It is shown that Ibuki, Makoto, and sometimes Sarai, travel together. In the non-canon comics Elena and Ibuki are positively friends, with Ibuki taking a much better initial meeting with Elena than Makoto did. In Ibuki's SFIII story mode, Elena stops to talk to Ibuki while she is on a mission. Ryu and Elena respects each other's fighting style and have respect for each other. In the UDON comic continuity both Makoto and Elena continue to go to Atago Gongen High School alongside Sarai while Ibuki has graduated and is currently in University. Character Relationships Makoto Įlena thinks of Makoto as a friend due to their shared interest in fighting, while Makoto just thinks she is weird and can't be taken seriously. Įlena was also originally envisioned to use a long spear. At the time where there wasn't a lot of information available on Capoeira, the team had to get the most info from travel-related videos, buying everything off the shelves without knowing if the videos have any useful info or not. The team chose Capoeira as a fighting style because their image of African women was that they had long arms and legs. When they settled on Africa, they felt a female character would be more fitting than a male because a male fighter would end up being (stereotypically) "stern". The development process of Elena started with the Street Fighter III team deciding on the country of origin before anything else. Bison in Street Fighter X Tekken ("I don't need the wind to tell me that you are a very bad man!"). She is a very cheery person who looks to make friends which motivated her to join the 3rd world tournament to meet new people and hopefully make friends.Įlena is able to tell when she sees a pure evil person, seen in her win quote against M. Elena is also able to hear and comprehend various rhythms as well as the voices of the wind and trees.Įlena's views of fighting and martial arts differ from most due to her light-hearted personality allowing her to befriend some people and annoy others. She also has an unusual accent, which she refers to as something she got from her travels around the world in one of her win quotes in 3rd Strike. While very energetic and benevolent, she is also smart, sociable, and culture-adaptive, always eager to learn more about the world, which is part of the reason for her travels. In a photo of Narumi and herself during the festivities in Japan, she was seen wearing a blue traditional style kimono dress with white butterfly designs and a salmon pink obi tied on her waist, the skirt show her right leg.Įlena is a young girl with a strong, pure spirit and a cheerful "tomboy" personality similar to Sakura, Ibuki and fellow rival Makoto (though not as brash and fiery-tempered like the latter), as she is normally seen smiling or laughing sweetly. In her 3rd Strike ending, she was wearing a white high-neck sleeveless shirt, red pants and black shoes. In her 2nd Impact ending, she was wearing a Japanese school uniform similar to Sakura's, she has this outfit as her alternate costume in Street Fighter X Tekken. Much like Gill and his asymmetrical body, her revealing attire and the numerous colorful bands that adorn her body were likely designed by Capcom to display the graphical power of the CPS-3 board. She also has a gold bracelet in each sides of her wrists and ankles.
Her bands on her arm, leg, shin and ankles have two small bows hanging loose. Her primary outfit remains largely the same. profile artwork, Elena's hair has slightly grown and is styled into a shoulder length bob. This makes her attire the most revealing for a playable female in the Street Fighter series' history. Her attire consists of a white two-piece bikini-like outfit with pale red, sky-blue, gold and purple bands on her neck, arms, wrists, shins, and ankles. Many official artworks, mainly the SFIII ones, depict her finger and toenails painted sky-blue. She is barefoot while fighting and has long, powerful legs. She has dark skin, short silvery-white hair and blue eyes. 5.5 Street Fighter: Back To School SpecialĮlena is uncommonly tall for a female being 6' (183cm) tall, she is currently the tallest female in the Street Fighter series.