Ryu

## Character Relationships

Over his many travels, Ryu has made many allies and friends, but he also has a few enemies, including his dark half. Ken, Zen, Shawn, Sagat, Gouken and Sakura are characters with high importance who’s actions influence Ryu and vice versa:

### Allies

#### Ken

Ken and Zen is Ryu and Shawn's best friends from their childhood, as the four have trained in the same art of Ansatsuken for a long time. They share a very close bond with each other and will help out each other no matter the cost. All of them have also trained together under Gouken. One can see that they care for each other and never quarrel. Ken and Zen able to notice when Ryu isn’t in the right state of mind, where Ken gave him his red headband in order for Ryu to stay focused and not lose his way. He tells Hinagiku that only he will show up alone, and encourages Ryu to continue his training before facing Shadoloo.

Although Ryu spends his time training, Ken will go as far as inviting him to his wedding and Ryu will answer the call and also invite him to the Japanese hot springs. Ken always assumed that Ryu found him trivial since he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, whilst Ryu is an orphan who at the time lost the man who adopted him. In contrast to this, Ryu believed Ken and Zen was the only two he can reach out to when it comes to his internal struggle with the Satsui no Hado. Ken also gets annoyed when multiple people ask where Ryu and Zen is, making it seem like Ken is Ryu and Zen's personal assistant. The three usually greet each other by exchanging fist bumps, usually before starting a friendly sparring match. As of 3rd Strike, Ryu has won more fights between him, and Ken. Ken knows that Ryu have a crush on his twin brother Zen.

### Zen

Zen and Ken Ruy's best friend from childhood, three have trained in the same art of Ansatsuken for a long time. They share a very close bond with each other and will help out each other no matter the cost. All of them have also trained together under Gouken. One can see that they care for each other and never quarrel. In contrast to this, Ryu believed Zen and Ken was the only two he can reach out to when it comes to his internal struggle with the Satsui no Hado. The three usually greet each other by exchanging fist bumps, usually before starting a friendly sparring match.

Ryu sometims travel with Zen or Zen finds him on his travels. Zen helps him to get in to underground fights that are hard to get in to. Both of them have win tag team matches together doing thire travels together. Ryu have never win a match against Zen because Zen all ways knows what mave he is going to make. Also Ryu have a little crush on Zen but will never tell him he have one.

#### Gouken

ouken is Ryu's master who raised him since he was a boy. During Gouken's absence Ryu returns to Suzaku Castle to visit Gouken's grave, once every year. Ryu also views him as a father and was inspired by him to become a martial artist.

#### Sagat

Sagat is one of Ryu's most respected rivals. At first, Sagat had a grudge against Ryu for stripping away his pride as a warrior. Later on, though, Sagat began to respect Ryu for his brave will and sportsmanship, and the two have become great rivals afterwards.

#### Sakura

Sakura is Ryu's fan and a close friend of his. She has always tried to get Ryu to train her in hopes of becoming a better fighter. While Ryu does not believe that he is ready to take her as a student, they will sometimes have a match to see her improvement in fighting. Like Ken and Zen, she’s willing to put her own well-being on the line to help Ryu where she was willing to fight M. Bison to protect Ryu and again in *Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind* where she stops Ryu who was under the influence of the Satsui no Hado from killing someone. When Ryu heard that Sakura was in trouble from Karin, he immediately made his way to Kasugano Residence, to see if she’s alright. After sparring with her he was able to tell that her worries about the future helped her mature. Thanks to her he learns about the strength of life, where instead of having students he should have children to create new bonds in life.

#### Goutetsu

Ryu remembers Goutetsu when looking back at his childhood. He used to watch Goutetsu, Gouken and Akuma train with each other.

#### Dhalsim

Ryu respects Dhalsim enough to ask for his help in *Street Fighter V*. Dhalsim's advice allowed Ryu to overcome the Satsui No Hado in favor of Power of Nothingness.

