Hayashi Ryūkō (林 榴岡, 1681 – December 11, 1758) was a Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar, teacher and administrator in the system of higher education maintained by the Tokugawa bakufu during the Edo period.

Hōkō was the fourth Hayashi clan Daigaku-no-kami of the Edo period.

This institution stood at the apex of the country-wide educational and training system which was created and maintained by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Ryūkō's hereditary title was Daigaku-no-kami, which, in the context of the Tokugawa shogunate hierarchy, effectively translates as "head of the state university".

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