Ryo

Japanese
"fact, reality, understand; distant; defy"

Ryo Origin and Meaning

The name Ryo is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning "fact, reality, understand; distant; defy".

A simple, importable Japanese name, that carries a multitude of meanings depending on which character is used to denote it. While most westerners pronounced it RY-o or REE-o, its real pronunciation is closer to REE-UH.

Borne by actress Ryo Sato, and by Ryo Yamada, a character in the anime series, Bocchi the Rock!, it is currently used nearly exclusively for boys in the US, likely owing to its similarity to Rio, Rylo, or Ryan. In Japan, however, it is considered a unisex name.

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Famous People Named Ryo

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    Japanese model and actress
  • Ryo Fukuda
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  • Ryo Kawakita
    Japanese guitarist, member of Maximum the Hormone band
  • Ryo Hirohashi
    Japanese voice actress
  • Ryo Horikawa
    Japanese voice actor
  • Ryo Ishikawa
    Japanese professional golfer
  • Ryo Kase
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  • Ryo Miyaichi
    Japanese footballer
  • Ryo Naito
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  • Ryo Nishikido
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  • Ryo Narita
    Japanese male actor and model

The name Ryo in Pop Culture

  • Ryo
    main character in Jess Mowry's novel "Children Of The Night"
  • Ryo Akiyama
    character in anime "Digimon Tamers"
  • Ryo Asuka
    character in manga/anime "Devilman"
  • Ryo Bakura
    character in anime "Yu,Gi,Oh!"
  • Ryo Hazuki
    character in video game "Shenmue"
  • Ryo Kunieda
    character in anime "Bleach"
  • Ryo Kurosawa
    character in movie "Battle Royale II"
  • Ryo Kuroyanagi
    character in manga/anime "Yakitate!! Japan"
  • Ryo Marufuji
    character in anime "Yu,Gi,Oh! GX"
  • Ryo Misaki
    character in the .Hack series
  • Ryo Narushima
    main character of manga "Shamo"
  • Ryo Okayasu
    character in manga/anime "Peach Girl"
  • Ryo Saeba (Joe Saeba)
    character in manga/anime "City Hunter"
  • Ryo Sakazaki
    character in video game "Art of Fighting"
  • Ryo Sanada
    character in anime/manga Ronin Warriors
  • Ryo Shirogane
    character in manga/anime "Tokyo Mew Mew" (male)
  • Ryo Shishio
    character in manga/anime "Kekkaishi"
  • "Tenkasei" Ryo
    character in Japanese TV's "Gosei Sentai Dairanger"
  • Ryo Watanabe
    character in video game "Need for Speed: ProStreet"
  • Ryo Aikawa
    character in the mobile game Love Live! School Idol Festival