Im gonna use him, but then again im good with everyone. I like kens fighting style better then ryus though all about the flaming dragon punch and crazy kicks.

The reason why I pick Ken is just in case there's an Akuma user.I'll just shoryken through the air fireballs cuz that's the only way for me not to get owned.

I choose ken so i can knee bash the **** out of people.  Ryu has no such hold.

I believe Ken is favored because his DP is so dominant and is arguably the best reversal in the game. Also due to normal lag, is very hard to counter his jab DP if he spams it repeatedly. Add in the kneebash cycle possibilities and his faster speed among the shotos and it's easy to see why he's used more, or at least seems to look like he's used more. I would think so. Ryu has a much stronger fireball game and controls the horizontal while ken's DPs are clearly faster and have further reach so he controls the vertical game. His DP is also the best counter to Akuma's air fireballs. I tend to play Ken when I don't want to work as hard for my wins as I do with Fei Long, since it's too easy to spam DPs all day and kneebash people to death. But overall, Ryu is the superior fighter and Akuma is arguably still overpowered. In the right hands, anyway.

Fei Long is my favorite char but I like and play better with Sagat and the shotos. I really like his Fierce DP and carzy kicks too