Ranma ½ minor characters
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Note: Japanese names are in the Western order (given name, then family name).
[edit] Manga/Anime Characters
[edit] Azusa Shiratori
Image:AzusaShiratori.jpg Partner of Mikado Sanzenin, together they form the Golden Pair, a pair of martial arts figure skaters. Ranma and Akane end up in conflict with them when Azusa takes P-chan resulting in a martial arts figure skating match to see who gets to keep the pig, which she had named Charlotte. The resulting battle was in fact called the "Charlotte Cup."
Azusa is known for taking things she feels are cute and giving them cute French names. She can be particularly violent towards any person that attempts to stop her from having them, even her own partner.
[edit] Trivia
- She only appears the once in the manga, but in the anime reappears during the first movie for a brief cameo along with Mikado and in a regular episode, without Mikado, where she takes Kuno and Sasuke as two of her cute play things.
- In the dub, Azusa uses a similar speaking style to Shampoo, referring to herself in the third person quite often. Also, they were both voiced by the same person. However, while Shampoo has her speaking style due to lack of knowledge of the Japanese language, it is safe to assume that Azusa developed her linguistic habit as a way to sound "cute", especially considering she refers to herself as "Azusa-chan", adding the feminine, and "cute", treatment form.
[edit] Dojo Destroyer
Image:DojoDestroyer.jpg A huge man who specializes in challenging various martial arts dojos then when victorious taking their signs. His fighting style actually uses the signs he has taken as weapons in the duels. A combined effort of Ranma and Akane manages to defeat him.
[edit] Trivia
- In the manga he wore a white gi and he had yellow skin, but in the anime he was a dark skined man wearing a green gi.
[edit] Gambling King
Image:Kingmanga.jpg The Gambling King is a gambler who specializes in conning children, the only opponents he can actually defeat, out of their savings or other valuable things they might have. Ten years ago, he met Ukyo Kuonji and Ranma Saotome and managed, by cheating, to win both Ukyo’s Okonomiyaki cart and the Tendo Dojo, which Ranma wagered. Enraged by their losses, the young duo turned on the gambler, wrapped him like sushi and threw him into a nearby river.
Years later, the Gambling King tracked Ukyo and Ranma down and took possession of the Tendo Dojo and the Tendo home, which he turned into a casino. The King lived in the Tendo home until Nabiki won back the house and Ranma managed—by cheating, since he has a bad poker face—to reclaim the dojo.
[edit] Trivia
- The Gambling King bears a striking resemblance to the 'King' Poker card.
- He was a playable character in Ranma ½: Hard Battle for the SNES.
[edit] Harumaki
Harumaki is an old man who sends an astral projection of himself inside Ranma's dreams; apparently, this was only because of his strong desire of dating female Ranma, who looks very much like his wife whe she was young, and not an intentional thing. He gets his wish and is able to date Ranma just once. Since it appeared that Harumaki would die soon and a date would be the only way to help him rest in peace, the young Saotome unwillingly agreed to fullfill the old man's fantasy. In the end, Harumaki fully recovered from his illness.
[edit] Trivia
- He was seen along with every other anime character in the Ranma ½ OAV The Tendo Family Christmas Scramble.
- His first appearance in the anime was in episode 144 Run Away With Me, Ranma!.
[edit] Hiroshi and Daisuke
Hiroshi and Daisuke are students in Ranma's class at Furinkan High School. The duo became Ranma's friends and supporters, although they remain jealous of Ranma's luck with the ladies. They eventually learn about Ranma's curse and enjoy to looking at him when he is in his girl form, noting "Why can't there be more guys like her?"
[edit] Trivia
- Hiroshi can have multiple meanings, including "great soldier" and "abundant."
- Daisuke can be translated to mean "brotherly affection" or "assistance."
[edit] Madame Saint Paul
Image:MadameStPaul.jpg The Chardin family's head maid and bridal instructor, she oversees Ranma's training as Picolet's future bride, in particular in the art of battle dining. Part of her training involves putting a steel corset on Ranma, which is too small for his male form.
[edit] Trivia
- Her name in the sub is Madame Sanporu (the romaji for "Saint Paul").
[edit] Maomolin the Ghost Cat
Image:Maomolinmanga.jpg Maomolin is a giant ghost cat whom Shampoo accidentally brought to Nerima inside a giant bell she gave to Ranma as a match for the small bell she would keep. Maomolin was sealed inside the large bell and was released when Shampoo handed it over as a gift. The Ghost Cat eventually challenged Ranma to a fight for Shampoo, but was defeated by the Neko Ken, which activated itself when Ranma was overcome by his fear of felines.
Later, on New Year’s Eve, Maomolin lured Shampoo inside Nerima’s cat temple. Once she arrived, he put a curse on her: if Shampoo tried to leave the temple grounds, she would turn into a cat until she re-entered them. Also, the curse would lock her in cat form after the 108 New Year's bells had rung unless her true love kissed her. Mousse, Ranma and Akane managed to save Shampoo, even though Mousse was not thrilled at all by the way Maomolin’s curse had to be broken: the true love the Ghost Cat referred to was Ranma, not himself.
[edit] Trivia
- Maomolin is weak and can’t fight at all, but he does have a set of magical abilities that allow him to cast spells or curses on people or even possess them. He can be exorcised by physical assault.
- Maomolin appeared a few more times in the anime. In one episode, he possessed Ryoga to try and win over Akane; in another episode, he went to the beach with the rest of the cast and became obsessed with Tsubasa Kurenai after seeing him in a swimsuit contest.
[edit] Mikado Sanzenin
Image:MikadoSanzenin.jpg Figure skating partner of Azusa, Mikado is the other half of the Golden Pair. He is a classic playboy, always looking to charm women and steal a kiss from them. He says he has a goal of kissing 1,000 different women. He has even managed to kiss Ranma in his female form (it was Ranma's first ever). However, he failed to get one from Akane, his stated intention during the "Charlotte Cup" match.
Despite being partnered with Azusa, he appears to have little tolerance of her and often ends up insulting her.
[edit] Trivia
- He only appears once in the manga, but in the anime has a brief cameo in the first movie along with Azusa.
[edit] Mrs. Tendo
She is the mother of Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi, and wife to Soun Tendo, she died an unexplained death when Akane was very young, she is a hard subject for the Tendo family to talk about especialy Soun who still mourns for her.
[edit] Niku Men
The Niku men are 4 bald midgets with pastry shaped heads, the group consists of Niku-Man, Pizza-Man, An-Man and Curry-Man, their heads are shaped like the food their names suggest. They came from China seeking the dragon whisker that Ranma wore as his pigtail tie. If the dragon whisker would be mixed in a soup before 1000 years passed then bald men who drink it would regain their hair and those who already possesed hair would have their hair continously grow until they were bald, but sadly by the time they got the dragon whisker 1000 years had already passed which left the whisker useless.
[edit] Old Washer Woman
She is frequently splashing water at the front of her house. Ranma, Ryoga and the other cursed characters are her accidental victims.
