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Dan Hibiki (火引弾: Hibiki Dan), is a character from Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. Dan is consistently portrayed as an arrogant, overconfident, yet utterly weak character in each game he is featured in. English speakers often pronounce the name as though it were short for "Daniel", rather than its proper pronunciation which sounds more like "Don."

Vital statistics

Fighting style: Saikyo-ryuu Style Karate
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Birthdate: May 6th
Height: 178cm (5' 10")
Weight: 74kg
3 sizes: B113, W83, H88
Blood type: O
Special Skill: Tile breaking, Karaoke
Likes: Taunting
Dislikes: Seaweed, Small-time crooks, and Pretentious People

Story

Dan's father Go Hibiki was a rival of Sagat. Go put out Sagat's eye and Sagat killed him in retaliation. Because of this, Dan sought revenge on Sagat, training to become a fighter, but was expelled from Gouken's dojo when his motivations were learned. Dan thus developed his own style of Ansatsuken (misinterpereted in America as Shotokan) merged with Muay Thai elements and called Saikyou-ryuu, or, ironically, "The Strongest Style", despite the weakness of his techniques.

After the events of Street Fighter Alpha 3, Dan believed he had achieved his revenge by defeating Sagat (who had actually thrown the fight), and his motivation switched to promoting and expanding his Saikyou-ryuu school, even to the point of offering exercise videos and correspondence courses.

Dan as a Parody

After the released and success of Street Fighter II , rival video game company SNK created a game known in English as Art of Fighting. The principal character of this series, Ryo Sakazaki, bore a striking resemblance in appearance, fighting style, and name to Ryu of Street Fighter. When Capcom developed Street Figher Alpha, Ryo continued to be recreated in the King of Fighters game series. Therefore, in Street Fighter Alpha, Dan was created as a parody of Ryo and Robert Garcia, another character from AoF and KoF. His fireball style is telling: instead of using both hands to unleash the fireball (as Ryu, Ken, and even Sakura do), he propels it with one hand, like Ryo, Robert and Yuri do.

One of Dan's win quotes in Street Fighter Alpha 3 is "I hate the art of fighting, but I want to be the king of fighters!". This was a direct reference to Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters series by SNK.

Also Dan's fighting style, the Saikyo-ryuu is a mixture of the names Saisyu Kusanagi and Kyo Kusanagi, characters from The King of Fighters series, who are father and son respectively. It can also be construed as a pun on the Japanese word for "opposite" instead of "strongest".

In the SNK vs. series
, there is a running gag where Dan is often mistaken for Ryo or Robert. In these games, Dan parodies even more of Ryo's attacks. He also mistook Mr. Karate for his father's ghost.

Appearance

Dan is a head swap of Ryu, much like Ken and Akuma. However, Dan's head and face closely resembles Robert from Art of Fighting, while his outfit is bright pink, reminicient of Ryo's unusual orange outfit in Art of Fighting.

In Street Fighter Alpha 2, when Dan became a regular playable character, his head was redrawn to look less like Robert.

Gameplay

Due to his weak moves, Dan is widely regarded as a joke character, not to be used for any serious competition. He is also popular as a handicap to skilled players, as his weakness makes winning matches more difficult. As such, selecting Dan can in itself be seen as a taunt, since doing so implies high confidence that a player is superior in skill to his or her opponent.

Techniques

In the games he appears in, Dan is distinguished from Ryu and Ken by his ineffective special moves, such as a fireball with a comically short range (Gadoken), and a triple-hitting flying kick that is easy to block (Dankukyaku); , both reminiscent of attacks in Art of Fighting. Also borrowed from AoF is his ability to taunt infinitely.

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