Darun Mister

Darun Mister (ダラン・マイスター) is a character in the Street Fighter EX series. He is a wrestling champion from India.

Appearance
Darun Mister's appearance, as well as his fighting style, are largely inspired by The Great Gama, a well known Pehlwani wrestler active from the 1900s to the 1930s.

Darun appears as a black Indian who have short black hair, a matching sharp mustache, an red indian mark on his forehead and eyes similar to Dhalsim's. In his in-game, Darun appears to have light tan instead of black.

His well known outfit has him wearing only black wrestling shorts with a matching black wrestling belt and a matching wrestling boots. He also wears gold bracelets in each sides of his wrists.

His alternate appearance, his wrestling shorts are now light orange with a black strap on the center to match his wrestling belt. He is barefoot, barehanded and wears gold leg warmers. His outfit is his traditional wrestling attire.

In Street Fighter V, Darun has minor changes in his EX appearance and his muscular build is similar to his friend Zangief's. His primary outfit is also identical to Zangief's as his black wrestling shorts are replaced with black wrestling trunks, his black wrestling boots now have gold designs in each sides and his gold bracelet on his wrists also have designs.

Street Fighter EX
Darun hears of Zangief's legendary wrestling prowess and, bored with his inferior opponents, seeks out the Russian to prove to himself that he is indeed the world's ultimate fighter. He also acts as a bodyguard for Pullum.

Street Fighter V
Darun is an Indian bodyguard who accompanies his employer Pullum, while she enjoys her travels across the world, fighting strong warriors. He is the champion of Indraut (インドラウト), an Indian version of wrestling where only bravest participate. He is friends with Zangief, with whom he has a mutual understanding with. They also had formed a tag team at one point called; "Ultimate Meteo Tag Team".

Though Darun does not make a physical appearance in Street Fighter V, he is the friend to whom Zangief entrusted his "chess piece" to and later gives back when it is needed to defeat Shadaloo.

Fighting style
As a wrestler, Darun's fighting style is very similar to Zangief's. He also possesses similar full-circle moves, known as Indra Bridge and Brahma Bomb, his signature throw is a DDT, and his signature move is a power bomb. His Dusk Lariat is a series of clotheslines.

Trivia

 * Darun is the second (and last) Indian character to be introduced in the series, after Dhalsim. Interestingly, they both share the same stage and theme music in Street Fighter EX plus α for the PlayStation.


 * Besides The Great Gama, Darun is possibly based on a well known Turkish wrestler, Koca Yusuf.


 * Super Street Fighter IV newcomer Hakan is very similar to Darun in terms of appearance, as well as in some of his moves.