Juri (Street Fighter)

Juri is a female video game character who features in Street Fighter.

Biography

Juri Han (ハン・ジュリ, Han Juri?, Hangul: 한주리, Hanja: 韓蛛俐) was a female human born in the modern age where her father was a lawyer who was charged in prosecuting organised crime operations. Whilst growing up, Juri came to be the preeminent practitioner of Tae Kwon Do when she was 15 years old. Around this time, her father started to target the criminal organization Shadaloo who responded by kidnapping her family. During this time, it was known that her parents were killed and Juri's left eye was badly damaged as a result.

Around 10 years later, she came to join S.I.N. where she agreed to undergo an operation that would implant the Feng Shui Engine in her damaged eye. The procedure came to be a success where the implant amplified her fighting ability and she began to operate as an assassin to test its capability. Her first test mission saw her easily besting armed opponents in an terrorist attack where she was able to take them all out one by one from behind. Around his time, she was confronted by Chun-Li who was appalled at the massacre where she fought against Juri in order to arrest her. At the height of the battle, Juri came to unleash the Feng Shui Engine's power which came to knock Chun-Li to the ground. Helpless, Chun-Li was nearly killed but a malfunction in Juri's eye implant caused her to flee back to the laboratory. After getting it fixed, Seth assigns Juri her next mission: capturing M. Bison's elite female assassins, the Dolls. Juri flies to the base of the Dolls with several S.I.N. employees. She manages to defeat every single assassin in combat, including Juli and Juni. As she carries the two unconscious assassins away to an S.I.N. plane, Cammy and Guile arrive. They then had a heated fight, but Juri came out on top and manages to incapacitate Guile. She boarded her plane and strapped Juni and Juli to beds with wheels. As it took off, Cammy managed to jump and grab onto the open boarding ramp, and confronts Juri for one final time. After an intense conflict, Juri pushed one of the rolling tables which collided with Cammy, who both fell off the boarding ramp into mid-air. They survived the fall, with snow breaking their fall. Juri flew off and was congratulated by Seth upon returning where she sensed that S.I.N and Shadaloo were set to clash in the very near future.

During the global tournament hosted by Seth, he sends Juri in to participate; she sees it as a perfect opportunity for some 'fun.' During the tournament, Juri is confronted by Cammy and Chun-Li again; the results of the fights are unknown. Juri continues to tend to her hidden agenda. She was later approached by Seth who was incapacitated as a result of Bison's brutal beating, and taunted him for being nothing more than Bison's spare body. Before disposing of him, she revealed that she was to serve S.I.N. for as long as it suited her purposes, since she was merely trying to pit Seth and Bison against each other - a task Seth obviously was not up to. Juri viciously crushes Seth's Tanden Engine by stomping on it, and left him for dead.

After the fall of S.I.N., she went to face off against Bison again to avenge her family. However, Bison quickly got behind her to attacks her with Psycho Power where he grabbed onto her head. He then proceeded to rip out her Feng Shui Engine and left her for dead. She goes into an abandoned S.I.N. laboratory and finds another eye, the Feng Shui Engine Alpha. Juri meets up with Kolin. Kolin offered Juri the chance to join her, when they were interrupted by Balrog, who's looking around for S.I.N. agents. Wanting to test out her new eye, Juri fights him, before Ed tells him that they have to get back to base to discuss a plan. Juri later meets C. Viper, who informs her that the only reason she's not in jail is because she is not the primary threat and warns her about Shadaloo's motives. Later at the Shadaloo base, looking around for data on Shadaloo, Juri confronts F.A.N.G., who becomes insulted by her remarks on being Bison's second in command. Their fight ends with F.A.N.G using his poison clouds to make Juri retreat. Juri now realizing their motives, calls Kolin by phone and finally accepts her offer to take down Shadaloo.

When Rashid and Azam meet Charlie Nash and Helen, Juri arrives by kicking open the door. She eyes the other people in her team and decides to fight Rashid, which he is reluctant about. Juri overwhelms him and he tells her to stop fighting. Juri threatens to kill him if he won't fight her seriously, at which point Azam steps in to defend Rashid. Helen breaks up the conflict and explains the danger of the Black Moons and presents a plan to stop Shadaloo. Juri shows interest in the plan and joins. In Brazil, When Cammy defends Decapre by assaulting police officers, Juri arrives by motorbike and rams an officer. She picks up Cammy and Decapre, finding the situation amusing. Juri later watches with amusement as Cammy and Decapre fight before Cammy knocks Decapre out. When Vega arrives and defeats Cammy, Juri intervenes, calling Vega a pervert and mocks him. She fights him off and Vega decides to leave temporarily. She brings Cammy back to Russia with her team as they plan their final attack on Shadaloo. During the final assault on Shadaloo, Juri and Decapre arrive to take on Shadaloo's soldiers. Decapre saves Cammy from Vega's claw. They team up to fight the other Dolls, who are still under the influence of the Psycho Power, who are controlled by F.A.N.G.

