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** If you beat someone in a fair fight, it is only honourable that you give them death. When he defeats Dan with ease however, [[NotWorthKilling he does not kill him because it's obvious he is not a threat]].
** He refuses to kill Gen after a fight, because Gen is dying of a terminal illness and ''[[DeathSeeker wants]]'' [[DeathSeeker to die in battle]], thus the fight was "impure" by Akuma's reckoning. Interestingly in the comic the opposite happens, and Akuma kills Gen as a MercyKill.
** Akuma flat-out kills M. Bison without a fight, because according to his moral standards, he really ''is'' as evil as you can get. If you murder someone in cold blood without giving them a chance, that's a sin in his eyes. Using power for evil purposes is fine, as long as you strove and earned that power yourself-- getting by with false power you stole from another source, or trying to claim power you don't actually have, are also sins. Therefore, Bison ''has to'' die, rules of fair combat be damned.

-> For Violent Ken, see Ken's entry at the ''[[Characters/StreetFighterI Street Fighter]]'' page for more info.

!!Characters debuting in ''Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers''

[[folder:Violent Ken]]

-> See Ken's entry at the ''[[Characters/StreetFighterI Street Fighter]]'' page for more info.
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* For [[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]] check his respective page.
* For Ryu, Evil Ryu, Ken, Violent Ken, and Sagat, check the ''Characters/StreetFighterI'' sheet.
* For E. Honda, Blanka, Guile, Chun-Li, Zangief, Dhalsim, Balrog and Vega, check the ''Characters/StreetFighterII'' sheet.

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** The crossovers tend to heavily simplify Akuma's character quirks, reducing his basic vocabulary to little more than "Kill", "Die", and "Death" and presenting him as the ObviouslyEvil mass murderer much of the fandom believes Akuma to be, as opposed to the [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morally indecipherable character]] he actually is. ''SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos'', humorously enough, sends Akuma hurtling right into CardCarryingVillain Land (''SVC Chaos'' had widely inaccurate character portrayals across the board; ironically, Oni in ''SSFIV:AE'' would go on to play all of these exaggerations [[FlatCharacter painfully straight]]).
--> ''[[InsultToRocks Defeating you takes less effort than smacking a baby]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Not that I'd ever do that]]!''

** Akuma flat-out kills M. Bison without a fight, because according to his moral standards, he really ''is'' as evil as you can get. If you murder someone in cold blood without giving them a chance, that's a sin in his eyes. Using power for evil purposes is fine, as long as you strove and earned that power yourself-- getting by with false power you stole from another source, or trying to claim power you don't actually have, are also sins. Therefore, Bison ''has to'' die, rules of fair combat be damned. The fact Bison is also as evil as you can get by the standards of normal people is a happy coincidence.

** Shin Akuma's design. Originally this form was just Akuma merely going all out against a WorthyOpponent with no visible changes in his body. When Akuma absorbed [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Rugal's]] Orochi power in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'' his hair turned white, his skin [[TurnsRed turned red]], and his [[BattleAura aura]] changed too, but this new form was also named Shin Akuma. Subsequently all future portrayals of Shin Akuma, except in ''IV'', would be that of the white-haired demon, with no mention of the Orochi influence on him as if implying that Akuma can naturally achieve this Shin form, or rather, always could. In ''V'', the white hair is the default look to separate normal Akuma from Shin Akuma, then came ''Championship Edition'' where Shin Akuma's secret boss battle in ''V'' has been revised, with him back as the original white-haired, red skinned, ki aura-enveloped beast from ''Capcom vs. SNK 2''.

* AboveGoodAndEvil: Though people who know him might call him "evil" (such as Ryu or Gouken), when you get down to it he's only acting on his code as a warrior. If surrendering yourself to the ''Satsui no Hado'' is necessary to find one's innermost strength, then it's acceptable to him, even if it's looked down on by some of the more straight-minded characters of the series.

* BrutalHonesty: He's particularly relentless in his quotes against {{Fighting Clown}}s like Rufus, El Fuerte and Dan. Though other characters make sarcastic remarks, Akuma seems to outright hate them and call them on their flaws with extreme severity. It's a trait that Oni inherits.

** Shin Akuma's design - originally this form was just Akuma merely going all out against a WorthyOpponent with no visible changes in his body. When Akuma absorbed [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Rugal's]] Orochi power in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'' his hair turned white, his skin [[TurnsRed turned red]], and his [[BattleAura aura]] changed too, but this new form was also named Shin Akuma. Subsequently all future portrayals of Shin Akuma, except in ''IV'', would be that of the white-haired demon, with no mention of the Orochi influence on him as if implying that Akuma can naturally achieve this Shin form, or rather, always could. In ''V'', the white hair is the default look to separate normal Akuma from Shin Akuma, then came ''Championship Edition'' where Shin Akuma's secret boss battle in ''V'' has been revised, with him back as the original white-haired, red skinned, ki aura-enveloped beast from ''Capcom vs. SNK 2''.

