Adam Hunter

Adam Hunter is one of the main protagonists from Streets of Rage and Streets of Rage 4. Unlike his partners Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding, Adam Hunter has only been playable in half the titles.

Appearance
Adam Hunter is a muscular black man often seen wearing a yellow shirt of some kind, black pants with knee pads and black fingerless gloves.

In Streets of Rage, Adam wears a yellow T-shirt with black sleeves and neck trim. He wears dark colored boots that appear to strap up with a yellow fastner.

In Streets of Rage 4, Adam wears an unbuttoned yellow shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black suspenders. He now wears a pair of sunglasses and has the sides of his hair shaved into a fade. Adam also wears shin guards, yellow and black sneakers and has a slightly bulkier, but still athletic build.

History
Adam joined the Wood Oak City Police force prior to the events of Streets of Rage. Over time the Syndicate managed to successfully take over the city with the police on their payroll allowing crime to run rampant.

He and his partners Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding, decided to hand in their badges in order to clear up the city streets as vigilantes, and put a stop to Mr. X and his lieutenants.

After visiting every area of the city and even managing to defeat Mr. X himself, they successfully seemed to liberate Wood Oak City of the Syndicate and believed peace was restored. Adam was the only one of the three to return to the force, and now lived with his younger brother Eddie "Skate" Hunter.

On the one year anniversary of Mr. X's defeat, Adam was supposed to reunite with Blaze and Axel to celebrate their successes and reminesce about old times, but was ambushed by Mr. X's right hand man, Shiva, and his goons at his home. When his young brother returned to a wrecked apartment, he began to worry and contacted Axel and Blaze to help investigate. Adam's two partners came across a photo of Adam in chains at the feet of Mr. X and staged a rescue operation for Adam with the help of both Skate and Axel's friend Max Thunder.

Later due to being too busy with police work Adam sends Skate to aid Axel, Blaze and Dr. Gilbert Zan with the investigation into Mr. X's bombings and clearing Axel's name. He does however turn up later to aid the group in finding the location of Mr. X and dismantles the remaining bombs whilst his ex-partners, little brother and Dr. Zan defeat Mr. X for a third time.

Adam had quite enough excitement after the bombing dismantle and had decided to quit the force to look after his daughter Cherry Hunter. However he ended up getting a job offer as a Special Forces agent that he couldn't say no to, and ten years after the events of Streets of Rage 3, Adam is tasked with the mission to infiltrate the new Syndicate run by Mr. X's offspring; Mr. Y and Ms. Y.

As Estel, a fellow special forces officer, approaches Axel, Blaze, Cherry and Dr. Zan's apprentice Floyd, Adam appears and tells her to stand down. She refuses and Adam appears to defeat her urging his ex-partners and daughter to go onward whilst he "talks" to her...

Trivia

 * Adam's original name was going to be Wolf.
 * His new Star Move involves him shooting energy swords out of the ground. This was chosen as the artists felt Adam himself was a 'Sword of Justice'.
 * Adam is the only member of the original three to not appear playable in every game. However his family members fill in for him when he is missing from the initial line up with his little brother Skate in Streets of Rage 2 and 3 and daughter Cherry in Streets of Rage 4 (although he is an unlockable playable character after a certain point).
 * Adam appears in SEGA Heroes as a Yellow Campaign Hero. His Star Skill involves him hitting an opponent with the metal pipe weapon.
 * Adam is a racer in the Japan standalone Nintendo 3DS eshop release of Power Drift alongside Axel, Blaze, Alex Kidd, Harrier and other famous retro Sega faces.