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"Shadowverse is so much fun!"

— Hiro, This is Shadowverse!!

Hiro Ryūgasaki or Hiiro Ryūgasaki is a Dragoncraft leader in Shadowverse, a supporting character in Shadowverse: Champion's Battle and the main character of the Shadowverse anime.

Biography (Champion's Battle)[]

Hiro is a 14-year-old, 2nd-year student at Tensei Academy. He lives with his grandfather Shigefumi Ryūgasaki since losing his parents when he was very young.

He meets the Protagonist on their first day of school while they're on their way to class. After getting scolded by Kagura Kirisame for running in the halls, Hiro attempts to distract Mr. Makise by challenging him to a Shadowverse match, in order to help the Protagonist not be late for class. This stunt lands him detention but lets the Protagonist make it to class on time. After class, Hiro introduces the Protagonist to Shadowverse and asks them to help him locate the school's Shadowverse Club. Together with Mimori Amamiya and Kazuki Shindō, Hiro and the Protagonist find the club and meets its president, Rei Saotome, who allow them all to join.

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Personality (Champion's Battle)[]

Hiro is an excitable, cheerful, friendly, if somewhat air-headed kid. Like many young teens, he frequently stays up late, sleeps in, and shows up late for class, with nothing better than average grades. He is very outgoing and helpful, willing to stick his neck out and land himself in trouble with his teachers for someone he's only just met. Hiro is always eager to meet new people and make new friends, as well as introduce them to Shadowverse. He loves Shadowverse and always has fun while playing it, whether he wins or loses. Dragoncraft is his main and favorite class just because he thinks it's really cool. During one of his first matches with the Protagonist, he gets especially hyped up when Overflow becomes active.

Despite how bombastic and childish he can often be, Hiro is a highly compassionate, caring and selfless person, capable of making mature and responsible decisions as well as putting others before himself when it really counts. During his Friendship Quest, after his grandfather Shigefumi is admitted to the hospital, Hiro meets with the Protagonist in the school courtyard. He tells them how much he loves his grandpa and expresses the guilt he feels that he wasn't around to help him when he injured his back. He says he's going to take a break from Shadowverse for a while so he can focus on taking care of his grandpa, who's always been taking care of him since he lost his parents when he was little. This shows that despite his intense passion for Shadowverse, he knows that the people in his life are more important and is willing to put the game aside when necessary for the sake of those he cares deeply about.

According to his in-game profile, Hiro's favorite things are "fun times and fried chicken."

Biography (Anime)[]

Hiro is a 14-year-old, 2nd-year student at Tensei Academy and the son of Eiji Ryūgasaki and Asagi Ryūgasaki. Ever since his parents died in an accident, Hiro had been living with his grandfather, Shigefumi Ryūgasaki. It turns out that both his parents are alive and they are working alongside the Tree of Woe.

At first, his grandfather forbade him to play the popular Shadowverse game, by default refusing to buy him a cell phone. However, one day Hiro comes across a mysterious cell phone that has the Shadowverse installed on it. Believing it a gift from his grandfather, Hiro takes it as his own, happy to be able to play the game with his friends. His first battle is against Takuma Kibakura, who had stolen his friend Mimori's cell phone. This leads him to meet Luca Yonazuki, one of the top players, with whom he develops a rivalry.

Hiro would find a new friend in Kai Ijuin after he challenged him to a battle. He then has a close match with his friend Kazuki in the Shop Tournament, where he wins the Shield Dragon card.

Hearing about the National Tournament, Hiro is excited to participate, but then he sees that being an A rank, he can't unless he ascends to Master rank. Mimori and Kazuki help him up to AA, and upon meeting Leon Aurenche at Shadowverse Stadium, he offers him the chance to promote him to Master if he defeats him in battle, at the risk of resetting his rank if he loses. Hiro accepts and despite being an almost impossible battle against a Grandmaster, Hiro manages to win and enter the tournament.

During the tournament, Hiro connects with several new contenders such as the sparkling Alice Kurobane, the kind but strong Seiya Kibakura, and the mysterious and sadistic Mauro Abelard. Hiro finally has his long-awaited rematch with Luca in the finals, where after an intense battle in which Hiro tries to show Luca the mistake in his feelings towards the Shadowverse, he narrowly wins.

