Ken (Street Fighter)
| Ken Masters | |
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| Street Fighter character | |
Ken in Namco × Capcom
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| First game | Street Fighter (1987) |
| Voiced by (English) |
Eddie Frierson (SFII: The Animated Movie) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) |
Tetsuya Iwanaga (Alpha series, SFEX, SFEX 3, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Pocket Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Namco × Capcom) Kōji Tobe (SFIII: New Generation and Second Impact) Yūji Kishi (SFIII: Third Strike, SNK vs. Capcom series, SFIV, SFXT, Project X Zone series, Wreck-It Ralph, SFV) Gō Yamane (SFEX 2, EX 2 Plus) Monster Maezuka (SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom) Kenji Haga (SFII: The Animated Movie, SFII V) Kazuya Ichijō (Alpha: The Animation) Eiji Hanawa (Alpha: Generations) Toshihiko Seki (SFII drama CD) Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese dub of the Street Fighter live-action film) Nobuyuki Hiyama (Real Battle on Film) |
| Motion capture | Damian Chapa (The Movie games) |
| Portrayed by | Damian Chapa (Street Fighter) Christian Howard (Street Fighter: Legacy, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist) |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace |
 United States
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| Nationality | American |
| Fighting style |
Shotokan-style Karate Martial Art rooted in the assassination arts (暗殺拳をルーツとした格闘術 ansatsuken o rūtsu toshita kakutō jutsu?) (SF IV) |
Eddie Frierson (SFII: The Animated Movie)
Jason Douglas (SFII V, ADV dub)
Stephen Apostolina (SFII V, Animaze dub)
Scott McNeil (animated series)
Steven Blum (Alpha: The Animation)
Steve Cassling (Alpha: Generations)
Reuben Langdon (SFIV, SFV, SFXT, Wreck-It Ralph)
Ken Masters (ケン・マスターズ Ken Masutāzu?), originally spelled in Japanese as 拳 (Ken), is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter series. Ken is Ryu's best friend and rival, and like Ryu, he has appeared in all Street Fighter games. Like Ryu, Ken's goal is to test his power against many different fighters, and strives to become stronger.
Ken made his first appearance in the original Street Fighter released in 1987, and is the only other playable character in the game aside from Ryu. He is characterized as the former sparring partner, best friend and rival of the main character, Ryu, who trained under the same master (a character whose identity would later be fleshed out as Gouken). The single-player tournament can only be played with Ken after the second player defeats the first player in a two-player match. Ken was also named one of the best fighters in the game.
Ken and Ryu, along with former final boss Sagat, would be the only characters from the original Street Fighter to return in the game's true sequel, Street Fighter II, first released in 1991. In Street Fighter II, Ken is invited to participate in the World Warrior tournament by Ryu, with Ken having already moved away from Japan to live in America. In Ken's ending, he ends up marrying his girlfriend Eliza. Street Fighter II was a breakaway hit for Capcom, leading to the production of revised editions of the same game which included Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting in 1992, Super Street Fighter II in 1993 and Super Turbo in 1994, which all follow the same plot. Numerous spinoff products were made as well during the game's popularity: when Capcom licensed Hasbro to produce a line of action figures, Ken was given the surname "Masters". The full name Ken Masters would be used in the animated Street Fighter II movie and in the Street Fighter II V series before being canonized in the video games with Street Fighter Alpha 2.
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