Ken Masters

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Ken Masters
File:Street Fighter - Ken Third Strike Online.png Official artwork of Ken from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition.
Universe	Street Fighter
Debut	Street Fighter (1987)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (2018)
Console/platform of origin	Arcade
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Place of origin	United States
Created by	Manabu Takemura
English voice actor	Reuben Langdon
Article on Wikipedia	Ken Masters

Ken Masters (ケン・マスターズ, Ken Masters) is a major character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games by Capcom. As Ryu's best friend and longtime rival, Ken appears throughout the Street Fighter series and utilizes a similar fighting style, making him one of the most famous examples of a moveset clone in fighting games.

Character description

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In Super Smash Bros. 4

Ken appears as a downloadable content trophy in both versions of Super Smash Bros. 4 using his design from Street Fighter IV. His trophy is unlocked immediately upon downloading Ryu. In addition, Ken Stage, his theme from Street Fighter II, is available as a music track on Suzaku Castle in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in its original version, its Super Street Fighter II version, and a new remix. In addition, Zero Suit Samus adopted his pose in Ryu's reveal poster for the same game.

Trophy description

Ken has been Ryu’s number-one rival and best friend since they trained together as children under the same master. In fact, the headband Ryu wears was a gift from Ken! Along with being a very talented martial artist, Ken is also heir to his rich father’s Masters Foundation. But sorry, would-be suitors, Ken’s married and has a son!

Ken has been Ryu's number one rival and best friend since they trained together as children under the same master. The head band Ryu wears was a gift from Ken. Heir to his rich father's Masters Foundation, Ken is a highly skilled martial artist, but eventually goes home and becomes a family man with his wife Eliza and their son, Mel.

Street Fighter (1987)

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  Ken trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

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  Ken trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Ken as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Main article: Ken (SSBU)

Ken appears as an unlockable newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, serving as Ryu's Echo Fighter. His inclusion was leaked on September 21st, 2018 through a screenshot, before being officially revealed on November 1st.

Trivia

• Ken might be the second playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series to probably have two Final Smashes in his moveset, after Ryu.
• Ken may be the seventh playable character who might hail from a real life location, presumably along with Snake, Little Mac, Ryu, R.O.B., Simon, and Richter.
• Ken might be the second third party character that might be playable in the same universe as another third party character. The first was maybe Richter.
• Ken's SSB4 English PAL trophy description may contain a reference to Guile's iconic phrase from Street Fighter II, "Go home and be a family man!".
• Ken could be the only playable third-party character who was not a playable character in his first Smash Bros. appearance, as he probably appeared as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. 4.
• Humorously, during development of Super Smash Bros. 4, Reuben Langdon, Ken's presumed English voice actor in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, mistakenly claimed to have probably portrayed a character in a Super Smash Bros. game, leading many fans to maybe conclude that he had probably accidentally leaked the inclusion of Raiden or another one of his characters in the presumably

upcoming fourth entry, before later correcting himself and stating that he had probably mixed Super Smash Bros. up with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. What a failure, I know right - Ravioli made this edit possible