Hurricane Ryu

{{Short description|Japanese illustrator (born 1958)}} {{Infobox person |name=Hurricane Ryu |image=Hurricane Ryu Nightmare Weekend Richmond 2024 (cropped).jpg |caption=Ryu in 2024 |birth_name=Hidemi Miyata |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|01|22|df=y}} |birth_place=Tochigi Prefecture, Japan |occupation=Illustrator, writer, manga artist, director, martial artist, and actor | nationality =  }} {{nihongo|'''Ryu Hariken'''|破李拳竜|Hariken Ryū|born January 22, 1958}}, nicknamed '''Hurricane Ryu''', is a Japanese illustrator, writer, manga artist, director, martial artist, and actor.<ref name=kalat2007>{{cite book|last=Kalat|first=David|title=A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series|year=2007|publisher=McFarland & Co|isbn=978-0-7864-3099-4|pages=202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QyaTVYvEPQC&q=%22Hurricane+Ryu%22&pg=PA202}}</ref> His real name is {{nihongo|'''Hidemi Miyata'''|宮田英実|Miyata Hidemi}}, born in Tochigi Prefecture.

== Comics == * 1980 – ''Parabola of Ecstasy'', Comic DUMP #10, Daya Publishing * 1982 – ''Mad City 16 Beat'', oneshot, Comic Lemon People #1, 1982 * 1983 – ''Gekisatsu! Uchuuken'', Comic Lemon People #2–#81, Kubo shoten * 1985 – ''Blade of Gigantis'', Tokyo III Co., Ltd * 1986 – ''Pretty Executor'', Tokyo III Co., Ltd * 1990 – ''Monster Warrior Godzilla'', published in JICC publishing's The Godzilla Comic * 1994 – ''Giant Monster Gamera'', Gekkan Manga Boys, November 1994 – February 1995, Tokuma Shoten.

== Books == * 1992 – ''Godzilla Monster Super Quiz'', Kubo shoten * 1995 – ''Gojira Road'', Fujinsha * 1996 – ''Kaijū baka ichi-dai Gojira yakusha e no michi'', Yosensha * 1999 – ''Men Who Suitacted Tokusatsu Heroes'', Sony Magazine

==Filmography== ===As a director=== * 1987 – ''Pretty Executor'' * 1996 – ''Insatsu seyo! Kyōshinman'' * 2013 – ''P Man: Syborg Bishoujo Shirei Kyakuchū'' * 2014 – ''Heroine Champion Festival'' * 2016 – ''Digital Q-ko VS Robocon Great Battle'' ===As an actor=== * 1991 – ''Mikadroid'' (Mikadroid) * ''Godzilla'' film series ** 1991 – ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' (King Ghidorah and Mecha-King Ghidorah) ** 1992 – ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (Battra larva) ** 1993 – ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' (Baby Godzilla) ** 1995 – ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' (Godzilla Junior) * 1992 – ''UFO Daisakusen Iko-chan Fight'' (Miracle Man) * ''Den Ace'' series ** 1992 – ''Den Ace ni Shisu'' (Den Ace) ** 2005 – ''Ganso Den Ace'' (Den Ace) ** 2007 – ''Den Ace: The Final'' (Kirakuki ni Ikiyou) ** 2017 – ''Moeru Yo Den Ace'' (Hideumi Miyata) ** 2018 – ''Den Ace 60'' (Hideumi Miyata) ** 2019 – ''Den Ace Kick'' (Hideumi Miyata) ** 2019 – ''Den Ace Wedding'' (version of ''Den Ace Kick'' with revised ending) (Hideumi Miyata) * 1994 – ''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon'' (Kumasogami) * 2003 – ''Marumi☆Mix Juice'' (Mister Z) * 2004 – ''The Calamari Wrestler'' (Ika Wrestler) * 2006 – ''Crab Goalkeeper'' (Grab Goalkeeper) * 2006 – ''The World Sinks Except Japan'' (Den Ace) * 2008 – ''Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit'' (Guilala) * 2014 – ''Earth Defence Widow'' (Bemuras) * 2016 – ''Kaiju Mono'' * 2020 – ''Monster Seafood Wars''

==Videography== ===As an actor=== * 1991 – ''Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight'' (Gamera)<ref>Hurricane Ryu, June 14, 2020, [https://twitter.com/zkHc5amiVbaGWSY/status/1271992031460462592 本日は昭和ガメラでおなじみ湯浅憲明監督の御命日。], Twiiter (X)</ref>

== External links == * [https://blog.goo.ne.jp/ryuanddoll_2007/ 日記], Hariken Ryu's diary, has not been updated since 2007 * [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ryuanddoll 破李拳竜・日記], Hariken Ryu's another diary, similarly has not been updated since 2007 * [http://ryuanddoll.blog37.fc2.com/ 怪獣バカ一代], Hariken Ryu's current, active diary blog

==References== {{Reflist}}

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