Name Kanji: SANADA: Braid RYO: Distant
Forehead Kanji: JIN: perfect virtue/humanity
Element: Fire
Birthday: 15 August (Leo) 1973 (14/15 years old in 1988)
Height: 165 cm (about 5'6")
Weight: 57 kg (about 125 lbs)
His name is Sanada Ryo. His full title is Rekka no Ryo ("Ryo of the Blazing/Raging Fire"). Ryo wears red armor, and he bears twin katana as his weapons. The symbol on his armor is that of four squares set within a circle so that their intersections form a four-pointed star. He is the leader of the Troopers, and he also has something of a temper - at least partly because of his "vast heart" which causes him anguish whenever others are being hurt. He is accompanied by a huge white tiger named Byakuen. In the new storyline he gets a new set of armor, which is formed when the energy of his four comrades is joined with his own. At first this effect also drains Ryo's own energy rapidly. This new, white armor is called "Kikotei" - literal translation is "Sparkle Glitter Emperor", but my Japanese teacher says it is a poetic way to say "sun", so it can be referred to as the "Sun Armor". When he uses his full power, he yells "So En Zan" (Two- Direction Flame Cut). The words used with the Kikotei armor are "Sen Ko Zan". Ryo is an orphan; his father was a wildlife photographer killed by a wild animal. Ryo is the first of the Troopers to show up in the series, and naturally is the main protagonist.
