Tsubasa Kurenai

Tsubasa Kurenai is a suitor of Ukyo Kuonji who followed her to Furinkan after she left her old school. Despite appearing to be a girl, Tsubasa, like most of Ukyo's suitors, is actually a male to female cross-dresser.

Tsubasa means "wings," while "Kurenai" can be broken down into "nine," "passion," and "love" showing that Tsubasa is a very passionate person.

History
Prior to the events of the series, Tsubasa attended an all-boys school which was also attended by Ukyo at the time (who'd disguised herself as a boy). Tsubasa quickly fell in love with Ukyo and began showering her with gifts, but Ukyo had no attraction to Tsubasa. Even after Ukyo left to find Ranma, Tsubasa still sent mountains of love letters to Ukyo, prompting Ukyo to send Tsubasa a letter explaining about her engagement along with a picture of Ranma's female form (as Tsubasa thinks Ukyo's male it wouldn't make sense for her to send a picture of the male Ranma).

Tsubasa Kurenai
Now knowing who was Ukyo's love, Tsubasa decides to track down Ranma and sends her a challenge letter, stating that he will soon end her life. No sooner does Ranma finish reading the letter than Tsubasa finds her and begins to attack whilst disguised as a Mailbox. After charging at Ranma several times, the Mailbox falls apart and Tsubasa emerges, willing to continue her fight with Ranma. However, because of the exhaustion of charging while dressed as a Mailbox, Tsubasa collapses before he gets anywhere near to Ranma.

As Akane and Ranma wonder who this (apparent) girl is who attacked them, Ukyo appears and instantly recognises Tsubasa and makes Ranma help her stuff Tsubasa into a Garbage Can before Ukyo sends the Can flying with her Giant Spatula.

Later on at Okonomiyaki Ucchan's, after Ukyo has explained her history with Tsubasa, Tsubasa reappears and turns her attention to Ranma. Tsubasa begins insulting Ranma, but Ranma retorts by noting that Ukyo's the one who loves her, so she must be less ugly than him. This upsets Tsubasa greatly, who rushes out the restaurant, only to return disguised as a Vending Machine and attempt to charge into Ranma. However, Tsubasa only achieves to infuriate Ukyo for destroying her restaurant. When Ukyo attempts to hit Tsubasa, Akane takes the opportunity to open Ukyo's shirt and show Tsubasa Ukyo's cleavage as proof that Ukyo's actually a girl. Unfortunately, this doesn't have the desired effect as Tsubasa claims to have already known this and declares that she only likes girls, she then rushes out of the restaurant, but not before getting one last insult in for Ranma.

The next day, Tsubasa heads to Furinkan High School, where she sets up a challenge with Ranma to see who's cuter by seeing who can sell the most during the school Lunch hour. Ranma is initially confident, but soon her confidence soon falls through as all the students at Furinkan High (apart from Tatewaki Kuno) know her secret, so Tsubasa appears to be the outright victor and prematurely leaves.

Through disguising herself, Ranma is able to sell all but one Okonomiyaki before Akane puts a stop to her antics. Tsubasa (now disguised as a tree) reappears and declares herself the winner, but Ukyo arrives and states that she wants to buy the last Okonomiyaki from Ranma. Devastated that his love would betray him like this, Tsubasa leaves in a flood of tears, making Ranma feel sorry for Tsubasa. Feeling sorry for Tsubasa, Ranma goes to find him, but soon suffers the consequences as Tsubasa declares Ranma as his new love.

After putting Ranma through multiple chases in an attempt to receive affection, Tsubasa ends up talking with Akane in a local Café, where Akane attempts to make Tsubasa give up on Ranma. Tsubasa, however, refuses to do so. A letter then arrive via an arrow which states that Ranma wants to go on a date with Tsubasa next Sunday in the Park.

On the appointed day, Tsubasa is disappointed to see that it's the male Ranma who he's dating (Ranma came up with the plan to steer Tsubasa onto the "correct path", as he believes her to be lesbian, rather than a male-to-female cross dresser). After several attempts made Tsubasa to leave, he ends up beating up Ranma and throwing him into the fountain, but Tsubasa is shocked when he sees the female Ranma so hurt and decides to carry her so as to get help. As Tsubasa carries Ranma, Ranma says she wants one last hot bath, a request which Tsubasa is more than happy to grant.

