Ryu
There has been no man as legendary as Ryu. Throughout the world, there is not a word more pronounced with fear and respect than his name. As the greatest street fighter who has ever exsisted, Ryu never has satisified himself with the goals he has accomplished. He always feels there is something more in the world that can help him to perfect his abilities, and always seeks out new opponents who can help him in such mission. Ryu follows the same dream that Gouken always had: to seek the true path of a warrior. Now, Ryu comes closer and closer to discovering the secret, but at the same time, so far from accomplishing it. Ryu's life begins as a orphan who was picked up by the great legend of Shotokan Karate, Gouken. He was taken to Gouken's dojo back in the mountains of Japan, and began to teach him in the arts of Shotokan Karate. Gouken found out that Ryu had a certain feeling, something that made him special: that dedication, his ability, his facility to practice the art and how easily he mastered the basics. Gouken thought he had found the perfect disciple to lend down his knowledge. However, a rich American boy named Ken Masters came to the dojo shortly after Ryu, and thus, both trained under Gouken's liege, but Ryu always had that special something that maked him a dedicated warrior and a excellent fighter. After many years of training, Ryu decided to advance into his next stage of training: learn the secret arts of Shotokan Karate. He knew that there were special techniques in the Shotokan training which involved the use of inner energy. However, before he could master it, Gouken inspired them to enter the first "King of Street Fighters" tournament to see how much his disciples had progressed. Ryu found this interesting, since this was the first time he would face another opponents from around the world. Ryu's fighting spirit burned with more intensity than before in anticipation of facing great fighters from around the world. In a word, Ryu learned from each and every one of them, and took their advices to note. Besides that, Ryu advanced slowly but steadily in the tournament, and earned the right to face the organizer of the tournament, the considered "King of Street Fighters", the Muetai legend of Thailand, Sagat. Sagat considered Ryu just to be a lucky boy, and insulted himself for having to face little boys now. But the little boy as Sagat claimed gave him the fight of his life. After a dominating start of Sagat, Ryu took up the pace of the battle, and soon turned the tables on Sagat with a more refined technique. At the end, with both fighters exhausted, Ryu remembered the technique his master Gouken used to do constantly. It was rising uppercut which channeled all the force of the dragon. Ryu didn't exactly knew what it was, but all of a sudden, a thought appeared in his mind, a move, a name. Suddenly, when Sagat was about to deliver the final blow, Ryu produced a great energy through his fist, and called upon the power of Shoryuken to rip right through Sagat. Ryu was now declared the new "King of Street Fighters", but he never stayed to claim his title. Ryu was like that: prizes were something beyond his concern. The fight was everything for him. After winning the title, Ryu gleefully wantd to tell Gouken about his great experience at the tournament. But, he couldn't: Gouken died some days before Ryu came. However, he did not die from natural causes: he was killed, killed by a man cloaked in black and with red-flame hair. Ryu didn't know what to do: he was confused. Everybody was beginning to pressure Ryu for his victory against Sagat, that he was too small for such a big bill, that he didn't have the skill to support his title, between many other hardships. Everybody wanted a claim for fame against Ryu, and Ryu didn't knew what to do. he knew he had to perfect his abilities, but not if everybody was nosing around. Ryu just continued his training, and kept fighting for the sake of his master. Years later, Ryu now faces new enemies in new battlegrounds. He has passed through many events. He was pursued by a vengeance-driven Sagat, a battle-hungry Ken, a school student named Sakura, the evil dictator leader of Shadoloo M.Bison, and many others. However, during the perfection of his skills and the during his path to discover the true warrior, Ryu found many good friends in where he expected to find rivals. This was comforting, since Ryu wasn't driven to words anyway. His always best friend and rival, Ken, the always funky and groovy Dan, the little girl Sakura, the wise Guy, between many others aided Ryu and helped himfind his true way to perfect his skills and dominate many fighting strategies.
Now, after perfecting the skill of throwing inner energy from his hands as projectiles, Ryu now faces the new generation of fighters, but anyway, Ryu stands up to the challenge, his red headband given to him by Ken during a fight now reminds him, as for he is the master to end all masters, the fighter of the century, and more importantly, a great human being.
Evil Ryu
Akuma, the man who had killed Gouken with the power of Dark Shotokan, tempted Ryu into the dark side. This made Ryu curious enough, but swore to not fall in the evil powers. However, after his fight with Ken, he was captured by the forces of Shadoloo leaded by M.Bison, and then submitted to mind control devices, where he could finally escape, but he still had the evil feeling inside him. Now, ever once in a while, the evil aura surges with more force, and Ryu turns into a evil man able to wield the power of Dark Shotokan. However, since he is not pure evil as Akuma, he has not been possesed by evil forces. However, even though Ryu has managed to overcome his evil side, his curse will always remain, awaiting to surge any moment.