TL;DR Edmond Honda, affectionately known as E. Honda, first stepped onto the gaming scene in Street Fighter II. Designed by Eri “Erichan” Nakamura and Akira Yasuda, he was originally named ...

For Street Fighter 2's U.S. releases, Capcom USA's marketing ... popular sumo wrestler E. Honda's mawashi (loincloth) flew open, thus "exposing him," if only briefly. As proof, she also mentioned ...