[edit] Trivia
- Her seiyu was Reiko Suzuki.
[edit] Oni
Image:EvilOniRanma.jpg The Oni was a cartoonish, goofy looking pipsqueak that wasn't very bright. It was imprisoned in a box 5,000 years ago by a monkey priest, but the box rotted, allowing it to escape. It went around possessing Kuno, Ryoga and others to do supposedly "evil" deeds. The only way to exorcise it was to hit the possessed. Once it possesed Kasumi, nobody wanted to hit her. It was released by a sutra the Oni Temple priest had.
In tha anime, during the time it spent inside Kasumi, it absorbed the grief and anger of those around her and revealed its true form which was that of a hideous, powerful, demon whose desire was to kill everyone and destroy all of Japan. He set his eyes on Ranma as his first victim, but at that moment Happosai returned from his recent panty raid. The oni sensed his immense amount of evil energy, and it possesed him hoping to absorb his power. But Happosai's will was strong enough to resist, Ranma took this opportunity to seal them both in a new box, with some help from Ryoga, and they threw it in the ocean, hoping never to see it again. But the next day, a news broadcast from America reported two demons terrorizing the shores of California which were in fact Happosai and the Oni.
[edit] Trivia
- In the manga it is very weak and stupid, more of a nuissance than an actual threat.
[edit] Orochi
Image:Orochimanga.jpg The Yamata no Orochi is the guardian of Ryugenzawa. He is a giant 8 headed dragon serpent that sleeps at the bottom of the spring of life the magic moss that grows on him is the source of the lakes magical properties. It is a wine-lover and a pervert that loves to eat beautiful women, it will kill any male in its way.
[edit] Trivia
- It is Ranma's most powerful non-human adversary, and its magic moss was capable of healing Shinnosuke's fatal wounds.
[edit] Panda Scribble
Image:Pandascribble.jpg It is a badly drawn painting of a female panda that was released by Ranma and Genma during one of their arguments. She refused to go back in to the painting unless Ranma went on a date with her for one night. Though she had fun, Ranma suffered humiliation after humiliation. When the date was almost over she asked Ranma to give her a goodbye kiss (Of course he did not realize that she only wanted a kiss on the forehead). After saying goodbye, she went back into the painting, and the artist who drew her added a Ranma scribble to keep her company.
[edit] Trivia
- In the anime, she is able to briefly assume a human form that in contrast to her panda form is quite beautiful.
[edit] Pantyhose Taro's Mother
She was in labor near Jusenkyo when Happosai found her, after helping to deliver her baby she allowed Happosai to name the baby after he baptized it according to her village law, after baptizing the infant (In the spring of Drowned Bull-Crane-Yeti-Eel) he thought for three days and two nights for a perfect name, and finaly he gave him the perfect name: "Pantyhose Taro"
[edit] Picolet Chardin III
Image:Picoletmanga.jpg Picolet is the current owner and master of the Chardin Family restaurant and martial arts dojo. He is an expert in what is called La Belle France School of Martial Arts. In this unique form of combat, the participants compete to see who can finish his meal first and in the most elegant manner, with the loser having to pay for all the expensive food served during the duel.
Picolet entered the scene during a visit to Furinkan High School were he declared that one of the three Tendo daughters would be his future wife and subsequently defeating Ranma—who interrupted his toast—in Martial Arts Dining. It was later explained that Soun Tendo was in debt to the Chardin Family and that he promised to give them one of his daughters in marriage as payment.
Ranma, still angry at being defeated earlier, volunteered to pose as Picolet’s future bride in order to learn Martial Arts Dining and beat him in a rematch. Eventually, after enduring a gruesome training under Madame St. Paul—the Chardin family's head maid—Ranma managed to defeat Picolet and free the Tendo sisters from the engagement agreement.
[edit] Trivia
- The members of the aristocratic Chardin Family have the ability to stretch their mouths and tongue in a superhuman way, being able to even swallow a whole watermelon with ease.
- The rules of La Belle France School of Martial Arts dictate that the mouth of the participants must not visibly move during a duel; otherwise, the contestant will be penalized for lack of elegance.
- Ranma has still to pay Picolet the money he owes him for the food they ate during their first duel.
- Picolet appeared a second time in the anime, where he was suspected of suffering of vampirism.
[edit] Ryoga's Parents
Like Ryoga his parents also lack a sense of direction and are rarely ever seen.
[edit] Satsuki Mikaoji
Heir to the House of Mikaoji and fiancé of Sentaro Daimonji, Satsuki is a user of the martial arts style of tea ceremony and was declared Miss Tea Ceremony in 1993. She was engaged to Sentaro by her grandmother, but do to her extreme shyness she was unable to meet him in person so instead she sent her pet monkey Sanae to pretend to be her, but after much conflict between Ranma, Sentaro and Sanae she revealed herself and Sentaro became smitten with her, and so they agreed to marry.
[edit] Sentaro Daimonji
Image:Sentaro.jpg Heir to the House of Daimonji and fiancé of Satsuki Mikaoji, Sentaro is a user of the martial arts style of tea ceremony. As sole heir to the school, he is expected to marry, but wishes to choose his bride rather than have one selected for him. Ranma gets wrapped up in the situation when Sentaro kidnaps her thinking to make her his bride since she appeared strong enough to defeat the monkey he thinks is his fiancee. After he learns Ranma is in fact a man, his interest switches to Akane. In the course of battle, Sentaro tries to kill both Ranma and Sanae until he finds his real fiancee is Satsuki.
[edit] Trivia
- He quite often rides a horse named Tsukikage when he is out in the town.
[edit] Sentaro's Grandmother
Image:Sentarograndmother.jpg The Matriarch of the House of Daimonji, she is a very stern woman when it comes to manner and proper etiquette. She is mocking of Ranma but in the end says that she likes her due to her spirit in the duel.
[edit] Trivia
- She almost never leaves her formal sitting position, but despite this can move very quickly, even jumping and clinging to ceilings.
[edit] Shinnosuke's Grandfather
Image:ShinnosukeGrandfather.jpg He used to be a zoo keeper near Ryugenzawa before all his animals escaped in to the forest, and when they drank the water of life they became monstrously huge and he along with Shinnosuke kept the animals away from the village and the people away from the forest. But as he grew older he lost a lot of strength and remains in his bed nearly every day, although during the OAV he was seen with enough energy to distract Orochi.
[edit] Trivia
- When Shinnosuke loses his memory his grandfather will use his Megaton Punch to remind him.
[edit] Shirokuro
Shirokuro is Ryoga’s pet dog. She and her puppies are the only members of the family who actually live in the Hibiki home full time. A clever canine, Shirokuro is able to live all by herself for long periods of time while keeping the house clean and her puppies safe. She also holds the distinction of being the only member of the Hibiki family with any sense of direction at all. Additionally, she can recognize Ryoga as both a human and a pig.
