title: Unryū
text: # Unryū
  
  Unryū (雲龍) or Cloud Dragon, a mythical creature in Japanese folklore, may refer to:
  
  ## Warships
  
  * Unryū-class aircraft carrier, World War II Japanese aircraft carriers
  * Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū, the lead ship of her class of fleet aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II
  * JS Unryū (SS-502), a Japanese Sōryū-class submarine launched in 2008
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Akari Unryu, an anime character
  * Unryū Kyūkichi, early 19th-century sumo champion
  * fiber from the paper mulberry tree is sometimes known as Unryū and is also known as Washi
  