Ryusho Kuki

Ryusho Kuki (, Kuki Ryūshō) is a major supporting character in Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen. He is the second patriarch of the Kuki Family and the son of the late Ryutaro Kuki, the first patriarch of the Kuki Family. He is also the new owner of Dragon Heat after Kozo Nioka handed the deed to Dragon Heat to Ryusho.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Ryusho is tall, and has an unkempt hairstyle.
=== Attire ===
He wears a blue suit with a white tie, with the Kuki Family crest on his lapel. He keeps a pair of sunglasses in his breast pocket.
===Personality===
Ryusho is a crude yet cunning man with a strong sense of valor. He is willing to not only risk everything he had to own Dragon Heat, but also go against Nioka, a fellow Tojo Clan patriarch to protect the arena he idolized as a child.
==Background==
Not much is known about Ryusho as a child; the earliest that is known was that he was in juvenile detention when he was a teenager. An officer told him some life lessons that stick with him even to the present. When his father died, Ryusho made a deal with Nioka: Ryusho would sell all of his family properties and Nioka would give up the deed to the Dragon Heat arena. Nioka accepted, and Ryusho became the new owner of Dragon Heat.
==Involvement==
=== Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen: 2012 ===
Ryusho meets Tatsuya when Shinji Sakamoto was to take his next match. Ryusho reveals how he was able to own Dragon Heat, and also that he took over the family of his late father. Their meeting ends with Tatsuya thinking Ryusho is insane for making teens fight in an underground arena. Ryusho does this because he wants to restore Dragon Heat to its former glory - "a place where young men settled the question of who was the strongest". He takes great pride in his new fighters: Shinji, Makoto, Tamotsu, and Yuta - all of them around 16 or so years old. Even if he is thought of being a "bad guy", Ryusho does not care. Later, after Akita and Nioka's challenge to Dragon Heat, Ryusho reveals the aforementioned reason to Tatsuya, and convinces Tatsuya to fight for Dragon Heat.
== Fighting Style ==
==== Kurohyou 2 ====
Ryusho is a strange combatant, simultaneously fierce and calculating. His style, despite being labeled as "Self-Taught", cannot be customized like Tatsuya's Self-Taught style; it is only labeled "Self-Taught" since Ryusho has no formal combat training and likely learned all his moves simply by watching fighters in Dragon Heat.
His actual moveset is based on Tomoki's moveset, which is itself an unrefined form of Karate. However, many moves are added and most of Tomoki's moves outside the combos are replaced. His deathblows are Strong Hook Punch and Sledge Front Kick, and his Heat Actions are "Triple Kick Strike" and "Insane Thumping".
When fought against in Premium Adventure, he is level 32. In Tournament Mode, it is possible to play as him.
==== Kurohyou 2 Beta ====
In a developmental build of Kurohyou 2 shown at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Ryusho was seen using Kudo from Kurohyou instead of his final game style. Whether this was his actual moveset at some point or merely a placeholder is unknown.
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