Chun-Li (Traditional: 春麗. Simplified: 春丽) is a character in the Street Fighter series by Capcom. She is the first female playable character to appear in a 1-on-1 fighting game.
Introduced in Street Fighter II, Chun-Li was the youngest member of the roster and only female character in the game, the self-proclaimed "strongest woman in the world," and while not as physically powerful as the other characters, she was by far the quickest. Her most famous attack is the Hyakuretsukyaku ("Hundred Crack Legs", alternately known as "Lightning Legs"), where she repeatedly kicks her opponent from a tilted standing position with incredible speed.
In the Street Fighter series, Chun-Li was an Interpol investigator from China who had been searching for clues to the recent death of her father. Getting into a friendly spar with an old teacher of hers and friend of her father, Gen, he gives her a lead into who may have killed her father—the mysterious crime syndicate Shadaloo and its tyrannical leader M. Bison. After an encounter where M. Bison confirms he slew her father, a tearful Chun-Li swore vengeance and made it her life's mission to destroy Shadaloo and bring M. Bison to justice. She collaborated closely with Guile, Cammy White, Ryu, and the other World Warriors throughout the journey.
After M. Bison's supposedly final death during Street Fighter V, her mission complete, Chun-Li retired from Interpol and opened an orphanage to live a quieter life. The most famous of her young wards - practically her adopted daughter - is Li-Fen.
Chun-Li is one of Capcom's most popular characters and one of the most important females in video game history, appearing in numerous cross-overs and promotions. Her oldest and arguably greatest cross-company rival is SNK's Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui.
