Haohmaru in Samurai Shodown. Regarding his Color G~H, his refined sense is shown through his braided hat, ruler, and mountain ascetic style. For the "Mr. Karate" incarnation of Ryo, his Normal has been given a tengu mask, which is reminiscent of his father Takuma. With his "Another" incarnation there is a stylish change of clothing based on his Wild Ambition look. The color combination of his shirt is standard, but there is also a version just like his "Color E" with a design on his back. Color G appears as a style that brings to mind the clothing of the strong tiger Robert. For Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, Ryo was featured in his older persona "Mr. Karate" but with the title "2nd" as SNK said they wanted to distinguish him in a comical way from Takuma. Voice actors Ryo was first voiced by Masaki Usui. Starting in 2016 with The King of Fighters XIV, Usui was replaced by Daiki Takakura who wanted to promote his character's appearances. Takakura believes his role as Ryo is important because the character appeared on multiple generations of consoles and he wanted to keep its traditional style despite having a different voice. For the otome game, The King of Fighters: For Girls, Subaru Kimura voices the character. Appearances In video games In the first Art of Fighting, Ryo's sister, Yuri, is kidnapped by Mr. Big, a local criminal mastermind. With the help of his best friend, Robert Garcia, Ryo manages to confront Mr. Big, leading him to a karate dojo where a man challenges the two to a fight. When Ryo prevails, Yuri appears, telling Ryo to stop, for Mr. Karate is their father. In the second game, Takuma reveals that the crime lord Geese Howard turned him into the assassin Mr. Karate. With the Sakazaki family reunited, they, along with Robert, are focused on exacting their revenge on Geese and providing justice to all the others who were wronged by him. While entering into Geese's tournament, The King of Fighters, Ryo is able to defeat Geese and become the first champion of KOF tournament. However, Geese manages to escape with help from his assistants before Ryo could finish him. In Art of Fighting 3: The Pact of the Warrior, Ryo acts as a supporting character to Robert, where the game is more focused. Ryo reprises his role from Art of Fighting in a slot