Street Fighter characters: Every character in the series
In this guide, you will find all the Street Fighter characters in the five main series of the game. Capcom's Street Fighter series is one of the most popular video game franchises and one of the best fighting video game franchises in the world. The first game in the Street Fighter series was released back in 1987 and naturally, with so many titles and spinoffs and crossovers Street Fighter has introduced a ton of characters since the introduction of Ryu and Ken Masters back in 1987.
Firstly, let's see the release order and dates of the Street Fighter series:
- Street Fighter (1987)
- Street Fighter II (1991 – 1994)
- Street Fighter Alpha (1995 – 1998)
- Street Fighter III (1997 – 1999)
- Street Fighter IV (2009 – 2014)
- Street Fighter V (2016 – 2020)
In the lists below you will find the newly-introduced Street Fighter characters in each series with bold fonts, while the Street Fighter characters introduced in previous series are listed with italics.
Let's get started with all the Street Fighter characters rosters!
Street Fighter characters (1987)
Below you will find all the playable Street Fighter characters introduced in the original game:
- Adon
- Birdie
- Eagle
- Geki
- Gen
- Joe
- Ken
- Lee
- Mike
- Retsu
- Ryu
- Sagat
Street Fighter II characters (1991-1994)
Below you will find all the characters introduced in the Street Fighter II series games.
- Akuma
- Balrog
- Blanka
- Cammy
- Chun-Li
- Dee Jay
- Dhalsim
- E. Honda
- Evil Ryu
- Fei Long
- Guile
- Ken
- M. Bison
- Ryu
- Sagat
- Shin Akuma
- T. Hawk
- Vega
- Violent Ken
- Zangief
Street Fighter Alpha characters (1995-1998)
Below you will find all the characters introduced in the Street Fighter Alpha series games:
- Adon
- Akuma
- Balrog
- Birdie
- Blanka
- Cammy
- Charlie Nash
- Chun-Li
- Cody
- Dan
- Dee Jay
- Dhalsim
- E. Honda
- Eagle
- Evil Ryu
- Fei Long
- Gen
- Guile
- Guy
- Ingrid
- Juli
- Juni
- Karin
- Ken
- M. Bison
- Maki
- Nash
- R. Mika
- Rolento
- Rose
- Ryu
- Sagat
- Sakura
- Shin Akuma
- Sodom
- T. Hawk
- Vega
- Yun
- Zangief
Street Fighter III characters (1997-1999)
Below you will find all the characters introduced in the Street Fighter III series games:
- Akuma
- Alex
- Chun-Li
- Dudley
- Elena
- Gill
- Hugo
- Ibuki
- Ken
- Makoto
- Necro
- Oro
- Q
- Remy
- Ryu
- Sean
- Shin Akuma
- Twelve
- Urien
- Yang
- Yun
Street Fighter IV characters (2009 – 2014)
Below you will find all the characters introduced in the Street Fighter IV series games:
- Abel
- Adon
- Akuma
- Balrog
- Blanka
- C. Viper
- Cammy
- Chun-Li
- Cody
- Dan
- Decapre
- Dee Jay
- Dhalism
- Dudley
- E. Honda
- El Fuerte
- Elena
- Evil Ryu
- Fei Long
- Gen
- Gouken
- Guile
- Guy
- Hakan
- Hugo
- Ibuki
- Juri Han
- Ken
- M. Bison
- Makoto
- Oni
- Poison
- Rufus
- Seth
Street Fighter V characters (2016-2020)
Below you will find all the characters introduced in the Street Fighter V series games:
- Abigail
- Akira
- Akuma
- Alex
- Balrog
- Birdie
- Blanka
- Cammy
- Charlie Nash
- Chun-Li
- Cody
- Dan
- Dhalsim
- E. Honda
- Ed
- Eleven
- F.A.N.G.
- Falke
- G
- Gill
- Guile
- Ibuki
- Juri Han
- Kage
- Karin
- Ken
- Kolin
- Laura
- Lucia
- Luke
- M. Bison
- Menat
- Necalli
- Oro
- Poison
- R. Mika
- Rashid
- Rose
- Ryu
- Sagat
- Sakura
- Seth
- Urien
- Vega
- Zangief
- Zeku
Street Fighter EX characters
- Ace
- Akuma
- Allen
- Area
- Bison II
- Blair
- Blanka
- Bloody Hokuto
- Chun-Li
- Cracker Jack
- Cycloid-β
- Cycloid-γ
- D. Dark
- Darun
- Dhalsim
- Doctrine Dark
- Evil Ryu
- Garuda
- Guile
- Hayate
- Hokuto
- Kairi
- Ken
- M. Bison
- Nanase
- Pullum
- Ryu
- Sakura
- Shadowgeist
- Sharon
- Shin-Bison
- Skullomania
- Vega
- Vulcano Rosso
- Zako
- Zangrief