** Back in the days when the translated script for the series was sketchy at best, some cases were thrown in for western releases of the series, with Akuma on the receiving end. The biggest change was Akuma losing his humanity by succumbing to the Dark Hado - in canon, he controls it just fine like his master Goutetsu did, and only in ''IV'' the possibility of him losing control over it was conceived as ''Oni''.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Shun Goku Satsu. It's the reason why Akuma is such a badass. It's dangerous because anyone who gets hit by it and is unable to withstand its immense power ''dies'', and it's forbidden because the user can also die if they aren't capable enough of channeling the power effectively. Akuma teleports towards the enemy and grabs them. If it connects, the screen will suddenly darken or go completely white depending on the game as Akuma attacks the opponent with anywhere from 15 to 33 very fast strikes, indicated by a series of {{Hit Spark}}s flashing rapidly on the screen. If you defeat the opponent in ''IV'' with any variations of this technique, there is no KO message. The opponent doesn't even do a DeathCryEcho. All you get are the [[HellIsThatNoise unnerving]] sounds of children laughing distantly. In ''V'', what happens is finally shown for the first time; Akuma imbues his fists with the Satsui no Hado and begins striking his opponent in their vital areas, hitting pressure points and areas containing internal organs while moving around rapidly, leaving the opponent unable to defend themselves from his barrage of fatal attacks.

* DubNameChange: In the games and most supplemental media, he is named Gouki in the original Japanese material and Akuma in localizations. Interestingly, there are a few works that use both names localized, portraying Gouki as his original name and Akuma as the identity he took on after embracing the ''Satsui no Hado'' and killing Goutetsu.

** Akuma has also shown that he isn't willing give in to the full power of the Satsui no Hado, the character of Oni showing what would happen if he ever did. And even in that what-if state, Akuma's own soul would do everything it can to fight back against his Oni persona.

* GlassCannon: If he's balanced, he's a fast Fighter who can dish out damage but can't take it. For example, Akuma in ''V'' has 900 health. For reference, the next row of lowest health tier is set to 925. This is meant to balance his outrageous offensive potential.

* IAmNotLeftHanded: Shin Akuma. This is what happens when Akuma fights you with all of his power. The only way you get to face this version of Akuma is usually accomplished by beating your opponents with a certain amount of perfects and super finishes, and without continuing. Have fun. It's heavily implied that both of his V-Triggers have him restrain himself less to achieve a similar effect to Shin Akuma. To compound this further, Shin Akuma in ''V'' is him permanently stuck in his Dohatsu Shoten V-Trigger with additional buffs.

* INeedYouStronger:
** Shows signs of this towards Ryu. The two have battled in the past and Ryu is not a challenge for Akuma in actual practice but Akuma chooses to walk away rather than strike the killing blow. It is through this that he believes that he can nurture Ryu's killing potential and get him to embrace the ''Satsui no Hado'' as the only true path to strength. Ryu entirely rejects Akuma's fighting philosophy to follow Gouken's path.
** ''V'' brings an end to their enmity as Akuma comes to respect Ryu's progress, despite never embracing the ''Satsui no Hado'', instead finding strength through the ''Mu no ken'' (Power of Nothingness). Akuma is satisfied so long as Ryu can give him a challenge so he drops his antagonism towards Ryu's lack of strength.
** Kage's Character Story further cements this. When confronted by Kage, Akuma sees him as nothing more than a mere shadow of Ryu, and he does not mince words when telling him that without Ryu, Kage is nothing.
--->''To go from being human... to beyond human... to beyond demon... to reach heaven! A mere silhouette like you would never understand. You speak of strength and winning. The true fist is not created from the strength of the body. Nor can it be created from the Satsui.''

* NotSoAboveItAll: To name one example, Akuma of all people has enough culinary sense to deem El Fuerte a ''terrible'' cook.

** According to artwork and translations, Akuma once spared time out of his training to rescue a child lost in his cave to safety. The story also tells that, when a fire-fighter found the child who claimed to be rescued by the "samurai man", lightning struck a tree and both were to be crushed, but Akuma appears out of nowhere, hoists the tree with a single hand, and promptly demands they be gone.
** The end of his story mode in ''V'' may be his biggest moment yet. For the first time in the series, he actually calls Ryu by name and decides to spare him after defeating him, agreeing with Ryu's newfound outlook after the end of the events of ''A Shadow Falls''. Akuma considers Ryu a true WorthyOpponent for him, without succumbing to the Satsui no Hado.

