Summary
Street Fighter 6is as much a leap into the future for its characters as it is for us. The first canonical entry after Third Strike shows us beloved characters take on a different moment in their lives and introduces us to exciting new fighters.
Keeping track of the peculiarities of each character can be tough, though, and fans of the saga will want to know everything they can about SF6’s incredibly colorful cast. So, here’s a quick guide to familiarize yourself with the basic characteristics of each of these unique fighters.
Updated Jul 02, 2025, by Seth Parmer:With Elena making her way onto the roster as the final DLC character of Season 2, we decided to dive back into this list and add her into the mix. If you wish to learn more about this Capoeira Master, you can find her in the newly updated list below, which is laid out alphabetically to make it easier to navigate!
27Establishing The Timeline
After nearly half a century of releases, establishing the exact chronology of Street Fighter 6 is a challenging task. Luckily, there are two important clues that will help us get a rough estimate ofwhenit takes place.
The first is that Cody Travers is still Metro City’s mayor, taking Mike Haggar’s mantle after the events of the Third Strike, which is commonly believed to take place between 1998 and 1999.
The city is obviously inspired by real-life New York City (at least in SF6’s world tour mode) which allows majors to hold power for a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms. This means that SF6 takes place, at most, in 2007.
The second clue is directly related to one of SF6’s returning characters, and a series mainstay.
26A.K.I. - Snake Kung Fu
A.K.I. is a brand-new character in the Street Fighter series and is a student of F.A.N.G, who was also a new character in this game’s predecessor. As such, her unique Chinese Kenpo & Shequan fighting style may bring back some bad memories for those who stuck with Street Fighter 5.
Through various body contortions, strange movements, and the ability to inflict poison onto her opponent, A.K.I. is a severe threat to anyone who opposes her, making her mysterious nature and evil tendencious that much more vicious and terrifying to encounter.
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Chinese Kenpo & Shequan (Snake Kung Fu)
25Akuma - Ansatsuken & Satsui no Hado
Speaking of mysterious individuals, Season One of Street Fighter 6 ended with a bang, bringing Akuma on board, who is as vicious and mysterious as they come, and earns that fear by being a top-tier fighter in each game he appears in.
Akuma uses his dark and murderous aura to fight and obliterate his opposition, using assassination arts and wickedness to his advantage. Akuma is bad news, and his mysteriousness makes matters that much worse. We advise staying clear of the receiving end of his onslaught!
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Ansatsuken & Satsui no Hado
24Blanka - ??????
Blanka’s fighting style is based on being such a weird freak that your opponent goes into shock before the round even starts. His spins, electrical attacks, and frantic movement are incomparable to any fighting style other than Blanka’s.
Though “animalistic movements” might be the best way to describe it, there isn’t a single animal on this earth that moves like that. And if there is, there shouldn’t be.
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23Cammy - Battle Angel Alita
Street Fighter’s wikirefers to Cammy’s fighting style as “Shadaloo fighting techniques,” which means… Sort of nothing, really. There is no real-world equivalent for most of her moveset either, except for her most basic punches and jabs.
Cammy does have one of the most unique and recognizable movesets in all of fighting games, and we probably have the Battle Angel Alita manga to thank for that. Besides the long-held rumors that Cammy’s entire design is an Alita rip-off, her move set is clearly inspired by the cyborg’s spins and pirouettes designed for Zero-G combat.
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Battle Angel Alita
22Chun Li - Kung Fu
Chun Li is yet-another indispensable street fighter character, making an appearance in every single one of the franchise’s mainline games. Of course, she’s back for SF6, though unfortunately, she might not be able to go back to being ayoung single girl.
The Chun Li we see in SF6 is older, more at peace with herself, and somehow stillkicking at supersonic speeds. Though she refers to her own fighting style as Kung Fu in world tour mode, her moveset seems to be a mix-and-match of various Wushu, karate, and Kempo moves.
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21Dee Jay - Kickboxing/Breakdancing
There aren’t many characters as likable and charismatic as Dee Jay. Despite approaching middle age, Dee Jay still has the dance moves and physique to take on any allies in a good-natured spar, or to protect his friends from any villains.
If you take a look at how he fights though, you’ll notice that most of his moves are actually just classic kickboxing techniques, mixed with a healthy degree of breakdancing mostly for flair.
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20Dhalsim - Esoteric Yoga
Dhalsim is the perfect character for making the transition from fully fictional fighting styles into those that at least somewhat resemble actual martial arts. While the ancient art of Yoga is 100% real, using it as a fighting technique is almost antithetical to its core concepts.
Ever-so-calm Dhalsim seems to find a perfect way to balance this apparent contradiction, though. Dhalsim uses his intense spiritual knowledge and mastery of Yoga to fight in the name of peace.
Though he can do a lot of damage, Dhalsim always seems calm during battle and never attacks unprovoked.
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Esoteric Yoga
19E. Honda - Sumo
If there are two things E.Honda loves in this life, they are sumo and a second round of sumo. Everything about the character is undoubtedly designed with the Japanese martial art in mind, from his looks to his dialogue to his moveset.
Once again, the Street Fighter II SNES manual gives us his exact birthday of June 16, 2025. Making E. Honda roughly 47 by the time SF6 takes place.
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Sumo
18Ed - Psycho Boxing
Ed made his playable debut in Street Fighter 5 and hit the ground running with his impressive Psycho Powers that he expertly mixed with his expert boxing skills, making him a formidable foe, to say the least.
And, in Street Fighter 6, you can expect largely the same, except he has further honed his skills, making him even more of a threat. Especially when you factor in all the new system mechanics. Ed is nimble, calculated, and devastating, and the sky is the limit for his progress!
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