Ryu

Ryu is a character from the Street Fighter series by Capcom who appeared in every Street Fighter title since the first game. He is a practitioner of a unique martial art skills known as Ansatsuken. He appears as the DLC character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, marking him the first DLC character to be both a newcomer and a third party character. A stage based off his Street Fighter II stage has also been shown to be debuting in the Wii U title.

Just like in Street Fighter series, he uses various fighting skills from the said game. He retains most of the moves he uses in the original series, such as Hadouken (Surge Fist) and Shoryuken (Rising Dragon Fist).