A few months ago, Jeff Yang asked me if he could use this list as a
source for capsule synopses in an article published in the July
Animerica. But by way of attribution, he invited readers who wanted
more information about Ranma 1/2 to email me. Since then, requests
for this list have been positively *trickling* in (6, at last count).
So, to stem this momentous ripple of mail, and to answer several Ranma
1/2 questions posted recently (What is that thing Nodoka carries? Who's
that in Ukyo's sign in the first movie? What are other characters are
there to name machines after?), I am posting an extensively updated version
of the old People, Places, and Things file.
This list began as a list of name translations to answer a query in
this newsgroup. From there, it grew to include other information
people requested or posted questions about-- descriptions for a cast
list; a list of martial arts techniques, magic, and weapons for a card
game; episode and manga chapter numbers for reference. And there's
a lot of interesting trivia, too.
There are 2 parts:
Who's who -- the cast
What's what -- important places, magic, and martial arts
This list is current through:
manga volumes 1-29
TV episodes:
all 18 episodes of "Ranma 1/2"
all 143 episodes of "Ranma 1/2 Nett\=ohen"
movies:
"Ch\=ugoku Nekonron daikessen! Okite yaburi no gekit\=o hen"
"Kessen T\=ogenky\=o! Hanayome o torimodose!!"
"Ch\=o-musabetsu kessen! Ranma team vs densetsu no h\=o\=o"
(coming soon)
OAV episodes 1-4 (of 6).
I haven't caught up to OAV 5-6 yet, so you won't find Natsumi and Kurumi
herein.
{Note: JIS codes in braces have ESC changed to "^[" for posting.}
Without further ado:
Ranma 1/2: who's who (spoilers)
by Terry Martin
revised August 18, 1994
{Including JIS kana and kanji codes in braces.}
PEOPLE
------
MAIN CAST
Saotome "rice planting girl; girl" {^[$@Aa25=w^[(J}
Ranma "wild horse" {^[$@MpGO^[(J}
Our well-built hero/heroine (sort of). The martial art of
kempo is his life. Never turns down a challenge (martial
arts rhythmic gymnastics, martial arts skating, martial arts
tea ceremony, martial arts dinner, martial arts cheerleading,
and so on... if it has "martial arts" in the name, he'll
win, eventually).
Training with his father at the mysterious Jusenky\=o
training ground in China, he was thrown into a spring called
Nyanniichuan, where a young girl drowned 1500 years ago. He
emerged as a young girl, according with the spring's curse.
When splashed with hot water, he changes back to a boy, but
when splashed with cold to room temperature water, he turns
into a girl again.
By their parents' arrangement, Ranma is engaged to marry
Tend\=o Akane and become head of the Tend\=o dojo. But
neither party wants to go through with this arrangement.
Name:
In credits, written in kanji for male Ranma,
and in hiragana for female Ranma.
Distinctive features:
Pigtail. Often wears Chinese clothing.
Dialect:
Uses rough, sloppy speech in either form.
(ex. `kawaikunee' instead of `kawaikunai',
`omoshiree' instead of `omoishiroi').
Aliases:
`osage no onna' "pigtailed girl" to Kun\=o
`mukodono' "son-in-law" to Cologne
`Ran-chan' to Uky\=o
Akane's "cousin" `Ranko' to Nodoka
Disguises: (to fool Ry\=oga)
Girl in glasses
Nett\=ohen episode 16. Volume 8 part 11.
Ry\=oga-sama's fianc\'ee
Nett\=ohen episode 24. Volume 9 part 10.
Hibiki Yoiko
Volume 11 part 2.
Cu-chan
Nett\=ohen episode 43. Volume 12 part 8.
Volleyball girl
Nett\=ohen episode 62. Volume 14 part 9.
Ry\=oga's k\=ohai (underclassgirl)
Nett\=ohen episode 123. Volume 20 part 2.
Voices:
(male) Yamaguchi Kappei {^[$@;38}!!>!J?^[(J}
(female) Hayashibara Megumi {^[$@NS86!!$a$0$_^[(J}
Genma "dark horse" {^[$@8<GO^[(J}
Ranma's insensitive father. Long ago he arranged with his
Tend\=o S\=oun, that their children would marry.
While training Ranma at the remote Chinese training ground
Jusenky\=o, Ranma kicked him into Shonmaoniichuan where a
panda drowned 2000 years ago. To Ranma's shock, Genma
emerged as a panda. As the guide explained the tragic
legend of the spring, Genma whacked the distracted Ranma
into Nyanniichuan.
Unlike Ranma, he doesn't have much trouble with his curse,
and becomes quite accustomed to living as a panda
(comporting himself with human dignity even as he sips tea
and plays sh\=ogi with S\=oun). Since he can't speak as a
panda, he uses wooden signs to communicate.
Distinctive features:
Round glasses with loops around each ear.
Weapons: As a panda, wooden signs.
Voice: Ogata Kenichi {^[$@=oJ}!!8-0l^[(J}
Tend\=o {^[$@E7F;^[(J}
"way of heaven; providence; destiny; motion of heavenly bodies"
Akane "scarlet" {^[$@$"$+$M^[(J}
The youngest daughter, age 16, like Ranma. A hot-tempered
boy-hating kempoist, yet admired by many boys at school.
She refuses to be betrothed against her will, especially to
a hentai weirdo like Ranma (who doesn't like being engaged
to a violent tomboy any better).
Akane is jealous of Ranma's many girlfriends, but hotly
denies her interest in Ranma. Ranma denies his attraction
to Akane just as vehemently. But despite their constant
bickering and denials, Akane and Ranma do grow to like each
other, though they cannot admit it.
Though her poisonous cooking is the bane of the dojo, Akane
will never accept defeat. Her attempts to cook often end in
a contest to see who will have to try it. Being Akane's
fianc\'e, Ranma is usually the unwilling victim.
Akane is totally inept at traditional feminine pursuits like
cooking, sewing, and tea ceremony. She keeps trying and
takes pride in her work, then gets upset when someone
(usually Ranma) criticizes it. Even at martial arts, she is
often clumsy. And she swims like a hammer.
Name: Related to `akane-gumo' "scarlet cloud"
Aliases:
Frequently called `kawaikune' "uncute" by Ranma
Voice: Hidaka Noriko {^[$@F|9b!!$N$j;R^[(J}
Nabiki "waving, fluttering" {^[$@$J$S$-^[(J}
Akane's conniving older sister, age 17. A mischievous
mercenary, con artist, and bookie, she finds ways to turn a
profit from the odd situations she becomes a part of. She
also maintains a steady income selling embarrassing pictures
of the female Ranma to Kun\=o Tatewaki.
Name: Related to `nabiki-gumo' "fluttering cloud"
Voice: Takayama Minami {^[$@9b;3!!$_$J$_^[(J}
Kasumi "haze, mist" {^[$@$+$9$_^[(J}
The eldest daughter, age 19. A traditional, proper Japanese
girl, taking over the household duties of her dead mother,
keeping house and cooking for the dojo's many guests. She
takes the bizarre events around the dojo in stride with
cheerful obliviousness or sympathetic remarks on the
obvious.
