Ryu

Ryu
File:Ryu TvC.jpg File:StreetFighterSymbol.png Official artwork of Ryu from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.
Universe	Street Fighter
Debut	Street Fighter (1987)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS4) (2015)
Console/platform of origin	Arcade
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Japan
Article on Wikipedia	Ryu (Street Fighter)

Ryu (リュウ,隆, Ryū) is the main character from the Street Fighter series of fighting 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 13, 2015.

Character description

Ryu is considered to be the "main character" of the Street Fighter series. He is a practitioner of the Ansatsuken martial arts.

Trivia

• With Ryu's release, Capcom is currently the only third-party company to have more than one character in Smash, the first Capcom character being Mega Man.
• Ryu is the fifth third-party character to appear in Super Smash Bros, the others being Solid Snake, Sonic, Mega Man and Pac-Man.