Jiro Watanabe is a Japanese former boxer. Watanabe, who fought only in Japan and South Korea, was one of the first World super flyweight champions, as the division was relatively new when he was crowned.
Ryu is a character and the protagonist of Capcom's Street Fighter series. Introduced in Street Fighter (1987), Ryu appears as the game's lead character alongside his best friend and friendly rival Ken Masters. Other games in the series show Ryu to be highly focused on his training, aiming to become the strongest he can. Unable to control his dark nature, Ryu developed two alter egos: Evil Ryu, and Kage-naru mono or simply Kage.
Ken Masters is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game series. The character was first introduced in Ken's goal in the 1987 Street Fighter as a young alternate fight in contrast to the original, his best friend Ryu. While Ken and Ryu are devoted to test their power against many different fighters, Ken instead spends most of his starting a family. An alternate version brainwashed of Ken has also appeared as a boss character in few of his appearances. The character has been featured in several sequels to Street Fighter as well as adaptations based on the games. He has also made cross-over appearances in Namco × Capcom, Project X Zone and Super Smash Bros..
Kōji Tsujitani was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and director of audiography credited for voicing many anime and video game characters. He was formerly affiliated with Sigma Seven. He married Kumiko Watanabe in 2012. He died of a stroke on October 17, 2018.
Tetsuya Iwanaga is a Japanese voice actor.
Keiko Han is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She sang the theme songs in productions such as Story of the Alps: My Annette and Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki Fushigi na Shima no Furōne. Han is a fortune teller of western horoscopes. She wrote books on the subject. She is employed by talent agency Never Land Arts, and was previously affiliated with Aoni Production & 81 Produce.
Keiichi Nanba is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator currently affiliated with Fujiga Office Inc. He is married to fellow voice actress Mayumi Shō.
Mitsuo Iwata is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama. He is married to voice actress Rikako Aikawa. Mania.com praised him as "truly one of the greatest seiyuu". Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from Outlanders. Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe that he "practiced months before hand, to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice" and "there's no one who could replace him for this role". He is also known for the role of Kaneda in the 1988 anime film Akira and won the 7th Seiyu Awards for Best Personality in 2013. He was previously affiliated with Office Osawa and Across Entertainment, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.
Kazuki Yao is a Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator who is currently affiliated with Max Mix. He is married to actress Natsuki Hayashi.
Yuko Sasamoto is a Japanese voice actress.
Shamo is a Japanese action manga series written by Izo Hashimoto and illustrated by Akio Tanaka. It was first serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action in 1998 and moved to Evening in 2004. It was discontinued in 2007 due to creative differences but returned in 2011 and ended in 2015. It tells a story of a boy who killed his parents and turned himself into a cold-blooded martial artist. The manga inspired a Hong Kong film adaptation that was released in 2007.
Kenji or Kenzi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Yūji Kishi is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He had his acting debut in the 1996 Super Sentai series, Gekisou Sentai Carranger, as Kyosuke Jinnai/Red Racer Since then, he has become a very prominent voice actor in both anime and video games. He is most known as the main voice actor for Ken Masters in the Street Fighter series of video games produced by Capcom.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as Street Fighter II Movie in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 anime film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting game written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC. The film, originally released in Japan on August 6, 1994, was released theatrically in the United Kingdom, France, and Spain, and was adapted into English in dubbed and subtitled format by Animaze for Manga Entertainment. It was distributed by Toei Company in Japan, while 20th Century Fox also distributed in select countries.
Street Fighter II V is an anime series produced by Group TAC, loosely based on the 1994 fighting game Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The series is directed by Gisaburo Sugii, who also directed Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, and aired in Japan from 10 April to 27 November 1995 on YTV.
Street Fighter is an animated television series based on the Street Fighter video game franchise by Capcom. The series aired as part of the USA Network's Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team lineups. It aired 26 episodes across two 13-episode seasons, which aired from 1995 to 1997.
Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, released in Japan as Street Fighter Zero (ストリートファイターZERO), and also known as Street Fighter Zero: The Movie, is a 2000 OVA based on the fighting game Street Fighter Alpha 2 by Capcom, directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi. An English dub version was later produced by Manga Entertainment and released in 2001 on the 10th anniversary of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.
Naoki Tatsuta is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.
Kazuhiro Nakata is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Ken Production. He played Bear in .hack//Sign and Fei-Wang Reed in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.
Masaharu Satō is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator currently working for Aoni Production. He was born in Ōta, Tokyo. Satō is best known for the roles of Buffaloman, Sunshine (Kinnikuman), Miyamoto Musashi (Yaiba), Adah, and Dora-med III. He is also known for playing numerous roles in the Kinnikuman, Dr. Slump and Arale-chan, Fist of the North Star, and Dragon Ball series.