Name: Related to `kasumi-gumo' "mistlike cloud"
Voice: Inoue Kikuko {^[$@0f>e!!4n5W;R^[(J}
S\=oun "fast cloud" {^[$@Aa1@^[(J}
Their emotional father. S\=oun and Genma trained together
as Happ\=osai's students before starting their own martial
arts schools.
Long ago, S\=oun arranged with his closest friend, Genma,
that their children would marry. Now both fathers try to
force Akane and Ranma to bond against their will, which
rarely does any good.
S\=oun is furious whenever Ranma turns out to have yet
another fianc\'ee, or when Ranma seems to prefer one of them
to Akane.
Voice: \=Obayashi Ryunosuke {^[$@BgNS!!N42p^[(J}
Hibiki "sound; noise" {^[$@6A^[(J}
Ry\=oga "good fangs" {^[$@NI2g^[(J}
The eternally lost boy with fists of steel and a heart of
glass. Ry\=oga has been Ranma's rival since junior high,
when he challenged Ranma to a fight in the vacant lot behind
his house. But by the time he found his way there after a
four-day journey all over Japan, Ranma had gone off with his
father on a training expedition.
To avenge the grudge, he went to China after Ranma,
eventually blundering his way to a desolate mountain range,
where a pigtailed girl chasing a panda knocked him off a
cliff and into Heituenniichuan, where a black pig drowned
1200 years ago. A panda rescued the little black pig...
only to deliver him to the Chinese guide for dinner.
Fortunately, the guide dropped him into a wok of boiling
water.
Ry\=oga blames Ranma for indirectly causing his condition,
and his anger multiplies when he finds out that Ranma is
actually directly responsible for it. When this comes out,
Ranma remorsefully swears not to reveal Ry\=oga's secret.
Then Akane adopts Ry\=oga the pig as her pet "P-chan".
Ry\=oga falls deeply in love with her. However, he feels
certain that no one could love him as a human with his
curse.
Despite several close calls, Akane is unaware that the pet
pig she sleeps with is Ry\=oga. She gets angry whenever
Ranma abuses P-chan, and chides him for being jealous of a
pig.
In addition to a complete inability to follow directions,
Ry\=oga is fooled even by Ranma's most ridiculous disguises.
He is also extremely strong, and often inadvertently
shatters rocks and walls in his anxiety.
Entrance: Episode 7. Volume 2 part 2.
Distinctive features:
Cute fangs, like Lum in Urusei Yatsura. Wears a
yellow and black (no, not tiger-striped) headband
around his head, or around his neck as a pig.
Weapons:
Slings headbands, wields a heavy, sharp-rimmed
umbrella, and uses his belt like a blade.
Aliases:
as a pet black pig: P-chan to Akane, Charlotte to Azusa
Voice: Yamadera K\=oichi {^[$@;3;{!!9(0l^[(J}
Kun\=o "9 abilities" {^[$@6eG=^[(J}
Tatewaki "belt sword; bringing a sword" {^[$@BSEa^[(J}
2-E Kun\=o Tatewaki, 17-sai (17 years old), boastful captain
of the kendo club. Apparently of wealthy samurai lineage.
At a speech contest, he announced that anyone who would date
Akane must first defeat her in a fight. So every morning,
Akane runs the gauntlet from the school gate to the door,
beating up Kun\=o and a legion of attacking suitors.
Hearing about Ranma and Akane's engagement, Kun\=o
challenges Ranma. But during their fight, a strange
pigtailed girl mysteriously takes Ranma's place and KO's
Kun\=o. Kun\=o falls for the powerful mystery girl.
The other students accept Ranma and Akane's betrothal when
Ranma decisively beats Kun\=o, though Kun\=o himself refuses
to accept defeat.
Hating Ranma for being too close to both Akane and the
pigtailed girl, he agonizes over which girl he loves more
(which his classmate Nabiki capitalizes on).
Entrance: Episode 2. Volume 1 part 3.
Name:
In episode 2, Nabiki puns on his name by writing
it with the kanji "no ability/competence".
Distinctive features:
Wears samurai robes and carries a bokut\=o.
Dialect:
Affected formality. Quotes poetry.
Weapons:
A bokut\=o [wooden kendo sword] which he wields as
effectively as a blade.
Aliases:
`Aoi Ikazuchi' "Blue Thunder" according to himself
`Tatchi' to his father
Voice: Suzuoki Hirotaka {^[$@NkCV!!MN9'^[(J}
Kodachi "little long sword" {^[$@>.B@Ea^[(J}
His even stranger younger sister, age 16. She's a
formidable martial arts MRG (modern rhythmic gymnastics)
expert from F\=urinkan High's rival St. Hebereke girls'
academy.
Kodachi has taken to heart the principle that "all is fair
in love and war". She honorably wins all her matches by
default by taking out her opponents before the competition.
She remorselessly uses every dirty trick at her disposal in
order to win.
A favorite trick of hers is to give her victim a bouquet of
black roses loaded with exploding powder, to induce sleep or
paralysis.
After a thwarted attack on Akane in her bedroom before their
upcoming match, Ranma, chasing P-chan, accidentally knocks
her off the dojo roof, then unknowingly rescues her. When
she comes to and sees the hunk who "saved" her, she falls
for Ranma. Living a sheltered life in a girls' school, she
had given up hope of a normal relationship (in her words).
However, not only is Akane in the way, but also a strong
pigtailed girl who has the audacity to use her Ranma's name!
Entrance: Episode 11. Volume 2 part 9.
Distinctive features:
Black roses are her trademark. Sometimes they
appear on her clothing, or she holds one between her
teeth. Spins her lash-like ribbon in the air,
and uses it to cast black rose petals all around.
Villanous laugh.
Dialect:
Affected formality.
Weapons:
Her favorite is the ribbon, but she's apparently
skilled with many. Gives bouquets of black roses
loaded with exploding powder causing sleep or
paralysis.
Aliases:
`Kuro-bara no Kodachi' {^[$@9u%P%i$N>.B@Ea^[(J}
"Black Rose Kodachi"
`Kotchi' to her father
Voice: Shimazu Saeko {^[$@EgDE!!:c;R^[(J}
the principal (`k\=och\=o') {^[$@9;D9^[(J}
The antagonistic authoritarian high school principal with
Hawaiimania. He makes crazy rules to inconvenience his
students, especially Ranma, who thwarts his discipline.
When he returns from America, he announces he has a big
present for his students: a new rule that all boys must have
marab\=ozu-style shaved heads and all girls have very short
okappa haircuts... unless the students get a coconut
containing an exemption slip within three days. He goes to
extreme lengths in his attempts to cut Ranma's pigtail and
make an example of him, but only gets pounded.
In the manga, the students force him to reveal that although
he doesn't remember where that coconut with the exemption
slip is, he tattooed directions to it on the shaved head of
his long lost son Tatewaki, who he left behind 3 years ago.
