In a variety of media, Bison has been portrayed by Raul Julia, Neal McDonough and Silvio Simac and voiced by Tom Wyner, Richard Newman and Gerald C. Rivers.

[5] The story of Street Fighter 6 acknowledged this change within the context of its narrative, claiming that all three names were aliases that Shadaloo's leadership operated under to protect their true identities.

The first source of inspiration for M. Bison's design came from the character General Washizaki, one of the main villains of the popular martial arts manga Riki-Oh.

[8][9] Additionally, Yasunori Katō, a fictional character appeared in the Teito Monogatari series and other productions such as the Yokai Monsters, served as another inspiration source for M.

Nakayama noted that the team planned to portray Bison in a different light for this entry, since the character JP is the villain for this instalment; his arcade mode delves further into this new characterization.

[11] Bison first appears in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior as the final computer-controlled opponent in the single-player mode, following the player's defeat of the other three Grand Masters.

The storyline through the numerous versions of Street Fighter II characterizes Bison as the leader of a criminal organization called "Shadaloo" who sponsors the World Warrior tournament.

The Street Fighter IV Training Guide reveals that Bison was destroyed by Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu and now inhabits a new body created for him by his scientists.

[12] In Street Fighter IV, the main villain is Seth, an android previously created for Bison's soul to inhabit but went rogue and usurped the leadership of S.I.N., a subsidiary of Shadaloo.

After his presumed death, a ghost empowered by Psycho Power of himself called Phantom Bison is mostly shown haunting both of his former vessels, Falke and particularly Ed.

[14] Bison returns in Street Fighter 6 via downloadable content, where he previously was revealed to have bestowed Psycho Power to JP prior to Shadaloo's downfall.

Bison's depiction is a departure from previous appearances, and he has both developed amnesia, and scars on his upper right half because of the Power of Nothingness' effect caused by Ryu during their last encounter.

Other roles include the Japanese action/tactical RPG hybridm Namco × Capcom', Project X Zone 2 and,Street Fighter X Tekken, with Juri as his official tag partner.

For the role, Raúl Juliá studied the lives and personalities of various dictators and drug lords, and as such mimicked many of their hand movements and body language to incorporate into the M. Bison character, most notably Benito Mussolini's hand gestures, Joseph Stalin's mannerisms and strict demeanor, Adolf Hitler's love and passion for arts and crafts, and Pablo Escobar's elusiveness.

Other dictators and drug lords incorporated by Juliá include Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, Idi Amin, and Saddam Hussein.

In his ending, he is said to have crushed Colonel Guile in personal combat and defeated his AN Forces, and subsequently brought the world under the control of his Pax Bisonica empire.

The film shows Bison donning a business suit rather than his signature costume and is depicted as a crime boss and secret drug kingpin disguised as a Thailand-based multilingual Irish international businessman instead of a military man, although he is also shown to be in charge of his own paramilitary force.

In a backstory told by Gen, Bison was abandoned by his Irish missionary parents in Thailand when he was an infant and lived his entire life engaging in acts of theft.

He then sacrificed his pregnant wife in the bowels of a supernatural cave, where he imbued his daughter, Rose, with the goodness of his soul, thus ridding himself of any sense of conscience.

[21][22] "Shadaloo" as it is referred to, is a multi-leveled criminal syndicate which is a plutarchy of an unknown number of powerful crime families that have connections ranging from the locale mafiosos of the countries to even factions of the government (in the film's current case, the department of commerce).

Though Bison's full goals are not divulged, his first order of business is to buy up an entire waterfront district and restructure it specifically for the wealthy and elite, thus further adding to the funding of his operations.

Silvio Simac portrayed Bison in Street Fighter: Resurrection appearing in the final episode observing Ryu, Ken, Laura and Nash through a battered Decapre's eyes while sitting down on his throne behind a massive spherical object before burning a chess piece with his Psycho Power and proclaiming that he shall let them come.

He is still the leader of Shadowlaw, which now has numerous subdivisions, such as the Ashura Syndicate under his associate, Mr. Zochi but has no major history with Guile nor Chun-Li as opposed to other versions.

When Ashura is destroyed by Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Fei-Long and Inspector Dorai (Chun-Li's father), Bison orders Dorai murdered and Ken kidnapped and held ransom after witnessing him defeat Vega in a very dramatic fashion, and later sends his henchman, Zangief, to capture Ryu, whom Bison had seen on the beach practicing Hadou, and have him brainwashed into becoming his enforcer and surrogate son.

In the meantime, Bison succeeds in brainwashing both Chun-Li and Ryu and setting them on Guile and Ken, respectively, after killing Charlie Nash after a botched rescue.

Like the official story, Bison has a great interest in Ryu after watching him defeat Sagat at the last Street Fighter tournament and observing the nature of the Satsui no Hadō.

M. Bison makes a cameo appearance in the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph with Gerald C. Rivers reprising his role from Street Fighter IV onwards.

[42] Bison's return in Street Fighter 6 was criticized by Paste Magazine for ruining the story of the previous installment where Ryu kills the villain, leading the heroes to move on with their lives.

[48] Tech Radar referred to Bison's design as the "most radical" change in the entire cast as he looks very different from his classic look especially when compared to other redesigns Street Fighter 6 characters are given but his special moves were still praised.

[49] Nicholas Ware in a dissertation titled You Must Defeat Sheng Long to Stand a Chance noted M. Bison was surprisingly more muscular and taller in the Alpha games when compared to the hero Ryu.