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

• Ryo singer,songwriter of the Japanese pop group Supercell
• Ryo Japanese model and actress
• Ryo Fukuda Japanese racecar driver
• 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 Japanese actor
• Ryo Miyaichi Japanese footballer
• Ryo Naito Japanese voice actor
• Ryo Nishikido Japanese singer/actor, member of pop group Kanjani8
• 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