and Ken before either of them were even born. Sagat had earlier instructed Ryu to seek Dhalsim for advice about the Ways of Hadou. Ryu and Ken are initially turned down, with Dhalsim describing them as "beasts", but the monk changes his mind after seeing them overcome the challenges within the village temple. However, he was unsuccessful in training Ryu to use the Hadouken, which is inadvertently triggered in Ryu's body during a lesson. Vega Voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa in Japan, Vic Mignogna in the English ADV dub, and Richard Cansino in the English Animaze dub. Vega's full name is Vega Fabio La Cerda (Balrog Fabio La Cerda in the Japanese version; his video game counterpart has no full name). He is a popular, aristocratic, and handsome matador who resides in a large mansion in Barcelona, where he moonlights as a cage fighter for rich socialites. He is noted for his sadistic, cold-hearted, ruthless personality; he is shown drinking his own blood, and the blood of his opponents. He is highly vain and lashes out in a violent rage at anyone who damages his face. When cage fighting, he wears an expressionless mask and wields a three-pronged claw gauntlet. During a bullfight attended by Ken, Ryu, and Chun-Li, Vega develops an obsession for Chun-Li, and plots to kill Ryu and Ken, whom he sees as rivals for her affections. Chun-Li is initially attracted to Vega but becomes terrified of him because of his sadistic tendencies. He breaks into her hotel and uses a "love potion" drug on her. While under its influence, she watches Vega and Ken fight each other in a steel cage at Vega's mansion. Although Ken defeats Vega, Ken nearly dies from the battle injuries. Vega's fate is not clearly shown. Weeks later, the mansion is investigated by Guile and Nash; it is completely abandoned, indicating that Vega is either still hospitalized or has fled. Unlike his in-game counterpart, Vega has no affiliation with Shadowlaw or M. Bison and the only signature move he uses is his Flying Barcelona Attack. Balrog Voiced by Tomomichi Nishimura in Japan, Werner Richmond in the English ADV dub, and Joe Romersa in the English Amimaze dub. Balrog is an executive officer at Interpol who works for Shadowlaw as an informant. After an Interpol conference in which Inspector Dorai is appointed to head the investigation into Shadowlaw, Balrog hires Cammy and orders