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Chun-Li

This article is about the Street Fighter character. For other uses, seeChun Li (disambiguation).

Chun-Li(/tʃʌnˈliː/ⓘ;Japanese:チュン・リー,Hepburn:Chun-Rī) is a character inCapcom'sStreet Fightervideo game series. She first appeared inStreet Fighter II: The World Warriorin 1991 and is the first female playable character to appear in afighting gameto gain mainstream recognition. She is an expertmartial artistandInterpolofficer who restlessly seeks revenge for the death of her father at the hands of the evilM. Bison,leader of the Shadaloo crime syndicate.

Chun-Li
Street Fightercharacter
Chun-Li inMarvel vs. Capcom
First appearanceStreet Fighter II: The World Warrior(1991)
Created byAkira Nishitani
Designed by
Voiced by
  • Donna Yamamoto (animated series)
  • Lia Sargent(Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie,Street Fighter II V,Animaze,Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie)
  • Junie Hoang (Street Fighter II V,ADV #1)
  • Tamara Lo (Street Fighter II V,ADV #2)
  • Vanessa Prokuski (Street Fighter - Round One: Fight!)
  • Laura Bailey(Games, 2009–2021)
  • Ashly Burch(Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite,Teppen)
  • Jennie Kwan(Street Fighter 6)[2]
Portrayed by
Various
In-universe information
Fighting styleTai Chi
OriginChina[a]
NationalityChinese[b]

Since her debut, Chun-Li has become a pop culture icon and one ofStreet Fighter's most iconic characters. She has appeared in nearly all subsequent installments of the series and several Capcom spinoff games. She is also featured prominently inStreet Fighter-related media, including two feature films, multiple anime and comic book productions, and other official series merchandise. She has earned much positive fan and critical reception for factors such as her backstory, athleticism and in-game playability, and she is considered a trailblazer for female characters in fighting titles and general video gaming.

Development history

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Design

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Akiman's original, later (in Interpol uniform) and final concept art works forStreet Fighter II.The text reads: "Our image for Chun-Li changed from the somewhat coquetteish 'Chinese Girl' version (left) to the strong, gallant Chun-Li (right)."[3]

Chun-Li's design was primarily inspired by Tong Pooh, a female villain fromStrider,an earlier Capcom game.[4]CapcomdesignerAkira Nishitani,recounting the creation of the character, said: "Previously there were no women in fighting games. In Chun-Li's case, I wanted a woman in the game. I determined what her fighting abilities would be. Then China just came up as a possible homeland."[5]Capcom artist and designerAkira "Akiman" Yasudasaid the initial inspiration for Chun-Li came from the 1983animefilmHarmagedon: Genma Wars(featuring early character design work byAkiracreatorKatsuhiro Otomo), which had a Chinese female character called Tao.[6]Chun-Li was originally known as just 'Chinese Girl' among the development team. She had abackflipattack that was popular among testers but deemed too strong, and unfortunately had to be cut from the game after they ran out of time.[3]Her name means 'beautiful spring' in Chinese[7]as Chūn ( xuân ) means 'the season of spring', and lì ( lệ ) means 'beautiful' inMandarin dialects.[8]

Yasuda recalled they only had five weeks to make Chun-Li in the game and he was deeply worried about the quality of her design and how she would be received. Chun-Li "was wearing pants right up until the very end [of the development]. When we made thespritesI thought she didn't look right, so I had them changed to tights instead. "[9]Akiman added that they "wantedStreet Fighter IIto be more entertaining thanits predecessor.That also helps explain how Chun-Li came to be. Having a female character in the game completely changes the game's dynamic, she brightens up the entire palette. We needed a reason for her to fight, and so an evil empire [of M. Bison] came to mind. "[9]He also said: "To be honest, I spent some time worrying about putting Chun-Li, the heroine, into such a plain setting. Ordinarily, you don't see women participating in global martial arts tournaments. Just by adding her we were starting to push things to the 'fun' side. I didn't think about it at the time, but thinking about it now, from the moment we put Chun-Li into the game we were already pushing things towards the full-on entertainment side."[10]

Chun-Li was designed with an exceptionally strong physique because she was the sole woman among a roster of powerful male characters inStreet Fighter II.To overcome this perceived imbalance, she was devised as a character who had mastered Chinesekenpoand really pushed her body to the limit so that she could compete with such a cast of large and imposing men.[11]She was nevertheless the fastest but physically weakest character in her first game.[12][13][14]Capcom producerYoshiki Okamotosaid he wanted to also make the life bar for Chun-Li "shorter than for the other characters because women are not as strong. But Nishitani didn't want to do that. We both had legitimate reasons, but then we came to an agreement to not make it shorter."[15]

