{"id":19441,"date":"2023-06-12T16:37:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T07:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=19441"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:14:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:14:27","slug":"20230612-19441","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230612-19441\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Fighter&#8217;s Ryu isn\u2019t broke and jobless after all? Fans\u2019 hobo theory officially proven false\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dialogue from <strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong> has disproven the popular fan theory that Ryu is unemployed and penniless. A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masakate\/status\/1667748601345478656?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a> that presents official proof of Ryu being loaded has gone viral. Fans are also expressing newly found appreciation for his friend Ken\u2019s kindness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryu is the main protagonist of Capcom\u2019s Street Fighter, appearing in each title since the original Street Fighter. He is known among fans for his non-materialistic character and ascetic lifestyle, caring only for the mastery of martial arts. Ryu carries only the bare essentials with him and goes around barefoot, having rejected the concept of shoes. His rough appearance has earned him the reputation of being too poor to even buy clothes, with fans lovingly calling him penniless and considering him an overall \u201chobo.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"19444\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/202306120-19441-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/202306120-19441-001.jpg 345w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/202306120-19441-001-273x380.jpg 273w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/202306120-19441-001-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/202306120-19441-001-300x417.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/202306120-19441-001-302x420.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Official art of Ryu laundering what many fans consider his only set of clothes, naked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There had been statements to disprove such beliefs previously, such as when Shoei Okano, the artist who worked on creating some of the Street Fighter characters, commented in an interview that he often sees fanart depicting Ryu as a poor person, but that he did not at all have the intention of making Ryu poor when creating him, assuring fans that Ryu has a lot of money. However,&nbsp;Ryu\u2019s broke impression seemed to be rather strong, and with the sources of his income still being a mystery, the hobo theory remained popular.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now, in the latest Street Fighter 6, Ryu\u2019s financial situation has finally been clarified and, to the dissatisfaction of some fans, the theory that he is penniless has been disproven.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u9577\u5e74\u306e\u3044\u308f\u308c\u306a\u304d\u6587\u7121\u3057\u7591\u60d1\u306b\u6c7a\u7740<br>\u30ea\u30e5\u30a6\u306f\u6570\u591a\u306e\u5927\u4f1a\u512a\u52dd\u8cde\u91d1\u3092\u30ed\u30af\u306b\u4f7f\u308f\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u30d6\u30e9\u30c3\u30af\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\uff08\u30b1\u30f3\u304c\u4f5c\u3063\u305f\uff09\u306b\u4e00\u751f\u98df\u3046\u306b\u56f0\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3060\u3051\u306e\u91d1\u304c\u3042\u308b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYic61RNlg\">pic.twitter.com\/mYic61RNlg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5f80\u4e43\uff0f\u3044\u3061\u306d\u3053\u305a\u304d\uff20skeb\u52df\u96c6\u4e2d (@masakate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masakate\/status\/1667748601345478656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation: <\/strong>The unjustified suspicions about him being broke that have gone on for years have finally been disproven. Ryu rarely ever spends much of his tournament prize money and has enough savings on his Black Card (made by Ken) to eat well for the rest of his life.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the rest of the dialogue attached, Ryu explains he has no idea how much money he has earned up until now through tournament prizes, guest appearances, receiving thanks for resolving brawls and similar, but that Ken had been receiving it all on his behalf and managing his funds. Ryu says Ken made him a Black Card, telling him that everything on the card is money he earned on his own and that he should use it freely. Ryu remarks that with his current spending habits, the savings will probably last him a lifetime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6700\u5f8c\u306e\u30b1\u30f3\u306b\u7ba1\u7406\u3057\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3063\u3066\u308b\u767a\u8a00\u2026<br>\u304a\u524d\u3089\u306f\u592b\u5a66\u304b\uff01\uff01<br>\u30b1\u30f3\u306b\u306f\u59bb\u5b50\u304c\u3044\u308b\u3051\u3069\u3001\u307e\u304b\u305b\u3089\u308c\u308b\u307b\u3069\u306e\u4ef2\u306a\u3093\u3060\u308d\u3046\u306a\u3041<\/p>&mdash; \u30b5\u30ef\u30ad\u30fb\u30b2\u30fc\u30de\u30fc (@Sawaki_3190) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sawaki_3190\/status\/1667960908667318275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation: <\/strong>The part where he says Ken manages everything for him&#8230;are you guys married?? Ken has a wife, but he\u2019s close enough to Ryu to be trusted like this<\/font>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweet has since received over 6000 interactions, with fans being shocked at Ryu\u2019s unexpected wealth. But even more than that, fans seem to be touched by the kindness of Ken for taking care of Ryu in this way, with people comparing their relationship to a married couple, or even mother and child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue from Street Fighter 6 has disproven the popular fan theory that Ryu is unemployed and penniless. A tweet that presents official proof of Ryu being loaded has gone viral. Fans are also expressing newly found appreciation for his friend Ken\u2019s kindness.\u00a0 Ryu is the main protagonist of Capcom\u2019s Street Fighter, appearing in each title since the original Street Fighter. He is known among fans for his non-materialistic character and ascetic lifestyle, caring only for the mastery of martial arts. Ryu carries only the bare essentials with him and goes around barefoot, having rejected the concept of shoes. His rough appearance has earned him the reputation of being too poor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":19443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-19441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Street Fighter&#039;s Ryu isn\u2019t broke and jobless after all? 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