AAAAND OUR NUMBER! *spoiler alert there could be only one..*

“You’ve come a long way baby!”

“Awfully hard on Dolph Lundgren there wouldn’t you say Ms. Li?”

“The rest of this shower scene is going to make this article NSFW. Google on your own time… and privately.”

“BEST. YEAR. BOOK. POSE.EEEEEEVVVVER!”

1) Chun Li (Street Fighter)

When you think of an Asian femme fatale of fighting games who do you think of? Hell she doesn’t even need to be Asian, just go ahead, try it, close your eyes and what is the first picture in your mind when you think of the quintessential female in fighting games? If you said anyone other than Chun Li, A) you are lying B) you’re an asshole for trying to make us look bad C) you probably said Samus, which fair enough she was in Smash Bros, but she isn’t Asian and shut up. Anyway…

The Queen Bee of button mashing, the Matriarch of Martial Arts, the Ovarian Overlord, Chun Li with her “Spinning Bird Kick” soars in the rarified air above all others as the undisputed champion of Asian Femme Fatales in Fighting games. Actually you know what? FEMME FATALES PERIOD. Yep, her title is so unarguably the top of everyone’s list it transcends race, time and space.

But all alliteration and terrible rhyme schemes aside, things were not always so rosy for the strongest woman in the world. During the 1990s the plethora of fighting games and wannabe mascots both female and male saturated the gaming market and fighting games were no exception. Debuting in the revolutionary Street Fighter 2, Chun Li has appeared in almost every incarnation of the seemingly countless Street Fighter games, spinoffs and crossovers, holding her own as a reliable and recognizable fan favorite of the World Warrior Tournament.

Her inclusion in itself is no small feat either, considering the myriad of characters that have cycled in and out of arguably the most popular fighting game of all time. Not only was she the first female in the Street Fighter franchise, and quite possibly all of fighting game history, but she is an agent of Interpol, an honorary X-Men, teaches martial arts to kids, and probably conquered the Thighmaster better than Suzanne Somers.

Plus she survived TWO count them TWO horrendous movie adaptations! She has the numbers, the credentials and everything else you need to be at the top of this list. A constant in video games she has even appeared across numerous platforms including T.V., movies, books, merchandizing, and undoubtedly at this moment across millions of computer screens thanks to her fan service shower scene from Street Fighter II: The Animated movie. Quite simply Chun Li is the Coke, Mcdonalds, Beyonce, Muhamed Ali, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzsky, Rolls Royce, Big Kahuna, El Jefey, etc. of the Top Ten Asian Femme Fatales of Fighting Games.