Ryuuko Matoi

Ryuuko Matoi, also known as Lady Ryuuko, is the main protagonist from the Kill la Kill series.
== Charactah Account ==
Ryuuko is a wandering transfer student who comes to Honnouji Academy in search of the truth behind her father's murder. Her investigation sends her on a collision course with the academy's Student Council President, Satsuki Kiryuin, whom she thinks has the answers she seeks. Her only clue is also her Weapon of Choice, a giant red Scissor Blade left behind by the killer.
Ryuuko has a relatively simple personality: fierce and stubborn. She fears little, which is demonstrated when she directly and disrespectfully addresses Satsuki Kiryuuin, demanding that her questions be answered, and when she fights Takaharu Fukuroda even though she is clearly overpowered. Later on she is shown to be quite embarrassed when she is forced to fight in Senketsu's very revealing alternate form, though she overcomes her embarrassment in Episode 3 showing that while she is not afraid of fighting to her death, she is somewhat self-conscious.
Sometimes she can be shown calm, polite, content and warmly flattered. This is mostly seen when eating with the Mankanshoku family and Episode 7. She admires the way Mako's mother makes food and has kind manners. She later is seen telling Senketsu how fun dinner was with them because of how her mother died when she was young and her dad sent her to a boarding school, never knowing how a family dinner was like. Her flattery is highlighted in Episode 1 when Mataro tried to steal Ryuuko's wallet and mug her, she was cool with the intention of fighting, criticizing how street punking doesn't work for him and how goofy his gang was. After defeating them, she lets it slide by not fighting people who can't fight back. This is also seen with most opponents she faces when she often states the obvious. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Kill la Kill
* Kill la Kill Specials
=== Manga ===
* Kill la Kill
=== Video Games ===
* 300 Heroes
* Grand Summoners
* Kill la Kill The Game: IF
== Trivia ==
* The name Ryuuko means "flow, style, manner, method" (ryuu) and "child" (ko). Incidentally, it can also be derived from "fashion, trend" (ryuukou).
* Ryuuko's surname Matoi means "wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect".
* Ryuuko's unique gear-like pupils (and likely her single red highlight) are very likely side effects of her infusion with Life Fibers.
** They're also possibly a reference to a character from the creator's previous work, Gurren-Lagann, in which Nia Teppelin had flower-shaped irises, which are further a reference to Nono from Diebuster.
** The back of Ryuuko's casual jacket, only seen at the beginning and end of the series, also resembles the look of the Team Dai-Gurren logo.
*** She had a black shirt with the same skull design as her jacket when she was younger.
* According to Shigeto Koyama, in the early concept designs for Ryuuko, she had long black hair and an overall physical appearance similar to Satsuki Kiryuuin. The fact that Satsuki briefly wears Senketsu later on in the series was a nod to Ryūko's original design.
* Studio Trigger outsourced the 12th episode of Yama no Susume and added a cameo of Ryuuko as a student. There were some slight appearance differences like her red streak being noticeably blacker compared to her hair and her eye design to look more like other students.
* In the 2019 anime film, Saekano the Movie: Finale, a figurine of Ryuuko dressed as a bunny girl can be see on the top of Tomoya Aki's figurine shelf. Both Saekano and Kill La Kill share the same anime distributor, Aniplex.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ryūko Matoi at Kill la Kill Wiki
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