Yutaro Yudono

Yutaro Yudono is the heir to a mountain hotel and hot springs resort that can be found somewhere in the Mountains of Japan, as well as a skilled practitioner of Bathhouse Fu. He only appears in the anime continuity of Ranma 1/2, making his sole appearance in the episode The Mixed-Bath Horror!

History
At some point in Yutaro's youth, his father, the original hotel owner, died of unknown causes, implied to be illness. His dying wish was for Yutaro to have children and carry on the family legacy... unfortunately, Yutaro did not really know how to manage a hotel, especially one so far from civilization. With its remote locale attracting only devoted martial artists, Yutaro felt that he would never meet any nice girls, and thusly never be able to complete his father's wishes.

To ease his bitterness, Yutaro began skulking around the hot springs and picking fights with the visiting martial artists, becoming a skilled practitioner of Bathhouse Fu. Unfortunately, his antics only hindered his cause; the hotel's springs developed a reputation as being haunted by some kind of monster, which chased off even that limited pool of clientele. The hotel's finances began to slip, and it looked like Yutaro was destined to lead it into ruin.

His chief manservant somehow learned of the Tendo Dojo, and mailed them some free tickets, leading to the whole Tendo family and all their assorted guests to come and stay at the hotel in curiosity. He had hoped that this family would bring some teenage girls with them, and lift Yutaro out of his funk; instead, Yutaro provoked the visitors to a fight by skirmishing with the men and spying on the women, culminating in a fierce battle with Ranma Saotome.

To the surprise of Ranma, Ryoga and Akane, it turned out that Yutaro, for all his inexperience with hotel management, was actually incredibly handsome! Having learned of his plight from his manservant, when Yutaro regained consciousness, they offered to help him in simultaneously reviving his hotel's fortunes and attracting girls to stay there. They did this by convincing Yutaro to run a televised advertising campaign, playing on Yutaro's good looks to attract teenage girls.

It worked like a charm; when next the Tendo Dojo's residents visited, the hotel had experienced a rebirth, and Yutaro was swamped in attractive girls eager to meet the handsome and wealthy young man.

Unfortunately for Akane, Yutaro proved to be about as good at expressing gratitude as he was with managing the hotel in the first place, ignoring her to focus on his admiring groupies instead.

Personality
Yutaro is a cunning and tactically adept fighter, but not very smart when it comes to matters of business. He is also implied to be rather immature, or at least self-centered, as shown by both his reign of terror over his own springs and his lack of gratitude towards Akane despite the role she played in restoring his hotel's fortunes. He comes off as rather selfish.

Abilities
Yutaro is a skilled practitioner of Bathhouse Fu; having been self-taught, he displays no named special techniques, at least in the dubbed anime, but his mastery of the basics cannot be understated. He is able to hold his breath for prolonged periods of time, allowing him to lurk mostly or completely underwater as he spies on bathers and readies himself to attack. He has a considerable tolerance for heat, allowing him to endure prolonged periods of activity within the steaming hot waters of the springs without being drained by them, and likewise is adept at detecting opponents through the dense steam that blankets his chosen fighting grounds.

In combat, Yutaro relies primarily on ambushes and hit-and-run tactics, springing out at his foe from a submerged hiding spot to attack them and then retreating back into the safety of the deep water if they resist this original attack. He uses barrages of pails, tubs and soap as weapons from afar, and in melee can bolster his punches, kicks, throws and grapples by using a towel to baffle, blind and bind his enemies.