List of Minor Characters

Manga Only Characters
The following Ranma ½ minor characters appear only in the manga and are listed alphabetically.

Note: Japanese names are in the Western order (given name, then family name).

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, did not 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.

She always carries an empty frame and a bouquet of white lilies to quickly pose as a living portrait of herself.

Cursed Bathing Suit
One day Ranma and the others had gone to a beach that claims to have been terrorized by a demon dog that dragged helpless girls to the bottom of the ocean. In actuality it was really an abandoned bathing suit with an image of a Dog Demon on it thrown away by its owner because her boyfriend Natsuhiko said it was too ugly. When Ranma dives underwater to fight the "dog demon", he passes out and wakes up (in girl form) on the beach in the bathing suit. It tells Ranma that its purpose was to be worn and complimented by Natsuhiko. If it does not receive a compliment by sundown, it will return to the sea, dragging Ranma with it. It refuses the compliment offered from Natsuhiko (since he is now an old man, the bathing suit refuses to believe that it is actually him) and instead insists on being complimented by Tatewaki, who according to Natsuhiko looks just like him as a youth. Ranma goes on a date with Tatewaki to get the compliment, however Tatewaki also believes the suit is ugly and won't compliment it. Although happy at being worn on a date, the suit is not satisfied without the compliment and begins to drag off Ranma at sunset. Tatewaki finally says that the bathing suit was beautiful on Ranma and it is later implied he thought this all along. Satisfied, the suit ascends to heaven.

Demon Sakura Tree
The Demon Sakura Tree is an evil spirit who lives inside a cherry tree. When Tatewaki carved a declaration of love to the 'Pigtailed girl' on it, the spirit felt offended and possessed him, merging with him and turning Tatewaki into a Cherry Tree Man. Apparently, the only way to break the curse was for Tatewaki to date his true love, but since he had just written '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 Tatewaki. 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.

Densuke
Densuke is a sickly teenage boy who is on the brink of death because he refused to take his medicine from the very ugly nurses at the hospital. Despite his innocent and ill appearance, he is actually an extremely perverted, flirtatious, butt rubbing, filthy lecher who would rather die than be touched by a hideous woman. One day Densuke was staring out his hospital window watching the autumn leaves fall from the tree as he waited for the last one to fall which would symbolize the time of his death. That day, a female Ranma was picking apples in the same tree, knocking down leaves even faster, which panicked him. He yelled at her to stop. But after seeing Ranma's beauty, he told his mother and doctors that he would take the medicine if she fed it to him. When Ranma gave it to him, he refused, saying he would only take it if she wore a sexy nurse outfit and gave it to him mouth to mouth. Ranma quickly refused but went along with it after some convincing from Densuke's mother and doctor. He did eventually receive his medication mouth to mouth—from his huge-lipped physician (though he didn't know it).

Trivia


 * His personality and tendencies are very similar to Miroku the lecherous monk, a character from Rumiko Takahashi's other series InuYasha.

Hayato Myojin
(Myojin Hayato) Hayato Myojin is a takoyaki chef who has a bitter rivalry with Ukyo Kuonji. He also owns a small octopus as a pet named Patorashu.

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 their 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. He can now remove the mask, if Ranma hadn't glued it to his face after he did the same for taking his mask off.

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 was the constant victim of panty thieves. All the panties and bras on its clotheslines got stolen every night, except for the headmistress's undergarments. She died feeling ugly, old and rejected. She hoped Happosai would steal her underwear but he refused to swipe such hideous bloomers. After she explained to Ranma and Akane that if he didn't steal her underwear before midnight, Happosai would die and be cursed to forever roam the Earth as a molesting spirit, Ranma became very motivated to make the latter do so. However, he remained unwilling, since they belonged to an ugly old woman. Frustrated with the ancient pervert's stubbornness, Ranma stuffed the bag containing Happosai's raid for the night into a pair of bloomers. When the aged grandmaster snatched the bag back, the headmistress gleefully squealed "PANTY THIEF!", allowing her to finally rest in peace. Happosai, on the other hand, was disgusted.

Jizo
Jizo is a stone statue of the bodhisattva of the same name that is located in a small shrine near some stairs. After Mousse gives the statue a scarf that was originally intended for Shampoo, Jizo seeks to repay him by giving him what he desires the most, namely, dates with Shampoo. It does this by assuming Shampoo’s form and coming to visit Mousse at the Cat Café that same night. Although Jizo hardly looks like the real Shampoo and is a very heavy statue, Mousse is unable to see the difference even with his glasses on, believes that it really is her, and does not notice its weight. He goes on a series of dates with Jizo in the guise of Shampoo over the next several nights which to him appear romantic and elegant, but are really gross exaggerations of the mundane surroundings that the dates take place in.

These dates and his normal work greatly tax Mousse and raise Shampoo’s suspicions over his sudden change in behavior. With Ranma and Akane, she tails Mousse to one of his rendezvous with Jizo. Seeing an opportunity to finally get him off her back, she eagerly gives him to the statue. Ranma tries to get Mousse’s scarf back from Jizo and lift its hold on him, but his attempts are successfully rebuffed.

When Mousse is eventually put in a cage in the Cat Café to restrain him, Jizo comes for him by breaking through a wall and helping him escape. Later Jizo again rebuffs Ranma’s attempts to take back the scarf, but it eats some ramen that Shampoo was tricked into delivering by Akane. Wanting to repay Shampoo, Jizo then takes on Ranma’s likeness. It is only after Shampoo gives Mousse a scarf that she was originally knitting for Ranma that Jizo considers its debt to Mousse paid and ceases to transform, staying in its shrine with the scarf that he gave it. Though he only appears in the Manga, one of the Seven Lucky Gods martial artists from the first movie, Wu, bears a vague resemblance to Jizo.

