Ryu

Ryu is a character in Breath of Fire who is both the main protagonist as well as the main playable character in the game. He established the basic template that later Ryus would follow, including their blue hair, general age, proficiency with swords, and Brood lineage. While he was a silent character in the Super Famicom version, he was given sporadic lines of dialogue in the English release.

The character did not possess a name, either in-game or in any official materials related to the original Super Famicom and Super NES releases. In the manual for the SNES game, he is simply referred to as "The Hero," however in game screenshots in the manual he was named "JEFF." He has been referred to as "Ryu" in each of the game's Japanese re-releases as well as subsequent official series material, except in the GBA release where he is referred to as "Zack".