

Dan is used as the "dummy" opponent for the Challenge Mode in the home versions.

However, his plan fails due to lack of publicity used for his dojo. In Super Street Fighter IV, he continues fighting to promote and gain membership into his Saikyo Dojo which has no members at all. He also appears as Sakura's mentor and fights her as a rival in the penultimate fight of his Arcade mode. ĭan also appears in the console versions of Street Fighter IV, entering the tournament in an effort to make his Saikyo-style more popular. In this game, he also declares himself the mentor of the fighter Sakura Kasugano and is revealed to be one of Blanka's friends.

By Street Fighter Alpha 3, Dan has succeeded in his quest (As Sagat purposefully threw the fight out of pity) and seeks to perfect and promote his fighting style. While Dan is an unlockable character in Street Fighter Alpha, in following games he is already available. During these two games, Dan seeks to defeat Sagat to avenge his father's death. After Sagat pretended that he was defeated, Dan opened an unsuccessful school for his fighting style, Saikyo-ryu ("Strongest style").ĭan is introduced in Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter Alpha 2 as a martial artist who developed his own fighting style called Saikyō-ryū, "The Strongest Style", despite the considerable lack of power in his techniques. Dan's goal is to defeat Sagat, who killed Go, Dan's father, in a brutal fight that resulted in the loss of Sagat's right eye. Gouken stopped training Dan once he acknowledged the ulterior reasons Dan has in his mind. In the series' storyline, Dan was a student trained by Gouken-elder brother of Akuma-who also trained Ken and Ryu. Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha, Dan is consistently portrayed as an overconfident, arrogant and utterly feeble character. Since then, Dan has become a fan favorite due to his humorous design, signature moves and mannerisms. He was created to parody Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, the two lead characters of SNK's Art of Fighting series, as Capcom saw Ryo as a ripoff of Street Fighter characters Ryu and Ken. Saikyo-style karate ( サイキョウ流空手, Saikyō Ryū Karate)ĭan Hibiki ( Japanese: 火引 弾, Hepburn: Hibiki Dan) is a fictional character from Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game franchise.