Katsunishiki
Akari Unryu's pig Katsunishiki was raised and trained by her since he was a suckling and is now the 14th yokozuna (grand champion). He returns the favor by acting as her protector and is also Akari's primary mode of transportation, carrying her around on his back.

Katsunishiki is rampaging through Nerima when he encounters Ryoga. Due to a promise made with her grandfather, Akari can only marry someone who defeats Katsunishiki, so she becomes instantly infatuated with Ryoga when he makes short work of her pet pig.

When Akari later visits Ryoga at his home, Katsunishiki punches a hole in a wall to gain entry. After Akane also arrives and Ryoga is running back and forth between her and Akari, Ranma disguises Katsunishiki as Akane, but even Ryoga does not fall for this shallow disguise. While Katsunishiki is a manga-only character, in episode 108 of the anime, a bull named Charlie, (Gertie in the dub), has several attributes that are similar to that of the pig.

Kinnosuke Kashao
Kinnosuke Kashao is the only son and the seventh in line of the Kashao school of martial arts, which specializes in not spending a single yen and passing on all their bills to others. Due to this lifestyle Kinnosuke lives in a cardboard box in the park. He always carries around a ventriloquist's dummy named April who acts as his personal butler. After Nabiki finished conning a guy out of all his money on a date, she received an anonymous challenge that would take place in a high class restaurant. At first she thought it was a martial arts match and sent Ranma-chan as her stand-in. As they waited at the restaurant for the challenger's arrival it turned out to be Kinnosuke who actually wanted to date her. After hearing of his rich heritage Nabiki agreed, hoping to con him out of everything he had, as during their whole date he said that he would cover all expenses. After Nabiki came home however, she found out that he had charged everything to the Tendo Dojo and nearly left them bankrupt. She then confessed that she thought that Kinnosuke was her first love.

The next day Nabiki, along with Ranma and Akane, challenged Kinnosuke to a match / date and the first one to spend a single yen would lose. After numerous expensive outings they went on a private helicopter ride, but the helicopter had no pilot and Kinnosuke bailed out, leaving the others with an enormous debt, with the only way to stop the helicopter from falling being to deposit 10 yen into the auto-pilot. After sharing a few fake tears with his dummy April, Kinnosuke opened his parachute, but discovered that it was a dud placed by Nabiki. Soon enough, Nabiki, Ranma and Akane followed him in bailing out and Nabiki tried to reason with Kinnosuke to buy a parachute from her for 10 yen. He flatly refused and fell straight to the ground. Kinnosuke survived his fall and gave Nabiki the number of his personal physician, but the price to use the phone was 10 yen, so to pay she took April from Kinnosuke and made him give her the 10 yen. Nabiki accidentally dialled 911, which was a free call, so the match still continued, but as a last minute effort she told Kinnosuke she would be keeping the 10 yen as a keepsake of their night together. Thus Nabiki won the match and Kinnosuke had to pay all the debt, but after being hospitalized he disappeared from his room and was never seen again.

The "Kin" in his name means "a small quantity of gold" or "10,000 yen" which refers to his want of money, while "suke" means assistance. When read Kashao means "King of Borrowing" which points to his talent for getting other people to pay for him. But the kanji used to write the name means "King of Flaming Chariot".

Konatsu's parents
They were honest, kind, and caring people, and a 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 misery, he remarried Kotetsu, but afterwards he died an unexplained death as well, which left Konatsu to be raised by his evil stepmother and stepsisters.

Kotetsu, Koume, and Koeda
They are Konatsu's hideous, big lipped step family and they were in charge of the Sexy Kunoichi Tea Shop before Happosai destroyed it. Kotetsu 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.

Lukkosai
Lukkosai (Rakkyosai) is Happosai's childhood friend. Happosai has said that they had always called each other "Happy" and "Lucky". When they were teenagers in China, Happosai stole Lukkosai's Brocide Butterfly (a tablet of Rainbow colored ink), which caused their friendship to crumble, and they never spoke again. His personality and perversion is identical to Happosai's, beyond that Lukkosai seems somewhat more refined/devious, compared to the latter's slighly more easygoing nature. They are also both martial arts masters, but Lukkosai specializes in martial arts painting. He tends to use his child form to get sympathetic hugs from and fondle young women.

In recent years Lukkosai went to Jusenkyo to find a spring that could make him a teenager again, but he instead became a 9 year old boy, having fallen into the Spring of Drowned Child. 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 reminiscing about their youth leading them to work together to get prints of girl Ranma's breasts, but they restarted their vicious feud shortly thereafter. Ranma eventually got them to stop by given them each a print of what they think was each of her breasts (actually of a Tanuki statue). Despite Lukkosai's absence from the anime, a character that is exclusive to the Anime called Chingensai is also a good friend of Happosai and he is also on much friendlier terms with him than Happosai is with Lukkosai in the Manga.

Attacks

It is uncertain just how skilled a martial artist Lukkosai is, but he seems to be of at least Ranma's level, and at most Happosai's/Cologne's. He has been able to swiftly defeat Ranma 1-on-1, when not distracted by being focused on Happosai, and displayed a higher degree of running/body movement speed.

Mantenmaru
Mantenmaru is a large boar and is Shussemaru's fellow mascot at the temple where prayer tablets are sold with Shussemaru's likeness on them. It is implied that he is as hideous as Shussemaru. After Shussemaru had a beautiful painting of himself made and Hinako drained his battle aura, the temple priest decided to sell paintings of the temple's other sacred animal, Mantenmaru. After Ranma commented about the painting's hideousness, Mantenmaru's wrath was evoked.

Occhan
Occhan is Ukyo's friend who runs the Heracles okonomiyaki restaurant. He obtained the legendary Cursed Spatula, of which it was said that only a true okonomiyaki master could wield it. He, however, failed and suffered the curse's wrath, having to call on Ukyo for help. With Ranma, she came to his restaurant to find the spatula and tried to make okonomiyaki with it, but due to the curse the spatula had a mind of its own and shot blasts of immense heat every time someone tried to use it to make okonomiyaki.

