Elena (Street Fighter)

Elena (エレナ) is a character in the Street Fighter series.
==Biography==
===Background===
Elena is a princess of an East African nation that has a cultural tradition of fighting. Her father, chief of the region, is a traditional healer who also qualified in France for a doctorate degree in medicine.
===Appearance===
Elena is amazingly tall for a woman; she is currently the tallest woman in the Street Fighter series. She has dark skin, short silvery white hair, and blue eyes. She has long, strong legs and is always barefoot. Many of her official artwork, mostly in SFIII, show her toenails painted blue. She is mainly dressed in a white, two-piece bikini-like outfit with bright red, blue, gold and purple stripes on the neck, shoulders, wrists, shins and ankles. This makes her outfit the most skimpy of all the female characters in the Street Fighter franchise.
=== Personality ===
Elena is a young girl with a strong, pure spirit and a cheerful "tomboy" personality similar to Sakura, Ibuki and fellow rival Makoto (though not as brash and fiery-tempered like the latter), as she is normally seen smiling or laughing sweetly. While very energetic and benevolent, she is also smart, sociable, and culture-adaptive, always eager to learn more about the world, which is part of the reason for her travels. She also has an unusual accent, which she refers to as something she got from her travels around the world in one of her win quotes in 3rd Strike. Elena is also able to hear and comprehend various rhythms as well as the voices of the wind and trees.
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 is a very cheery person who looks to make friends which motivated her to join the 3rd world tournament to meet new people and hopefully make friends.
Elena is able to tell when she sees a pure evil person, seen in her win quote against M. Bison in Street Fighter X Tekken ("I don't need the wind to tell me that you are a very bad man!").
== Story ==
Elena is the princess of an East African tribe which has a cultural tradition of fighting. He father is chief of the region and a witch doctor, but also has a PhD in medicine from France. During the third World Warrior tournament, Elena wanted to travel around the world and meet new friends. She has a light hearted personality and doesn't take fighting as seriously as other fighters. She studied as an exchange student in Japan, where she met her best friend Narumi. She later continued her studies in France. She didn't do much during the time of the third World Warrior tournament besides make a lot of friends.
Elena desires 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.
==Gallery==
===Images===
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ElenaSF3rdStrike.jpg|Her apperance in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
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Sf4charselectelena.png|Elena as she appears in Ultra Street Fighter IV
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Elenaprologue.PNG|Elena during her prologue cutscene in USFIV
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E12moN7WUAUnKN3.jpg|Elena on a tarot card (courtesy of Capcom artwork collection)
==Trivia==
*Elena has similar traits to Dee Jay. They are both dark-skinned, happy-go-lucky fighters who fight barefoot, using dance moves, and talk about rhythms and beats in their win quotes.
**Tekken character Christie Monteiro, Elena's rival in Street Fighter X Tekken, naturally has some similar traits to Elena: they both wear revealing costumes, and use Capoeira as their martial arts style (as indicated by their stance). Christie can also be customized to resemble Elena in Tekken 6.
**She also shares character traits and interests with Darkstalkers character Felicia. Like with Dee Jay, they are both happy-go-lucky fighters who enjoy music and dancing, and both cover their modesty with small amounts of white clothing (or fur in Felicia's case).
*Elena is the first playable character in the series whose home country is in Africa.
*Her height is 183 cm (equivalent to 6 ft); make her the tallest female fighter in Street Fighter franchise.
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