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Encyclopedia > Elena (Street Fighter)
Elena
Game series Street Fighter series
First game Street Fighter III: New Generation
Voice actor(s) Kaoru Fujino; Mie Midori (3rd Strike)
In-universe information
Birthplace Kenya
Fighting style Capoeira

Elena (エレナ Erena?) is a character in the Street Fighter series. “Street Fighter” redirects here. ... Fujino Kaoru(藤野かほる) is a seiyu who was born on May 21, 1972 in Kochi and raised in Tokyo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Capoeira (IPA: ) is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 17th Century [1] Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle. ... “Street Fighter” redirects here. ...

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Story

Elena is a princess in an African tribe that has a cultural tradition of fighting, making her a warrior princess. She may have been born in Kenya, but her fighting style is Capoeira which utilizes her strong, long legs with dance-like moves and fancy legwork. Her father, the tribe's chief, is a witch doctor. However, he also has a PhD in medicine obtained from a French university. Elena's views of fighting and martial arts differ from most due to her light hearted personality allowing her to befriend some people and annoy others. She wants to travel around the world, meeting new friends along the way. She studied as an exchange student in Japan, where she met her best friend Narumi. She later continued those studies in France. For other uses, see Princess (disambiguation). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Bradamante rides off, having overthrown a knight (Orlando Furioso) The concept of warrior princesses is relatively new in fiction. ... Capoeira (IPA: ) is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 17th Century [1] Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle. ... A witch doctor (in southern Africa known as a Sangoma) often refers to exotic healers that believe that maladies are caused by magic and are therefore best cured by it, as opposed to science or developed medicine. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...


Appearance

Elena has white hair, blue eyes, and dark skin. She is barefoot while fighting and has long, powerful legs. Her attire consists of a white two-piece bikini-like outfit with pale red, sky-blue, gold and purple bands on her neck, arms, wrists, shins, and ankles.


Techniques

Elena's fighting style consists entirely of kicks and leg throws, even when the player uses a punch button command. She is the only Street Fighter character to use only kicks, in opposition to Dudley and Balrog who only use punches. Dudley is a character from Capcoms Street Fighter III fighting game series. ... “Mike Bison” redirects here. ...


Elena is the only Street Fighter character who has the ability to use Healing, a Super Art which allows Elena to regain up to 1/3 of her life energy bar if given the opportunity.


Trivia

  • Elena's voice actress speaks English with a Japanese-Australian accent, despite the character being Kenyan. Elena often greets her opponent at the beginning of a match with "Jambo!", Swahili for hello.
  • Elena is the only African character in the Street Fighter series.
  • Elena's multi-colored bangles were a good showcase of Capcom's new hardware; CPS-3. The earlier CPS-2 allowed each sprite to be colored from a palette of only 16 colors.

A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The CPS-3 ) or Capcom Play System 3 is an arcade system board that was introduced by Capcom in 1996 with the game Warzard (known as Red Earth outside Japan). ... CPS-2 (CPシステムII shīpī shisutemu tsū) or Capcom Play System 2, is an arcade system board that debuted in 1993 with Super Street Fighter 2, and Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom. ...

External links

  • WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Elena Previously hosted by Wikibooks

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Elena: Information from Answers.com (458 words)
Elena is a princess in an African tribe that has a cultural tradition of fighting, making her a warrior princess.
Elena's views of fighting and martial arts differ from most due to her light hearted personality allowing her to befriend some people and annoy others.
Elena is the only Street Fighter character who has the ability to use Healing, a Super Art which allows Elena to regain up to 1/3 of her life energy bar if given the opportunity.
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Fight for the Future Review (1081 words)
Street Fighter 2 was a smash hit and people patiently waited through five different versions for Street Fighter 3.
Street Fighter 3: Third Impact Fight for the Future is actually the third and arguably the best version of Street Fighter 3.
The Street Fighter series is born on Capcom's simple control mantra, which the PS2 controller doesn't handle that well.
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