Tanaka Ryoko

**Tanaka Ryoko** is a character in the television series The Mystic Nine. She is the head of the Japanese special agents and worked under Hendry Cox. She tried to get Er Yuehong to cooperate with her boss.

## History

### The Mystic Nine

In Episode 3, Tanaka Ryoko and a fellow agent bribed a servant to get tickets to one of Er Ye's performance. Her operation was connected with the mining mountain. The manager of the opera house informed Er Ye that the servant was bribed and the Japanese agent was going to attend the show. Er Ye instructed the manager to tell the Japanese agents that he's gone home. The Japanese agents tried to contact Er Ye but the manager was able to stop them and told them not to come to the opera house again. The two agents wanted to ask Er Ye for help with something but the manager told them the answer was already no.

The two agents discussed their dilemma of not being able to meet with Er Ye. They mentioned their employer, Hendry Cox, who wanted Er Ye's cooperation. They accepted that they could not get Er Ye to help, so they looked towards Chen Pi Ah Si. Since, Chen Pi had been looking for a way to cure Ya Tou's illness, they believed they could use the cure as a bargaining chip.

Tanaka Ryoko was at Chen Pi's dock discussing a foreign medicine that could cure a hundred illnesses. In return for the medicine, Tanaka Ryoko wanted Chen Pi to arrange a meeting with Er Ye. Chen Pi grabbed her by the neck and threatened to kill her. He took a piece of paper from her pocket with Er Ye's performance information. Chen Pi then knew she already tried to see Er Ye but he refused to meet with her. She reminded him of the medicine and Chen Pi reluctantly agreed.

In Episode 6, Chen Pi arrived at the Changsha Chamber's Commerce of USA to try to renegotiate the deal he had made with Tanaka earlier. He thought he could be the one to help them achieve their goals instead of Er Ye. Tanaka told Chen Pi that they don't have confidence in him. However, since he was the student of Er Ye his skills should not be ignored. But Er Ye was the apprentice of Li Yuan which had a saying that "you must always reserve some just for yourself." When a teacher teaches his apprentice, there will always be several operas that he won't teach them for he is afraid of his own disciple. With just a few words, Tanaka easily got under Chen Pi's skin. But it served to prove her point that Chen Pi was too impatient and could not work for them. Chen Pi tried to lunge at Tanaka but the men surrounding them began to attack. He took all of them out and started to fight Tanaka. Chen Pi had the upper hand and threatened to kill her if she did not hand over the medicine. She threatened him as well and told him that if anything were to happen to her, he would never get the medicine. She told him that she could forgive his disrespectful actions and give him the medicine but still he had to convince Er Ye to help them.

In Episode 7, Er Ye wrote a letter for Fo Ye and asked Chen Pi to deliver it to the other secretly. Chen Pi agreed but made a copy for himself. He and Tanaka Ryoko met in a different location. Chen Pi asked to meet her boss, refusing to give her the newly acquired information from the letter. He was invited to the Changsha Chamber's Commerce of USA where he was greeted by four men with swords. After disarming and injuring all of them, Hendry Cox interrupted and asked to speak to Chen Pi in private. The two moved to a different room and were joined by an injured Tanaka Ryoko. Chen Pi asked Hendry Cox for the medicine promised in exchange for the letter Er Ye penned to Fo Ye. Hendry Cox insisted the special medicine he had could cure Ya Tou's illness. In an effort to convince Chen Pi that the medicine could actually cure Ya Tou, he injected the medicine into Tanaka Ryoko to cure her previous injuries. After the injection, Tanaka seemed to feel no pain and could walk with ease. Chen Pi believed he could trust Hendry Cox just this once and handed over the copied letter.

At the Changsha Chamber's Commerce of USA, Tanaka Ryoko reported to Hendry Cox that Lu Jianxun was visiting the nine families and planning to replace Fo Ye. Hendry Cox ordered her to send someone to keep watch since Lu Jianxun might be useful one day.