Ryuji Takayama (高山 竜司, Takayama Ryūji) is the deuteragonist of the film adaptation Ring: Kanzenban, Ryūji Takayama is a strange man with a dark sense of humor and seems to fear nothing. His best friend is Kazuyuki Asakawa, an newspaper reporter.
History[]
Ring: Kazenban (1995)[]
During one of their assocationals meeting, as Asakawa explains the story, Ryuji believes him, and wants nothing other than to see the cursed video tape. Asakawa shows it to him, and although Ryuji remains nonchalant, he agrees there is a powerful aura around the tape. He asks Asakawa to make him a copy to study at home, which Asakawa does. By the end, he and Asakawa believe they have solved the mystery surrounding the myth behind the cursed tapes, but in a sadistical way, in the following day, however, Sadako's malignant spirit emerges from the tape and kills him.
Trivia[]
- Ryuji Takayama interceptions in the American adaptation is Noah Clay, both shares a role of wanting to investigate the cursed video tapes to help their respective friend/lover and dies for curiousity.