Li-Fen (リーフェン Rīfen, Simplified Chinese: 丽芬) is a non-playable character from the Street Fighter series. She first appeared in Chun-Li's Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike ending and later in her Street Fighter V character story. She also appears in A Shadow Falls serving for F.A.N.G's back-up plan for Operation C.H.A.I.N.S., then later grows up as a high school student and apprentice of her master/older sister figure, Chun-Li by the time of Street Fighter 6.
Biography
Appearance
As a child, she had a twin-tailed black hair and wore a red-pink Chinese dress, black pants and red kung fu shoes.
Upon growing upt, she begin to wear Capcom-themed accessories and outfit, such as her jacket, sneakers, socks and bags, as well as wearing a black shorts and skirt. She also begins to sport similar hair side style as Chun-Li's.
Her most recognizable of part of her outfits is having a panda motif on her doll and bag she usually carried, then later as a grown up high school girl, her headphone/glasses-hybrid and a Panda Chun-Li sticker on her laptop.
Story
Street Fighter V
Li-Fen appears in Chun-Li's character story who asks Chun-Li about her yellow ribbons and her wristbands from the Alpha series. She was seen having her hair tied into unadorned ox-horns by Chun-Li while telling her story a few years ago until she finishes and she remarks about her hairstyle was great. Li-Fen also agrees to be trained by Chun-Li so that she will be stronger like her.
A Shadow Falls
Li-Fen is revealed to be the daughter of one of the missing hackers who is assisted by two Shadaloo soldiers until they are beaten by Rashid. She also tells him about his friend's location as Rashid goes off to help save them, with the latter being unaware that his friend has already been killed by F.A.N.G not too long ago.
During the first infiltration of the Shadaloo base, she recognizes Chun-Li for carrying the Merope chess piece as she shows it to her with her mobile pad. After Chun-Li successfully abort F.A.N.G's plan, he warns then for making a back up plan while escaping. Li-Fen is later threaten by F.A.N.G to activate the back up plan.
At the hideout where Rashid was hiding, she gave a clue through it: "Light up the pathway for those who stray. I call thy name."
In the final assault of the Shadaloo base, F.A.N.G threatens to kill Li-Fen when Rashid manages to abort his plan thanks to his missing friend's final piece. F.A.N.G is then beaten by Chun-Li, who saves Li-Fen. After Ryu defeats M. Bison, she was seen being carried by Chun-Li during the escape until they are reunited with the other fighters.
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Li-Fen appears in 3rd Strike being kidnapped by Urien for his experiments which makes Chun-Li go rescue her. Li-Fen is later seen in Chun-Li's ending while training her and other children in Kung-Fu.
Street Fighter 6
Years later, Li Fen grows up as a high school student under a wing of her master and adoptive older sister, Chun-Li. She and Chun-Li usually shopping together during their free time.
Trivia
- Li-Fen has good cooking skills, as seen in one of Chun-Li's arcade endings in Street Fighter V.
- Since Li-Fen's debut, it has been generally assumed for a long time that she was adopted by Chun-Li, along with the other children in the latter's 3rd Strike ending, this confirmed in Street Fighter 6.
- In the June State of Play 2022 trailer of Street Fighter 6, the girl with the Capcom-themed jacket was confirmed by Takayuki Nayakayama to be an older Li-Fen.[2] Whether she will be playable or not remain unknown.
- Her laptop in Street Fighter 6 consists stickers of: Blanka-Chan, Street Fighter logo, Lilith Aensland from Darkstalkers, original special move input of Spinning Bird Kick, Panda version of Chun-Li, and RE Engine logo.
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