Chun-Li is particularly well known for her very muscular legs, while depictions of the rest of her body are more variable. According to Capcom composerYoko Shimomura,Chun-Li's big thighs originated from Akiman's personal fetish.[15]The size of Chun-Li's thighs massively increased inStreet Fighter III.Capcom producerYoshinori Onocommented on the issue. "I witnessed as her thighs made a sudden jump into gigantism inSFIII.When we first put her in the game, her sprite was just an outline and her thighs weren't that big...but as the artists starting coloring her in, her legs got thicker and thicker. "However, they all felt the larger legs increased the expressiveness of her animations. Regarding then-upcomingStreet Fighter IV,Ono said the "character designer, [Daigo] Ikeno, is kind of into thick girls, so as an artist he feels that the most beautiful thighs he can give Chun-Li would be of the wide variety."[16]

Chun-Li sprite'spanty-flashinganimation frames have been censored for the home console releases byNintendo.[17]In response to fans that were disappointed with Chun-Li's absence fromStreet Fighter III,Capcom added her to the3rd Strikeversion of the game. Since her main designer, Akiman, was busy with other assignments she was redesigned by other members from the staff, taking the most time and effort out of all characters.[18]Her inclusion intoStreet Fighter EXwas deemed natural by the studioArika,with producer Ichiro Mihara describing her as one of the three essentialStreet Fightercharacters along withRyuandKen.[19][20]

In theStreet Fighter Alphagames, where she was redesigned by Eri "Erichan" Nakamura,[10]Chun-Li wears a sleeveless tight outfit, her arms and upper body were visibly much stronger than those of any other female character in the franchise,[21]however many artists choose to depict her as petite and slim, in official and unofficial artworks alike, drawing only her legs strong due to her emphasis on kicking moves. An early version of Chun-Li inStreet Fighter IVwas reworked following complaints from location tests that she was not "cute".[22]Ono later announced Chun-Li's controversial face inMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinitewould be also corrected based on a negative feedback from the fans.[23]

Costumes

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In theStreet Fighter IIsub-series and most of her later appearances, Chun-Li wears a usually blueqipao,an early-20th-century Chinese dress, with golden accents, puffy sleeves, and a white waistband.[24]The dress is modified to allow a far wider range of movement than a generic qipao. InStreet Fighter II: The World Warrior,Chun-Li was originally depicted wearing a red qipao instead of blue.[21]It can be also either red or white[25]within some games sinceStreet Fighter II: Champion EditionandStreet Fighter II: Hyper Fighting,respectively. InMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinite,the qipao has a very noticeable silky sheen. Her other ensemble includes a pair of white combat boots and brown tights. She usually wears her hair in "ox horns",[21]with silk brocades and ribbons in her hair. Another iconic part of her design are the large spiked bracelets she wears on her wrists.

In theStreet Fighter Alphagames (set during the time period beforeStreet Fighter II), Chun-Li wears a Chinese acrobatic outfit consisting of an embroidered vest, aunitard,andsneakers;she is wearing her ox horns unadorned, but kept in place with yellow ribbons. InStreet Fighter IV,Chun-Li's alternate outfit consists of blacktabardwith gold accents at the bottom, while her ox horns are unadorned, just like in herAlphaappearance, only this time it is held by red ropes with golden balls at the tip. This outfit is completed with red shoes, gold earrings and black and gold bracelets. Her alternative wardrobe inSuper Street Fighter IVincludes a costume inspired byMai Shiranui[26][27]and inStreet Fighter Vshe has a Halloweendownloadable content(DLC) appearing asMorrigan Aensland.[28]She has by far most costumes out of all characters inStreet Fighter V(a total of 17 by 2018),[29]including some with different hairstyles.[30]

Gameplay

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Chun-Li's gameplay style changes notably from game to game, with for exampleChampion Editionrestoring her flipping attacks that have been removed from the original version ofStreet Fighter II.[31]Street Fighter III: 3rd Strikemarked a strong departure from previous incarnations as it featured a large number of revamped moves.[21]Later games have looked to balance between herStreet Fighter IIand3rd Strikestyles.

