Ryu Ishigori

Ryu Ishigori is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is a jujutsu sorcerer from the past who was incarnated by Kenjaku to participate in the Culling Game as a player.

Appearance
Ryu has the appearance of a handsome young man who is relatively tall with a muscular body. He has a well-defined jawline with sleek cheekbones with soft eyes and thin eyebrows. Ryu has black hair and proudly sports a vintage pompadour hairstyle directly connected to his cursed technique.

He wears a dark jacket with large fur trim around the neck and wrists. The jacket is left open, revealing Ryu's chest and the necklace he wears. He has a belt with a large buckle tied around the waist of his dark pants and sports similar colored shoes as well.

Personality
Ryu is the hot-shot cool guy type that guys admire and girls adore. He enjoys a good fight and good women, which he had both of in his previous life. Despite not having any real regrets, Ryu compares his old life to being a "moderate eater". A vague thirst has been looming over him, leaving Ryu still unsatisfied because he's never had any" dessert" in his existence. He wants to use his chance at a second life to find an opponent worthy of satisfying his insatiable hunger because he's never felt full before. Despite his nagging battle lust he is appear to remain calm and analytical. Yuta also speculates that his point value in the Culling Game is the result of Ryu's decision to avoid targeting regular people but being unmoved by their deaths as a result of his battles.

Yuta Okkotsu potentially possesses the ability to fulfill Ryu. He attacked Yuta in search of that satisfaction but their battle royal with Takako Uro put the Jujutsu High sorcerer at a disadvantage. Ryu was disappointed with Yuta and compared that feeling to seeing a delicious cake shop with empty display windows close at the end of the day.

Sendai Colony Arc
By November 12th 2018, Ryu had managed to gain 77 points in the Sendai Colony. His high cursed energy output made him one of four players locks in a tense deadlock. One of the four, the incarnated Dhruv Lakdawalla, is killed by Yuta Okkotsu and Ryu realises that his success in sneaking toward Dhrub was due to Yuta draw attention and that the Kurourushi will strike now that the stalemate is broken. Ryu simply observes the battle between the newcomer and the cockroach curse once it appears. Yuta attempts exorcise Kurourushi without revealing that he is capable of using Reverse Cursed Technique but Ryu manages to see-through his tricks and also notices Okkotsu's incredible amounts of cursed energy.

Takako Uro manages to ambush Yuta and watching them fight causes a restless Ryu to open fire using his Granite Blast technique, alerting the other two players to his position and causing Yuta to target him as an immediate priority. Ryu is overjoyed by Yuta's rush towards his position and impressed when the boy avoids his attacks and turns the battle into a fist fight. He beings to ponder Yuta's incredible abilities as the battle escalates and comes to conclusion he might be the 'desert' that will be able to satisfy his uncertain desire. Outraged when Uro reappears to attack Yuta, Ryu opens fire with an energy blast only to be stunned when she uses her Cursed technique to reflect the attack back at him. Believing that Yuta is at the end of his rope causes Ryu to be disappointed until the sudden appearance of Rika, Yuta's cursed technique. While Yuta battles Uro his summoned ally battles Ryu, managing to deflect his blasts and punch him across the rooftops. When Yuta and Uro land in the same area as Ryu they realise that he is about to trigger his Domain Expansion, both activating their own to protect themselves.

While Uro and Ryu's individual strategies to separate Yuta from Rika by trapping him in a Domain succeed, the shocking intervention of a reborn and reborn Kurourushi causes all three domain barriers to break. While his opponents are left temporarily struggling to use their techniques to the fullest after erecting their Domains, Ryu is able to output the exact same amount of energy as he normally would and is able to leave Uro (already wounded by Kurourushi) and Kurourushi severely injured with just one attack. Yuta kills the Cursed Spirit before approaching Ryu again. Meeting Ryu's stare causes Yuta to abandon his plan to strike before Ryu's attack is charged nd instead decides to match him head on. While Yuta loses their brief beam clash he quickly regains the advantage by getting in close as Rika provides a covering fire of cursed energy. When Ryu fires a Granite Blast at close range Yuta avoids it by using Uro's technique to redirect it into the air. Once Rika reaches its time limit and disappears the two remaining fighters engage in a brutal close range fight. Ryu is defeated when his own blast falls back down from the sky and lands directly onto his head.

Satisfied for the first time in his life, Ryu has no issue with losing to Yuta but chastise him for sparing both him and Uro. Ryu immediately agrees to transfer his points over to Yuta using the newly established 10th Rule. Although he has doubts about Yuta's mercy, asking his the Special Grade would have killed him and Uro is this new ruling didn't allow him to build points quickly.

Abilities and Powers
Overall Skill Level: Ryu is a sorcerer that boasts destructive power and the highest cursed energy output of any player in the Culling Game. He was able to score seventy-seven points in twelve days in one of the game's fiercest colonies and forced a deadlock with other exceptional players like Dhruv, Kurourushi, and Uro.

The ability to fire cursed energy like a cannon grants Ryu massive destructive potential. Not only that, but he is a highly talented fighter who can fight in close or at range while always making use of his explosive energy output. He could contend with Yuta and even caught him off guard by discharging cursed energy in clever ways.

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