Occhan's head is also shaped like a spatula which has nothing to do with the curse, but is strange nonetheless.

Pink and Link
Pink and Link (Pin Ke and Lin Ke,Hinku and Rinku) 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 is sadistic, ruthless and cheerful, gladly sacrificing any innocents that come in her way. Link is righteous, considerate and serious, and generally saves Pink's victims or anyone sickly she comes across, turning sad when she gets wrongly blamed. However, they are both loyal to each other, and collaborate when taking revenge for injustices.

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 cheerfully poisoned Shampoo to try out her new mandragora herb, after which a concerned Link found 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 both the herbalist twins about a hundred times each, and repeated the "punishment" for years each time she had occasion to visit, unmindful that Link was innocent. Years later, the Nyuuchezu newspaper prints a story saying Shampoo has married Ranma. After reading that, the twins go to Japan; Pink poisons Ranma, but then Link cures him (not realising female-Ranma is who she came to kill), but Ranma, mistaking Link for her sister just as Shampoo did, yells at her. 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, and uses one of them to trade her life for Ranma's when he gets poisoned. Ultimately, Ranma manages to save the four unconscious girls by using the fire rod that Cologne gave to Akane to launch himself high into the air and burn down the forest the herbalist twins created around Furinkan High School. But after taking the full impact of a high fall while carrying the girls, he spent the next week in bed with broken legs. In return the twins left for China, leaving the antidote to their poison behind. When they got home, they told the village newspaper that Shampoo's groom was a weakling to complete their revenge. Despite they are characters exclusive to the Manga, two chinese amazons in the anime called Ling Ling and Lung Lung are very similar to each other.

Plum
Plum is the Jusenkyo’s guide’s young daughter. She knows much about Jusenkyo and its relationship with Jusendo, but does not yet have her father's breadth of knowledge about both subjects. Although none of the five main cursed characters meet her until she arrives in Japan, Plum knows a lot about them as well. In the Jusenkyo guide's absence, Plum proves to be a brave and steadfast ally who is unconditionally willing to help Ranma and his friends, despite her young age.

After her father disappears following his confrontation with the Phoenix people, Plum on her own makes her way to Japan in order to bring the Jusenkyo map to the main five cursed characters. Ranma saves her from a large flock of crows and Koruma and Masara, taking her to the Cat Cafe where she reveals the map and a warning that all the Jusenkyo springs will dry up if the Phoenix people recover it.

Although she is able to warn Ranma that Shampoo was able to defeat the other bearers of the Jusenkyo map one on one just before he fights her, the warning proves moot as Shampoo simply transforms into a cat and gets Ranma's piece of the map when he subsequently crashes into a tree. Plum returns to China with Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse, and Genma to serve as their guide. She stays with them after their encounter with Saffron and subsequent infiltration of his palace on Mt. Phoenix. After the Jusenkyo map is recovered, she becomes its guardian, but Kiima is able to steal it back after disguising herself as Akane.

Following the drying up of the Jusenkyo springs, Plum reveals that she knows the way to Jusendo, but can only recall half of what its interior is like. When the group runs into difficulties after encountering Shampoo and Genma switches sides thanks to the imprinting eggs, Plum activates a hidden door that enables them to escape from Shampoo and brings them to a passageway leading to the boiler room. It ends up opening into the interior of Mt. Phoenix however, where they come across Akane attempting to escape. Ranma tries to rescue her, but he and the others end up falling into a fish-shaped pipe, eventually coming out of the Phoenix tap. Plum is reunited with her father after Saffron begins his transformation and the group escapes to the Jusenkyo guide’s retreat home on Jusendo. After Ranma slices the Phoenix tap with the Gekkaja and the group loses track of him, Plum discovers where he and Shampoo are by listening through a wall in the house with a glass.

Ryoga's Grandparents
During Ryoga's battle with Lime, he was nearly strangled to death, which caused him to have a near death experience. His deceased grandparents appeared before him, telling him to turn back and not give up.

Ryoga's Parents
Like Ryoga, his parents also lack a sense of direction and have never been seen in person in either the Anime or the Manga. The few times Ryoga's mother manages to make her way home, she usually leaves her son something to eat in the kitchen, but by the time he gets home it has already spoiled. She also sets traps in case of burglars. An example would be the numerous pots and pans that were dropped on Ryoga and Akari's heads during Akane's visit. Ryoga's father usually calls to see if Ryoga or his wife are at home. He was also the one who told Ryoga he did not have a sister when Ranma posed as one, using false fangs as a disguise, possibly the first time that the two spoke in years.

Ryu Kumon's Father
One day Ryu Kumon's father had an encounter with Genma Saotome. After Genma found out about the Kumons' financial problems, he gave Ryu's father a scroll containing the deadly secret art of Yamasenken, a.k.a. Fist of One Thousand Mountains. This led Ryu's father to believe he could use the Yamasenken to restore his dojo, but when he used the technique he ended up destroying it, causing it to fall on top of him which led to his death. With his last moments of life he gave Ryu the scroll and told him to find the scroll containing the companion Umisenken.

Attacks Before his death he had mastered three moves of the Yamasenken style:


 * Dokuja Tanketsu Shou (Japanese for Poisonous Serpent Searching Hole Palm): Fierce open palm snake strike to the chest area.
 * Kaichü Houju Satsu (Japanese for Jewel Held in One's Pocket Kill): Armlocked Bearhug submission maneuver while holding one arm behind the back.
 * Mouko Kaimon Ha (Japanese for Fierce Tiger Opening Gate Defeat): Deliver a powerful kick through the opponent's guard by separating their arms.

