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The Tatsumaki (竜巻), commonly referred to as Hurricane Kick, is a special attack in the Street Fighter series used by Ryu, Ken, and other Street Fighter characters that use the same style.
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The practitioner jumps and, while in the air, rotates his or her legs, kicking the opponent 1~3 times depending on button pressed. It is usually performed by moving the joystick or D-pad a quarter circle backwards the opponent from the down position, then pressing a kick button. The Tatsumaki, in some games, will lift the user high enough to fly over projectiles, such as the Hadoken, Sonic Boom, Soul Spark and Yoga Fire.
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Tatsumaki Senpukyaku[]
Users: Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Evil Ryu, Violent Ken, Gouken, Ace
Debut: Street Fighter
The Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (竜巻旋風脚 Tatsumaki Senpūkyaku, "Tornado Whirlwind Leg"), also known as Hurricane Kick, is a special move that is usable by Ryu and Ken in Street Fighter. In its first two appearances, it hit up to three times. In later games, starting with Street Fighter II': Champion Edition, Ryu's Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, though spinning much, usually only strikes the foe once, harshly, while Ken's has more hits and is more combo-able. Both of their "evil" counterparts use it as well in their games. In Street Fighter IV, this attack has Armor Breaking properties and can also become an EX special move. Ryu's Shinku Tatsumaki Senpukyaku Super Combo becomes his EX variant, while Ken retains a normal Tatsumaki Senpukyaku flight pattern, albeit with more damage and better properties. Gouken can use it only as his airborne Tatsumaki.
In other games, Ryu also has a variation called the Senpukyaku that acts as a command normal, which is just a spinning kick done in the same fashion, but only for a single hopping back-spin kick.
In Street Fighter V Ryu's Tatsumaki Senpuyaku functions the same (as does the EX version) but Ken's has undergone a significant revamp. All versions of his Tatsumaki Senpukyaku attacks now knock down and, when he uses the hard variation, he first launches his opponent with his knee then performs an arcing Tatsumaki Senpukyaku as opposed to one that travels parallel to the ground. Ken's EX Tatsumaki Senpukyaku travels diagonally upwards, similar to how it is performed in the Marvel vs. Capcom series. The airborne Tatsumaki is mostly the same for Ken but his EX variant is closer to a dive kick wherein he travels downwards at a diagonal angle as opposed to following his jump arc.
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