Guy's hair is grown into shoulder length and tied in a low ponytail. In Street Fighter V, Guy's outfit remains largly the same his brown mesh shirt is replaced with a white short sleeve fitted shirt, his shins are dark teal, his yellow fighting gloves are replaced with fingerless gloves and his High-Top Nike Dunks are replaced with white sneakers. His second alternate costume seems to be based on traditional Japanese clothing, reminiscent of a samurai. In the Street Fighter IV series, his first alternate costume is based on his original Final Fight outfit, with the main differences being an added sword and a white headband. His look in Final Fight: Streetwise is similar to his Final Fight 3 appearance, except that he wears white and red sweatpants, a different pair of sneakers, and black fingerless gloves.
Since Final Fight 3, he also wears fingerless gloves. In Super Street Fighter IV, the Swoosh symbol was modified to look like a generic lighting bolt, possibly due to the fear of legal actions from Nike. In Final Fight 3 and the Alpha series, Guy's footwear is changed to a pair of High-Top Nike Dunks, an intentional contrast to the rest of his traditional outfit and a trademark of his often referenced by other characters and Guy himself in win quotes. The kanji (武神, Bushin) written on Guy's gi literally translates to "god of military arts." His footwear was originally a set of ninja boots in the first Final Fight game.
In the Final Fight series, it resembled a karate gi with a thin, dark belt, but in the Street Fighter Alpha series and beyond, it has a white outline around the arm holes and golden yellow bands around his waist and ankles. Guy wears a red or orange sleeveless ninja gi with a wire mesh shirt underneath for defense. His build is rather top-heavy, with slim, muscular legs and predominant bulkiness of his chest, shoulders and arms. A frown is constantly seen on his face he very rarely laughs or smiles. His hair is black in Final Fight, but in most other appearances, it is brown. Guy is usually portrayed with prominent bangs that are long enough to cover his eyes, but their length seems to vary based on the artist. I destroy evil." In the Alpha series, during an inner monologue, he flashes back to Metro City during 1989, where his preoccupation with the situation at hand causes him to simply ignore some bosses, who are infuriated by his lack of attention.Īccording to his win quote against Hakan in Super Street Fighter IV, Guy is a vegetarian, though this conflicts somewhat with the large number of meat items in Final Fight. In the first Final Fight, various dialogue seems to indicate that Guy had a one-track mind, particularly his response to Rolento's proposal: "Mad Gear is evil. Bison, and rescuing Maki from Bison in her ending. He is fiercely protective of his allies, as shown by his interactions with Rose, urging her not to sacrifice herself to defeat M. Guy dislikes interfering in the lives of others, and believes everything should be left as is, only fighting when he deems it necessary.
His grim face rarely shows any emotion, with the most noticeable one being occasional shock, such as when he saw the fate that befell Cody.
He is a stoic warrior who carries out his duty as a ninja with an almost professional air of detachment his demeanor in his initial Street Fighter appearances was unusually standoffish, though his aloofness has given way to politeness in more recent portrayals. Guy is calm and reserved, with a sharp mind, a noble spirit, and a strong sense of justice.