is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter series. First appearing in Street Fighter III: New Generation in 1997, she is a young prodigy ninja-in-training from an ancient clan, but who nevertheless would prefer to live the normal life of a modern Japanese teenager. Ibuki has a pet raccoon dog named Don. She is depicted as a close friend to Sakura, and her friendly rivals include R. Mika. She has also appeared in other games and her own comic book miniseries. Ibuki was originally designed by Kinu Nishimura, and has been voiced by Yuri Amano, Ayumi Fujimura and Kana Ueda in Japanese and by Kat Steel and Cristina Vee in English. Her unique, technical and tricky moveset relies on mobility, aggressiveness and deception to be most effective, making her hard to master but favored among top players. Ibuki has become one of the most popular women in the Street Fighter series, being also regarded by some as one of the top ninja characters in all video games. Background Ibuki is a teenager from the , a secret village hidden in the mountains of Japan that is home to an ancient ninja clan. Although trained in ninjutsu since infancy, with continuous rigorous training and special missions, Ibuki is otherwise an ordinary high-school student with an attraction to pop idols. She yearns to be more carefree, and prefers schoolgirl attire over her traditional ninja outfit, which she considers ugly. In battle, she uses taijutsu, a fighting style that combines several Japanese martial arts. Ibuki is 162 cm tall and weighs 46 kg, her measurements are B95 / W57 / H90, and her birthday is on December 6. Ibuki has a pet tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog) named / , who has been with her since her childhood and has learnt to use ninja techniques himself. Other members of Ibuki's ninja clan that appear in her stage in the first two Street Fighter III games include , , and . Ibuki's friend, appearing in her endings in the original Street Fighter III: New Generation and in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, as well in some other games, is a ninja named , who hails in the same village and attends the same high-school class. The young boy who spars with Ibuki before a match in 3rd Strike is named . It was rumored that original Street Fighter character Geki was her father, but this