Juri reminisces with her hatred for M. Bison as well as the fall of Shadaloo. Thinking about all the things she did in order to eventually exact her revenge and being willing to do anything to accomplish her goal. After the apparent death of Bison and the fall of Shadaloo she doesn't seem to be satisfied. Instead she found herself angry, likely due to the fact she didn't deliver the death blow herself. Her inability to be happy at the completion of her goal frustrates her so she sets out to find more information. From Chun-Li's perspective it's revealed that she instead talked with Juri and wondering why she still is in pursuit of wicked and chaotic things. Explaining that with Bison gone she doesn't understand why Juri hasn't found peace. Juri asks her instead why she retired after Bison's death, insinuating she was a hypocrite for only being an agent till her own conquest was completed. Chun-Li retorts that if revenge was all Juri cared about she would not continue down a path of wickedness, insinuating Juri is searching for something she can't find. She asks her to atone for the bad things she's done in the past and still holds out hope for her, telling her "In a way... you too, are one of Bison's victims." just like her. Juri laughs this off like she usually does, telling Chun-Li she'll have to "lecture her harder" if she wants to get through to her.

After gathering some intel she seeks out Chun-Li. Despite hearing that she had retired, Juri refused to believe that she would not be intrigued by whatever information she had found. Initially, Chun-Li was apprehensive about Juri's intentions, particularly as Juri decided to introduce herself by challenging Chun-Li to a fight first. Fighting Chun-Li seems to restore a slither of happiness in Juri, whom was worried Chun-Li had "lost her touch.". Chun-Li thanked her for her concern before asking if a fight session was all she came for, Juri informs Chun-Li that she came to warn her instead. She'd found out some things that reinforced a belief that despite what they did during the events of Street Fighter V, there is more coming. When Chun-Li asks her to elaborate, Juri insinuates that she wants Chun-Li to beat it out of her if she wants to find it out, insinuating that Chun-Li herself and their no longer volatile rivalry is all Juri has left to be happy about these days.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Her left eye was damaged long ago and replaced with the Feng Shui Engine which amplifies her abilities. She tended to wear a purple dudou on her chest that was supported by eight straps which met on her back and formed a spider pattern. In addition, she wore long, baggy, off-white colored sweat pants and purple tights, and long, fingerless gloves. As an agent of S.I.N., she once came to be known by the nickname of Spider.

This sadistic thrillseeker enjoys the strife and suffering of others, taking immense joy in obliterating her foes.

Seth had said that Juri was no ordinary fighter but more akin to an untamed animal who sought to destroy and consume all that entered into her sight. She respected no law and had no morality with her doing whatever it took to achieve her goals that quenched her limitless thirst.

She fought purely for the thrill of the battle where unlike Ryu who sought meaning her drive was much more vengeful, selfish and ruthless. Juri was extremely sadistic where she liked to inflict pain on her foes. Extremely hot-tempered, she could easily lose her temper when she was struck back in retaliation without warning.

It was said that Juri had altered her own body as part of her insatiable lust for power.

Despite that, she was shown to possess some degree of honor. This was shown in one case where she left a young boy alive despite many civilians being caught in the crossfire.

Without revenge against M. Bison as a motivator, she whiles away her time in a gloomy haze.

However later on Juri is seen sitting on her motorcycle thinking about Chun-Li's words. Chun-Li's sympathy and support in calling her "one of Bison's victims too" seemed to finally start reaching her. Juri scoffs at these feelings, whispering to herself that she hates Chun-Li so much, for finally starting to get through to her.

Powers and abilities

Juri was born a human being with no special abilities originally. From a young age, she came to be a skilled practitioner in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do.

After joining S.I.N., she came to be implanted with a miniaturized Tanden Engine that was called the Feng Shui Engine (風水エンジン Fuusui Enjin?) which was the size of a human eyeball. The device was placed as a replacement for her left eye that had been destroyed years ago and enhanced her ability to channel her ki.

