Ken Masters (ケン・マスターズ, Ken Masutāzu^?, his first name is sometimes written as 拳) is a video game character created by Capcom. He is one of the main characters from the Street Fighter series of fighting games alongside Ryu. Image File history File links Information. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 53 KB) Summary www. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Street Fighter ), or commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of fighting games in which the players pit combatants from around the world, each with his or her own special moves, against one another. ... Street Fighter ) is a 1987 arcade game developed by Capcom. ... Tetsuya Iwanaga (岩永 哲哉 Iwanaga Tetsuya, born June 24, 1970) is a seiyÅ«. Currently, as of 2005, Iwanaga is not affiliated with any production. ... YÅ«ji Kishi (岸 祐二, Kishi YÅ«ji) is a seiyÅ« and actor who was born September 28, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The Japanese term ansatsuken (暗殺拳, Murdering/Assassination Techniques) is a generic term referring to any martial art created for assassination. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fictional character. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Screenshot of Street Fighter (arcade version). ... Screenshot of The King of Fighters XI (2005, SNK Playmore). ...   , also written as 隆) is a video game character created by Capcom, and is the main character in the Street Fighter series. ...

Character History

pre-Street Fighter

When Ken was about 12 years old, his father, a rich hotel tycoon, thought that his son needed to learn about discipline, lest his son become a spoiled brat all of his life and try to leech onto the Masters' family fortune. In order to do so, the elder Masters sent Ken to Japan to train under his best friend, the mysterious karate master Gouken. At first, Ken was very hesitant to learn from Gouken, wanting to go back to the United States, but later began to respect his master. He even enjoyed the company of Gouken's adopted son, Ryu, since he had a foil to finally pull pranks on, although this got Ken into a lot of trouble. Ryu and Ken would later become best friends and each other's principal rivals. For other uses, see Hotel (disambiguation). ... For a wealthy or powerful Polish or Hungarian nobleman, see Magnate. ... “Spoiled” redirects here. ... Gouken Gouken (剛拳, Gôken, in Japanese, means Strong Fist) was the master of Ryu and Ken in Capcoms Street Fighter fighting game series. ...   , also written as 隆) is a video game character created by Capcom, and is the main character in the Street Fighter series. ...

When Ryu was 23, Gouken decided that both of his pupils had grown up to be fine fighters and decided that their training was over and could now leave the dojo. Ryu decided to travel the world in order to continue his training, whereas Ken was finally happy to be going back home to the United States after his years of straining his back for master Gouken and finally learning the meaning of humility. After coming home, Ken competed in many different Martial Arts tournaments held in the United States, winning most of them.

Street Fighter Alpha

Ken did not participate in the first Street Fighter tournament; instead, he fought in (and won) the premiere U.S. Martial Arts tournament that had been previously won by Charlie, as well as meeting a very attractive girl named Eliza, who became his girlfriend. Charlie, known as Nash ) in Japan, is a video game character from Capcoms Street Fighter series of fighting games. ...

After winning the U.S. martial arts tournament, Ken returned to his training ground to tell his master Gouken the good news. There he witnessed his master's death at the hands of Akuma. Enraged and grief stricken, he attacked Akuma, only to be defeated. Akuma as seen in Capcom VS. SNK 2, illustrated by Shinkiro Akuma (demon in Japanese), known in Japan as Gouki , strong oni(strong demon,strong ogre)), is a video game character created by Capcom. ...

He began wandering the world in search of Akuma, and his friend and fellow student Ryu. He wanted to tell Ryu what happened to their master and also hoped to win a match against him. He eventually finds Ryu in seclusion. Ryu is dejected upon seeing his long-time friend, but Ken makes him go try out a spar anyway. Over the next few days, Ken realizes how stressed out his best friend is since his fight with Sagat. Ryu explains to Ken that deep within him there is a burning rage- a power trying to overcome him. Giving Ryu his red headband, Ken tells him to stay focused, which greatly cheers Ryu up. Ken returns home and begins training harder. Knowing even with his recent feelings, that Ryu is always stronger than he looks. ‹ The template below (Vg-in-universe) has been proposed for deletion. ...

