Street Fighter 6’s Chun-Li won’t be played by Laura Bailey

Chun-Li has a recent search for her subsequent recreation, Avenue Fighter 6, Capcom revealed on Thursday throughout PlayStation’s State of Play presentation. She additionally has a brand new English-language voice, courtesy of actor Jennie Kwan, who will probably be changing veteran voice actor Laura Bailey within the position for the mainline Avenue Fighter sequence.

Capcom confirmed the change on the official Avenue Fighter web site, as did Kwan in a put up on Instagram. “It’s Official!! FINALLY I can announce that I’m the voice of CHUN-LI in Avenue Fighter 6!!” Kwan mentioned. “So grateful to be a part of this iconic sequence.”

Kwan, a Filipino American actor, is probably going most recognizable for her position as Suki in Avatar: The Final Airbender and video video games based mostly on it. She’ll take over for Bailey, who has voiced Chun-Li in Avenue Fighter video games since Avenue Fighter 4 in 2008. Actor Ashly Burch additionally served because the voice of Chun-Li in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and in Teppen, Capcom and GungHo On-line’s digital collectible card recreation.

Actor Kyle Hebert will return to voice Ryu in Avenue Fighter 6, a job he’s had since Avenue Fighter 4. Becoming a member of Hebert and Kwan in SF6 are Aleks Le as Luke and Stephen Fu as Jamie.

Polygon has reached out to Capcom for touch upon Chun-Li’s new voice actor and can replace when the corporate responds.

Avenue Fighter 6 is slated for launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X someday in 2023.