{"id":85050,"date":"2026-09-15T08:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85050"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:13:58","slug":"why-are-chun-lis-thighs-so-big-the-street-fighter-characters-origin-and-cultural-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85050","title":{"rendered":"Why are Chun-Li\u2019s thighs so big? The Street Fighter character\u2019s origin and cultural impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/14\/032a4c2d-00a7-424f-b207-a15a45bb21f9_f13a0e06.jpg?itok=Vu_0W4Xa&amp;v=1789373981\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the 1990s, Chun-Li was not only the first female playable character introduced in the Street Fighter video game franchise \u2013 she was also the first female playable character to gain mainstream recognition in the arcade and fighting game industry.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The fictional Chinese martial artist has become something of a pop culture icon over the years. She remains one of the world\u2019s most cosplayed video game characters, while US rapper Nicki Minaj borrowed the heroine\u2019s name for her 2018 single, \u201cChun-Li\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The character made headlines again recently when Canadian actress Callina Liang went viral for a fitness regimen that grew each of her thighs by 6.5cm (2.6 inches) to match the character\u2019s physique for the upcoming <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Street Fighter<\/em> film.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Vancouver-born Liang\u2019s 2026 reinterpretation wears a modernised version of the character\u2019s iconic blue dress, retaining some <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">cheongsam<\/span> elements and adding black tights to cover her muscular legs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3367398\/why-are-chun-lis-thighs-so-big-street-fighter-characters-origin-and-cultural-impact?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1990s, Chun-Li was not only the first female playable character introduced in the Street Fighter video game franchise \u2013 she was also the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[577,528,29774,7812,3444,3312,9856,310,30022],"class_list":["post-85050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-big","tag-characters","tag-chunlis","tag-cultural","tag-fighter","tag-impact","tag-origin","tag-street","tag-thighs","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}