Its just ryo's stunt double.
And right now he is holding out for more cash for shenmue 3 and every other stunt man in hollywood (or china and japan) wont do ryos dangerous stunts.
Silas wrote:BlueCast for heaven's sake! Shenmue is not a platformer!!!
He means the levels of each fight. When you repeat a street fight you'll see it says "Level 2" in the top right corner.