Ken vs. Ryu

During SF2 they are on about equal level, but Ryu is surely superior during Street Fighter 3, they fought several times and Ken won only once. You can find Ryu's quote in SF3 (or maybe SF4, I can't recall) when he tells Ken that he still has a better ratio in their fights.
During SF3 Ryu is trained by Oro but still not ready to fight the likes of Oro or Akuma. During SF3 Ryu is clearly superior to Ken, who is a family man.

Ken no probs.

Ryu turns evil and eats Ken

Ken turns evil and uppercuts Ryu!

Ryu turns evil before Ken has a chance to and Ryu gives Ken the loving embrace of the Raging Demon

Ken in the end is too pure to be weak enough to fall into the Dark Hadou.

And through the love of his wife and family shatters Dark Ryu and as in typical SF fashion releases him from his dark influences and wins the fight.

Dammit. That's a good angle.

Originally posted by juggerman
Dammit. That's a good angle.

Hey that's just the way Ken rolls.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Ryu has the advantage since he's been training a lot more than Ken.

Ken is a family man, and trains less than Ryu.

Despite this fact, they are virtually equals.

As I see it, Ryu is stronger, but Ken is faster.

They're equals, because Ken's a natural, while Ryu's a disciplined workhorse.

If Ken trained as seriously as Ryu, he'd probably be untouchable.

Ryu wins but barely.

Ryu, ya'know, since they fought already...and he won...

The last fight between Ryu and Ken happened in 3rd Strike. From their dialog you can realize that Ryu lost to Ken once, but beat him at least twice.

Quoting some of their pre-fight dialog:

Ken: Okay then, I'll make this quick and easy for you. Prepare for defeat!
Ryu: You may think so, but I've still got the better win record. Stand Strong!

It was a friendly fight and Ryu managed to win it, which means he beat Ken at least 3 times and lost only once.

Darkstorm Zero
Actually... I don't recall Ken Equalling Ryu... The only time Ken ever defeated Ryu was in Alpha 2, and that was when Ryu was distracted.
I could cite the fact that Ryu defeated Akuma, while Ken received one backhand from Akuma and was knocked out... And no, Ken was fully attacking Akuma during this One hit KO wonder.

Actually I have one correction to add. Ryu did not defeat Akuma in their SFA fight. They fought, but Ryu didn't beat Akuma. It was Akuma who wasn't satisfied with Ryu's performance and was angry as Ryu didn't let the dark site overtake him, which resulted Akuma punching and destroying the island. There was no winner in that fight.
I've seen the rumor of Ryu beating Akuma in that fight in several forums, but that really didn't happen.

Originally posted by cdtm
They're equals, because Ken's a natural, while Ryu's a disciplined workhorse.

If Ken trained as seriously as Ryu, he'd probably be untouchable.

^ this...

* but of course, they won't make Ken better than Ryu story-wise...

Thank you