She first appeared in the manga during a TV show as an attempt to contact her masters to show them her new puppies, hoping Ryoga or his parents would actually return home. Ryoga did see her on TV, and tried to use the situation as an opportunity to woo Akane. Later, she was seen during the time Ryoga tried to double date Akane and Akari, who were both at his house at the same time.
[edit] Trivia
- Shirokuro got her name because of her peculiar color, one side of her body is white (shiro) and the other is black (kuro).
- In the anime, Shirokuro appears in only one episode as a fugitive ninja dog chased by Sasuke Sarukagure.
- Shirokuro’s breed is unclear, but she is probably either an Akita Inu or a Samoyed.
- In the English translation, Shirokuro is named Checkers, again a reference to her two-tone fur pattern.
[edit] Ukyo's Father
He is a middle aged man with a scruffy beard and a giant spatula, and he was the one who taught Okonomiyaki Martial Arts to Ukyo. 10 years ago he and Genma made a deal that in exchange for letting Ukyo become Ranma's fiancee and travel with them, he would give Genma his okonomiyaki kart, and Genma agreed, but the next day Genma and Ranma ran off with the kart and left Ukyo behind.
[edit] Yotaro
Image:Yotaro.jpg A supposedly sickly boy who refuses to play outside unless he plays with a panda from his dreams. Naturally, Genma's panda form acts as a good substitute, who Yotaro calls Kumahachi. However, in the end it turns out he's not so sickly as he's able to chase Ranma and Genma all the way home to the Tendo dojo.
[edit] Yuka and Sayuri
Yuka and Sayuri are Akane's friends; they are in her class and are always seen in her company when they show up. They both are very supportive of Akane, trying to cheer her up every time Ranma is being chased by other girls.
Yuka and Sayuri are not as interested in gossiping as Hiroshi and Daisuke are, and they mostly just try to get Ranma and Akane together by dropping subtle hints in Ranma's direction.
[edit] Trivia
- Yuka and Sayuri are among the few characters of Ranma ½ who are not seen practicing martial arts; however, they do chase after Happosai along with the rest of the female students in Furinkan any time the perverted old man tries to steal their underwear.
- In Inuyasha, (which was also created by Rumiko Takahashi), one of Kagome Higurashi's best friends at school is also named Yuka.
[edit] Manga Exclusive Characters
[edit] Armie/Do-Chan
A powerful living battle outfit that a monk gave to Soun Tendo, Genma, and Ranma. It is able to unleash the dormant fighting potential of the wearer. The suit chose Akane, making her stronger and faster, as well as increasing her skill to the point where she was able to defeat Ranma in battle. The suit has only one weak spot: its belt buckle. Ranma attempts to hit that point several times, but fails. Finally, he ends up in a fight with Akane wearing the suit and during this battle the suit's buckle is struck against a statue as Akane falls, destroying it.
[edit] Trivia
- The suit would only let Akane wear it. It rejected all men, and even Ranma's girl form.
- Do-Chan is male and has a perverted personality, even stealing Happosai's panty collection for itself.
[edit] Asuka Saginomiya
(Saginomiya Asuka)
Asuka Saginomiya, also known as the White Lily, is a rich, spoiled girl who has been Kodachi Kuno’s main rival since they were both little girls in Lizard Kindergarten, where they often fought—violently—to be picked by the coolest kid in class. Eventually, they decided to have a double date (actually it was a ‘duel’) in ten years where they would compare their boyfriends. The one having the most handsome date would win.
By the time of the duel, she tried to ruin Ranma’s face—whom Akane had allowed to pose as Kodachi’s date after Asuka called him ugly—by using explosives and other underhanded tricks. Eventually, it was discovered that Asuka, just like Kodachi, didn’t have a boyfriend. Instead, she presented an incredibly handsome young man whom she had kidnapped earlier. Since both rivals were dateless, their match ended in a draw and they agreed to hold their next duel in five years.
[edit] Trivia
- Asuka always carries an empty frame and a bouquet of white lilies to pose as a living portrait of herself.
[edit] The Demon Sakura Tree
The Demon Sakura Tree is an evil spirit who lives inside a cherry tree; when Kuno carved a declaration of love to the 'Pigtailed girl' on it, the spirit felt offended and possessed Tatewaki, merging with it and turning Kuno into a Cherry Tree Man. Apparently, the only way to break the curse was for Kuno to date with his true love, but since Kuno just wrote 'pigtailed girl', the tree made him chase every pigtailed girl in town. In the end, Ranma managed to break the curse by scaring the spirit into releasing Kuno.
[edit] Trivia
- As it turns out the sakura tree has been in the Kuno family estate since the feudal era, and anyone who wrote the name of the one they love on the tree would be possessed by it and forced to seek out that person.
[edit] Hayato Myojin
(Myojin Hayato) Image:Hayatomanga.jpg Hayato Myojin is a Takoyaki (octopus balls) chef who has a bitter rivalry with Ukyo Kuonji.
When he and Ukyo were ten years old, they argued about which dish was better: Okonomiyaki or Takoyaki. To settle the argument, the children fought, both promising that the loser would have to wear a stupid looking mask for the rest of his/her life. Ukyo won that fight, thanks to her flat Okonomiyaki giving her a huge advantage over the small Takoyaki Hayato used.
Six years later, he returned for a rematch, since the only way he could be free of the octopus mask he had been wearing for years was to defeat Ukyo in battle. This time, Hayato was able to win the fight by turning one of Ukyo’s giant Okonomiyaki into a massive Takoyaki that he used to squash her.
[edit] Trivia
- Hayato owns a small octopus as a pet named Patorashu.
[edit] Headmistress of Sainokawahara Dorm
She is the ghostly apparition of the deceased headmistress who used to run the old abandoned Sainokawahara women's dorm in Furinkan. When she was alive her dorm used to be the constant victim of perverted panty thiefs, all the panties and bras got stolen every night except for the headmistress's undergarments, and so she died feeling ugly, old and rejected. She hoped Happosai would steal her underwear but he refused to steal such hideous bloomers. Even after she explained to Ranma and Akane that if he didn't steal her underwear before midnight, she would be trapped in the dorm forever and Happosai would die, he was unwilling to do so because they didn't belong to somebody more shapely. Frustrated with the ancient pervert's stubbornness, Ranma shoved a pair of bloomers into Happosai's mouth which made the headmistress squeal "PANTY THIEF!" with glee, allowing her to rest in peace. Happosai, on the other hand, was disgusted.
[edit] Kiima
Image:KiimaKorumaMasara.jpg Kiima is part raven and is the general of the Phoenix Army, and she is Saffron's babysitter, she came to Nerima to find the map through Jusendo. Later, in order to recover the map and Saffron's weapon from Ranma, she creates a "Drowned Akane" spring in Jusenkyo and now has a cursed form of Akane (used to trick Ranma in an inn's bathroom.)
- Attacks: Ten-thousand Bird Wing Slice: By flapping her wings very rapidly Kiima can send out huge numbers of vaccum blades to slice almost anything.