Ken begins to wonder about his own life. Ryu seemed to be on the right track again, but what of him? Along the way to prove himself again, he encounters Karin who tells him she has followed his career and is trying to best her rival Sakura's to prove she is superior. Ken advises her it's good to have a rival, but not for supremacy, but to keep on training harder and focusing. With this, Ken finds himself again and is focused once more. Going off to meet up with Sakura, they too have a friendly match and Ken finally realizes that Ryu has the right idea all along. Both he and Sakura begin to travel to find Ryu, but find out that he's being brainwashed by the dictator M. Bison. Ken and Sakura both take Bison on together to distract him as Sagat (who had come along to also find Ryu struggling against Bison) took Ryu under control. Ryu eventually came to and slammed Bison away with the help of Ken, then talked to each of his friends — he told Ken to wait for his rematch, noting he still had much to learn. Ken himself promised to train harder. Karin Kanzuki ) is a video game character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. ... Sakura Kasugano ) is a video game character in the Street Fighter series of fighting games. ... Brainwashing (also known as thought reform or re-education) consists of any systematic effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person against his/her will, usually beliefs in conflict with the persons prior beliefs and knowledge. ... For the Street Fighter character known as M. Bison in Japan, see Balrog (Street Fighter). ...

Street Fighter II

Ken received an invitation to the second Street Fighter tournament, but since his last U.S. Martial Arts tournament, he had let himself spend too much time with his girlfriend, Eliza, rather than training. Only Ryu's personal challenge rekindled Ken's fighting spirit and persuaded him to enter the second World Warrior tournament. After the events of Street Fighter II, Ken is married to Eliza, something he vowed only to do after winning a decisive victory against Ryu. However it is unknown if the two fought during the tournament, or if Ken actually won. No details have been stated. Street Fighter II ) is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ...

Street Fighter III

Ken then entered the third Street Fighter tournament. By this time, a Brazilian teenager named Sean had been pestering him to become his student, and Ken reluctantly accepted, beginning to train him. He fought Sean and won against him in the tournament, however during the course of it, he drops out when realizing Ryu was defeated by Oro. Ken begins to train his son Mel in rudimentary fighting techniques. He also told Sean to go find Ryu and challenge him, giving him some free time with Eliza. Sean Matsuda is a character from Capcoms Street Fighter III fighting game series. ...

Though bored, Ken hears about a mysterious organization and goes to investigate, and may have confronted Urien. He does win his third straight U.S. Martial Arts tournament victory, which is a new record, and offers the trophy to Sean, although his student says he wishes to earn it for himself. He also learned that Ryu had sought him out and traveled all the way to New York from Oakland for their long-awaited rematch. Tossing some friendly jabs at each other, both have a good fight that Ryu wins. Since then, Ken has continued to train Sean and Mel, handle his family and business, and keep up with his old friend Ryu. Urien is a character in the Street Fighter III fighting game series. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “Oakland” redirects here. ...

Appearance

Ken is most easily recognized by his sparring gloves (yellow in the Alpha Series, red or brown elsewhere) and bright red karate gi with the arms ripped off, similar to Ryu's (Capcom has said that a red gi was chosen to stand out and to reflect his more flashy style of fighting). His hair is blonde (some sources indicate that his hair may in fact be dyed; evidenced that some of his sprites have black eyebrows) and has long eyebrows. He wears a black belt at his waist and fights barefooted. In the Street Fighter Alpha series, he had longer hair that he tied back with a red ribbon into a ponytail. The official explanation for the loss of the ribbon is that he gave it to Ryu to wear during the events of Street Fighter Alpha 2 (as stated in Ken's own ending); Ryu was distracted during his fight with Ken because he had just fought Akuma, and ended up losing. Ken gave Ryu the headband to remind him of their fight. GI may stand for: Galvanized Iron Gastrointestinal, a division of the human anatomy in medicine Generic identifier Geodætisk Institut, a former Danish cartographic institute Geographical indication Game Informer, a video games magazine Government issue, meaning army enlisted personnel Government Issue, A 1980s Hardcore Band G.I. Joe, a... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Street Fighter Alpha (in Japan and other parts of Asia, Street Fighter Zero) series of fighting games is part of the Street Fighter series developed by Capcom. ...

