Ryu Ishigori

Ryu Ishigori is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is a jujutsu sorcerer from 400 years ago who was incarnated into the modern era by Kenjaku to participate in the Culling Game as a player.

Appearance
After incarnating into the modern era, Ryu has the appearance of a handsome young man who is relatively tall with a muscular body. He has a well-defined jawline, sleek cheekbones, 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 extensive fur trim around the neck and wrists. The coat 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.

Personality
Ryu is a confident hotshot with a strong drive to enjoy fulfilling combat. He is defined by his desire to fight worthy opponents and likens the experience to eating delicacies. Ryu fought modest opponents and met a good woman in his last life, so he didn't die with sentiments that he would label as regrets. However, those fights never satisfied Ryu and it left him with a hunger that followed him into reincarnation. Ryu believes he's never been full and wants to fight someone who could push his abilities to the limit, a dessert that could fill his insatiable hunger. Ryu is a self-assured, calm, and cool individual whose indifferent to anything that doesn't pique his interest. He kills other players in the Culling Game without a second thought and is indifferent to any non-combatants that get caught in the crossfire.

In the Sendai Colony, only Yuta Okkotsu really grabbed Ryu's attention. Ryu thought the deadlock breaking within the colony was an interesting development and marked Yuta as a worthy potential opponent. During Yuta's fight with Takako Uro, Ryu interjected because their "flirting" was making him hungry. When the battle royal appeared to overwhelm Yuta, Ryu was disappointed and compared the experience to seeing a delicious cake shop with empty displays when the store is closing. Yuta instead continued to surpass Ryu's expectations and the latter became more determined to discover if Yuta could provide him with the dessert he's longed for. In heat of their three-way fight, Ryu interrupted another exchange of words between Yuta and Uro because he felt words were pointless at that stage.

In order to achieve his goal, Ryu cast aside all others in order to "set the table" for his dessert with Yuta. He got Uro out of the way because she wasn't invited to the stable where Ryu could have a proper battle with Yuta. Once the table was set, Ryu communicated four hundred years of hunger and thirst for a worthy fight to Yuta with a single, meaningful glare. Yuta finds no deeper meaning in fighting, but his heart was melted and he agreed to engage Ryu with every lost drop of power for a proper dessert.

During their duel's climax, Ryu was enjoying every moment of pushing his powers to their limit and described the sensation as seriously sweet. As Yuta continued to surpass expectations and grant Ryu more action after using every last drop, Ryu's excitement grew until he officially deemed the encounter as the dessert he'd longed for. Even in defeat, Ryu was gracious and thanked Yuta before declaring that his stomach was finally full.

Ryu was grateful for having his hunger satisfied but not for having his life spared by Yuta. He didn't commend or praise Yuta for letting an opponent live and told him he was too soft. However, Ryu was curious and also asked about Yuta's conversations with Uro, comparing them to a lover's quarrel. He told Yuta not to act like it was a pain, but when Yuta explained, Ryu didn't quite understand what he meant by being unable to connect with Uro because he was blessed. Regardless, Ryu got along with Yuta and agreed to hand over all the points he scored in the Culling Game.

Abilities and Powers
Overall Skill Level: Ryu is a sorcerer that boasts incredible 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.

Ryu's ability to fire cursed energy like a cannon makes him a massive wide-range threat. He is also the only sorcerer who can unleash the same amount of power regardless of whether or not his cursed technique is activated. His pure offensive firepower annihilated most of Kurourushi in one shot. While he's normally at a disadvantage against Uro's ability to redirect his blasts, he was able to defeat her with the same blast as Kurourushi when she was unable to activate her cursed technique following domain expansion.

While Ryu exels at long-range combat, he does not rely on it and is just as dangerous at close to mid range. By supplementing his attacks with explosive bursts of cursed energy, Ryu clashed on equal terms with Yuta's enhanced strength and even overpowered him in more than one exchange. Yuta admitted even he would be injured by Ryu's attacks if they were not completely blocked. Ryu managed to injure Yuta by utilizing his high cursed energy output in clever ways. For example, Ryu discharged cursed energy when he collided backs with Yuta, sending the young man flying on impact. Then once Yuta was at a distance, Ryu was able to capitalize with his signature blast of cursed energy.

Rika, who's even more resiliant than Yuta, found herself overwhelmed by Ryu's power. Ryu's toughness allowed him to withstand a blow from Rika and he counterattacked before she could land a follow up attack. Toward the end of his fight with Yuta, Ryu hit a partially manifested Rika with a blow so powerful that it would've been too strong for her even at full power.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: In additon to his long range capabilities, Ryu is an exceptional close combat fighter. He was evenly matched with Yuta in most of their exchanges. He blocked Yuta's intial attack upon bringing their fight into close range and continued to match blows with him throughout the climax of their battle as well.

Advanced Endurance: Ryu withstood numerous direct attacks in his battle with Uro and Yuta, including being hit with his own Granite Blast. He also took several hits from Rika, a curse endowed with super strength, and not only continued fighting, but also delivered powerful counterattacks. Even after Yuta hit him with Thin Ice Breaker and Rika busted him open with a punch to the top of his head, Ryu didn't go down until he was unsuspectingly hit by another one of his own blasts.

Battles & Events

 * Culling Game
 * Yuta Okkotsu vs. Takako Uro vs. Ryu Ishigori

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