1. Hart 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, and the most consecutive opponents on Street Fighter V While Hart is predominantly known for his professional gaming career, he is a commentator, tournament organiser, author, presenter, event host, model, translator and content creator.
Ryan Hart has worked in many different areas of the Esports industry, these include professional player, tournament organiser, team manager, caster, interviewer, consultant, translator, model, coach and content creator.
Outside of Esports, Ryan Hart has worked for many years in the video game industry, for companies such as Sammy Europe, Sega Europe and Nintendo of Europe.
Unsuccessful in both tournaments Ryan Hart began to visit central London to play with more experienced players, it was there that he was introduced to Tekken and Tekken 2.
Ryan 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.
Ryan Hart became the UK national champion defeating Sho Hiraki along his path in September 1997, and even appeared in a four player exhibition on the UK's GameMaster TV show again competing against the player Sho from Japan within the final, which he ultimately lost.
In 1998, Ryan Hart won the Ehrgeiz UK championship and a flight to Japan to compete in the Ehrgeiz World Finals, he was defeated but during his time in Japan, he entered and won the King of Fighters '98 World Tournament held at the Amusement Machine Show in Tokyo Big Sight.
Ryan Hart competed at Fuce Championship on 15 October 2000, for the Tekken Tag Tournament console tournament held in Amsterdam, placing first by defeating Sandro Aousdji from Italy in the grand final.
In 2001, Ryan Hart competed at the Euro 3 tournament for Tekken Tag Tournament held in Birmingham, placing second.
Ryan Hart came to more success in 2002, winning first place in Tekken Tag Tournament and third place in SoulCalibur II at Absolution UK 2002.
Ryan Hart won multiple Virtua Fighter 4 and European Tekken Tag Tournament events within 2003 including Torneo di Napoli, Tekken Tag Tournament at Euro 5 and Toreno di Ancona, thus cementing his name as the best European Tekken and Virtua Fighter 4 player at the time.
Ryan Hart 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.
Ryan Hart entered Virtua Fighter 4 at Evolution 2003 tournament placing 3rd.
In 2004, Ryan Hart continued to have success within Tekken Tag Tournament, placing first at Torneo di Napoli 2nd Edition and second at Absolution UK 2004.
Ryan Hart managed to place first within Virtua Fighter 4 at Absolution UK 2004 defeating Delune within the grand final.
Ryan Hart continued to compete and place well within European tournaments, winning the Official Bandai Namco UK Championship then winning Ultimate Tournament Volume 4 within France and achieving 2nd at Torneo Olandese and Olanda 2005, while still competing within Tekken Tag Tournament with the same placement.
At Evolution 2005 Championship, Ryan 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 and claiming his second silver medal from the Evolution Championship Series.
Ryan Hart took the community by storm, winning both the Southgate Showdown and Chasing Dragon tournaments.
In 2006, Ryan Hart displayed one of his most dominant years to date by going almost completely undefeated on seven different games and losing only a handful of events.
Ryan Hart was successful multiple different tournaments for games such as Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Hyper Street Fighter II, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 5, The King of Fighters 2002 and Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution.
Ryan Hart continued to be a prominent figure within the Tekken 5 scene within 2006, with 1st place wins at Torneo Roma, Roma, Torneo Francia, Ultimate Tournament Volume 5, Euroslash Poland and a 3rd-place finish at Ultimate Tournament Volume 6.
Unfortunately, one of Ryan Hart's teammates pulled out before the Super Battle Opera finals for personal reasons, and Ryan Hart's team was forced into a 2 vs 3 handicap match, which they lost.
Ryan Hart won Torneo Roma in 2007 defeating the player Liquid and defeated Steve88 in Tekken 5 to win the event on both days.
Ryan Hart later managed to secure 4th place at Ultimate Tournament Volume 8 and 3rd place at Ultimate Tournament Volume 9.
Ryan Hart had more success winning Iron Man 2, E-Games Festival and Super Battle Opera European Qualifiers, this became the third time that Ryan Hart qualified for the Japanese fighting game event.
Ryan Hart won 1st place at Super VS Battle 2007 for Hyper Street Fighter II and 3rd place at Summer Showdown.
Ryan 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.
Ryan Hart would go on to win the Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Giessen Tournament, defeating the Polish champion Devil.
Ryan Hart became the second person ever to parry Wong's Chun-Li super during a main stage match.
