Kiryu
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Kiryu is a Japanese surname. It is associated with:
- Zero and Ichiru Kiryu, characters from Vampire KnightVampire Knightis a shōjo manga and anime series written by Matsuri Hino. The series premiered in the January 2005 issue of LaLa magazine and is still on-going. Chapters are collected and published in collected volumes by Hakusensha, with eleven volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series is licensed in...
. - Kazuma Kiryu, main protagonist of the YakuzaYakuza (series)Yakuza is a Fighting game video game franchise created by Amusement Vision and owned and published by Sega.The series has sold at least 3.2 million copies as of March 2009...
video game series. - Kiryū, GunmaKiryu, Gunmais a city in Gunma, Japan, near the cities of Ōta and Ashikaga. Incorporated on March 1, 1921, Kiryū is considered both a city and part of the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area, although it is still widely thought of as a rural area...
a city in Gunma PrefectureGunma Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. - Another name for Mechagodzilla 3, a fictional character.
- Kiryu family of Fatal Frame including Yoshitatsu and his twin daughters Akane & Azami.
- Yūzuki Kiryū, a character in the Kiss×SisKiss×sisis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Bow Ditama. It began serialization in Bessatsu Young Magazine on December 11, 2005 and has since been published into eight volumes by Kodansha...
manga and anime. - Yoshiya Kiryū (also called Joshua), a character in the video game The World Ends With You.