Dan Hibiki (Earth-19999)

"A pitiful excuse for a man. What kind of person wants to destroy everything in the world? Maybe you just want to destroy yourself...?"

- Christie to Bison

Dan Hibiki (火引 弾 Hibiki Dan), is a character from the Mortal Fighter Series. Dan is consistently portrayed as an arrogant, overconfident and utterly feeble fighter, who invented his own style, the "Strongest Style" (Saikyo-ryū). He is one of the few characters who appeared in the first game of the series, Mortal Fighter, and he has subsequently returned for all other installments. Aside from his seemingly arrogant persona, Dan cares deep for his friends and has become an protector of Earthrealm against the forces of Outworld, Shadaloo and Mishima-Zaibatsu.

Early Life
Dan Hibiki was born on November 25, 1983. Dan's father, Go Hibiki, was a mixed martial artist an and a enemy of Sagat, the God of Muay Thai. Go gouged out Sagat's right eye and Sagat beat him to death in retaliation. Because of this, Dan sought revenge on Sagat, even though not being able to complete his original training. Dan then fought to become a fighter, but was expelled from Gouken's dojo when his motivations were learned. Dan thus developed his own style of Gouken's martial art merged it with Sagat's Muay Thai elements, ultimately calling it Saikyō-ryū, or "Strongest Style," despite the complete weakness of his techniques. He set on a quest to find Sagat and take vengeance for his father's death.

Mortal Fighter
Dan decides to enter the Mortal Fighter Tournament, seeking to find Sagat and avenge his father's death, knowing that the mishima-Zaibatsu has deep connections with both parties. During his travel to Shang Tsung's Island, he encounters a man calling himself Guy, who calls his moves cute. Guy then explains he is looking to challenge fighters. Dan accepts his challenge and fights Guy. He eventually meets Jin Kazama, Lord Raiden and Ryu. When Ryu says that revenge is not the path, Dan replies that no one, "not even Gouken's son", will stop him. The two ends up fighting, but Lord Raiden intervines, saying that "a true warrior is not the one who just defeat his opponent, but show compassion for him", and only this way Dan could have the Strongest Style. Dan accepts and joins Raiden's new team of warriors. In the course of Lord Raiden's quest to stop Outworld and Mishima in the Tournament, Dan joins him to a secret mission inside the Pit. There, he eventually encounters Sagat. When Dan taunts him on wanting to make the left eye match the right, Sagat comments that "the man who took out his right eye paid with his life". Angered, Dan brands Sagat a murderer, knowing the man was his father. Sagat then comments that Dan should join his father, which then led to their fight. Dan manages to win with the guise of Jin and Johnny Cage, and after their fight, Dan wins, although he doesn't kill Sagat, remembering what Lord Raiden told him and ultimately realizing that his father would not want this from him. Satisfied that he finally avenged his father's death, and after witnessing Jin's victory over the Shokan warrior Goro, Dan returns to Hong Kong and sets up his Saikyō-ryū Dojo, while still watching over the new friends he gained during the Tournamnet.