(For the Japanese hip hop group, see 流.) There is more than one artist under this name: 1. Ryu (Ryan Patrick Maginn) is a member of the hip hop group Styles of Beyond. 2. Ryu was an alias used by 中原龍太郎 (Ryutaro Nakahara) for his first song in the beatmania IIDX series, starmine, before he changed to Ryu☆.