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"Violence is who I am!" —Evil Ryu, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

Evil Ryu, (殺意の波動に目覚めたリュウ, Satsui no Hadō ni Mezameta Ryū, "Ryu with the Surge of Murderous Intent awakened", abbreviated Satsui Ryu in Street Fighter Zero 3), or Dark Ryu in the UDON comics, is a playable character in various Street Fighter games beginning with Street Fighter Alpha 2. He was originally introduced in a 1996 Street Fighter Zero manga series authored by Masahiko Nakahira and later adapted in the Street Fighter canon storyline by Capcom.

Evil Ryu is not an entirely "independent" character; he represents Ryu, should he completely succumb to the Dark Hado and use Ansatsuken as it was originally used, thus it represents Ryu's struggle to resist the dark temptation. Like Akuma, Evil Ryu has a signature kanji that appears when he performs the Shun Goku Satsu; in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Capcom vs. SNK 2, the kanji was "destruction" (滅, metsu), though it only appears in his ending, not during gameplay.