The Hadouken or Hadoken is a special attack from Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. Game designer Takashi Nishiyama credits an energy attack called Hadouho, from the 1970s anime Space Battleship Yamato, as the origin of Hadoken. It is used by the characters Ryu, Ken, Sakura, Akuma and Gouken. The Hadoken, Shoryuken and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku are the three archetypal moves of these characters, as well as some of the most iconic and famous elements of the Street Fighter series or even video games in general.