In the TV series, their relation is revealed later.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 46. Volume 12 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Bonsai palm tree growing on top of his head. Deep
tan. Wears sunglasses, a lei, and an aloha shirt.
Sometimes rides a skateboard.
Dialect:
Uses katakana American in his sentences, and draws
out the word `desu' (ex. `GIBU APPU de---su!' "I
give up!").
Weapons:
Wields a pair of barikan (hair clippers) or large
shears. Hands or throws exploding pineapples to
unsuspecting students. Has used silly tricks like
remote-control planes with sharpened propellors and
trained hair-clipping lobsters.
Voice: Hitouchi Tateno {^[$@?NFb!!7zG7^[(J}
the Joketsuzoku/Nyuchez\=u [N\v\"u ji\'e z\'u] {^[$@=w7fB2^[(J}
"woman hero tribe"
Shampoo [Sh\=an p\vu] "coral + raw jade" {^[$@;9`y^[(J}
A cute, uninhibited, acrobatic, ruthless, violent Chinese
girl.
Fresh from the cursed springs, the Jusenky\=o guide led a
hungry Ranma and Genma to the village of the Joketsuzoku, a
clan of Chinese amazons, where Shampoo was defeating all
challengers in their annual contest.
Ranma and Genma sat at a fully laden banquet table and
gobbled down the prize. Challenged by the champion Shampoo,
Ranma entered the contest and quickly defeated her. Then
Shampoo gave this foreign girl the kiss of death, and
pursued Ranma across China trying to kill her.
Shampoo arrives in Tokyo and follows a panda back to the
Tend\=o dojo, where she meets the boy Ranma for the first
time. Shampoo attacks Akane for hiding Ranma, so Ranma
defends her... accidentally KO'ing Shampoo. But instead of
giving the boy Ranma the kiss of death, Shampoo declares her
love for him and calls him "husband"!
According to the scriptures of the Joketsuzoku, when
defeated by an outsider, if it is a woman you give her the
kiss of death and kill her, but if it is a man you marry
him.
Ruthless with her rivals, she tries to make Akane forget
everything about Ranma by brainwashing her with the special
formula 110 shampoo.
Crushed when Ranma finally reveals his secret to her, she
goes home and renews her training at Jusenky\=o with her
great-grandmother Cologne. Cologne knocks her into
Maoniichuan, where a cat drowned 1800 years ago. Now
assured that Ranma is truly a man, she and Cologne return to
Japan and try to get Ranma to fall in love with her, by any
means necessary, even magic.
Shampoo waits tables at Neko Hanten, her great-grandmother's
Chinese restaurant, and delivers ramen by bicycle,
occasionally running down people on the streets and
rooftops.
Entrance: Episode 15. Volume 4 part 4.
Re-entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 2. Volume 5 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Long purple hair. Wears Chinese clothing and round
hair ornaments that stay on her fur as a cat.
Dialect:
Speaks according to a stereotype of Chinese people
speaking Japanese (forming many adjectives with
`-teki', using `aru' as an ending). Uses katakana
Chinese conversational phrases:
nii hao hello
shai shen bye bye
shei shei thank you
wuo ai ni I love you
wuoda airen dear husband
Disguises:
Pido-chan
Volume 12 part 8.
Weapons:
Wields bonbori (a pair of maces with big spheres on
the end). Also wielded a big curved sword when out
to kill Ranma.
Voice: Sakuma Rei {^[$@:45W4V!!%l%$^[(J}
Cologne [K\ve l\'un?] (`o-baba') {^[$@2DVG^[(J}
"possible + rugged mountain place"
Shampoo's ancient, powerful great-grandmother. She and
Shampoo run the Neko Hanten, her Chinese restaurant.
Cologne holds Ranma responsible for Shampoo's curse, and
tries to make Ranma accept his "marriage" to Shampoo. In
the process, she subtly grooms her son-in-law by training
him in new martial arts techniques.
Even though she is a withered old crone, she is vain about
her appearance, and is not amused by jokes about it.
She knows all her clan's secret martial arts techniques and
magics, and has many arcane items stored away.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 3. Volume 5 part 6.
Name:
Not revealed until Happ\=osai recognizes her much
later, in Nett\=ohen episode 37 or volume 10 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Hops around on a gnarled wooden staff somewhat like
a pogo stick.
Weapons: Her staff.
Voice: Asou Miyoko {^[$@Kc@8!!H~Be;R^[(J}
Mousse [M\`u s\=i] "wash + thread" {^[$@]te/^[(J}
A boy blindly following his love, Shampoo, who detests him.
Even with his thick Coke-bottle glasses, he mistakes
bystanders, statues, and telephone poles for other people.
When he was a child, he tried to win Shampoo in a fight and
lost. Yet still he tries to win her heart.
Cologne tells Mousse that Shampoo is going to marry Ranma.
So he challenges his new rival for Shampoo's affections to a
man-to-man fight (a troublesome point for Ranma).
When Ranma defeats him, he seeks training at Jusenky\=o,
where he walks into Yaazuniichuan, a spring where a wild
duckling drowned 1300 years ago. He returns to Japan with a
supply of Yaazuniichuan water, in order to turn Ranma into a
duck too. He fails.
Mousse goes to work at the Neko Hanten to be close to
Shampoo, where he takes a lot of abuse. He hates Ranma, and
would dearly like to do away with Shampoo's "husband".
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 5. Volume 5 part 7.
Re-entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 13. Volume 10 part 4.
Name:
Written "Moose" in Nett\=ohen, but no doubt "Mousse"
was intended as another bathing product pun.
Distinctive features:
Thick glasses. Wears a white robe.
Dialect:
Seems to use Tohoku dialect (ex. `ora' instead of
`ore').
Weapons:
Mousse is a hidden weapons expert. He usually
throws various heavy or entangling objects on the
ends of long chains. He sometimes sprouts long
blades from his sleeves, or wears shoes with
spikes and talons on the ends. As a duck, his
eyesight is sharp enough to accurately throw knives
which sprout from his wings.
Aliases:
`anki no Mousse' "hidden tool Mousse" {^[$@0E4o$N%`!<%9^[(J}
in the circus, as a knife-throwing duck: `M\=u-M\=u'
Voice: Seki Toshihiko {^[$@4X!!=SI'^[(J}
Happ\=osai "8 treasures together" {^[$@H,Ju@F^[(J}
A powerful old man, possessed of an evil spirit. The feared
and loathed sensei of Genma and S\=oun. 10-several years
ago, he harshly trained them by making them take part in his
plundering and endure the punishments when he left them
behind. Finally, they got him drunk, chained him in a
barrel, threw the barrel in a cave, and sealed the cave with
dynamite and a boulder hung with Buddhist scriptures.
Years later, he escapes. He moves into the Tend\=o dojo to
train his successor, where Genma gives him Ranma to train.
A 110% pervert, he constantly goes around lifting skirts,
stealing women's underwear for his extensive collection, and
committing frottage. His perversions are the source of his
strength; without touching young female bodies or underwear,
he loses his power. Ranma and Akane are his favorite
targets.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 15. Volume 7 part 5.
