>>6090552Because American box art is so representative of what's going on.
Handsome Japanese dude and blond American army dude are the mains of SF2 because they appealed to the biggest markets of the game, pure and simple. In fact SF1 Ken was put in as a palette swap only because they wanted whites to play the game outside of Japan. It's all just about marketing.
Reminder that for 20 years the Brazillian was green.