Kikkomanchow on the Shoryuken.com message boards recently broke the news that there's a Japanese tier listing for Street Fighter 4.

The listing shows Sagat being in a dominate position atop the list, followed by M. Bison (Dictator), Ryu and Zangief all tied for second.

Tiers are an interesting thing. While they'll give you a general idea of a character's effectiveness, it's usually not wise to take them as the end all be all discussion of a character's capabilities.

New strategies and tactics are discovered all of the time for fighting games, and they can greatly change the way a game is played, especially one so new as Street Fighter 4.

Anyway, regardless of all that, the tier listing now has a permanent home as part of the Street Fighter 4 Strategy Guide here on EventHubs.com.

If you'd like to share your opinion of the new tier listing, please leave a comment.