Chun-Li
Chun-Li is a female video game character who features in Street Fighter.
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Biography
Chun-Li (春麗, also チュン・リー, Chun Rī, simplified Chinese: 春丽; traditional Chinese: 春麗; pinyin: Chūn Lì) was a female human born in the modern age as the daughter of a policeman named Dorai (銅昴 Dōrai?).
When she was 5 years old, Chun-Li saw her first classical Chinese play which was the Peking Opera and also saw her first Bruce Lee movie, which fascinated her and also became part of the reasons why she started practicing martial arts. She began by learning Tai Chi. However, Tai Chi was much different from the gorgeous movements she remembered from Peking Opera. Soon afterwards, her father taught her Hongquan as well as various basic exercises from then on. With that, Chun-Li’s skills in Chinese martial arts improved rapidly. Chun-Li used mostly kicks when fighting. This was something she picked up from her father, who was also said to have 'legendary legs'. Chun-Li continued to develop her kick attacks, embracing techniques from a variety of fighting styles, such as Chinese martial arts, capoeira, battle karate, and taekwondo, thus eventually creating her own style.
At age 18, she went on to become a detective in the hope of finding her missing father where she followed in his footsteps by becoming a narcotics investigators at Interpol. This led to her becoming an anti-Shadaloo investigator where she came to be regarded as the 'black sheep' of the organization for her single-minded pursuit of the crime syndicate. In this time, she came to look into cases regarding Shadaloo's illegal sales of narcotics and weapons that began to grow in scale.
Chun-Li attempts to arrest M. Bison for drug dealing, in which they fight shortly afterwards. M. Bison, amazed by Chun-Li's strength, beauty, and anger, invites her to join Shadaloo, in which Chun-Li promptly refuses. M. Bison reveals to Chun-Li that he's the one who killed her father, and, catching her off guard, hits her in the stomach with his Psycho Punisher before escaping. Chun-Li then wakes up in a hospital bed before being briefed on M. Bison's escape to Thailand.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Her skill led to her also being known as the Martial Arts Master (格闘技マスター Kakutōgi masutā?, Simplified Chinese: 武术大师).
It was shown that she was not a good cook as she had a tendency of burning her food whilst following instructions with this often leading to someone else having to take over the remains of the ingredients.
Powers and abilities
She knew a number of fighting techniques that included:
- Spinning Bird Kick (スピニングバードキック Supiningu Bādo Kikku?) :
- Sen'enshu (旋円蹴 Sen'enshuu?, Whirling Circle Kick) :
- Hazanshu : (覇山蹴 Hazanshuu?, "Supreme Mountain Kick") :
- Kikoken (気功拳 Kikouken?, "Qigong Fist") :
- Tenshokyaku (天昇脚 Tenshoukyaku?, "Ascension/Heaven Rising Legs")
She came to operate as a Special Investigator stationed at the China Branch of Interpol where her original focus was on Shadaloo operations.
Notes
- Chun-Li was created by Akira "Nin-Nin" Nishitani where she featured in the Street Fighter universe.
In other media
Television
- In Street Fighter, Chun-Li featured in the setting of the 1996 animated television series where she was voiced by actress Donna Yamamoto.
- In Street Fighter II V, Chun-Li appeared in the setting of the 1997 anime series where she was voiced by Japanese actress Chisa Yokoyama in the original version whilst Lia Sargent reprises her role in the English dub. She was shown initially as the 15 year old daughter of Inspector Do-Rai who was a police chief in Hong Kong that taught her martial arts.
Films
- In Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Chun-Li appeared in the 1994 anime film where she was voiced by Japanese actress Miki Fujitani in the original version and by actress Lia Sargent in the English dub. She was shown as investigating the activities of M. Bison's Shadowlaw organization over the suspected murdering of several diplomats. This saw her requesting to work with Guile who initially balked at the idea of wanting to pursue Bison himself though the pair eventually become inseparable on their assignment.
Video games
Appearances
- Street Fighter II: The World Warrior: (1991)
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