At the beginning of the story, he engages Bloody Malth in a duel and is defeated. He appears only in the first NES game, Ninja Gaiden. Ken Hayabusa, named Jô Hayabusa ( ジョウ・ハヤブサ ?) in the Japanese version, is Ryu's father. In Dead or Alive: Dimensions, Irene is shown in one of the cutscenes with Ryu Hayabusa. At some point, she and Ryu marry and they open up a curio shop together. Irene is mentioned by name in Ryu's backstory in the first Dead or Alive game, and appears in the Ninja Ryukenden anime OVA.
She is reunited with Ryu at the game's close after his journey through subspace to defeat Clancy. She points a gun at Foster to arrest him and stop his plan, but her weapon is useless against the Doppelganger. Miraculously, she survives the fall, and turns up later during the last encounter with Foster. She falls off a cliff into the ocean and is presumed dead. In Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Irene is attacked by Ryu's Doppelganger while investigating a secret lab. Taken hostage yet again, Irene is sacrificed as a bait for the demons of the dark world when the Sword of Chaos awakens, but her life is later restored by the power of the Dragon Sword. While she is being escorted out by Robert, they are ambushed by the Jaquio. Irene survives the blow, and tasks Ryu with destroying an altar. When Ryu finally reaches her, it is for naught, as Ashtar maniacally stabs her from behind. Although Robert manages to save Ryu, Ashtar brings Irene away with him through the Maze of Darkness. She proves to be a distraction to Ryu, which Ashtar takes advantage of to ambush the ninja. She is captured by Ashtar and held at the Tower of Lahja. In Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Irene continues her role as damsel-in-distress. As the two fall in love, Irene disobeys an order from Foster to kill Ryu. However, Ryu manages to find a way out and defeats the Jaquio, escaping the collapsing temple with Irene. Although Ryu complies, the Jaquio keeps Irene to be sacrificed, and drops Ryu into a pit.
She gives him the Shadow demon statue, and is later taken hostage by the Jaquio in order to force Ryu to hand over the statue. Irene's first encounter with Ryu is in Ninja Gaiden, where she shoots and captures him with a tranquilizer dart. She is an agent of the CIA's Secret Auxiliary Unit, working under the codename "Sea Swallow". Irene Lew ( アイリーン・ルゥ ?) is the heroine in the NES trilogy, serving as Ryu's romantic interest. The NES trilogy chronicles how Ryu and Irene meet up, and their conflicts with the Jaquio and rogue elements of the CIA. He is often regarded as the most popular ninja character to be ever featured in video games. "dragon") Hayabusa ("falcon") is a ninja and the leader of the Hayabusa Clan (隼一族 Hayabusa-ichizoku?) that has spiritual, physical and magical ties to ancient dragons.
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Ryu Hayabusa (リュウ・ハヤブサ/隼 龍 Hayabusa Ryū?) is the protagonist of the Ninja Gaiden video game series as well as a player character in the Dead or Alive series by Team Ninja and Tecmo. The characters and events are described, below, using in-universe tone. As the universe of the Ninja Gaiden series has been rebooted as of 2004 with the release of Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox, this list will have two sections, one for the original trilogy on the NES, and another for the 'rebooted' universe since 2004. This is a list of video game characters in the Ninja Gaiden video game series, the hero of which has been always the ninja Ryu Hayabusa.