List of rival battles

This is a list of rival battles seen in the Street Fighter games.

Street Fighter Alpha

In the original Street Fighter Alpha, the final boss will be different depending on which character is being used, though most of them fight M. Bison as their last opponent.

Character (s)	Final Boss
Ryu, Adon and Dan	Sagat
Ken and Sagat	Ryu
Chun-Li, Birdie, Guy, Charlie, Rose and Akuma	M. Bison
Sodom	Guy
M. Bison	Rose

Street Fighter Alpha 2

In Street Fighter Alpha 2, in addition to the final boss, there is also a mid-boss that can be fought under certain requirements.

Character	Mid-Boss	Final Boss
Ryu / Evil Ryu	Sakura	Akuma
Gen	Chun-Li
Ken	Dan	Ryu
Sagat	Adon
M. Bison	Charlie
Sakura	Sagat
Chun-Li	Gen	M. Bison
Birdie	Dhalsim
Guy	Rose
Charlie	Rolento
Rose	Akuma
Dhalsim	Zangief
Cammy	Rose
Sodom	Ken	Guy
Rolento	Sodom
Adon	M. Bison	Sagat
Dan	Guy
Akuma / Shin Akuma	Ryu	Gen
Zangief	Birdie	Ken

Notes:

• Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma fight the same opponents as their normal counterparts.
• Shin Akuma is not playable in the arcade version, but he can be selected in the console versions.
• Cammy is only playable in Arcade Mode in the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology version of Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold.

Street Fighter Alpha 3

In Street Fighter Alpha 3, the fifth and ninth battles are character specific, but the final battle will always be against Final Bison (unless the player is using Bison himself or Evil Ryu). Some characters will also fight Balrog or Juli and Juni before facing Bison.

Character	Fifth Battle	Ninth Battle	Final Battle
Ryu	Rose	Ken	Final Bison
Ken	Karin	Sakura
Sagat	Dan	Ryu
Adon	Ken	Rose
Guy	Karin	Gen
Sodom	Rolento	Chun-Li
Charlie	Cammy	Rolento
Akuma / Shin Akuma	Adon	Guy
Zangief	Rolento	Chun-Li
Gen	Ryu	Akuma
Sakura	E. Honda	Ryu
E. Honda	Ryu	Sodom
Vega	Zangief	Cammy
Cody	Birdie	Guy
Balrog	Gen	Birdie
Juli	T. Hawk	Cammy
Juni	E. Honda	Ryu
Fei Long	Balrog	Vega
T. Hawk	Charlie	Juli
Dee Jay	Adon	Sagat
Guile	Chun-Li	Charlie
Maki	Sakura	Guy
Ingrid	Evil Ryu	Rose
Chun-Li	Birdie	Cammy	Juli and Juni, then Final Bison
Rose	Guy	Vega
Dhalsim	Rose	Birdie
Cammy	Dhalsim	Vega
Karin	Blanka	Sakura
Yun	Dee Jay	Fei Long
Birdie	E. Honda	Blanka	Balrog, then Final Bison
Dan	Chun-Li	Sagat
Rolento	Sodom	Cody
R. Mika	Karin	Zangief
Blanka	Dan	Zangief
Eagle	Guile	Sagat
M. Bison / Final Bison	Akuma	Sagat	Ryu
Evil Ryu	Sagat	M. Bison	Shin Akuma

Notes:

• In the arcade version, Balrog, Juli and Juni share the same opponents as Bison (Akuma, Sagat and Ryu), even sharing the same dialogue and ending. They were given unique battles and endings in the console and handheld versions.
• Fei Long, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, Guile, Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma first appear in the console versions.
• Shin Akuma fights the same opponents as his normal counterpart, and so does Final Bison.
• Eagle, Maki and Yun first appear in the GBA version, but they weren't given their own story until the PSP version.
  • In addition, Maki's fight with Sakura would be called back to in the "Sakura Ganbaru!" manga, which would come out one year after the PSP version.
• Ingrid only appears in the PSP version, although her story didn't get too much positive reception due to a mistranslation involving M. Bison's Psycho Power.
• Evil Ryu is the only character in the game that doesn't have Final Bison as his final opponent.

Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact

Much like in Street Fighter Alpha 2, every character has a secret mid-boss. Gill is usually the final boss, but some characters fight him as the second-to-last opponent and have a final boss of their own. If certain conditions are met, every character will fight Akuma as the final boss, who appears by performing Shun Goku Satsu against Gill or the rival. In addition, if Akuma is beaten with a Super Move during one of the rounds against him, he will come back as Shin Akuma.