[edit] Konatsu's parents
They were honest, kind and caring people, and they were the picture of perfect parents, sadly Konatsu's mother died when he was young which left his father lonely and devastated, blinded by his grief and missery he remarried Kotet, but afterwards he died an unexplained death as well, which left Konatsu to be raised by his evil step mother and step sisters.
[edit] Kotet, Koume and Koeda
Image:KotetKoumeKoeda.jpg They are Konatsu's hideous, big lipped step family and they were in charge of the Sexy Kunoichi Tea Shop before Happosai destroyed it. Kotet is Konatsu's diminutive step mother, she has a Hitler moustache and is always smoking a cuban cigar. Koeda is Konatsu's skinny, flat chested sister, she always has a flower lotus in her hair and she has a soup bowl hair cut. Koume is Konatsu's bald, overweight, noseless sister, she always wears sunglasses and wears two flowers on her head, like her mother and sister her lips are huge but unlike the other two her mouth is also gigantic with enough room to fit both Ukyo and Akane.
[edit] Lukkosai
(Rakkyosai)
Lukkosai is Happosai's childhood friend, and as such they are both extremely perverted and their personalities are identical. They are also masters of martial arts except Lukkosai specializes in martial arts painting. When they were teenagers in China, they stole beautiful breast prints from each other, which in turn caused their friendship to crumble, during this time Happosai steals Lukkosai's Brocide Butterfly (a tablet of Rainbow colored ink) and they never spoke again. 100 years later Lukkosai went to Jusenkyo to find a spring that could make him a teenager again, but he instead became a 9 year old boy. He used his appearance to become Happosai's student, retrieve the butterfly, and get his revenge, but Ranma continued getting in his way. When his true form was revealed he quickly defeated Ranma and went after Happosai. Their friendship was restored after reminicing about their youth leading them to work together to get prints of girl Ranma's breasts, but they restarted their vicious feud shortly thereafter.
[edit] Trivia
- He fell in the Jusenkyo Spring of Drowned Child.
[edit] Attacks:
- Note: all of Lukkosai's moves begin with the phrase "Lightning Sahrp Pen"
- Inescapable Ink: Ink ifused with mystic glue that wraps around an opponent to immobilize them.
- Ink Web: Simular to the above move, but the ink is in the form of a large spider web (has a bra on it to lure in Happosai.)
- Blazing Ink Ring: Lukkosai draws a ring around his opponent, which then ignights into a ring of fire,
- Wasabi Ink-Bomb: Little paint brushes filled with wasabi, used to stun opponents.
- Wild Butterfly Dance: After recovereing the Bromide butterfy, Lukkosai uses it to create a swarm of Rainbow collered Butterflys to distract an opponent (a female one) in order to get a breastprint from her.
[edit] Mint and Lime
Image:Mintmanga.jpg Image:LimeRanma.jpg
Mint and Lime are Herb's bodyguards. Mint is the physically fastest of the three while Lime is the physically the strongest. Like Mousse, Mint is an expert at hidden weapons. He also possesses incredible speed which is doubled by his wolf inheritance. He even managed to nearly slice Mousse to death, but not before being defeated by Mousse's skillful tricks and unpredictable weaponry. Lime, like Ryoga, possesses astounding endurance and monstrous strength which is doubled by his tiger heritage. He even managed to nearly choke Ryoga to death, but not before being defeated by his Shi Shi Hokodan blast.
Since they were raised within a society of male martial artists, with the only female figures being their mothers (A Jusenkyo-Cursed Wolf and a Jusenkyo-Cursed Tiger), Mint and Lime have never actually met a true woman. Because of this, they can be very girl-obsessed and will be stricken with happiness just by the sound or touch of a woman. Mint isn't very experienced with women and can be very shy around them. He still seems to be familiar with Amazon law though, which he used to challenge Shampoo for a date. Even then he was very reluctant to hit her. Despite his lack of experience with women, Lime does not possess as much timidity. For instance, he actively pursues his desire to touch Akane Tendo's buttocks and possesses an over-obsession with breasts. Both of them also enjoy drooling over Herb's breasts and spying on her while she bathes. Due to their animalistic nature, they do not have qualms about killing in order to win.
[edit] Trivia
- Mint's signature attack is his Wolf Fang Meteor Bullets. Using his high speed, Mint "warps" behind his opponent and rapidly hurls dozens of ribboned daggers at them. It can also be used to pin them to objects.
- Mint resembles InuYasha from Rumiko Takahashi's other anime Inuyasha.
- The actual pun in Mint and Lime's names is that all of the Chinese characters are named after beauty products, musk fragrances or lingerie.
- Mint and Lime are the fastest and strongest characters in the series respectively, thanks to their animal heritage.
- Lime is the only person able to take out Ryoga in one or two hits, a feat not even Taro's monstrous form can pull off.
[edit] Occhan
Occhan is one of Ukyo's friends that runs the Heracles okonomiyaki restaurant. He had obtained the legendary cursed spatula, it is said that only a true okonomiyaki chef master can wield it he however failed and suffered the curses wrath, afterwards he had called Ukyo for help, she and Ranma came to his restaraunt to find the spatula and once they did they tried to make okonomiyaki with it, but do to the curse the spatula had a mind of its own and it shot out blasts of immense heat every time someone tried to use it to make Okonomiyaki.
[edit] Trivia
- Occhan's head is also shaped like a spatula (which has nothing to do with the curse, but is strange nonetheless).
[edit] Pink and Link
(Pin Ke and Lin Ke) Image:PinkLink.jpg
Pink and Link are twin sisters. They live in a village near to Joketzusoku called Yaokaicun, which is famous for its herbalists. Pink and Link usually say 'please' (others think they say 'Over' as in radio talk) at the end of their sentences and act quite opposite to each other, Pink being rude and Link being nice. However, when it comes to taking revenge on someone, they both act as one.
When they were little girls, they had an unfortunate meeting with Shampoo (who was a little girl as well and was visiting Yaokaicun at the time). Pink poisoned her and Link came by and cured her. After waking up, Shampoo thought Link was Pink and hit her. Later on, when Shampoo learned of her mistake, she ended up hitting the herbalist twins about a hundred times each. Years later, the Amazon newspaper prints as story saying Shampoo will marry Ranma. After reading that, the twins go to Japan and Pink poisons Ranma and Link cures him, but Ranma, mistaking Link for her sister just as Shampoo did, beats her up. When the two reveal themselves, they start their plot to kill Ranma and Shampoo.
Eventually, the twins capture Shampoo and take her to their poison plant forest. However, Shampoo was only pretending to be caught, since she wanted to use the twins' plan as an opportunity to have Ranma save her. The plan backfired and both Ranma and Shampoo ended up as the twins' prisoners. Akane then has to go rescue them with some magical items she gets from Cologne. In the end, Ranma saves the day using the fire rod (that Cologne gave to Akane) to burn down the forest the herbalist twins created around Furinkan High School.
