Ryu

Ryū (龍/竜, 隆, 流, りゅう, リュウ, Ryū) 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
Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale (龍, Ryū), a 1919 book by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Monthly Comic Ryū, a manga magazine in Japan

Characters

Ryu (Breath of Fire)
, the protagonist in the Breath of Fire series
Ryu (Street Fighter), a leading character in the Street Fighter franchise
Ryu Hayabusa
, the protagonist in the Ninja Gaiden series
Ryu Higashi, a character from J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Ryu Jose
, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam
Ryu Kumon
, a minor character in Ranma 1/2
Ryu Nakanishi,
Science Ninja Team
member G-5
Ryu Tanaka, a character from Haikyuu!!
Ryu Tendoh, a character from Choujin Sentai Jetman
Ryū Tsuji, a character from Special A
"Wooden Sword" Ryu
, a Shaman King character
A
character from Fist of the North Star

People

Chishū Ryū (笠智衆, 1904–1993), Japanese actor
Hirofumi Ryu (笠浩史, born 1965), Japanese politician
Ryu Fujisaki (藤崎竜, born 1971), Japanese manga artist
Ryu Lee, an alternate ring name of the Mexican wrestler Dragon Lee
Ryu Matsumoto (松本龍, born 1951), Japanese politician
Ryu Shionoya
(塩谷立, born 1950), Japanese politician
Ryu, a member of the musical group Styles of Beyond
Ryutaro Nakahara (Ryu☆), Japanese musician and DJ
ryukahr
, American streamer and YouTuber

Other uses

Ryū, the word for a Japanese dragon
Ryū (school), a school of thought or discipline (for example a fighting school)
ryu, the ISO 639-3 code for the Okinawan language
Ryu SDN, an open source component-based Software-defined networking framework

Fiction

Characters

People

Other uses

See also