If you are born around the 80’s, chances are this video game had been your favorite pass time, or maybe it still is. It’s been 23 years since world-renowned video game Street Fighter was released by Capcom. The series silently set the standards in fighting games genre and eventually became one of the highly successful franchise that continues to this day. Not many video game franchises have both the deep history and significance of Street Fighter today.

With so many interesting characters SF have, we picked those very famous ones. These Illustrations below are created by artists, professionals and fans around the world. You’ll see artworks portraying the Street Fighter cast in a wide array of styles and designs, from powerful to passive, sexy to silly, extremely detailed to sketchy. Enjoy!

Ryu

Born in Japan, Ryu is one of the most beloved and favorite character in the SF series. He typically dressed in a traditional white gi, red fingerless gloves, a black belt and a red headband. Ryu is also famous for creating the memorable scar on Sagat’s chest, resulting from an advanced version of Shouryuuken during the first World Warrior tournament.

RYU: The Rising Dragon (via Mgnz)

Marvel VS Capcom 2: Ryu (via Udoncrew)

Evil Ryu (via Fightersgeneration.com)

Ryu vs Sagat (via Braders1986)

Ken

Ken, the 2nd most popular character in the series also wears a traditional gi in red color. Like Ryu, Ken’s objective is to test his skills against many different fighters and make every effort become the best.

SF4 Ken (via SFgalleries)

Ken vs Vega (via O-beto-O)

Chun Li

Chun Li is the first female playable character to show in a 1-on-1 fighting game. While not as physically powerful as the other characters, she was by far the quickest. She usually dressed in a blue qipao, a traditional Chinese dress. Her hair is styled-up in “horns” adorned with brocades and ribbons.

Chunli Style (via Artgerm)

Chun Li (via Mike Thompson)

Chun Li (via Ddd111)

Chun-Li (via Erina)

Guile

Guile is a Major in the United States Air Force. Guile leaves his family and country to join the World Warrior tournament to take revenge on the death of his beloved friend Charlie, who was killed by M. Bison.

Guile Rendition (via Michael Ryan Kime)

Guile Wall (via M16)

Street Fighter Tribute 1 (via Mgnz)

Blanka

Blanka’s beastly look is a product of Shadoloo genetic experimentation. Blanka is also famous for his shocking orange hair. He was trapped in the Brazilian jungles as a young child and was raised by animals.

Wild Blanka (via Castello)

Dhalsim

Dhalsim, who is a pacifist, was born in Kerala, India. This yoga master is known for his bald head painted with red stripes, the string of skulls around his neck.

Character Select- Dhalsim (via Udoncrew)

Dhalsim vs Necro (via DXS Infinite)

Dhalsim Wall (via Manywallpapers)

Dhalsim: Yoga Blowfish (via Zatransis)

E-Honda

E. Honda is a sumo wrestler who typically seen a blue mawashi with red paint art in his face. Although he never earned the highest rank in sumo (Yokozuna), he got the second highest (Ozeki).

Little Honda (via Dennisbell)

E Honda C2 (via Fightersgeneration)

E Honda C2 (via Creativeuncut)

Sagat

Sagat is frighteningly tall, a natural gift he uses to his advantage with his long-reaching assaults. His natural size earned him to become a powerful and ferocious fighter. He is totally bald and wear’s an eyepatch to cover his damaged eye. This giant has hands and feet larger than most of his opponents.

Sagat SF (via Umagafan84)

Cammy

Cammy White or Cammy wore a green thong leotard and was a member of a British special forces team known as Delta Red.

Sexy Cammy (via Markovah)

Yummy Cammy (via Artgerm)

Cammy (via Omar-dogan)

Zangief

Zangief is a national hero in Russian with a nickname, “Red Cyclone” He became acquainted with Gorbachev towards the end of Alpha 2. After meeting Gorbachev, Zangief is sent to train in the Siberian wastes, wrestling bears.

