Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki (Japanese: 火引 弾, Hepburn: Hibiki Dan) is a character from Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game franchise. Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha (1995), Dan is consistently portrayed as an overconfident, arrogant and utterly feeble character. In the series' storyline, Dan was a student trained by Gouken—elder brother of Akuma—who also trained Ken and Ryu. Gouken stopped training Dan once he acknowledged the ulterior reasons Dan has in his mind. Dan's goal is to defeat fellow fighter Sagat, who killed Go, Dan's father, in a brutal fight that resulted in the loss of Sagat's right eye. After Sagat pretended that he was defeated, Dan opened an unsuccessful school for his fighting style, Saikyo-ryu ("Strongest style"). He has appeared in several sequels as well as crossovers games Capcom had with other franchices. Dan Hibiki was created to parody Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, the two lead characters of SNK's Art of Fighting series. While his existence was foreshadowed in promotional artwork of Street Fighter II, it was not until the Alpha trilogy that he was properly introduced. Since then, Dan has become a fan favorite due to his humorous design, signature moves and mannerisms. He has often been praised for being a weak character that players aim to become expert at while his role in the story was praised due to the multiple references to Art of Fighting. However, the idea of Dan being a weak character also received negative response.