Sagat

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Sagat
Sagat from the Street Fighter Alpha series.
Game series	Street Fighter series
First game	Street Fighter
Voice actor(s)	Shinichiro Miki; Kouji Suitsu (SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom)
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Thailand
Blood type	B
Fighting style	Muay Thai
Likes	Strong Opponents
Dislikes	People who do small things, Shoryuken
Special skill	Diving under water (able to stay for over 20 minutes)
Affiliation	Shadoloo (former)

Sagat (サガット, Sagatto^?, based on Thai สกัด) is a boss character from the early editions of Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game series. He was later turned into a regular, playable character.

1 Story
2 Appearance
3 Gameplay
4 Actors
5 In other media
- 5.1 Live-action movie
- 5.2 Street Fighter II V television series
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Story

Sagat, standing over defeated Go Hibiki.

Sagat won the title of Emperor/God of Muay Thai from Nuah Kahn as a teenager, and became a national hero in Thailand. He defended his title from a fighter named Go Hibiki, in a match that cost Sagat the use of his right eye, and cost Go his life. Go's son, Dan, swore revenge on Sagat.

Sagat trained Adon, and held the first World Warrior tournament to prove that he was not only the strongest Muay Thai kickboxer, but the strongest fighter in the world. Only one fighter managed to reach Sagat: a young martial artist named Ryu. Initially, Sagat was able to defeat all of Ryu's attacks, and was sure that he was the winner of the match. However, Ryu became desperate to win the fight and was consumed by a powerful "killing intent" and executed the Metsu Shoryuken, grievously wounding Sagat and leaving a massive scar across his chest. Adon mocked his teacher for losing to Ryu and challenged him for the title of God of Muay Thai. His rage blinded him, and Sagat lost to Adon, but not before beating the younger man so hard that he would be in traction for four months.

Consumed with rage and hatred, Sagat eagerly joined the criminal organization known as Shadoloo. M. Bison had offered him Shadoloo resources to find Ryu and provide Sagat with a rematch. Sagat's nearly indomitable power provided him with the position of Bison's personal bodyguard, one of the feared Shitennō (四天王) or Four Heavenly Kings of Shadoloo.

During his tenure in Shadoloo, Sagat encountered Dan, now an adult seeking revenge for his father's death in the fight with Sagat. Sagat realized how anger can make people do things they regret, so he purposely lost the fight (Although Dan doesn't believe that he did), which allowed Dan to defeat him and satisfy his anger.

Sagat realized that his scar was a result of the killing intent which possessed Ryu called the Satsui no Hadou. Finally understanding that true rivals should not be blinded by rage and hatred, nor be seduced by it, and realizing Bison's real intentions, Sagat left Shadoloo.

However, when Sagat tendered his resignation, Bison presented him with a brainwashed Ryu, and told Sagat he could have the rematch he always wanted. Despite Sagat's disappointment with fighting a corrupted opponent, Sagat still fought Ryu. To break Bison's mind control, he implored to Ryu that a true warrior would not give in to such treachery. Ryu awakened from Bison's control and, rejected the Satsui no Hadou, and drove Bison off. Sagat finally realized that rivalries must have their limits.

While Sagat's goal in the second World Warrior tournament was a clean rematch with Ryu, his hopes were eclipsed when Akuma beat Bison with the Shun Goku Satsu, the only official outcome in Street Fighter II. Sagat continues to train his body and mind in Thailand, hoping to become the world's strongest fighter before he becomes too old to do so.

Sagat vs. Ryu in Street Fighter.

[edit] Appearance

Sagat is menacingly tall, a trait he uses to his advantage in his long-reaching attacks. His natural size drove him to become a powerful fighter. His hands are massive enough to close around the entire head of many of his opponents. He is depicted as being totally bald, except in one official artwork that shows him with a full head of long hair.

In the Street Fighter II series, Sagat's in-game sprite does not display the highly muscular build of the Street Fighter Alpha series, although even at that time he had been consistently portrayed so in his Super Street Fighter II Turbo ending, and other Capcom artworks.

Sagat wears a black eyepatch over his severely damaged right eye, though the lack of depth perception and loss of peripheral vision do not seriously hamper his ability as a powerful fighter.

Due to a technical limitation in the Street Fighter series, Sagat's eyepatch will appear to switch from eye to eye when Sagat faces another direction, since the left-facing sprite is a mirror-image of the right. The 3D Street Fighter EX games do not feature this limitation.

The massive scar on his chest is a constant reminder of Ryu's victory. Sagat makes no attempt to conceal the disfigurement, and in fact draws power from the hateful memory it invokes; in Capcom vs. SNK 2, Sagat's scar glows while he charges energy for his S-Groove super meter.

Sagat wears boxing trunks that appear to be Everlast brand, with the "Everlast" label missing from the front of the shorts for copyright reasons. The trunks have colors varying from purple with yellow trim, to blue with red trim, to blue with yellow trim. He also wears tape around his fists and feet to protect his hands and ankles. Otherwise, he has no other clothing that signifies him as being a Muay Thai kickboxer, which is unusual for one who holds such a high ranking in that martial art, though, he might not need to; as anyone who would know anything about Muay Thai would be able to look at him and tell who he is.

[edit] Gameplay

Sagat plays similarly to Ken and Ryu, with some notable differences. Foremost is his attack range: his low attacks and standing horizontal kicks have impressive range. In Street Fighter II, producing an array of alternating high and low fireball attacks can confuse and greatly damage an opponent. This technique is less viable in later games where projectiles do less damage, or can otherwise be avoided. In Capcom vs. SNK 2, Sagat's normal attacks, particularly his crouching fierce punch, have unusually high power and priority, making him one of the easiest characters to use effectively in that game. He is also known for his multiple-hitting Tiger Uppercut (Tiger Blow in the Alpha series.) which is similar to Ken and Ryu's Shoryuken/Dragon Punch. Tiger blow had low priority against Shoryuken, but the priorities of Tiger Blow and Shoryuken were equaled in Alpha 3. Sagat's attacks do much more damage than Ryu or Ken. Sagat's supermoves such as "Tiger Genocide" have great priority.

[edit] Actors

Since Street Fighter Alpha, Sagat has been voiced by Shinichirou Miki. In SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, Sagat was voiced by Kouji Suizu.

[edit] In other media

[edit] Live-action movie

In the live-action Street Fighter movie, he was given the first name Victor. However, Capcom did not canonize it. In this movie, he was portrayed by well-known Native American actor Wes Studi. In contrast to his rivarly with Ryu in the games, the film version of Sagat was depicted as Ken's rival instead.

[edit] Street Fighter II V television series

In the Street Fighter II V anime series, Sagat is former "The Champ of Muay Thai". A drug syndicate known as Ashura told Sagat to throw a match, but he refused. As a result, the Ashura secretly put illegal drugs in his house, and he was arrested. Unlike in the game, Sagat has no eyepatch or scar on his chest. His rivarly with Ryu is more of a friendly one than the fierce one depicted in the games.