List of playable characters

This article is a list of playable characters in the main Street Fighter series. For a list of non-playable characters, click here.

Main series

Below are the playable Street Fighter characters, listed in order of first appearance. Visit each character's article for an in-depth look at the games each of them appeared in.

All characters are playable in their first appearance unless otherwise noted.

There are 63 playable characters in total so far.

Characters

Character	I	II	Alpha	III	IV	V
Ryu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ken	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chun-Li	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guile	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
E. Honda	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Dhalsim	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Blanka	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Zangief	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Balrog	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Vega	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Sagat	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
M. Bison	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fei Long	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Cammy	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
T. Hawk	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Dee Jay	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Akuma	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Charlie	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Rose	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Dan	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Birdie	No	No	Yes	No	No
Adon	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Guy	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Sodom	No	No	Yes	No	No
Sakura	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Gen	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Rolento	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Evil Ryu	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
R. Mika	No	No	Yes	No	No
Karin	No	No	Yes	No	No
Juni	No	No	Yes	No	No
Juli	No	No	Yes	No	No
Cody	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Eagle	No	No	Yes	No	No
Maki	No	No	Yes	No	No
Ingrid	No	No	Yes	No	No
Alex	No	No	No	Yes	No
Yun	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yang	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Dudley	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ibuki	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Elena	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Oro	No	No	No	Yes	No
Sean	No	No	No	Yes	No
Necro	No	No	No	Yes	No
Gill	No	No	No	Yes	No
Hugo	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Urien	No	No	No	Yes	No
Makoto	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Remy	No	No	No	Yes	No
Twelve	No	No	No	Yes	No
Q	No	No	No	Yes	No
C. Viper	No	No	No	No	Yes
Abel	No	No	No	No	Yes
El Fuerte	No	No	No	No	Yes
Rufus	No	No	No	No	Yes
Seth	No	No	No	No	Yes
Gouken	No	No	No	No	Yes
Juri	No	No	No	No	Yes
Hakan	No	No	No	No	Yes
Oni	No	No	No	No	Yes
Poison	No	No	No	No	Yes
Decapre	No	No	No	No	Yes
Total	2	17	37	20	44

Notes: In the original Street Fighter game only Ryu and Ken were playable characters.

Introduced in Street Fighter

Ken
Ryu

Introduced in the Street Fighter II series

In Street Fighter II

In Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Balrog ^SFII^[1]
M. Bison ^SFII^[1]
Sagat ^SFI^[2] ^SFII^[1]
Vega ^SFII^[1]

In Super Street Fighter II

In Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Akuma ^SSFIIT^[3]

Introduced in the Street Fighter Alpha series

Introduced in the Street Fighter III series

In Street Fighter III

In Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact

Hugo ^FF^[4]
Urien

In Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Introduced in the Street Fighter IV series

In Street Fighter IV

In Super Street Fighter IV

Hakan
Juri

In Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Oni

In Ultra Street Fighter IV

Poison ^FF^[4] ^SFxT^[8]
Decapre

Spin-off games

Introduced in Street Fighter: The Movie

Introduced in the Vs. series

Cyber Akuma
Dark Sakura
Mech-Zangief
Shadow
Shadow Lady
Shin Akuma (with Orochi's power absorbed)
Violent Ken

Introduced in the Street Fighter EX series

Street Fighter EX

Street Fighter EX2

Street Fighter EX3

Ace

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 SFII: The four boss characters of the original Street Fighter II first became playable in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 SFI: This character made their first appearance in Street Fighter but only became playable in later iterations of the franchise.
↑ SSFII:T: Akuma appeared in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as an unplayable hidden boss, and is first playable in certain home versions of the game.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 FF: Characters with this abbreviation next to their names appeared in the Final Fight series prior to their introduction in the Street Fighter series.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 SFM: Characters with this abbreviation next to their name first appeared in the Street Fighter manga prior to their introduction in the game series.
↑ CFE: Ingrid first appeared in Capcom Fighting Evolution prior to her introduction into the Street Fighter series.
↑ SFIII: Gill first appears in Street Fighter III as the unplayable final boss, and is first playable in the home version of the game.
↑ SFxT: Poison originally made her first appearance in the Street Fighter III series as Hugo's manager, and her first playable appearance was in Street Fighter X Tekken.

[SFII-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 SFII: The four boss characters of the original Street Fighter II first became playable in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.

[SFI-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 SFI: This character made their first appearance in Street Fighter but only became playable in later iterations of the franchise.

[Akuma-3] SSFII:T: Akuma appeared in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as an unplayable hidden boss, and is first playable in certain home versions of the game.

[FF-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 FF: Characters with this abbreviation next to their names appeared in the Final Fight series prior to their introduction in the Street Fighter series.

[SFM-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 SFM: Characters with this abbreviation next to their name first appeared in the Street Fighter manga prior to their introduction in the game series.

[CFE-6] CFE: Ingrid first appeared in Capcom Fighting Evolution prior to her introduction into the Street Fighter series.

[Gill-7] SFIII: Gill first appears in Street Fighter III as the unplayable final boss, and is first playable in the home version of the game.

[SFxT-8] SFxT: Poison originally made her first appearance in the Street Fighter III series as Hugo's manager, and her first playable appearance was in Street Fighter X Tekken.

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