Re-entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 114. Volume 19 part 9.
Weapons:
A small pipe, with which he flips opponents long
distances, and the long-forgotten devastating secret
Happo-dai-karin technique, which turns out to be
throwing fuse bombs.
Alias: `Happy' to Cologne, as he called himself at 18
Voice: Nagai Ichir\=o {^[$@1J0f!!0lO:^[(J}
Kuonji "eternal temple" {^[$@5W1s;{^[(J}
Uky\=o "right of Kyoto/capital" {^[$@1&5~^[(J}
Okonomiyaki Uky\=o, Ranma's cute fianc\'ee.
10 years ago, on a training journey in the country with his
father, Ranma stole okonomiyaki [a cross between an omelet
and a pancake] daily from Uky\=o's father's yatai (food
cart), easily overcoming `Ucchan''s defense. However, it was
a friendly rivalry -- Uky\=o drew pictures with okonomiyaki
sauce on them for Ranma.
Her father told Genma that Uky\=o said she wants to be
Ranma's wife. Genma said Ranma already has a fianc\'ee.
Uky\=o's father said that's too bad, he was thinking of
giving them the yatai for a dowry. Genma said, "We'll take
her!"
In a quandary, Genma let Ranma make the decision-- he asked
Ranma which he liked better, okonomiyaki or Uky\=o. Not even
suspecting that Uky\=o is a girl, Ranma chose okonomiyaki.
So Genma and Ranma ran off with the yatai and left Uky\=o
behind.
Shamed and ridiculed by her peers, Uky\=o decided she
wouldn't like boys forever, dressed and lived as one, and
devoted herself to okonomiyaki style martial arts.
She shows up as a new student at Furinkan High and
challenges Ranma. After a heated battle, Ranma discovers
Uky\=o's actual gender (and verifies it by pouring hot water
on her!). Meanwhile, Uky\=o discovers that Ranma does not
get along with his "uncute" fianc\'ee. Ranma and Uky\=o
reconcile, and she becomes enamored of him again.
Though she still dreams of marrying Ranma, Ranma still
treats Ucchan only as an old friend. Her plots to win him
over are less violent and more psychological that Ranma's
other suitors. For example, instead of trying to kill her
rival Akane, Uky\=o arranges a date between her and Ry\=oga.
Running her okonomiyaki restaurant "Ucchan" has made her
skillful at both domestic tasks and running a business.
Although she lives to cook okonomiyaki, she would give it
all up to marry Ranma.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 23. Volume 9 part 5.
Distinctive features:
Wears a bandolier of small spatulas and a huge
spatula on her back.
Dialect:
Kansai dialect (ex. `da' replaced with `ya',
`-masen' -> `-mahen', uses `uchi' instead of
`watashi', says `ooki ni' for "thank you").
Aliases:
`Okonomiyaki no Uky\=o' "Okonomiyaki Uky\=o"
Weapons:
Wields a huge spatula. Throws small sharpened
spatulas. Once, threw exploding bags of powder.
Alias:
`Ucchan' to Ranma
Voice: Tsuru Hiromi {^[$@Da!!$R$m$_^[(J}
Sarugakure "monkey + hide" {^[$@1n1#^[(J}
Sasuke "help + assistance" {^[$@:4=u^[(J}
The Kun\=o's ninja, who defends the Kun\=o mansion against
intruders with strange traps where he also serves as
housekeeper and handyman.
(Sasuke replaced Gosunkugi in the stories that were adapted
from the manga at the start of Ranma 1/2 Nett\=ohen.)
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 2.
Name:
Reference to the legendary monkey-stylist ninja
Sarutobi Sasuke of Mt. Kun\=o.
Voice: Chiba Shigeru {^[$@@iMU!!HK^[(J}
RECURRING GUEST STARS
These characters appear in more than one story or feature, though their
later appearances may only be cameos.
Jusenky\=o guide {^[$@<v@t6?%,%$%I^[(J}
The Chinese guide who explains the tragic legends befalling
the surprising number of people cursed by the springs of
Jusenky\=o.
He warned Ranma and Genma that the cursed springs were
dangerous, but of course they didn't listen. He also
accompanied the transformed Saotomes to the Joketsuzoku
village, where he translated for them as they got themselves
into even deeper trouble.
Dialect:
Speaks according to a stereotype of Chinese people
speaking Japanese (as noted under Shampoo).
Voice: Yamadera K\=oichi {^[$@;3;{!!9(0l^[(J}
Ono {^[$@>.G5^[(J}
T\=of\=u "east wind" {^[$@ElIw^[(J}
Dr. T\=of\=u, the local chiropractor, is highly skilled in
martial arts medicine, when he's himself. But whenever he
sees Kasumi, his glasses steam up and he becomes a babbling
fool, and a danger to himself and his patients, as everyone
but Kasumi knows. Often after seeing Kasumi, he dances
around in glee with his skeleton `Betty-chan'.
At the beginning of the series, Akane is heartbroken over
his interest in Kasumi. Akane had had a crush on him since
she was a child.
Genma gets a part-time job doing chores at his clinic.
Entrance: Episode 2. Volume 1 part 3.
Voice: Mitsuya Y\=uji {^[$@;0%CLp!!M:Fs^[(J}
Saotome "rice planting girl; girl" {^[$@Aa25=w^[(J}
Nodoka "calm; peaceful; mild" {^[$@$N$I$+^[(J}
Ranma's mother.
A mother's influence is detrimental to training a boy in
Saotome-style martial arts, so Genma took his infant son and
left Nodoka. As he left, he swore to make Ranma a manly man
inside and out, or they would commit honorable seppuku (what
we call hara-kiri) like men.
As a martial artist's wife, she accepted Genma's decision.
Truly, a remarkable woman (she'd have to be to marry a man
like Genma!).
Nodoka received letters from Genma until he took Ranma to
Jusenky\=o, when they suddenly stopped. So she comes to the
Tend\=o dojo, wanting nothing more than to see her son Ranma
grown to be a manly man. And if Ranma isn't a manly man,
she'll hold Genma to his promise. So, when she hears about
her son doing unmanly things like wearing women's clothes,
her placid demeanor disappears and she draws her katana.
When she shows up at the dojo, Ranma and Genma are "off on
another training trip", leaving fianc\'ee Akane behind with
her tomboy "cousin" Ranko and Ranko's pet panda...
(Strictly speaking, she is not a major character, but...)
Weapons: Carefully wrapped katana.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 142. Volume 22 part 2.
Voice: Ikeda Masako {^[$@CSED!!>;;R^[(J}
Ninomiya {^[$@Fs%N5\^[(J}
Hinako {^[$@$R$J;R^[(J}
The new remedial teacher the principal hired turns out,
to his surprise, to be a little girl.
But when there is fighting, she pulls out a 5 yen coin and
uses the Happ\=o-go-en-satsu technique to absorb fighting
spirit through it, turning into an adult with a soldier-like
personality.