Hiro along his friends and rivals then join the Shadow Grand Prix on Genesis Island. There, Hiro defeats professional players like Marcel Tabeoka and Miyabi Zaisenji, but then discovers the Shadow Knights eliminating the other contestants. After defeating one, Hiro meets Mauro again, who during a battle reveals to him that what is happening is related to his missing father. After another battle with Luca, Hiro is promoted to Gold Rank and together with Luca, Mauro, Alice, Mimori, Kai and Kazuki, they become the finalists of the Grand Prix. However, Leon reveals to them that the tournament was to choose the seven that would save the world from the threat of the Tree of Woe.

When the seven must face the Shadow Knights to prove themselves worthy of the mission to save the world, Hiro confronts Leon, who reveals how in the past, Hiro's parents were captured inside the Tree of Woe while investigating it with Leon. Having passed the test, the chosen seven are sent to Nekome to claim the Mythical Cards, sealed in ruins scattered throughout the city. On the way, Hiro confronts several individuals possessed by Empty Shadows, including Takuma. In the ruin, Hiro faces a possessed Shiro Kiriyama, whom he manages to defeat by awakening his Mythical Card, Infiniflame Dragon. After this, Hiro goes to help Kazuki during his battle against Zuo and Ko, and also joins Luca to save Mauro when he is possessed by the Shadows because of the despair that Leon caused him by forcing him to sacrifice himself to stop the Tree of Woe. Then, the real enemy controlling the Shadows appears, revealing himself to be Eiji Ryugasaki, Hiro's father. While battling him, Hiro discovers that Eiji betrayed his world in order to save Asagi. Hiro, determined to stop the Tree of Woe and save his mother, manages to defeat Eiji thanks to the Prominence Fusion that Mauro entrusted to him. Despite this, the seven are unable to Tree of Woe with his Mythical Cards because Leon cut off their conection to the servers.

The seven end up being sucked by the Tree of Woe. Hiro is sent to a dream world where he lives a happy life along his parents. However, Asagi guides him out of his dream to the world of his Mythical Card telling him to "defeat the black dragon". Here, Hiro meets Rowen Dragespear in the middle of a battlefield where he and his army are fighting dragons. After Hiro saves Rowen by summoning Ignis Dragon, the two face off in a Shadowverse battle. Towards the end, Rowen reveals himself to be the black dragon that Hiro had to face. After winning, Hiro remembers that his world was in danger and manages to return to save it with Rowen promising to always be there for him when he needs it.

As Hiro manages to return to reality along his friends, he climbs the tower to face his father again and stop Nexus. Although Hiro seems to have lost, he manages to win thanks to Rowen giving his Mythical Card a new power. Eiji then decides to place his trust in his son, giving him the key to get to where Nexus is. However, Leon appears and absorbs Nexus, in Asagi's body, into him, revealing that his true plan all along was to gain its power for himself and thus remake the world. Hiro decides to face him in one last battle, although at first he falls for Leon's mind games leading him to act in anger, Hiro recovers his own Shadowverse and takes the lead. Leon, however, unleashes the power of the cards created by the power of Nexus, leaving Hiro with his deck empty save for his Mythical Card. However, with the support of his friends who combine their Mythical Cards with his to create Ultimate Legendary Dragon, Hiro defeats Leon, saving the world for good.

Luca and Hiro later have another battle at the National's finals, who is later revealed to be Hiro's first and only loss.

For the next three years until Shadowverse Flame, Hiro becomes a member of the Seven Shadows, the best players in the world. Together, the seven collaborates with Genesis Corporation in the research of the Arc.

When the seven decides to hold the Shadowverse World Ranking, Hiro monitors the results and when the eight winners are finally brought to the Shadow Area, Hiro decides to be the first to face them. Mikado Shirogane introduces himself as his opponent. Seeing how Mikado lives isolated in his bubble of superiority, denying the possibilities of others, Hiro decides to show him through a defeat what Shadowverse really means. Despite managing to defeat him, he fails to make Mikado understand reality, although upon seeing Light he tells him that he looks forward to his battle with him.

Hiro and Light finally face each other in the final battle of the Shadow Area, where Hiro reveals that his intention is to find the Arc to destroy it in order to prevent the Tree of Woe from resurrecting. Although not understanding what the Arc is and the danger to the world, Light confronts Hiro to find his own answer. Hiro finally shows his true face behind the Seven Shadows mask, having found in Light the passionate player he was looking for.

