Kousyu Street

Kouryu Street is Akuma's stage in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. An old flagstone road which passes through a cave with trees and rocks by the wayside, it possesses a more unusual feature: small, basic humanoid statues which Akuma uses as targets in his training. It has two versions which differ slightly in coloration: in the "01:55 AM" version when Akuma is fought in his normal form, a full moon glows in the background; but in the version when Akuma is fought in his &quot;Shin&quot; form, a lunar eclipse occurs, casting a red glow across the stage.

thumb|300px|left|Ryu and Chun-Li confront Akuma at his training areaThe stage is likely to have been based on the area in in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation known to Ryu and Ken as the place where Akuma can be found and where Ryu and Chun-Li approach Akuma for answers about Shun's lineage; this area also contains wooden statues which Akuma shatters with ki from an unseen position and which appear to move ominously in response to Akuma's presence.

Stage Theme - Killing Moon
thumb|left|300px|Killing Moon - Stage Theme