Saffron’s chamberlain
An unnamed, elderly man who seems to be the closest person to Saffron. His position is not explicitly stated, but is implied, as he is shown approaching Saffron when he is in the bath and within his bedchamber, as well as presenting Kiima, Koruma and Masara to Saffron after they recover the Jusenkyo map. Other than Saffron, he is the only other person of authority who the Phoenix people, including Kiima, defer to, making him more than just a servant to Saffron. The chamberlain tries various measures to ease Saffron’s longing for a hot spring when he is in Mt. Phoenix that are well-intended, but end up irritating Saffron, such as using chalk dust from an eraser and cooking fish in Saffron’s bedchamber to remind him of the steam.

The chamberlain is the only person who knows how to reveal the true Jusenkyo map and that the various entrances that lead into Jusendo are largely traps. He also guides Saffron through his transformation process. The chamberlain’s age and knowledge of what this process fully entails imply that he fulfilled this function to previous rulers of Mt. Phoenix, as none of the other Phoenix people recognize the potential threat to them when Saffron begins his transformation or the implications of Saffron’s premature hatching, as he does not have his heat regulating ability yet. The chamberlain tries to have Masara and Koruma retrieve the Kinjakan for Saffron, but his method of choosing who does so (by having them play janken) annoys them and they throw him at it. One of Kiima’s attacks frees it however, before he can get to it. Following Ranma’s battle with Saffron and the altering of the underground water vein beneath Jusendo, the chamberlain realizes that the battle’s outcome actually benefits Mt. Phoenix, enabling the Phoenix people to live in peace and leave things as they are without having to go through the same process again of disrupting the Jusendo water for Saffron's transformation in the future. Curiously Herb's vizier looked quite similar from behind.

Sanae
A pet monkey that Satsuki sends in her place to marry Sentaro. Despite being a monkey, Sanae is adept in martial arts tea ceremony and proves to be a difficult opponent for Ranma. Despite being featured on the cover art for the DVD release of the Tea Ceremony saga, she never appeared in the Anime.

Saotome family ancestors
During the summer, Genma and Ranma went to their ancestors' tombstone to perform a ritual to prove Ranma's manliness. In order to prove it, he needed to punch the tomb with all his strength. However, after knocking it down, the tomb stone popped out, giving Ranma a quick uppercut. As it turns out, it was actually a trap that the ancestors placed to keep future descendants from stealing the family heirloom, which Genma wanted to pawn for money. After stealing the box containing the heirloom, Genma took it to a pawn shop, but the ancestors had already pawned it.

Shampoo's Father
Shampoo's bald, bespectacled, and moustache-wearing, "stereotypically Chinese" father has only appeared occasionally as a background character in the manga or anime.

He was present together with the Jusenkyo Guide during Cologne's retraining of her great-granddaughter over the springs of Jusenkyo, and became very concerned after Shampoo fell in the spring of Neko-niichuan. He was initially seen working in the kitchen of the Cat Café, or vending their dishes to the audience for a formal bout between Ranma and Mousse, but quickly disappeared, and rarely if ever spoke again beyond his first appearances. He does not appear in the anime. It is also not known if he is a blood relative of Cologne or merely related to her through his wife (Shampoo's mother), who is never mentioned in the series.

However, he did appear as the final opponent of an early 90s video game, wherein he challenged Ranma due to the perceived bad treatment of his daughter. He was here voiced by Banjo Ginga (Japanese) and Terry Klassen (English).

Shotgun bean plant
During the Oni festival, Soun purchased a small plant called The Shotgun Bean Plant, which was said to have the ability to drive away Onis. It could fly and shoot out beans from its mouth at incredible speed similar to a machine gun. When Nabiki came home wearing an Oni mask, the shotgun bean plant quickly mistook her for the real thing and began to go berserk, shooting everything and everyone in sight. After much struggle, Kasumi managed to easily grab it and throw it in the garbage can.

Shussemaru
Shussemaru the horse was destroying the lucky charms of the temple he lived in because he hates the accurate portrayal of himself on the charms. Shussemaru thinks of himself as a beautiful stallion, and punishes those who depict him realistically as being ugly. Ukyo tries to appease him by drawing him as he sees himself, but Hinako makes him angry when she childishly draws doodles on the picture. She stops his rampage by performing her ki-draining attack on him. His name means pure success, which is a pun for his rather proud personality and his falsely believed success.

Yohyo Tsuruyasennen
While eating a picnic outside, Yohyo's meal was interrupted by a starving Ranma who happened to be in girl form at the time. Apparently oblivious to the young man's presence, Ranma stepped on Yohyo's head and devoured his meal before running off. The only thing Yohyo saw was a girl with a pigtail, and he quickly fell in love with her. He then swore on his life to find the mysterious Stomperella.

One day while Ranma was at the beach, she got lost in the ocean and drifted to Heron Island. She searched through the island and found a beautiful castle. After letting herself in she quickly searched for food until she arrived at the garden and saw hundreds of red-haired pigtailed girls enjoying a party hosted by Yohyo, the owner of the castle. He was having each of the girls step on his head to see which foot matched the footprint on his head, but none fit and he soon gave up. After all of the girls had had their try, the butler suggested Ranma, the last girl in attendence, try it out. The foot matched perfectly. Yohyo was filled with joy as he had finally found his Stomperella.

Yohyo explained that his family was on the verge of bankruptcy. Heron Island was once home to a thriving hot springs resort run by Yohyo's family. But some time prior to their meeting, a boulder had clogged the intake, drying up the spring, forcing the resort to close. Feeling sorry for Yohyo, Ranma shattered the boulder, which restored the springs' vibrancy and allowed the resort to re-open. Prior to shattering the boulder, he had warned Yohyo not to peek, intending to flee the scene after doing so. Yohyo, however, did look and saw Ranma's true form, and is left stunned and heart-broken as Ranma leaves the island. The two never crossed paths again.

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.

Dojo Destroyer
The Dōjō Yaburi, or Dojo Destroyer, is a huge man who specializes in challenging various martial arts dojos. His real name is never mentioned. When victorious, he takes 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.

