Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki
Street Fighter character
Dan in Street Fighter Alpha 3
First appearanceStreet Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1995)
Voiced by
  • Ted Sroka (Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter V)
  • Bob Papenbrook (Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation)
  • Osamu Hosoi (all but SFIV)
  • Kazuyuki Ishikawa (Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation)
  • Toshiyuki Kusuda (Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter V)
In-universe information
Fighting styleSaikyo-style karate
OriginHong Kong
NationalityHong Kongese

Dan Hibiki (Japanese: 火引 弾, Hepburn: Hibiki Dan) is a fictional character from Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game franchise. He was created to parody Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, the two lead characters of SNK's Art of Fighting series, as Capcom saw Ryo as a ripoff of Street Fighter characters Ryu and Ken. Since then, Dan has become a fan favorite due to his humorous design, signature moves and mannerisms.

Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha, 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 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").