I'd suggest trying Kim, Because he has excellent footsies (but no long range game, which you may not like), good hit confirms, and can play a solid pressure game to boot. Vice is a bit weird, so I might not suggest starting with her, but she is one of my favorite characters to play. She is a bit one-dimensional until they start respecting that aspect of her game, then you can start applying more mixups using her 1 frame command grab and EX Splash.
You also might want to try one of the Iori's, I play Ex Iori, and he has a bag of trick for nearly any situation. Has rushdown, spacing, mixups... Though, both have a strong inclination to rushdown so you might not like them.
Also for Grapplers, I'd like to recommend Daimon because he has great area control normals, and good mixup with his grab. his hit-confirms are easy, but admittedly rather limited.