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Street Fighter II characters appear in Japanese English textbook, drawn by famous designer

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2021
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Cosplayer conversation in junior high text features cameos by World Warriors.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • cool • cosplay • education • linguistics • Street Fighter • teaching English • Textbooks • video games)

Rising sun removed from Street Fighter II background in game’s latest re-release

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2021

The sun sets on E. Honda’s bathhouse mural design 30 years after it first appeared.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • rising sun • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • video games)

Seiko to release awesome sports watches inspired by popular Street Fighter V characters

• Dale Roll
  Aug 24, 2020

Six different limited-edition models could be yours for just 51,700 yen (US$488.37) each!

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• Japan
• (Chun-Li • cool • Ken • Ryu • Seiko • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • stylish • wristwatch • zangief)

Japanese cosplay comedians perfectly recreate Street Fighter II…if you close your eyes【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

Sounds can be deceiving as Ryu battles E. Honda in a fight that’s half laughable, half legitimately amazing.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • cosplayers • funny • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • video • video games)

Sneaker company Onitsuka Tiger teams up with Street Fighter to bring us Chun-Li-themed footwear

• Koh Ruide
  May 2, 2019

Kick as fast and with as much style as the renowned video game character.

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• Japan
• (Chun-Li • collaboration • footwear • Onitsuka Tiger • shoes • sneakers • Street Fighter • theme)

Watch Ryu from Street Fighter unleash a shoryuken combo on a Red Bull can in epic stop motion

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 29, 2019

Crumples it so easily, we don’t think there is going to be a round two.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Capcom • cool • Red Bull • Ryu • shoryuken • stop motion • stop motion animation • Street Fighter • video games)

Here comes a new T-Shirt! Uniqlo Street Fighter II and V shirts

• Master Blaster
  Mar 21, 2019

Next time you dismantle a car with punches and kicks, do it in one of these neat champion edition shirts.

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• Japan
• (Dhalsim • fighting games • Guile • shoryuken • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • Street Fighter V • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video games)

Epic Street Fighter comeback actually isn’t a comeback, but is something even more amazing【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2019

Taking the concept of action movies and applying them to fighting games is an awesome new idea for e-sports professionals.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Capcom • cool • e-sports • hadouken • Ryu • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video • video games)

Happy 623 Day! A day to celebrate the Shoryuken or your own favorite anti-air move

• Master Blaster
  Jun 23, 2018

Let us all raise a fist so high in celebration that we actually jump off the ground and maybe even make little flames come out of it.

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• Japan
• (623 Day • dragon uppercut • fighting games • shoryuken • Shoryuken Day • Street Fighter)

Muscle idol’s amazing Chun-Li photos shows gym is as important as sewing table for cosplay【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2018

Hardcore cosplayers make their own costumes, and for Reika Saiki, that includes building her body to get Chun-Li’s thighs.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful women • bodybuilding • Chun-Li • cosplay • fitness • Idols • muscles • Reika Saiki • Street Fighter • video games)

Street Fighter’s Sagat named ambassador of Saga City, limited edition SFII goods to be sold

• Master Blaster
  Jan 13, 2018

For the next few months, Saga will be teaming up with Sagat and the rest of the Street Fighter II crew.

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• Japan
• (saga • Sagat • Street Fighter • tourism • travel • video games)

Japanese wife becomes Internet’s favorite when she replaces dollhouse bunny with Zangiefs

• Dale Roll
  Dec 16, 2017

We’re a little worried the house is going to be torn down in an enormous Spinning Piledriver…

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• Japan
• (fighting games • figurines • funny • funny tweet • Humor • japanese family • Street Fighter • toys • video games • zangief)

Chun-Li and Cammy, Street Fighter video game’s first fighting females, get Japanese lingerie sets

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2017

Strongest woman in the world and special forces operative inspire intimate apparel options.

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• Japan
• (Cammy • Capcom • Chun-Li • fashion • lingerie • Street Fighter • Super Groupies • video games)

Ladybeard brings the heat with his impressive Cammy cosplay at Comiket 92

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 28, 2017

With muscles, crimson beret, and signature army green bodysuit, it’s arguably one of the best Cammy cosplays out there.

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• Japan
• (Cammy • Comiket 92 • cosplay • funny • Ladybeard • Street Fighter • Summer Comiket)

Street Fighter II and UBIQ collab shoes put some extra kick in your step

• Shannon McNaught
  Aug 18, 2017

Who needs a plain old Street Fighter II t-shirt when you could have shoes instead?

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• Japan
• (fashion • shoes • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • UBIQ • video games)

ESPN tells pro gamer to change Street Fighter character’s costume to meet “broadcast standards”

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 19, 2017

The bodysuit Cammy has been wearing for 24 years apparently doesn’t comply with the network’s standards and practices.

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• Japan, USA
• (Cammy • Capcom • controversy • Evo 2017 • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video • video games)

Chun-Li cosplay cold shoulders inspire crazy Photoshop “fixes,” help spread love between rivals

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2017

One of the biggest stars of the e-sports world once again creates smiles while suffering heartbreaking defeat.

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (Chun-Li • cosplay • Daigo Umehara • e-sports • Evo 2017 • funny • Justin Wong • Photoshop • Street Fighter • video games)

Virtuoso drums the entire game of Street Fighter II, shows us its music was actually pretty good

• Master Blaster
  Jul 15, 2017

Dainashi shows the stamina of a warrior as he drums the extremely high tempo theme songs to every stage.

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• Japan
• (Dainashi • drumming • music • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • video • video games)

Let’s get ready to rumble! World leaders reimagined as fighting game characters【Pics】

• KK Miller
  Apr 14, 2017

East-meets-West artist Tik Ka wonders what Super World Fighter IV might look like.

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• Art, Internet
• (art • Barack Obama • Donald Trump • funny • Hong Kong • illustration • Street Fighter • Tik Ka • World Fighter)

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