Chun-Li started as a weak and fast close-range fighter compared to the bigger male characters fromStreet Fighter IIwith the best aerial ability in the game, but she steadily gained an array of different moves through the games,[24]such as a projectile attack or an anti-air defensive move, which steered her towards a more balanced type with an emphasis on poking and control of neutral game thanks to a rich set of non-special moves of relatively long range. She has been noted to be one of the most powerful characters in the game, alongside Ken and Yun.[32][33]

Street Fighter Alpha 2andAlpha 3feature Chun-Li's original outfit fromStreet Fighter IIas an alternate version of the character with alternate special abilities and Super Combos.CVGopined she was "the most-improved character inAlpha 2,and possibly the #1 character in the whole game. "[34]

She was considerably weakened inStreet Fighter EX,but has remained one of the fastest characters.[35]The development team forStreet Fighter EXattempted to bring Chun-Li back to her roots as an agility-oriented character by, among other things, restoring her Spinning Bird Kick and removing the fireball attack she acquired inStreet Fighter II Turboas they felt the projectile attack had too radically altered her originally agile fighting style.[19][20][36]

Her appearances in theMarvel vs. Capcomseries are reminiscent of her early gameplay, featuring her as one of the fastest characters in the games,[37]taking advantage of the faster gameplay of the games as well as game mechanics such as multiple jumps and air dashes; her X-Factor power-up inMarvel vs. Capcom 3features an increment in speed. Chun-Li's normal moves are balanced among punches and kicks, but most of her special moves are kicks. Her most recognizable special moves remain the Hyakuretsu Kyaku, a series of quick kicks from a one-legged stance (usually referred to as Lightning Legs/Kicks in English), and the Spinning Bird Kick, where she spins while upside down in afront splitkicking all around her. Chun-Li can also use the Kiko-Ken, a ranged energy projectile similar to Ryu'sHadouken,and a concentrated static energy burst known as the Kiko-Sho.

Appearances

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Video games

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Street Fighter

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Chun-Li, canonically born on March 1, 1968,[38]is an expert Chinese martial arts practitioner. Her profile indicates her training in several styles of Chinese kempo ( "Chinese martial arts") at the age of five, especiallytai chi,which she would later complement withsanda(combatwushu) and fighting styles from all around the world, such astaekwondo,full contact karate,judoandcapoeira.[39][24]She has been noted in-universe for her fluent English, investigating skills, penetrating eyes, beauty and acting talent for deception.[40]Chun-Li is presented as a woman with a strong sense of justice, and her motives for fighting crime range from avenging the death of her father to protecting innocents. She especially cares for kids, showing repulse for the use of brainwashed young girls inStreet Fighter Alpha 3and the kidnap of a girl inStreet Fighter III: 3rd Strike.In the latter game, she decides she will teach her fighting style and philosophy to children.[24][41][42]

Laura Baileyprovided Chun-Li's English voice from 2008 to 2021.[43]

Chun-Li was introduced in 1991 in the original version ofStreet Fighter II(Street Fighter II: The World Warrior) as the franchise's first playable female character, an undercoverInterpolagent seeking to avenge the death of her father at the hands ofM. Bisonand his criminal organization. Upon Bison's defeat, she fulfills her revenge and decides to return to her life as an ordinary girl;Super Street Fighter IIallows players to choose this ending or another in which she remains a police officer. TheStreet Fighter Alphaprequel series built upon her backstory, whileStreet Fighter III: 3rd Strikeshows her retired and teaching martial arts to young children, only to be forced to return to law enforcement after her student Li-Fen is abducted byUrien.Chun-Li returns inStreet Fighter IV,where her in-game narrative shows her at crossroads in her life, eventually returning to both street fighting and law enforcement. She returns inStreet Fighter V,where she assists in stopping Shadaloo's Black Moons and first meets Li-Fen when she rescues her from the organization; in her prologue story, Chun-Li recalls how she learned of her father's death.

InStreet Fighter 6,Chun-Li continues to raise Li-Fen and train students in Metro City's Chinatown district, while also being promoted to become a director of Interpol. Li-Fen also acts as her eyes and ears during her Interpol work. Upon learning a terrorist group known as Amnesia attempts to assassinate Ken at Nayshall, Chun-Li tries to stop them from framing him for the crime he did not commit, but fails. Chun-Li then works hard on finding further evidences to clear her friend's name while hunting the terrorist group.[44]

In non-canonical spin-off seriesStreet Fighter EX,Chun-Li is a police officer investigating Shadaloo in search of her missing father.

