Fei-Long (フェイロン, Fei Ron) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared as one of the four "New Challengers" in Super Street Fighter II, which was released in 1993. He later made his return in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as well as the Street Fighter IV series.

Official Profile
Birthdate April 23
Birthplace Hong Kong
Height 5'7½" (172 cm)
Weight 135 lbs (60 kg)
Eye color Brown
Hair color Black
Fighting style Hitenryu (based on Jeet Kune Do)
Likes Kung fu, self-assertiveness
Dislikes Indifference, lacking emotion, faithless people, Shadaloo, S.I.N.
Rival(s) Ryu, Yun, Abel, Makoto
Hobbies Does his own stunts
Moveset Rekkaken, Shienkyaku, Rekkukyaku, Tenshin, Rekkashinken, Shien Renkyaku, Ryuu Yassai, Rekkashingeki, Gekirinken
First game Super Street Fighter II
English voice actor(s) Matthew Mercer
Japanese voice actor(s) Kousuke Toriumi (SFA3), Yuuichi Nakamura (SFIV)

Bio

Character Basis

Fei-Long is Capcom's tribute to the Jeet Kune Do movie legend Bruce Lee, the basis for his design. Not only do the two look alike and come from the same city, Fei-Long also lets out similar battle cries to Lee, and is just as furious and fast. Also, Fei Long (飛龍) is Mandarin for "flying dragon", as well as a type of kick. Bruce Lee's Chinese screen name was 李 小龍 (Li Xiao-Long) or "little dragon." He was one of the early Bruce Lee inspired characters in fighting games, after Kim Dragon from World Heroes and Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat, but predating Marshall Law and his son Forrest Law from the Tekken series, Li Long and Maxi from the Soul series, John Talbain from Darkstalkers, and Jann Lee from the Dead or Alive series.

Personality

Fei Long is very serious most of the time. He is also shown to be calm at times. The best example of this is in his rival fight against Abel, where he is shown to be in a normal mood at first but all of a sudden loses his temper just as the Frenchman asks him for a fight 2 times. There are also times when Fei Long is shown to be a little cocky. This can be seen by many of his personal actions and also win quotes against certain characters. He is full of fighting spirit as shown in a lot of his win quotes and takes great pride in his fighting style which he seeks to honor it in all ways possible. He also despises all that is evil. Fei Long also enjoys a good match; although he is a famous martial arts movie's actor, he still takes his time to appear at underground fighting areas to find a worthy opponent to spar with (which can be seen in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie).

Abilities

Fei-Long has two special techniques in his debut appearance in Super Street Fighter II. The Rekkaken (烈火拳? "Blazing Flame Fist") is a series of rushing punches towards his enemy. When the player inputs the Rekkaken command while Fei-Long is already performing the technique, he will follow it with another Rekkaken. He can perform up to three in a row, the third ending in a different cry and a cooldown that plays off of Bruce Lee's notable finale of tensing himself after the final blow. The Shienkyaku (熾炎脚? "Flame Igniting Kick"), his other special technique, is a jumping flame kick. This technique is also referred as the Rising Dragon Kick, due to its similarity with Ryu and Ken's Shoryuken (Rising Dragon Punch) and its similar input command. He gains an additional special technique and his first Super Combo Shienrenkyaku (熾炎連脚? "Flame Ignited Linked Kick") in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The Rekkukyaku (裂空脚? "Air Tearing Kick") is a technique in which Fei-Long jumps towards the opponent with a spread kick. His Super Combo is the Rekkashinken (烈火真拳? "Blazing Flame True Fist"), a more powerful version of the Rekkaken.

In Street Fighter Alpha 3, he retains all of his techniques and gains two new Super Combos in A-ism mode. There is a more powerful version of the Shienkyaku. The Ryuhassai (龍八砕? "Eight Dragon Smash") is a Lv.3-only Super Combo in which he punches an opponent and then uppercuts them into the air, followed by a jump kick. If the move connects at maximum distance, then it becomes the Ryu Shin Hassai and does much more damage.

In Street Fighter IV, Fei Long retains his old Rekkaken punches and Shienkyaku whilst gaining new moves such as Rekkukyaku and Tenshin. The Rekkukyaku involves Fei Long performing a flying kick which he then branches into a front flip kick. The Tenshin is a grab in which Fei Long hooks his leg to the opponents and flips over them. This move allows him to catch the opponent off guard and set up certain combos.

He retains his the Rekkashinken Super Combo from Super Street Fighter II, and gains a new Ultra Combo called the Rekkashingeki, a more powerful variant that adds a flurry of punches after the third Rekkaken, and follows up with a flying flaming kick. In Super Street Fighter IV, Fei Long gains a counter Ultra Combo called the Gekirinken. Fei Long counters certain attacks by delivering a hard jump kick to the back of the opponent's leg, followed by a barrage of fast and deadly punches. He then finishes them off with the One Inch Punch.

Trivia

-In Street Fighter Alpha 3, Fei Long's story plot is related to Robert Clouse's Game of Death, which included Bruce Lee (only for the finale fight scenes though). The plot is similar because they both have a syndicate trying to make the martial artist join.

-Interestingly, compared to all the other Bruce Lee based characters from other fighting game franchises, Fei Long's story and background matches Bruce Lee's the closest. However there is a small difference, as Bruce Lee lived in the USA as an adult and had an American wife, whereas Fei Long has no apparent connection to the USA.