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According to his backstory, he is a member of a Thunderfoot clan whose homeland was taken over by M. Bison's organization Shadaloo thirty years prior to the events of the World Warrior tournament.
His father, Arroyo Hawk, was also murdered by Bison. According to Noritaka Funamizu and Akira Nishitani, T. Hawk was originally named "Geronimo" during the development of Super Street Fighter II, but the name was changed before release after it was suggested by an American staff member that the name Geronimo might be seen as racially offensive.