#### Guile

Guile greatly respects Ryu and vice-versa. It is noted that they are friends since Ryu and Guile have eaten Nattoand they get along very well. Ryu and Guile had a section where the two have a conversation with each other. Ryu tells Guile that he was dissatisfied with being treated as a wanderer with no money despite having the money to fly to different countries. Guile, on the other hand, was astonished.

#### Fei Long

Fei Long and Ryu share mutual respect towards each other.

#### Sean

Being Ken's student, Sean is a friend of Ryu.

#### Oro

Despite Oro's eccentric and comical nature clashing with Ryu's stoic personality, both fighters respect each other nonetheless due to Oro's mastery of Senjutsu. Oro believes that one day Ryu will not only become the next master of Senjutsu but also strong enough to fight the latter with both hands, but only after 15 years of intense training. On the other hand, Ryu hasn't shown any interest in becoming Oro's student or learning Senjutsu.

#### Rose

Rose and Ryu met during the events of *Street Fighter Alpha 3*.

#### Nash

Ryu and Charlie both respect each other's skills after they fought in China.

#### Alex

Alex considers Ryu as his ultimate rival, after losing to him in *3rd Strike*. They engage in a fight with a currently unknown outcome.

#### Cammy

Cammy has a strong admiration for Ryu due to his great strength, fighting skills and heroic traits. In *Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind*, Cammy intervened when C. Viper ambushed Ryu. After C. Viper tortures Cammy the Dark Hado takes over Ryu.

#### Hokuto

Ryu befriends and stays with Hokuto for a long period of time in the *Street Fighter EX* continuity. When Ryu is in Japan he'd visit Hokuto to train with her. Hokuto yearns for Ryu as he reminds her of her brother. At one point, she wondered if Ryu really was her older brother.

### Enemies

#### M. Bison

One of Ryu's mortal enemies, Bison has repeatedly tried to capture Ryu in hopes of using him as a host body or brainwash him into being a member of Shadaloo. Due to Ryu having the Satsui no Hado sealed in him, this is part of M. Bison's plan to control that dark power for himself. Ultimately, it is Ryu who is the one to finally defeat Bison once and for all.

#### Seth

In *Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind* Seth wanted to capture Ryu so he can use the Satsui no Hado for his own purpose. It's established that Ryu and Seth have different philosophies on power and on how to acquire it. The two would clash with Ryu emerging the winner.

#### Akuma

Akuma is one of Ryu's most hated enemies, as he was the one who tried to kill his master, Gouken. Akuma also attempts to lure Ryu into succumbing to the Satsui no Hado, therefore casting aside his humanity, in hopes of finally finding a worthy opponent for the ultimate fight to the death that he seeks. Ryu knows this is a trap of temptation planned by Akuma, as Ryu has tried his best to find a way to get rid of the Satsui no Hado while refusing to succumb to that kind of power. However, their rivalry during the events in *Street Fighter V* has gradually turned into one of mutual respect, after Ryu fully rejects the Satsui no Hado in favor of the Power of Nothingness. Though they still continue to fight with these clashing ideologies, they both respect each other's paths.

#### Kage

Kage is the physical manifestation of Ryu's Satsui no Hado after Ryu expelled the power from his body. Kage himself now seeks to fight and defeat Ryu in order to show and prove to the latter that he's nothing without him. Ryu sees him as nothing more than the same as his former other half.

#### Necalli

Necalli is an ancient spirit that wants to devour Ryu's soul as part of a prophecy. Necalli constantly attacks Ryu during *A Shadow Falls* until he is finally beaten by Ryu.

## Story

### Early Life

As a very young child, Ryu and Shawn was orphaned and left with no memories of their parents, and whether they were still alive. They was found and adopted by a man named Gouken who raised Ryu and Shawn in his secluded dojo and trained Ryu and Shawn in the ways of there martial arts. Ryu and Shawn used to watch Gouken, Goutetsu and Akuma train with each other. Sometime afterwards, Gouken would later train his best friend's spoiled son and his other son that use to play baseball, Ken Masters and Zen Masters. Ken and Zen served not only as a sparring partners, but also gave Ryu and Shawn friends in the form of a boys their own age. Ryu and Shawn looked up to Gouken as a father figure, and regards Ken and Zen as thire best friends and surrogate brothers, a relationship which remains to this day.