Other games

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Besides the coreStreet Fighterseries, Chun-Li has also made appearances in many other Capcom-produced fighting games, including all titles of the long-running seriesMarvel vs. Capcom(ever sinceX-Men vs. Street Fighter,includingShadow Lady,[45]a dark version of Chun-Li that underwent harsh experiments on Bison's orders and was transformed into a brainwashed cyborg[31]) andCapcom vs. SNK(as a rival toSNKcharacterMai Shiranui), and inTatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-StarsandStreet Fighter X Tekken.She andRyuare the onlyStreet Fightercharacters to appear in every Capcom crossover title, including theSNK vs. Capcomfighting game series by SNK and the tactical role-playing gamesNamco × Capcom,Project X ZoneandProject X Zone 2byNamco(where Chun-Li is paired into a single unit withMorrigan AenslandfromDarkstalkers),[46]as well as appearing as a boss in the platform gameStreet Fighter X Mega Man.She was also planned to appear as a giant robot inCyberbots.[47]Often, Chun-Li either continues her existing story fromStreet Fighter IIor seeks to arrest the other characters in the game that she sees as suspicious.

Chun-Li is additionally playable in other Capcom games such as versus puzzle gamesSuper Puzzle Fighter II Turbo,Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix(where she can turn intoJill Valentine[48]) andStreet Fighter: Puzzle Spirits,[49]and social gamesCapcom All-Stars[50]andStreet Fighter Battle Combination.[51]She has made guest appearances in a number of mobile games, including#Compass,[52]Destiny Child,[53]Granblue Fantasy,[54]Power Rangers: Legacy Wars,[55]andValkyrie Connect.[56]She makes cameo appearances in various Capcom games includingAsura's Wrath,[31]Breath of Fire,[57][58]Final Fight 2,[59]Mega Man 9,[60]andWe Love Golf!.[61]Furthermore, her costumes can be worn by player characters in Capcom'sBreath of Fire 6,[62]Dead Rising 3(aDLCcostume forFrank West),[63]Monster Hunter: World,[64]Monster Hunter Explore,[65]andOnimusha: Dawn of Dreams(as an alternate costume for Ohatsu), as well as inSquare Enix'sGunslinger Stratos 2(a costume for Mika Katagiri)[66]andSony'sLittleBigPlanet(a DLC for Sackgirl).[67]A playable Chun-Li character skin has also been added toFortnite.[68][69]Chun-Li, under the name "Blue Phoenix Ranger", appears as a playable character inPower Rangers: Battle for the Gridvia downloadable content.[70]Chun-Li is set to appear inFatal Fury: City of the Wolvesas part of the first season of downloadable content.[71]

Other appearances

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Live-action

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Ming-Na Wen(pictured here in 2016) portrayed Chun-Li in 1994'sStreet Fighterfilm, as well as the games based on it.[72]

Chun-Li was a central character in the 1994Street Fighterfilm, played byMing-Na Wen.Chun-Li was given a surname ( "Zang Chun-Li" ) and posed as a television reporter working in Shadaloo in her personal quest to track down and kill Bison, who had murdered her father during a peasant uprising. Her relationship withGuileis acrimonious from the start, as he bluntly rejects her interview request and chides Chun-Li for his own inability to trace a signal broadcast by Bison. Chun-Li allies herself withE. HondaandBalrog,who work as her news crew and whose reputations were ruined by Bison's mafia connections, and later forms an initially uneasy alliance with Ryu andKenworking with Guile in attempting to locate Bison's secret fortress. After Guile's fake death during a staged prison break, Chun-Li uses a homing device to trace him to, and then infiltrate, the Allied Nations' headquarters, where she is shocked to discover that he is still alive. However, Guile does not want her vendetta against Bison interfering with his own. He ordersCammyandT. Hawkto take Chun-Li into custody, but she manages to escape. With Balrog and Honda, all posing astraveling carnivalperformers, she works with Ken and Ryu on a failed assassination attempt against Bison andSagatbefore they are all captured and taken to Bison's fortress. Chun-Li is held prisoner in Bison's private chambers (in an approximation to her traditional game costume), and after she relays the story of her father's murder, Bison mocks her and her fighting skills in response, which provokes Chun-Li into attacking him, having planned all along for an opportunity to personally attack Bison. She actually gains the upper hand before becoming distracted by her comrades coming to her rescue, allowing Bison to escape before subduing them with knock-out gas and taking them hostage. When Guile and the Allied Nations launch an invasion on Bison's fortress during the film's climax, she and the rest of Bison's hostages are freed, and after Bison's forces are defeated, Guile promises her an exclusive interview, but only, he adds in jest, if she shows up in her costume.

