When I was a kid, my favorite character was Chun Li partly because she was the ONLY female character in the game. In fact, she is the first female playable character to appear in the fighting series. Her kicks looked so cool Gen is also pretty cool. Hey, gotta respect an old guy who fights y'know.
Ken is my favorite, and im pretty good with comobos with him, however im better with motoko and shes my fav to
My favorite is Guile, I constantly played him to learn the touch of death and eventually he became my favorite character.