Zan Da Maaan (via Mon3m)

Zangief vs Blanka (via Kuroitora)

Zangief Street Fighter Fan art (via Giaci78)

Zangief SF (via Leeyiankun)

Zangief fan art (via Jy-kim)

Vega

Vega is an interesting character, not only for his fascination with beauty, but also for his unique fighting style using a claw he wields. He’s one of the few SF characters to continuously carry a weapon. He learned bull fighting and ninjutsu, and became a cage fighter.

Vega – Detalles (via Varges)

PF Vega (via Udon Crew)

Vega vs Cammy (via Jujika)

Balrog

Balrog is an African American boxer who was banned from boxing for permanently injuring his opponents and accidentally killing one. Balrog join the Shadaloo criminal organization, and worked his way up from the bottom, eventually becoming M. Bison’s close disciple.

Balrog (via Syclown)

M. Bison

M. Bison is usually dressed in a red military uniform, large silver shoulder plates, and a grey cape. Master Bison’s ambition is to gain power over the world’s governments through his secret crime syndicate, Shadaloo.

M. Bison Zbrush (via Rv_el)

Sakura

Sakura is a Japanese schoolgirl who has a strong interest on Ryu. She has managed to copy and learn some of Ryu’s techniques. This cute student usually fights in her school’s uniform, a short-skirted sailor fuku.

Sakura Sunshine (via Artgerm)

Cute Sakura (via Markovah)

PF Sakura (via Udon Crew)

SF Legends Sakura Issue 1B (via Udon Crew)

Akuma

Akuma’s fighting style integrates the trademark moves of Ryu and Ken. He is famous for his death technique called, Shun Goku Satsu or “The Raging Demon”. Akuma has red hair, wears a black gi, and wears prayer beads around his neck.

Evil Akuma (via Nefar007)

Akuma Shungokusatsu (via Hekoo)

Akuma Sign (via Comicvine)

Akuma vs Dan (via Omar-dogan)

More Street Fighter Artworks

Street Fighter cover (via Diablo2003)

Street Fighter II 2 Cover (via Udoncrew)

Street Fighter (via Benlo)

Street Fighter Tribute Cover (via Udoncrew)

SF Alvinlee Tribute (via Fiboy)

Street Fighter Art Book (via Imaginism)

Street Fighter Tribute Book (via Imaginism)

Street Fighter Cover 2 (via Udon Crew)

Street Fighter no.3 COVER (via Alvin Lee)

Chibi Street Fighter Group (via Shauno)

Street Fighter Street Jam (via Udon Crew)

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If you’ve followed my work here on PBA.com and Xtra Frame long enough, you’ll know that I’m one of the world’s biggest fans of the TV show “Lost”, which ended last night. (That sound you hear is me, weeping…and trying to figure out what to do with the extra 3-5 hours a week I normally spend on watching/studying/talking about Lost). Lost references have slipped into many of my TV Recaps, blogs, episodes of “The Bowling Show” and, most recently, onto this week’s tip with The Most Important Chair in Bowling.

As far as I’m concerned, “Lost” was the best non-cable TV show in history, and last night’s finale not only means that I now have a free slot on my calendar every Tuesday night at 9pm, but also stimulates a great deal of thought on the themes of the show…namely, survival, redemption, and being a part of a community of people you care about. Which, of course, leads me back to bowling, where nearly all of these things reside in my own personal/professional life.

So, as a tribute to both my favorite TV show and my favorite sport/life pursuit, I thought it’d be cool to make a list of what people/places on the PBA Tour are the equivalent characters/places on Lost. Here goes nothing.

MINOR SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched the Lost finale, you may want to skip this list…although I promise I’ll try not to make it too spoil-ery.

#1 – JACK SHEPHARD = DICK WEBER
Jack was the show’s main protagonist and leader of the island’s castaways, ultimately sacrificing his own life for the castaways’ (and possibly the world’s) ultimate redemption. No one exemplifies these virtues more than the great Dick Weber, who, since his passing in 2005 has left a gigantic spiritual void in the bowling world that the sport is still looking to fill.

