Ryō (given name)
Ryō is a unisex Japanese given name. It is sometimes romanized as Ryou, Ryoh, or Ryo.
Kanji
The meaning of the name differs based on the kanji used to write it. Kanji used to write this name include:- : "completion"
- : "cold/cool"
- , "to burn", "to illuminate"
- : Aphananthe aspera
- : "goodness"
- : "light"
- : "silk"
- : "forgiveness"
- /: "dragon"
- : "distant, far"
People
Film and television
Directors and producers
- Ryo Sugimoto, Japanese film and television director
Live film and television actors
- Ryō (actress), Japanese model and actress
- Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
- Ryō Ikebe, Japanese actor
- Ryo Ishibashi, Japanese actor
- Ryo Kase, Japanese actor
- Ryo Kato, Japanese actor and television personality
- Ryo Katsuji, Japanese actor
- Ryo Kimura, Japanese actor
- Ryo Kitazono, Japanese actor, singer, Satsuma Ambassador
- Ryo Narita, Japanese actor and model
- Ryo Narushima, Japanese actress
- Ryo Matsuda, Japanese actor
- Ryo Ryusei, Japanese actor
- Ryo Segawa, Japanese actor
- Ryo Takeuchi, Japanese actor known as Ryoma Takeuchi
- Ryō Tamura (actor), Japanese actor
- Ryo Yoshizawa, Japanese actor
Voice actors
- Ryō Hirohashi, Japanese voice actress
- Ryō Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
- Ryō Ishihara, Japanese voice actor
- Ryō Naitō, Japanese voice actor
Comedians
- Ryō Tamura (comedian), Japanese comedian and television presenter
Illustrators and writers
- Ryō Azumi, Japanese manga artist
- Ryo Ikuemi, Japanese manga artist
- Ryō Hanmura, Japanese science fiction novelist
- Ryo Mizuno, Japanese author and game designer
- Ryō Ramiya, Japanese manga artist
- Ryo Sasaki, Japanese manga artist
- Ryo Takamisaki, Japanese manga artist
- Ryo Tokita, Japanese-born American artist
Music
- Ryo, leader of the Japanese musical group Supercell
- Ryo Fukui, Japanese pianist
- Ryo Fukawa, Japanese comedian and musician
- Ryo Kagawa, Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician
- Ryo Kawakita, member of Maximum the Hormone band
- Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist
- Ryō Nagamatsu, Japanese composer
- Ryo Noda, Japanese composer and saxophonist
- Ryo Okumoto, Japanese rock keyboardist
- Ryo Owatari, Japanese guitarist
- Ryo Nishikido, Japanese idol, actor, singer, and former member of the J-pop group Kanjani8
- Ryō Takahashi (musician), Japanese musician and composer
Politics and government
- Narasaki Ryō, wife of Sakamoto Ryōma, an architect of the Meiji Restoration
- Ryō Kurusu, officer in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Ryo Shuhama, Japanese politician with the Democratic Party of Japan
Sport
Baseball
- Ryo Akiyoshi, Japanese baseball player
- Ryo Hidaka, Japanese baseball player
- Ryo Hijirisawa, Japanese baseball outfielder
- Ryo Hirai, Japanese baseball player
- Ryo Sakata, Japanese baseball player
- Ryo Watanabe (pitcher), Japanese baseball player
- Ryo Watanabe (infielder), Japanese baseball player
Football
- Ryo Adachi, Japanese football player
- Ryo Fukudome, Japanese football player
- Ryo Hiraide, Japanese football player
- Ryo Kanazawa, Japanese football player
- Ryo Kobayashi, Japanese football player
- Ryo Kubota (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ryo Kushino, Japanese football player
- Ryo Matsumura, Japanese football player
- Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese football player contracted to the 2. Bundesliga
- Ryo Nagai, Japanese football player
- Ryo Niizato, Japanese footballer
- Ryo Nojima, Japanese football player
- Ryo Nurishi, Japanese football player
- Ryo Okui, Japanese football player
- Ryo Sato (footballer), Japanese footballer
- Ryo Sakai, Japanese football player
- Ryo Shimazaki, Japanese footballer
- Ryo Shinzato, Japanese football player
- Ryo Tadokoro, Japanese football player
- Ryo Takahashi (footballer, born 1993), Japanese footballer
- Ryo Takahashi (footballer, born 2000), Japanese footballer
- Ryo Takeuchi, Japanese football player
- Ryo Wada, Japanese footballer
- Ryo Watanabe (footballer, born September 1996), Japanese footballer
- Ryo Watanabe (footballer, born October 1996), Japanese footballer
Other sport
- Ryō Aono, Japanese snowboarder
- Ryo Chonan, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver
- Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese professional golfer
- Ryo Kawamura, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Ryo Kiyuna, Okinawan karateka
- Ryo Michigami, Japanese racing driver
- Ryo Miyazaki, Japanese boxer
- Ryo Miyake, Japanese fencer
- Ryo Mizunami, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Ryo Mizuno (motorcyclist), Japanese motorcycle racer
- Ryo Saito, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ryo Sato (high jumper), Japanese high jumper
- Ryo Shibata, Japanese competitive figure skater
- Ryo Tanaka, Japanese hockey player
- Ryo Tateishi, Japanese swimmer
- Ryō Yamamura, Japanese rugby union player
- Ryo Yamamoto, Japanese long-distance runner
- Ryo Yuzawa, Japanese table tennis player
Others
- Ryo Ichiriki, Japanese Go player
- Ryō Shimamoto, Japanese shogi player
Characters
- 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
- 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''