It is reveal that ken, dan, and sakura has the Dark hadou, every one that practice the same style as ryu.. go to www.capcomcomics.com and go up under street fighter IV, you will see the front cover page with evil ryu and evil ken. Aton Crow
It is also seen in the Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist that, while learning to channel the Hadou, Ken's early failures motivated him to try the Satsui no Hadou. With a single try, he surpassed Ryu's progression. Gunthaar
Is this section really necessary? 1stLtLombardi 18:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC) Yes... 阿修羅96 19:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok, if you say so. 1stLtLombardi 16:36, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Is he really 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 American? Is he not a pure American Kung-Fu mania?
You do know that Ken is more then half Japanese right? Newborns get more of their chromosomes from the mother. It's a scientific fact. Talking about birth has to do with science, not math. In blood he is more Japanese but in region he is American. Even if he wasn't born in America he would still be American because of his father being born in USA. So yeah. Violent-Ken-Masters 05:32, 5 October 2006
Removed a conjectural line from the article: "Ken's Tatsumakisenpukyaku didn't knock you out and even though it does a lot of hits, you're still hanging in there." -- Mitsukai 18:25, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
From SSF2T onwards, Ken's basics as well as specials differ from Ryu's (a simple example's the different overheads, though Ken has a different set of kicks and Ryu has a hop-kick in the Alpha series)
Hey Mitsukai, do you have a link to the offical biography? Or did you get the info from a game booklet? I know it sounds lame but I like reading about the history of characters in fighting games so I was wondering if you have that link? I've searched for it but haven't been able to find it. If you are talking about the book "All about Capcom" from Studio Bent Stuff I don't think it is official. That company does these kind of books for a whole bunch of different games from a bunch of different companies. Their info sometimes has conflicts with later releases of games, as far as I can remember.
Take a look at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is not an instruction manual.
While Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places, and things, Wikipedia articles should not include instruction - advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions, or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, and recipes.
See? Explain to me why move lists don't fall under that category. If you can't, it's gone. -- Yar Kramer 04:10, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I don't believe this is worth mentioning for a number of reasons:
Because of these reasons, I don't even think it merits a mention in the Ken Masters article, although I'm willing to give a passing "The Ken of the NES game is not related to this Ken at all" in the trivia section a chance. Danny Lilithborne 00:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Is his fighting style really "Goutetsu-style Ansatsuken learned from Gouken" isn't it just "Ansatsuken learned from Gouken" or "Gouken style Ansatsuken" ?? Didn't Gouken reject Goutetsus violent style?? Aeneiden-Rex 14:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Why Ken Masters was the original name for Kobra in MK: Deception?
Because he looked a lot like him. MightyKombat 12:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Isn't Ken 178cm tall? I played Street Fighter VI in www.everyvideogame.com and there was written that Ken's height is 178cm and also American sources say that Ken is 5'10" tall. There are two different versions of Street Fighter, The American version and the Japanese Verison. And the American version tells that Ken Masters is 178cm tall.
I saw in the UDON Street Fighter comic that Ryu is 5`10 and Ken is 5`11 and also more info like blood type —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alen-san ( talk • contribs) 09:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Could somebody tell me why this infobox and the Ryu one have been changed to a CVG one, whereas all the others are still Streetfighter ones? I must say, I liked the other one with height and weight. Cheers. DavyJonesLocker 12:07, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
It's been replaced with the new infobox so we can have a unified appearance and always have the fields for certain important real-world facts, and the Street Fighter sub-box doesn't have the ridiculous trivia (gender? Height? Weight?) because it's unverifiable and wholly unencyclopedic. The reason that only a few characters have it is because I'm the only one converting infoboxes, and it's a very tedious job so I don't spend a lot of time doing it. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 14:26, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
It's probably too late now you've changed the lot of them, but I'm a bit disappointed that doesn't have the stats. And birthdate's gone too. DavyJonesLocker 13:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Actually it stop at SFIV not SFIII —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.188.4.4 ( talk) 02:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
This article is nothing more than a glorified fictional biography of Ken Masters than an actual encyclopedic article about him as a video game character. It doesn't elaborate on his evolution as a second-player version of Ryu to a character in his own right besides a brief paragraph. It doesn't even bother mentioning how he attained the surname Masters. Then again, you can say the same thing about every Street Fighter article, but still. Jonny2x4 21:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Should there be a section for Ken parodies? I can think of a scene in Jackie Chan's City Hunter where apon falling into a Street Fighter 2 arcade machine, Jackie imagines the villain's blonde long-haired henchmen as Ken complete with SF2 theme music. I'm sure for such a recognisable character there are more. Or would this just be wasting space? CSkankRabbit 17:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Why is this article called "Ken (Street Fighter)" and not "Ken Masters"? I'm pretty sure it's Wikipedia policy to have the person's full name as the article name if it's known, and also to try to avoid names with brackets in them. --- Silent RAGE! 12:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Of course, that wouldn't be common sense. Nor is this here matching up to the standards set by the rest of wikipedia in terms of fictional articles.-- Kung Fu Man 01:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Why does this article not mention the origin of Ken's last name, whereas Ken Carson does? Kouban 18:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Something else which I think merits inclusion is the fact that Ken's theme music opens with a hook virtually identical to Cheap Trick's Mighty Wings. Kouban 19:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Sabishii_Kage 00:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Sabishii_Kage 00:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I think something hasn't been considered: even without thinking about the common name/complete name debate, this article should still be named Ken Masters for disambiguation purpose. It can't simply be Ken, and Ken (Street Fighter) is overall less precise than Ken Masters. Kariteh 21:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
The Ken Carson article discusses this issue, and without attribution. This very page is named "Ken Masters" without mention of how this came about. Are you people really so focused on orthodoxy that you'll refuse to put in a blurb about Capcom and Mattel? 76.102.100.52 ( talk) 00:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
If it helps, "Masters" is mentioned onscreen in both SF3:2nd Impact and SFA3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.18.226 ( talk) 15:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
In Street Fighter One, Ken is not a strict head + palette swap. Ryu has booties or something while Ken is bare footed. The rest of the games it is true however. Borrada 15:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
idk about you but I have NEVER remotely heard of anyone being recognized by simple sparring gloves.
