* Street Fighter Zero *

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* Street Fighter Zero *
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* ORIGINAL JAPANESE NAMES LIST *
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* The more you play it, The better it gets! *
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Release 2.0. Nov. 22, 1995.

Written by Patrick Beja ([email protected]).
Please send all correction or comments to the above adress.

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* Introduction *
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Most of the people outside of japan don't really care about the
original names for special moves (the games plays the same anyway... :).

However, some of us are interested in staying close to the "real"
ones, and in their meanings (get to Dan's section to see what I mean!).
As it is difficult to get them, I made this small list for the real
SF diehards. It includes almost all the move names and there translation.

I know you will probably not use it everyday, but I hope it will at least
entertain you a bit, as it took me a LOT to compile...
Have fun!

NOTES:
- As my source is mainly Gamest magazine, the names should be the official
ones (directly from Capcom).
- The translations are aproximative, as I made them myself. :)
- This release should be the final one. It's not 100% complete, but the
things left will probably stay mysterious for at least one or two years,
so I guess this is the best I can get for now.
- Release 1.2 was on my site for a while. It had some major changes in the
parts I had problems with, thanks to a few Net helpers.
- Release 1.1 wasn't even posted, as other corrections came just after.
To know what's new since first release, check the credits part.
No major changes, just few and nice ones... :)

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Table of contents:
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Introduction

0.1- List format reading \
0.2- Pronounciation / Skip these if you want the real stuff quick!

1- Ryu |
2- Ken |
3- Chun Li \ Characters with japanese move names.
4- Guy | --------
5- Sodom / < Cool! I'm not here for nothing! >
6- Gouki (Akuma) |
7- Dan |

8- Nash (Charlie) |
9- Birdie |
10- Adon \ Characters with english move names.
11- Rose / -------
12- Sagat | < Well, I can still give the official ones... >
13- Vega (M.Bison) |

14- Help needed (?)
15- Where to reach me
16- Credits

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0.1- The list is formated like this:
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Character's original name - Name translation (if it exists)

--- moves:

** If the name is originaly a japanese name (w/ or w/o chinese characters):

Japanese name Word for word translation Usual translation

A capital letter for A capital letter for Just the most
each new kanji (chin. each new corresponding common
character), and a kanji, and a space for "understandable"
space for each new each new word. translation.
word (several kanjis
can form one word). Even if this looks confuse, you'll get it when
you read it... :)

** If the name is just an english name transcription:

Japanese transcrip. Normal english name Usualy used name

Each kana (japanese Just the original and The most usualy
character) is hopefully official name. used name for this
translated by two move.
letters, exept the 'n'
and vowels. There is
a space between words.

0.2- Pronounciation:
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As you probably know, the japanese language is not writen with roman
characters, so their roman transcription is a bit uneasy.
If you do not know how they should be pronounced, here is a simple table
to help you:

NB: The explanations designed to be understandable by a beginer with no
particular knowledge of language science; I know some of the Net users
don't perfectly speak english (and I couldn't really do something
scientific anyway... ^-^ ).

Transcription Pronounciation

a The a of "fAr".
i The i of "Ill".
u The ou of "yOU" (get the 'y' out).
aa,ii,uu The vowel is about twice as long as normaly.

e The e of "hEy" (stop before the 'y').
ei same as obove, but about twice as long.
o The o of "hellO".
ou same as obove, but about twice as long.

ha The ha of "HArd".
jya The ja of "JAm".

n The n of "oN".

r The 'r' is between an 'r' and a 'l'. Try saying "rude"
while putting your tong on the top of your mouth, but
do not insist on it; let it go between 'r' and 'l'.
The resulting 'r' should be *about* it...

tt, pp, kk... stop your tongue brutaly and make a very short pause
before letting the sound out.

