Captain Sawada

Captain Sawada is a character from the Street Fighter games.

Sawada is a soldier of the Allied Nations, serving with Guile to thwart Shadaloo's attempt at world domination.

Appearance
Sawada is a muscular Asian man with black hair and dark eyes. He wears a blue muscle shirt with a dog tag necklace around his neck, blue camouflage pants and black combat boots. He also wears a white headband and ballers with a red circle.

Personality
Not much is known about him but Sawada seems to be a serious individual and a loyal man.

Fighting Style
Sawada's fighting style is based on a hybrid of Guile's and Fei Long's, based on his status as an Allied Nations soldier and him replacing the latter. As a result, he retains moves akin to Guile's Flash Kick, while keeping martial arts aspects.

Moveset
His special moves rely primarily on his legs for axe kicks and similar attacks, and his energy slash has the ability to reflect projectiles back at the opponent.

The console version of Street Fighter: The Movie, however, presented a much different version. While this version was modified to be identical to Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Sawada was left in with a modified movelist, one that turned him into a bit of a parody fighter, as well as making this the point he is actually armed with a katana. In one of his special moves, Gokusatsu Jibakujin, Sawada uses his katana blade by stabbing himself making a crescent shaped blood (or flaming blood in the Super Special version) barrier, sitting in a pose akin to one committing hara-kiri. His Super Combo, Kamikaze Banzai, involves Sawada, standing straight up, putting his hands in the air and sliding into his opponent. During the move, he is invulnerable to projectiles.

Trivia

 * In Brazil, Sawada appears in the comic book series published by Editora Escala, during a story arc published in issues #14 through #16.
 * Sawada was most likely included to fill in for Fei Long, not so much because of time and budgetary constraints, or even character development purposes, but because in the movie, Ryu already resembled Fei Long somewhat, a resemblance that is especially apparent during his final battle with Vega.
 * Sawada's theme in the arcade version of Street Fighter: The Movie is a remix of Fei Long's theme.
 * At the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, then SNK character artist, Falcoon stated that Sawada was the first character he asked to create for SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS. Along with problems regarding copyright issues, the request itself was seen as a joke.
 * Sawada's face in his Street Fighter V artwork visually resembles famous Hong Kong actor and martial artist Jackie Chan.
 * Interestingly, Kenya Sawada (the actor) and Jackie Chan are close friends in real life.