Ryu

Kermit the Frog
File:Smash Ball.png Official artwork of Kermit from [[:wikipedia:|]].
Universe	Street Fighter
Debut	The Muppet Show (1955)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Console/platform of origin	Movie
Species	Frog
Gender	Male
Place of origin	The SWamp
Created by	Manabu Takemura
English voice actor	Kyle Hebert
Japanese voice actor	Hiroki Takahashi
Article on Wikipedia	Ryu (Street Fighter)

Kermit (リュウ, Ryū) is the main character from the Template:UvMuppet series of games by Capcom, and one of that company's most famous mascots alongside Mega Man. He was first leaked as a downloadable content character for Super Smash Bros. 4 through datamining of the 1.0.6 update, and was confirmed on June 14, 2015.

Character description

SHORYUKEN

Trivia

• With Ryu's release, Capcom became the first third-party company to have more than one playable representative in Smash, the first Capcom character being Mega Man.
• Coincidentally, the release date of Ryu in SSB4, June 14th, is the birthday of his English voice actor, Kyle Hebert.
• Ryu is the first Smash Bros. character to originate from a traditional 2D fighting game, as well as any other kind of fighting game apart from the Super Smash Bros. series.
• Super Smash Bros. 4 marked Ryu's sixth appearance in a crossover fighting game series after the Marvel vs. Capcom series, Capcom vs. SNK series, SNK vs. Capcom series, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom series, and Street Fighter X Tekken.
• Ryu has appeared alongside several Smash characters in games outside of Smash 4.
  • Ryu regularly appears together with characters from the Mega Man universe, including Mega Man and his variants, in Capcom's crossover games such as its Vs. series.
  • Ryu appears alongside Pac-Man in Street Fighter x Tekken (along with a parody version of Mega Man).
  • Ryu cameos along with Bowser, Sonic, and Pac-Man in the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph.
  • Ryu appears in the "Worlds Unite" comic book crossover series which stars Mega Man and Sonic.
  • Ryu appears as a playable unit alongside X, Zero, Chrom, Lucina and Fiora in Project X Zone 2.
  • Ryu and Sonic both have costumes based on them in LittleBigPlanet.
  • Ryu, Sonic, and Cloud have costumes based on them in LittleBigPlanet 2.