Ryō (given name)

The meaning of the name differs based on the kanji used to write it. Kanji used to write this name include:{{cite book|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|first=Jim|last=Breen|authorlink=Jim Breen|title=Japanese Names Dictionary|publisher=Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group|year=2011|accessdate=2012-12-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|archivedate=2012-12-05}}

• {{linktext|了}}: "completion"
• {{linktext|涼}}: "cold/cool"
• {{linktext|燎}}, "to burn", "to illuminate"
• {{linktext|椋}}: Aphananthe aspera (a species of tree)
• {{linktext|良}}: "goodness"
• {{linktext|亮}}: "light"
• {{linktext|綾}}: "silk"
• {{linktext|諒}}: "forgiveness"
• {{linktext|龍}}/{{linktext|竜}}: "dragon"
• {{linktext|遼}}: "distant, far"

• Ryo Sugimoto (born 1976, 亮), Japanese film and television director

• Ryō (actress) (born 1973, りょう), Japanese model and actress
• Ryo Hayami (born 1945, 亮), Japanese actor
• Ryō Ikebe (1918–2010, 良), Japanese actor
• Ryo Ishibashi (born 1956, 凌), Japanese actor
• Ryo Kase (born 1974, 亮), Japanese actor
• Ryo Kato (born 1990, 諒), Japanese actor and television personality
• Ryo Katsuji (born 1986, 涼), Japanese actor
• Ryo Kimura (born 1988, 了), Japanese actor
• Ryo Kitazono (born 1992, 涼), Japanese actor, singer, Satsuma Ambassador
• Ryo Narita (born 1993, 凌), Japanese actor and model
• Ryo Narushima (born 1971, 涼), Japanese actress
• Ryo Matsuda (born 1991, 凌), Japanese actor
• Ryo Ryusei (born 1993, 涼), Japanese actor
• Ryo Segawa (born 1978, 亮), Japanese actor
• Ryo Takeuchi (born 1993, 崚), Japanese actor known as Ryoma Takeuchi
• Ryō Tamura (born 1946, 亮), Japanese actor
• Ryo Yoshizawa (born 1994, 亮), Japanese actor

• Ryō Hirohashi (born 1978, 涼), Japanese voice actress
• Ryō Horikawa (born 1958, りょう), Japanese voice actor
• Ryō Ishihara (born 1931, 良), Japanese voice actor
• Ryō Naitō (born 1974, 玲), Japanese voice actor

• Ryō Tamura (comedian) (born 1972, 亮), Japanese comedian and television presenter

• Ryō Azumi (椋), Japanese manga artist
• Ryo Ikuemi (born 1964, 綾), Japanese manga artist
• Ryō Hanmura (1933–2002, 良), Japanese science fiction novelist
• Ryo Mizuno (born 1963, 良), Japanese author and game designer
• Ryō Ramiya (涼), Japanese manga artist
• Ryo Sasaki (亮), Japanese manga artist
• Ryo Takamisaki (born 1963, 諒), Japanese manga artist
• Ryo Tokita (born 1969), Japanese-born American artist

• Ryo, leader of the Japanese musical group Supercell
• Ryo Fukui (born 1948), Japanese pianist
• Ryo Fukawa (born 1974, りょう), Japanese comedian and musician
• Ryo Kawakita (born 1978, 亮), member of Maximum the Hormone band
• Ryo Kawasaki (born 1947, 燎), Japanese jazz fusion guitarist
• Ryo Noda (born 1945, 燎), Japanese composer and saxophonist
• Ryo Okumoto (born 1959, 亮), Japanese rock keyboardist
• Ryo Owatari (born 1972, 亮), Japanese guitarist
• Ryo Nishikido (born 1984, 亮), Japanese idol, actor, singer, and former member of the J-pop group Kanjani8
• Ryō Takahashi (musician) (born 1985), Japanese musician and composer

• Narasaki Ryō (1841–1906, 龍), wife of Sakamoto Ryōma, an architect of the Meiji Restoration
• Ryō Kurusu (1919–1945, 良), officer in the Imperial Japanese Army
• Ryo Shuhama (born 1950, 了), Japanese politician with the Democratic Party of Japan

• Ryo Akiyoshi (born 1989, 亮), Japanese baseball player
• Ryo Hidaka (born 1990, 亮), Japanese baseball player
• Ryo Hijirisawa (born 1985, 諒), Japanese baseball outfielder
• Ryo Hirai (born 1991, 諒), Japanese baseball player
• Ryo Sakata (born 1986, 遼), Japanese baseball player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Watanabe (pitcher)|渡辺 亮||born 1982}}, Japanese baseball player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Watanabe (infielder)|渡邉 諒||born 1995}}, Japanese baseball player