Kristin Kreuk(in 2011) starred in 2009'sThe Legend of Chun-Li.[73]

As the titular character in the 2009 filmStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,she was played byKristin Kreuk,her last name was changed to "Xiang" as well as being apianistturned fighter. Her father was named Huang Xiang and was a businessman Bison abducts and forces to work for him. While she was depicted as Chinese-American, her goal of avenging her father remained unchanged and she succeeds killing Bison with help from her mentorGenandCharlie Nash.The film was released in Japanese theaters as a double bill with aStudio 4°C-produced anime short that starred fellowStreet FightercharacterSakura Kasuganoand played after the movie.[74]

Chun-Li was played by a cross-dressingJackie Chanin the 1993 live-action adaptation ofCity Hunterduring theStreet Fighter IIspoof scene that positively surprised the original manga's authorTsukasa Hojo.[75][76]Chun-Li appears in the second season ofStreet Fighter: Assassin's FisttitledStreet Fighter: World Warriorin a significant role.[77][78]In addition, she also makes cameo appearances in the 2008 Korean filmMy Mighty Princess(on a poster[79]) and in the 2018 filmReady Player One.[80]

Gemma Nguyen portrays Chun-Li in the official crossover between the Power Rangers and Street Fighter titledPower Rangers: Legacy Wars—Street Fighter Showdown.In the short, Ryu morphs into the RyuRanger and Chun-Li teams withTommy Oliver,Ninjor and Gia Moran to battle M. Bison and evil Power Rangers.[81]

Nguyen reprised her role in the fan filmStreet Fighter: Enter the Dragon,intervening in the fight betweenFei LongandBalrognear the end.[82]

Animation

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Chun-Li is a central character in the 1994 anime filmStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie,voiced byMiki Fujitaniin the original Japanese version and byLia Sargent(credited as Mary Briscoe) in the English dub. She is investigating M. Bison's Shadowlaw organization suspected of murdering several diplomats and requests to work with Guile; he initially balks at this as he wants to pursue Bison himself, but later they become inseparable. In a famous instance offan service,an explicit scene showed Chun-Li showering in her apartment as a Shadowlaw assassin,Vega,arrives to kill her. The shower scene has been censored to varying degrees in versions of the English dub.[83]After a brutal fight, Vega is kicked through a wall and sent plummeting several stories to the ground, but Chun-Li succumbs to her injuries and slips into a coma. She remains hospitalized for the rest of the movie, as a distraught Guile promises her that he will make Bison pay. After Bison is defeated by Ryu and Ken, Chun-Li pulls a prank on Guile by making it appear as if she has died while he was away.

Chun-Li is a regular character in the 1996 American animated seriesStreet Fighter,voiced by Donna Yamamoto. The character reprises her film role as a reporter while she again seeks to avenge her father's death at the hands of Bison, which is shown in flashback in the second episode, "The Strongest Woman in the World".

In the 1997–1998 anime seriesStreet Fighter II V,Chun-Li is voiced byChisa Yokoyamain the original Japanese version, while Lia Sargent reprises her role in the English dub. Chun-Li is introduced as the 15-year-old daughter of Inspector Do-Rai, aHong Kong policechief who has schooled her in the martial arts. While attempting to bring down a drug smuggling operation in the country, she works with Interpol to investigate a mysterious organization known as Shadowlaw. Chun-Li serves as the tour guide for Ryu and Ken when they pay a visit to work on their training; Ken is smitten with her and later buys her lavish gifts, including an engagement ring. Despite being underage, they enter a club in a dangerous part of town that hosts an underground fighting ring so Ryu and Ken can prove themselves as street fighters. After Ryu soundly defeats several opponents, the trio are marked for death by the ringleader as a result, and while on the run they encounter and battle various street gangs before being rescued by Chun-Li's father. Traveling with Ryu and Ken to Spain, Chun-Li is stalked by an obsessive Vega, who presents her with a severed bull's ear, intercepts her outside her hotel, sneaks into her room to kiss her while sleeping, then invites her to a masquerade ball that is actually a setup to get Ken to fight him in a cage match. The whole time, Chun-Li is under the influence of Vega's love potion, but it wears off when Vega is defeated. Bison then accosts Chun-Li and she realizes that he is the leader of Shadowlaw, who, unbeknownst to her, had also hired Cammy to garrote Chun-Li's father, an attack he barely survives. Chun-Li plays her largest role in the five-part finale, when she and Ryu are kidnapped and brainwashed by Bison via cyberchip embedded in their foreheads and like in the 1994 American film, she acquires her signature outfit while under Bison's captivity. The chip puts her into an overly aggressive state, which she displays by snapping an opponent's neck in combat, and she later manages to overpower Guile in battle before Ryu and Ken, during their victorious final fight against Bison, succeed in destroying the equipment triggering the chips (in addition to reducing the Shadowlaw base to ruins), returning Chun-Li to normal.