When Light emerges the winner and the Arc finally appears, the Arc Ruler prevents Hiro from taking it, claiming that from then on, he will become the judge who will end humanity.

Personality (Anime)[]

Hiro is a cheerful and very friendly boy with a great passion for Shadowverse. He is also very determined, and no matter what situation he faces, he always keeps going no matter what. At times he can be somewhat simple-minded, rushing into things without thought to circumstances or consequences. Hiro is also very compassionate towards others, always seeking to help others even when they refuse to accept his help or seem beyond salvation.

He loves the Shadowverse game and thinks of nothing more than battling for passion, with his strong heart and "never-gonna-give-up" spirit being his greatest weapons. Hiro shows a great connection to the game, developing great skill soon after starting to play it. When it comes to battles, Hiro is a competitive player but at the same time he loves the excitement of battles even when them doesn't go in his favor. His most distinctive trait is his refusal to give up no matter how desperate the situation, his famous phrase being "you never know who will win in Shadowverse until the end."

In Shadowverse Flame, Hiro is shown to have become much more serious after becoming one of the Seven Shadows, not seeing a trace of his carefree attitude. This is actually an act that Luca asked him to take on to lead the Seven Shadows.

Deck (Anime)[]

Hiro uses a Dragoncraft deck that was pre-installed on the smartphone he found. His playstyle is based on playing as many followers as he can while increasing his Play Points to reach Overflow state and play his strongest cards. He also uses many spells to strengthen his followers like Piercing Roar and Serpent Force, as well as cards that allow him to quickly finish off enemy cards like Conflagration and his trump card, Ignis Dragon.

Dragoncraft
Followers Spells Amulets

In Shadowverse Flame as one of the Seven Shadows, Hiro briefly plays a Portalcraft deck. This deck focuses on adding Artifacts to the deck and using hand-repleshing effects to access them, in order to finish off the battle with Serafia, Synthetic Beast.

Portalcraft
Followers Spells Amulets

Hiro's true deck as a Seven Shadow is a Dragoncraft similar to his original deck, enhanced with more cards that increase his Play Points and restore his defense to reach not only Overflow, but the maximum possible Play Points.

Dragoncraft
Followers Spells Amulets

Battles (Anime)[]

Shadowverse[]

Opponent Episode(s) Outcome
Takuma Kibakura Episode 1 Win
Luca Yonazuki Episode 2 Win (Luca chose to not play Razory Claw to give Hiro another turn)
Unnamed student Episode 3 Win
Kai Ijūin Episode 3 Win
Kazuki Shindō Episode 5 Interrupted
Unnamed players Episode 5 Win
Kazuki Shindō Episode 5 Win
Unnamed players Episode 7 Win
Leon Aurenche Episode 7 Win
Alice Kurobane Episode 8 Win
Seiya Kibakura Episode 9 Win
Mauro Abelard Episode 10 Win
Luca Yonazuki Episodes 11-12 Win
Marcel Tabeoka Episode 14 Win
Miyabi Zaizenji Episode 15 Win
Lisa Wenders Episode 17 Win
Shadow Knight Episode 19 Win
Mauro Abelard Episode 20 Win
Luca Yonazuki Episodes 21-22 Win
Leon Aurenche Episodes 23-24 Win
Takuma Kibakura Episode 25 Win
Shiro Kiriyama Episodes 26-27 Win
Zuo Onizuka & Ko Habigami Episode 31 Win (with Kazuki Shindō)
Mauro Abelard Episodes 33 - 34 Win (With Luca Yonazuki)
Eiji Ryūgasaki Episodes 35 - 36 Win
Rowen Episode 38 Win
Eiji Ryūgasaki Episodes 45 - 46 Win
Leon Aurenche Episodes 46 - 48 Win
Luca Yonazuki Epsidoe 48 Lose (Result shown in Shadowverse Flame)

Shadowverse Flame[]

Opponent Episode(s) Outcome
Mikado Shirogane Episode 53 - 54 Win
Light Tenryu Episode 71 - 73 Lose

Etymology[]

  • Hiro's surname "Ryūgasaki" is made up of the kanji 竜 (ryū), meaning "dragon," and 崎 (saki), meaning "cape" or "peninsula."

Trivia[]

  • In English, Hiro shares a voice actor (Griffin Burns) with Maiser.
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