In the manga, the Dojo Destroyer wore a white gi, had yellow skin and almost never spoke, fighting silently and restlessly. In the anime, however, he was a dark-skined man wearing a green gi, and was much more talkative, boasting about his past fights and taunting his opponents. He has a cameo appearance in the first movie as one of the larger characters seen pursuing Happosai, Ranma, and Akane. , Robert O. Smith (1), Ward Perry (2) (English).

Gambling King
The Gambling (Bakuchioh) King, who bears a striking resemblance to the 'King' Poker card, is a gambler who specializes in conning children, the only opponents he can actually defeat, out of their savings or other valuables 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 had wagered. Enraged by their losses, the young duo turned on the gambler, wrapped him up 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 to reclaim the dojo by cheating, since he has a bad poker face. The Gambling King makes later cameo appearances in the beginning of the first movie, and in the OVA "Tendo Family Christmas Scramble". In the latter, he is wrapped up in a tatami and kicked out the party after winning a hand with a royal straight flush. He was a playable character in Ranma ½: Hard Battle for the SNES. .

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 when 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 fulfill the old man's fantasy. In the end, Harumaki fully recovered from his illness.

Harumaki first appears in the anime in episode 144 Run Away With Me, Ranma!, and was seen along with every other anime character in the Ranma ½ OAV The Tendo Family Christmas Scramble. (Elder), (Younger).

Harumaki's Grandson
Harumaki's Grandson is a young man who's real name is never mentioned. He seeks out the female Ranma in order for her to take his grandfather on a date, hoping that it will improve his poor condition. .

Hiroshi and Daisuke
Hiroshi can have multiple meanings, including "great soldier" and "abundant." Daisuke can be translated to mean "brotherly affection" or "assistance." Their surnames are never mentioned in the series.

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 looking at him when he is in his girl form, noting "Why can't there be more girls like him?" The entire school found out (except for Kuno and the teachers) during Mousse's first appearance in the manga but in the anime it was a secret until very late in the series. It should be noted that their names were never mentioned in the Manga and that after the story arc when Hinako tries to teach Akane to swim, they vanished and were never mentioned again.

(Hiroshi), (Daisuke).

Legendary Phoenix
One day Kuno bought a phoenix egg from an antiques salesman so he could learn the phoenix sword technique. Despite the shopkeeper's admonition not to place the egg on his head, Ranma unknowingly did so, causing the egg to hatch. The phoenix was revealed to be a hideous, pudgy bird with a phoenix-like tail. The first thing it saw was Ranma, imprinting on him as its enemy, which it would attack relentlessly. It could also generate a blinding flash of light as a defensive mechanism to keep attackers at bay. The only way to stop the phoenix was to using some growth pellets sold to him by the shopkeeper which would make the phoenix leave the nest (the top of Kuno's head) faster than the 100 years it would otherwise take.

The phoenix ate the growth pellets, but grew so large that it nearly destroyed half the neighborhood. In the end, it finally left the top of Kuno's head only to leave another phoenix egg behind.

In the third movie, the phoenix was shown to imprint on a new enemy at the beginning of each day, imprinting on Akane when she went to deliver food to Ranma early in the morning, who was forced to camp overnight in an abandoned lot with Kuno and the phoenix in a tent. Although Ranma's initial attempts to feed the phoenix some growth pellets were defeated by Kuno, he was able to shove a bunch into its mouth in his girl form, making the phoenix grow and overshadowing Kuno's head. This made it easier to feed the phoenix because Kuno could not see, but the phoenix grew increasingly violent as it continued to grow, becoming so large that it could fly around at great speed and easily carry Kuno, while causing swathes of destruction with the downforce of the wind it generated while flying. Along with Akane and Ryoga's help, Ranma was able to keep feeding phoenix and Shampoo and Ukyo tried to attack it, but it generated a blinding flash of light that kept physical attacks at bay. At the end of the day, all the growth pellets had been used up, but in a blinding flash of light the phoenix left Kuno's head and flew away, leaving behind another egg. .

Madame Saint Paul
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. Her name in the sub is Madame Sanporu, the romaji for "Saint Paul". .

Maomolin the Bakeneko
Maomolin is a giant bakeneko 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. He eventually challenged Ranma to a fight for Shampoo, but was defeated by the Cat Fist, 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 reentered them. Also, the curse would lock her in cat form after the New Year's bells had rung 108 times unless her true love kissed her. Mousse, Ranma, and Akane managed to save Shampoo, even though Mousse was not thrilled by the way Maomolin’s curse had to be broken: the true love the Ghost Cat referred to was Ranma, not himself.

Maomolin appeared a few more times in the anime. In "Ryoga's Proposal", he possessed Ryoga to try and help win over Akane as a way of thanking Ryoga for saving him from a pack of wild dogs (he also claimed that Ryoga is even shyer than he is, and he calls him pathetic). In "The Battle For Miss Beachside", he went to the beach with the rest of the cast and became obsessed with Tsubasa Kurenai after seeing him in a swimsuit contest. He also had a brief cameo in "Tatewaki Kuno, Substitute Principal", wreaking havoc on Furinkan High with Happosai while Principal Kuno was away. Maomolin also has a cameo appearance in the first movie as one of the larger characters seen pursuing Happosai, Ranma, and Akane.

Maomolin is weak and cannot fight at all, but he has a set of magical abilities that allow him to cast spells or curses on people, hide in his flying bell, or even possess them. He can be exorcised by physical assault.

His voice was originally done by the late Kazumi Tanaka in his first appearance in the Japanese version. However, after Tanaka left the series, he was replaced by You Yoshimura in Season 5. After Yoshimura's death, Masahiro Anzai provided Maomolin's voice for Season 7. Maomolin is voiced by Samuel Vincent in the dub.

