Rizo

Rizo
Rizo, as he appears in the manga.
Name in Kanji	リゾ
Name in Romaji	Rizo
Fighting Style	Nanto Sei Ken
Allegiance(s)	Souther
Family	none known
Position(s)	Member of the Holy Emperor's Army
Appearances	Manga (ch. 92), Anime (ep. 65), Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu
Voice actor(s)	Tomomichi Nishimura (TV series), Keiichi Sonobe (Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu series)

Rizo (リゾ) was a member of the Souther's army who once trained alongside Shuh in the ways of Nanto Sei Ken. While watching Souther torture Shuh, Rizo pleaded with Souther to allow him to bandage Shū's wounded legs. Souther said he would only allow it if Rizo forfeited his family's lives. Rizo backed down, but Shuh thanked him for the gesture.

In the Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu series, Rizo is the leader of the Holy Emperor's troops who attacks Reina, a member of Ken-oh's forces. Although Reina is wounded during the attack, she manages to escape. The scene where he tries to help Shuh during his torture was omitted in the film version. In the novelization of Raoh Den: Jun'ai no Shō, Rizo is established to be Souther's aide and he is present when Kenshirō is captured, as well as when the Holy Emperor's army stormed into the Resistance movement's hideout. However, the man who attacks Reina is novelization is made into a different character and the scene where Rizo tries to help Shuh is restored.