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| “ | I am the strongest woman in the world! | „ |
| ~ Chun-Li's most famous victory quote. |
| “ | You clearly don't have what it takes to stand up to my kicks! | „ |
| ~ Chun-Li |
Chun-Li is the tritagonist of the Street Fighter franchise.
She is a former Interpol detective and a powerful martial artist investigating the terrorist organization Shadaloo and seeking revenge against their leader, M. Bison, who murdered her father. She is the first female player character that appears in the series, one of the series' major lead characters alongside Ryu and Ken, and the first playable female character to appear in a one-on-one fighting game. Introduced in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Chun-Li was the only female character in the game, as well as one of the youngest fighters, and while not as physically powerful as the other characters, she is by far the quickest.
In Japanese, she has been voiced by has been voiced by Yūko Miyamura, the late Atsuko Tanaka, Michiko Neya, Mari Jitsukawa, Yumi Tōma, Chisa Yokoyama, Miki Fujitani, Rika Fukami, Riisa Naka and currently Fumiko Orikasa. In English, she has been voiced by Donna Yamamoto, Lia Sargent, Junie Hoang, Tamara Lo, Vanessa Prokunski, Laura Bailey, Ashly Burch and currently Jennie Kwan. She was also portrayed by Jackie Chan in City Hunter, Ming-Na Wen (who also voiced Fa Mulan in Disney's Mulan franchise) in the Street Fighter movie, and Kristin Kreuk in The Legend of Chun-Li.
Appearance[]
Chun-Li's appearance has differed several times in the Street Fighter series, as well as in official art and cameos she has made in other works. She is known for her very muscular thighs.
Clothing[]
Chun-Li wears a qipao, a Chinese dress imported over from Manchuria that became popular among girls during the early 20th century. Her outfit is modified to allow a far wider range of movement than a normal qipao. She also wears white combat/boxing boots of varying height (around calf-length in games such as the Street Fighter II series and older vs. Capcom titles, or around knee-high in games based around her 3rd Strike sprite) and a blue leotard with dark brown sheer pantyhose and a blue thong underneath with her qipao. Her qipao is blue with golden accents with a white waistband embroidered with a dragon pattern, a detail only seen in her Street Fighter II art before being officially added in Street Fighter V. She was originally supposed to wear a peach-colored qipao, as seen in her in-game profile and ending in the original Street Fighter II. Large spiked bracelets, whose ring is black steel and spikes are white/chrome polished steel are worn on both arms. According to supplementary materials, she wears the qipao in honor of her late mother, who passed away in her early childhood and whose only photo showed her in a qipao similar to her daughter's. The spiked metal bracelets she is known to wear are made of iron, and weigh approximately 7-10 kg (15-22 lbs) each. Chun-Li also wears them to help tone and exercise her body; the qipao is fitted with weights to help build body strength and finesse, while her bracelets are for the purpose of balancing her body when performing her kicking moves, including helping stabilize her center of gravity during a Hyakuretsukyaku and limit her during supers such as the Senretsukyaku to avoid overexerting her muscles. The spikes are also used for the purpose of intimidation. In the Street Fighter EX series within her CGI appearance, the dragon pattern of her white waistband and its trimmings are pale blue instead of gold.
During the period covered in Street Fighter Alpha, she wore an embroidered vest, unitard and athletic shoes, as well as studded wristbands. Of further elaboration and to the Alpha series' time frame, the embroidered vest draws upon real world Hong Kong style martial arts school uniform vests that became prevalent after the migration of Chinese martial artists from the mainland upon the Maoist Cultural Revolution during the 1960s, and were efficiently economical in their function in contrast to full body uniforms. It is somewhat unclear why she chose to stop using this outfit and switch to the qipao in subsequent Street Fightergames; materials state that this was worn during her days as an active detective for comfort. In the Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation movie, her vest has changed to red instead of blue. Her Alpha costume became her "Nostalgia" costume in Street Fighter V.
