Ritsu Kodo

Ritsu Kodo (鼓堂リツ) is the protagonist of Digimon Dreamers. He is partnered to.

Development
When Digimon Dreamers was announced in 's October 2021 issue Ritsu resembled Hiro Amanokawa from Digimon Ghost Game. Ten'ya Yabuno later changed the design and confirmed Dreamers has no relation to Ghost Game.

Etymologies
Name used in the Japanese version of Digimon Dreamers.
 * Kodou Ritsu (鼓堂リツ)

Name used in the American English version of Digimon Dreamers.
 * Ritsu Kodo

Digimon Dreamers
At some point, Ritsu gained and raised on his Digivice.

When walking to school one day, Ritsu is suddenly summoned to the Digital World by Pulsemon,, and who happily celebrate seeing their summoning had been successful. Ritsu recognises Pulsemon, since it was the Digimon he had been raising on his v-pet, though tells Pulsemon he was actually about to delete him since he seemingly was unable to digivolve passed the Rookie level. Pulsemon objects, and tells Ritsu to train him until he digivolves into an awesome Digimon though Ritsu rejects him and declares he's going home. Ritsu changes his mind upon seeing how determined Pulsemon was to digivolve and, after noticing there were no strong Digimon nearby, learns from Patamon that the residents of Cypress Village were unable to digivolve passed the Rookie stage for some reason. A Megadramon flies over the village, apparently mid rampage, with Ritsu becoming more impressed with Pulsemon upon learning he wants to digivolve to be able to protect the village from threats such as that Megadramon and tells him he can summon him whenever he wants.

Some time later, Ritsu is summoned to the Digital World whilst taking a bath — shocking and embarrassing both Ritsu and the residents of Cypress Village.