why this power satu no hadou has not meant with ken yet?
Sabishii_Kage 07:23, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Please discuss the moves over at the Talk:Sakura (Street Fighter) before removing tags and moving pages. Dan Lander ( talk) 02:37, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
do violent ken have the satsui no hadou/ orochi power? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allen jackson ( talk • contribs) 17:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
"Violent Ken" is Ken under control of M. Bison (Vega), using the Psycho Power. Ken has yet to have an incarnation where he utilizes the Satsui no Hadō. 16:55, 28 October 2009 (UTC) Shin Kairi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.205.16.3 ( talk)
The link for "Christian Howard" is not correct. It says that 'he' is a 'she' in the link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.88.83.172 ( talk) 02:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC) He's Ken, Howard is the character. Lg16spears ( talk) 13:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Ken is also a main character in the game series, i think he's a secondary one! Lg16spears ( talk) 13:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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It is reveal that ken, dan, and sakura has the Dark hadou, every one that practice the same style as ryu.. go to www.capcomcomics.com and go up under street fighter IV, you will see the front cover page with evil ryu and evil ken. Aton Crow
It is also seen in the Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist that, while learning to channel the Hadou, Ken's early failures motivated him to try the Satsui no Hadou. With a single try, he surpassed Ryu's progression. Gunthaar
Is this section really necessary? 1stLtLombardi 18:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC) Yes... 阿修羅96 19:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok, if you say so. 1stLtLombardi 16:36, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Is he really 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 American? Is he not a pure American Kung-Fu mania?
You do know that Ken is more then half Japanese right? Newborns get more of their chromosomes from the mother. It's a scientific fact. Talking about birth has to do with science, not math. In blood he is more Japanese but in region he is American. Even if he wasn't born in America he would still be American because of his father being born in USA. So yeah. Violent-Ken-Masters 05:32, 5 October 2006
Removed a conjectural line from the article: "Ken's Tatsumakisenpukyaku didn't knock you out and even though it does a lot of hits, you're still hanging in there." -- Mitsukai 18:25, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
From SSF2T onwards, Ken's basics as well as specials differ from Ryu's (a simple example's the different overheads, though Ken has a different set of kicks and Ryu has a hop-kick in the Alpha series)
Hey Mitsukai, do you have a link to the offical biography? Or did you get the info from a game booklet? I know it sounds lame but I like reading about the history of characters in fighting games so I was wondering if you have that link? I've searched for it but haven't been able to find it. If you are talking about the book "All about Capcom" from Studio Bent Stuff I don't think it is official. That company does these kind of books for a whole bunch of different games from a bunch of different companies. Their info sometimes has conflicts with later releases of games, as far as I can remember.
Take a look at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is not an instruction manual.
While Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places, and things, Wikipedia articles should not include instruction - advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions, or contain "how-to"s. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, and recipes.
See? Explain to me why move lists don't fall under that category. If you can't, it's gone. -- Yar Kramer 04:10, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I don't believe this is worth mentioning for a number of reasons:
Because of these reasons, I don't even think it merits a mention in the Ken Masters article, although I'm willing to give a passing "The Ken of the NES game is not related to this Ken at all" in the trivia section a chance. Danny Lilithborne 00:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Is his fighting style really "Goutetsu-style Ansatsuken learned from Gouken" isn't it just "Ansatsuken learned from Gouken" or "Gouken style Ansatsuken" ?? Didn't Gouken reject Goutetsus violent style?? Aeneiden-Rex 14:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Why Ken Masters was the original name for Kobra in MK: Deception?
