Ryu Hayabusa

This article is about the Ninja Gaiden character. For the Street Fighter character, see Ryu.
Ryu Hayabusa is the main protagonist of the Ninja Gaiden series and one of the main protagonists of the Dead or Alive series. He appeared in the 28th episode of Death Battle, Ryu Hayabusa VS Strider Hiryu, where he fought against Strider Hiryu from the Strider series.
He also appeared in the 89th episode of DBX, Naruto Uzumaki VS Ryu Hayabusa, where he fought against Naruto Uzumaki from the Naruto series.
==History==
Ryu was born into the Hayabusa Ninja Clan and trained to be an assassin from the moment he could crawl. Exceeding his clan's expectations, Ryu took down the Cult of Nostradamus and the dictatorship of Emperor Garuda at the age of 18 before receiving the famed Dragon Sword, using it as his primary weapon from then on. Having faced off against ninjas, robots, demons, dragons, and even gods, Ryu is an unstoppable one-man army, all for the sake of maintaining the balance of the world.
==Death Battle Info==
===Background===
*Height: 179 cm / 5'10"
*Weight: 78 kg / 172 Lbs
*Age: 25
*AKA Dragon Ninja & Master Ninja
*Occupation: Antique shop owner
*Animal Spirit: Peregrine Falcon
*Hobbies: Mountain climbing, fishing, eating sushi, kicking ass
===True Dragon Sword===
*Hayabusa clan heirloom
*Carved from a dragon fang
*Eye of the Dragon unleashes sword's full power
*Divine blade
*Practically indestructible
*Weak-willed cannot wield it
*True power is said to upset the balance of a peaceful world.
===Arsenal===
*Lunar Staff
*Falcon's Talons
*Kusari-gama
*Shurikens
**Regular, explosive, & windmill
*Fiend's Bane Bow
*Smoke Bomb
*Vigoorian Flail
*Eclipse Scythe
*Tonfas
*War Hammer
*Howling Cannon
*Dragon's Claw & Tiger's Fang
*Spear Gun
*Nunchaku
*Bare fists
===Ninpo===
*Art of the Inferno
*Art of the Fire Wheels
*Doppelgänger
*Blink (Teleport)
*Art of Divine Life
*Art of Substitution
*Art of the Piercing Void
*Hayabusa Torn Sky Blast
===Feats===
*Won the 2nd DOA tournament
*Survived the Grip of Murder
*Lands 300 meter drops regularly
*Has slain demons & dragons
*Defeated Dark Dragon, Doku, Tengu, Jaquio & the Goddess
*Single-handedly battles demons, monsters, robots, & armies for a living
==Gallery==
===Appearance===
Hayabusa sprite.png|Sprite used in Death Battle(By G.M.Spectre)
Ryu_Hayabusa_Sprite.gif|Sprite used in DBX(By chuchoryu)
===Arsenal and Abilities===
Dragon Sword.png|Dragon Sword
Ryu Hayabusa Lunar Staff.png|Lunar Staff
Ryu Hayabusa Falcon's Talons.png|Falcon's Talons
Kusari-Gama.png|Kusari-Gama
Shuriken.png|Shurikens
FumaShuriken2jpg.jpg|Wildmill Shuriken
Ryu Hayabusa Fiend's Bane Bow.jpg|Fiend's Bane Bow
NG1 Icon Smoke Bomb.png|Smoke Bomb
Ryu Hayabusa Vigoorian Flail.jpg|Vigoorian Flail
Eclipse Scythe.png|Eclipse Scythe
Ryu Hayabusa Tonfas.jpg|Tonfas
Ryu Hayabusa War Hammer.jpg|War Hammer
Ryu Hayabusa Howling Cannon.jpg|Howling Cannon
Ryu Hayabusa Dragon's Claw and Tiger's Fang.jpg|Dragon's Claw and Tiger's Fang
Ryu Hayabusa Spear Gun.jpg|Spear Gun
Ryu Hayabusa Nunchaku.jpg|Nunchaku
Ninpo magic.jpg|Ninpo
Ryu Hayabusa Art of the True Inferno.gif|Art of the True Inferno
Ryu Hayabusa Art of Flame Wheels.gif|Art of the Flame Wheels
Ryu Hayabusa Art of the Piercing Void.gif|Art of the Piercing Void
==Trivia==
*Ryu is the first Koei Tecmo character to appear.
*Ryu is the third Video Game character to fight against an Anime/Manga character, after Shadow the Hedgehog and Blanka, and with the next nine being Kirby, Nightmare, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Red, Charizard, Lucario, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Joker.
**He is the second Video Game character to lose, after Shadow the Hedgehog, and with the next five being Nightmare, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Red, and Charizard.
==External Links==
*Ryu on Wikipedia
*Ryu on the Ninja Gaiden Wiki
*Ryu on the Dead or Alive Wiki
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