Sean

Sean Matsuda (ショーン) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared in Street Fighter III and is voiced by Isshin Chiba in New Generation and 2nd Impact and by Mitsuo Iwata in 3rd Strike.

Story
Sean Matsuda was born in Brazil, though his paternal grandfather was Japanese. A keen basketball player, his main pastime is martial arts. Sean saw veteran World Warrior Ken Masters in action at the U.S. Martial Arts Tournament and swore to become his pupil. The events of how Sean became Ken's student are somewhat unclear, but what is known is that Sean's main reason for entering the World Warrior tournament was to prove to Ken that he is a worthy student. After beating Sean, Ken instructed him to search for Ryu and not return until the next Tournament in one year. Sean found Ryu and challenged him to a fight, but was defeated. It is unknown what had happend to Sean after this fight.

One year had passed and Sean set off for the World Warrior tournament. Sean wanted to prove that he had become a much greater student since his last meeting with Ken. However, during the tournament Sean lost to Ken once again. Despite his skill, he lacked the discipline and experience necessary to become a true street fighter. He declined Ken's offer of the U.S. Masters trophy in acknowledgment of how well he had done, insisting that he would win it himself some day. It is uncertain what became of Sean after this - he may still train under Ken alongside Ken's son Mel or perhaps he departed to train alone once again, attempting to understand what it means to be a true martial artist.

Appearance
Sean wears a yellow gi, similar to those worn by Ryu and Ken but with the sleeves removed at the shoulders, and red fighting gloves. He wears a black belt and fights barefoot. He has dreadlocks with the sides shaved off and usually brings a basketball with him everywhere.

Gameplay
Sean is often referred to as the "Dan Hibiki" of Street Fighter III Third strike. However, Sean was top tier in Second impact.... so this comparison is questionable, as Dan is an intentionally ineffective joke character, whereas Sean is considered a difficult to use, but still an effective character. Sean was intended to be the only fighter who used Ryu and Ken's fighting style in the game until Capcom decided that Ryu and Ken were too popular to exclude.

In 2nd Impact, Sean was lot easier to use and the best choice ,because of his high damage.. Sean can link/combo his Super Art's after some of his special moves. Though the super will do less damage, his heel kick (Ryubi Kyaku) had a big pause and it was easy to parry ,but it was good for countering fire balls, his Tornado kick was easy to combo and ,his (Dragon Smash) was a high damage and high property two hit anti-air uppercut.

In 3rd Strike some of his moves, most notably his anti-air uppercut (Dragon Smash), were toned down in effectiveness. His overhead heel kick (Ryubi Kyaku) no longer paused before execution though, making it much more useful. Also in this third iteration, Sean was given many new standard attacks and two of his special moves were changed to feature all-new animation frames.

Trivia

 * Sean has a cameo appearance in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, showing up alongside Ken in Ryu's introduction and ending