Gameplay

In the original Street Fighter, and in the first iteration of Street Fighter II, Ken was identical to Ryu, in terms of game play, with only one attack (a throw) appearing to be aesthetically different. In later Street Fighter II editions, Ken's character was modified to be a variant of Ryu, using modified versions of Ryu's special attacks, though his animations and other attacks were still very similar to Ryu's, as Ken's sprite is always a head swap of Ryu. In the original version of this game, the only way to effectively have two characters with similar abilities fight each other was to have one player play as Ryu and the other play as Ken. Street Fighter ) is a 1987 arcade game developed by Capcom. ... Street Fighter II ) is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ...   , also written as 隆) is a video game character created by Capcom, and is the main character in the Street Fighter series. ... Street Fighter II ) is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ... Head swapping is the act of removing the head from an animated character and replacing it with a different one. ...

With the advent of "mirror matches" (same character vs.) in Street Fighter II': Champion Edition, Capcom needed to vary the "Uppercut Brothers" playing styles a bit. Ryu was given a stronger, faster Hadouken and a one-hit knockdown Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku, while Ken was given a wider arcing Shoryuken and a multi-hit Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku (In the "Marvel vs Capcom" series, the Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku went on an angle, making it effective against airborne opponents). In Super Street Fighter II, Ken began deviating from Ryu further being given a multi-hit flaming Shoryuken. In the next SFII installment, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Ken was given the super combo Shouryuu Reppa (which was simply Ken's Jab and Strong Dragon Punches chained together) and a number of different command kicks, plus a new jumping Forward and a Knee Bash hold. These command kicks would be incorporated as the standard move list in the Street Fighter Alpha series, but remain commands in all others. Ryu (left) performs a Shakunetsu Hadouken in Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Revival on the Game Boy Advance Hadouken ) is a fictional special attack that originated in the classic Capcom fighting video game series Street Fighter. ... Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku (竜巻旋風脚 lit. ... Shoryuken , properly pronounced as three syllables, sho-ryu-ken) roughly translates as Rising Dragon Fist (Sho=Rising, Ryu=Dragon, Ken=Fist or Punch). ... . Marvel vs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Street Fighter II. (Discuss) Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers was the penultimate release of a long string of fighting games in the Street Fighter II series. ... A special attack (known also by other names, such as superpowers, hidden skills, secret techniques and the like) is a literary device of fiction, particularly comic books, manga and anime, though this is not universal; videogames, primarily those in the fighting genre, feature these attacks as well. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Ken mainly focuses on the Shoryuken move, to the point where his Shoryukens set the opponent on fire. Ken's Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku does not allow him to dodge projectiles at the start of the spin, but spins faster, allows him to hit his opponent up to five times. Ken's Hadouken attacks are less concentrated than Ryu's, but Ken's Shoryuken is more powerful.

Super Arts

By Street Fighter III, Ken has two Shōryūken Super Arts (Shōryū-reppa and Shinryūken) and Shippu Jinrai Kyaku, and in Street Fighter EX 3, he has a "meteor combo" (a Level 3 super-combo) called Kuzūryu-reppa, a mix of his other three Super Arts. Kuzūryu-reppa would be seen again in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom with it being one of Violent Ken's supers this time. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A gameplay image of Street Fighter EX 2 Plus. ...

Ken's super moves consist of the Shōryū-reppa ("Rising Dragon Destroyer"), in which Ken does two or three Shōryūken; the Shinryūken ("Divine Dragon Fist"), a spinning vertical Shoryuken (dedicated to his late master Gouken) that lacks range, but does greater damage and more hits, especially if the kick buttons are pressed rapidly; and the most recent addition to his move-list since Street Fighter III — the Shippū-Jinrai-Kyaku ("Gale Thunderclap Kick"), which Ken does a flurry of kicks before ending with a vertical Tatsumaki-Senpū-Kyaku (a diagonally vertical Tatsumaki-Senpū-Kyaku in Street Fighter Alpha Anthology's port of SFA3). Gouken Gouken (剛拳, Gôken, in Japanese, means Strong Fist) was the master of Ryu and Ken in Capcoms Street Fighter fighting game series. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Violent Ken

Violent Ken is an alternate version of Ken that appears in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom. He was inspired by Sennou Ken (Brainwashed Ken in Japanese), which was depicted in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, which M. Bison induced a considerable amount of Psycho Power to transform Ken into a killing machine, though Brainwashed Ken has little to do with the Satsui no Hadou. Shin Akuma using Satsui no Hadou to its full extent (this version is mixed with the power of the Orochi). ...

