Oyama also had a bit of a wide and hardened face / jaw, especially in his later years, which can also be seen on SF6 Ryu compared to where he was in Street Fighter 5 and previous entries. You can most clearly see this in the karate master's wide chest and shoulders, although we won't know if this was a conscious decision by the developers unless they choose to tell us the thought process behind Ryu's new design. Wide Ryu has become something of a meme following SF6's reveal for being an absolute brickhouse, but his stature and physique appear to more closely resemble that of Oyama's build than arguably ever before (albeit even more muscular). The tank of a man would dedicate his life to martial arts where he'd open his own dojo, found Kyokushin style karate, and wrote multiple books, including what some apparently still call the 'Bible' of karate being simply titled What is Karate.Īlthough he was of fairly average height, 5'8" (173 cm), Oyama's muscular build made him look quite stocky, especially without his gi. Even if you don't know the connections to the fighting game poster boy, you may well have heard of the legend of Masutatsu Oyama, who earned the nickname of Godhand.īorn as Choi Young-Eui in 1923, Mas Oyama immigrated to Japan from Korea at only 15 years old where he chose his new name and began studying karate fittingly under the Shotokan founder's son.
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