[edit] Rouge
Rouge is a 16 year old Hindu girl from China who holds a grudge against Pantyhose Taro. This is because one night while he was exercising, he heard some strange noises nearby and when he checked to see what it was, it turned out to be a beautiful girl bathing in a hot spring. As he stared at her, she quickly became aware of his presence, and began throwing what ever she could find at his head, including items she called her sources of power which somehow ended up inside Taro's barbells. Taro managed to escape with his barbells, but after Rouge realized her sources of power were gone, she quickly went after him and changed into her Ashura cursed form. The two subsequently battled in their respective cursed forms. After Taro was defeated, Rouge became a huge fireball and shot themselves all the way to Nerima. After arriving in Nerima Rouge was knocked into a fountain by Taro and fell unconscious. Akane and Ranma soon find Rouge and take her back to the Tendo home. After she awakens, she requests Ranma's assistance in getting back the source of her powers, which she believes was stolen by Pantyhose Taro. After much carnage and destruction, Rouge discovers that the power source she uses are fairly common and buys quite a few of them before heading back to China. Taro believed he could use the source of power to take over the world. Instead, he ended up looking foolish when he learned that Rouge's sources of power were simply small magnetic disks used to prevent stiffening in one's back, a serious problem for her since her cursed form has six arms.
[edit] Trivia
- Rouge was never in the anime but she was in the game Ranma ½ Battle Renaissance were she was voiced by Kumiko Nishihara.
- An Ashura is a Hindu demon/god that is said to be extremely powerful. These three-faced, six-armed creatures are described to be very aggressive.
[edit] Ryoga's Grandparents
During Ryoga's battle with Lime he had nearly choked Ryoga to death which allowed him to have a near death experience and his deceased grandparents appeared before him telling him to turn back and to not give up.
[edit] Shampoo's Father
He was present the moment Shampoo fell in the spring of Neko-niichuan and even worked in the Cat Café for a time but he was never seen again after his first appearance.
[edit] Shussemaru
Shussemaru the horse was destroying the lucky charms of the temple he lived in because he hates the way he is portrayed on the charms even if it is extremely accurate. Shussemaru thinks of himself as a beautiful stallion, and punishes those who would depict him in the more realistic manner of his truly ugly face, he is extremely hard to look at as his face is truly hideous.
[edit] Trivia
- His name means pure succes which is a pun for his rather proud personality and his falsely believed succes.
[edit] Yohyo Tsuruyasennen
One day while eating a picnic outside, Yohyo's meal was interrupted by a starving Ranma who happened to be in girl form. Ranma then stepped on Yohyo's head and devoured his meal before running off. The only thing Yohyo saw was a girl with a pigtail.
[edit] Trivia
- The Yo in Yohyo means society, which is indicates that Yohyo is wealthy. Tsuru means Crane or Heron which is one of the reasons why the island is called Heron Island.
[edit] Anime Exclusive Characters
[edit] Anna, Farmer Brown and Charlie
While wondering, Ryoga ends up encountering Anna, her grandfather (Farmer Brown), and their steer Charlie. They are cattle farmers, currently in a dispute with the Oshamanbe clan. They have a legend that a wanderer will apppear, named Joe, who will help them. After initially thinking Ryoga is a cattle rustler, after he defeats some of the clan, they take him for this Joe the Wanderer. Ryoga does not want to help at first, but reluctantly agrees after an emotional display by the threesome.
Over the time Ryoga stays, she falls in love with him, and he reflects some of that feeling, but in the end he choose Akane over her.
[edit] Trivia
- Despite appearances, she is actually quite strong, able to lift a large boulder she is tied to.
- There are many similarities in plot with Akari from the manga.
- In the dub the steer's name is Gertie.
- Like Katsunishiki, Charlie can sometimes stand on its hine legs.
[edit] Copycat Ken
Copycat Ken is a martial artist whose specialty is making himself look exactly like anyone that he has photographed after flipping his "copycat kerchief" over himself. He can also use their martial arts techniques by just watching them once, although apparently he must be in the form of the person to execute the techniques he copies. His form changing is not limited to men as he has copied both Akane and Ranma's female form.
Ken is sly and deceptive, and his opponents tend to underestimate him, viewing him as only a pale imitation of the original martial artist(s). He was defeated by Ranma when the latter "became" the technique Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire.
[edit] Trivia
- His American voice actor was Toby Proctor, the American voice of Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon.
[edit] Crepe King Joe
He is a master crepe chef who specializes in crepe style martial arts, he came to Furinkan and opened a crepe shop to put Ukyo out of business. After he defeated her in battle, she went on a training trip to improve her skills. She later returned to Nerima and rechallanged Joe, this time beating him using her Batter Dragon attack, which combined all of her foodbased techniques together to create a huge dragon made of batter. This technique fuses all of Ukyo's attacks into a single one and traps Joe as an ingredient in a giant okonomiyaki.
[edit] Daitokuji Kimiyasu
Leader of a trio of martial arts rhythmic gymnastic men, he appears with his team mates to reclaim rhythmic gymnastics as a male sport. To do this his team is out to collect 3 sacred rhythmic gymnastic items, the last of which is held by the Furinkan team. He is quite passionate about it, despite ridicule from both the women and the men. They end up challenging Ranma and Akane for the clubs of inscrutability. He manages to defeat Akane, but Ranma intervene and defeats him in the match. However, his team ultimately steals the three items only to find themselves attacked by the spirits held within them when they are brought together.
[edit] Frog Hermit
A trainer of frogs, he was training at Jusenkyo when Ranma broke the pole he was standing on and he fell into one of the springs. Out for revenge, he kidnaps Shampoo, Ryoga and Genma, and then attempts to change Ranma into a frog with some of the cursed water, which he appeared to have used on his three captives. Akane and Mousse help Ranma in confronting him and eventually find out that the water is nothing more than normal water and that the frog versions of Genma, Ryoga and Shampoo are fakes, the real ones are simply asleep. His true intention was simply to scare Ranma. Later he show up to try an steal a small dragon Ranma found, so he can eat it and gain immortality.
[edit] Trivia
- His cursed Frog form is unusual in that it is not only the same size as his human form, but is also able to stand and talk (which he claims is because he has "been around so long".)
[edit] Genji Heita
A martial arts student who joins the Tendo training hall after seeing a battle between Happosai and Ranma. He does odd jobs around the dojo and tries to prevent fights, even talking Ryoga out of one with Ranma. He ends up training under Master Happosai on how to steal panties, although he believes this to be a training exercise rather than being perverted himself.
[edit] Gindo
A vagabond mountain priest and friend of Sasuke who stays at the Kuno residence for a time. After successfully predicting several calamities that happen to Kuno, he is asked to predict Kuno's future bride. He gives Kuno an elaborate set of tasks to perform to discover who it will be. Although Kuno expects to meet either the pigtailed girl or Akane, instead he meets Nabiki. Luckily (for Kuno anyway), Gindo accidentally used normal wood in the fire that was burning when he made the prediction, meaning that he had acted incorrectly.
