Fei Long | |
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Street Fighter character | |
Fei Long in Super Street Fighter IV
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First game | Super Street Fighter II (1993) |
Voiced by (English) |
Bryan Cranston (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) Paul Dobson (Street Fighter animated series) Andrew Klimko (Street Fighter II V, ADV dub) Randy McPherson (Street Fighter II V, Animaze dub) Matthew Mercer (Street Fighter IV) |
Voiced by (Japanese) |
Masakatsu Funaki (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) Kazuki Yao (Street Fighter II V) Kōsuke Toriumi (Street Fighter Alpha 3) Yuichi Nakamura (Street Fighter IV) |
Fictional profile | |
Birthplace | Hong Kong |
Nationality | Hong Kong |
Fighting style | Jeet Kune Do (飛天流カンフー Hiten-Ryū Kanfū) |
Fei Long (飛龍(フェイロン) Fei Ron, pinyin: Fēi Lóng meaning "Flying Dragon") is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series. He made his first appearance in the Super Street Fighter II in 1993 as one of the four new characters introduced in the game. In the series, he is a martial artist and action movie star. Fei Long was patterned after real-life martial arts movie star Bruce Lee and the character's design and moves make reference to Lee, his fighting style often described as an homage to or clone of Bruce Lee, Fei Long has been well received. He has appeared in other Street Fighter media, including the animated films and series, comics as well as subsequent games such as Street Fighter Alpha 3 and the home versions of Street Fighter IV.
Fei Long was designed as a pastiche of a real-life martial artist and Hong Kong movie star Bruce Lee. The English localization of the original arcade game pays tribute to Bruce Lee by having Fei Long state "there could never be another legend like the great one and his son", a reference to Bruce Lee and his son Brandon Lee, who died shortly before the release of the game, although these references were removed in the revised localization of the Game Boy Advance version of the game. His alternate costume in Street Fighter IV resembles Bruce Lee's outfit in Enter the Dragon. His other alternate costume is from the Green Hornet TV series. Finally, there´s a 3rd outfit that Bruce Lee used to wear in his daily life: a very nice white suit, with a nice tie and belt. His Ultra combo in Street Fighter IV, Rekkashingeki (烈火真撃, Blazing True Attack) is a series of flurry punches into an uppercut followed by a flying kick which resembles a signature technique of Bruce Lee. Fei Long has been given a new Ultra combo in Super Street Fighter IV, the Gekirinken (逆鱗拳, Imperial Wrath Fist) which furthers the homage to Bruce Lee by performing a flurry of punches ending with the "one inch punch."