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| “ | Come! Come! | „ |
| ~ Ryo Sakazaki. |
| “ | Osu! | „ |
| ~ Ryo's victory cry. |
| “ | Kokyugen secret technique! | „ |
| ~ Ryo as he unleashes (one of) his super move. |
| “ | You're still not strong enough to defeat me. If you can't accept that, then train! There's no shortcuts! | „ |
| ~ Ryo's win quote. |
Ryo Sakazaki is the main protagonist in Art of Fighting, and one of the recurring characters in The King of Fighters, both fighting game series from SNK.
His name is most often written in kana, however, in some games kanji is used to write parts of his name (坂崎 亮, Sakazaki Ryō). He earned the nickname, The Invincible Dragon.
He is a mascot for SNK, with the other four being are Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami.
He is voiced by Masaki Usui between The King of Fighters '94 and The King of Fighters XI and The King of Fighters XIII, Masayoshi Kozaki in the Japanese version of The King of Fighters XII, Subaru Kimura in The King of Fighters for Girls, Daiki Tamura for the rest of his appearances, and Curt Gebhart in the English versions of the Maximum Impact series. In the animations, he was voiced by Akira Kamiya in Dengeki Bunko drama CD, and in the Art of Fighting anime, he was voiced by Tetsuya Bessho in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Aiden Crews in the English version of the anime.
Biography
Art of Fighting
Trained in the Kyokugen Style of Karate by his father Takuma, Ryo was forced to care for himself and his younger sister when he was 10 after their mother, Lonette, died in a car accident and their father disappeared shortly afterward. He makes his living by earning money on street fights. Whenever she saw Ryo in such condition, Yuri's desire to run away became greater.
When Yuri is kidnapped by Mr. Big, Ryo and his friend, Robert, scour Southtown while battling its toughest enforcers and Mob bosses to rescue her, finding out that his father was still alive under the guise of Mr. Karate. After the incident, Ryo went to the mountains to train himself in combat, only to return to to Southtown a year later to participate in the King of Fighters tournament sponsored by Geese Howard. Despite beating him, Geese had managed to escape.
After these events, Ryo goes to Mexico in search of Robert.
Other Media
Super Smash Bros.
Ryo appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a background character on the King of Fighters Stadium stage, his Mii costume for the Mii Brawler was added on the wave 4, Ryo is one of the spirits on Terry's DLC spirit board, an ace primary grab spirit that increases the user's fist attacks. His spirit battle is a stamina battle on the omega form of the Suzaku Castle stage against a Mii Brawler with Isaac's hair and orange fighter uniform (Ryo's costume if the said costume got purchased) that will charge up a powerful final smash with both fighters reduced jump.
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External Links
- Ryo Sakazaki on the SNK Wiki
