Ryota Inoue (Japanese: 井上涼太, Hepburn: Ryota Inoue) better known by this nickname Kazunoko (かずのこ), is a Japanese fighting games player known for playing Holy Order Sol in Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, Yun in Street Fighter IV, Cammy in Street Fighter V, Yamcha in Dragon Ball FighterZ and Raven in Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator.

He was the winner of Ultra Street Fighter IV at Capcom Cup 2015 where he beat Daigo Umehara in the grand finals.

[5] At Capcom Cup 2015 he went through the bracket undefeated, with wins over Gustavo "801 Strider" Romero, Benjamin "Problem X" Simon, Du "NuckleDu" Dang, Lee "Infiltration" Seon-woo, Daigo Umehara, and finally a 3–2 victory over Daigo again in the grand finals.

[6] In 2018–19, Kazunoko participated in and dominated[7] the inaugural Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour by winning four of the seven official DBFZ events.

He became the Dragon Ball FighterZ world champion in 2019 by winning the first Red Bull Final Summoning[8][9] [10]