Niku Men
The Niku men are four bald midgets with heads shaped like niku (Japanese stuffed buns). The group consists of Niku-Man, Pizza-Man, An-Man and Curry-Man, and their heads are shaped like bean, pork, pizza and curry buns. They came from China seeking the Dragon's Whisker that Ranma wore to secure his pigtail. If the Dragon Whisker was mixed in a soup before 1,000 years passed, any bald man who drank it would regain their hair and those who already possessed hair would have it continuously grow until they became bald. This led the Niku Men to attack Ranma, who used the whisker to keep his hair from continuously growing, as he had previously consumed the soup. Also involved were Ranma's father and Happosai, both of whom are also bald. The Niku Men eventually succeeded in obtaining the sacred hair growth tool, but by the time they did, 1,000 years had already passed, rendering its power useless. They later have a cameo appearance in the beginning of the first movie riding on top of Maomolin.

In the Japanese version they are voiced by Isamu Tanonaka (Niku-Man), Shigeru Chiba (Curry-Man), Bin Shimada (An-Man), and Arihiro Hase (Pizza-Man). In the English dub they are voiced by Alec Willows (Niku-Man), Samuel Vincent (Curry-Man), Donald Brown (An-Man), and Nick Misura (Pizza-Man).

Old Washer Woman
An old woman who is frequently splashing water at the front of her house. Ranma, Ryoga, and the other cursed characters are her accidental victims. She did not appear in the OAVs, but she was in the second OAV opening theme. Her seiyu was Reiko Suzuki, and Janyse Jaud supplied her English voice.

Oni
The Oni was a cartoonish, goofy looking pipsqueak that wasn't very bright. He was imprisoned in a box 5,000 years ago by a monkey priest, but the box rotted, allowing him to escape. He went around possessing Kuno, Ryoga and others to do supposedly "evil" deeds. The only way to exorcise him was to hit the possessed. Once he possessed Kasumi, nobody wanted to hit her. He was released by a sutra the Oni Temple priest had.

In the anime, during the time he spent inside Kasumi, he 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 destroy all of Japan. He set his eyes on Ranma as his first victim, but at that moment Happosai returned from his recent raid. The oni sensed his immense amount of evil energy, and possessed 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. In the manga he is very weak and stupid, more of a nuissance than an actual threat.

Oni are beasts from traditional Japanese folklore; powerful, magically-talented ogres with one to three horns on their head clothed in tiger skins.

The Oni's voice was done by Kozo Shioya in the Japanese version and in the English dub his voice was done by Paul Dobson.

Orochi
The Yamata no Orochi is the guardian of Ryugenzawa. It is a giant, eight-headed dragon serpent that sleeps at the bottom of the Spring of Life. The eighth and largest head actually forms its body, with the seven smaller heads at the opposite end. This head and the seven smaller heads are shown in the manga to be capable of independent thought, although in the OVA they are also shown to be capable of acting in concert with each other. The magic moss that grows on the largest head when mixed with the lake water becomes the Water of Life, which makes the animals that drink it grow to monstrous proportions. This moss was also found to be capable of healing Shinnosuke's fatal wounds.

Although it is normally dormant, a sign that the Orochi is awakened is when the numerous springs throughout Ryugenzawa begin to dry up, because the Orochi blocks the source of the water with its largest head. As a result, the animals revert to their normal sizes because the Water of Life has been withdrawn from them. The Orochi is a wine-lover and a pervert that loves to eat beautiful women, and will kill any male in its way. Despite its size, all the heads are very fast, including the largest head. The smaller heads can also breathe fire (portrayed more as energy blasts in the OVA) if sufficiently provoked. It is Ranma's most powerful non-human adversary, and was only defeated by Akane blowing the Horn Whistle, which made its heads drowsy and eliminated its will to fight. The Orochi then returned to the lake where it dived in and returned to sleep. The moss growing on it began to mix with the lake water again, restoring the Water of Life. The Orochi's voice effects were done by Toshihiko Nakajima.

Panda Scribble
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. In the anime, she is able to briefly assume a human form that in contrast to her panda form is quite beautiful. She was voiced by Mika Kanai (Japanese version) and Jocelyn Loewen (English Dub).

Pantyhose Taro's Mother
Pantyhose Taro's mother 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 finally he gave him the perfect name: "Pantyhose Taro". What ever happened to her after this is unknown. In the anime, she greatly resembles Akane, but with light blue hair color.

Picolet Chardin III
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. It turns out that the rules dictate that the mouth of the participants must not visibly move during a duel, otherwise, the contestant will be penalized for lack of elegance. As the members of the aristocratic Chardin Family have the ability to stretch their mouths and tongue in a superhuman way, this constitutes a seemingly insurmountable handicap.

Eventually, after enduring gruesome training under Madame St. Paul, Ranma managed to defeat Picolet and free the Tendo sisters from the engagement agreement. Unfortunately, Picolet returned to the dojo shortly thereafter to claim the money Ranma owed him for the food they ate during their first duel. It was never shown in either the anime or manga whether he actually managed to pay at that time, or promised to do so at some point in the future.

Picolet appeared a second time in the anime, where he was suspected of suffering of vampirism. During this incident, Ranma finally revealed his curse to the other boy, shocking him back into his proper state of mind. He was voiced by Keiichi Nanba (Japanese) and Kirby Morrow (English).

Satsuki Miyako-ōji
In the manga, she is the heir to the House of Miyako-ōji and fiancée of Sentarō 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 Sentarō by her grandmother, but due to her extreme shyness was unable to meet him in person, so instead she sent her pet monkey Sanae to pretend to be her. After much conflict between Ranma, Sentarō and Sanae, she revealed herself and Sentarō became smitten with her, so they agreed to marry.

In the anime, she is still the heir to the House of Miyako-ōji which is a rival school to Sentarō Daimonji's school. When the two groups start feuding again, it is decided that Sentarō should challenge Satsuki to a martial arts tea match, but instead they fall in love at seeing each other and agree to marry.

