Ryu

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Ryu

Home Country:	Japan
Height:	5' 10"
Weight:	150 LBS
Fighting Style:	Shotokan Karate
First Appearence:	Street Fighter

Ryu was orphaned as a child, but was then taken in by the shotokan karate master, Gouken. Gouken taught Ryu everything he knew about the art. He was paired by an american that also wanted to do the art, Ken Masters. Then, Ryu entered the tournament known as "Street Fighter". Then in the country of Thailand, he faced the towering Muay Thai master and the "King of the Street Fighters" Sagat. Ryu defeated Sagat with the move that he mastered with Gouken, the Dragon Punch. But, what Ryu did not realize that he created some type of evil energy within him, which was vrought on Ryu's desire to win against Sagat.

After the tournament, Ryu returned to Japan where he was admired by a lot of fighters, even the school girl named Sakura. But, when he returned to see Gouken, he was dead. Ryu vows to have revenge. Then he finds another master of shotokan karate, a man named Akuma. Ryu, finds and fights with Akuma. After defeating Akuma, Ryu discovers that he feels the same evil energy that Akuma feels, so Ryu now fights to control this evil energy inside him, then Ryu is seen by Ken when training in Japan, however Ryu knew that he was not ready for this fight because of his last fight with Akuma, and lets Ken defeat him.

A few years have passed, and a criminal orginization named "Shadaloo" led by a man named M.Bison is rising. Bison has heard of Ryu and his victory over Sagat, and the evil energy inside of him. So, he sets on a journey to find Ryu. Ryu knows that he will need help. So, his partner Ken, a U.S. Air force pilot Guile and interpol agent Chun-Li set to defeat Bison. Ryu and Ken fight Bison to the death. Then, Bison was killed by Akuma.

Then, in a wild state of afairs, Ryu was reunited with his master, Gouken. They have a sparring session with Gouken winning, but with that, Gouken was also able to nullify the evil energy that was within Ryu,

A few more years had passed, and much has changed. Ken now teaches at a shotokan karate school, Ryu ventures to find good fighters, and a new threat is rising, a man named Gill who intends to pick up where Bison left off, and to act revenge on Ryu. Unfortunately, Ryu would lose to the fighter, Oro, but instead of wallowing around in his defeat, Ryu decides to beecome the student of Oro. After this, Ryu goes and defeats both Ken and another fighter named Alex.