[edit] Higuma Torajiro
Image:HigumaTorajiro.jpg A overly passionate teacher Principle Kuno hires on. He is obsessed with youth and encourages his students to embrace their dreams and be passionate about them. He pays particular attention to Ranma who refuses to be inspired by his methods. However, his encouragement is so extreme that it makes people uncomfortable.
[edit] Trivia
- His name means brown bear.
- Do to his sparkling smile and over obsession with youth his personality is similar to the Tai-jutsu master Might Guy from the Naruto anime.
[edit] Kaori Daikoku
While traveling in his youth with baby Ranma, Genma traded Ranma for something to eat to Kaori's father. Ranma was to be the new heir to the Daikoku school of martial arts by marrying Kaori. Genma stole back Ranma later, but the father tracked down Ranma to the Tendo dojo. In order to decide which engagement would stand, Kaori challenged Akane to the 'Miss Martial Arts Takeout Race'.
[edit] Trivia
- In the manga, it is Shampoo who participates in this race, which occurs between Ryoga's Breaking Point training and Happosai's introduction, but in the anime it takes place shortly before she returns from China.
[edit] Kogane Musashima
Image:KoganeMusashima.jpg (Musashima Kogane)
Kogane was a ghost trapped inside a notebook in the Furinkan High School store that Kuno, Ranma, and Akane had found. She sings a song that is supposed to lead to a treasure hidden in the school, but in the end it turns out to be a stuffed raccoon toy she used to own. In her second appearance ,she visited the Tendos for the festival of Oban. During this time she met Hikaru Gosunkugi who fell in love with her. Apparently, the feelings were mutual.
[edit] Kin Ono
Kin is Dr. Tofu Ono's mother. She arrives at his clinic one day to act as match maker for him, apparently determined to see him marry a woman with large hips, which Kin says is the most important characteristic for a wife. She tends to threaten suicide when Dr. Tofu does not cooperate with this. She keeps a shrine dedicated to her late husband, Dr. Tofu's father, with her. Akane, Nabiki and Ranma all pretend to be Dr Tofu's bride to be in order to get her off his back (Nabiki talks him into hiring her for this purpose). However, when Kasumi arrives Kin recognises his "spaced out" reaction to her as being identical to that of her deceased husband's behaviour while he was trying to court her. She realises that her son will have to work through his issue in the same way as his father did and leaves him, confident that he will marry Kasumi eventually.
[edit] Kin'nee
Image:Kinnee.jpg A member of the Blue Dragon Sword Muscle Martial Arts School, he is a swordsman who helps the Jusenkyo Morals Committee to capture and attempt to punish the various cursed characters: Ranma, Genma, Shampoo, Mousse, and Ryoga. He also has a curse of his own, having fallen into Fushan Niichuan, spring of drowned priest. Unlike the other curses, Kin'nee's curse affects both his personality and memory. The priest Kin'nee has no memory of the time Kin'nee is in his normal form and has no desire to fight, making this curse Kin'nee's biggest weakness.
Attacks:
- Earthquake Break dance: By spinning his sword rapidly, Kin'ee creates huge slicing wind to cut the surrounding area (rocks, trees, mountains, etc) into large chunks them sending them falling at high speeds at his opponent.
- Kin'ee can also fly like a helicopter while spinning his sword.
[edit] Ling Ling and Lung Lung
Image:LingLingLungLung.jpg This young pair of Amazons come from Shampoo's village to aid her in punishing the outsider, otherwise known as Ranma, who defeated Shampoo. This leads them into conflict with Shampoo, Ranma and Akane. After this is resolved and they learn the truth they return to China, but later return in another episode where they battle Akane unsuccessfully. They are seen a third time in the Ranma ½ OAV The Tendo Family Christmas Scramble.
[edit] Trivia
- Although referred to as Shampoo's sisters, Akane clarifies that this means village sister, not biological sisters.
- In Japanese, they are referred to as Lin-Lin and Ran-Ran.
[edit] Manpukuji Temple Priest
A priest from the Manpukuji Temple who helps Ukyo rediscover the battle aura in her food inorder to fight Crepe King Joe. One of his temple's great treasures is a 100 year old Okonomiyaki that has so much battle aura in it that it has not spoiled over that whole time. Ukyo believes this to be made by the founder of the Kuonji School of Okonomiyaki, Ukyo's great grandfather.
[edit] Master Chingensai
A old martial arts master specializing in an ancient chinese form of ninjitsu. In particular he has an invisiblity technique known as the Body-B-Gone. Soun and Genma trained under him for a time hoping to beat Happosai. However, it turned out that Chingensai is perverted like Happosai. In fact he is an old friend of Happosai's and the technique was meant to be used to peek on girls.
[edit] Midori
Image:MidoriRanma.jpg A nursery school teacher that Happosai falls in love with. She treats him quite kindly while unaware of his perversions, prompting him to attempt to change his ways, but she ultimately finds out and is disgusted by him.
[edit] Miyo
A fortune teller in Akane's class who uses tarot cards to predict people's futures. Akane had her fortune read by her, and she predicted she would marry in a week. She also predicted Happosai's death. However, neither prediction came true.
[edit] Mousse's Mother
Image:MousseMother.jpg She is not seen in the manga but in the anime she did send Mousse a letter asking how his progress with Shampoo was going. She worries about her son very much and hopes he does succeed in gaining Shampoo's affection, but she does feel that her son should at least be more patient about it. Like her son she wears thick coke bottle glasses and is a member of the Joketsuzoku tribe in Ni-Chie-Zu.
[edit] Trivia
- Her japanese writing is terrible as was seen on the letter she sent him.
- In her first appearance she was seen with her sleeves rolled up so it is unknown wether or not she studies the same brand of martial arts as her son.
[edit] Natsume and Kurumi Tendo
They were two orphans who had been searching for their long lost father for as long as they could remember. They were attacked by a giant bear and rescued by Happosai. The girls quickly asked who he was, and he replied that he was their long-lost father Soun Tendo. Soon after, Happosai left the girls and disappeared. But before he departed he promised them that they would inherit the Tendo Dojo when they got older and even left them a note saying so. Sadly they don't remember what Happosai looks like. Many years later they came to Nerima seeking Soun Tendo, but Kurumi continuously ate the food of all the town's residents on their way. Once they found the Tendo Dojo they revealed themselves as Soun's long-lost daughters and took ownership of the dojo.
[edit] Trivia
- They are both very skilled martial artists and they are capable of using a revised but weaker version of the Hiryu Shoten Ha which they call the Hiryū Karimbou (Ring of Dragon Fire).
- Their only appearance was in the Ranma ½ OAV The One to Carry On.
- Kurumi is actually capable of not only eating Akane's cooking but also enjoying it- a fact which even Soun Tendo comments on.
