is a Japanese masculine given name and family name meaning "dragon", "noble", "prosperous", or "flow". Ryū, Ryu, or ryu may also refer to:
Fiction
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''Ryū'' (manga), a 1986 series by Masao Yajima and Akira Oze
* , a 1919 book by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
* ''
Monthly Comic Ryū'', a manga magazine in Japan
Characters
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Ryu (''Breath of Fire''), the protagonist in the ''Breath of Fire'' series
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Ryu (''Street Fighter''), a leading character in the ''Street Fighter'' franchise
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Ryu Hayabusa, the protagonist in the ''Ninja Gaiden'' series
* Ryu Higashi, a character from ''
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
is the second installment in the Super Sentai metaseries. It was aired from April 8, 1977 to December 23, 1977, replacing ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' and was replaced by ''Battle Fever J''. It was created by Shotaro Ishinomori, and was screened ...
''
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Ryu Jose
This is a list of fictional characters from the 1979 Japanese science fiction anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam''.
Earth Federation
Amuro Ray
is the son of Tem Ray, the project leader for the Earth Federation's Project V, whi ...
, a character from ''Mobile Suit Gundam''
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Ryu Kumon is a Japanese masculine given name and family name meaning "dragon", "noble", "prosperous", or "flow". Ryū, Ryu, or ryu may also refer to:
Fiction
* ''Ryū'' (manga), a 1986 series by Masao Yajima and Akira Oze
* , a 1919 book by Ryūnosuke Aku ...
, a minor character in ''Ranma 1/2''
* Ryu Nakanishi,
Science Ninja Team
is a Japanese animated franchise about a five-member superhero ninja team created by Tatsuo Yoshida and produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The original anime series, which debuted in 1972, was eponymously entitled ''Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchama ...
member G-5
* Ryu Tanaka, a character from ''
Haikyuu!!''
* Ryu Tendoh, a character from ''Choujin Sentai Jetman''
* Ryū Tsuji, a character from ''
Special A
''S.A'' (stylized as ''S・A''; pronounced ''Special A'') is a shōjo manga by Maki Minami. The series started serialization in the bimonthly magazine ''The Hana to Yume'' in 2003, and moved to the biweekly magazine ''Hana to Yume'' in 2004, a ...
''
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"Wooden Sword" Ryu, a ''Shaman King'' character
* A
character from ''Fist of the North Star''
People
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Chishū Ryū
was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting 65 years, appeared in over 160 films and about 70 television productions.
Early life
Ryū was born in Tamamizu Village, Tamana County, a rural area of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, the most southe ...
(笠 智衆, 1904–1993), Japanese actor
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Hirofumi Ryu (笠 浩史, born 1965), Japanese politician
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Ryu Fujisaki (藤崎 竜, born 1971), Japanese manga artist
* Ryu Lee, an alternate ring name of the Mexican wrestler
Dragon Lee
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Ryu Matsumoto (松本 龍, born 1951), Japanese politician
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Ryu Shionoya (塩谷 立, born 1950), Japanese politician
* Ryu, a member of the musical group
Styles of Beyond
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Ryutaro Nakahara (Ryu☆), Japanese musician and DJ
Other uses
* Ryū, the word for a
Japanese dragon
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Ryū (school)
is the Japanese term referring to a school in any discipline. The kanji itself is commonly used as a suffix.
In English, the word is frequently used to refer to schools of Japanese martial art, although it can also be found used in other discipl ...
, a school of thought or discipline (for example a fighting school)
* ryu, the ISO 639-3 code for the
Okinawan language
The Okinawan language (, , , ) or Central Okinawan, is a Northern Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the Okinawa Island, island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama Islands, Ker ...
* Ryu SDN, an open source component-based
Software-defined networking framework
See also
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Ryu (Korean name)
Yoo or You, or sometimes Ryu or Ryoo is the English transcription of several Korean surnames written as or in hangul. As of 2000, roughly a million people are surnamed Yoo in South Korea, making up approximately 2% of the population. Of those, t ...
(유 or 류 / 柳, 劉, 兪, 庾), a common Korean family name
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{{disambiguation, given name, surname
Japanese masculine given names