My new rank on Gamespot is Sheng Long. Sheng Long is Mandarin for "rising dragon". When Ryu in Street Fighter 2 says "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance" he actually means You must defeat my Rising Dragon Punch [shoryuken] to stand a chance." This was a mistranslation in the arcade version of the game from Japanese to English.

The fact that Sheng Long in that context seems like a Chinese name led to speculation that someone called Sheng Long was Ryu's master. The martial arts master of Ryu, Ken and Dan was Gouken, who is only seen once in the games, in Akuma's ending in Street Fighter Alpha. He was killed by M. Bison during a raid on his dojo, which is the reason Ryu and Ken join the tournament, seeking revenge.



My beautiful face! Blonde Tom Cruise is defeated by Brunette Tom Cruise.