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That's just speculation. The quote is more about the concept of Cody holding back rather than how powerful Cody is. Oni basically noticed that Cody doesn't always use his true strength, so Oni asks him to fight to his full potential if he doesn't want to die that quickly.
Kage is basically Oni, the SnH entity. The only difference is that Kage is Ryu's shadow while Oni is Akuma's shadow. He's the strongest char, he just needs a vessel.
Shin Akuma is canon, Oni isn't. One-Handed Oro was able to hold Base Akuma to a stalemate, and they both know they'd kill each other if they used their true strength. Akuma's battle with Kage was spiritual, Kage doesn't have a physical body.
This video was made by Capcom UK, it's not 100% reliable. Oro and Akuma are equals, and Akuma destroying a meteorite happened in his Capcom Fighting Evolution ending, which is also where Ingrid comes from, so she isn't canon to the SF storyline.
That's the thing though. Evil Ryu vs. Shin Akuma is the only rival match that has two possible outcomes in Alpha 3, the fight could've gone either way. I still think he's no match for Shin Akuma for reasons I mentioned before. And even if Evil Ryu were slightly more powerful, he'd lose since he...
Ryu didn't infect Sagat. Sagat was on a spiritual journey and was attacked by Kage in the process. That's it.
And I still don't buy Evil Ryu defeating Shin Akuma, but whatever.
FANG isn't a low-tier, but he's close to being one. His resume wasn't that great. An unfocused Ryu stomped Rashid, so Birdie doesn't compare to him and Ken.
Gen didn't participate in the SFI tournament since there was no competition for him, he didn't fight Ryu, and Birdie was most likely no match for him.
Birdie lost to Ibuki, Rashid and Karin, he's definitely a low-tier.
Ryu is stronger than Dhalsim, it's just that he wasn't focused due to the SnH stuff going on inside him. After finishing his special (spiritual) training, he owned Necalli pretty easily.