[edit] Prince Kirin
Prince Kirin is the leader of the Seven Lucky God Martial Artists in the first Ranma Movie, "Big Trouble in Nekoron, China." He has come to claim the holder of the scroll as his bride, and while Lychee actually owns the scroll, Akane happens to be holding it when Kirin arrives. Team Ranma chases them back to Nekoron, and Ranma defeats Kirin after battling his way though thre other six Lucky Gods, thus resquing Akane.
[edit] Techniques
- Chopsticks: Kirin can use his chopsticks to block almost any physical attack. He can even move fast enough to block all of Ranma's Chestnut Roasting on an Open Fire moves. They cannot stop water (or even Ki as some belive), though.
- Hundred Chopsticks Sting: Using his chopsticks and his increadible speed, Kirin flings countless pieces of rice (from his always present bowl) after charging them with ki, making them look like single yellow chopsticks.
[edit] Trivia
- His people only eat pickled vegetables and rice because their bodies can't handle anything else.
- He has an interesting fighting style which involves the use of a pair of chopsticks and a bowl of rice.
- The scroll, which was supposed to hold the ultimate technique, actually holds a seceret for making the ultimate pickled vegetables.
[edit] Prince Toma
Image:PrinceToma.jpg Toma apears in the second Ranma Movie, "Nihao My Concubine." He is the prince of Togenyko Island. Because the island he lives on is situated on top of a spring that turns anyone who touches the water permanently into a man, the only way for him to get a bride is to capture them. He even captures Ranma, Akane, Ukyo, Shampoo, Nabiki and Kasumi. Once there they compete to be his bride in strange contests. He has a number of human-animal hybrids that act as his lieutenants. After choosing Akane (she hit him and repremends him about his tratment of the girls) leading Ranma into a fight against him. Afterwards, Ranma and Akane are falling towards the spring, leading Ranma to choose Akane over his cure by destroying the spring with his Moko Takabisha.
[edit] Techniques
- Toma's fighting style involues using illusions created by his sword and the sword itself to attack.
- These illusions include, but are not limited to: Bright flashes of light, turning nearly invisible, creting high winds, teleporting, and creating a giant peach. Toma also has two other attacks.
- Mirror aura: Toma holds his sword in front of him and becomes transparent. Any attack that hits him while he is in this state is reflected back and hits its user.
- Mystic Illusion Chaos Strike: Toma's ultimate technique creates the illusion of a huge fiery explosion around his opponent. The percieved pain makes them pass out. However after seeing it once, the move becomes useless against Ranma.
[edit] Trivia
- Although exclusive to the Anime, a similar set of villains (Herb, Mint & Lime) who are also animal hybrids appear in the manga.
- The whole movie story seems to be based on the legend of Momotaro, as Peaches (Momotaro's theme) are seen around Toma. As well as his three animal hybrids Sautaro, Toristan, and Wonton being the animals that accompanied Momotaro, a monkey, bird, and a dog.
[edit] Rinko
She is a hot tempered professional go-kart racer who participates in a race at an amusement park Ranma and company are at. The prize is a dinner for two, which Ranma and the others also want. Although in the early part of the race she is in front, Ranma soon passes her, as well as Happosai. In the end she lost the race after she crashed along with most the others save Kasumi and Nabiki who had been racing conservatively. In the end Kasumi wins the prize.
[edit] Sakura
Image:SakuraRanma.jpg A mysterious woman who shows up at the Tendo Dojo looking to speak with Genma. When the others go to find out who she is, she asks to speak with Ranma, but Genma refuses to allow her to do so, leaving with her before the others can get a good look at her. Happosai then tells the tale of a woman Genma met during their training together who bore his son, namely Ranma. However, Sakura's parents apposed the match and they were seperated, Genma taking Ranma with him. The conclusion they draw from this is that she had returned to take her son.
However, this whole tale turns out to be just a piece of fiction. This woman actually works for a traveling circus and when she saw Ranma transform she wanted Ranma as an attraction in that circus. Genma was simply trying to substitute for Ranma in the circus.
[edit] Trivia
- Although Happosai names her Sakura, her real name is never given, and likely isn't Sakura since the rest of the tale was false.
[edit] Sankichi Urakishi
A Martial Arts Shoji Player that Genma beat, by cheating, 1 year ago. Due to that loss, he became a drunkard and his wife, Koharu, left him. Since then he has trained to face Genma in a rematch. However, Genma again cheats and wins their first normal shoji match causing Sankichi to challenge him to a Martial Arts Shoji match, where people take the place of the pieces. Genma initially dodges the challenge, but after Sankichi and his men steal most of their food, Genma, Soun, Ranma and Akane end up facing them. After losing all his pieces, he uses Akane as a shield. Since Ranma can't bring himself to hit Akane, he ends up losing, but Koharu shows up and gets him to leave.
[edit] Trivia
- Sankichi mistakes any girl he sees for his wife regardless of what they look like, including Akane, Nabiki and Kasumi.
- Though Genma was forced to cheat to defeat him, Sankichi is hinted to actually be a rather bad player- one of the earliest scenes in the episode in which he appears involves him loosing to a teenage member of a shogi club. This scene in fact implies that he is skilled at Martial Arts Shogi (referred to as Battle Shogi in the dub), but rather bad at normal shogi.
[edit] Satsuki's Grandmother
She is the founder of the Mikaoji style of Tea Ceremony martial arts, her primary weapon is a giant fan which she uses to glide on, she is very skilled and extrmely elusive, and she along with Sentaro's grandmother is retraining Sentaro in martial arts Tea Ceremony so he can be worthy of marrying Satsuki.
[edit] Sarutoru
One of Prince Toma's three human-animal hybrid warriors. He appears to be the leader of the three and Toma's second in command as he is often seen trying to advise his lord, as well as being the only one Toma calls by his name. When Toma lets his men loose on the captured women, he takes Ukyo and tries to woo her until Ryoga busts in. Ukyo tricks Ryoga into fighting Sarutoru, only to suicidally supercharge the lost boy's Shishi Hokodan move, which easily beats him.
Techniques:
- Sarutoru is able to create an illusion of a shadow that he is able to hide in, move over great distances quicky and attack unseen. He seems to be able to hide others with this move as well.
- Shadow Fall: Sarutoru's ultimate move, he wraps an opponent in shadows, forcing them to experience their worst nightmares. While usually an unbeatable move, it is foolishly used on Ryoga, thus supercharging the lost boy's Shishi Hokodan move-which feeds on depression.
[edit] Trivia
- Sarutoru is a monkey-man hybrid, but he hates being refered to as a monkey.
- The golden crown on his head show he is slightly based on Son Goku. Also, his shadow transportation illusion resembles Gou's Kinto'Un(some fans even call the move such).