Chun-Li appears in the 1999 anime OVAStreet Fighter Alpha: The Animation,voiced byYumi Tōmain the original Japanese version and again by Lia Sargent in the English dub. There, she is as an Interpol agent who investigates a mad scientist called Sadler who works for Shadaloo. She believes the trail can lead her to her father, who at the time, was missing and presumed alive. She assists Ryu and Ken in finding a kidnapped boy named Shun who claims to be Ryu's younger brother. While tracking Sadler, she accompanies Ryu to whereAkumalives and witnesses as Ryu is almost overcome by the Dark Hadou. She accompanies Ryu, Ken,Birdie,Dan,Guy,Dhalsim,SodomandRolentoto Sadler's hideout, where she sneaks into the facility with Ryu and Ken. She and Ken rescue the other fighters and end up in a tussle with Sadler's android enforcer, Rosanov, who beats them severely. Ryu ultimately manages to destroy both Rosanov and Sadler, though Shun dies in the process after making peace with Ryu. In the aftermath, Chun-Li returns to Interpol

In the season 6 (2010) Halloween special of the cartoon seriesAmerican Dad!,Toshi's little sister Akiko goes trick-or-treating as Chun-Li.[84]Chun-Li made cameo appearances in the animated filmsWreck-It RalphandRalph Breaks the Internetalongside several fellowStreet Fightercharacters.[85][86]

Comics

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In the 1990sStreet Fighter IImanga byMasaomi Kanzaki,Chun-Li remains in her established role of an Interpol agent investigating Bison. As the story progresses, Chun-Li participates in a tournament arranged by Shadaloo, eventually coming up against Vega, portrayed here as her father's killer. She defeats him but is so exhausted that she pulls out from the tournament and her injuries prevent her from doing much when Ryu and Bison confront one another

Chun-Li also appears in Masahiko Nakahira's 1996–1997 mangaStreet Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru!,in which she participates in a police raid to an illegal underground fighting circle, saving Sakura from human traffickers who operated in the place. Later on, she follows the trails that lead her to an assassin which turns out to beGen,from whom she suffers an utter defeat. She is last seen in Russia, parting ways with Sakura and Dan, with Cammy under her care. In the manga adaptations ofStreet Fighter Alpha,Chun-Li is again an agent of the Interpol. She encounters Ryu, who has fallen from grace and had hired himself out as a bodyguard to drug smugglers, and winds up befriending him and Birdie as well as Ken, also rescuing Cammy from being captured by Sodom. Shadaloo is once again responsible for the death of her father, though the exact identity of the killer is not revealed.

InMalibu Comics' short-livedStreet Fighterseries, Chun-Li is depicted as having known Ryu and Ken since her late teens, as well as having a romantic interest in Ryu, though both make their first appearances therein fighting each other after he sneaks up on her from behind.[87][88]Chun-Li is also one of severalStreet Fightercharacters featured inArchie Comics'Worlds Uniteevent, which saw several Capcom andSegafranchises crossover in theSonic the Hedgehog,Sonic Universe,Mega Man,andSonic Boomcomic lines.

InUDON'sStreet Fightercomics,Chun-Li again became a central character, involved in the hunt for Bison and Shadaloo. However, in the comic, the killer of Chun-Li's father is Cammy, prior to her being freed from Bison's control. Chun-Li battles Cammy when they meet face to face for the first time and ultimately forgives Cammy and turns her sights on Bison himself. Eventually, she receives an invitation from Shadaloo to enter a tournament being held by Bison. In 2008, UDON also released a four-issue special miniseriesStreet Fighter Legends: Chun-Li,which focuses on a younger Chun-Li and one of her first assignments for the Hong Kong police. She is working with her partner Po-Lin, a young policewoman who has a very personal score to settle with Shadaloo. Notably, one of the cases in which Chun-Li gets involved in the miniseries is the murder of Go Hibiki, Dan's father, by Sagat's hands. In theStreet Fighter vs. Darkstalkerscrossover series, she is a rival turned and uneasy ally ofMorrigan.