Ex: SHOU RYUU REPPA is said:
-Shou: SHO O (Do not separate the first and second 'O'. The 'O'
should last about 0.6 sec. Am I not precise ? ^-^)
-Ryuu: RYOU +OU (Same as above, but remember the 'r' thing.)
-Reppa: REP' <stop speaking at the begining of the p, pause for ~0.2 sec.>
your mouth is closed, then--> PA

Do this a few times, until you get it naturaly, and then look at the
people around you, and try to explain to them that you are NOT crazy. :-)

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1- Ryu - Ryu could mean something, but it does not mean "dragon".
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Normal moves:
Sen Puu Kyaku Spining (=Whirl) Wind Kick Spining Kick
SaKotsu Wari CollarBone Breaker Overhead Punch

Special moves:
Ha Dou Ken Wave Motion Punch Fireball
Shou Ryuu Ken Rising Dragon Punch Dragon Punch
TatsuMaki SenPuu Kyaku Tornado Whirlwind Kick Whirlwind Kick

Super combos:
ShinKuu HadouKen Vacuum Wave Motion Punch Vacuum Fireball
ShinKuu TatsuMakiSenpuuKyaku Vacuum Whirlwind Kick
Vacuum Tornado Whirlwind Kick

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2- Ken Masters - Ken is just the american normal name,
--------------- and is not the ken that means "sword" in japanese.

Normal moves:
Zen Pou Ten Shin Forward Direction Roll Body Body Roll
InaZuma Kakato Wari Lighting Axe-kick Breaker Axe Kick

Special moves:
Ha Dou Ken Wave Motion Punch Fireball
Shou Ryuu Ken Rising Dragon Punch Dragon Punch
TatsuMaki SenPuu Kyaku Tornado Whirlwind Kick Whirlwind Kick

Super combos:
Shou Ryuu RepPa Rising Dragon Violent Mangler Rising Dragon Breaker
Shin Ryuu Ken God Dragon Punch Spin Dragon Punch

NB: Allen Kim translates "Shin Ryu Ken" as "God of Dragon Punches"
in his FAQ. This is a figurative translation meant to be more explicit.
The word to word translation is "the Dragon God's Punch" (as oposed to
"the [plain/simple] dragon punch").

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3- Chun Li - Chun means "spring" and Li means "beautiful".
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Normal moves:
You Sou Kyaku Hawk Claw Kick Talon Stomp
KakKyaku Raku Crane Kick Fall Knee Flip

Special moves:
Hyaku Retsu Kyaku Hundred Burst Kick Lighting Kick
Ten Shou Kyaku Skys Rising Kick Rising Kick
Ki Kou Ken Energy Realize Punch Fireball
Sen En Kyaku Spining Circle Kick Split Kick

Super combos:
Sen Retsu Kyaku Thousand Burst Kick Thousand Burst Kick
Ki Kou Shou Energy Realize Palm-of-hand Power Storm
Ha San TenShouKyaku Endless Rising Kick
Supreme Mountain Skys Rising Kick

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4- Guy
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Normal moves:
Ren Sukui? Sickle Scoop? Slide
Chuu Otoshi Elbow Drop Elbow Drop

Special moves:
Bu Shin Izuna Otoshi Army God Izuna Drop Bushido Leap
Bu Shin SenPuu Kyaku Army God Whirlwind Kick Rising Spin Kick
Shitsu Kake Quick Rush Bushido Run

Super combos:
Bu Shin Gou Rai Kyaku Army God Hard Thunder Kick Bushido Rage
Bu Shin HasSou Ken Bushido Jump
Army God Eight Pairs (of) Punches
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5- Sodom
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Normal moves:
Kou Ten OkiAgari Back Roll Get-up Tengu walk

Special moves:
JiGoku Sukureipu Hell Scrape Jitte slice
ButsuMetsu Basutaa [Unluckyest day] Buster Power bomb
Daikyou Baaningu [Great misfortune] Burning Carpet drop

NB: ButsuMetsu and Daikyouu are Buddhist notions, somehow extended to
non-religious matters, as the japanese people are (traditionaly)
very supersticious. There are, theoricaly, good and bad elements
in every category of things: days, months, years, words, names,
blood type...
In shorts:
Butsumetsu is the unluckyest day in the Buddhist calendar.
Daikyouu is the worst possible luck in Buddhism.

Super combos:
Ten Chuu Satsu Heaven(ly) Punishment Killer Mega jitte slice
Meido No Miyage Hades' Present Mega power bomb

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6- Gouki - Gouki is called Akuma outside of Japan.
--------- Gou means "great" and Ki means "demon". Akuma means "devil".

