Zangief

Zangief (Japanese: ザンギエフ, Hepburn: Zangiefu), based on Russian Зангиев, often called the Red Cyclone (Japanese: 赤きサイクロン, Hepburn: Akaki Saikuron), is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter series. Considered to be the first controllable fighting game character whose moveset is centered on grappling, he made his first appearance in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior in 1991. In the series, he is a professional wrestler that fights to prove Russia's superiority over other nations' fighters. He was the canon grand champion of Street Fighter IV, being the only character to defeat Seth.
Contrary to popular belief, the name Zangief is actually not of Russian, but Ossetian origin, being derived from an Eastern Slavic variant of the name Zanjiati (Ossetian: Зæнджиаты).
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