shotoEtymologyClipping of Shotokan, a style of karate. Originally mistakenly applied to the characters Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter II by translators working for Capcom USA, despite neither being practitioners of the style.nounIn the Street Fighter series, either of the playable characters Ryu and Ken; by extension, several characters with similar attacks.“No one else as an invincible uppercut. Why should Ryu/Ken. Why should you be magically freed of this "annoyance" if you pick a shoto character?”In fighting games generally, a playable character with the ability to shoot a horizontally traveling projectile, perform an uppercut and perform a horizontally travelling physical attack.“The shoto character’s strength would be his wide toolset, which would give him an answer to almost any situation while not exceeding in any of them.”