Complete List of Every Street Fighter Character

Street Fighter has a vast roster of characters throughout its rich history. This guide provides a comprehensive list of each character along with the games they feature in.

Complete List of Street Fighter Characters

The table below features every playable character and opponent within the Street Fighter franchise. Characters that exist solely within the storyline or are mentioned in Street Fighter 6’s expansive World Tour Mode are not included, such as Retsu. Additionally, characters from the Street Fighter EX series are excluded because these were created by Arika, and Capcom does not possess the rights to its original characters. However, with the arrival of Street Fighter 6, there is a possibility for crossover characters to join the main series in the future.

Any character designated as playable within a particular series is playable in every subsequent version of that game (for instance, a character featured in Street Fighter Alpha can also be played in Alpha 2 and Alpha 3). The one exception is noted beneath the table. Consequently, you can view the table below as depicting each character available in the ultimate version of every Street Fighter title.

Additional important details concerning specific characters are indicated in parentheses beneath their names.

P	Playable in at least one version of the associated game
P [Ultra]*	Playable in Ultra Street Fighter 2 (refer to note below table)
P [2nd]*	Playable in Street Fighter 3: 2nd Impact (refer to note below table)
THE	Opponent only
Not in the associated game series

Character	Street Fighter 1	Street Fighter 2 Series	Street Fighter Alpha Series	Street Fighter 3 Series	Street Fighter 4 Series	Street Fighter 5 Series	Street Fighter 6
Ryu	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ken	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Retsu	THE
Geki	THE
Joe	THE
Mike (Not Balrog, known as Mike Bison in Japan)	THE
Lee	THE
Gen	THE	P	P
Birdie	THE	P	P
Eagle	THE	P
Decoration	THE	P	P
Hour	THE	P	P	P	P
E.Honda	P	P	P	P	P
white	P	P	P	P	P
Guile	P	P	P	P	P
Chun-Li	P	P	P	P	P	P
Zangief	P	P	P	P	P
Dhalsim	P	P	P	P	P
Balrog (M. Bison, or Mike Bison in Japan)	P	P	P	P
Vega (Balrog in Japan)	P	P	P	P
M. Bison (Vega in Japan)	P	P	P	P	P
T. Hawk	P	P	P
Fei Long	P	P	P
Dee Jay	P	P	P	P
Cammy	P	P	P	P	P
Akuma	P	P	P	P	P	P
Evil Ryu	P [Ultra]*	P	P
Violent Ken (Initially introduced in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos)	P [Ultra]*
Is Akuma	P [Ultra]*	P	P [2nd]*
Charlie (Nash in Street Fighter 5)	P	P
Guy (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P	P
Sodom (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P
Rose	P	P	P
Sakura	P	P	P
Rolento (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P	P
And	P	P	P
R. Mika	P	P
Cody (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P	P	P
Karin	P	P
July	P	THE
June	P
That’s it	P	P	P
Ingrid (Initially featured in Capcom Fighting Evolution)	P
Maki (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P
Remy	P
Grooves	P	P
Q	P
Weather	P	P
Necro	P
Dudley	P	P
Ibuki	P	P	P
Makoto	P	P
Elena	P	P	P
Sean	P
Twelve	P
Hugo (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P	P
Alex	P	P
Which	P	P
Gill	P	P
Decapre	P	THE
Seth	P	P
Gouken	P
They	P
It shows	P	P	P
Abel	P
C. Viper	P
That’s it	P
Poison (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P	P
Rufus	P
The Fort	P
Rashid	P	P
Meant	P
hawk	P
Cake	P
Necalli	P
Kolin	P
Bunny	P
Akira (Initially from the Rival Schools series)	P
Laura	P
Ed	P	P
G	P
F.A.N.G	P
Abigail (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P
Lucia (Initially from the Final Fight series)	P
Eleven	P
Luke	P	P
April	THE
AS	THE
January	THE
FEBRUARY	THE
March	THE
Peter	THE
Phantom Bison	THE
Santa	THE
Satsuki	THE
Two P	THE
Jamie	P
Manon	P
Kimberly	P
Marisa	P
Lily	P
JP	P
A.K.I.	P
Terry Bogard (Initially from the Fatal Fury series)	P
Mai Shiranui (Initially from the Fatal Fury series)	P

Note on Ultra Street Fighter 2:

Evil Ryu, Violent Ken, and Shin Akuma were introduced in the Street Fighter 2 series through Ultra Street Fighter 2, which launched in 2017—23 years after Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and 26 years post the initial Street Fighter 2. Although they are part of the Street Fighter 2 roster, their introduction came in later titles.

Note on 2nd Impact:

Shin Akuma is exclusively playable in Street Fighter 3: 2nd Impact as a hidden character. He does not appear in the final game version, 3rd Strike, making him the only Street Fighter 3 character not featured in subsequent iterations.

Currently, Street Fighter 5 boasts the most extensive roster among Street Fighter games, having had several years to expand its character lineup. Street Fighter 6 may reintroduce classic characters, unveil newcomers, or even showcase more crossover characters in the future—opening the door to endless possibilities.

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