Unfortunately, the counter-technique to change her back to a
child involves striking a couple pressure points around the
heart. This involves Ranma putting his hand somewhere very
compromising on stacked adult Hinako-sensei.
As a sickly child, Happ\=osai trained her in what she
thought was "best gymnastics". What he really taught her
was the Happ\=o-go-en-satsu technique, in order to take out
the opposition to his panty raids.
Entrance: Volume 25 part 3. OAV 4.
Voice: T\=oma Yumi {^[$@E_GO!!M3H~^[(J}
Gosunkugi "5 `sun' [measure: about an inch] nail" {^[$@8^@#E#^[(J}
Hikaru {^[$@8w^[(J}
1-F Gosunkugi Hikaru, spooky classmate of Ranma and Akane.
Obsessed with Akane, he takes pictures of her and tries to
gain her companionship. Jealous of Ranma, he nails voodoo
dolls with strands of Ranma's hair to trees and posts. He
becomes a spy for Kun\=o and Kodachi in their plots to cause
trouble for Ranma. Wears unconvincing disguises when he
tries to do something sneaky.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 96. Volume 5 part 1.
Distinctive features:
Big dark patches under his eyes. Straps burning
candles to his head.
Weapon:
Small wooden hammer.
Voice: Futamata Kazunari {^[$@FsKt!!0l@.^[(J}
Pansuto Tar\=o "Pantyhose Tar\=o" {^[$@%Q%s%9%H!!B@O:^[(J}
One day, a monster steals the Jusenky\=o client register from
the guide, and flies to Japan seeking Happ\=osai.
Happ\=osai baptised Tar\=o in Niuhoomanmaorenniichuan, where
a yeti riding a bull carrying a crane and an eel drowned
2500 years ago. But Tar\=o is not upset about turning into
a bizarre monster like a winged minotaur with a serpent
tail. Happ\=osai cursed him with something far worse-- he
baptised him with the humiliating name "Pantyhose Tar\=o".
And by his customs, only Happ\=osai can change his name...
After failing to `persuade' Happ\=osai to change his name
the first time, Tar\=o went back to Jusenky\=o for water
from Shannenniichuan to turn Happ\=osai into a virtuous man.
He doused himself with water from Chanyuiniichuan, where a
giant octopus drowned 1600 years ago. His cursed form
gained tentacles and the ability to shoot ink.
His plan has everyone's approval... until the Jusenky\=o
guide calls and announces that he made a terrible mistake!
What Tar\=o actually bottled was Shuanshontsuniichuan water,
which turns whatever it hits into twins!
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 103. Volume 18 part 1.
Re-entrance: Volume 23 part 1.
Voice: Furumoto Shinnosuke {^[$@8EK\!!?7G7Je^[(J}
the bake-neko "ghost/monster cat" {^[$@2=$1G-^[(J}
A huge ghost cat inhabiting a huge jingle bell, looking for
a bride.
Shampoo gives Ranma the legendary big bell as a souvenir
from China, and keeps the matching little one for herself.
But the huge ghost cat starts looking for the girl with the
little bell to be his wife.
Ailurophobic Ranma is terrified out of his mind by the huge
cat, but the ghost cat, a big crybaby, gives up at even a
half-hearted punch. The ghost cat can also possess people's
bodies, but Ranma isn't afraid of humans.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 54. Volume 14 part 2.
Distinctive feature: BIG white cat.
Dialect:
In Japan, cats go `nyaa nyaa'. The ghost cat
frequently replaces `na' in words with `nya' (ex.
`gomennyasai' "Sorry"). Uses `nya' as a verb
ending.
Voice: Yoshimura Y\=o {^[$@5HB<!!$h$&^[(J}
\=Ogon Pair "Golden Pair"
Shiratori "white bird" {^[$@GrD;^[(J}
Azusa "catalpa tree" {^[$@$"$:$5^[(J}
Cutesy martial arts figure skater of the free-skating
Golden Pair from Koru Hosei Gakuen.
When Azusa sees something she considers cute, like
P-chan ("Charlotte!"), she gives it a French name and
selfishly claims it for her own (and if a man has it,
beats him over the head until she gets it).
She challenges Akane to a martial arts ice skating match
with P-chan as the prize.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 7. Volume 2 part 6.
Voice: Matsui Naoko {^[$@>>0f!!:Z:y;R^[(J}
Sanzenin "3000 temples/mansions/palaces" {^[$@;0@i1!^[(J}
Mikado "emperor" {^[$@Dk^[(J}
Very handsome and very conceited playboy martial arts
figure skater of the free-skating Golden Pair from Koru
Hosei Gakuen.
His favorite tactic is kissing his female opponent. In
fact, he thinks of nothing else.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 7. Volume 2 part 6.
Voice: Inoue Kazuhiko {^[$@0f>e!!OBI'^[(J}
Linlin, Ranran
Shampoo's "younger sister" villagers of her clan, who
trained very hard in ridiculous martial arts techniques
when they saw Shampoo beaten by Ranma. They come to
Japan to ask Shampoo how she killed Ranma, and when they
find out she hasn't, they try to. Shampoo stops them the
first time and gives them the kiss of death. But when
their techniques later backfire, Shampoo ends up saving
their lives.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 40.
Re-entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 72.
Name:
From real Chinese sisters famous for singing `LINLIN
RANRAN ry\=uen!' in a TV commercial for a Chinese
restaurant.
Dialect:
Speaks according to a stereotype of Chinese people
speaking Japanese (as noted under Shampoo).
Voice:
(Linlin) Mita Y\=uko {^[$@;0ED!!$f$&;R^[(J}
(Ranran) Kobayashi Y\=uko {^[$@>.NS!!M%;R^[(J}
Kurenai {^[$@9H^[(J}
Tsubasa "wings" {^[$@$D$P$5^[(J}
An extremely cute junior high schoolmate of Uky\=o's, who
gives Uky\=o presents and sends Uky\=o love letters. Uky\=o
responded to one letter, sending Tsubasa a picture of her
fianc\'ee, the female Ranma. So Tsubasa challenges Ranma to
win Uky\=o. Ranma tries revealing Uky\=o's true gender, but
it comes as no surprise. Tsubasa likes girls. Any girl who
acts kindly, in fact.
Skilled at camouflage, Tsubasa wears bizarre disguises like
mailboxes, vending machines, umbrella costumes...
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 27. Volume 10 part 9.
Voice: Yamada Eiko {^[$@;3ED!!1I;R^[(J}
Casino King (Bakuchi-\=O King) "Gambling King `King'" {^[$@GnTu2&#K^[(J}
The unscrupulous carnival gambler to whom young Ranma, 10
years ago, loses his shirt and the Tend\=o dojo he would
eventually marry into. King returns with Ranma's signed
promise in writing, to claim the dojo and turn it into a
casino.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 67. Volume 15 part 4.
Distinctive features:
Looks like and dresses similar to a playing card King.
Weapons: Throws cards.
