I usually like characters that can control space well with normals. So SFV has been a bit of a journey. 
I think Guile is a great fit for me. He has great space control in this game. However I am naturally a reserved/turtle-y player so I wanted someone more aggressive in SFV. I don’t know that Laura is “perfect” for me, but I do really like the way her pressure works so I’ve been enjoying her a lot.
i love SFV cast even now that’vs still far from be completed, and i have fun with many characters
Still not perfect main though
Maybe Ryu if they was’nt so fucking obsessed at keep him boring as possible
My mains back to SF4 were Ryu/Bison/Cody
in S3 Cody we trust (also in S3 season patch Ryu)
I had in the beta version: Necalli. But then they nerfed his damage pretty badly (I’m not saying he’s underpowered now, but I would prefer a version that has very high damage, even if something else would need nerfing), and the story showed him to be boring, stupid, and a pushover…
I think I did.
Laura
Close second is Mika.
She is also fun, just a bit harder to use imo.
Laura and Mika are the reason why I want more female grapplers in Fighting Games now.
Doesn’t mean I only like grapplers of course. I mained Poison in USF4 after having a long character crisis. Was always interested in Viper, but she was too hard for me to use. That’s what I like the most about SFV compared to IV, I don’t need to worry about execution as much. I feel like I have more characters I can pick up in this game.
If Viper will end up being in the game, I would be extremely happy.
I think maybe it comes down to what we like in a character.
My ideal character would have long reaching and fast normals that translate into good hit confirms and CC’s, a full-screen projectile, a DP (or other reliable AA), fast walkspeed, and an overhead… I don’t need any command grabs, or setups/traps (like Urien, Ibuki, or Rashid’s V-Triggers).
Akuma right now seems to check most of those boxes, but I could lose the demon flip in exchange for better buttons.
Ken seems like he could be a good fit, but I don’t like his V-Skill or Trigger all that much.
I’m simply bored with Ryu.
Guile would be pretty good, but I don’t like charge characters. I feel so limited with them.
Cammy was my main, before Akuma, but I missed projectiles and an overhead.
You know who.
All that comes at a price to make sure the character isn’t unbalanced, though.
While almost ideal for you, Guile is charge-based to provide a weakness to his godlike buttons and fireballs. Cammy has no fireball so that she isn’t the ultimate package that’d beat everything either.
I feel like your search for a perfect character is a search for top tier. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Afterall, it saves you a lot of frustration that stems from many characters’ flaws in the game. But in that case…
You’re in a situation similar to mine, where logic dictates to switch to Cammy. Afterall, she has everything she needs to be good in this game. Just lacks the fireballs, but those suck in SFV anyway. Everyone has a way around those, they’re not the powerful tool they were in SF4. But like you, I still find them mad fun and unique in a fighting game, and don’t wanna lose 'em.
Maybe Guile really is the answer. Charge isn’t so bad in this game for Guile, anyway. So much of him is based around keeping the charge while fighting. And really, only Guile/Akuma can zone somewhat effectively.
…man, I need to play some Guile! 
Thanks @Cathrao, I may actually give Guile a honest shot.
I have a terrible habit of being impatient, and not blocking. Guile may actually enable me to change those gears a bit: I’ll have to hold block to charge, amd charging may get me to slow down a bit.
Juri and Alex are the only characters I’ve taken a liking to.
Not a perfect match as of yet. The game still doesn’t have a Cody like character so who knows.
I like a lot of things about Chun, Mika, Kolin, Ed and Ken but none of them have I gravitated towards as I did for Cody.
Some will say Necalli us close but the seismo and DP and command grab is so alien from what I used to do with Cody so I don’t see Necalli being that similar.
I just want someone with good frame traps, good damage, any projectile options would be appreciated, I want good anti airs. Good normals.
He doesn’t have to have the best walkspeed or a great reversal or anything like that.
Urien
I already found mine long before SFV was around.
You seem to be describing Bison.
Honestly Urien is more my ideal character than Gouki or Bipson in sfv.
Long buttons, fb, 1000 health so i can afford to be a stubborn jackass more with him than i can with 900 hp, fast walk speed, good dash, and aegis (also thong).
Only reason Gouki isnt ideal is because of how short his buttons are.
Bipson doesn’t even fit my playstyle in this game. Before i started using sagat months before sfv came out i could not use a character with slow walk speed. He was so bad in s1 idk how i stuck with him (slow as shit, no stun, no damage, no way to open someone up). But bipson is my nigga so id never stop using him. Even now when i go back to bison it’ll take me a round or two to readjust and stop just dashing forward like a retard.
Also it was hard as fuck to stop people from jumping on me as bison in s1. I like the ground game so if i cant stop you from jumping to play a proper ground game, im probably extremely frustrated.
Cammy
Basicly got everything I like, fast walkspeed, good buttons, lots of anti-airs, poke and frametrap heavy gameplay.
And she’s hot, thats a +.
For me it would be F.A.N.G with Vega being a close second. With F.A.N.G I have to play more cautiously and read my opponent more so I don’t get insta-killed. Plus I love the poison mechanic but wish it was more threatening.
Not really. Guile is the closest fit because he can control space reasonably well, has decent defense, reasonable oki, and decent AA’s, and decent mobility.
But I really don’t like charge characters. Like at all. Also his throw is garbage.
Sounds like we all just want characters that can do everything 
The issue is having good anti-airs. I hate his AA options.
My ideal SF character is Ingrid so no not really. Ibuki works fine for now though, she was my main in SF4 for a long time and I think she plays better now in V.
Hopefully Menat has the kind of style I want.