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Ken Masters (ケン・マスターズ, or 拳 in the first Street Fighter, which means Fist in Japanese),originally named Ken Andrew Aska, is a video game character created by Capcom. He is from the Street Fighter series of fighting games. He is the main character along with Ryu, Chun Li, & Akuma.

Ken Masters and the Shouryu Principle

While Ryu and Ken have the same martial arts discipline, as the Street Fighter series evolved, the differences between the two characters was portrayed by their special moves — Ken opted for stylish fast unpredictability, while Ryu focused on technique. Ken's Tatsu Maki Senpuu Kyaku doesn't allow him to dodge projectiles at the start of the spin, but spins faster, allows him to hit his opponent up to five times. Ken's Hadouken attacks are less concentrated than Ryu's, but Ken's Shoryuken is more powerful. Ken's super moves consist of the Shouryuu Reppa (Rising Dragon Whirlwind), in which Ken does two or three Shoryukens; the Shinryuuken (Dragon God Fist), a spinning Shoryuken (dedicated to his late master Gouken) that lacks range, but does greater damage, especially if the kick buttons are pressed rapidly; and the most recent addition to his movelist since Street Fighter Alpha 3 — the Shippuu Jinrai Kyaku, which Ken does a flurry of kicks before ending with a Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku.

Ken mainly focuses on the Shouryu principle of Goutetsu-style Ansatsuken, to the point where his Shouryukens set the opponent on fire. Ken's Shoryukens are best done against a standing opponent. Ken took extra care to ensure that his Shoryuken won't immolate nor kill an opponent on contact—even with his aggressiveness and unpredictability Ken made sure that his moves, like Ryu's, do not result in lethal force.

Ken's Storylines

Street fighter Story

Ken did not participate in the first World Warrior tournament; instead, he fought in (and won) the premiere U.S. Martial Arts tournament that had been previously won by Charlie, as well as meeting a very attractive girl named Eliza, who became his girlfriend.

Ken received an invitation to the second World Warrior tournament, but since his last U.S. Martial Arts tournament, he has let himself spend too much time with his girlfriend and not training. Only when Ryu writes him a letter goading him to join up does he feel his fighting spirit rekindled and enters the tournament. He lost to Ryu, who later fought Sagat and M.Bison. Even though he lost, Ken was still renowned as the one of the world's best fighters and Ken finally married Eliza, with whom he eventually had a son named Mel.

Ken entered the third World Warrior tournament. By this time, a Brazilian teenager named Sean had been pestering him to become his student, and Ken relucantly accepted, beginning to train him. He fought Sean and won against him in the tournament; though he still lost, he was now also beginning to train his son Mel in rudimentary fighting techniques. He also told Sean to go find Ryu and challenge him, giving him some free time with Eliza.

Though bored, Ken began to find details of the mysterious organization that hosted the third World Warrior tournament, the Illuminati. Feeling the rush of danger, he went to investigate. Not much else is known beyond that though it has been suggested that he could have fought Urien over the matter, although nothing apparently came out of this (even then he apparently could have been investigating sheerly for the heck of it). He does win his third straight U.S. Martial Arts tournament victory, which is a new record, and offers the trophy to Sean, although his student says he wishes to earn it for himself. He also learned that Ryu had sought him out and traveled all the way to New York from Oakland for their long-awaited rematch. Tossing some friendly jabs at each other, both have a good fight that Ryu wins. Since then, Ken has continued to train Sean and Mel, handle his family and business, and keep up with his old friend Ryu.

Street Fighter Alpha Story

After winning the U.S. martial arts tournment, Ken returned to his training ground to tell his master Gouken the good news, he witnessed his master's death at the hands of Akuma, and tried to fight him, and like Ryu, lost.

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