Editing Ken Masters

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|name        = Ken Masters

|image        = [[File:Ken.png|250px]]

|caption      = [[File:StreetFighterSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]

Official artwork of Ken from ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition}}''.

|lastappearance = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics}}'' (2024)

|creator      = Takashi Nishiyama

|placeoforigin= {{s|Wikipedia|United States}}

==Origin==

Ken Masters is one of the main characters of ''Street Fighter'' and is one of the only two characters (the other being Ryu) that have appeared in every single installment of the series. He is widely known by many as being Ryu's "clone, " using similar attacks such as the Hadoken, Shoryuken and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku,  but later games in the series have added subtle differences to their movesets such as Ken's use of fire and multi-hit capabilities.

Born to a wealthy family, Ken was sent to Japan to be taught discipline in order to avoid being spoiled by his family. He was trained by his master Gouken and constantly sparred with his future rival and best friend Ryu, being taught Ansatsuken, the Assassination's Fist. After leaving Gouken's dojo, Ken returns to America and while not participating in the first world warrior tournament with Ryu, he enters many other martial arts tournaments, winning most of them. During this time, Ken meets a woman named Eliza, [[Guile]]'s sister in-law, who becomes his girlfriend. Ken returns to Japan to tell his master of the news of his victories in America. However, he witnesses the murder of Gouken by his brother Akuma, who easily defeats Ken after he tried to attack him in rage. After the attack, he then searches for Ryu to inform him of their master's death. Upon meeting up with him, the two have a sparring match in which Ken comes out victorious, though afterwards, he notes that Ryu wasn't himself. In response, Ken gives Ryu his now signature red headband to cheer him up and tells Ryu to keep focused. Ken later teams up with Sakura Kasugano and Sagat to rescue Ryu from Shadaloo.

Ken then receives an invitation to the second Street Fighter tournament, but had been slacking in his training due to spending a lot of time with Eliza. Ryu, however, challenges and inspires Ken to continue training and enter the tournament. After the events of the tournament, Ken and Eliza would get married, eventually having a son named Mel. During the pregnancy in the events of ''Stree Fighter IV'', a tournament run by Seth is announced. Ryu accepts the invitation, but Ken is torn between wanting to fight his friend and being beside his wife. Eliza assures Ken that everything will be alright, and he goes to participate. After the tournament, it is discovered that Gouken is still alive. Both initially upset that he told no one, Gouken counters by saying they did not need him anymore. Ken quickly returns for Mel to be born.

 

 

 

During the events of ''Street Fighter 6'', Ken is caught up in a massive conspiracy surrounding the developing nation of Nayshall, and finds himself framed for criminal activities by JP, the conspiracy's mastermind and leader of the terrorist group Amnesia, who also kidnaps Mel to force Ken's compliance. By the events of the game, while Ken's name is cleared and Mel is safe, Ken is forced to go into hiding to protect his family. As a cover, he gets a construction job at the SiRN building in Metro City. In his Arcade story, Ken begins developing a violent enough hatred of JP to consider killing him. Ken serves as one of many "Masters" the player Avatar can learn from and bond with in "World Tour", usually found in the SiRN construction site in Metro City during the day.

===Trophy===

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|desc-ntsc=Ken has been Ryu's number-one rival and best friend since they trained together as children under the same master. In fact, the headband Ryu wears was a gift from Ken! Along with being a very talented martial artist, Ken is also heir to his rich father's Masters Foundation. But sorry, would-be suitors, Ken's married and has a son!

|desc-pal=Ken has been Ryu's number one rival and best friend since they trained together as children under the same master. The head band Ryu wears was a gift from Ken. Heir to his rich father's Masters Foundation, Ken is a highly skilled martial artist, but eventually goes home and becomes a family man with his wife Eliza and their son, Mel.

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==Names in other languages==

|ja={{ja|ケン|Ken}}, ''Ken''

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|ru={{rollover|Кен|Ken|?}}

|ko={{rollover|켄|Ken|?}}, ''Ken''<br/>Ken (in-game texts)

|zh_cn={{rollover|肯|Kěn|?}}, ''Ken''

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*Ken is the second playable character in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to have two Final Smashes in his moveset, after [[Ryu]].

*He is the only character from a fighting game not to make his playable debut as a [[DLC]] character.

*Ken is the first and currently only third-party playable character to have appeared in the series in a non-playable capacity prior to his playable debut, as he appeared as a trophy in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' before making his debut as a fighter in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. While [[Sephiroth]] is mentioned in ''Smash 4'' in the description of the [[Omnislash]] trophy, Sephiroth himself does not make a appearance in the series in a non-playable capacity before his playable debut in ''Ultimate''.

*Ken is the only Echo Fighter to debut in the same game of their home series as the character they were based on.

*Ken's ''SSB4'' English PAL trophy description contains a reference to [[Guile]]'s iconic phrase from ''[[wikipedia:Street Fighter II: The World Warrior|Street Fighter II]]'', ''"Go home and be a family man!"''.

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