Voice: Aono Takeshi {^[$@@DLn!!Ip^[(J}
(`dojo yaburi') {^[$@F;>l^[(J ^[$@GK$j^[(J}
A dojo yaburi is one who comes to the dojo and challenges
the champion with the dojo's signboard as the stake.
A big dojo yaburi with a large collection of signboards
challenges the Tend\=o dojo to a fight the following day.
S\=oun and Genma want Akane and Ranma to fight him together,
but Shampoo has offered Ranma her Nanniichuan mix if he goes
on a date with her then. Akane insists she can handle it
herself, but Ranma worries.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 12. Volume 8 part 1.
Voice: Kamiyama Takumi {^[$@?@;3!!Bn;0^[(J}
the niku-men
Niku, An, Karee, and Piza
In the Tsinghai region of China, four little men come to the
Yakusaikan store seeking a 4000 year old secret "dragon's hair"
of mysterious power. They coerce the shopkeeper to draw them a
picture of the person who has it now, who has a conspicuous
pigtail. Finally they find Ranma, who uses it to tie off the
end of his pigtail and never removes it because it's his
"seal". But remove it they will...
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 70. Volume 15 part 8.
Distinctive features:
Their heads look like niku-man, an-man, curry-man,
and pizza-man.
Voices:
Tanonaka Takeshi {^[$@ED%NCf!!M+^[(J}
Chiba Shigeru {^[$@@iMU!!HK^[(J}
Shimada Satoshi {^[$@EgED!!IR^[(J}
Hase Arihiro {^[$@D9C+!!M-MN^[(J}
Daimonji {^[$@BgJ8;z^[(J}
Sentar\=o "boiling first son" {^[$@@yB@O:^[(J}
Sentar\=o, unconscious on a wild horse charging through the
rain, is "saved" by Ranma. Happy to have found a strong
girl his grandmother could approve of, he tries to take
Ranma for a bride (and Akane after she comes to rescue
Ranma).
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 75. Volume 6 part 9.
Name: Common name with unusual kanji.
Dialect: Kyoto dialect (exaggerated used of `dosu').
Voice: Shimada Satoshi {^[$@EgED!!IR^[(J}
(`baa-sama')
His grandmother, master of tea ceremony style martial arts,
who tests Ranma to prove her as strong and as worthy as
Sentar\=o claims.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 75. Volume 6 part 9.
Weapons: Tea ceremony implements.
Dialect: Kyoto dialect (exaggerated used of `dosu').
Alias: the Iemoto {^[$@2H85^[(J}
Voice: Ky\=oda Naoko {^[$@5~ED!!>0;R^[(J}
Miyako-ooji "main thoroughfare of the metropolis" {^[$@ETBgO)^[(J}
Satsuki "tea moon" {^[$@Cc7n^[(J}
The 1988 Miss Tea Ceremony, intended bride of Sentar\=o.
In Nett\=ohen, daughter of the "dark side" martial arts tea
ceremony school.
Sanae "tea sprout" {^[$@CcID^[(J}
In the manga, her monkey, trained in tea ceremony,
who improbably takes her place.
Entrance: Volume 6 part 10.
Name: Common name with unusual kanji.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 112. Volume 6 part 11.
Name: Common name with unusual kanji.
Yotar\=o {^[$@M?B@O:^[(J}
A weak little boy who doesn't like to go outside. He loves
pandas, and tells his mother he will go outside and play if
he gets a panda for Christmas. Looking for a good Christmas
tree, Genma gets lost and happens upon their mansion.
(`Maman')
His mother, who gratefully serves the panda
expensive delicacies.
Voice: Yokoo Mari {^[$@2#Hx!!$^$j^[(J}
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 57. Volume 14 part 6.
Voice: Matsui Naoko {^[$@>>0f!!:Z:y;R^[(J}
Picolette Chardin II
A blond-haired blue-eyed French prince. Able to slip huge
amounts of food in his incredibly flexible mouth, too quickly
to be seen (according to his family's manners).
Twenty years ago, a starving S\=oun and Genma, after losing
in a martial arts dinner contest and being presented with a
monstrous bill, promised one of their daughters to marry
into the Chardin family.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 87. Volume 16 part 8.
Name: French-sounding name of a Japanese toilet cleanser.
Distinctive features:
Blond-haired, blue-eyed gaijin. Can stretch his mouth
bigger than someone's head. Mixes French and Japanese.
Dialect:
Mixes katakana French words with very formal
Japanese (ex. `Bonjour de gozaimasu').
Voice: Namba Keiichi {^[$@FqGH!!7=0l^[(J}
Madame Saint-Paul
Monsieur Picolette's governess who trains Ranma in martial
arts dinner, so she can be a proper bride.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 87. Volume 16 part 9.
Name: Reference to floor cleaning spray.
Dialect:
Uses a dialect associated with snooty rich people
(ex. `zansu' instead of `desu').
Voice: Mita Y\=uko {^[$@;0ED!!$f$&;R^[(J}
Konj\=o (M-A-R-I-K-O) Mariko {^[$@:#>r!!%^%j;R^[(J}
A martial arts cheerleading expert from Seisyun Gakuen,
who strikes down her team's opponents while cheering. She
knocks down the entire F\=urinkan High volleyball team
except for Akane. She falls for Kun\=o Tatewaki and
challenges Ranma to a martial arts cheerleading contest
for him during their schools' upcoming kendo match..
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 136. Volume 21 part 7.
Dialect:
Constantly cheers out words alphabetically.
Weapons: Cheerleading implements (batons, pom-poms...)
Voice: Kobayashi Y\=uko {^[$@>.NS!!M%;R^[(J}
the shadow don (kage no don)
F\=urinkan High's school observer, appointed by its first
principal. Ranma discovers him running the long-neglected
second school store in the dark basement. The principal
wants to get rid of him, but he knows all of F\=urinkan's
secrets.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 98.
Voice: Masuoka Hiroshi {^[$@A}2,!!90^[(J}
Shirokuro "white and black" {^[$@%7%m%/%m^[(J}
In the manga, Ry\=oga's dog, age 4. The only one in
Ry\=oga's household that can find her way home. Appears on
television as a lost dog looking for her master, with a
litter of two-tone puppies that Akane adores.
In the TV series, a ninja dog that Ry\=oga rescues and
adopts.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 140. Volume 11 part 1.
Distinctive features:
White on one side, black on the other.
Name:
`Shiro' "white" and `Kuro' "black" are common dog
names.
ALSO FEATURING
Many characters appear for only one episode to set up a conflict, then
disappear, never to be seen again. There are far too many to list,
but here are a few of the more significant ones.
7 Fukud\=ojin "7 martial arts gods of luck"
When Happ\=osai trained in China, he stole a half scroll
containing a secret technique from the 7 Fukud\=ojin. The
legend of the scroll holds that a prince on a white horse
will come for the holder and make her happy, so he gives it
to an old woman when he tries to skip out on a restaurant
bill.
