Ryuto Ippongo is one of the male students who currently attends Akademi.
He is the third student to be introduced as an Easter Egg student after Midori Gurin.
Appearance[]
Current[]
Ryuto has red eyes and spiky black hair with red tips, and thick, dark red eyebrows.
He wears the default school uniform with a red bandana tied around his forehead unless customized by the player. If his task is not completed, he will not wear the bandana.
Previous[]
From the February 16th, 2016 Build to the May 2nd, 2019 Build, his hair was pure red.
Personality[]
Ryuto strike a cute pose.
Secretly has a crush on Pippi Osu. Neither of them realize that they both share feelings for each other. Swears to his parents that he spends all of his free time studying, but is usually playing video games.
Among the Personas that are currently implemented in the game, Ryuto is a Phone Addict. If Ayano Aishi aims her Phone at him, he will happily pose for a picture. If he sees a corpse or witnesses a murder, he will take a picture with his phone and text it to the police while running out of the school. He cannot participate in physical confrontations against murderers unless he witnesses Pippi Osu's murder.
Routine[]
Ryuto playing an augmented reality game with his other club members.
At 7:05 AM, Ryuto enters the school grounds with the other members of the Gaming Club. He walks to his locker at 7:10 AM and changes from his outdoor shoes to his indoor shoes. At 7:15 AM, Ryuto walks around the school while playing a Miyuki augmented reality game with Midori Gurin, Mai Waifu, and Pippi Osu. At 8:00 AM, Ryuto walks into Classroom 3-1, sits at his desk, and plays on his phone. He starts his morning classes at 8:30 AM.
At 1:00 PM, he sits outside the Gaming Club and eats lunch, walks back to class again at 1:30 PM, and participates in cleaning time between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM. Afterwards, he goes back to the Gaming Club and plays a game on a laptop until the end of the day.
If the Gaming Club disbands, he will still play the AR game with his former club members, except for Gema Taku, who will play games outside of the clubroom.
Task[]
| This favor requires... | Description |
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Ryuto Ippongo has lost his bandana. Locate his bandana and return it to him. |
| To complete Ryuto's task, the player can locate the red bandana lying on the grass on the exterior area of Akademi, near where the Hedge Maze and Outdoor Cafeteria are located. The bandana can be spotted near the outdoor wall. Once picked up, it will appear in the inventory app through the player's phone. | |
The bandana can be found between the hedge maze and the school. It will not spawn unless the player has accepted the task.
Topics[]
The topics Ryuto is Negative/Positive/Neutral towards are as follows:
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Miscellaneous[]
His preferences unrelated to gameplay include:
- Photography: He feels nervous about being photographed because he would be very unhappy if an embarrassing or unflattering moment were photographed.[2]
Relationships[]
Pippi Osu[]
- Main article: Pippi Osu
Ryuto has a crush on Pippi, but he doesn't know that she feels the same way about him.
Since he has a crush on her, if the player kills Pippi in front of him, he will attack the player with much more force than he's usually capable of. However, if she dies, he will not mourn her death.
Trivia[]
- Ryuto was added in September 19th, 2015 Build.
- On his computer screen is Tomoe Mami, a character from the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- His name and design are a parody[3] of Ryuta Ippongi from the rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. His character has made a cameo in the game Osu! as well.
- However, Ryuto (spelled 龍斗) is a proper Japanese name, Ryū (dragon) and 'to' (strong, courageous).[4]
- Ippongo is not a real Japanese surname, as it was derived from Ryuta's surname and altered.
- YandereDev thought his old hair was "freaking awesome", but changed it because it stuck out like a sore thumb.[5]
- Despite him being in love with Pippi, the player will only be able to play cupid with a rival, not two ordinary NPCs.[6]
- YandereDev might implement him blushing when he is near Pippi.[7] He may fall into depression if she dies.[8]
- The player can see him commenting on Hoshiko Mizudori's phone.
- He is currently one of the ten students who have a bounty, with the others being Otohiko Meichi, Fureddo Jonzu, Umeji Kizuguchi, Horuda Puresu, Hazu Kashibuchi, Toga Tabara, Kyuji Konagawa, Uekiya Engeika, and Horo Guramu.
- He was one of the first male characters to have a special hairstyle of his own, other than using Taro Yamada's hair.
- His first hair model can be activated on him if the player has debug commands and types "OSU" three times.
- If the Gaming Club didn't exist, he'd be in the Martial Arts Club instead.[9]
- His grades are below average.[10]
- Ryuto's reputation is negative because he's considered a bit "cringeworthy" for acting like an anime character instead of behaving normally.[11]
- Since Ryuto is an anime character, the bizarre shape of his hair is natural.[12]
- Ryuto likes rhythm games.[13]
Illustrations[]
References[]
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/650362474030592000
- ↑ https://www.ask-oracle.com/baby-name/ryuto/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/652359406043004929
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/646066739449466880
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/652344896573956096
- ↑ https://twitter.com/YandereDev/status/652655590146052096
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- ↑ https://yandere-simulator.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000147259