Ryan Hart continued to have success In 2009 for Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection winning Torneo Spagnolo in Vigo, Spain.
Ryan Hart managed to secure 3rd place at Super VS Battle 2009.
Ryan Hart placed 1st on Street Fighter III: Third Strike at Max Damagermany and Super VS Battle 2009.
Ryan Hart would continue to compete within Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion placing 3rd and 4th at World Game Cup 2010 and VSFighting.
Ryan Hart competed and won European Gaming League 4, the Winner Stays On League and 360 Gaming twice.
Ryan Hart managed to secure 2nd at Red Fight District 2011.
In June 2011, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition was released to home consoles and along with it, a new game for Ryan Hart to continue his gaming success.
Ryan Hart managed to win DreamHack Summer 2011 and Super VS Battle 20XI while placing 2nd at DreamHack Winter 2011 and the European Gaming League 4.
Ryan Hart managed to place 7th and 9th respectively at Red Fight District 2011 and Canada Cup 2011.
Ryan Hart would continue to play Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, finishing 1st at 360 Gaming twice again, 2nd at Canada Cup 2011,5th and 7th at Max Damagermany 2011 and Evolution Championship 2011, while placing 2nd at Shadowloo Showdown 2011 for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.
Ryan Hart accomplished this using the character Sagat, with his fastest victory being just a mere 7 seconds.
Ryan Hart believed these players to have potential, he especially expressed Lee's potential after he visited South Korea and spent some personal time with Lee and Ahn.
Ryan Hart's belief was proven true as each player went on to be a champion, Lee and Ahn both went on to win Evolution 2012 Championship for the game Street Fighter X Tekken with Lee taking the title for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Demetriou would go on to win DreamHack Valencia, with Adeboye winning World Game Cup team tournaments and Winner Stays On singles events.
Ryan Hart would continue to compete and place well within other Capcom games such as Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike placing 2nd at Hypespotting, Street Fighter X Tekken placing 1st at Stunfest 2012, Max Damagermany Europe and Cross Up tournament which Ryan Hart won three times in a row.
Ryan Hart managed place 2nd at Hypespotting, DreamHack Summer and 9th at Shadowloo Showdown 2012.
Ryan Hart had success on Tekken 6 with winning Snake Pit 3v3, coming 2nd at Damagermany Crash and 5th at the Tekken Rules Tournament in Venezuela.
Ryan Hart would expand his gaming results further by playing The King of Fighter XIII and winning the European Gaming League 8 while placing 2nd at Hypespotting.
Ryan Hart continued to be very active within 2013, as well as winning the Alienware Championships Ryan Hart scored wins at DreamHack Valencia 2013, Ludus Magnus Gaming, Paris World Warriors, World Game Cup 3v3, Stunfest 2v2 and Razer Fighting Championships for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
Ryan Hart would find himself without a sponsor mid-way through the year after Team Western Wolves disbanded on 17 August, Western Wolves would officially close it doors on 20 December 2013.
Ryan 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, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike winning Shadowloo Showdown V and Triple Threat Volume 10, he then placed 2nd at Proving Grounds 4 and 3rd at Stunfest 2014.
Ryan 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 while obtaining 3rd-place finishes at Wednesday Night Fights on both Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ultra Street Fighter IV.
Ryan Hart had a 4th-place finish at VSFighting 4, a 2nd-place finish at Hypespotting 3 for The King of Fighters XIII and competing in his last Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown tournaments with 1st place victories at International Video Game Cup 2014 and Final Round XVII.
Ryan Hart was very active during the first year of the new games release, winning Bracket Reset 59, Take TV Take's Dojo, Fight Club NRW and placing 2nd at Lockdown 2016, EGX 2016 and Paris Games Week Invitational.
Ryan 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 allowed him to be more active within different areas of the Esports industry.
In 2017 he only entered a handful of events for Street Fighter V with his best result being 1st at Take TV Weekly, Meltdown Weekly and Greek Empire Tournament, additionally Ryan Hart placed 3rd at TakeDojo X-Mas 2017.
Ryan 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 and 9th at Brussels Challenge Major 2018, Headstomper 2018 and Fight Club NRW 2018.
Ryan Hart has managed Western Wolves as a team leader during the team's run.
Ryan Hart has been a caster for multiple different events including Pokken's Nationals, Black Label ESports Masters, World Cyber Games, Capcom Pro Tour, GamesCom Dragonball Fighter Z Tournament, and the Tekken World Tour.