Name:
Based on the 7 Fukujin, the Seven Deities of Luck,
who come to Japan from afar in a treasure ship on
New Year's Eve, bringing good luck. The Seven
Deities are:
Bishamon(ten), the God of War and Defense, whose
spear is said to protect people from evil.
Daikoku(ten), the God of Wealth and Harvest, who
brings luck to farmers. He carries a huge treasure
sack and carries a magical gavel of luck.
Hotei, the potbellied God of Happiness and
Prosperity, who carries a huge sack of treasures to
ensure a happy and prosperous life like a treasure
hammer, a money-producing purse, etc.
Ben(zai)ten is the Goddess of Arts and Wisdom, a
talented beauty who plays the biwa.
Ebisu, the smiling God of Fishing and Commerce
worshipped by merchants, usually depicted with a
fishing rod and a huge red sea bream.
Fukurokuju, the God of Wealth and Longevity, a very
old man with a huge bald head a long full beard. He
holds a crooked cane with a scroll attached to the
top containing the secret to gaining wealth and
longevity. Usually accompanied by a crane, another
longevity symbol.
Jur\=ojin, the similar God of Longevity, who looks
very much like Fukurokuju. He holds a similar cane,
and also a flat fan in one hand. Usually
accompanied by a stag. He and Fukurokuju are
usually confused, though they have different
origins. They've been depicted playing karuta
together.
Entrance:
Movie: Ch\=ugoku Nekonron daikessen! Okite yaburi
no gekit\=o hen
Lychee
Granddaughter of the old woman Happ\=osai sold the scroll to,
who after a series of misfortunes, doubts the power of the
scroll and seeks Happ\=osai. She tracks him down to the
Tend\=o dojo and throws the scroll at him. It ends up in
Akane's hands, just as the "prince", Kirin, arrives.
Name:
From the Chinese evergreen that produces lychee
[l\`i zh\=i] nuts as fruit. In Japanese, this
is rendered as `Raichi'.
Voice: Tamagawa Sakiko {^[$@6L@n!!5*8J;R^[(J}
Jasmine
Lychee's ususual elephant with a powerful fighting spirit.
Kirin
The leader of the 7 Fukud\=ojin, who finally arrives just as
the scroll ends up in Akane's hands. He holds the other
half of the scroll, whose power comes when both halves are
used as a pair, so there is a rule that the bearers of the
two pieces must marry. He takes Akane away to his castle in
China. Ranma and company go to rescue her.
Voice: Shiozawa Kaneto {^[$@1vBt!!7s?M^[(J}
Ebiten {^[$@7CHfE7^[(J}
The Fukud\=ojin version of Ebisu, the god of fishing.
Guardian of the 5th gate.
Weapon: His fishing pole.
Voice: Yoshimura Y\=o {^[$@5HB<!!$h$&^[(J}
Daikokusei {^[$@Bg9u@1^[(J}
Daihakusei {^[$@BgGr@1^[(J}
The go-playing twins. Guardians of the 2nd gate.
Name:
Daikokusei doesn't resemble Daikoku, but takes part
of his name from him. Daihakusei has almost the same
name, but the kanji for "black" is replaced with
"white".
They look more alike than Fukurokuju and
Jur\=ojin, but instead of karuta, they play go
(Daikokusei plays black and Daihakusei plays white,
naturally).
Voice:
(Daikokusei) Koyasu Takehito {^[$@;R0B!!Ip?M^[(J}
(Daihakusei) Matono Mitsuaki {^[$@??EB!!8w><^[(J}
Bishamonten {^[$@Ht<VLgE7^[(J}
A formidable-looking warrior. Guardian of the 1st gate.
Name:
From Bishamon(ten), the God of War. The first two
kanji in the traditional name are replaced with
`hisha', the name of a shogi piece.
Weapon: A big polearm.
M\=u {^[$@L5^[(J}
The Fukud\=ojin version of Hotei. A walking wall. Guardian
of the 3rd gate.
Weapon: His tremendous belly.
Monron {^[$@%b%s%m%s^[(J}
The biwa-playing Fukud\=ojin version of Benten. Guardian of
the 4th gate.
Weapon: Her biwa, sharpened strings.
T\oma {^[$@%H%&%^^[(J}
A young martial artist on the magical island T\=ogenky\=o
with a spring that turns animals into animal-men. The cast
gets shipwrecked there and all the girls are kidnapped to
compete to be T\=oma's bride.
In a Japanese fairy tale, Momotar\=o, the Peach Boy, has
three followers, a dog, a bird, and a monkey. T\=oma's
three followers are:
Wan-tan
The dog man.
Name:
`wan' is the sound barking Japanese dogs.
Pun on wonton, as in Chinese soup.
Tori-sutan
The bird man
Name:
`tori' means bird, and he seems to be named
after Tristan of medieval romance.
Saru-toru
The monkey man.
Name:
`saru' means monkey. Pun on Jean-Paul
Sartre, French existentialist.
Entrance:
Movie: Kessen T\=ogenky\=o! Hanayome o torimodose!!
Jak\=o \=Och\=o no Matsuei {^[$@sM9a2&D+$NKvjc^[(J}
"Descendants of the Musk Dynasty"
A 1400-year-old dynasty of animal-stylist martial artists.
They throw wild animals into Nyannichuan to turn them into
women, and pour water from a magic bucket, the Chiisui-ton,
on them, keeping them in their cursed form permanently.
Their children inherit some of the abilities of the wild
animal their mother once was.
Mint [M\vin D\`u] "nimble + careless" {^[$@IREN^[(J}
A wolf-boy with superhuman speed, who has never seen a woman
before.
Entrance: Volume 24 part 1.
Distinctive features: Wears a wolf's scalp.
Weapons: Throws knives incredibly fast.
Lime [L\'ai M\`u] "come + friendly" {^[$@MhKS^[(J}
A tiger-boy with superhuman strength, who has never seen a
woman before either.
Distinctive features:
Wears tiger-skin loincloth and leg warmers.
Entrance: Volume 24 part 1.
Herb [H\=a F\vu?] "laugh + ?" {^[$@R}!R;3Jc!S^[(J}
Dragon-leader of the Musk Dynasty with the ability to fly.
When he threw a monkey in Nyanniichuan, he was so captivated
by his first sight of breasts, the monkey girl pushed him
into the spring too. Then, captivated by his/her new body,
the monkey girl splashed her with Chiisui-ton water. So
Herb comes to Japan in search of the long-lost opposite to
the Chiisui-ton, the Kaisui-f\=u.
Entrance: Volume 24 part 1.
Kinnii
A violent swordsman from the Guardians of Jusenky\=o.
The Guardians of Jusenky\=o are a secret organization that
keeps tabs on the 144 people who have fallen in the cursed
springs. They have three rules:
- Don't abuse the power to change.
- Don't use the power to hurt people.
- If you don't break those two rules, you can use the power.
Ranma, Genma, Ry\=oga, Shampoo, and Mousse have broken the
rules, so Kinnii volunteers to go to Japan to deal with them.
The committee vice-president goes along to keep him out of
trouble.
