Strider Hiryuu

Strider Hiryuu, also known as Hiryu, is the main protagonist from the Strider series.
== Charactah Account ==
As an active Strider agent, all personal data such as real name, age, nationality, career and any other background information are top secret, although official speculation states that he's an Asian male somewhere around 20 years of age. The youngest Strider ever to reach Special A-Class in the organization's history, Hiryuu completed the Striders' hellish training program among the top ten percentile. He is a professional expert in sabotage and assassination, as well as a master spy.
In battle, Hiryuu is incredibly focused, appearing silent but stern. He shows super-human capabilities, heightened by his impressive agility and speed, which allows him to dodge barrages of bullets. Hiryuu fights like a fierce deity while remaining both calm and collected emotionally. He epitomizes the strength a Special A-Class Strider possesses.
== Appearance ==
=== Manga ===
* Strider Hiryuu
=== Video Games ===
* Capcom Arcade Stadium
* Capcom Classics Collection Remixed
* Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 2
* Capcom Classics Mini Mix
* Capcom Fighting All-Stars
* Capcom Fighting Evolution
* Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
* Marvel vs. Capcom Origins
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
* Namco x Capcom
* Project X Zone 2
* Street Fighter X All Capcom
* Strider
* Strider 2
* The Capcom Collection
* Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
== Trivia ==
* There is debate over whether the Hiryuu in Strider 2 is the same one or an incarnation of the original, primarily stemming from the game's backstory which sets the game 2000 years after the original, and Grandmaster Meio's last words in the ending wondering if he is the same man who defeated him back then and if he has "come to finish what he didn't". The Strider Hiryuu Visual Chronicle artwork, however, states the Strider 2 Hiryuu carries the same codename of the original, implying they are two different people.
** Zeku's written backstory further aludes to the idea: Zeku is described as the "1st generation Strider Hiryuu" and the classic 1989 Hiryuu is referred to as Zeku's "third generation", showing Hiryuu to be part of a succeeding line that may include the passing of the codename "Hiryuu".
* Going from the above, its a common but mistaken assumption that Hiryuu has lived and is well over 2,000 years old, a "fact" usually accompanied by giving him the completely arbitrary age of 2021. This, however, has never been backed up by any official source, making the claim completely fan-made.
** This "plot twist" has never been discussed in-game in any official matter, with the possible exception of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, where Hiryuu claims he and Meio have been fighting for over a thousand years "dying a thousand deaths as if [his] fate is forever bound to [Meio's]", implying they are caught in some kind of reincarnation cycle. Although this is not explored further, it is worth noting Jedah states in a later cutscene that the heroes on the Capcom universe "never truly die" as the reason he wants to bring balance between life and death to his reality, which would indicate Hiryuu's situation is not unique to him.
** The web series Death Battle, which featured Hiryuu, implies he's lived over 2,000 years, adding that it is "likely because of the advanced medicine of the future". While the Strider Hiryu Visual Chronicle ultimately disproves these claims, Hiryuu's appearance on the web series predates the release of the Visual Chronicle.
* A former long-held misconception in English-speaking communities was that Hiryuu's voice actor in the first two Marvel vs. Capcom games was Kosuke Toriumi, working under the pseudonym "Tomomi Fube". In truth, Tomomi Fube is actually a female seiyuu who probably voiced one of the Special Partners in the first Marvel vs. Capcom, and Toriumi had no involvement in the game.
* Hiryuu was one of six Strider characters to rank in the "Best Characters" category of Gamest magazine's "3rd Gamest Grand Prix", ranking in 3rd place. His Marvel vs. Capcom incarnation later ranked 21st in the "Best Characters" category of the 12th and final Gamest Grand Prix.
* Hiryuu's Cypher sound effect when swinging is actually a result of FM synthesis from his origin game in the CPS-1 hardware. Since his appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom, the Cypher swing sound effect is digitally sampled and no longer rendered by hardware.
* Hiryuu's one of two Capcom characters whose name means "Flying Dragon", the other one being Fei Long from Street Fighter. "Hiryuu" is the Japanese reading of the kanji making up the name, while "Fei Long" is the Chinese reading.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Hiryu at Strider Wiki
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