Character	Mid-Boss	Final Boss
Ryu	Sean	Ken
Sean	Yang
Ken	Dudley	Ryu
Akuma / Shin Akuma	Sean
Alex	Ken	Gill
Ibuki	Elena
Dudley	Hugo
Elena	Ryu
Oro	Necro
Necro	Ibuki
Urien	Alex
Yun	Urien	Yang
Yang	Oro	Yun
Hugo	Yun	Elena, Necro, Ryu or Gill
Gill	Alex	Urien

Notes:

• Shin Akuma fights the same opponents as regular Akuma.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

The ninth opponent is character specific. The final boss is always Gill, unless the player uses Gill himself, in which case the final boss will be Alex.

Character (s)	Rival
Ryu and Sean	Ken
Ken, Chun-Li and Gill	Urien
Alex, Dudley, Hugo, Makoto, and Akuma	Ryu
Ibuki	Oro
Yun	Yang
Yang	Yun
Elena	Makoto
Oro and Q	Akuma
Necro	Twelve
Urien and Twelve	Necro
Remy	Alex

Notes:

• There will be a special conversation before the rival battle. Yun, Urien and Gill do not have a conversation with their rivals, having one with their final bosses instead. Akuma and Q however, do not have a special conversation before both their rivals or final boss.
• Gill is only playable in the console versions, and his final boss is Alex.

Street Fighter EX3

Some specific characters in Street Fighter EX3 can fight a secret opponent in Original Mode under certain conditions.

Character (s)	Secret Battle
Hokuto and Nanase	Kairi
Skullomania and Sharon	Shadowgeist
Ken, Sakura, Sagat, and M. Bison / Bison II	Evil Ryu

Street Fighter IV series

Rivals are fought after defeating six opponents, before the battle with Seth. For characters with two rivals, the player can choose which one they want to fight by holding all three punch or kick buttons when the "Fight Your Rival" message appears. If the player do not press any buttons it will default to the 2P character.

Character (s)	Rival
Ryu	Ken (3P)	Sagat (3K)
Ken, Dhalsim, and Dee Jay	Rufus
Chun-Li and Cammy	Juri (3P)	C. Viper (3K)
Blanka, E. Honda, and T. Hawk	El Fuerte
Zangief and Fei Long	Abel
Guile	M. Bison (3P)	Abel (3K)
Balrog, Vega, Gen, and Yun	Chun-Li
Sagat, Akuma, Gouken, Sakura, Rose, and Yang	Ryu
M. Bison	C. Viper
C. Viper	Hakan (3P)	Chun-Li (3K)
Rufus	Ken
El Fuerte	Zangief
Abel	Guile
Seth	Hakan (3P)	Abel (3K)
Dan, Ibuki, and Elena	Sakura
Guy	Rose
Cody	Guy
Makoto	Fei Long
Dudley	Balrog
Adon	Sagat
Hakan	E. Honda
Juri	M. Bison
Evil Ryu and Oni	Gouken
Rolento	Cody
Poison	Rolento
Hugo	Poison
Decapre	Cammy

Ryu is the most common rival battle, serving as this for 20% of the characters in both Street Fighter IV (5 out of 25) and Super Street Fighter IV (7 out of 35), and 20.5% of the characters in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (8 out of 39).

Unused data

Ultra Combo videos indicate several characters would have been given second rivals in Super Street Fighter IV, but ended up keeping solely the same rival they had in Street Fighter IV, for unknown reasons.

• Ken's second rival would have been Sakura, similar to their battle in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
• E. Honda's second rival would have been Adon.
• Blanka's second rival would have been Dan.
• Zangief's second rival would have been Hakan.
• Dhalsim's second rival would have been Hakan.
• Balrog's second rival would have been Cody.
• Vega's second rival would have been Cammy, similar to how Vega fought Cammy in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
• M. Bison's second rival would have been Cammy, similar to how M. Bison fought Cammy in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as the final boss of Cammy's route.
• Rufus' second rival would have been Ryu.
• El Fuerte's second rival would have been Guy.
• Abel's second rival would have been Juri.
• Akuma's second rival would have been Gen, similar to their battle in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
• Gouken's second rival would have been Ken.
• Fei Long's second rival would have been Gen.
• Sakura's second rival would have been Cammy, referencing their friendship in the Street Fighter Alpha series manga "Sakura Ganbaru!".
• Rose's second rival would have been M. Bison, similar to their battles in the Street Fighter Alpha series.
• Gen's second rival would have been Guy, similar to how Guy fought Gen in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
• Dan's second rival would have been Sagat, similar to their battles in Street Fighter Alpha 2 & 3.

Notes:

• Cody's rival was originally Chun-Li. ^{[citation needed]}
• Evil Ryu was planned to have a Rival cutscene (VS Gouken) like many other characters, but it was cut for time. The dialogue, however, has since managed to be salvaged on YouTube as of July 2013 by a fan by the name of p3t0p8 (completed by their own animation).