Tsubasa quickly arrives at the Tendo Dojo and throws Ranma into the hot bath. Ranma remerges in his male form and asks Tsubasa if he's getting the idea yet, but Tsubasa declares that Akane is his only true love. This prompts Ranma to grab onto Tsubasa, but Ranma gets punched into the wall by Tsubasa. Because of this, Tsubasa's clothes rip off, revealing his true gender to Ranma, infuriating Ranma at the revelation about him trying to look cuter than another guy.

Downstairs, Ukyo reveals to Akane she attended an all-boys school and had assumed since nobody asked they all knew. Akane begins to think Tsubasa a cross-dresser, but Tsubasa corrects her by stating he's just a normal boy who likes to dress up. A little later, Tsubasa tells Ranma not to be mad as they both have the same hobby, to which Ranma replies that his isn't a hobby.

Hard Battle
After Ranma receives a letter from a person named Tsubasa Kurenai she is attacked by a mailbox. After Ranma kicks the mailbox into a lamppost a girl comes out of of it. She then begins to walk slowly towards Ranma only to fall to the ground. Ranma and Akane then look to see who it is, but neither of them recognise the girl. Ukyo then walks up to them and is shocked to see the girl, she then tells Ranma and Akane her name is Tsubasa Kurenai. Ukyo and Ranma quickly put Tsubasa into a nearby garbage can and Ukyo sends Tsubasa it flying with her giant spatula.

Later that day at Okonomiyaki Ucchan's, after Ukyo explains her history with Tsubasa, she (Tsubasa) appears (still in the garbage can she was thrown in) and says that after she got rejected she decided the only way to get Ukyo's heart was to send Ukyo multiple letters "until the skies were filled with pretty pink envelopes". Ukyo then explains she sent Tsubasa a picture of the female Ranma in order to show that she does have a fiancé. Tsubasa then comes out of her trashcan and insults Ranma by calling her "butt ugly", which causes Ranma to jump into Ukyo's arms and say that she doesn't seem to agree.

This just angers Tsubasa so she leaves, only to re-enter shortly after dressed as a Vending machine. When Tsubasa enters she charges through the door, breaking it in the process, and run towards Ranma to try and crush her, but she misses. The damage caused by Tsubasa's antics angers Ukyo and she goes to hit Tsubasa with her giant Spatula, but before she can Akane grabs Ukyo's shirt and pulls, revealing Ukyo's breasts to Tsubasa. Akane then tries to explain to Tsubasa that Ukyo is a girl, but Tsubasa tells them she already knew Ukyo was a girl and that's why she's interested in her. Tsubasa continues by telling Ranma she's going to take Ukyo away if it's the last thing she does. Tsubasa then leaves, but not before she calls Ranma butt ugly again.

The next day Tsubasa have a Okonomiyaki bake sale and the loser has to give up on Ukyo forever. A large group of male Furinkan High School students then come to buy the Okonomiyaki and Tsubasa gets a landslide victory over Ranma (despite Ranma's best efforts). Tsubasa then leaves Ranma to wallow in her defeat. Later, after Ranma tries to "pump-up" her sex appeal, Tsubasa reappears (this timed disguised as a tree) and asks Ranma that if she can't sell the last Okonomiyaki that she'll give up on Ukyo for good. Ukyo then shows up and says that the last Okonomiyaki is reserved especially for her. Hearing this, Tsubasa now is convinced that Ukyo doesn't want to be with her (despite the fact Ukyo has said this from the start) and leaves very upset.

Ranma Forever
Tsubasa shows up in the episode "The Battle for Miss Beachside."

Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
Tsubasa makes a speaking cameo in the beginning of the film, disguised as a sign outside Okonomiyaki Ucchan's. Tsubasa participates in the chase after Ranma, and is ultimately thrown into the air along with Ukyo by Jasmine's Battle Aura.

OVA
Tsubasa makes a small appearance in Tendo Family Christmas Scramble. During one of the crowd sequences, a Christmas tree is revealed to be Tsubasa in disguise, to Ukyo's horror.

Relationships
With Ukyo:

Even though Tsubasa was rejected by Ukyo many times, he still helps her with her business.

Maomolin has a crush on him.

Non-canon Appearances
Tsubasa has a song and appears in the special Lambada Ranma in the Ranma Fighting Songs Karuta music cd.

Trivia

 * Tsubasa likes cross-dressing and does it because he thinks it is fun.
 * Tsubasa and Akane have a similar personality, both hating men.

Quotes

 * [I sent] Ukyo letter after letter, until the skies were filled with pretty pink envelopes! - Tsubasa talking about how he tried to get Ukyo to love him.


 * You're butt ugly. - Tsubasa insulting Ranma's female form.