My first reaction to this was, "Kudasai would never use the judas chair on a cat, fuck you," but then I thought maybe you meant the judas chair is now where mini_ghost gets to sit?
Hm... In Super Street Fighter II, the voice over pronounced it Ree-you... I assumed that was the correct pronunciation.
Interesting tidbit about Japanese next gen Ninja Gaiden (I usually say Guy-den now, but every so often I'll slip up and say Gay-den).