# Ryō (given name)

Ryō (りょう, リョウ) 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:
* 了: "completion"
* 涼: "cold/cool"
* 燎, "to burn", "to illuminate"
* 椋: Aphananthe aspera (a species of tree)
* 良: "goodness"
* 亮: "light"
* 綾: "silk"
* 諒: "forgiveness"
* 龍/竜: "dragon"
* 遼: "distant, far"

## People
### Film and television
#### Directors and producers

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

#### Live film and television actors

* 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

#### Voice actors

* 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

#### Comedians

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

### Illustrators and writers

* 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

### Music

* 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

### Politics and government

* 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

### Sport
#### Baseball

* 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
* Ryo Watanabe (pitcher) (渡辺 亮, born 1982), Japanese baseball player
* Ryo Watanabe (infielder) (渡邉 諒, born 1995), Japanese baseball player

#### Football

* Ryo Adachi (born 1969, 亮), Japanese football player
* Ryo Fukudome (born 1978), Japanese football player
* Ryo Hasegawa (長谷川 凌, born 1999), Japanese footballer
* 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
* 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 Oishi (born 1977), Japanese football player
* Ryo Okui (born 1994, 諒), Japanese football player
* Ryo Sato (footballer) (佐藤 亮, born 1997), Japanese footballer
* Ryo Sakai (born 1977, 良), Japanese football player
* 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
* Ryo Takahashi (footballer, born 1993) (高橋 諒), Japanese footballer
* Ryo Takahashi (footballer, born 2000) (高橋 亮), Japanese footballer
* Ryo Takeuchi (born 1991, 涼), Japanese football player
* Ryo Wada (和田 凌, born 1995), Japanese footballer
* Ryo Watanabe (footballer, born September 1996), Japanese footballer
* Ryo Watanabe (footballer, born October 1996) (渡邉 りょう), Japanese footballer

#### Other sport

* 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
* Ryo Mizuno (motorcyclist) (水野 涼, born 1998), Japanese motorcycle racer
* Ryo Saito (了), Japanese professional wrestler
* 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
* Ryo Yuzawa (遊澤 亮, born 1976), Japanese table tennis player

### Others

* Ryo Ichiriki (一力 遼, born 1997), 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 (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