Promotion and merchandise

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Nashiko Momotsukiat the Japanese premiere ofReady Player One

There have been multiple Chun-Li lookalike contests in Japan, United States and elsewhere during the early 1990s, with valuable main prizes such as theNissan 300ZXor theHonda CR-X.[89]Later such contests have been performed on a much smaller scale.[90]Chun-Li's character was used to promote the filmReady Player Onein Japan.[91]In 2018, Japanese company Onitsuka Tiger collaborated with Capcom for Chun-Li to wear their new Mexico 66 SD line of sports shoes,[92]and the 30th anniversary ofStreet Fightercollaboration between Capcom and Japan'sSaga Prefecture[93]featured singer and actressKayo Norodressed as Chun-Li.[94]Previously, actressMiki Mizunoalso dressed as Chun-Li in another promotional event[95]as did pop singerMaki Miyamaeto perform Chun-Li's official song on the television.[96]In 1997, actress and pop starRie Tomosakaplayed Chun-Li on television as well.[97]

A wide variety of Chun-Li figures have been produced by various manufacturers,[98]including by Capcom itself,[99]Ace Novelty,[100]BigBoysToys,[101]Funko,[102]Kotobukiya,[103][104]Pop Culture Shock Collectibles,[105][106]S.H. Figuart,[107]SOTA Toys,[108]Storm Collectibles,[109]Takara Tomy,[110]and Tsume-Art,[111]among many others. Artworks of her were also featured on an officially licensedanimatedNubytech/UDON joypad for thePlayStation 2,[112]and aMad Catzwireless joypad for thePlayStation 3andXbox 360.[113]Other assorted merchandise included Diesel sneakers,[114]women's lingerie,[115]a figure-style flash drive USB stick,[116]a postage stamp from Japanese Philatelic Association came with its own collectible figure,[117]and a figurine that came with a DyDo drink.[118]There are also Chun-Li themedpachinkoslot games,[119]includingChun-Li Ni Makase China!,the first game of any kind that featured her in a starring role.[120]

Critical reception

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Chun-Li is widely regarded as one of the most popular characters in the series. As she is the first playable female fighting game character she has been dubbed as the "first lady of Fighting games",[24]the "original videogame super-babe",[121]and such. During the 1990s,GameProchose her as the most iconic character ofStreet Fighter II[122]and years later called her "everyone's favorite feminine fighter".[123]Mean Machines Seganoted her being "a firm favourite amongSaturn Powerdescribed her as "subject of childish giggles as computer journalists everywhere try as they might to grab a screenshot of hershowing her knickers".[124]Her return inStreet Fighter III: Third Strikehas been called as the main and best addition to the game byIGNandGamePro;[125][126]Virgin's head of distribution Peter Jones chose the "saucy, sexy, dangerous and fast" as definitely the best character of the game.[127]Retrospectively,Xbox 360 Official Magazine – Australiaused her andSamus Aranas examples of gaming's originalsex symbolsprior to the advent ofLara Croft[128]andChilangowrote of her, Lara and Mai Shiranui as the video game women "about whom we fantasied in the 90s" and described Mai as "SNK's response to the overwhelming success of Chun-Li."[129]

Nicholas Ware in a dissertation titledYou Must Defeat Sheng Long to Stand a Chancenoted that Chun-Li's journey across theStreet Fightergame is consistent due to her desire to defeat Bison, she and other character wanting to take down the villain are overshadowed by Akuma. The characters remain popular as noted withJackie Chanparodying her a in a movie as not only due to comic relief but also due to his connection with both China and Japan.[130]

