Ryou is Kensei Ma's uncle, who owns his own restaurant in Yokohama Chinatown. Despite being quite knowledgeable, like Kensei, he has a very silly personality, and when he is drunk he is known to beat up members of the local mafia. He goes by the alias "Hakubi" (?) and is currently sheltering and employing Renka Ma. In Chapter 313, he states he can take on one or two master himself to protect people.