Good ideas. Honestly your guess is as good as mine. He has a pretty floaty jump, and his specials outside of Fireball/DP/Command Grab are used only in combos. If we look at those 3 tools as his only means of offense (oh and j.

), then he seems like an incredibly straightforward character. Maybe he's supposed to be like Ryo...simple and to the point.
Yeah his air CD is pretty good.