Karate of Gichin Funakoshi's students, Mitsusuke Harada. Outside of the Shotokan stable of karate styles, Wado Ryu Karate was also an early adopted style in the UK, introduced by Tatsuo Suzuki, a 6th Dan at the time in 1964. Despite the early adoption of Shotokan in the UK, it was not until 1964 that JKA Shotokan officially came to the UK. Bell had been corresponding with the JKA in Tokyo asking for his grades to be ratified in Shotokan having apparently learnt that Murakami was not a designated representative of the JKA. The JKA obliged, and without enforcing a grading on
Ryu Hayabusa Ryu was included in the first version of the 2010 fan-made Flash game "Super Mario Bros. Crossover". In commemoration of the 2009 merger of Koei and Tecmo, Ryu, Ayane and Momiji were unplayable guest characters in Koei's "" released that year. In the company's 2011 hack and slash title "Warriors Orochi 3", Ryu, Ayane, Rachel, Momiji and Kasumi appear in another dimension and assist the game's playable characters. Ryu's "Ninja Gaiden" costume parts were available as exclusive downloads as part of the first-anniversary promotion campaign for "Dynasty Warriors Online". Ryu additionally appeared with Ayane in the April 2012 Japan-only release