Darun Mister

Darun Mister
Street Fighter V artwork
Characteristics
Height	209cm
Weight	168kg
Eye color	White
Hair color	Black
Blood type	A
Personal
First Game	Street Fighter EX
Birthdate	November 19
Birthplace	India
Fighting style	Indraut Wrestling
Likes	Fighting against strong unknown opponents, Indra Bashi
Dislikes	Weak youngsters
Behind-The-Scene
Japanese voice actor(s)	Takashi Nagasako

Darun Mister (ダラン・マイスター, Daran Maisutā^?) is a character in the Street Fighter EX series. He is a wrestling champion from India.

Biography

Appearance

Darun Mister's appearance, as well as his fighting style, are largely inspired by The Great Gama, a well known Pehlwani wrestler active from the 1900s to the 1930s.

Darun is a dark-skinned Indian who has a muscular build similar to Zangief. He has short black hair, a matching sharp mustache, an red indian mark on his forehead and eyes with no visiable pupils. He wears black wrestling shorts with a matching black wrestling belt and boots. He also wears gold bracelets in each sides of his wrists.

His alternate appearance consist of light orange wrestling shorts, a black strap on the center on his wrestling belt. He is barefoot, barehanded and wears gold leg warmers. His outfit is his traditional wrestling attire.

In Street Fighter V, he has black wrestling trunks, his boots have gold designs in each sides and his gold bracelet on his wrists also have designs.

Story

Street Fighter EX

Darun hears of Zangief's legendary wrestling prowess and, bored with his inferior opponents, seeks out the Russian to prove to himself that he is indeed the world's ultimate fighter. He also acts as a bodyguard for Pullum.

Street Fighter V

Darun is an Indian bodyguard who accompanies his employer Pullum, while she enjoys her travels across the world, fighting strong warriors. He is the champion of Indraut (インドラウト, Indorauto^?), an Indian version of wrestling where only bravest participate. He is friends with Zangief, with whom he has a mutual understanding with. They also had formed a tag team at one point called; "Ultimate Meteo Tag Team".

Though Darun does not make a physical appearance in Street Fighter V, he is the friend to whom Zangief entrusted his "chess piece" to and later gives back when it is needed to defeat Shadaloo.

Fighting style

As a wrestler, Darun's fighting style is very similar to Zangief's. He also possesses similar full-circle moves, known as Indra Bridge and Brahma Bomb, his signature throw is a DDT, and his signature move is a power bomb. His Dusk Lariat is a series of clotheslines.

Trivia

• Darun is the second (and last) Indian character to be introduced in the series, after Dhalsim. Interestingly, they both share the same stage and theme music in Street Fighter EX plus α for the PlayStation.

• Besides The Great Gama, Darun is possibly based on a well known Turkish wrestler, Koca Yusuf.

• Super Street Fighter IV newcomer Hakan is very similar to Darun in terms of appearance, as well as in some of his moves.

Stage Themes

Street Fighter EX 3 Indra Bridge of Ta So Ga Re theme

Street Fighter EX 3

Gallery

Street Fighter EX series

Darun in Street Fighter EX.

Darun in his ending in SFEX plus α.

Darun in Street Fighter EX 2.

Darun vs. Ryu in Street Fighter EX 2 Plus.

Darun in Street Fighter EX 3.

Street Fighter V artwork