Yuriko Hibiki (火引 百合子 Hibiki Yuriko?) is a character first appearing in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. She is the younger sister of Dan Hibiki first appearing in Marvel vs. Capcom, before finally making her appearance in the main series with Street Fighter V.
Biography
Appearance
Yuriko resembles an average Japanese schoolgirl with fair skin and brown eyes. She wears a sailor school uniform and has her brown hair in long braids by red ribbons.
Personality
Yuriko is described as being good-hearted and curious. She cares a lot about her free-spirited brother, and snuck out to follow him in secret on his journey around the world to promote Saikyo-ryu. However, she does not like fighting at all, and wishes her brother would calm down. Despite this, she admires her brother's talent for business, and would like to start her own mail-order website someday. When not chasing after Dan, she focuses on her student life, and plays on a softball team as a pitcher.
Story
Background
Shortly before the events of Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Dan left to journey around the world in order to promote Saikyo-ryu. Yuriko snuck out after him, following him around in secret on his travels.
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
Yuriko first appears (and initially unnamed) in Dan's ending in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, stopping him as he is about to finish off Cyber-Akuma, revealing something about Akuma's connection to the two siblings (possibly the fact that he is their father). The ending is a parody of Ryo's ending in the first Art of Fighting.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
Yuriko makes an appearance in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition as the in-game shopkeeper in the Shop menu.
Street Fighter 6
Yuriko returns in Street Fighter 6 as the in-game shopkeeper in the Battle Hub.
Trivia
- Yuriko's name and design are based off of Yuri Sakazaki from SNK's Art of Fighting series, a nod to the fact that Dan is partially a parody of her older brother, Ryo. Her appearance in Dan's ending parodies Ryo's ending in the original Art of Fighting, in which Yuri rushes in to stop Ryo from killing Mr. Karate, informing him that he is their father.
- Both Yuriko and Yuri's profiles state their birthday as December 7, their bloodtype as A, and liking softball and cake.
- Yuriko's profile on the Shadaloo Combat Research Institute is stated to be representative of a parallel setting to the main Street Fighter series, so it is unknown whether or not Yuriko has an equivalent in the continuity of the mainline games. However, her appearance as a shopkeeper in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition may indicate this to be the case, along with Dan's win quote referring to himself as 'Big Bro'.
- Yuriko's Halloween costume (as seen in the gallery) is that of Lilith from the Darkstalkers games, another fighting series by Capcom.
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