When Ryu and Shawn turned 23 years old, Gouken believed that Ryu and Shawn was ready to travel the world in order to test and hone there martial skills against the best fighters from around the world. After Ryu, Shawn, Zen and Ken's training was complete, Ken casually asks Ryu, Shawn and Zen which of the four will be recognized as reputable martial artists first. While Ken goes to USA, Zen goes to Japan, Shawn goes to Italy, Ryu travels to Thailand alone, in order to face Sagat the Emperor of Muay Thai which is said to be the strongest martial art.

### Journey To Thailand

When Ryu arrived in Thailand, he knew he couldn't just challenge Sagat as an unknown fighter, so Ryu created a plan to put Sagat in a situation where he can't refuse his challenge. By defeating many Muay Thai fighters, he believed it'll eventually reach Sagat's ears. If successful, Sagat will show himself in order to defend Muay Thai's honor. Ryu defeats 20 Muay Thai users, and yells at the fighters how allowing a stranger to tarnish Muay Thai's reputation is an embarrassment, Sagat heard Ryu and his fighting spirit burned. He told Ryu that he'll show him real Muay Thai, and the two would clash. Ryu, however, defeats Sagat with a nearly-fatal Shoryuken that not only knocks Sagat unconscious, but also marks his chest with a great scar. After regaining consciousness and discovering what had happened, Sagat swears vengeance on Ryu.

### Beginning The Battles Against Akuma And Bison

Ryu leaves Sagat behind and continues training travelling to various location pondering the question *"What is the meaning of anything in life?"*. By defeating Sagat who was once declared to be the strongest man in the world, that would make Ryu the strongest which means that he fulfilled his life’s greatest purpose. Ryu refused to believe he achieved his goal so soon and continued his training, learning new moves in the process. He encounters and fights Akuma on a secluded island known as Gokuentou, and wins; however, Akuma was only testing him, and senses that Ryu has the same powers as he does. He proceeds to tell Ryu about the Satsui no Hado - a power that consumes the practitioners of their shared fighting style, driving them to win even when it means killing the opponent. Akuma then uses his fist to smash the island, leaving Ryu stranded.

Sometime after escaping the island, Ken and Zen finds Ryu. He asks them what it means to be a true fighter, he wonders if he should use the same fist he used to defeat Sagat or the one Akuma uses to murder people. Ken and Zen sees that Ryu's gone back to his usual bad habit of overthinking things and fights him as an attempt to wake him up. After defeating Ryu, Ken and Zen realizes he has been deeply troubled since his last victory over Sagat. Ken reminds Ryu to keep fighting in order to find the answer and gives him his red hairband and that whenever he feels lost, he should use it as a reminder of their fight and to keep fighting to find the answer. Zen tells Ryu, next time you see me, I will have one of my baked goods. Ryu happily takes the headband, he tells Zen thanks, and all of them want their separate ways. Soon thereafter, a fan of his, named Sakura, comes up and expresses her desire to train under him. Ryu replies that he himself still has much to learn, but allows Sakura to take a picture of him for now. Shawn finds Ryu, they talk, trained together and both of them want their separate ways.

At some point, Ryu is found by Sagat, who is out for a grudge match. Ryu protests that Sagat hasn't fully recovered from their last bout, but Sagat persists. Ryu lets Sagat win rather than do any further damage, and Sagat leaves. Only later, upon reflection, does Sagat realize that Ryu held back, vowing to fight him again.

Ryu continues to be troubled by what Akuma had told him, compounded by his encounter with Rose, who has intricate ties to M. Bison. She tells him that he cannot defeat Bison unless he fights him at the cost of his soul. True to form, when Ryu confronts Bison, he is defeated despite putting up a valiant fight. Bison takes the semi-conscious Ryu and begins brainwashing him, using the revelation that the Satsui no Hado - the dark power Ryu struggles to avoid using - is akin to Bison's own Psycho Power.