However, Violent Ken also used purple flames instead of regular ones in his Shoryuken, which is a feature of Akuma's Hadokens and Shoryukens from the Marvel vs. Capcom series, and a pillar of energy appeared at the end of his Exceed move, which is a feature of Rugal's DMs from The King of Fighters series. This article is about the series. ... The King of Fighters (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ in Japanese), or KOF for short, is a fighting game series by SNK that debuted in 1994. ...

Actors

While his original voice was a re-use of the Ryu audio samples, beginning with Super Street Fighter II Ken's voice was performed by Kenji Haga, who also did his voice in the Street Fighter II anime movie. Tetsuya Iwanaga did Ken's voice in the Street Fighter Alpha series, and Koji Tobe did Ken's voice in the Street Fighter III games. In SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, he was voiced by Atsushi "Monster" Maezuka. He was voiced by Scott McNeil in the Street Fighter animated series. He was voiced by Kazuya Ichijo in Japanese and Steven Blum in the dub for the Street Fighter Alpha movie. In Street Fighter II V, he was voiced by Jimmy Theodore and in Street Fighter II: the movie, he was voiced by Eddie Frierson. 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. ... Tetsuya Iwanaga (岩永 哲哉 Iwanaga Tetsuya, born June 24, 1970) is a seiyū. Currently, as of 2005, Iwanaga is not affiliated with any production. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Scott McNeil (born September 15, 1962 in Brisbane, Australia), is an Australian-born voice actor. ... Street Fighter is an American animated television series that was featured on the USA Networks Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Kazuya Ichijō (一条和矢, Ichijō Kazuya) is a seiyū who was born on April 11, 1966 in Hyogo. ... Steven Jay Blum (born April 28, 1965) is an American voice actor known primarily for his work in anime dubs and video games. ... Street Fighter Alpha (Street Fighter Zero: The Animation in Japan) is a movie based on the popular fighting game, Street Fighter Alpha 2. ... Street Fighter II V , pronounced two vee) is an anime series based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii, the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. The series is a loose adaptation of the games, taking several... Jimmy Theodore is a voice actor who is also known as Rudy Luzion and Stephen Platt. ... Edward Davies Frierson (born November 22, 1959 in Sherman Oaks, California) is an American voice actor and stage actor who is also known as Christy Mathewson, Ted Richards, and Eric Frierson (only when misspelled in the credits — this was an original screw-up caused by language differences with the payroll...

Street Fighter motion picture

Damian Chapa portrayed Ken in the 1994 Street Fighter movie, where he is a conartist alongside Ryu. After the two unsuccessfully try to scam Shadaloo Tong leader, Sagat, they are arrested by Allied Nations forces. Guile offers them their freedom in exchange for infiltrating Bison's base (to whom Sagat runs guns) and revealing its location so that the AN can make an military strike and free the hostages captured earlier in the film. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Street Fighter is a 1994 movie based on the hugely popular fighting game Street Fighter II by Capcom (though the movie also features characters from Super Street Fighter II). ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ...

Ken and Ryu are forced to betray the vengeful GNT news-crew (Chun Li, Balrog and Honda) in order to gain Bison's trust but later try to free them and are captured. When Guile eventually infiltrates Sagat's base and chaos ensues Ryu and Ken try to help free the hostages but split up when the AN forces arrive (according to Ken the soldiers get paid and that they should not risk their lives). Ken later comes to Ryu's aid when he is ambushed by Vega and Sagat. While Ryu kills Vega, Ken defeats Sagat and drops a heavy golden statue on his hands parting him with the line: "If I hadn't met you, I might have become you."

Interestingly Ken and Sagat are portrayed as rivals, switching the usual scenario from the games where Ryu and Sagat are rivals, with Ryu's rivalry switched to Vega.

Related Characters

• Ryu
• Akuma
• Dan Hibiki
• Guile
• Karin Kanzuki

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See also

• Street Fighter
• Marvel vs. Capcom series
• Puzzle Fighter
• SNK vs. series
• Namco x Capcom
• Street Fighter Alpha
• SNES

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References

External links

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