Sanada Ryo

The burning flame of life. Rekka is the swordsman who cuts down his enemies.

Sanada Ryo is voiced by Takeshi Kusao.

## Appearance and Personality

Ryo is a completely honest character who tries to directly tackle everything. Hence, why he has the bad habit of pushing himself too far which, sometimes. ends up with him getting injured. He has grown up quite normally. However, perhaps because he grew up deep in the mountains, he is not very fashion-conscious. The sweatshirt, jeans, and athletic shoes he wore in the story were the best he could do.

**Fun Facts**

* Hobbies: Leisurely strolls in the mountains
* Favorite sports: Soccer, whack-a-mole
* Dislikes: Shaved ice, interviews, lukewarm baths

## Biography

### Family History and Clan Lore

He was born into the Sanada family. A family line with a history of being ninjas.

His father is a wildlife photographer who was the heir to the Sanada family, but left the family because he did not like the strict rules of the Sanada family. As a photographer, he is in pursuit of the white tiger he met in the past. Ryo's mother died when he was very young and Ryo has been raised with a laissez-faire attitude.

### Early History

He grew up in a house in the mountains of Yamanashi. (The Yamanashi Prefecture is located in the Chūbu region of Japan. This basically means that it's located in the east side of the country, in the middle and not quite on the coastline.) His father is an animal photographer, which probably explains why Ryo grew up as a boy who respects life more than anything else. It's not unusual for him to be friends with wild animals.

Ryo has already met Byakuen three times, in 1977, 1980, and 1983. It was Byakuen who saved young Ryo when he was injured in the mountains. It was Kaos and Byakuen who were looking for someone with "heart" to counter the coming threat of Youja World. The first person who caught their eye was Ryo. Seeing Ryou, Kaosu decided to give him Rekka armor, the armor of Rekka, who has the heart of Jin. This was a year before Arago appeared in Shinjuku. With Kaos as a teacher, Ryo spent his youth running around in the mountains, training his mind and body.

There are times when his life lived up in the remote mountains of the quiet countryside is made very clear. He almost never had (human) friends. Like, for the kids who grow up in towns or cities, they get to interact and travel to school and home with each other. Because of this, he's not usually into the news and the trends going on in the world. Actually, he felt particularly disgusted with the urban way of living. All those paved streets, concrete buildings, electrical poles and vehicles everywhere. Nothing to connect those people with nature.

### The War with Arago

Ryo has more respect and kindness than anyone else. In a fierce battle, he feels like he has to protect other people. He can be selfish about this to the point that he'll completely run out of power.

## Armor and Powers

### **Ryo's Warrior Spirit**

Ryo's sincere appearance remains true, even when facing an enemy. He even has the ability to spark a person's true heart. Such as, when he was going up against Oni Masho Shuten and Kenbukyou. They went beyond being mere enemies wanting to fight and became something more. Allies. It was only when his friends and teammates were unified by a strong bond of trust that came from the heart that something amazing happened. The Kikoutei armor formed. In addition to this, he obtained the strongest swords, able to handle the power of Kikoutei. With this, he became the strongest of the Samurai Troopers.

Samurai are supreme in Confucianism. The most important teaching of Confucianism is the spirit of "Jin. Jin not only means benevolence and consideration, but also harmony and development. Because Ryou possessed such a "benevolent" spirit, he inevitably became a leader of Trooper. In the story, when Nasutei and Jun were taken hostage, Ryo quickly put away his weapon. The other four were astonished at this, and they must have sensed something in Ryo's "benevolent" spirit that they could not match. "We can't do that..."

## Relationships

Throughout the battles, because Ryo met these four other teen boys, he's learned a lot of interesting information, as well as valuable lessons that he'd never known about. They all became his good friends, and he set out to become just a good a friend to them in return. For Ryo, sometimes Byakuen was a substitute for his absent father. Sometimes acting like a brother and best friend. He is a member of Ryo's family and has earned the heart's trust.

## Voice Actor Retrospective

Playing the role of Rekka no Sanada Ryo - Takeshi Kusao

Born on November 20th. Major works include "SLAM DUNK"(Sakuragi Hanamichi), "DRAGON BALL Z (Sakuragi Hanamichi), "DRAGON BALLZI (Trunks), "Sengoku Musou" (Sanada Yukimura), "Sergeant Kero's Mouth" (Dororo Hyoucho), "World Trigger" (Oshida Masashi), "Getter Kuchibo No." (Ichimonji No.), "NG Knight Ramune & 40" (Ramune), "Rhodes Island Senki" (Pern), etc. His dubbing credits include "CHUCK" (Chuck), "Titanic" and several other Western films.

He has dubbed for Leonardo DiCaprio in several films including CHUCK and Titanic.

**TROOPER'S COMMENTARY 1: A message from the five warriors**

When I was asked to write about "Samurai Troopers," I could think of many things I wanted to say, but when I tried to write them, I felt that they were not quite right, and my pen did not move forward. What am I supposed to write about now for the Samurai Trooper fans who will pick up this book? Memories of the recording studio? What was I thinking when I played Ryo Sanada? The old stories aren't fresh, and now that I'm looking back at my memories from 30 years ago, I don't have the confidence to say that I haven't tampered with them at all.

I have more memories than I can count. Good ones and bad ones. I wish I had a chance to talk about my memories and complaints someday. If I were asked to play Sanada Ryo right now, I could. I haven't forgotten it yet. But as a work... "Samurai Trooper" as "Armor Den = Rekkiden" is already over. But in everyone's heart

Samurai Troopers" are still alive in everyone's heart, as they were on that day, as boys. I am so happy and proud to have been involved in such a work, and I never dreamed that 30 years later it would be remastered and released on Blu-ray. I'd like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.

Thanks to this Blu-ray release, I feel that our thoughts and feelings from 30 years ago will be rewarded a little.

I also have a few complaints about NG5. N.G.FIVE" is a group that the five of us created in the hope that it would serve as a foundation for our activities with a pure motive, rather than a self-indulgent idea of an event sponsor or for profit. Nozomu Sasaki came up with the official name "CREATIVE GROUP N.G.FIVE", and I explained to the interviewers dozens of times that it was "r.N.G.FIVE" and not NG5, but it was still written as NG5. That's why I still get annoyed when I see it written as NG5.

Also, the sound director, Koichi Chiba, jokingly said, "You guys had a lot of NGs, so let's call it NG5.

## Citation

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, 30th Anniversary Book, Tatsumi Publication. Fan translation by The URWWS.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Daijiten Origin Book, Rapport. Fan translation by The URWWS.
3. ↑ Rekka no Omoi, Yuko Yamaoka, ed. Fan translation by The URWWS.