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Player-Data: No.01

Blood-Type: B

Occupation: Unemployed

Hometown: Tokyo

Status: [Spoiler: Active (Light Ending)-Deceased (Dark Ending)]

BIM-Type: Timer-Cracker-Implosion

Kill(s): 4

Ryouta has light brown hair, brown eyes and an average build. He wears a dark grey, buttoned shirt and regular black pants with a black belt.

He is a world-class player of "BTOOOM!", ranked 10th in the world, and the only Japanese person to become a world-class player. He was a genius as a child, but after becoming obsessed with games as he grew up, he lost interest in studying.

Being a NEET, he usually stayed inside his room and played video games. He would rather socialize with people online than with people in real life. He viewed his online self as more important than his real self and enjoys the virtual world more than reality. Although it was online, he still craves for social relationships. He later develops real feelings of love towards Himiko, a young girl he meets online.

As a young child, Ryouta's biological father never had time for him due to business. Ryouta was hurt by this lack of attention and often played children games by himself. When his parents divorced due to his father choosing work over family, Ryouta felt lonelier than before and started to take his anger and hurt out on the people around him.

[Spoiler: When Ryouta was a high school student, he made a friend (Nobutaka Oda) which he viewed as an example in building relationships with others. Their friendship was broken when he confided in Oda that he had feelings for classmate Aiko and Oda slept with her when Ryouta wouldn't make a move on her. Feeling betrayed by the first person he trusted, Ryouta got into a fight with him and they were consequently expelled from school. After that, Ryouta spent all of his days playing net games without searching for a job to support himself.]

[Spoiler: Ryouta's biological mother, unable to witness Ryouta's violent behavior, nominated Ryouta as the person she wanted to disappear without a second thought. because she can no longer take his lack of direction and his disrespect for her and his step father. Later on, Ryouta found himself on the deserted island inside the dangerous survival game based on Btooom!.]

[Spoiler: Two years after the game, he is Himiko's fiance and they meet with his parents to announce the marriage.(Light Ending)]