Fighting Games

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I think its neat that he looks like Strider.

Speaking of which: many people assume that because of his younger self looks like Strider, one of the names he thought for his new organization being "Strider", having many moves reminiscent of Strider AND one of his titles being "the original strider", many people assume that the Strider and Street Fighter franchise are connected. The thing is, that could not be the case.

You see, if Zeku is in fact the original Strider it only makes Strider canon to SF but not necessarily vice versa. It's like how Akuma is canon to the Tekken universe but Tekken is not canon to the SF universe. Therefore, it could also be theorised that the Strider organization (SF) could be quite different from that of the eponymous Strider games, since it is unlikely that the same cheerful Zeku that funded the "Bushinryu" Ninja clan in order to protect the innocent, would create an organization more in line with actual ninjas who are mercenaries that kill and kidnap.

Not to mention that it's been established that the founder of the Striders in the Strider universe is someone else. I highly doubt they would retcon that.