• Ryo Adachi (born 1969, 亮), Japanese football player
• Ryo Fukudome (born 1978), Japanese football player
• Ryo Hiraide (born 1991, 涼), Japanese football player
• Ryo Kanazawa (born 1988), Japanese football player
• Ryo Kobayashi (born 1982, 亮), Japanese football player
• Ryo Kubota (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ryo Kushino (born 1979, 亮), Japanese football player
• Ryo Matsumura (born 1994, 亮), Japanese football player
• Ryo Miyaichi (born 1992, 亮), Japanese football player contracted to the 2. Bundesliga
• Ryo Nagai (born 1991, 龍), Japanese football player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Niizato|新里 涼||born 1995}}, Japanese footballer
• Ryo Nojima (born 1979), Japanese football player
• Ryo Nurishi (born 1986, 亮), Japanese football player
• Ryo Okui (born 1994, 諒), Japanese football player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Sato (footballer)|佐藤 亮||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer
• Ryo Sakai (born 1977, 良), Japanese football player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Shimazaki|島崎 竜||born 1997}}, Japanese footballer
• Ryo Shinzato (born 1990, 亮), Japanese football player
• Ryo Tadokoro (born 1986, 諒), Japanese football player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Takahashi (footballer, born 1993)|高橋 諒}}, Japanese footballer
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Takahashi (footballer, born 2000)|高橋 亮}}, Japanese footballer
• Ryo Takeuchi (born 1991, 涼), Japanese football player
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Wada|和田 凌||born 1995}}, Japanese footballer
• Ryo Watanabe (footballer, born September 1996), Japanese footballer
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Watanabe (footballer, born October 1996)|渡邉 りょう||}}, Japanese footballer

• Ryō Aono (born 1990, 令), Japanese snowboarder
• Ryo Chonan (born 1976, 亮), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Ryo Fukuda (born 1979, 良), Japanese racing driver
• Ryo Ishikawa (born 1991, 遼), Japanese professional golfer
• Ryo Kawamura (born 1981, 亮), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Ryo Kiyuna (born 1990), Okinawan karateka
• Ryo Michigami (born 1973, 龍), Japanese racing driver
• Ryo Miyazaki (亮), Japanese boxer
• Ryo Miyake (born 1990, 諒), Japanese fencer
• Ryo Mizunami (born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Mizuno (motorcyclist)|水野 涼||born 1998}}, Japanese motorcycle racer
• Ryo Saito (了), Japanese professional wrestler
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Sato (high jumper)|佐藤 凌||born 1994}}, Japanese high jumper
• Ryo Shibata (born 1987, 嶺), Japanese competitive figure skater
• Ryo Tanaka (born 1987, 遼), Japanese hockey player
• Ryo Tateishi (born 1989), Japanese swimmer
• Ryō Yamamura (born 1981, 亮), Japanese rugby union player
• Ryo Yamamoto (born 1984, 亮), Japanese long-distance runner
• {{Nihongo|Ryo Yuzawa|遊澤 亮||born 1976}}, Japanese table tennis player

• {{Nihongo|Ryo Ichiriki|一力 遼||born 1997}}, Japanese Go player
• Ryō Shimamoto, Japanese shogi player

• Ryo Akiyama, Digimon Tamers character
• Ryō Akizuki, a character in The Idolmaster Dearly Stars and The Idolmaster SideM
• Ryo Asuka, Devilman character
• Ryo Bakura, Yu-Gi-Oh! character
• Ryō Fujibayashi, character in Clannad.
• Ryo Hayakawa, main protagonist of Princess Nine.
• Ryo Hazuki, Shenmue protagonist
• Ryo Kiritani, Valorant character
• Ryō Kunieda, Bleach character
• Ryō Kurokiba, Shokugeki no Soma character
• Ryo Kurosawa, Battle Royale II character
• Ryo Kuroyanagi, Yakitate!! Japan'' character
• Ryo Marufuji, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX character
• Ryō Misaki, .hack character, the player behind Sora and Haseo.
• Ryo Narushima, the protagonist of Shamo
• Ryo Okayasu, character in Peach Girl
• Ryo Saeba, the main character of City Hunter
• Ryo Sakazaki, Art of Fighting character
• Ryō Sakurai, a character in Kuroko's Basketball
• Ryo Sanada, character in Ronin Warriors
• Ryo Urawa, character in Sailor Moon (anime)
• Ryo Shiba, character in Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
• Ryō Shinonome, a character in Cinderella Nine
• Ryou Shirogane, Tokyo Mew Mew character
• Ryo Shishio, character in Kekkaishi
• "Tenkasei" Ryo, character in Gosei Sentai Dairanger
• Ryo Watanabe, the Showdown King in the 2007 racing game Need for Speed: ProStreet
• Ryō Shijima, a main character in Psycho Dream
• Ryō Yoshizawa, a character in Corpse Party
• Ryō Yumimura, a character in Ultraman Dyna
• Ryō Shishido, character in The Prince of Tennis
• Ryō Kisarazu, character in The Prince of Tennis
• Ryō Yoake, a character in ReLIFE
• Ryō Jikawa, a character in Inazuma Eleven
• Ryō Shimazaki, character in Mob Psycho 100
• Ryō Yamada, character in Bocchi the Rock!
• Ryo Ishikawa, the main antagonist in the video game Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

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