Ken Masters is a friend and rival of Ryu, both being disciples of Gouken. One of these is while Ryu specializes in the Hadoken move, Ken specializes in the Shoryuken move. Ken's fighting style is still very similar to Ryu's, but with major differences. He was made into his own character in Street Fighter II, and has received great improvements since then, gradually became more distinct from Ryu. Ken Masters is one of the main characters of the Street Fighter series, and one of the two playable characters in the original Street Fighter (in which he was a Ryu clone for use by the second player). There are versions of this character available that don't have their own branch articles!
