Street Fighter 6 EVO Character Reveals Leak Early

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Street Fighter 6 may still be planned for release in 2023, but there's still a good amount of excitement and momentum for the fighting game right now. That's especially true given this weekend is EVO 2022 and Street Fighter 5: Championship Edition is one of the main events. Capcom has shown up to EVO in style, bringing Street Fighter 6 demo stations for attendees to play and teasing an announcement for tonight's Street Fighter 5 tournament final. Unfortunately, it seems that the announcement may have leaked early.

Street Fighter fans have expected Capcom to reveal one of Street Fighter 6's roster during the EVO 2022 finals. That's now confirmed to be true. However, Capcom apparently isn't revealing just one character. It's revealing two. The leak came from Capcom itself, as the German account for the publisher seems to have posted the announcements early. Across two now-deleted posts, Capcom confirmed new character Kimberly and returning fighter Juri will be joining Street Fighter 6's roster.

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A loose translation of the Capcom tweet describes Kimberly as the student of Final Fight and Street Fighter Alpha protagonist Guy. Kimberly is said to be obsessed with the 80s and carries around a cassette player on her hip. The image shared with the Kimberly leak shows her having defeated Luke, her braids hanging in the air as if she inherited Necalli's hair physics. Fans of Guy's bushinryu style can look forward to Kimberly being a part of Street Fighter 6's base roster when it launches.

Juri needs no introduction. She first appeared in Super Street Fighter 4 and instantly became a popular addition to the franchise. She's since been featured in Street Fighter 5, Street Fighter X Tekken, and