Kinnii is also cursed. He fell in Fuushanniichuan, where a
Buddhist monk drowned 999 years ago. When splashed with
cold water, he changes from a hulking swordsman into a
scrawny priest, and tries to repair all the damage he
caused.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 30.
Voice: Aono Takeshi {^[$@@DLn!!Ip^[(J}
Kaeru Sennin "frog wizard" {^[$@%+%(%k^[(J ^[$@@g?M^[(J}
Kaeru Sennin trains frogs to do tricks in a sidewalk show,
and more.
He was at Jusenky\=o training a frog to sit on a bamboo
pole. A boy attacking a panda kicked the poles out from
under them. Man and frog fell into the spring and came out
frog-man.
Seeking revenge, he fills a bottle of water from the Drowned
Frog Spring, and attacks anyone with a Jusenky\=o curse in
order to find Ranma.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 82.
Voice: Enji Ry\=uji {^[$@\G!!LxFs^[(J}
Harumaki {^[$@=U4,^[(J}
The ghost of an old man who enters Ranma's dreams. He
wishes to relive a date with lost love Gy\=oko-san, whom
the female Ranma reminds him of.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 126. Volume 20 part 9.
Pink [p\'i? k\ve?] {^[$@!R2&Hf!S2Q^[(J}
Link [l\'ing k\ve?] {^[$@NV2Q^[(J}
10 years ago, Cologne took Shampoo to the medicinal herb
village to stock up on herbal medicines. Prankster Pink
blew mandragora seeds on Shampoo, and poured water to make
them sprout. When Shampoo pulled off one of the poisonous
roots, it screamed and she collapsed. Link came along and
fed Shampoo some antidote. Mistaking Link for Pink, Shampoo
ungratefully punched Link away.
After Shampoo runs a big wedding announcement in the
newspaper, they show up to kill Ranma, so that Shampoo can
taste the same pain she gave Link.
Pink and Link grow many bizarre magical and poisonous
plants, all of which spring into full flower instantly.
Distinctive features:
Pink wears the kanji `doku' (poison) in white on
red. Link wears the kanji `yaku' (medicine) in
blue. Together, the characters mean a poisonous
drug.
Entrance: Volume 29 part 3.
Shinnosuke {^[$@??G72p^[(J}
An absent-minded boy who lives with his grandfather in the
forest setting monster traps, who saved Akane from a giant
monster when she was little.
Entrance: Volume 25 part 10.
Kumon Ry\=u {^[$@8xLf!!N5^[(J}
A martial artist who came by Ranma's scroll for the Saotome
school technique Yamasen-ken. After saving Ranma's mother
from a rampaging bear, Nodoka returns the scroll to him and
he gives his name as Saotome Ranma.
By infiltrating the Tend\=o dojo and pretending to be Ranma,
he hopes to find the technique the Yamasen-ken pairs with,
the Umisen-ken.
Entrance: Volume 28 part 1.
Kasha-\=O "extremely poor king" {^[$@2P<V2&^[(J}
Kinnosuke {^[$@6bG72p^[(J}
The son of the Iemoto [head of a school] of the Kasha-Oh
school of the art of sponging off others. Seven generations
of this school live their lives letting other people pay the
bills and never spending a penny of their own money.
But Kinnosuke finds a worthy opponent when he dates the
ultimate material girl, Tend\=o Nabiki.
Name:
The first character of Kinnosuke means "money".
The `Kasha' in Kasha-\=O means "chariot of fire", but
the characters can also mean "extreme poverty".
Entrance: Volume 29 part 9.
Ono Kin {^[$@>.G5!!$-$s^[(J}
T\=of\=u-sensei's mother, who comes to town toting a
butsudan [household shrine] to her dead husband. She also
brings a picture of a musclebound girl with good hips for
bearing grandchildren (her main qualification), whom she's
arranged for him to marry.
Entrance: Episode 14.
Voice: Oota Toshiko {^[$@B@ED!!=J;R^[(J}
Kinnosuke {^[$@6bG72p^[(J}
About 15 years ago, Genma trekked across a desert on martial
arts training, with baby Ranma on his back. Starving, he
came upon a man about to eat a fish he'd just cooked. Genma
begged for the food, and finally traded Ranma for a fish and
a bowl of rice. Years later, he shows up at the Tend\=o dojo
calling Ranma "son".
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 1.
Distinctive features:
Big ears.
Voice: Yoshimura Y\=o {^[$@5HB<$h$&^[(J}
Kaori {^[$@$+$*$j^[(J}
His daughter, whom he wants Ranma to marry. To resolve this
conflict between fiancees, Kaori challenges Akane to compete
in the Miss martial arts food delivery race to determine who
will marry Ranma.
(In the original manga story, the martial arts food delivery
race was between Shampoo, Akane, and Ranma, with Kun\=o
judging.)
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 1.
BACKGROUND CHARACTERS
A few background characters deserve a small mention.
Midorigame "green tortoise" {^[$@%_%I%j%,%a^[(J}
Kun\=o Kodachi's deceptively-named pet, who lives in the
moat at the Kun\=o mansion. Midorigame gives Ranma a nasty
surprise by being an alligator.
Entrance: Nett\=ohen episode 19. Volume 9 part 2.
Arumajiro-kun
In one manga story, Kun\=o Tatewaki's trusting pet dog and
poison tester for Kodachi's cooking.
Entrance: Volume 20 part 10.
Hiroshi {^[$@$R$m$7^[(J}
Brown-haired classmate who admires Akane (and the female
Ranma).
Entrance: Episode 5. Volume 1 part 8.
Name: Given in Nett\=ohen.
Voice: Tsujitani K\=oji {^[$@DTC+!!9L;K^[(J}
Daisuke {^[$@Bg2p^[(J}
Black-haired classmate who admires Akane (and the female
Ranma).
Entrance: Episode 5. Volume 1 part 8.
Name: Given in Nett\=ohen.
Voice: Koyasu Takendo {^[$@;R0B!!Ip?M^[(J}
Yuka {^[$@$f$+^[(J}
Akane's friend with long brown hair.
Name: Given in Nett\=ohen.
Voice: Toshima Masami {^[$@K-Eg!!$^$5$_^[(J}
Sayuri {^[$@$5$f$j^[(J}
Akane's friend with short black pony-tailed hair.
Name: Given in Nett\=ohen.
Voice: Kamei Yoshiko {^[$@550f!!K';R^[(J}
(`baa-san') {^[$@GL$5$s^[(J}
Little old lady who waters her plants (and occasional
passers-by) by the bridge en route from the dojo to the
high school.
Entrance: Episode 2. Volume 1 part 3.
Voice: Suzuki Reiko {^[$BNkLZ$l$$;R^[(J}
(`Shampoo no chichi' "Shampoo's father")
In the manga, Shampoo's father witnesses her fall into
Maoniichuan, and also works at the Neko Hanten restaurant.
(Only a background character, but he has a big part in the
PC Engine CD-ROM action game as the boss of the final
level.)
Voice: Ginga Banj\=o {^[$@6d2O!!K|>f^[(J}