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| M. Bison | |
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| Street Fighter character | |
.png) M. Bison from Super Street Fighter II (1993) | |
| First appearance | Street Fighter II (1991) |
| Created by | Yoshiki Okamoto |
| Designed by | Akira "Akiman" Yasuda and Ikuo "Ikusan.Z" Nakayama (Street Fighter II)[1] |
| Portrayed by | Raul Julia (Street Fighter: The Movie) Neal McDonough (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li) Silvio Simac (Street Fighter: Resurrection) |
| Voiced by |
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| Motion capture | Darko Tuskan (The Movie games) |
| In-universe information | |
| Fighting style | Psycho Power-infused style based on Lerdrit |
M. Bison, also known as Vega (Japanese: ベガ) in Japan, is a character and the primary antagonist of the Street Fighter series created by Capcom. First introduced in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) as the final boss of the game, he has since become a recurring character in the series, often serving as both a boss and a playable character.
A would-be world dictator and megalomaniac, M. Bison's ultimate ambition is to control the world's governments through his covert crime syndicate, Shadaloo (シャドルー, Shadorū, sometimes spelled as "Shadoloo", "Shadowloo" or "Shadowlaw"). He hosts Street Fighter II's fighting tournament[3] and is the last opponent fought in the game. Throughout the series, several characters — including Ryu, Guile, T. Hawk, Cammy, Rose and Chun-Li — have their personal vendettas against M. Bison and have entered the tournament in the hopes of facing him personally. M. Bison wields an inherently evil energy known as "Psycho Power", in contrast to Ryu and Ken's "Hadou".
Despite not appearing until the release of Street Fighter II, Bison is widely considered to be the most iconic antagonist of the Street Fighter series, having served as the main villain of the Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha series and Street Fighter V, and having acted as the force behind the events of the Street Fighter IV series, where the main villain, Seth, is revealed to have been Bison's unwitting pawn all along.
In a variety of media, Bison has been portrayed by Raul Julia, Neal McDonough and Silvio Simac and voiced by Tom Wyner, Richard Newman and Gerald C. Rivers. Julia was nominated for a posthumous Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
- ^ "Street Fighter II Developer's Interview | Guests | Activity Reports". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ^ "Voice Actor Tom Wyner Dies at 77". Anime News Network. 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ The History of Street Fighter - M. Bison Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. GameSpot Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2008-3-26.