Liu Bei (onyomi: Ryū Bi) is the self-proclaimed emperor and founder of Shu. He was known to have been an ambitious and charismatic leader who had the affable power to draw people to him. He is frequently addressed as "Former Master" (先主) rather than by his posthumous title in Record of the Three Kingdoms. Sun Shangxiang is one of his wives and Liu Shan is his successor.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is famous for depicting him as a modest and merciful warlord who cherished his devoted followers. In Three Kingdoms fiction, he is often known as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's eldest oath brother.
Cao Cao is depicted as his main rival in the Dynasty Warriors series. Liu Bei is thirty-eighth place with fans Gamecity's Dynasty Warriors 7 character popularity poll and fifty-fifth in the Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends poll. In Famitsu's character survey, he is tied for second place as the character fans would want as their boss. The latest poll for the eighth installment puts him in forty-third. He is the sixth most transcended character in the Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed character poll. The character poll for overseas fans puts him in eleventh place for the Shu division.
His character's height in Kessen II is 170 cm (5'7").