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Akuma (in Japanese, "devil") known in Japan as , is a video game character from the Street Fighter series of fighting game. Akuma made his debut in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as a secret character and hidden boss. In the storyline of the Street Fighter video games, he is the younger brother of Gouken, Ryu and Ken's sensei. In some games he also has an enhanced version named Shin Akuma, or in Japanese.

Akuma has red hair, wears prayer beads around his neck, a charcoal gray dōgi and a piece of twine around his waist in lieu of an obi. The kanji 'ten' (天) - meaning "sky/heaven", (all in the spiritual sense) - can be seen on his back when it appears during certain win animations. Shin Akuma's appearance is very similar to Akuma's; for example, in the Street Fighter Alpha series, Shin Akuma had a purple gi instead of a gray one and marginally lighter tone.

In spite of his appearance and his antagonistic roles in Street Fighter media, Akuma is generally not considered evil. His sole reason for living is to challenge great fighters from around the world and improve upon his skills. The deaths of his challengers come as a result of testing their abilities as well as his own; therefore, he would not fight (much less kill) anyone he doesn't consider a fair match. His personal nature fits more for the profile of an anti-hero.

Akuma's play style incorporates the trademark techniques of Ryu and Ken, the series' protagonists, only noticeably stronger in comparison along with additional techniques. As the franchise expanded, the three characters have been differentiated somewhat while still retaining their common techniques (e.g. different regular attacks, throws, Super moves).

Images with a green border may be set as the character's main profile image. For images 200x200 or 300x300 pixels square.

CBUB Match Record:

Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Loss	Apocalypse	30	to	63
Loss	Nimrod	42	to	63
Win	Heihachi Mishima	66	to	33
Win	Kenshiro	47	to	29
Win	T-virus	66	to	36
Loss	Broly	50	to	58
Loss	Blade	49	to	53
Win	Samurai Jack	56	to	45
Loss	Vegeta	31	to	78
Win	Jack Krauser	64	to	40
Win	Heihachi Mishima	55	to	39
Win	Ermac	45	to	43
Loss	Dark Phoenix	13	to	82
Loss	Ryu	28	to	78
Loss	Blaze (Mortal Kombat)	45	to	59
Loss	Hiei	54	to	57
Win	Jedah Dohma	68	to	60
Win	Master Roshi	53	to	49
Loss	Sub-Zero	38	to	57
Loss	Kazuya Mishima	45	to	48
Loss	Ultimate Thor	20	to	62
Loss	Cloud Strife	13	to	19
Win	Gouken	14	to	11
Loss	Gabriel Yulaw	11	to	12
Loss	Power Man & Iron Fist	9	to	15
Loss	Kazuya Mishima	13	to	14
Loss	Liu Kang	11	to	16
Win	Rob Lucci	15	to	7
Win	Yujiro Hanma	12	to	6
Win	Liu Kang	19	to	8
Loss	Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)	6	to	14
Win	Jinpachi Mishima	8	to	4
Win	Fulgore	7	to	6
Loss	Albert Wesker	8	to	9
Win	Krillin	17	to	16
Win	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	14	to	13
Loss	Sora	7	to	11
Loss	Shao Kahn	5	to	17

Fantasy Teams Season 2 Record:

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Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Win	Shang-Chi	19	to	9
Win	Batman (Richard Grayson)	13	to	7
Win	Wolverine	16	to	7
Win	Tommy Oliver	27	to	9

Fantasy Teams Season 4 Record:

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Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Win	Sub-Zero	9	to	1
Win	Kuma	20	to	1
Loss	Morrigan Aensland	9	to	15

Fantasy Teams Season 8 Record:

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Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Win	Ryuko Matoi	9	to	3
Loss	Saitama	3	to	10
Win	Toshiro Hitsugaya	8	to	5
Loss	Dark Danny Phantom	4	to	6
Win	Esdeath	7	to	4