** Shin Akuma, more often than not, swaps out his trademark black gi for dark shades of purple. Several effects from his special moves are also purple, and purple is in general the color used to mark the Satsui no Hado that Akuma draws power from. Most obviously, while every other practitioner of the Ansatsuken in canon fires blue Hadokens (except for Ryu's Metsu Hadoken, which is infused with the same Hado as Akuma's, albeit to lower levels), every Hadoken move from Akuma is purple.

* {{Shotoclone}}: The first of many, but to be fair at least he easily differentiates himself from the other Ryu/Ken-types.

** His win portrait in ''Alpha 3'' is shirtless. Too bad you only see him from the back.

* SlasherSmile: Gives off a terrifying one in his Arcade Mode ending in ''V''. Unlike most, it's described in a manner that makes it seem as though he is regaining his humanity. For context, he's smiling with anticipation of his next encounter with Ryu after the events of his Story Mode.

* VillainousVirtues: Calling him a villain is a stretch but he is violent, dark, and antagonistic while fully capable of killing people without remorse. However, unlike [[TakeOverTheWorld Bison]] or [[AGodAmI Gill]], Akuma is a warrior who only seeks to push his limits and face a WorthyOpponent. As such, he has way more virtues than many of the other bad guys of the series.

* TheWorfEffect: Back in the days of his debut, Akuma and Evil Ryu were outright stated to be the strongest characters in the series, disregarding Gen. Then Alpha came along and brought in both S-ISM M. Bison (who while not even at his full power holds his own against Shin Akuma) and Cody, who flat out calls Akuma disappointing. And then ''IV'' makes things even worse by bringing in Akuma's brother Gouken, who not only absolutely humiliated him in their first real battle (but to be fair, Akuma paid him right back), but can even nullify Akuma's most powerful technique, the Raging Demon.

** In terms of scale, M. Bison possesses so much power he's considered a threat to the world and Akuma killed him effortlessly. [[PersonOfMassDestruction He sunk an entire island by PUNCHING IT]], walked around on the ocean floor [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace without need of oxygen or protection from the crushing pressure]] and punched a submarine from there to the surface, split Ayers Rock in half (also by punching it), raised ''a sunken ship out of the ocean'' using his Demon Armageddon/Tenshou Kaireki Jin Ultra, and the numerous cast members he has demolished in his quest to find someone who could [[WorthyOpponent match him]]. His alternate outfit from ''SSFIV'' has become finally befitting, looking like some kind of dark warlord. And if you want more, in his ''Capcom Fighting Evolution'' ending, as Shin Akuma, he '''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome SHORYUKENS AN ASTEROID]]'''.

** Considers ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} as such in the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series, though the only thing that makes him stand out as a fighter is that he has claws and regenerative abilities. Wolverine only fought him to find out about his past, though the ending text implies he considers Akuma a worthy opponent as well.

** According to his winquotes in ''V'', Sagat has finally become this after the events of his Story Mode where he experiences the Satsui no Hado for the first time and staves it off with his own willpower.

* BloodKnight: Both more and less so than Akuma. On the one hand, Oni actually admits to enjoying battles with a much wider variety of fighters than Akuma. On the other hand, he isn't particular about fighting actual ''fighters'' and will murder anybody he comes across if the whim strikes him.

* TheBusCameBack: Makes an appearance in Kage's Arcade Mode ending in ''V'', and is referenced when Kage mocks Akuma for fearing what he would become if he truly embraced the Satsui no Hado.
* CardCarryingVillain: He flat-out says that he's evil in his intro in English.

* GodOfEvil: Outright declares himself to be such in the original Japanese, where he's implying that he has ascended to become a demonic being (kind of a malevolent PhysicalGod), whose essence is malevolent.

* PowerIncontinence: The tiny SoulFragment of Akuma left inside Oni is wasting and reallocating power in order to allow somebody to kill him. [[FridgeBrilliance This is presumably why he cannot throw a normal fireball in the air, but can throw airborne Ultra fireballs, and why he cannot perform a true Ashura Senku nor the Kongou Kokuretsuzan.]]
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Like Evil Ryu, Oni as a boss character has for each character an individual pre-fight quote.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Like Akuma, he has glowing red eyes.
* TheRival: His rivalry with Ryu carries over from whatever little part of Akuma is left in him. Oni even seems pleased that Ryu's finally given into the Satsui no Hado if you face him with Evil Ryu. Oni is also intrigued by the power/potential of certain characters and seeks to test them in a WorthyOpponent-like manner; most notably, Oni remarks that if Cody were to stop voluntarily holding himself back by wearing those handcuffs, he'd prove to be quite the challenge.

