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Since the SNES version of Street Fighter II Turbo, Ryu's fighting style has been referred as "Shotokan" in the English localization of the games' instruction manuals and related literature, despite the fact that the term not being used in the Japanese versions or in the games themselves. Because of this, Ryu and other characters who use similar styles (such as Ken and Akuma) are still called "Shoto clones" or "shotos" by western fans (the Japanese uses the term "Ryu/Ken-types"). However, as the Ryu character is based on the real life events of Yoshiji Soeno, who was a practitioner of kyokushinkai karate under Masutatsu Oyama, the traditional kyokushinkai techniques can be clearly seen in the character's fighting style, as with Makoto, whose fighting style and techniques are based on shotokan karate.
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