In Street Fighter II V, Chun-Li has seen wearing casual outfits throughout the episodes, including a red sleeveless v-neck qipao with a blue obi and it's ribbons are hanging loose at the right side, red Chinese pants, black Chinese shoes, her hair is tied in a high ponytail adorned with a long blue laced ribbon and a yellow formal sleeveless short dress adorned with orange lined ribbons (which resembles a skirt at the back), pink panties underneath and yellow open toed flats. When she was brainwashed, she wore her primary outfit but with minor changes, the color of her qipao is light blue with white accents, the front and back skirt are short instead of long, her brown pantyhose is replaced with blue kneepads and her hair is let loose.
In Street Fighter 6, Chun-Li's ox-horns hairstyle is now unadorned and her bangs are already slicked. Her primary outfit has been updated but minor changes. Her qipao now resembles a cheongsam with a pale blue as the primary color, with and the right short sleeve of her dress, as well as her leggings, being her signature blue. Design patters of the sky, clouds, birds, and water run all along her dress. With the sky blue being the main color on the outside of her outfit, gold serves as the primary color for the inside of Chun-Li's cheongsam, almost inverting the outside colors of the Chinese dress. Chun-Li replaces the pantyhose and boots with blue leggings and black Chinese toe shoes. Her leggings and her flats resembling the same leggings and flats worn by her anime counterpart in Street Fighter II V as her primary outfit.
Abilities[]
Chun-Li demonstrates her martial arts skills while training with the Player in Street Fighter 6.
Chun-Li is a formidable master of Chinese martial arts and an expert in many others. Her repertoire includes several types of Kung Fu, Hung Ga Kuen, Changquan, Sanda, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Combat Karate and Capoeira, and she eventually blended them together to create her own fighting style. By the time of SFIII, Chun-Li opened her own martial arts school. She still keeps teaching by the time of SFVI, having become an ever-better fighter over the years.
Chun-Li is a professional police agent and detective, who joined the ranks of Interpol at the age of 18 and is part of the ICPO. She worked as a crime fighter for years in tag with the likes of Guile, Charlie Nash and Cammy to bring down organization such as Shadaloo and S.I.N.
Personality[]
| “ | There's no shortcut to getting strong, only daily training! | „ |
| ~ Chun-Li |
Chun-Li is a resourceful and dedicated officer of the law with a strong sense of justice that rivals that of her father, as she strongly believes in protecting the innocent and saving the lives of others.
She is a highly disciplined, seasoned, and courageous woman, and is often the voice of reason. As an official of Interpol, she takes her work as a cop with pride (showing pride at what she does when she saves another), outside of her duty as a cop, she has an elegant, sweet, and feminine personality.
Chun-Li, however, is not without her flaws, as she has shown to get very competitive with criminals in Street Fighter media, and does not take kindly to those who insult her pride as a cop. There are also times she is shown to have a fairly rash side to her personality, as shown in her ending of Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix. As pointed out by Nash and Guile, Chun-Li tends to let her emotions get the best of her while on duty, this has at least on one occasion almost caused her demise at the hands of Bison. As shown in her story mode and in A Shadow Falls, Chun-Li has been told this and she has promised not to do it again while it keeps happening.
Because of her devotion to justice, she often becomes allies and friends with other soldiers and cops. Additionally, she has shown great resilience and determination in pursuing intense crime organizations, such as Shadaloo. In her Street Fighter V arcade ending, a surprising trait was revealed that Chun-Li is inept at cooking, (averting her usual femininity like Lucia, but not to the point when the food becomes humorously bad like the latter) to the point of burning her food while following cooking instruction and Li-Fen having to take over with what remains of the ingredients.
Chun-Li displays her kind and caring, almost motherly, traits in her Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike arcade ending. After rescuing Li-Fen, she goes on to teach Kung Fu to children. Chun-Li was inspired by all the people she's met on her journeys, and has made it her new goal to teach her new students about strength and beauty, as well as to help shape their future. In Street Fighter 6, she maintains the same elegant and caring personality. Because she's taking a break from work, and she has Li-Fen to take care of, she isn't as headstrong to rush into dangerous situations like she used to be when she was in the past. But whenever a fight does come her way, she won't hesitate to defend herself or those she cares about.
She is a little stricter with Li-Fen this time around, now that she's older and often times spends way too much time on her computer, but deep down, Chun-Li still very many cares for her. She treats her like a little sister, although she admits she's young enough to be her daughter. It took some time for her to open up to her after being rescued from Shadaloo and taken in by Chun-Li. But ever since, the are rarely seen apart. Chun-Li loves spending time with Li-Fen, whether it be shopping, going to get sweets, or even just teaching kung fu, her motherly personality shines even more so than ever.
