is a unisex Japanese given name. It is sometimes romanized as Ryou, Ryoh, or Ryo.
Kanji
The meaning of the name differs based on the kanji used to write it. Kanji used to write this name include:
: "completion" : "cold/cool" , "to burn", "to illuminate" : Aphananthe aspera (a species of tree) : "goodness" : "light" : "silk" : "forgiveness" /: "dragon" : "distant, far"
People
Film and television
Directors and producers
Ryo Sugimoto (born 1976, 亮), Japanese film and television directors
Live film and television actors
Ryō (actress) (born 1973, りょう), Japanese model and actress
Ryo Hayami (born 1945, 亮), Japanese actor
Ryō Ikebe (1918–2010, 良), Japanese actor
Ryo Ishibashi (born 1956, 凌), Japanese actor
Ryo Kase (born 1974, 亮), Japanese actor
Ryo Kato (born 1990, 諒), Japanese actor and television personality
Ryo Katsuji (born 1986, 涼), Japanese actor
Ryo Kimura (born 1988, 了), Japanese actor
Ryo Kitazono (born 1992, 涼), Japanese actor, singer, Satsuma Ambassador
Ryo Narita (born 1993, 凌), Japanese actor and model
Ryo Narushima (born 1971, 涼), Japanese actress
Ryo Matsuda (born 1991, 凌), Japanese actor
Ryo Ryusei (born 1993, 涼), Japanese actor
Ryo Segawa (born 1978, 亮), Japanese actor
Ryo Takeuchi (born 1993, 崚), Japanese actor known as Ryoma Takeuchi
Ryō Tamura (born 1946, 亮), Japanese actor
Ryo Yoshizawa (born 1994, 亮), Japanese actor
Voice actors
Ryō Hirohashi (born 1978, 涼), Japanese voice actress
Ryō Horikawa (born 1958, りょう), Japanese voice actor
Ryō Ishihara (born 1931, 良), Japanese voice actor
Ryō Naitō (born 1974, 玲), Japanese voice actor
Comedians
Ryō Tamura (comedian) (born 1972, 亮), Japanese comedian and television presenter
Illustrators and writers
Ryō Azumi (椋), Japanese manga artist
Ryo Ikuemi (born 1964, 綾), Japanese manga artist
Ryō Hanmura (1933–2002, 良), Japanese science fiction novelist
Ryo Mizuno (born 1963, 良), Japanese author and game designer
Ryō Ramiya (涼), Japanese manga artist
Ryo Sasaki (亮), Japanese manga artist
Ryo Takamisaki (born 1963, 諒), Japanese manga artist
Ryo Tokita (born 1969), Japanese-born American artist
Music
Ryo, leader of the Japanese musical group Supercell
Ryo Fukui (born 1948), Japanese pianist
Ryo Fukawa (born 1974, りょう), Japanese comedian and musician
Ryo Kawakita (born 1978, 亮), member of Maximum the Hormone band
Ryo Kawasaki (born 1947, 燎), Japanese jazz fusion guitarist
Ryo Noda (born 1945, 燎), Japanese composer and saxophonist
Ryo Okumoto (born 1959, 亮), Japanese rock keyboardist
Ryo Owatari (born 1972, 亮), Japanese guitarist
Ryo Nishikido (born 1984, 亮), Japanese idol, actor, singer, and former member of the J-pop group Kanjani8 Ryō Takahashi (musician) (born 1985), Japanese musician and composer
Politics and government
Narasaki Ryō (1841–1906, 龍), wife of Sakamoto Ryōma, an architect of the Meiji Restoration Ryō Kurusu (1919–1945, 良), officer in the Imperial Japanese Army Ryo Shuhama (born 1950, 了), Japanese politician with the Democratic Party of Japan