In addition to his debut in the Masaomi Kanzaki's manga adaptation of "Street Fighter II", Gouken also played a role in Masahiko Nakahira's manga adaptations of "Street Fighter Alpha" and "Street Fighter III: Ryu Final", where he appears in flashbacks involving Ryu and Ken's training days. The "Alpha" manga differs from the back-story of the games in which it was Goutetsu, rather Gouken, who refined their martial art from an art of assassination to a pure martial art. In addition, the manga also established that Gouken forbade Ryu and Ken the use of the "Shōryūken". "Ryu Final" depicts the battle between Gouken and Akuma, which results in the destruction of a forest and the collapse of a hill. The prayer beads worn by Akuma are the same ones that originally belonged to Gouken. Gouken also appears in the Street Fighter episode "The World's Greatest Warrior", with his character design being similar to those in prior Street Fighter manga.