This scene is interrupted by the entrance of Sagat, Ken, Zen, Shawn and Sakura, each of them having followed Ryu for their own reasons. While Ken, Zen, Shawn and Sakura distract Bison, Sagat fights the brainwashed Ryu, quickly noticing the effects Bison's brainwashing has had on him. At Sagat's urging, Ryu comes to his senses to confront and defeat Bison, destroying him temporarily. Ryu start on his travels, days want by. Ryu stops in a town to find strong frights, one of towns people walk up to him, tells him about different towns that know one heard of, in each different town have top fighters who are very strong and not unhuman and they have unhuman fighters. That town person gave Ryu a list of those different towns and he walks off. Ryu start going to those different towns on that list, in those different towns someone already fought all the top fighters in one day and win each one of them in one day. Ryu ask around and people told him it was Zen Masters. One of towns people told Ryu that Zen is in Ozoney next town over. So Ryu want to Ozoney to find Zen.

### Spending Time With Zen

The next day Ryu is in Ozoney and he find Zen and they start talking to each other. Zen ask Ryu along he will be here. Ryu told him that he will stay twenty weeks. Zen was happy to hear that. Ryu ask Zen how you pull off all those fights in one day. Zen told Ryu that the top fighters come to him and I just get l lucky. They kept talking to each other. Also they train together and they enter in a lot of tag time team tournaments. They win all of them, Ryu and Zen are the first tag time team to win all tag time team tournaments in one day and the first tag time team to defeat the Top Five Of Ozoney . The people in Ozoney throw them a party and Ryu and Zen had fun. In those twenty weeks Ryu joy spending time with Zen. On the last day Ryu was leaving, Zen gave Ryu one of baked goods in a metal lunch pail that rap in a white cloth and Ryu take it from him. Ryu told Zen that he will keep with him all ways. Zen smile at him, Ryu gave him the list

### The World Warrior Tournament, Bison's Return And Zen Friends Shows Up At The Tournament

Ryu enters the World Warrior tournament to test his skills, and defeats many of the new warriors. He sends a letter to Ken, Zen and Shawn which rekindles Ken and Shawn's fighting spirits. Ryu himself progressed in the tournament. However, Ken's promise to Jezebel doesn't exist in any other source or the original text of Eternal Challenge. Ryu defeated Ken, Shawn and M. Bison. Ryu avoiding M. Bison's flaming remnants after his body was destroyed by Akuma hinting that Ryu made to the finals. Doing the tournament Ryu is looking for Zen but he did not see him any where. Some of Zen friends, Fran, Cat, Snow, Mimi and Shadose shows up at the tournament to challenge fighters. Mimi and Fran sees someone to challenge in a fight, that someone is Ryu, they jump on Ryu's back and they start giving him a double noogie. Mimi and Fran try to get to him to fight them but Ryu is trying to get free from them. Shadose sees them on Ryu's back, he come over to help out Ryu, he tells them that Ryu is Zen. They got off his back, Mimi and Fran start apologizing to Ryu while they bowing to him. While they apologizing to Ryu, they telling him sorry Zen's friend. Ryu told them, it is ok. Mimi and Fran stop and then Snow and Cat shows up. Snow and Cat introduce themselves to Ryu, Mimi, Fran and Shadose introduce themselves as will. Also they told Ryu that they are Zen's friends. Ryu ask them have they seen Zen. Shadose told Ryu that Zen is not fighting in tournaments any more. Ryu was sad to hear that, he told Shadose thank you and they want their separate ways. Ryu told Ken and Shown one Zen of Zen friends told him that Zen stop going to tournaments. Ken told Ryu that he will talk to his brother when see him, Shawn also told him that he will talk to him too. Even though Ryu can not stop thinking why Zen stop going to tournaments.

