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Ken Masters is a video game character created by Capcom. He is one of the main characters from the Street Fighter series of fighting games alongside Ryu.
Ken was initially created as a palette swap for player 2 in the first Street Fighter title and thus used an identical moveset to that of Ryu's in early installments, though Capcom later on decided to make the two distinct by making Ken being more specialized on Shouryuuken in parallel with Ryu's Hadouken.
When Ken was about 12 years old, his father, a rich hotel tycoon, thought that his son needed to learn about discipline, or else he would become a spoiled brat all of his life and try to leech onto the Masters' family fortune. In order to do so, the elder Masters sent Ken to Japan to train under his best friend, the mysterious karate master Gouken. At first, Ken was very hesitant to learn from Gouken, wanting to go back to the United States, but later began to respect his master. He even enjoyed the company of Gouken's adopted son, Ryu, since he had a foil to finally pull pranks on, although this got Ken into a lot of trouble. Ryu and Ken would later become best friends and each other's principal rivals.
When Ryu was 23, Gouken decided that both of his pupils had grown up to be fine fighters and decided that their training was over and could now leave the dojo. Ryu decided to travel the world in order to continue his training, whereas Ken was finally happy to be going back home to the United States after his years of straining his back for master Gouken and finally learning the meaning of humility. After coming home, Ken competed in many different Martial Arts tournaments held in the United States, winning most of them.
Ken has a wife, Eliza and a son, Mel.
Known moves
- Shouryuuken
- Shouryuu Reppa
- Shinryuuken
- Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku
- Shippuu Jinraikyaku
- Guren Senpuukyaku
Alternate Forms
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