#2 – HUGO “HURLEY” REYES = NORM DUKE
On Lost, nearly every episode centered around a specific character. The last episode to focus on Hurley was titled, “Everyone Loves Hugo,” a sentiment which not only reflected the theme of the episode, but also the way in which Lost fans universally enjoyed the character. The current PBA equivalent of this is Norm Duke, who enjoys a huge base of fans wherever he goes, and the familiar chants of “DUUUUUUUUUKE!” whenever he makes it to the TV show.

#3 – JAMES “SAWYER” FORD = PETE WEBER
Lost’s lovable bad bay was Sawyer, a rogue career con man who constantly vacillated between self-interest and genuine self-sacrificing heroism. PDW embodies the bad boy persona on the PBA Tour, with his take-no-prisoners mentality and numerous emotional outbursts out on the lanes. Sit down with Pete off the lanes, however, and you will find that he is one of the most down-to-earth, giving people you’ll ever hope to meet.

#4 – JACOB = EDDIE ELIAS
The mysterious caretaker of Lost’s island setting was revealed late in the series, but played an instrumental role in protecting the things the island ultimately represented. He was also tasked with passing on that caretaker role to another (ultimately Jack) when the time came. PBA founder Eddie Elias did exactly the same thing for the PBA when he founded the league in 1958, ultimately passing the torch to the current ownership group in 2000.

#5 – BENJAMIN LINUS = CHRIS BARNES
Is he a bad guy? A good guy? Victim or perpetrator? That would be Ben Linus in a nutshell, as Lost coyly hid the motives and the morals of the show’s slipperiest character up until the very end. Fans feel very much the same way about Barnes, not sure whether to cast the talented 12-time champ as a hero or a villain in the PBA drama. Part of the problem may be that Barnes certainly displays both sides of his personality on the lanes…the intense desire to win at all costs no matter who or what might get in the way, then the good-guy, charity boosting, family man – often all during the same telecast. I like to believe that, in the end, CB will end up a good guy like Ben.

#6 – “THE ISLAND” = PBA HEADQUARTERS
The island was the show’s picturesque, mysterious setting…bequeathed with the ability to travel through time, move throughout the globe and even disappear completely. The PBA headquarters, (where I actually worked for four years) shared many of these qualities (especially the moving…four times since 1958 by my count). And the mystery and scrutiny with which every PBA decision is pored over by the fans mirrors Lost fans’ obsessive thirst for unraveling the mysteries of the island. (Although I can confirm that there are no four-toed statues in the PBA office in Seattle.)

#7 – DANIEL FARADAY = JEFF “THE BOWLING DOCTOR” MARK
Lost’s resident physicist/time travel expert Faraday had all the answers during the show’s heavy, high-concept time travel period. Kind of like “The Bowling Doctor” on our Xtra Frame broadcasts.

#8 – MAN IN BLACK/SMOKE MONSTER = PBA MESSAGE BOARDS
The Man In Black, otherwise known as “The Smoke Monster” terrorized island inhabitants for more than two-thousand years and represented “evil incarnate” in the Lost saga. While the message boards may not be that bad, they can definitely cast a cloud of black smoke over your day if you happen to jump onto the wrong topic.

#9 – DESMOND HUME = JASON BELMONTE
Lost’s “uniquely gifted” healer of lost souls Desmond, played the key role of facilitating enlightenment in the castaways to help them reach the next step of their life journey. Like Desmond, Belmonte certainly possesses unique gifts with respect to what he can do to a bowling ball, and, as every bowling fan hopes, may be the one to help heal the sport (the name Jason actually means “healer” by the way, don’t ask me how I know that) and enlighten legions of new, uninitiated fans.

I could write more (a LOT more), but I wanted to leave the rest of the list to all you Lost/PBA fans out there. Did I get any of these wrong? Who is the PBA’s version of John Locke? Kate? Juliet? Walt? (I vote for Kamron Doyle.) Comment below.

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