List of playable characters

This article is a list of playable characters in the main Street Fighter series. For a list of non-playable characters, click here.

Overall there are 69 characters from the main series and 33 from spin-offs, totalling to 112 characters.

Main series
Below are the playable Street Fighter characters, listed in order of first appearance. Visit each character's article for an in-depth look at the games each of them appeared in.

All characters are playable in their first appearance unless otherwise noted.

Characters
Notes:

Shin Akuma and Evil Ryu debuted in the Street Fighter Alpha series before being added to the Street Fighter II series

Yun debuted in the Street Fighter III series before also being added to the Street Fighter Alpha series

Introduced in Street Fighter

 * Ken
 * Ryu

In Street Fighter II

 * Blanka
 * Chun-Li
 * Dhalsim
 * E. Honda
 * Guile
 * Zangief

In Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

 * Balrog SFII
 * M. Bison SFII
 * Sagat SFI SFII
 * Vega SFII

In Super Street Fighter II

 * Cammy
 * Dee Jay
 * Fei Long
 * T. Hawk

In Super Street Fighter II Turbo

 * Akuma

In Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers

 * Violent Ken SVC

In Street Fighter Alpha

 * Adon SFI
 * Birdie SFI
 * Dan
 * Guy FF
 * Charlie
 * Rose
 * Sodom FF

In Street Fighter Alpha 2

 * Evil Ryu SFM
 * Gen SFI
 * Rolento FF
 * Sakura
 * Shin Akuma

In Street Fighter Alpha 3

 * Cody FF
 * Juli
 * Juni
 * Karin SFM
 * R. Mika

In Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper

 * Eagle SFI
 * Maki FF

In Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX

 * Ingrid CFE

In Street Fighter III

 * Alex
 * Dudley
 * Elena
 * Gill SFIII
 * Ibuki
 * Necro
 * Oro
 * Sean
 * Yang
 * Yun

In Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact

 * Hugo FF
 * Urien

In Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

 * Makoto
 * Q
 * Remy
 * Twelve

In Street Fighter IV

 * Abel
 * C. Viper
 * El Fuerte
 * Gouken SFM
 * Rufus
 * Seth

In Super Street Fighter IV

 * Hakan
 * Juri

In Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

 * Oni

In Ultra Street Fighter IV

 * Poison FF SFxT
 * Decapre

Introduced in Street Fighter V

 * F.A.N.G
 * Laura
 * Necalli
 * Rashid

Spin-off games
Below are the playable Street Fighter characters from spin-offs, listed in order of first appearance. Not included are spin-off characters who would later transfer to the main series (Poison and Violent Ken). Visit each character's article for an in-depth look at the games each of them appeared in.

Introduced in Street Fighter: The Movie

 * Arkane
 * Blade
 * F7
 * Khyber
 * Sawada

Introduced in Street Fighter II: The Interactive Movie

 * Cyborg

In Street Fighter EX

 * Allen
 * Blair
 * C. Jack
 * Darun
 * D. Dark
 * Hokuto
 * Kairi
 * Pullum
 * Skullomania

In Street Fighter EX Plus

 * Bloody Hokuto
 * Cycloid-β
 * Cycloid-γ
 * Garuda EX+

In Street Fighter EX2

 * Hayate
 * Nanase
 * Shadowgeist
 * Sharon

In Street Fighter EX2 Plus

 * Area
 * V. Rosso

In Street Fighter EX3

 * Ace
 * Bison II EX2

In Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

 * Cyber-Akuma
 * Dark Sakura
 * Mech-Zangief
 * Shadow

In Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

 * Shadow Lady

Introduced in Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation

 * Shin

Trivia

 * Ryu and Ken are the only characters that have been playable in every Street Fighter game.
 * Chun-Li is the third character with the most appearances, being present in every game after her debut except Street Fighter III: New Generation and Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact. In addition, she and Ryu have been in every crossover game.
 * Akuma is fourth, as he has showed up in every Street Fighter game after his introduction with the exception of Street Fighter III: New Generation, Street Fighter EX2 and Street Fighter EX3.
 * The cast from the original Street Fighter II and Street Fighter II: Champion Edition has been reunited on three ocassions: the console versions of Street Fighter Alpha 3, the Capcom vs. SNK series, and Street Fighter IV.
 * The entire roster from Super Street Fighter II Turbo has only reappeared in the same game two times, one of them being the console version of Alpha 3, and the other being Super Street Fighter IV.