Street Fighter V series

In the Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, the arcade mode returns. in which the final boss of the SFA and SFV ladders will be different depending on which character is being used.

SFI ladder

In the ladder, every character of final boss is different. Since Ver.03.060, after Sagat is added, all changed to Sagat, except for Birdie and Sagat himself.

Character (s)	Before Ver.03.060	Since Ver.03.060
Ryu and Balrog	Ken	Sagat
Ken	Ryu
Abigail	Zeku
Cody and Zeku	Abigail
Poison and Lucia	N/A
Birdie	Ryu	Ryu
Sagat	N/A

SFA ladder

Character (s)	New Challenger	Final Boss
Ryu and Karin	Ken	M. Bison
Chun-Li and Nash	Cammy
Dhalsim and Cody	Birdie
Birdie	Balrog
Zangief	R. Mika
Guile	Nash
Balrog	Chun-Li
Blanka	Sakura
E. Honda	Ryu
Rose	Vega
Ken and Sakura	Karin	Ryu
M. Bison	Cammy
Akuma	M. Bison
Sagat	Ken
Cammy	Nash	Chun-Li
Vega	Chun-Li	Cammy
R. Mika	Karin	Zangief
Kage	Sagat	Akuma
Dan	Sakura	Sagat

SFIV ladder

In the ladder, every character of final boss is different. Since Ver.05.012, after Seth is added, all changed to Seth.

Character (s)	Before Ver.05.012	Since Ver.05.012
Ryu	Ken	Seth
Ken, Sagat, Akuma, and Sakura	Ryu
Balrog and Vega	Chun-Li
Guile, Blanka, E. Honda, Zangief, Dhalsim, Cody, Ibuki, Juri, Poison, and Kage	M. Bison
Chun-Li, M. Bison, and Cammy	Juri
Seth and Dan	N/A
Rose		Ryu

SFV ladder

Character (s)	Final Boss
Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Blanka, E. Honda, Zangief, Dhalsim, Balrog, Vega, Cammy, Akuma, Nash, Sakura, R. Mika, Cody, Karin, Ibuki, Gill, Urien, Seth, Juri, Poison, Abigail, Ed, Menat, Falke, Lucia, Rose, Oro, and Akira	M. Bison
Sagat, M. Bison, Akuma, Rashid, Necalli, F.A.N.G, and Kage	Ryu
Birdie and Zeku	Karin
Laura	Ken
Alex	Zangief
Kolin	Urien
Dan	G
Luke	Guile

Street Fighter 6

In Street Fighter 6, the arcade mode returns which also features the story of the selected character. The final character will be different depending on which character is being used.

Character (s)	Final Boss
Ryu and Jamie	Luke
Ken, Cammy, Kimberly, A.K.I. and Ed	JP
E. Honda and Marisa	Manon
Zangief and Manon	Marisa
Blanka and Dhalsim	Lily
Dee Jay and JP	Kimberly
Lily	Dhalsim
Guile and Terry	Ken
Chun-Li and M. Bison	Juri
Juri	Chun-Li
Luke	Jamie
Rashid and Akuma	Ryu	- align="center"	Mai	E. Honda Street Fighter X Tekken When using an official team in Arcade Mode, the sixth fight will be against a rival team. Single characters can have anyone as their partner. Akuma and Ogre have their rival battle as their final boss battle. In the PlayStation 3 version either Megaman or Pac-Man (alone) could be faced depending on which franchise the point character of the team is from. Capcom Bandai Namco Ryu and Ken Kazuya and Nina Chun-Li and Cammy Asuka and Lili Jin and Xiaoyu Guile and Abel Heihachi and Kuma M. Bison and Juri Dhalsim and Sagat Paul and Law Rolento and Ibuki King and Marduk Poison and Hugo Hwoarang and Steve Zangief and Rufus Julia and Bob Balrog and Vega Yoshimitsu and Raven Sakura and Blanka Lars and Alisa Guy and Cody Bryan and Jack-X Elena and Dudley Lei and Christie Akuma Ogre Mega Man Pac-Man Notes: Despite being boss counterparts, M. Bison and Juri do not fight Jin and Xiaoyu and vice-versa. So they won't be rival team against anyone in sixth fight. Mega Man and Pac-Man are only in the PS3 and PS Vita versions. There are, however, unofficial ways to use them on the PC version. Cole, Toro and Kuro are not playable in Arcade Mode. They are usable in the PC version by means of unofficial modifications. Videos Street Fighter Alpha games SFA2 Rose Rival Battle Street Fighter IV games Ultra Street Fighter 4 All Characters Rival Cutscenes English Street Fighter X Tekken videos Street Fighter X Tekken - All Rivals Cutscenes (Capcom Namco)