Ryosuke

Ryosuke Saotome
A.K.A.	Ryo
Age	23
Voice Actor
Relatives	Izumi Saotome (half-sister) Kurama Amano (cousin) Ranma Saotome (father) Kiiro Iijima (mother) Konami (sister) Makoto (half-brother) Hiyami (cousin)
Series	Ranma 1/2, Iczelion
Player	Josh aka Lucian

• Name: Ryosuke Saotome
• Age: 23
• Sex: Male
• Birthday: June 18
• Parents: Ranma Saotome, Kiiro Iijima
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Speciality: Martial Arts and Earth Magic
  • Hobbies: Gardening, Playing Drums, Singing
  • Favorite Music: Classic Rock
  • Favorite Sport: Martial Arts
  • Most Valuable Possessions: Magic Bracers
  • Level of Education: High School
  • Seiyuu/Voice Actor: Yamaguchi Kappei

Physical Stats

• Height: 5'11"
• Weight: 185 lbs
• Eyes: Green
• Hair: Black

Appearance

Ryosuke tends to dress in jeans and t-shirts or chinese shirts and pants, his favorite of which is an emerald green silk chinese shirt with silver-and-gold tiger embroidery. He wears his hair tied back in a short ponytail.

Personality

Formerly extremely stubborn and arrogant with a fiery temper, Ryosuke has calmed down significantly. He hasn't lost his fighting spirit; he will fight and still enjoys it. However, he tries to keep a level head and not allow his temper to interfere with his judgement. As such, techniques which rely on this effect such as Hiryuu Shoten Ha have become more effective for him because of his ability to control his emotions.

All of this said, he particularly enjoys calling people out for what he perceives as "BS".

Background

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Skills

Physical Skills:

• Alertness - Good (+2)
• Athletics - Amazing (+5)
• Stealth - Good (+2)
• Sleight of Hand - Very Good (+3)

Social Skills:

• Subterfuge - Very Good (+3)
• Streetwise - Novice (+1)
• Intimidation - Very Good (+3)
• Leadership - Good (+2)
• Expression - Good (+2)
• Performance - Very Good (+3)

Mental Skills:

• Computers - Novice (+1)
• Occult - Cephiran Magic: Amazing (+5), Japanese mythology: Good (+2), Anything else: Novice (+1)

Other Skills:

• Driving - Good (+2)
• Survival - Incredible (+4)
• Empathy - Good (+2)

Special Abilities

This list is not completed at this time and is subject to change/adjustment.

• Martial Arts (Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū, 無差別格闘流, School of Indiscriminate Grappling)
  Ryosuke has learned the majority of the Saotome Ryuu techniques, including all of the useless ones, with the exception of the Umisenken style (which his father has forbidden) and the Hiryuu Korin Dan technique (which his half-brother, Makoto stole). He set out to learn other styles, including shotokan, kenpo, gojuryu, suiken (Drunken Style martial arts), jujutsu, judo, aikido, tae kwon do, and to round things out, krav maga and "Semper Fu", the US Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.
  • Ki Aura
    As an advanced martial artist capable of ki projection, Ryosuke can use his ki to generate a ki aura around himself
    • Intimidate: Ryosuke's ki aura can cause lesser-skilled martial artists to perceive that he's about to lay the smackdown. This could have the unintended side-effect of attracting stronger targets, though.
    • Shred Shirt: Ryosuke's ki aura, at intense power levels, will cause his shirt to shred.
  • Counters
    Part of the Saotome School involves the creative and rapid adaptation of counter-moves to avoid and/or frustrate one's opponents. While many of them are flamboyant or silly, at least one deserves particular mention:
    • Counter-Bakusai Tenketsu: Grabbing the extended finger of Bakusai Tenketsu with two fingers, hence blocking it without being hit.
    • Counter Learning: Ryosuke can learn counter-moves by observing his target throughout combat. Often this means being hit bt the attack to be countered at least once.
  • Useless Saotome-ryu Techniques
    The Saotome School has many, many techniques which are ridiculous, or plain stupid. Ryosuke knows them, or at least knows of them, but generally refuses to use them because he sees them as completely retarded.
  • Useful Saotome-ryu Techniques
    Several Saotome School techniques do manage to stand out as being particularly useful:
    • Moukoutakabisha: Ryosuke focuses his pride, confidence, and courage into the energy necessary for a ki blast. The higher the pride and positive emotion, the more powerful the blast, and vice versa.
    • Happou Reversal Throw: Ryosuke uses a common hand item (pipe, fan, etc) and then uses the opponent's weight and strength against them, flipping them in the air in repeating motions. The damage occurs when they land.
    • Hiryuu Shouten Ha: Ryosuke draws his opponent into the center of a circle, making his opponent hotter and hotter while keeping himself cool, then releasing his cool punch at the center so that the temperature difference generates a whirlwind. Based on heat differences.
    • Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken: A speed training technique which consists of picking roasting chestnuts from an open fire. This augments overall reflexes and coordination. Can be used as a multi-hit punching strike (over a thousand in the space of what looks like a single punch) but is primarily to augment overall speed.
  • Nanto Suicho Ken: (南斗水鳥拳, Southern Dipper Holy Fist)
    A form of Nanto Seiken represented by its successor, Reiji. Its movements are compared to a graceful water bird, however, its destructive power is without equal and can slaughter enemies with its devastating slicing techniques. It allows Ryosuke to slash at enemies with his fingertips from a distance, with near-invisible blades of wind.