For theStreet Fighter Alphatrilogy, Chun-Li was given a storyline that parallels the younger Ryu as both appear to be focused on revenge according toGamesRadar.Chun-Li was redesigned with an entire new outfit that GamesRadar found it fitting for an anime series but was disapproved by the fandom. This led to the optionalStreet Fighter IIoutfit inAlpha 2.[131]The site praised her return in theStreet Fighter IIItrilogy due to her more detailed sprites but found her new story about children she trains to be ridiculous.[132]In a bigger overview of the series,Kotakuclaims thatStreet Fighter 6provided the best incarnation of Chun-Li over 24 years ago as she is not longer obsessed with revenge against M. Bison and is instead portrayed in a more calm lifestyle while continuing to teach young children martial arts similar to the original ending fromStreet Fighter IIwhere the fighter is now looking for a more peaceful lifestyle.[133]

Chun-Li's fans have included the rapperKid Ink,[134]and female gamers such asCodemastersmanager Laura Peterson[135]and media personalityViolet Berlin.[136]The creation ofStreet Fighter II: Champion Editionwas in fact inspired by an argument between two girls over which one of them would play as Chun-Li, which was witnessed by Capcom USA's Jeff Walker who then asked Capcom's founderKenzo Tsujimototo make a version allowing both players to play the same character.[137]According to theSmithsonian Museum's Chris Mellisinos, Chun-Li "was such an anomaly. How many times did you have the chance to play as a strong female character in arcades? She was drawn attractively, just like Ken and Ryu, but in no way was she a diminished character because she was female."[137]Video game scholar Jennifer deWinter felt it was furthermore very "interesting and surprising to have such a strong Chinese character in Chun-Li coming out of a Japanese game."[137]Nevertheless,PSMnoted by 1997 how "a vocal minority believes that [gaming's] female characters do very little to attract women. These people argue that Chun Li, Lara Croft, and most other female game characters are designed primarily for a male gamer's satisfaction, and not geared towards the needs of women garners at all."[138]In contrast to her good appearance, Chun-Li's design inMarvel vs. Capcom Infinitewas the subject of negative responses by fans resulting into Capcom revising it in a patch.[139]

Cultural impact

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Many fighting game characters from the 1990s that have been directly inspired by Chun-Li in terms of both graphics and gameplay include Li Xiang Fei inReal Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers,[140]Liu Feilin inFighter's History,[141]and Sekka inDouble Dragon V: The Shadow Falls.[142]Similarities with Chun-Li were further observed in various other characters, such as the move sets of Jamm inGolden Axe: The Duel[143]and Miyabi inRaging Fighter,[144]or the looks of Mei Mei in unreleasedMission: Deadly Skies.[145]Her success furthermore directly contributed to the creation of such characters (besidesStreet Fighter's own Cammy[146]) asMortal Kombat'sSonya Blade,followed byKitanaandMileena;[147]popular fighting characters that resemble Chun-Li includeLei Fang(Dead or Alive),Ling Xiaoyu(Tekken), andPai Chan(Virtua Fighter).[148]In the 1992 Hong-Kong filmSuper Lady Cop,Cynthia Khan's character Ling is nicknamed "Chun Li" in an inspired role, including using some of Chun-Li's moves.[149][150]

Others who have dressed as Chun-Li have included Japanese gravure idolsAkina Minami,Erina Kamiya,Yuka KuramochiandYuri Morishita,[151][152][153][154]former Italian modelFrancesca Dani,[155]Japanese model Haruna Anno,[156]Korean MMA fighter Jenny Huang,[157]Russian bodybuilder Julia Vins,[158]Japanese model and media personalityKayo Satoh,[159]Japanese singer and modelKyary Pamyu Pamyu,[94][160]American actressMing-Na Wen(aside from having portrayed the character in the 1994 film),[161]former Japanese muscle idolReika Saiki,[119]Chinese doctor and bodybuilder Yuan Herong,[162][163]Chengxiao from the Korean-Chinese idol groupCosmic Girls,[164][165]and Turkish media personality Aşkım İrem Aktulga who was transformed into Chun-Li in the showRed Bull Shape Shifters.[166]Some of them have been also male, such as Japanese wrestlerHiroshi Tanahashi[167]or Australian stunt actor and wrestlerLadybeard.[168]

Street FighterplayerRicki Ortizbuilt the majority of her 20-year career around the character of Chun-Li. She picked the character as a child because Chun-Li was the only female character inStreet Fighter II,and she built up an extreme loyalty around the character. Chun-Li was significantlynerfedin 2008 and 2017, rendering the character nonviable for competitive play.[169]

Notes

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  1. ^British Hong Kong,only inStreet Fighter II Vanime (seeHongkongers)
  2. ^Hong Konger,only inStreet Fighter II Vanime

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