Capcom went through somewhere between 400 and 500 designs before the finalized version of Super Street Fighter IV South Korean fighter Juri was approved — wonder if any of them looked like this…
https://kotaku.com/korean-internet-person-redesigns-super-street-fighter-i-5373321
Some of the ideas tossed around were an old lady and and ice skater. (Yes, ice skater!) Capcom eventually decides to make Juri “bad and somewhat erotic” — hence Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono request to show the sides of Juri’s breasts. Breasts, which we might note, have gotten bigger.
https://kotaku.com/south-korean-fighter-gets-bust-size-change-5372547
The character motif, according to Capcom, is a spider, and her silhouette is actually based on a Tae Kwan Do uniform. What’s more, Juri was slightly plump in her early incarnations, but since a plump Juri didn’t look evil enough, Capcom decided to get rid of that excess fat.
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