Satsuki, in the anime, is shown to normally speak so softly that most can't hear her, Kasumi being one of the few that can. However, she can speak more audibly if necessary. Her voice actress are Momoko Ishii (Japanese) and Jocelyn Loewen (English).

Miyako-ōji (都大路) means "main thoroughfare of the metropolis", and Satsuki (茶月) means "tea moon".

Sentaro Daimonji
The 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 appears strong. In the manga he hopes Ranma can defeat the monkey he thinks is his fiancee, while in the anime it is his grandmother he wish Ranma to defeat. 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 that his real fiancee is Satsuki. Sentaro often rides a horse named Tsukikage when he is out in the town. He was voiced by Bin Shimada in the original version and by Brad Swaile in the Dub.

Sentaro's grandmother
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. She almost never leaves her formal sitting position, but despite this can move very quickly, even jumping and clinging to ceilings.

In the anime she makes another appearance when it appeared Ranma was to be a sacrifice for some sort of ritual, but it turned out she was just leaving the tea-serving position for the first time in years and needs someone to massage her legs after doing it. She is voiced in the Japanese version by Hisako Kyōda and in the English dub she is voiced by Pauline Newstone in the T.V series and by Patti Allen in the second OVA.

Shinnosuke's Grandfather
Shinnosuke's grandfather used to be a zookeeper near Ryugenzawa before all his animals escaped into the forest. 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. After Akane arrives and stays with them for a bit, he drops several hints in Akane and Shinnosuke's presence about their mutual feelings for each other, which they all respond to by jointly throwing him in the air. He knows a lot about the Yamata no Orochi and its relationship with the Water of Life, although it appears that he does not actually see it until it awakens shortly after Akane arrives. When the Water of Life springs begin to dry up, he attempts to take on the Orochi by himself while disguised as a woman, but fails. After Ranma and Ryoga appear, he supervises the combined effort against the Orochi.

In the OAV, the animals that escaped into Ryugenzawa used to be his pets. When Shinnosuke loses his memory his grandfather will use his "Megaton Punch" to remind him. His voice was suplied by Takeshi Aono in the original Japanese and by French Tickner in the English dub.

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. In the anime, Shirokuro appears in only one episode as a fugitive ninja dog chased by Sasuke Sarugakure. While the original Japanese dialogue does not identify Shirokuro's gender, the dub clearly uses male indentifiers. Her voice effects were done by Shigeru Chiba (who also voices Sasuke) in both the English and Japanese dubs of the series.

Shirokuro got her name because of her peculiar color, as one side of her body is white (shiro) and the other is black (kuro). In the English translation, she is named Checkers, again a reference to her unique two-tone body.

Mrs. Tendo
The unnamed mother of Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi, and wife of Soun Tendo, She died an unexplained death when Akane was very young. Mrs. Tendo remains a hard subject for the Tendo family, especially for Soun, who still mourns, remains loyal to, and regularly prays for her, though when given compassion by Hinako he was able to joke about it to relieve the tension. Out of the girls, Kasumi seems to have handled it best and was able talk to her grave in a relaxed manner and "tell her" that everyone was doing fine; Akane likewise seems to have handled it quite well, but is fiercely opposed to anyone taking her place, while Nabiki seems to have bottled it up as an unwanted sentimental "weakness" which once managed to overwhelm her, and may consider Nodoka as a surrogate.

One of the few things known about Mrs. Tendo is that she kept a detailed diary of meals she made and the recipes she used to make them, which Kasumi used to emulate her mother's cooking after her death. She was also shown to have been a kind and nurturing mother to the young Akane, and comforted her when she was sad over accidentally breaking a carnation intended as a Mother's Day present. Though her appearance was never shown or described in the Manga, there were a few anime flashbacks that were filler which showed she resembled Nodoka except with sky blue colored hair. Also, she looked similar to Kagome's Mother from InuYasha. She was voiced by Kayo Sanpei (Japanese) and Cathy Weseluck (English) in the series flashbacks.

Mr. Turtle
Mr. Turtle (Midorigame in Japanese, Mr. Scaly Green or Mr. Green Turtle in the English dub) is Kodachi Kuno's giant pet crocodile. He wears an electrified pink collar around his neck that reads his name. This collar is made of 'memory metal' that cannot be removed without receiving a painful shock. Splashing it with hot water nullifies the electric field and allows it to be reshaped. It also contains a small hidden compartment. Kodachi once used the collar to stash the negatives for some photographs Hikaru Gosunkugi (in the anime, it was Sasuke Sarugakure) took that displayed her and Ranma having what appeared to be an intimate moment, forcing the latter into a fight with her pet.

Mr. Turtle is frequently used for comic relief. In the manga, when Kuno destroyed one of the large posters of Ranma that adorned the walls of her room, Kodachi paralysed, wrapped him up like sushi and fed him to Mr. Turtle. In the anime, the family's ninja servant Sasuke is usually used as his chew toy. More commonly, Ranma gets blasted into the air courtesy of Akane, subsequently landing in Mr. Turtle's pond, turning him into a girl and inadverdantly giving Kuno a chance to catch his "pigtailed girl," and on one occasion Kodachi had found a distrauted Mousse in his duck form and she adopted him as a playmate for Mr. Turtle who chewed the poor duck boy to shreds. Mr. Turtle did not appear in the OAV, but a large tiger shark acted as his replacement.

Ukyo's Father
He is a middle aged man with a scruffy beard and a giant spatula, and was the one who taught Okonomiyaki Martial Arts to Ukyo. Ten years before the start of the manga, 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 cart. Genma agreed, but he and Ranma ran off with the cart the next day and left Ukyo behind without honoring the agreement. He was never seen again in either the manga or anime series. It is unknown what happened to him, as Ukyo never bothered to share the tale, although Ukyo apparently disagrees when her temporary teacher Higuma Torajiro assumes that her father forces her to support herself. Her father was voiced by Ryuuzou Ishino in the original version and by Colin Murdock in the dub.

