulfed by the Satsui no Hado which was being influenced by Shun. The "First Lady of Fighting Games," Chun-Li is a busty female fighter from the Street Fighter franchise and one of the 8 original characters in Street Fighter II. Wikis. 1. Karin (friendly), Sagat (SFA2), Ibuki (SSFIV, friendly), Maki (SFA3), Ryu (friendly), Ken (friendly), Rolento, Guile (friendly), Dan (friendly), Blanka (friendly), Eagle (friendly), Chun-Li (friendly), Cammy (friendly), E. Honda (SFA3) (friendly), Elena (friendly), Yuri Sakazaki, Athena Asamiya (CvS), Lars, Alisa (SFxTK) It was M. Bison using his Psycho Power to speak to her, he tells Sakura that Ryu’s come to rescue her and soon he’ll be able to capture Ryu thanks to her. Karin wonders if Sakura would say the same thing if Ryu was present, to which Sakura gets excited and asks if Karin has seen him, the latter explains that she saw him during a recent crisis when she summoned a group of fighters from around the world, and that she is certain that Ryu is still training. Tamagawa Minami High School (Rival School series) During the tournament, she actively seeks out Ryu, eventually finding him in the S.I.N. After a fight to ease Sakura's mind, Ryu praises her for growing stronger and more mature. The way that he fought, his ability to harness his inner ki and release it in the form of energy from his hands, fascinated Sakura like nothing else. In the first one, her ending shows her in a non-canonical future scene, where her son asks Sakura about a picture of her standing in front of a defeated Apocalypse (the sub-boss of the game). [70][71] In addition, she also makes cameo appearances in the 2008 Korean film My Mighty Princess (on a poster[72]) and in the 2018 film Ready Player One. Sakura began to participate in street fighting after watching Ryu win the first World Warrior tournament. Flower Kick, Pendulum Upper, Hadoken, Hadosho, Shouoken, Shunpukyaku, Shunpurenkyaku, Okakyaku, Sakura Otoshi, Shunka Shuutou, Zanku Hadoken, Sakura Fubuki, Haru Ichiban, Midare Zakura, Nekketsu Hadoken, Shinku Hadoken, Shinku Tengyo Hadoken, Haru Ranman, Tengyo Hadoken, Haru Kaze, Oukakyaku, Kashinfu, Haru Arashi, Sakura Senpu, Sakura Rain [80] Chun-Li made cameo appearances in the animated films Wreck-It Ralph and Ralph Breaks the Internet alongside several fellow Street Fighter characters.[81][82]. An early version of Chun-Li in Street Fighter IV was reworked following complaints from location tests that she was not "cute". Sakura is a young school girl from Japan. Not much is known about Sakura's early life aside from the fact that she is best friends with her fellow classmate, Kei Chitose. "[162], In 2002, Chun-Li was voted number one in Capcom's own poll of top 85 characters for the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter. European Street Fighter champion Ryan Hart listed Eagle at the top of his list of best Street Fighter characters. Her technique wasn't identical to Ryu's as she put her own spin on things, but she still hoped that Ryu could teach her how to perfect her techniques. [163] She was also ranked third in IGN's 2009 list of top Street Fighter characters, who commented: "Chun-Li's come a long way over the years. [181] UGO placed her as ninth on their 2007 list of top "videogame hotties", commenting that "Chun-Li's female presence and early dominance of the fighting game genre propelled her into the minds of many early fanboys. First Game Digitally painted images for reference only. While Street Fighter was an arcade hit in the late 1980s, Street Fighter II made the franchise a worldwide smash and perfected the fighting game genre with a beloved cast of characters.After that 1991 game's countless turbo remakes, updates and sequels dominated the 1990s, the franchise went through some lean … Games. tries to capture Ryu to complete the BLECE project after C. Viper's report about Ryu and the Satsui no Hado. When the second tournament was announced, Sakura was completely bummed out by the fact that it was in the middle of the school year, and she was prevented from entering by her parents. a tennis player, a soccer outfit, a Playboy bunny girl and her blue one-piece suit while wielding a baseball bat or a long towel to slip her opponents). Having graduated high school[18] and now going in university,[19] Sakura now works part-time at an arcade named Plaza Capcom,[20] but wonders what decisions she needs to make in order to be satisfied with her future. In the Street Fighter Alpha games (set during the time period before Street Fighter II), Chun-Li wears a Chinese acrobatic outfit consisting of an embroidered vest, a unitard, and sneakers; she is wearing her ox horns unadorned, but kept in place with yellow ribbons. She continued to search the world for Ryu, eventually ditching Dan and finding Ryu's friend and rival Ken. However, her somewhat low stamina and her lack of other available approaches (particularly her weak projectile) require a certain amount of finesse, leaving little room for error; this ultimately makes Sakura a high-risk, high-reward character. 2. Fight style: Chinese martial arts. She also has a head microphone at the left side of her ear. In Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter X Tekken, her socks are shorter and the color is navy blue. Sakura continuous to walk but can still hear an unfamiliar man follow her, she then attacks the man with a kick but the man avoids it. She is still on the hunt for Ryu and asks Ken if he's seen him. [92] In 1997, actress and pop star Rie Tomosaka played Chun-Li on television as well. [38] Related to her police job, she is a very skilled firearm user, her game profiles stating that she has at least once achieved a sixth place in an international shooting competition. When Sakura is challenged by Karin in Street Fighter Legends: Sakura, they help her train as well as catch Karin cheating in the hot-dog eating contest and take out Karin's bodyguards when they fought. "[8] Akiman added that they "wanted Street Fighter II to be more entertaining than its predecessor. Upon Bison's defeat, she fulfills her revenge and decides to return to her life as an ordinary girl; Super Street Fighter II allows players to choose this ending or another in which she remains a police officer. 1. Wikis. She believes the trail can lead her to her father, who at the time, was missing and presumed alive. In fact there’s only like what 2 females that I guess are villains? [14] The size of Chun-Li's thighs massively increased in Street Fighter III. For Street Fighter V on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Favorite Street Fighter Female Character?" Vega continues to use Ryu to lower Sakura’s guard, telling her that Ryu wanted to pass a message onto Sakura. The comic appears to be mixing elements of the various games together and Chun-Li's mode of dress changes several times throughout the UDON comics, from the outfits worn in Street Fighter Alpha to her more traditional qipao from Street Fighter II. Sakura asking Ryu if she can take a photo. She also fought a rematch with her rival Karin Kanzuki, and though Karin won the fight, she admitted Sakura was better and she had learned winning was not everything. They eventually run into Ryu who defeated M. Bison and wanted to find the Psycho Drive to destroy it, but Sakura tells Ryu to leave before it self-destructs. Street Fighter Wiki. Yuko Sasamoto (Street Fighter Alpha 2 - Namco x Capcom)Chiaki Osawa (Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation)Mao Kawasaki (Street Fighter Alpha: Generations)Misato Fukuen (Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter V) D&D Beyond Nude mods pack for all Females of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition! Sakura is one of two fighters who learned their fighting styles from two of the main characters in the Street Fighter series, Ryu and Ken. Here is a list of characters that have appeared with any capacity in the various Street Fighter … Presumably wearing her old schoolgirl outfit. During the 1990s, GamePro chose her as the most iconic character of Street Fighter II[154] and years later called her "everyone's favorite feminine fighter". People in the comic, the killer is not revealed non-canonical spin-off series Street Fighter female character in 's. 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