Ryo Sakazaki

Ryo Sakazaki is the main protagonist in Art of Fighting, and one of the recurring characters in The King of Fighters, both fighting game series from SNK. 
His name is most often written in kana, however, in some games kanji is used to write parts of his name (坂崎 亮, Sakazaki Ryō). He earned the nickname, The Invincible Dragon.
He is a mascot for SNK, with the other four being are Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami.
He is voiced by Masaki Usui between The King of Fighters '94 and The King of Fighters XI and The King of Fighters XIII, Masayoshi Kozaki in the Japanese version of The King of Fighters XII, Subaru Kimura in The King of Fighters for Girls, Daiki Tamura for the rest of his appearances, and Curt Gebhart in the English versions of the Maximum Impact series. In the animations, he was voiced by Akira Kamiya in Dengeki Bunko drama CD, and in the Art of Fighting anime, he was voiced by Tetsuya Bessho in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Aiden Crews in the English version of the anime.
==Biography==
===Art of Fighting===
Trained in the Kyokugen Style of Karate by his father Takuma, Ryo was forced to care for himself and his younger sister when he was 10 after their mother, Lonette, died in a car accident and their father disappeared shortly afterward. He makes his living by earning money on street fights. Whenever she saw Ryo in such condition, Yuri's desire to run away became greater. 
When Yuri is kidnapped by Mr. Big, Ryo and his friend, Robert, scour Southtown while battling its toughest enforcers and Mob bosses to rescue her, finding out that his father was still alive under the guise of Mr. Karate. After the incident, Ryo went to the mountains to train himself in combat, only to return to to Southtown a year later to participate in the King of Fighters tournament sponsored by Geese Howard. Despite beating him, Geese had managed to escape. 
After these events, Ryo goes to Mexico in search of Robert. 
=== The King of Fighters ===
Ryo is Takuma's son and Yuri's brother and best friend of Robert Garcia. He rescued Yuri with Robert, who was kidnapped by Mr. Big and Geese Howard to get Takuma to do their bidding, thus freeing his father from said bidding as well. Now he promotes the fighting style by competing in tournaments. He later takes up his father's title of "Mr. Karate."
In XIV, he and his teammates heard rumors about a fake Kyokugenryu school. To clear the legitimacy of the Kyokugenryu school (and to advertise the new Kyokugen Barbeque side business Takuma opened), Ryo entered the King of Fighters tournament. In XV, growing increasingly discontent with Kyokugen Barbeque becoming the main focus of the family business, he boots Yuri from the team and enters the tournament with Robert and King to show off Kyokugenryu Karate at it's finest.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
Ryo appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a background character on the King of Fighters Stadium stage, his Mii costume for the Mii Brawler was added on the wave 4, Ryo is one of the spirits on Terry's DLC spirit board, an ace primary grab spirit that increases the user's fist attacks. His spirit battle is a stamina battle on the omega form of the Suzaku Castle stage against a Mii Brawler with Isaac's hair and orange fighter uniform (Ryo's costume if the said costume got purchased) that will charge up a powerful final smash with both fighters reduced jump.
==Gallery==
===Gallery===
Ryo-AOF3.png|Ryo's Artwork from Art of Fighting 3
RyoSakazaki0.jpg|SvC Chaos artwork
Kofnw-ryo-sakazaki.jpg|Ryo in KOF: Neowave
Ryo_Sakazaki_XI.jpg|Ryo in The King of Fighters XI
Ryo-kofxii.jpg|Ryo in The King of Fighters XII
Ryo-KOFXIII.png|Ryo in The King of Fighters XIII
Ryo-kofxiv.jpg
Ryo-kofxiv.png|Ryo in The King of Fighters XIV
20170504_211806.jpg|The King of Fighters XIV: Art of Fighting Team Ending
===Videos===
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - Art of Fighting - Ryuuko no Ken (AOF)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - Fatal Fury Special - Garou Densetsu Special (Neo Geo)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters '94 (KOF94)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters '95 (KOF95)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters '96 (KOF96)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters '97 (KOF97)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition (KOF98)
EX RYO MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition (KOF98)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match (KOF2002)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - The King of Fighters XIII (KOFXIII)
RYO SAKAZAKI MOVE LIST - Capcom vs. SNK 2- Mark of the Millenium 2001 (CVS2)
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