Because he looked a lot like him. MightyKombat 12:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Isn't Ken 178cm tall? I played Street Fighter VI in www.everyvideogame.com and there was written that Ken's height is 178cm and also American sources say that Ken is 5'10" tall. There are two different versions of Street Fighter, The American version and the Japanese Verison. And the American version tells that Ken Masters is 178cm tall.
I saw in the UDON Street Fighter comic that Ryu is 5`10 and Ken is 5`11 and also more info like blood type —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alen-san ( talk • contribs) 09:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Could somebody tell me why this infobox and the Ryu one have been changed to a CVG one, whereas all the others are still Streetfighter ones? I must say, I liked the other one with height and weight. Cheers. DavyJonesLocker 12:07, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
It's been replaced with the new infobox so we can have a unified appearance and always have the fields for certain important real-world facts, and the Street Fighter sub-box doesn't have the ridiculous trivia (gender? Height? Weight?) because it's unverifiable and wholly unencyclopedic. The reason that only a few characters have it is because I'm the only one converting infoboxes, and it's a very tedious job so I don't spend a lot of time doing it. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 14:26, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
It's probably too late now you've changed the lot of them, but I'm a bit disappointed that doesn't have the stats. And birthdate's gone too. DavyJonesLocker 13:38, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Actually it stop at SFIV not SFIII —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.188.4.4 ( talk) 02:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
This article is nothing more than a glorified fictional biography of Ken Masters than an actual encyclopedic article about him as a video game character. It doesn't elaborate on his evolution as a second-player version of Ryu to a character in his own right besides a brief paragraph. It doesn't even bother mentioning how he attained the surname Masters. Then again, you can say the same thing about every Street Fighter article, but still. Jonny2x4 21:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Should there be a section for Ken parodies? I can think of a scene in Jackie Chan's City Hunter where apon falling into a Street Fighter 2 arcade machine, Jackie imagines the villain's blonde long-haired henchmen as Ken complete with SF2 theme music. I'm sure for such a recognisable character there are more. Or would this just be wasting space? CSkankRabbit 17:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Why is this article called "Ken (Street Fighter)" and not "Ken Masters"? I'm pretty sure it's Wikipedia policy to have the person's full name as the article name if it's known, and also to try to avoid names with brackets in them. --- Silent RAGE! 12:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Of course, that wouldn't be common sense. Nor is this here matching up to the standards set by the rest of wikipedia in terms of fictional articles.-- Kung Fu Man 01:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Why does this article not mention the origin of Ken's last name, whereas Ken Carson does? Kouban 18:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Something else which I think merits inclusion is the fact that Ken's theme music opens with a hook virtually identical to Cheap Trick's Mighty Wings. Kouban 19:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Sabishii_Kage 00:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Sabishii_Kage 00:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I think something hasn't been considered: even without thinking about the common name/complete name debate, this article should still be named Ken Masters for disambiguation purpose. It can't simply be Ken, and Ken (Street Fighter) is overall less precise than Ken Masters. Kariteh 21:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
The Ken Carson article discusses this issue, and without attribution. This very page is named "Ken Masters" without mention of how this came about. Are you people really so focused on orthodoxy that you'll refuse to put in a blurb about Capcom and Mattel? 76.102.100.52 ( talk) 00:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
If it helps, "Masters" is mentioned onscreen in both SF3:2nd Impact and SFA3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.18.226 ( talk) 15:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
In Street Fighter One, Ken is not a strict head + palette swap. Ryu has booties or something while Ken is bare footed. The rest of the games it is true however. Borrada 15:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
idk about you but I have NEVER remotely heard of anyone being recognized by simple sparring gloves.
why this power satu no hadou has not meant with ken yet?
Sabishii_Kage 07:23, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Please discuss the moves over at the Talk:Sakura (Street Fighter) before removing tags and moving pages. Dan Lander ( talk) 02:37, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
do violent ken have the satsui no hadou/ orochi power? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allen jackson ( talk • contribs) 17:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
"Violent Ken" is Ken under control of M. Bison (Vega), using the Psycho Power. Ken has yet to have an incarnation where he utilizes the Satsui no Hadō. 16:55, 28 October 2009 (UTC) Shin Kairi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.205.16.3 ( talk)
The link for "Christian Howard" is not correct. It says that 'he' is a 'she' in the link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.88.83.172 ( talk) 02:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC) He's Ken, Howard is the character. Lg16spears ( talk) 13:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
Ken is also a main character in the game series, i think he's a secondary one! Lg16spears ( talk) 13:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
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I know he grew up, and lived in America, but where is he from? Is he from California? 68.197.64.93 ( talk) 21:07, 1 November 2022 (UTC)