### S.I.N Tournament And Battle Against Seth

After the World Warrior tournament, Ryu continued his journey and wound up in an isolated desert where he trained. Ryu then remembers his argument with Akuma, with Akuma urging Ryu to give in to the Dark Hado or else he will kill him. Ryu then leaves a desert and goes to a bar where he meets a biker. The biker then tells him a story about an American Martial Arts Champion who abandoned his family. Believing it to be Ken, Ryu visits the house of the said champion but is ambushed by C. Viper.

Suddenly, the Delta Red agent Cammy then attempts to ambush C. Viper. However, Cammy was also no match for Viper and Viper then tortures Cammy, in which the Dark Hado then takes over Ryu and engages C. Viper but would easily defeat her. Luckily for Viper, she manages to escape the possessed Ryu. Angered, Ryu then slaughters multiple S.I.N scientists who witnessed the fight until Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, and Sakura arrive to save Ryu and help Cammy.

Sakura would then restrain the possessed Ryu as Ken calls the hospital to help Cammy. Ryu would then regain his consciousness and realize what he has done. After being sent to Ken's mansion, Ryu realizes he is being targeted by S.I.N and its leader Seth for their evil plans. With Guile's plan to infiltrate Seth's cruise ship to incarcerate him, Ryu then tags along, knowing that Seth would be waiting for him. After traveling to the base, Ryu and Ken then dispatch multiple S.I.N thugs before Ryu encounters Seth himself.

Ryu and Seth then engage, with Seth easily overpowering Ryu and giving him his twisted philosophy of power. Ryu then admits that he never understood what power is and that he understands Seth's philosophy fore stating that the power he describes is not what he's after. Seth, unamused, continues beating up Ryu before Ryu awakens a new power and nearly kills Seth with it. Ryu then collapses from this power, and senses it in Ken. A few days later, Ryu and Ken then part ways, with Ryu stating that they will meet again.

Ryu then enters into a new tournament to further master his skills as well as reunite with his longtime friend Ken for another rematch. During his journey, he meets up with Sakura whom he encourages to train harder. Meanwhile Ryu also meets up with Sagat once more; the two fight, and while the result of the fight is unknown, it is implied that Ryu won.

During the final round with the tournament host Seth (actually a copy of him), he defeats him in the S.I.N. headquarters. During and after this battle the building fell around them as Ryu unleashed the Satsui no Hado on the BLECE machine, a weapon of mass destruction developed by S.I.N. that harnessed the energy in the human body.

During this, Sakura - who has been searching for Ryu - finds him and the BLECE machine, and a pulse of energy from it knocks her into a wall. Ryu defends her by unleashing a Shoryuken on the machine, and they leave the building together, the weapon destroyed.

He then encounters Gouken, who has in fact survived his last battle with Akuma, and Gouken uses the "Power of Nothingness" to seal the Satsui no Hado which is eating at Ryu, knocking him unconscious. Akuma then arrives on the scene to challenge his brother for a death duel, the winner of which will claim "the cub" (meaning Ryu). The outcome of the duel is unknown but, since Ryu is later seen free of Dark Hado's influence, it is very likely that either Gouken won or the battle ended in a draw (possibly interrupted).

Later, Ryu and Ken chase their long-lost master along a cliff face, with Ken wanting Gouken to stick around while Ryu wishes him well. Afterwards, he and Ken are walking through the desert while Rufus mocks them on his motorcycle, though it later breaks down and he is left pushing it while Ryu and Ken drive by (in Ken's jeep). Ryu later bids Sakura farewell as she, Dan and Blanka leave for home on a cruise ship. Sometime later, having decided that his battles have made him stronger, he meets a now-older Sakura. What happens next is unknown, although Gouken might have taught Ryu the Shin Shoryuken and Denjin Hadoken at some point before *Street Fighter III*.

