Ryo Sakazaki (Japanese: Katakana: リョウ・サカザキ; Kanji: 坂崎 亮(さかざき りょう), Hepburn: Sakazaki Ryō) is a character introduced in the 1992 fighting game Art of Fighting developed by SNK. In the Art of Fighting series, Ryo is depicted as a skilled martial artist who practices his family's fighting style, Kyokugenryu Karate (Japanese: 極限流空手), taught by his father Takuma. After his younger sister Yuri disappears, Ryo and his best friend Robert Garcia search South Town to find her, facing several opponents along the way. While the series follows Ryo's journey as a protector of those he loves, he also regularly appears in the crossover series The King of Fighters, in which he participates in fighting tournaments to promote the Kyokugenryu Karate. He also appears in alternate SNK games as an older fighter named Mr. Karate (Japanese: Mr.カラテ) influenced by his father Takuma. Additionally, he features in several manga adaptations and appears in the anime OVA adaptation of Art of Fighting. SNK developers Hiroshi Matsumoto and Takashi Nishiyama created Ryo as a homage to Ryu from Capcom's Street Fighter series; the team that produced the first game in the franchise left Capcom to join SNK to produce oth
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