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Do keep in mind that this is not universal (for example, Ryu Soma of ''[[Argento Soma]]'' is quite a dark and nihilistic character), but it is common enough that it's become a pretty well recognized phenomenon. Also, the character Ryu can be replaced by the word Tatsu(the character for Dragon in the Eastern Zodiac), while still having the characteristics of this type of character. The character Ryo is also frequently used to similar effect.
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* Ryu from ''[[Street Fighter]]''. His rival is Sagat, who's associated with the tiger.
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* [[Pokémon Colosseum|Michael]] in Japanese is a subversion, the proper translation is "to kill".
* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' has Ichimura Tatsunosuke (where "Tatsu" is the character for the [[Eastern Zodiac]] sign of the dragon) and the [[Historical Domain Character]] Sakamoto Ryoma, whose name is written with the characters for "dragon" and "horse", and who fits the trope quite well.
* Ryuuzaki (one of the aliases of [[Hero Antagonist]] L) from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' fits all the requirements except the "outgoing personality" bit (and according to [[Word of God]] his alignment is questionable) but he's a good fighter, trained in [[Capoeira]], he hates injustice with a passion, and has a rivalry with Light/Kira of the obvious [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] type. There's also the [[Shinigami]] Ryuk and {{spoiler|the OTHER Ryuuzaki}} from ''[[Another Note (Light Novel)|Another Note]]'' but they are subversions, one being an amoral monster and the other a {{spoiler|[[Serial Killer]]}}.
* Ryuuma from Eiichiro Oda's one-shot ''Monsters'' fits all requirements to some degree. His later appearance in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' - not so much. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that he got [[Dirty Old Man|Brook's]] personality and is revived as an [[Our Zombies Are Different|evil zombie]].
* Ryuuta Ippongi from ''[[Osu Tatakae Ouendan]]'' fits this almost perfectly.
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