He makes tiny cameos in “Digimon: The Movie” and season two of the series, and is a major character in the third season, but how do they all tie together?
Ryo first appears in “Digimon: The Movie.” He can be seen on a laptop, on a hillside, when “Here We Go” plays. He next appears in 2.23, “Genesis of Evil,” in Ken’s flashback to his time in the DigiWorld. Ryo is the boy wearing purple in the flashback. His other appearance is in 2.43, “Invasion of the Daemon Corps,” in another of Ken’s flashbacks. In this flashback, we see the evil Digimon, Millenniummon, collapse and delete, as Ryo and Ken watch. Then, the Dark Spores appear and Ken pushes Ryo out of their way. Ryo then appears in season three as the “legendary Tamer,” but no questions are raised about him, because he’s not enigmatic like he is in his Ken-flashback appearances.