### Final Battle with Shadoloo

#### *Main article*: *Street Fighter V* series

**Prologue - 'Finding True Strength'** - In his dream, he is fighting against his evil self, claiming to him that the power to kill will make him stronger, which Ryu ultimately rejects it. Gouken is in a sparring match during the incident. Ryu charges himself in the Satsui no Hado and attempts to hit his master with a single Hadoken. It explodes in a flash of light. Ryu wakes up from his dream with Gouken telling him that the Satsui no Hado almost consumed him.

Rashid and Azam find Ryu, introducing himself as a hero who travels the world. Gouken questions Rashid why he comes to see Ryu. Rashid states he wants to challenge Ryu in a match which is to test his mettle. Ryu doesn't immediately get up to fight, worrying about the Satsui no Hado, which confuses Rashid and has Gouken questioning him why he didn't do it, citing Ryu's quote "The answer lies in the heart of battle". Ryu eventually gets up and spars with Rashid, resulting in a victory. Rashid learns from the fight about himself. He thanks Ryu for the lesson and leaves. Ryu decides that he should leave, too, and better understand his power. Gouken tells Ryu to meet Ken, who has been concerned about him.

Ryu and Ken finally meet in Brazil. Ken was told by Gouken about Ryu's struggles with the Satsui no Hado and thinks a good match can solve it, so they fight. Afterwards, Ryu still worries about the Satsui no Hado. Ken reassures Ryu that if Ryu falls over to the dark side, he'll take him down and stop it. Ken tells Ryu to just relax and fight.

Ryu goes to China and gets ambushed by a Shadaloo soldier. Nash comes in and takes down the soldier. Nash expected to see Ryu, which triggers a bit of Satsui no Hado within him. Nash says they have to fight so he can understand the power and know its limits. The fight ultimately ends in a draw. Nash is surprised by the power, having it surpass his expectations. Ryu tells him that he tries to suppress the power and struggles with it, but has decided to not let it take him over, which Nash respects. Ryu thanks him for the fight and Nash leaves.

### A Shadow Falls

Ryu meets with Dhalsim, training Mahesh, and says he is still struggling with the Satsui no Hado and needs help. They decide to have a spar. After the spar, Dhalsim tells him that suppressing the power will eventually lead to the power consuming him. He tells him that he needs to face the Hado and conquer it. Necalli drops down from above, looking to consume fighters' souls. Dhalsim defends Mahesh while Ryu fights Necalli. Necalli overpowers Ryu, which almost triggers his dark power. Dhalsim takes Ryu's punch, proclaiming that he can't let the Hado take him over. Dhalsim fights off Necalli. Ryu notices a Black Moon veering over and blocking the sun, which gives him visions of M. Bison. Necalli eventually melts away temporarily. He is told about Necalli by Dhalsim, telling him that Necalli is an ancient being that consumes warriors' souls and only appears when many warriors are needed in a crisis. Ryu concludes that the world is in crisis because of the Black Moons.

Ryu finally joins up with Ken, Chun-Li and Karin as they team up to make a final assault against Shadaloo. As Chun-Li defeats F.A.N.G. while rescuing Li-Fen, Ryu finally faces off against Bison, who is ready to challenge him, and Ryu states that his strength was to push forward and he is ready to fight him. After an epic long battle, Bison isn't giving up yet, until Ryu hits him with a Hadoken, infused with the Power of Nothingness, seemingly hinting at Ryu's mastery of the power and a sublimation of the Satsui No Hado. Bison's body begins to crack as it dissipates in a flash of light, defeating the madman. As the base is about to destroyed, Ryu, Guile, Chun-Li and Li-Fen escape; Chun-Li is slow to catch up, so Ryu uses his Denjin Hadoken to stop the fires from the explosion.

After the incident, Ryu is meditating as Ken visits him for the second time. He challenges him for a friendly sparring match as he tells Ryu to prove if he already found his answer. Ryu is able to defeat Ken as Ken also manages to knock Ryu's red headband. As it falls on the ground, Ryu realizes that he already found the answer to his true strength. As he gets his headband, Ken is happy to see his friend has grown, and Ryu also says that he still needs his headband for the battle. The two are later seen having a friendly fist bump with each other.

