Masami Tsuruoka Its foundation is in Chito-Ryu and Shotokan and it blends in effective techniques from many martial arts. Masami Tsuruoka , was a Japanese Canadian karate instructor and practitioner recognized as "The Father of Canadian Karate" by Black Belt Magazine. Although mainly responsible for establishing the Chito-ryu style in Canada, Tsuruoka is also known as founder of his own karate style known as Tsuruoka Ryu. Masami Tsuruoka kept Chito-ryu karate before the Canadian public from 1958 to 1968 through newspaper articles, magazine articles, and frequent public appearances, demonstrations and exhibitions across Canada. He formed the National Karate Association of Canada (presently
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