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{{Infobox Character
|name       = Geki
|image      = [[File:GekiSF.jpg|250px|Geki]]
|smallimage = gekiportrait.jpg
|caption    = ''[[Street Fighter]]'' artwork
|birthdate = Unknown
|birthplace = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]]
|eyes       = Brown
|hair       = Black
|height     = 5'11" (180 cm)<ref name="Kōryaku Video">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3N0LnodivM]</ref><br>5'11" (180.6 cm)<ref name="Street Fighter">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrEQ21wNRa8 VHS (007) Street Fighter - Game Simulation Video GSV ストリートファイター]</ref>
|weight     = 159 lbs (72 kg)<ref name="Kōryaku Video"/><ref name="Street Fighter"/>
|style      = Arranged [[Ninjutsu]]
|rival(s)   = [[Ryu]], [[Ken]]
|firstgame  = ''[[Street Fighter]]''
|bloodtype = Unknown
|likes =Unknown  
|dislikes =Unknown 
|special = Unknown
|occupation = Ninja
|status = Alive<ref name="SFV">[https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column/112441?lang=en Street Fighter V Character Encyclopedia: Geki II]</ref>
|alignment = Neutral
|moves = Jump Shuriken<ref name="Street Fighter"/>
|relationship = [[Geki II]] (successor)
}}
{{Quote|Ah ha ha ha ha ha!|Geki, ''Street Fighter''}}
'''Geki''' (激, lit. "Fierce"), nowadays also known as '''Geki I''' to distinguish him from his successor [[Geki II]], is a non-playable character from the ''[[Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'' series who first appeared in the original ''[[Street Fighter]]'' game, as one of the ten computer-controlled opponents. 

==Story==
Geki is a traditional ninja assassin who uses shurikens, a talon-claw and teleportation techniques. He fights in a meadow overlooking a large lake, from which [[wikipedia:Mount Fuji|Mount Fuji]] can be seen. Like most of the NPC characters from the original ''Street Fighter'' who did not appear in later installments, very little information is known about him. 

The only traces on Geki's story is that he entered the [[World Fighting Tournament]] that was hosted by [[Sagat]] in 1987, participating at the Japan Division next to [[Retsu]], to fight against arch-enemy assassin [[Gen]] and eventually kill him, but Geki was unsuccessful at this task due to losing to [[Ryu]], who later defeated Gen during the China Division of the tournament. 

He was originally thought to have been killed as theorized within the [[Shadaloo Combat Research Institute]] database<ref name="SFV" />, however [[Street Fighter 6]] director [[Takayuki Nakayama]] has since revealed that Geki actually retired after being beaten by a different fearsome warrior and has since been succeeded by the second generation, [[Geki II]].<ref>https://x.com/takaNakayama/status/1880068515782357054#m</ref>

== Other games ==
Geki was once considered for the arcade version of ''[[Street Fighter: The Movie (arcade game)|Street Fighter: The Movie]]''. According to Alan Noon, they intended on making the character female, but [[Capcom]] did not allow them to change his gender and suggested them to create an original character instead. In the end; the character was scrapped.<ref>http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/comment/1421996#Comment_1421996</ref>

==Other media==
===[[Street Fighter (UDON)|UDON]] comics===
In the [[UDON]] comic book miniseries ''[[Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki]]'', Geki does not refer to an individual, but an entire clan of shinobi known as the “Geki Clan,” who serve as the main antagonists.<ref>http://www.udonentertainment.com/blog/?paged=2</ref> The reason for this animosity is explained that [[Ibuki]]'s village was founded by a shinobi who left the Geki clan. In issue #1, a Geki assassin with a claw attacks Ibuki, but is defeated.<ref>http://www.udonentertainment.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Copy-of-IBL_01_17BG.jpg</ref> Any relation (if any) between this specific ninja called Geki and the Geki clan of ninjas is never specified but the males do resemble this specific ninja to a degree.

In UDON's ''Street Fighter II'' comics, one of the Geki ninjas receives an assignment to kill [[Gen]]; Gen kills him in front of a young [[Chun-Li]], then under his tutelage. Other members of the clan are summoned by [[Vega]] to fight [[Zangief]] and [[E. Honda]] in the Japanese qualifying round for the [[Second World Fighting Tournament]].

==Trivia==
*It is a possibility that Geki was the one who trained (or at the very least inspired) [[Vega]] in the art of Ninjutsu, since the latter went to Japan to study it according to the games' storyline. Vega also wears the same type of claw-talon weapon like Geki's.
**Additionally, Geki's concept and playstyle seems to have been passed down to Vega and [[Ibuki]] (in seperate ways), which is likely the reason he never became playable.
*Geki is one of the first two characters in the ''[[Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]'' series to have any sort of weapon, the other being [[Eagle]] with his kali-sticks.
**He is also the first character in the series who has the ability to [[Teleport|teleport]].

*Geki was one of four characters (the others being [[Lee]], [[Mike]], and [[Joe]]) from the original ''[[Street Fighter]]'' arcade game to never return in later ''Street Fighter'' games.

*Geki's costume appears as a [[Swap Costume]] for ''[[w:c:tekken:Tekken (series)|Tekken]]'' fighter [[w:c:tekken:Lars Alexandersson|Lars]] in ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''.

*In [[Strange Bedfellows|one episode]] of ''[[Street Fighter (TV series)|Street Fighter: The Animated Series]]'', [[Akuma]] disguises himself as a ninja-like warrior that resembles Geki.

==Music==
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!Title!!Game!!Artist!!Track
|-align="center"
!colspan="4"|Street Fighter
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|Geki Stage||''[[Street Fighter]]''||[[w:c:capcom:Yoshihiro Sakaguchi|Yoshihiro Sakaguchi]] 
|[[File:SF1-Geki Stage.ogg]]
|-
|Geki Stage||''Fighting Street''||
|[[File:SF1-Geki Stage AST.ogg]]
|-
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120">
GekiSF.jpg|Geki in the original ''[[Street Fighter]]''
sfi_bustart_geki.jpg|Geki art from the original ''Street Fighter''
gekiportrait.jpg|Geki's vs. screen portrait
SF1-Kiyoshi Utata.jpg|Promotional artwork by Kiyoshi Utata.
SFL_Ibuki_ft_Geki.jpg|A Geki assassin attacks [[Ibuki]] in ''[[Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki]]''
enjo.jpg|Image of Enjo,Image of Enjo, the former Geki ninja who defected from the clan, took Ibuki away when she was an infant and founded the Glade of Ninjas (UDON comics only).
Geki.JPG|Geki art by [[UDON]]
SFU11_CVRB_UltraJam.jpg|Geki (right) featured in a variant cover for issue #11 of ''Street Fighter Unlimited'' by UDON
Geki Taxx.jpg|Artwork of Geki, drawn by ''Street Fighter V'' director Takayuki Nakayama (TAXX)
Gekiposter.jpg|Geki (middle-right) in an [[wikipedia:E3 2017|E3 2017]] poster celebrating ''Street Fighter''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 30th anniversary
</gallery>

== Sprites ==
===Stance===
[[File:Sf1-geki.gif]]

===Misc.===
[[File:GekiTeleport.gif]]
[[File:GekiStar.gif]]

==References==
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