Maki Genryusai
| Maki | |
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| Final Fight and Street Fighter character | |
Maki in Capcom vs. SNK 2
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| First game | Final Fight 2 (1993) |
| Designed by |
Akiman (Final Fight 2) Masahiko Nakahira (since Sakura Ganbaru!) |
| Voiced by | Miki Nagasawa (Street Fighter Alpha 3, Capcom vs SNK 2) |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace | Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Fighting style | Ninja arts of the Bushin style (武神流忍法 Bushin Ryū Ninpō?) |
Maki Genryusai (源柳斉 真紀 Genryūsai Maki?), more commonly known simply as Maki (マキ Maki?), is a fictional character in the Final Fight and Street Fighter video game series by Capcom. She has originally appeared in the 1993 beat 'em up game Final Fight 2 as a younger sister of Guy's fiancee and one of the game's protagonist characters. Like Guy, Maki is also trained in the Bushin style of ninjutsu and uses many of the same abilities and techniques.
In her original Japanese backstory, Maki is a fierce ex-leader of a youth motorcycle gang, but this was censored in the English version of the game. She was mostly well received by critics and fans alike, and remains the only original character from the SNES Final Fight games to make comeback appearances in the later titles in and outside the series, notably in Capcom vs. SNK 2.
Maki was introduced in Final Fight 2, as a short-tempered practitioner of the Bushin-Ryū fighting style, taught by her father Genryusai, and former leader of a bōsōzoku motorcycle gang, who loves to get into street fights. English localizations of the game modified this in the manual, describing Maki as a peaceful girl who hates fighting. The game's plot revolved around the kidnapping of Maki's father and her sister Rena (麗奈?) (due to the Japanese confusion between "l" and "r", her name was originally transliterated as "Lena") by the newly revived Mad Gear gang. Maki enlists the help of Mike Haggar and his friend Carlos Miyamoto to rescue them. Maki's first return appearance was tie-in manga in the Street Fighter Alpha 2 tie-in manga Sakura Ganbaru!, where she appears as one of Sakura Kasugano's competitors in a tournament sponsored by the Kanzuki family.
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