Shouryuu

Shoryu (also spelled Shouryuu) is a level 90 Wolf Fang Swashbuckler. Although he is young, he is one of the top members of Crescent Moon Alliance and acts as its Battle Team leader. He participates in fighting, hunting and ingredient-gathering. In the real world, he is a second year high-school student called Shousuke (章介).

Appearance
In the game, Shoryu has spiky, dark-blue hair that covers his ears. As a Wolf Fang, he usually has his ears hidden, although they pop up when he is surprised or angry.

Personality
Shoryu believes that a player's level is not the most important aspect in determining the success of a battle. For example, he tells Naotsugu that if you just depend on your level to win a fight, when you lose, you always say that your level was insufficient. Therefore, if you reach the top level and you still can't beat an opponent, then by this logic, you'll never be able to beat him, and this is depressing. Instead, he stresses the importance of good teamwork and cooperation. According to him, even low-level players can learn to cooperate with each other and will grow to become the strongest team. He praises Shiroe as a master of this way of thinking.

He harbors a crush for Maryelle, but seems to be aware that he has no chance, and that she is more interested in Naotsugu. She, in turn, sees him more as a younger brother due to the twelve years of age between them.

Return of the Goblin King arc
Shoryu is away from the beach, where the low-level players are, when Maryelle calls him with urgent news -- Sahuagin were attacking the beach. He, Kawara, and Shigeru rush to the beach, where the witness thousands of the monsters leaping onto the beach. They quickly take action, with Shoryu protecting Maryelle when some of them surround her.

As Maryelle retreats with the beginner players, Shoryu stays behind with the other trainers to fight off the hordes of Sahuagin. They manage to do so, and regroup with the rest at the school they were staying at. When Tohya's Party decides to fight the Goblins, he tries deterring them, to no avail. He then is in the group of himself, Naotsugu, Nyanta, and Rezarick that goes to check up on the kids.

After arriving in Choushi, they have a small moment of respite before having to take on the Sahuagin hordes again. As his team switches out with Tohya's, he gives Naotsugu an MP-restoring potion (in the light novel, Rezarick is the one who gives it to Naotsugu).

Trivia

 * When the Sahuagin attack the beach, Shoryu had been training a Kannagi in a one-on-one battle in the light novel. After Maryelle calls him, he uses a war horse to quickly arrive at the scene and immediately goes into battle against the Sahuagin.
 * In episode 19, he gives Naotsugu a mana recovery potion. In the Light Novel, it was Rezarick who gave it to Naotsugu.
 * His name is translated as 'Koryu' in the Yen Press translation of the first volume. Although it is possible for 小竜 to be translated as Koryu, Shoryu would be the more typical reading for it and is the one that is used in the anime. It was fixed to "Shouryuu" in the second volume, though.