Ryu Hayabusa

Ryu Hayabusa, also known as Super Ninja, Singular Super Ninja, Dragon Ninja, Modern Day Ninja and Ultimate Ninja, is the main protagonist from the Ninja Gaiden and is one of the main characters the Dead or Alive series.
== Charactah Account ==
A member of the Hayabusa Ninja Clan’s head family, Ryu often takes on the leadership responsibilities of the clan and the protection of the Dragon Sword with his father. His clan and the Mugen Tenshin clan are old allies, but he's also Hayate's best friend. When Hayate is believed to be dead and Kasumi runs away to avenge him, he enters the Dead or Alive Tournament to protect her from the distance and honor his friend, to whom he promised Kasumi's protection. He enters the 2nd tournament to defeat the renegade Tengu Gohyakumine Bankotsubo, who had somehow managed to escape into the Human Dimension from the Tengu World. However, during the tournament he discovers that Hayate has been woken up from his coma, and helps to bring back his memories. In the 3rd tournament, he joins to defeat Genra, although he is side-tracked by Christie, who kidnaps Irene. Finally, he joins Hayate in his attempt to destroy DOATEC.
Ryu observes the events of DOA5 from afar, assisting Hayate and Ayane's endeavors against the DOATEC, including witnessing the death of the clone-Kasumi, but was eventually cornered when Hayate got captured, in which Hayabusa summons the real Kasumi to assist them.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Ninja Ryuukenden
=== Video Games ===
* Abobo's Big Adventure
* Dead or Alive
* Dead or Alive 2
* Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore
* Dead or Alive 3
* Dead or Alive 4
* Dead or Alive 5
* Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
* Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
* Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade
* Dead or Alive 6
* Dead or Alive M
* Dead or Alive Ultimate
* Dead or Alive: Dimensions
* Ninja Gaiden
* Ninja Gaiden (2004)
* Ninja Gaiden 3
* Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
* Ninja Gaiden Black
* Ninja Gaiden II
* Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
* Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
* Ninja Gaiden Sigma
* Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
* Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
* Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
* Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection
* Ninja Gaiden: Shadow
* Samurai & Dragons
* Shin Sangoku Musou VS
* Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid Special
* Warriors All-Stars
* Warriors Orochi 3
* Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate
* Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
== Trivia ==
* In Ninja Gaiden and its remakes, Ryu is 21 years old. In Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword and Ninja Gaiden II/Sigma 2, he's 22 years old and in Ninja Gaiden 3/Razor’s Edge he is around 23 years old.
* The coloration of Ryu's eyes on the Xbox games have a darker green coloration, compared to the PlayStation 3 games, where they have a more brighter golden hue to them. When asked about Ryu's eyes, Tomonobu Itagaki revealed that Ryu's eyes are green because "green seemed to be a cool color".
* In Dead or Alive, Ryu was supposed to be a new character named Kamui who was unrelated to the classic Ninja Gaiden, but one of the staffs suggested featuring Ryu Hayabusa from the classic series and Ryu was added to the roster.
* Ryu Hayabusa has been featured in many top videogame character lists, especially ones specializing in the Ninja archetype. These lists are a GameDaily list with Ryu as one of Japan's greatest patriots, GamesRadar and GameDaily which feature Ryu representing the Ninja Archetype, and numerous lists with Ryu ranking #1 including Virgin Media, CrunchGear, Unreality, PC World, Screw Attack and Top Ten FTW.
* In Yaiba's Weekly Backhand, a weekly column written by Yaiba about zombie and ninja movies, Yaiba makes an off-hand comment about Ryu Hayabusa going around the world to save his father, implying that the classic series happened sometime before Yaiba. However this is ignored by most fans due to continuity issues
* It's commonly thought that the main character from the Arcade Game is Ryu Hayabusa, due to his blue colour. This was later confirmed in Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.
* Ryu is the main protagonist and a playable character in all Ninja Gaiden games except Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.
* In the 2007 video game for the Xbox 360 Halo 3, there is an armor called Hayabusa which is named after Ryu and the helmet has a similar appearance to his ninja head piece.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ryu Hayabusa at Dead or Alive Wiki
* Ryu Hayabusa at Ninja Gaiden Wiki
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