Yotaro
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, which was around 20 kilometres away. Voiced by Naoko Matsui (Japanese) and Christopher Turner (English).

Yuka, Sayuri, Makoto, and Shikako
Yuka (with long light-brown hair), Sayuri (dark-brown hair in a ponytail), Makoto (with a dark-brown mullet), and Shikako (short light-brown with freckles) are Akane's friends. Their surnames are never revealed. 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. It should be noted that all four of these characters do not exist in the Manga. However, four nameless girls with similar facial looks who are Akane's friends do exist in this.

The girls 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. Also, their screentime pales in comparison to Hiroshi and Daisuke.

Yuka, Sayuri, Makoto, and Shikako are among the regular characters of Ranma ½ who have no extraordinary physical abilities; however, they do chase after Happosai along with the rest of the female students in Furinkan any time he tries to steal their underwear. In the anime, Yuka and Sayuri seem to know the theme song of the show.

Yuka was voiced by Masami Toshima in the Japanese version and by Angela Costain (Season 2) and Cathy Weseluck (Seasons 1-7) in English while Sayuri was voiced by Yoshiko Kamei in Japan and by Willow Johnson in English. Makoto is voiced by Kayo Sanpei in Japan and by Cathy Weseluck (Seasons 1-3) and by Elaina Wotten-Costain (Season 6) and Angela Costain (Season 7) in English. Shikako is voiced by Naoko Matsui in Japanese and by Janyse Jaud in English.

Arisa Nanjo
Aris Nanjo was the central character in the Ranma ½ digital comic game White Orchid Serenade. She was voiced by Chisa Yokoyama.

On a trip to China to specifically visit the Training Ground of Accursed Springs, she fell into the very same pool as Shampoo, which turns her into a cat.

After investigating numerous other victims of the curses, she decided on Ranma, and orchestrated a plot, which included the rumor of a way to reverse the curse. The rumor was true &mdash; but the process would turn the victim into a monster.

She wanted to gain Ranma as a boyfriend/husband, as she felt that no one would accept her cursed form. However, in the end, she found that a scientist that was always with her had already been in love with her, and, presumably, they lived happily every after.

Crimson Cat Gang
A group of demon cats who kidnapped Genma in the Ranma ½ RPG game Hidden Treasure of the Crimson Cats. The Japanese name for the Crimson Cat Gang is the "Akaneko-dan" which is a combination of one of Ranma's favorite and least favorite words.

Kamusaru
Leader of the Crimson Cat Gang, he resembles Mao-mo-Lin, the ghost cat, except he is light purple instead of white and his bell is attached to a red collar. He was once the incredibly powerful Ghost Cat King, until centuries ago he was beaten by as warrior and had his powers sealed in a magic gem called the Star Crystal. He was then sealed in a gravestone in the God and demon graveyard. Centuries later, he was freed by a drunk Jusenkyo guide who tripped over it. He forms the Akaneko-dan and seeks the three treasures that will allow him to reclaim the Star Crystal and his powers (becoming darker purple, gaining a crown, gloves and the crystal replacing his bell). By the end of the game he accomplishes this, and is almost able to beat Ranma and Co, until, using a gift from the ancient warrior, they weaken him enough to beat him for good.

Bujin
Kamusaru's right-hand man, a mysterious figure who helps the Akaneko-dan members and slows Ranma and Co down at times. Just before fighting him at the end, he was revealed to be Happosai, though his personality should have made it obvious earlier.

Seiryu
Leader and member of the "Four Gods of the Akaneko-dan," the strongest fighters within the group (it should be noted he was actually stronger than Kasumaru before he regained his full power). His appearance is a suave-looking man in blue Japanese armor. Unlike the other three, he is fought only once in the game, and actually has a sense of honor, protecting Akane from Bujin, though he has his own reasons for being with the Akaneko-dan.

Byakko
The only female in the four gods, she dresses in a skin-tight white tiger outfit and fights with her claws and female charms. Chronologically the last of the four to appear.

Suzaku
One of the Four Gods, his appearance is a scrawny-looking young man, riding a large red mechanical phoenix named, Suzaku II (although it looks more like an emu or a giant chicken). He brainwashes the Kuno family into serving him and occasionally flies by to bomb Ranma and Co.

Genbu
The first, weakest, and most encountered member of the Four Gods. His appearance is that of a rather fat, middle-aged man wearing a full body turtle suit. He uses the shell to hide various fire-arms and body slam his opponents.

Yasha
A sumo wrestler and first member of the Akaneko-dan to appear. He kidnaps Genma for unknown reasons at first (thus starting the plot of the game), before being encountered later, trying to convince Akane to join too. After Ranma beats him, he apparently gets very depressed and stops working. A running gag is he ALWAYS mispronounces the gangs name.

Rasetsume
Yasha's wife, who is stronger than him. She is seeking revenge for her husband (really, she is just tired of him doing nothing but moping and playing a Super Nintendo all day). She does this by kidnapping a village elder's daughter to ransom for a seal needed to get the first of the three treasures, them attacking Ranma and Co after giving it to Genbu. Her fighting style seems to be similar to Kagura from Inuyasha, but using cold wind.

Akira and his brother
Akira and his unnamed brother are brothers to Yasha and thus brothers-in-law to Rasetsume (much to her chagrin). They attempt to drive people out of a small village so they can turn it into a giant cabaret. Not really fighters at all, they run to Rasetsume after Ranma threatens them.

Fujin and Raijin
A pair of brothers who guard the entrance to the area where the Akaneko-dan's HQ is located. Like the spirits they are named after, Fujin can manipulate wind and Raijin can manipulate lightning. They are beaten by Ranma and Akane fairly easily.