• Magic
  Ryosuke was trained in Cephiran-style magic by Clef, arguably the strongest individual mage on Cephiro. Ryosuke has mastered the element of Earth. Cephiran magic is based on willpower and imagination, and as such, there is practically no limit to spell effects he can create. However, there are certain spell effects he prefers and has practiced using to a higher degree.
  • Earth Shaping: Ryosuke can manipulate any kind of stone, metal, or gemstone using magic.
    • Repair Earth: Ryosuke can use magic to repair damage to physical structures made of earth or metal.
    • Earth Passage: Ryosuke can open tunnels through the earth, allowing passage between two points on the ground. This can be as simple as opening a hole in a wall to tunneling for several dozen yards underground.
    • Summon Earth: Ryosuke can summon large chunks of earth, appearing within 2 yards of his location. Primarily used in conjunction with melee or ranged attacks.
    • Earth Smash: Ryosuke can punch or stomp on the ground, causing a shockwave along the ground which can damage and knock opponents up and back.
    • Earthquake: Ryosuke can make the ground in an area shake as if affected by an earthquake, causing opponents to knock down.
    • Stonewall: Ryosuke can create walls of stone surrounding a target.
    • Shatterstone: Ryosuke can shatter earth and (to a limited extent) metal without physical contact. This can be used to collapse a section of ground under the target, or cause damage to a metal joint.
    • Earth Armor: This protective spell surrounds his body with stone, metal, and gemstones of Ryosuke's choice, even if no viable materials are available in the area. He can create it out of nonconductive materials in order to resist electrical and lightning-element attacks.
  • Earth Sense: Ryosuke can sense the presence, location, mass, and composition of any earth-based mineral, gemstone, or metal.
  • Earth Healing: Using the healing power of the Earth, Ryosuke can induce rapid regeneration in himself or others. Non-serious injuries can be healed in minutes. Minor injuries (deep but not-life-threatening cuts, minor broken bones) can heal in hours. Serious injuries can heal in days with repeated treatment.

• Hybrid Abilities
  Ryosuke has mastered combining his Cephiran magic and his martial arts with a few special techniques.
  • Moukoutakabisha: Meteor Strike: Ryosuke leaps high into the air and summons a boulder. He then kicks that boulder down at a target while firing Moukoutakabisha through his foot. Even if the boulder is deflected, the ki blast is right behind it (possibly hidden by it) and will have to be dealt with as well.
  • Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken: Moukoutestuken: Ryosuke surrounds his fists with ki-enhanced steel as he punches the target a hundred times in a second. This is a high-damage melee attack but can be interrupted if the target is able to get away or knock Ryosuke away.

Powers

• Superior Human Abilities
  Even without enhancement martial arts techniques or magic, Ryosuke is at the peak of physical fitness for a normal human of his age, perhaps even a bit beyond that. He is strong enough to give and take punches that can shatter concrete. He can leap from the ground to the rooftop of a small building in a single leap, and leap from roof-to-roof. He has heightened agility and speed.
  
• Enhanced Strength, Speed, and Endurance
  Ryosuke, however, uses certain martial arts and magic techniques to push his abilities even further. Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken increases his movement speed to the point where he can move from one location to another in almost a single step. When he applies his earth magic to his form, he gains greatly increased strength and resistance to physical damage.
  
• Hybrid Martial Arts
  Ryosuke has integrated both his magic and martial arts into a seamless combination of power.

Merits & Flaws

• Iron Will (5): Ryosuke cannot be mind-controlled easily, and getting him to surrender is borderline impossible. This is a pre-requisite for use of Cephiran magic.
• Common Sense (1): Ryosuke has a no-nonsense approach to the world.
• Concentration (1): Ryosuke is very good at focusing, and suffer no penalty for distractions, stress or having to repeat himself often.

• Overconfident (1): Ryosuke thinks he can do just about anything, and he tries to prove his belief as often as possible.
• Compulsive Speech (1): Ryosuke has a bad habit of letting his mouth run free and blunt.

Unique Items

• Jeweled Bracers: These large gold bracers are adorned with large yellow-colored gems. They are capable of storing objects within a pocket dimension.