Ryan Joseph Hart, also known as Prodigal Son, Tsuujin, Robotnik, The Terminator and NeriahSensei, is a British professional fighting game player.

He specialises in 2D and 3D fighter games released by Capcom, Bandai Namco, Sega, Midway, NetherRealm Studios and SNK.

[citation needed] Hart also holds four world records within the Guinness World Record's for most international Street Fighter competition wins, most well-travelled fighting game champion, the longest winning streak on Street Fighter IV,[2] and the most consecutive opponents on Street Fighter V.[3] While Hart is predominantly known for his professional gaming career, he is also a commentator, tournament organiser, author, presenter, event host, model, translator and content creator.

[4] Hart has worked in many different areas of the Esports industry, these include (but not limited to) professional player, tournament organiser, team manager, caster, interviewer, consultant, translator, model, coach and content creator.

[5] Hart's first tournament was for the game Street Fighter II Turbo, held in London Trocadero in 1994, the event was sponsored by Kiss FM.

This was the first competition that Hart won, defeating the player Motohide Nishio in the grand finals thus cementing his name among the King of Fighters community.

Hart began to explore other fighting games, having huge success with Sega's Virtua Fighter 3, winning nine championships in a row at the Namco Wonderpark on 6, 7 and 8 June 1997, which was located on Great Windmill Street in Central London.

Adding to Hart's success within Japan, he also placed second at the Virtua Fighter 3 tournament held in Ikebukuro Gigo arcade.

This led to Hart entering the Tekken Tag Tournament event held at Evolution 2003 within California placing second,[15] losing to Kim Bong Min in the grand finals.

Hart also had success playing Virtua Fighter 4, winning the Warriors Unite Pre-Absolution 2004 event that took place in December 2003, defeating Japanese player Jun within the grand finals.

[15][18] In 2004, Hart continued to have success within Tekken Tag Tournament, placing first at Torneo di Napoli 2nd Edition and second at Absolution UK 2004.

[24] At Evolution 2005 Championship, Hart fought his way in Tekken Tag Tournament to the grand finals where he purposely forfeited his winner bracket match for an unknown reason, but still fought his way to the grand final, placing 2nd[25] and claiming his second silver medal from the Evolution Championship Series.

Hart continued to show winning strides on Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike as he took 1st place at Ranking Battles 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.

[40] 2009 would also be the year that Street Fighter IV was finally released on home consoles, with this release Hart was quick to compete and win multiple tournament such as DreamHack Sweden 2009[40] in Sweden, Impact 2009, Max Damagermany, Cinemasters Tournament, Insomnia i37, Capcom SFIV National Championship[41] and Capcom SFIV European Championship.

[45] 2011 saw the announcement for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, and with this announcement Hart competed less within Super Street Fighter IV as events faded away in prepare for the new iteration, Hart entered a handful of tournaments; DamaGermany 2011 (3rd),[48] World Game Cup 2011 (3rd),[47] and Beat by Contest 2011 (9th).

[59] 2012 was a very busy year for Hart within Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, he managed to win multiple events; Berlin Campus Party, Ultimate Clash 13, Bushido Impact International 2v2, Proving Grounds 4,[60] EGL 8 2v2, Hypespotting[61] and WinnerStaysOn Xmas Special,[62] while also placing 2nd in four tournaments; Bushido Impact International II,[63] European Gaming League 8,[64] Kuwait Battle Royale 2012[65] and DreamHack Winter 2012.

He managed place 2nd at Hypespotting, DreamHack Summer and 9th at Shadowloo Showdown 2012.This was the same year that a new introduction to the Tekken franchise would take place, with the release of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Hart would continue his dominance within the new title, winning 1st place at Proving Grounds 4,[77] European Gaming League 8,[78] Kuwait Battle Royale 2012[79] and Insomnia i46 - Madcatz UK Championship,[80] not contempt with competing in so many games Hart won Hypespotting's Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown event and came 2nd at Shadowloo Showdown 2012.

[2] Controversy struck Hart in 2012, which would see him temporarily suspended by his current sponsor Western Wolves for a tweet he posted after losing to his teammate MCZ|Mago at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary UK event stating "Thank you very fucking much Madcatz.

Hart continued to be very active within 2013, as well as winning the Alienware Championships Hart also scored wins at DreamHack Valencia 2013,[84] Ludus Magnus Gaming, Paris World Warriors, World Game Cup 3v3, Stunfest 2v2 and Razer Fighting Championships[85] for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

Along with these victories, Hart placed 2nd at a number of different events such as Da Ultimate Crushing,[86] Final Round 16,[87] Treta Aftermath,[88] Wednesday Night Fights, DreamHack Valencia and VSFighting 3.

[106] Hart still maintained great results in other Capcom fighter such as Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix with 1st place at Triple Threat Volume 10, IGN Con Dubai Arcade Cafe Tournament and International Video Game Cup 2014, 2nd-place finish at Gigacon and 4th place at VSFighting 4,[45] Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike winning Shadowloo Showdown V[107] and Triple Threat Volume 10, he then placed 2nd at Proving Grounds 4[108] and 3rd at Stunfest 2014.

With the eventual release of Ultra Street Fighter IV later within the year, Hart took 1st place at Warriors Return 3, Bracket Reset, Gigacon (2v2), Keep It Classy and Triple Threat Volume 10,[111] while placing 2nd at Street Grand Battle 2014,[112] DreamHack Valencia 2014,[113] ROF,[114] Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 10,[101] Shadowloo Showdown V,[107] DreamHack Stockholm 2014,[115] Hypespotting 3[116] and The Luffy Beatdown Special.

[117] Hart still managed to compete within different titles at events winning Tekken Tag Tournament 2 at IGN Con Dubai, International Video Game Cup 2014 and Hypespotting 3[118] while obtaining 3rd-place finishes at Wednesday Night Fights[119] on both Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

This did not hinder Hart from competing within multiple events around globe, winning Bracket Reset 21,[120] IGN Con Qatar finishing 3rd place within Topanga Charity Cup EGX 2015,[121] Stunfest 2015 (2v2) and Kakutop League II,[122] along with 4th-place finishes at DreamHack Summer 2015,[123] Milan Games Week,[124] Hypespotting 4,[125] Ouka Ranbu Cup[126] and Kakutop League I.

[131] Along with these results Hart secured 3rd and 4th place victories at events such as Kuwait Battle Royale 2016,[132] Celtic Throwdown 2016,[133] VSFighting 2016,[134] and Cannes Winter Clash 2016.

[135] Hart started to focus more on his private life and this led him competing a lot less than he had previously at this point, but also allowed him to be more active within different areas of the Esports industry.

[137] Hart continues to compete within fighting game events but to a lesser extent as he continues to grow his career within other areas, he still enters events for Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 with his best results of 7th (Tekken 7) and 9th (Street Fighter V) at Brussels Challenge Major 2018,[138][139] Headstomper 2018[140] and Fight Club NRW 2018.

Among Ryan's long career within the Esports industry he has had the opportunity to co-author a book and write articles for his own blog and Ars Technica[147] Since 2001 Hart has also setup and ran many tournaments during his time within the competitive fighting game scene including but not limited to TTT 1 Crackdown,[9] SBO Netko,[10] Chasing Dragon 3s Tournament,[8] VF4 Feet Bribe,[148] 50 Man Trocadeo KO Showdown, 3S Neko RB Season,[149] Prodigal Summit, Namco Station Tekken 5 Bi-Weeklies, USA vs Europe SF4 Showdown[150] and the Venezuela Tour 2012.