Ryu (Street Fighter) the development team, was meant to let viewers know he was "a karate master at first sight". In an interview with "Game On!", Capcom Research and Development head Noritaka Funamizu stated that of the series' characters, Ryu was one of the most popular characters with American audiences, alongside Zangief and Guile. For "Street Fighter IV", Kyle Hebert was cast as Ryu in preparation of the return of his "Evil Ryu" persona. In an interview with Gamereactor, Ansah talked about Ryu and Ken's story from "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist" and said "a good analogy with Ryu is that he's not actually
Ryu Shiva poetry has been seen as a genre where it’s not the works that approach the public, but the public must take effort to approach the work, and Ryu Shiva’s works have been criticized as belonging to the former. Ryu Shiva’s works have been alienated by the literary circle and literary journals. Meanwhile, Ryu Shiva’s books continue to be popular among the public. "Geudaega gyeot-e itseodo naneun geudaega geuripda" (그대가 곁에 있어도 나는 그대가 그립다 Even Though You Are Next To Me I Miss You) was on the best seller list 21 times between 1989 and 1998, and in a survey