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.

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.

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.