***************************************************************** * Street Fighter Zero * * * * ORIGINAL JAPANESE NAMES LIST * ***************************************************************** * * * The more you play it, The better it gets! * ***************************************************************** Release 2.0. Nov. 22, 1995. Written by Patrick Beja (beja@club-internet.fr). Please send all correction or comments to the above adress. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **************** * Introduction * **************** 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... :) *************************************************************************** Table of contents: ------------------ 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 *************************************************************************** 0.1- The list is formated like this: ------------------------------------ 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: -------------------- 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' 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. :-) ***************************** List begins here *************************** 1- Ryu - Ryu could mean something, but it does not mean "dragon". ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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"). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3- Chun Li - Chun means "spring" and Li means "beautiful". ----------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4- Guy ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5- Sodom --------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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... ;-) =========================================================================== 8- Nash - Nash is called Charlie outside of Japan. -------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9- Birdie ---------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10- Adon --------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11- Rose --------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12- Sagat - Possibly a coincidence, but Sagat means "protect" in thai. ---------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13- Vega - Vega is called M.Bison outside of Japan. --------- 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 ************************************************************************** 14- I need help (?) ------------------- 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... ^-^ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15- Where you can reach me: --------------------------- My E-mail adress: beja@club-internet.fr 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 ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16- Credits: ------------ 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 : 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 : Primary "Shaku" translanslation that makes sense: Red (Akuma's red fireball). * Acid Junkie : Second correction for "Shaku": a word is formed "Shaku" and "Netsu" (Extreme Heat--> Flaming!). How wonderful playing with words can be... ^-^ * Nathan Rosen : "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 ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). ***************************************************************************