Edmond Honda

E. Honda (Edmond Honda) (エドモンド 本田)
Street Fighter character
E. Honda in Super Street Fighter II. Art by Bengus.
First game	Street Fighter II (1991)
Created by	Akira Yasuda
Voiced by (English)	Richard Epcar (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) Paul Dobson (Street Fighter animated series) John Snyder (Street Fighter IV)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Masahiro Anzai (VHS/DVD dub of the Street Fighter film) Yasushi Ikeda (Real Battle on Film) Nobuaki Fukuda (TV Asahi dub of the Street Fighter film) Daisuke Gōri (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) Masashi Sugawara (Street Fighter Alpha 3, Capcom vs. SNK series) Yoshikazu Nagano (Street Fighter IV)
Motion capture	Peter Tuiasosopo (The Movie games)
Portrayed by	Peter Tuiasosopo (Street Fighter film)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Fighting style	Sumo

Edmond Honda (エドモンド 本田, Edomondo Honda), more commonly known as E. Honda, is a video game character created by Capcom for the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Introduced in Street Fighter II as part of the starting lineup, he has appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter IV, and the Capcom vs. SNK series, as well as several cameos. Honda is a professional sumo wrestler and sentō proprietor. He is one of the original eight playable characters in Street Fighter II, representing Japan alongside Ryu.

Designed by Akira Yasuda, the character was initially named "Sumo". As his initial name implies, Honda is meant to have above average strength, but below average speed. The developers intended for the character to be popular in Japan, but to also make Japanese fighting styles appeal to foreigners. Honda's shikona for sumo is mentioned as "Fujinoyama." He wears his black hair in a chonmage and dresses in a blue and white striped yukata over a red mawashi, with the upper half of the yukata folded down over the belt to leave his upper body exposed. His face is painted in the kumadori style of makeup used in kabuki. Honda's signature move is the Hyaku Retsu Harite (lit., "Hundred Violent Sumo Hands"; commonly referred to as the Hundred Hand Slap).

In his backstory in Street Fighter II, E. Honda is mentioned to have begun his training as a child, singularly focused on becoming the greatest sumo wrestler of all time. He would eventually achieve the highly revered title of "Ōzeki" (in the English localization of the early Street Fighter II ports, he is stated as having achieved the title, Yokozuna). Honda became upset that the rest of the world did not view sumo wrestling with the reverence of the Japanese. He entered into the second World Warrior tournament intent on showing everyone that sumo wrestlers rank among the greatest fighters in the world. Beyond this, he yearns also to improve and prove his own strength, as well as earn the title of Yokuzuna. While involved in the tournament, he takes the opportunity to investigate Shadaloo, in response to sumo wrestlers having taken drugs he traced back to the organization. His face painting and culturally-ambiguous name assisted him in his covert operations. Following the tournament and the fall of Shadaloo, Honda returned to Japan where he continued wrestling professionally and continuing to run his bath house and training his disciples.