Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about RYU HAYABUSA!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Ryu Hayabusa is the main protagonist of Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden video game series . he is a dragon-human hybrid who wields an ancestral weapon called the Dragon Sword Ryu has befriended fellow ninja Hayate and works to take down corrupt tournament organizer . in the Nintendo Entertainment System home edition, he is given a backstory of searching for his missing father . Ry in Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990), Ryu foils Ashtar’s attempt at world domination . in retaliation, Ashtar kidnaps Irene in order to 1991’s Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom sees Ryu accused of murdering Irene . the culprit is revealed to be a superhuman clone of Ryu called a 1991 Sega Game Gear version of Ninja Gaiden scraps narrative of original series timeline . 1992 Sega Master System version features Ryu as a high-ranking member of his ninja clan . he the plot of 2008’s Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword begins with kunoichi Momiji abducted by rival ninja clan . Ryu’s objective therein is to find seven Dark Dragonstones in Ninja Gaiden II (2008), a CIA agent warns Ryu of a plot of the Greater Fiends . he infiltrates a castle where the object is held . in the Joe is critically wounded in his battle against Black Spider clan leader Genshin . he then attempts multiple times to kill Ryu thereafter but fails and is slain in his final attempt . before he dies, Gen Ryu’s story continues in the 2013 release Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z . he is pursued by the game’s “foul-mouthed” protagonist, yaiba Kamikaze Ryu is the primary protagonist in the 1999 sequel Dead or Alive 2 . he canonically wins the second championship after learning beforehand that an interdimensional creature called Tengu joined to wreak chaos on the world . Ryu returns in 2012’s Dead or Alive 5 . he aids Hayate and Ayane in their battle against Donovan’s new organization . when Hayate is captured, Ryu sends his a demo version of DOA5 featuring a playable Ryu and Hitomi was included as a downloadable bonus . the Nintendo DS-exclusive game was played by holding the console vertically . a Ryu Hayabusa is able to defeat opponents by decapitation or dismemberment . in a 2011 interview with PlayStation.blog, Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi described the character’s development “Hayabusa Ninja” is an alternate costume for the character Max in 2007’s Super Swing Golf: Season 2. Season 2 . the publisher said for Dead or Alive 4 that he “continues an 8-bit version of Ryu was included in the first version of the 2010 fan-made Flash game Super Mario Bros. Crossover . Ryu additionally appeared with Ayane in the April 2012 Japan-only release Dyna the plot involves a doctor who has supposedly discovered a cure for cancer . he in turn is investigated by a reporter named Sarah . the abduction of Irene forces Ryu to become the dragon Ninja again a 13” resin statue of Ryu was released by Multiverse Studios in 2015 . a keychain and three-dimensional poster were released in 2013 featuring Ryu and the Dead or Alive 5 Plus cast . Ryu was nominated in the “Best Character (Best Hero)” category of the 1989 and 1991 Nintendo Power Awards . in 2010, the magazine listed him as one of the best ninja characters to appear on Nintendo consoles in 2012, gamesradar ranked the “particularly brutal good guy” 26th . readers voted Ryu 43rd in a 2010 poll deciding the best video game character of all time . Ryu is also he’s been ranked number one on more top-ninja lists than one can count . he topped virgin media’s 2015 selection of the top ten gamers . 1UP.com ranked him the in 2008, GamesRadar included him among the top video game assassins in the “ninja” category . in 2011, GamePro speculated on Ryu’s odds of filling Soulcalibur V’ in 2012, Elton Jones of Complex included Ryu among 15 guest characters he wanted in a future series entry . “now it’s time for Tecmo’s ninja to enter the fray,”