Relationships[]
Cammy White is actually Chun-Li's best friend from the United Kingdom who works for the British special forces called the "Delta Red" so that she can help her friend defeat M. Bison, the leader of Shadaloo. She had a very good relationship with her father. Chun-Li is also close friends with Guile, Ken, Ryu, Sakura and Karin. However, Chun-Li has a complicated relationship with Juri, as they started off as bitter enemies in Street Fighter IV before becoming uneasy allies in Project X Zone and Street Fighter V. Chun-Li trained with Gen for a certain time. She has made enemies with M. Bison, Vega, Balrog, Crimson Viper (unintentionally), Seth and Urien. She has also made friends in the Vs. series with Morrigan Aensland, her Project X Zone partner.
Other Media[]
Marvel Vs. Capcom[]
Chun-Li first appeared in X-Men vs. Street Fighter as a playable character, and has appeared in all subsequent games to date.
Project X Zone[]
Chun-Li makes an appearance in Project X Zone. She is a playable character with her partner Morrigan Aensland.
She reappears as a playable character once again in Project X Zone 2, with Ling Xiaoyu replacing Morrigan as her partner.
Super Smash Bros.[]
Chun-Li appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an advanced grab-type spirit in her appearance of Street Fighter Alpha. Her spirit battle is a stamina battle against Zero Suit Samus with increased kick and knee strike powers on the omega form of Onett with both fighters reduced jump power. At level 99, the spirit can be enhanced to her appearance of Street Fighter II that increases the user's physical attacks.
Crosspedia Entry[]
An ICPO (International Criminal Police Organization) detective and master of Chinese Kempo. Her quick movements and beautiful kicking techniques have proven too much for countless evildoers. She formerly worked on the investigation into the Shadaloo organization, who were responsible for the death of her father.
After that, during a case investigating a succession of disappearances among young martial artists, she first came across the name S.I.N. She started to investigate the links of this new organization to Shadaloo. Has a strong sense of justice and of duty toward her work, but a part her also desires to just be a normal young woman. Strongly determined, she hates indecisiveness. She does, however, love crepes, all manner of sweets and fruit.
Trivia[]
- She is partners with Morrigan in Project X Zone because both of them are the respective main heroines of the Street Fighter and Darkstalkers series, their decent fighting skills, and both the Street Fighter and Darkstalkers series being fighting series.
- She appeared in the first season of DEATH BATTLE where she lost to Mai Shiranui.
- Chun-Li has made many cameo appearances in other video games and other media:
- She appears in the background of the Hong Kong stage of Final Fight 2.
- She is in the crowd in Saturday Night Slam Masters, near the entrance on the left.
- If the player in Breath of Fire asks the NPC in the thief's house in Bleak to do a magic trick, and then answers his question correctly, she appears there practicing her Lightning Kicks.
- A tennis player named "Li-Li" who looks like her appears in Capcom Sports Club.
- She appears on a poster in Resident Evil Survivor.
- One of the skins the player can unlock in Crimson Tears makes the character look like Chun-Li.
- She's the reporter in the prologue of Mega Man 9.
- She appears to be the policewoman who appears in the epilogue of Asura's Wrath, scolding Kalrow for using his Segway among pedestrians.
- She makes two brief appearances in Ready Player One. First, she is seen at the Distracted Globe nightclub dancing with Blanka; later, she is part of the army of video game heroes in the finale on Planet Doom.
- As shown in her Arcade Ladder ending of Street Fighter V, she is a terrible chef; her attempt to cook for Li-Fen - even while carefully following a recipe in a cookbook - results in her burning the food.
- She is the only fighter in the franchise whose weight is never posted in her profile (listed as "???"). The most common theory is, she is sensitive about it.
- Her favorite food (listed in her profile in the original Street Fighter II) is French crepes.
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External Links[]
- Chun-Li on the Near Pure Good Wiki
- Chun-Li on the Street Fighter Wiki
- Chun-Li on the Capcom Database Wiki
- Chun-Li on the Wikipedia
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