 This article is about a/an Ranger/crossover character in the Power Rangers franchise.
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- For the Dairanger bearing a similar Ranger name to his original Ranger name, see Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star.
- "It's Morphin Time! Crimson Hawk!"
- ―Ryu's morph call[src]
Ryu is the main character from the popular Capcom video game franchise, Street Fighter. In the games Power Rangers Legacy Wars and Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, he is able to access the Morphin Grid to become the Crimson Hawk Ranger (formerly known as the Ryu Ranger), a member of Street Fighter Power Rangers.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
As a very young child, Ryu was orphaned and left with no memories about his parents, and whether they were still alive. He was found and adopted by a man named Gouken who raised Ryu in his secluded dojo and trained Ryu in the ways of his martial arts. Shortly afterwards, Gouken would later train his best friend's spoiled son, Ken Masters. Ken served not only as a sparring partner, but also gave Ryu a friend in the form of a boy his own age. Ryu looked up to Gouken as a father figure, and regards Ken as his best friend and surrogate brother, a relationship which remains to this day.
When Ryu turned 23 years old, Gouken believed that Ryu was ready to travel the world in order to test and hone his martial skills against the best fighters from around the world. With this, Ryu left Gouken's dojo, and headed to fight in the first World Warrior tournament. After defeating all challengers, Ryu's skills earn him the right to fight its host, Sagat. Sagat nearly beats Ryu into unconsciousness and, thinking he had won, drops his guard to help Ryu up. Ryu, however, was engulfed by dark powers, the Satsui no Hado, and strikes Sagat with a nearly-fatal Metsu Shoryuken that not only knocks Sagat unconscious, but also marks his chest with a great scar, and even unknowingly infected him with the Dark Hado as well. After regaining consciousness and discovering what had happened, Sagat swears vengeance on Ryu.
Upon discovering that he is cursed by the Satsui and learning that the culprit who also wield the same dark power as him, Akuma also seemingly killed Gouken, Ryu spars with Ken for the advices while also being given the signature red headband, originally belonged to the latter. Knowing Sagat will come to defeat him in revenge, Ryu held back to satisfy Sagat's vengeance, allowing the Muay Thai fighter to realize what it means to be a fighter without being consumed by darkness within like what the Satsui did to Ryu. During the course of Shadaloo era from Street Fighter Alpha until Street Fighter V events, many years before the end of Street Fighter V which started in Street Fighter III event, Ryu and Ken befriends with other World Warriors, such as Chun-Li, Guile and the former Shadaloo brainwashed assassin Cammy White, while becoming one of the primary targets of M. Bison's Shadaloo organization. At the near climax of Street Fighter V Shadow Falls storyline, Ryu finally purges himself from the Satsui no Hado's influence with the Mu no Ken/Power of Nothingness, allowing him to destroy M. Bison and leading the fall of Shadaloo. Following Street Fighter V event, Ryu seeks to continue his quest to pursue beyond true strength.
Legacy Wars Showdown[]
Ryu meets Tommy Oliver and Gia Moran.
In an alternate timeline set after the Shadow Falls episode of Street Fighter V, Ryu was taken to another world against his will and started to be chased by various Rangers. He's fights a version of the Black Dino Thunder Ranger, who seeks to kill him. Ryu beats him before being struck from behind by the Time Force Pink Ranger, only to be saved by Chun-Li, who pushes the Pink Ranger back with her Lightning Kick.
As the two warriors regroup, the Rangers are joined by the Red Mighty Morphin Ranger and the Phantom Ranger. The two are then teleported away to a mysterious temple where they meet Tommy Oliver and Gia Moran, the two Rangers tell Ryu that his old rival M. Bison is working with the witch Rita Repulsa to create Evil Rangers and that they need to find their ally Ninjor, Tommy then gives Ryu the Crimson Hawk Power Coin made by Ninjor before going to a rundown factory.
Ryu becomes a Power Ranger.
Once there the four find Ninjor on the ground, weak. He warns them too late of M. Bison, who grabs Ryu and tosses him aside before beckoning the others to fight. Ryu, Tommy and Gia then all morph, with the World Warrior becoming the Ryu Ranger. Tommy has the Rangers prepare for the final blow as the three Rangers deliver an energy blast, seemingly defeating Bison. However, Bison gets up as he claims to have an army at his disposal. The dictator then suddenly summons various Rangers by his side, all of them ready to fight. Tommy then asks if Ryu's ready for Round Two, which he declares he always is before going to fight the Evil Rangers. 
TV STORY-Legacy Wars - Street Fighter Showdown
Battle for the Grid[]
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Crimson Hawk Ranger[]
Crimson Hawk Ranger
Arsenal
- Crimson Hawk Power Coin
- Power Morpher
Zords
- None
Attacks
- Hadoken
- Rise Hadoken- An enhanced form of the Hadoken attack that uses Ryu's Hado and combines it with his coin's power from the Morphin Grid to create a energy construct of a hawk that attacks the target.
- Tatsumaki S.- Ryu's feet glow hot with energy and then he executes a flying tornado of spinning kicks. Once enhanced by the Ranger powers, his kicking power can do 5 times as much damage as it normally would.
- Shoryuken
Behind the Scenes[]
Ryu as Crimson Hawk Ranger in Battle for the Grid
Portrayal[]
- In Power Rangers Legacy Wars - Street Fighter Showdown, Ryu is portrayed by Peter Jang, who reprises his role from Super Power Beat Down, which continues their tradition of featuring non-canon crossover battles between two otherwise unrelated characters, this time between characters from Power Rangers and Street Fighter.
- In Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Kyle Hebert reprised his voice role as Ryu, a character whom he has voiced in most Street Fighter media since 2009.
Early designs[]
Notes[]
- Power Rangers Legacy Wars erroneously classifies Crimson Hawk Ranger as a Gold Ranger.
- Ryu's Crimson Hawk Ranger design seemingly incorporates elements of the White Ranger's body suit, Green Ranger's Dragon Shield and Super Sentai's Red Hawk with the bird motif helmet. Further linking the coincidental Jetman counterpart idea is the Power Coin's animal actually being a reddish hawk.
- At SDCC 2018, Udon Entertainment and Capcom showed off concept drawings of Ryu's costume during the planning stages. Three early designs had elements of past Rangers in them. The first suit took visual elements from Ninja Storm, the second had elements of Ninja Steel and the third was a mix of Mighty Morphin and Jungle Fury. All four series are based heavily around martial arts, so it fit Ryu's character, but ultimately all three were not chosen for the final design.[1]
- Formerly, "Ryu Ranger" shared his name (phonetically at least) with Ryuu Ranger, Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star. They also share some other similarities, such as being martial artist heroes, red being a part of their color palette, the manipulation of Ki, and the use of said Ki for fire/fire-like attacks.
- In Ryu's story mode for Battle for the Grid the events of the Legacy Wars short film are referenced.
Appearances[]
See Also[]
References[]
Footnotes[]
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