** Evil Ryu as well, Who even Oni admits was an obstacle in his path.

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* For [[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]] and [[Characters/StreetFighterAkuma Akuma]], check their respective pages.

->[[Characters/StreetFighterAkuma See his page for more info]]

->[[Characters/StreetFighterKenMasters See Ken's page for more info]]

* For [[Characters/StreetFighterRyu Ryu, Evil Ryu]], [[Characters/StreetFighterKenMasters Ken, Violent Ken]], [[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]] and [[Characters/StreetFighterAkuma Akuma]], check their respective pages.
* For Sagat, check the ''Characters/StreetFighterI'' sheet.

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[- ''Characters/StreetFighterI'' ([[Characters/StreetFighterRyu Ryu]] | [[Characters/StreetFighterKenMasters Ken Masters]]) | ''Characters/StreetFighterII'' ([[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]]) | '''''Street Fighter II: Updated Versions''''' ([[Characters/StreetFighterAkuma Akuma]]) | ''Characters/StreetFighterAlpha'' ([[Characters/StreetFighterDanHibiki Dan Hibiki]]) | ''Characters/StreetFighterIII'' | ''Characters/StreetFighterIV'' ([[Characters/StreetFighterSeth Seth]]) | ''Characters/StreetFighterV'' | ''Characters/StreetFighterVUpdatedVersions'' | ''Characters/StreetFighter6'' | ''Characters/StreetFighterEX'' | [[Characters/StreetFighterOtherCharacters Other Characters Part 1]] | [[Characters/StreetFighterOtherCharactersPart2 Other Characters Part 2]] | [[Characters/StreetFighterOtherMedia Other Media]]-]]]]]

* GorgeousGaijin: As an Englishwoman, she was the first non-Asian female in the series, and possesses the prerequisite blonde hair, blue eyes, and suggestive costuming.

'''(Vs. Sagat):''' ''I sense a large cat... Willa Maiu?'' [[note]] Sagat's pet tiger[[/note]]

* BigFancyCastle: Her home-stages in both ''II'' and ''V'' are set on the battlements of an ancient castle in the county of Northumberland,[[note]]as evidenced by the map pin on the versus screen in ''V'', though the setting itself is likely based on [[https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0a/8a/37/e4/view-over-keswick-derwent.jpg Derwent Water]] in neighbouring Cumbria[[/note]] northern England. The Northern Lights twinkle in the sky (which is why the stage is set in the very far north, as this is typically the only place in England that they are likely to be seen, and even then it's rare) and a lake, another castle, and an IdyllicEnglishVillage nestled at the base of distant hills feature in the background.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Capcom seemingly had pit bulls in mind when they created her, rather than bees. Cammy is small, but once she gets up close and personal she'll relentlessly stay on you and tear you to shreds.

* SeriousBusiness: She takes combat very seriously and according to her ''SSFIV'' win quotes, she hates fighting "amateurs."

** Many of Cammy's alt costumes in both ''IV'' and ''V'' are leotards or bikinis.
** Her story costume in ''V''. On the upper body, standard military; on the lower body, black boots and black panties, with the game taking almost every opportunity to show how little she is wearing.

** One of her victory poses in ''SSFII'' also has her doffing her hat, winking at the camera and giving a VSign along with a wry grin.
* {{Workaholic}}: Other characters like Juni note that Cammy can get a little too wrapped up in her work, even forgetting to eat sometimes. The habits get worse whenever she suspects Shadaloo is involved.

* ProfessionalKiller: She was an assassin when she was BrainwashedAndCrazy as part of Shadaloo. While no longer her profession, she still uses assassination techniques when fighting.

* ProfessionalKiller: She was an assassin when she was part of Shadaloo. While no longer her profession, she still uses assassination techniques when fighting.

* AfroAsskicker: He sports a short afro in his classic costume.

* AfroAsskicker: His classic design gives him a short afro. He trades this hairstyle for dreadlocks in his non-costume 2 versions in ''6''. His costume 2 version in ''6'' is based on his classic design.

* ProfessionalKiller: She was an assassin when she was part of Shadaloo. She is no longer this, but she still uses assassination techiques in her fights.

* AfroAsskicker: His ''6'' redesign gives him a very groovy 'fro.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[EliteArmy Killer Bee]]]]

* FlashStep: He has one of the fastest and longest drive rushes in ''6''.

* GrandTheftMe: Cammy's body was intended to be used by Bison as a back up should his be destroyed, fortunately this never happened.

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