Ryu

Ryū (龍/竜, 隆, 流, りゅう, リュウ) 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), 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