[edit] Sotatsu Jikei'in
Head of the school of Martial Arts Calligraphy, Sotatsu is out to make his style the dominate one throughout Japan. He uses a giant writing brush, along with various other writing implements as weapons and fights only those with beautiful handwriting. He defeats both Kuno and Ryoga, who both have good handwriting, but refuses Ranma's many challenges because Ranma has awful handwriting. However, in the end he accepts one of Ranma's challenges and fights him in a formal Martial Arts Calligraphy challenge where the combatants must write out a set of characters during combat. However, during the battle, his weakness is reveal, namely they he starts to laugh uncontrollably to anything he finds funny.
[edit] Temari Kaminarimon
Image:TemariKaminarimon.jpg A young girl who is an 12th generation expert in the Good Ol' Days Martial Arts style. This style utilitizes various childhood toys as weapons, such as marbles, cards, and tops. She comes to the Tendo dojo and challenges Akane to a battle. She defeats Akane, and takes the dojo sign. However, after getting a few pointers from Kasumi, Akane defeats Temari in a rematch, taking back the sign.
[edit] Trivia
- Her grandfather's name is Kunajiro Kaminarimon, and the two other league members are Tatsukichi Komagataya and Torahachi Kachidokibashi
[edit] Toramasa Kobayakawa
Toramasa runs the Furinkan High's second school store deep in the abandoned bowels of the school who also calls himself the School Mentor. The store is only stocked with outdated merchandise and is something of a legend, Nabiki saying that Toramasa places curses on those that approach him. In truth, Toramasa is just a throwback to older days, telling tall tales of the past. The principal is out to get rid of him because he has the principal's old report cards which show principal Kuno actually failed English in school.
[edit] Trivia
- Toramasa appears a second time in the intro for Kogane as the person that sold the notebook she was bound too.
[edit] Torristan
He is Prince Toma's half bird warrior and one of his prime elite fighters. He had kidnapped Shampoo for his bride but Mousse arrived shortly thereafter to save her. But this proved more difficult than expected as the grueling battle nearly took Mousse's life in the process due to Torristan's steel feathers which stabbed Mousse continuously. As Mousse nearly reached his end, he mustered all of his remaining energy to defeat Torristan with only one amazing punch. But in doing so, it cost him all his strength and he was soon to fall to his death. Instead, he was saved by Shampoo, who tenderly cradled him in her arms with tears streaming down her face.
Attacks:
- He is capable of turning his feathers as hard as steel, preferring to use them as daggers or shurikens.
[edit] Trivia
- He could be based on Mint who is also a half animal hybrid who utilizes daggers as his primary weapons.
- He always wears a mask which hides his ugly chicken-like face.
- Mousse's battle with Torristan was his most dramatic and toughest battle in the series which nearly cost him his own life in the process.
[edit] Ushinosuke Oshamanbe
First Son of the Oshamanbe clan, he is a master of Oshamanbe School of Western Martial Arts. He carries a pair of throwing axes held at his side in holsters, and generally appears like your typical western style thug. He and his men kidnap Anna, but are defeated by Ryoga.
[edit] Trivia
- He rides a steer by the name of Kotaro which also wears an eye patch on the opposite eye to his.
[edit] Wonton
One of Toma's three animal-human hybrid henchmen, a dog. He is large and seemingly very stupid, although his effort to give Nabiki a "treasure" at her request shows he is somewhat intellegent. He only speaks with the sound "awoo" which is a dog sound, and tries to take Nabiki as his wife. He is very strong and is shown repeatably beating Tatewaki Kuno into the ground. However, he is defeated by his own stupidity as Nabiki used the "treasure" (a bone) he gave her and told him to fetch. He did-jumping right out a very high window!!
[edit] Yang Gui-fei
A woman who enamored Emperor Xuan Zong. She was murdered and left a curse. Her bra contained her spirit and was cursed to prevent the possessor from looking at any woman other than Yang Gui-fei by covering their eyes. However, when Soun attempts to use this bra to trap Happosai, she is so disgusted by him that she releases him then later disappears after a brief battle, causing the bra to disintergrate in order to avoid him.
[edit] Trivia
- When Yang Gui sets her eyes on Genma Saotome in his true form, she instantly abandons her attack on Ranma (in cursed form, to avoid her man-hypnotising powers) and Akane to pursue him, believing him to be her former love.
[edit] Yasukichi
Image:Yasukichi.jpg Also know as Vagabond Yasu, an odd man with a talent for catching eggs in mid air. He stumbled into Kasumi one day and the encounter had a mysterious effect on her, prompting Nabiki to suggest Kasumi had fallen in love with him, much to Soun's dismay. However, by chance he ends up at Dr. Tofu's clinic and sees an encounter between Kasumi and the doctor and decides to act as match maker for the two.
It turns out that Kasumi knew Yasukichi when they both were very young and gave him a charm he still carries with him. He may have been in love with her at that time but unable to admit his feeling.
[edit] Yuki Onna
After Ryoga is found outside the Tendos' nearly frozen and talking about a snow monster, Ranma and Akane go out to hunt this monster and find this girl. She is frigid cold to the touch and carries only a flute which also emits cold. They take her home, where all the heat seems to be drained from the house. When she awakens she speaks of a monster named Nu which came after her. Ranma and Akane go out to hunt this monster thinking it is the cause of the unusual cold. When Ryoga recovers he joins Ranma in battling Nu.
It turns out Yuki is some form of mystical creature and that Nu is actually something of a guardian that falsely believed Yuki was in danger. Yuki also reveals herself to have a more adult form and thanks them for their aid, particularly Ryoga, before leaving.
[edit] Video Game Characters
[edit] Arisa Nanjo
She was the central character in the Ranma ½ digital comic game White Orchid Serenade, the game was very similar to the old Dragon's Lair games.
[edit] Trivia
- She was voiced by Chisa Yokoyama.
- The game was released on April 23, 1993.
[edit] Crimson Cat Gang
They are group of demon cats who kidnnaped Genma in the Ranma ½ RPG game Hidden Treasure of the Crimson Cats.
[edit] Trivia
- The game was released on October 22, 1993.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
| Saotome Family | |
|---|---|
| Ranma Saotome | Genma Saotome | Nodoka Saotome | |
| Tendo Family | |
| Soun Tendo | Kasumi Tendo | Nabiki Tendo | Akane Tendo | Mrs. Tendo | |
| Chinese | |
| Shampoo | Mousse | Cologne | Jusenkyo Guide | Pantyhose Taro | |
| Kuno Family | |
| Tatewaki Kuno | Kodachi Kuno | Principal Kuno | Sasuke Sarugakure | |
| Notable Furinkan Residents | |
| Ukyo Kuonji | Hikaru Gosunkugi | Dr. Tofu Ono | Hinako Ninomiya | Konatsu | |
| Major Adversaries | |
| Ryoga Hibiki | Happosai | Mariko Konjo | Herb | Ryu Kumon | Saffron | |
| Recurring / Other Characters | |
| Akari Unryu | Tsubasa Kurenai | Shinnosuke | Ranma ½ minor characters | |
| Other Articles | |
| Locations in Ranma ½ | Anything Goes Martial Arts | Chinese Amazons | |