Note: The "Gou" in the names move is the same as the one of GouKi, so they
can also be interpreted as "Akuma's" move. ---
Ex: Gou HaDouKen is Great HaDouKen, or Akuma's HaDouKen.

Normal moves:
Zu Gai Ha Satsu Head Over Finishing Killer Overhead chop
Ten Ma Kuu Jin Kyaku Skys Evil Air Blade Kick Diving kick
Zen Pou Ten Shin Forward Direction Roll Body Body roll

Special moves:
Gou Ha Dou Ken Great Wave Motion Punch Fireball
ShakuNetsu Ha Dou Ken Extreme Heat Wave Motion Punch Flaming Fireball
Zan Kuu HaDouKen Slicing Air Wave Motion Punch Air Fireball
Gou Shou Ryuu Ken Great Rising Dragon Punch Dragon punch
HyakKi Shuu Hundred Demon Attack Rolling hop attack
TatsuMaki Zan Kuu Kyaku Whirlwind Slicing Air Leg Whirlwind kick
Ashura SenKuu Ashura Flash Air Teleport

Note: An ashura is one of the possible bouddhist re-incarnations, in which
creatures come back when they died in great frustration.
They are very powerfull demons, always angry and fighting with
scaring rage. In short, Akuma.
So he is a living dead ? His name, his moves names, the Kanji on his
gi (Ten: Skys, or Heavens), and his story (he disapeared long ago)
seem to show he has something to do with death...

Super combos:
MesSatsu Gou HaDou Anihilating Killer Great Wave Motion
Double Vacuum Fireball
Ten Ma Gou Zan Kuu Skys Evil Great Slicing Air
Air Vacuum Fireball
MesSatsu Gou ShoRyuu Anihilate Killer Great Rising Dragon
Rising Dragon Breaker
Shun Goku Satsu Instant Hellish Death Raging Demon

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7- Hibiki Dan - Hi means fire, Biki means Minus, and Dan means Bullet,
-------------- wich should give something like "small fireball".

Special moves:
Ga Dou Ken Ego Way Punch Fireball
Kou Ryuu Ken Shining Dragon Punch Dragon Punch
Dan Kuu Kyaku Cutting Air Kick Gale kick
or Judging,
or Apologising!...

Super combos:
ShinKuu HaDoKen Shake Skys Wave Motion Punch Vacuum Fireball
Kou Ryuu RekKa Shining Dragon Violent Fire Rising Dragon Breaker
Hitsu Shou Mu Rai Ken Certain Victory Hopeless Request Technique
Desperation Move

NB1: RekKa is formed of the kanjis Retsu and Ka, and
ReTsuKan means "inferiority complex", but writen with other kanjis.
Coincindence? Probably... But it fits Dan so well! ^-^

NB2: Dan's move names probably have lots of readings and probably
double (or triple) meanings. This is very common in the japanese
language, but I'm afraid this is where my abilities become a bit
insuficient. Maybe I'll update this list in a few years... ;-)

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8- Nash - Nash is called Charlie outside of Japan.
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Normal moves:
Supiningu bakku nakkuru Spining back knuckle Spining Backfist
Suteppu kikku Step kick Step Kick
Jyanpingu sobatto Jumping sobat jumping spin kick

Special moves:
Samaasoruto sheru Somersault shell Somersault kick
Sonikku buumu Sonic boom Sonic boom

Super combos:
Sonikku Bureiku Sonic break Multiple sonic booms
Kurosu Faia Burittsu Crossfire blitz Rushing kicks
Somaasoruto Jyasutisu Somersault justice Multiple somersaults

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9- Birdie
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Normal moves:
Bodi puresu Body press Angel drop

Special moves:
Buru heddo Bull head Headbutt rush
Buru houn Bull horn Turn around headbutt
Maadaraa chein Murderer chain Chain grab

Super combos:
Buru ribenjyaa Bull revenger Leaping chain grab
Za baadi The birdie Mega headbutt rush

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10- Adon
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Normal moves:
Jyattingu kikku Jutting kick Upward kick

