Thunder Ryu

Thunder Ryu
Age	51
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Yakuza Gym Owner
Status	Deceased
Weapon	D.O.S.
First appearance	No More Heroes
Played by	Paul Nakauchi

Thunder Ryu is a character in No More Heroes. He is a Yakuza member and former wrestler who acts as a trainer for Travis Touchdown.

Personality and Appearance

Thunder Ryu is a middle-aged Japanese man. He is always dressed in a black business suit with slicked-back black hair. He wields D.O.S., a yellow-bladed beam katana resembling a shirasaya. As a Yakuza, Thunder Ryu has an intimidating personality, but sees potential in Travis and encourages him to keep fighting. He is skilled in sword-fighting and pro-wrestling moves, knowledge which he passes on to Travis through often homo-erotic training sessions.

History

No More Heroes

Thunder Ryu is the owner of Thunder Ryu Bldg. and offers to train Travis Touchdown when he arrives and manages to impress him. Thunder Ryu later appears in Speed City, fighting Speed Buster in a duel before Travis's arrival. Thunder Ryu is distracted by Jeane, and is killed by Speed Buster's laser. Thunder Ryu's last words were words of encouragement for Travis. Thunder Ryu's leftover beam katana was later used as the basis of Travis's Tsubaki Mk. III.

Despite being dead, Thunder Ryu's spirit remains in the Thunder Ryu Bldg. and continues to train Travis. Later, when Travis is traveling through the Forest of Bewilderment, he is guided by Thunder Ryu's spirit who tells Travis which direction to go. Finally, he gives a letter to Travis containing his final message, before fading away.

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