### World Warrior Tournament and battle against the Illuminati

#### *Main article*: *Street Fighter III*

At the age of 33, Ryu continues his travelling day to day with the aim of becoming a true martial artist. Since Ken is now the father of a child their relationship has deteriorated, after a long time from being home in Japan he is summoned to a hot spring inn, where Ken wishes to meet him and introduce him to his new student. Ryu, Ken and Sean later spectate a WWCA title match between Zangief and Hogen. After being hit by Zangief's Double Lariat, Hogen went on a rampage while returning to the ring and picked up a chair and threw at a woman in the crowd, Ryu deflected the chair and Sean knocked him out to avoid injury to the audience.

Ryu enters the World Warrior tournament to further advance his fighting abilities. Ryu later fights against Sean who has been asked by Ken to fight him. Ryu easily defeats him from time to time with just a single Hadoken as he noticed his actions.

A year later, Ryu meets up with Ken for a friendly match, from which he emerges the victor. At some point, he encounters Alex, whom he solidly defeats. Ryu encourages the young wrestler to continue honing his abilities against strong opponents. Fascinated by Ryu's skill and determined to become stronger, Alex soon sets out to find Ryu for a rematch. In Oro's ending, Ryu is shown training but is unaware of Oro's presence as he only heard his voice.

Ryu is under a waterfall practicing his mind and body. He mumbles about the meaning of a true warrior, why he needs to be strong and reminisces his youthful days. A single leaf falls over him and he crushes the leaf with his left hand. Ryu believes that as long as his strong opponents and some fierce battles will excite him, he will possess the strength to move even one of his fingers and decides to keep on fighting.

### Techniques

Ryu's standard special attacks are the Hadoken, generally referred to as the *Fireball*; the Shoryuken, or *Dragon Punch*; and the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku or *Hurricane Kick*. In later versions of *Street Fighter II*, Ryu is able to perform the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku in the air, and gains the ability to use a more powerful Hadoken that is an actual fireball.

In the *Alpha* series, he has a tactic known as the Hado no Kamae, a false Hadoken stance designed for fooling the opponent. In the *Street Fighter III* series, Ryu gains the Joudan Sokutogeri, a powerful side kick that shoves opponents away with great force.

In the *Street Fighter EX* series, his Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is replaced with a flying kick attack which can be done in succession by inputting the same command twice or three times. In *Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3*, he gains the Ren Hadoken (a compact Hadoken which can be rapid fired 5 times), the Baku Hadoken (an exploding Hadoken that causes the opponent to wall bounce), and the Hado Shoryuken (a Shoryuken infused with a Hadoken that hits 2-4 times).

In *Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix*, Ryu's special attacks take on electrical properties when his Shoryuken are embedded with electricity, and feature the fewest and least drastic costume changes in the game (as he only equipped with a single blue boxing glove and a geta sandals to either knock his opponent or taking his opponent down in a powerful assault). He also has a Mighty Combo called the Reppuu Jinrai Shou, a multi-hitting punch combo that ends with a Shoryuken. His other Mighty Combo is a powerful Shinku Tatsumaki as he was embedded with a thunderstorm during execution. He also retains his Shinku Hadoken serving as one of his Mighty Combos.

In *Street Fighter V*, Ryu retains most of his moves in the previous games. His first V-Skill is the Mind's Eye where Ryu can parry all of his opponent's attacks and his second V-Skill is the Thrust Strike where he utilizes a powerful left heavy punch towards the opponent. His first V-Trigger is the Denjin Renki where Ryu powers himself up as both of his fists are embedded with electricity as he can shoot his Hadoken in electric properties and can stun his opponent with his Shoryuken in electric damage and his second V-Trigger is the Kakko Fubatsu where Ryu amplifies both punches and kicks using wind based properties and enables him to counter his/her opponent using the Isshin where his punches are now embedded with energy blasts.