Special moves:
Jyaguaa kikku Jaguar kick Jaguar kick
Raijingu jyaguaa Raging jaguar Jaguar knee
Jyaguaa tuusu Jaguar tooth Jaguar tooth

Super combos:
Jyaguaa riborubaa Jaguar revolver Jaguar revolver
Jyaguaa bariidu asaruto Jaguar varied assault Jaguar assault

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11- Rose
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Normal moves:
Suraidingu Sliding Slide

Special moves:
Souru rifurekuto Soul reflect Soul reflect
Souru supaaku Soul spark Soul spark
Souru suruu Soul throw Soul throw

Super combos:
Oura souru suruu Aura Soul throw Soul throw
Oura souru supaaku Aura Soul spark Soul spark
Souru iriujyon Soul illusion Soul illusion

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12- Sagat - Possibly a coincidence, but Sagat means "protect" in thai.
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Special moves:
Taigaa shotto Tiger shot Tiger shot
Taigaa kurasshu Tiger crush Tiger crush
Taigaa burou Tiger blow Tiger blow (upper)

Super combos:
Taigaa kyanon Tiger cannon Tiger cannon
Taigaa reido Tiger raid Tiger raid (rush)
Taigaa jyenosaido Tiger genocide Tiger genocide

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13- Vega - Vega is called M.Bison outside of Japan.
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Special moves:
Saiko shotto Psycho shot Psycho shot
Heddo puresu Head press Head stomp
Samaasoruto sukaru daiba Somersault skull diver Demon flight
Daburu nii puresu Double knee press Knee press
Bega waapu Vega warp Teleport

Super combos:
Nii puresu naitomea Knee press nightmare Knee press nightmare
Saiko kurasshaa Psycho crusher Psycho crusher

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14- I need help (?)
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This section is more or less useless now, as most of the names are
probably the exact ones. Translations could certainly be enhanced, though.
Still, If you see any mistake, please feel free to submit it to me.

One thing that still needs to be TOTALY confirmed (but is almost shure
anyway) is Guy's slide second Kanji (Sukui?).

A nice ASCII title would also be welcome... ^-^

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15- Where you can reach me:
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My E-mail adress: [email protected]
My SFZero W3 site:
- http://perso.club-internet.fr/beja/sfz.html
My own site. Beware if you're in the US, it will probably be slow...
- http://hannibal.mit.edu/things/people/beja/sfz/sfz.html
Much better; besides, it is in the US, so all you american
net surfers can get a clean loading time ^-^
(Thanks to my friend Julien Beasley who kindly lends my a piece of
disk space. Try out his site: http://hanibal.mit.edu/ )

If you live in Paris, or if you're comming for a few days, I'll be glad
to show you the nicest arcades in the city, and of course to spend a few
francs with you in a SF machine !

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16- Credits:
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Has grown bigger since 1st ed. Huge thanks to all the ones who helped.

* Gamest magazine: almost all the move names.
Gamest is a japanese bi-monthly magazine specialized in arcade games.

* Allen Kim <[email protected]>:
He is the FAQ's maintainer (I used V2.0 a LOT to correct this revision,
especialy for Sodom, which was quite a hard one :-)
He also helped me for a few problems I had with my own translations.

His FAQ (and a lot of others) can be found at:
ftp://brawl.mindlink.net in /pub/sfa/
ftp://ftp.netcom.com in /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs/
and is regularly posted to the < alt.games.sf2 > newsgroup.

* Brian Matthew Paegel <[email protected]>:
Primary "Shaku" translanslation that makes sense:
Red (Akuma's red fireball).

* Acid Junkie <[email protected]>:
Second correction for "Shaku":
a word is formed "Shaku" and "Netsu" (Extreme Heat--> Flaming!).
How wonderful playing with words can be... ^-^

* Nathan Rosen <[email protected]>:
"jyattingu" being jutting (Adon's upward kick).
"Sagat"'s (probably coincidencial) meaning.

* And of course, Capcom, for making *the best fighting game* Street Fighter
again !

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So I think that's all...

The last word will be:
Try SFZ, it's great and full of new stuff. Begin with an old character to
get used to the new features, and then try the new ones; you will then
realise how inovative they are and how much Capcom worked on the game to
give new ways of playing and new strategies (especialy for Guy and Rose).

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