Necro (ネクロ, Nekuro) is a character in the Street Fighter series. He first appeared in the Street Fighter III series.


Official Profile
Birthdate October 22
Birthplace Russia
Height 6'6" (Variable)
Weight 434 lbs(Variable)
Eye color yellow
Hair color bald
Likes his body since electrified and stretches, his girlfriend Effie, Freedom
Dislikes Illuminati especially Gill and Urien, Twelve
Rival(s) Gill, Twelve
Hobbies Utilizing his body as a pirate radio station
Moveset Tornado Hook, Rising Cobra, Flying Viper, Snake Fang, Denji Blast
First game Street Fighter III
English voice actor(s) Michael X. Sommers (New Generation and 2nd Impact), Lawrence Bayne (3rd Strike)


Bio

Appearance

Necro is white with bolts on his back and purple boots. He is completely bald and has orange tattoos in his face and shoulders.

Personality

Necro is plucky, optimistic, and ever determined when it comes to his goals, but he can be surly, competitive, wise cracking, and smart mouthed in return. Despite being on the run from the Illuminati and always pressured when they do turn up, Necro still dreams big and has his eyes always on the faintest of hope in the middle of a bleak situation; even transformed into the superpowered mutant he is today, he nonetheless enjoys his newfound powers and abilities that comes with it, and in turn with those powers, he hopes to raise hell and give the Illuminati a run for their money.


Story

Illia is the third youngest of his four brothers, he left his small village in Moscow to seek independence and riches since the fall of the Soviet Union. While searching, Gill and his organization confronted him and promised him a better life. They persuaded Illia to join, but he was tricked and experimented on. He was given the ability to stretch his limbs and produce electricity from his body, at the cost of leaving him looking like a mutant. A cybernetic computer was implanted into his brain that enhanced his fighting abilities as well. Illia began taking on special missions for the organization under the name "Necro".

Necro entered the third Street Fighter tournament and saw it as a way to gain back his freedom and get revenge on Gill. But he was tricked again and ended being trapped and tied up, and Gill left him to die inside the self-destructing base. However, Necro's companion Effie managed to save him, and they escaped before they were killed. They were now both free, but they knew they would still be chased by Gill's organization.


Abilities

Necro's fighting style involves grappling his opponents with his unpredictable and flexible rubber limbs, and using the electrical current generated in his body to shock them. The cybernetic computer in his brain helps give him superhuman fighting abilities.

Necro's abilities seem to be inspired by Dhalsim and Blanka; while he can stretch his limbs similarly to the former and generate electricity similarly to the latter, his play style is completely different in comparison to them.


Trivia

-When Necro wins the round that decides the fight, Effie will run in and copy his victory pose. Furthermore, if Necro loses the round that decides the fight, Effie will run in and collapse beside him.

-One of Dhalsim's alternate color schemes in some of his crossover appearances is a reference to Necro

-Necro also looks similar to the Mortal Kombat fighter Quan-Chi in skin tone.