Among the techniques known to her included:

• Sekku (刹空, Sekkuu, Temple Air) : Senkaikyaku (殲廻脚)
• Tojushu (踏従襲 Toujuushuu?, Trampling Lesser Assault) :
• Kyoretsushu (虚裂蹴, Kyoretsushuu) :
• Enkushu (奄空襲, Enkuushuu) :
• Korenzan (鉤鎌斬, Kourenzan) :
• Kasatsushu (化殺襲, Kasatsushuu) :
• Kasatushi (化殺視 Kasatsushi?, "Deluding Killing Stare") :
• Senpusha (穿風車 Senpuusha?, "Drilling Windmill") :
• Fuharenjin (風破連刃 Fuuharenjin?, "Wind Breaking Chain Blades") :
• Fuha Enzan (風破円斬, Fuuha Enzan) :
• Feng Shui Engine (風水エンジン Fuusui Enjin?) :
• Feng Shui Engine Type alpha (風水エンジン type alpha Fuusui Enjin taipu arufa?) :
• Kaisen Dankairaku (回旋断界落 Kaisen Dankairaku?, "Spinning World-Ending Descent" or "Convolution Severing Realm Fall") :
• Sakkai Fuhazan (殺界風破斬 Sakkai Fuhazan?, "Killing Realm Wind Crushing Slash") :

Juri was once a member of the Shadaloo Information Network (S.I.N.) that had been the weapons division of the criminal organization of Shadaloo.

Notes

• Juri was created by Yoshinori Ono where she featured as an antagonist in the Street Fighter universe.
• Originally, the character was http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/development_blog/2009/11/04_366.html envisioned] as being a nice person who simply consorted with evil people but Ono said, "she can't be a good girl. Surprise everyone and make her a really evil chick."

In other media

Video games

• In Street Fighter × Tekken, Juri appeared as a playable character in the setting of the crossover video game where she was voiced by actress Jessica Straus. She was seen defeating Ling Xiaoyu during Bison's raid on Mishima Zaibatsu. Juri kicks Xiaoyu into Jin Kazama's office, where Jin is fighting off Bison. Seeing Xiaoyu being beaten down causes Jin to give in to the power of the Devil Gene, and he quickly grabs Juri by her head, but hesitates to finish her off as he is trying to regain control of his body. Juri takes the opportunity to activate her Feng Shui Engine and kick Jin away, and Bison intervenes and strikes Jin down, using his trademark Psycho Crusher to finish him off. However, Jin is finally transformed by his Devil Gene as both stare at him, intimidated by his power. Juri and Bison's ending is similar to that of fellow Shadaloo members Vega and Balrog. Bison begins harnessing Pandora and plans to take over the world. While he is seemingly distracted, Juri attempts to strike him down. Bison easily avoids her attack by teleporting above her, and tells her that he knew all along what she was up to, mocking her predictability. As the tension mounts, the power of Pandora awakens within them and the two begin charging at each other. The screen then fades to black. After defeating M. Bison, she falls under the evil influence of Pandora, and goes to fight in many tournaments around the world against other fighters, eventually getting the attention of many tournament hosts around the world to want her to fight for them.

Comics

• In Super Street Fighter: New Generations (2013), Juri appeared in the setting of the non-canon comic produced by UDON. As a teenager, she was not yet a capable Tae-kwon-do fighter and is being trained by her instructor during a sparring match. Her parents are present during her defeat and she is lectured by her mother for not showing much improvement. Her father is called by fellow prosecutors relating to the prosecution of Shadaloo and M. Bison. Juri had dinner with her parents where she learns of her father plans to prosecute members of Shadaloo, he tells her that this job is important and it is his duty to convict these criminals just as it is her duty not to let down the Han family. Juri feels pressured by her parents' expectations of her during their dinner, she travels with her parents to see her father off at the airport; however, their car is suddenly attacked by Shadaloo at the request of Bison himself. A stray round caught Juri in the left eye and left her comatose for a month. Upon awakening, she found out that her mother was murdered by Shadaloo and her father was taken and ransomed by Bison, and later was murdered by him live on camera after his ransom was not paid by the South Korean government. Five months after the assassination of the Han family, Juri fell into a deep depression and developed an immense hatred for Bison. While planning her revenge, she tells her master to teach her everything he knows. Her prowess in later years would catch the interest of Seth and S.I.N.

Appearances

• Super Street Fighter IV:

External Links

• Street Fighter Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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