Character Introductions

Ranma Saotome

At age 16, Ranma Saotome is cursed to turn into a girl whenever he is splashed with cold water. He returns to his male form when he come in contact with warm water.

All this happen when he and his farther, Genma Satome, traveled to china on a training trip with Ranma and ended up at the cursed springs of Jusenkyo. Genma, which doesn't speak a word of Chinese, didn't heed the guides warning. Unfortunately Genma falls into the spring of a drown panda and Ranma falls into the spring of a drowned young girl.
Later they travel back the Japan, so that Ranma can choose his fiancee (Which he wants nothing to with).
Followers of the Anything Goes Martial Arts style, Genma and Soun (a couple of old friends), made an agreement before any of their children were born to unite the two families, to carry on the family business. When Ranma and Genma arrived they were both in their cursed forms. Soun had just informed his three daughterm: Kasumi, Nabiki ,and Akane. Needless to say all was shocked to see a giant panda and soaking wet red headed girl calling herself Ranma Saotome. their story is revealed after Akane walks in on the male Ranma in the bathroom, just getting out of the tub. Soun tells Ranma his curse isn't all that bad and to chose one of his daughters for his new fiancee. Kasumi, a very mothery like girl at age 19, took over the household when their mother died. Nabiki, at age 17 is money wise, loan shark and buisness woman of the group. She as a tendency to take photos of Ranma, in female form, and Akane and sell them to make money. Don't ever get one this girls bad side, becasue she will find the dirt on you and use it to her advantage. Akane, the tomboy - violent - can't cook girl- at age 16, is choosen by her two older sisters to be Ranma's fiancee. When she question why her, Kasumi and Nabiki's response was "Because you hate boys and Ranma is half girl." (Akane is not gay, but likes an older man, Dr Tofu.)

Genma Saotome

Kasumi Tendo

Nabiki Tendo

Akane Tendo

Soun Tendo

Everyday at school, Akane had to fight off almost every guy who ever wanted a date with her. This is because of Tatewaki Kuno, the self absorbed, Kendo champion, bully and pervert of Furinkin High School, made a speech in the begining of the year that if anyone was to date with Akane Tendo, then they must best her in combat. Basically Akane beat the living crap out of them until they accepted her engagement to Ranma. However, Kuno did not. he continues to seek Akane's love and believes Ranma is not good enough for her. He is also chasing after the female side of Ranma, who he calls his Pig-tail goddess or the tree born kettle girl. he is torn betweent the two, he says he loves them both. Kuno is clueless. He believes the Ranma(guy) uses black magic to keep his "Pig-tail goddess from him. he doesn't realize they are the same person.
Even more clueless is Kuno's sister, Kodachi,the crazy gymnast.(She calls herself "The Black Rose." Even her brother says that she's nuts. She thinks that boy-type Ranma and girl-type Ranma are a couple, and must be broken up. She declared herself engaged to Ranma, even through Ranma wants nothing to do with her. She uses dirty tricks and will hurt people if they get in her way.

Tatewaki Kuno

Kodachi Kuno

Another fiancee come into play when girl-type Ranma (Ranma-chan) ends up fighting Shampoo, a Chinese Amazon, after he and his father ate the feast designed for the winner of the tournament. Ranma defeated her, Shampoo then gave him the "Kiss of Death", which by Amazon law when an outside female defeats an Amazon, the Amazon must kill her. As a result Shampoo hunts down Ranma-chan, only to be defeated by Ranma as a guy. As before she gives him a kiss, but not "The Kiss of Death", but one of passion. By Amazon law, when a man defeats an Amazon female warrior, then he is to marry her.
Shampoo leaves and comes back with a curse of her own. When she she is splashed with cold water she turns into a cute pink cat. However, this is extremely bad for Ranma because he is Gatophobic(a fear of cats).
When Shampoo returned to Nerima,(the little town where the Tendo's live and where Ranma is at) Mousse followed her. Mousse is also an Amazon warrior who has been in love with Shampoo since he was six. However,Shampoo does not return the love. Mousse is a master of concealed weapons. He has all sorts of gadgets coming out of his sleeves. Like many of the Ranma characters, Mousse also changes when he gets hit with cold water. He turns into a white duck. He has horrible eye sight, which he has to wear very thick glasses. He his nearly blind with out them. Mousse blames Ranma for his problems, as do many other Ranma characters. He works at the Neko Hanten, with Shampoo and Cologne,Shampoo's Great-great grandmother.

Shampoo

Mousse

Ukyou (an okonomiyaki cook who wields a huge spatula ) About ten years ago on a training mission, Ranma at age 6 and his father became friends with Ukyo and her father. The friendship between Ranma and Ucchan (Ranma gave Ukyo this nickname) was interesting. Every day they would have a friendly competition. If Ranma could defeat Ucchan, she would have to give him okonomiyaki from free Ukyo's Dad (and his okonomiyaki cart) Little did Ranma know that the 6 year old Ucchan was a girl and she was in love with him way back then. In fact, Ranma thought that she was a he. Ucchan's father and Genma set up a engagement between the two in which Mr. Kuonji's okonomiyaki cart was thrown in as the dowry. However, Genma plotted to take just the cart and when he asked his son what he wanted more, Ukyo or okonomiyaki. Ranma chose okonomiyaki. Poor Ranma did not even know about the engagement or that Ucchan was a girl!!! Ridiculed by her peers for her fiancé running off with the family business, Ucchan vowed to never love another man again and to live a life as a man. She went to an all-boys school and swore revenge on Ranma and hunted him for ten years and finally caught up with him in High School. They fought, and Ranma finally discovered that Ukyo was a girl. Then Ranma called Ucchan 'cute' (much to Akane's dismay). Then she fell in love with Ranma again. She's also is willing to fight for him, meaning she'll take on Akane, Shampoo, or Kodachi any time. In the series Ukyou owns a restaurant name Ucchan’s.

Ukyo

Ryoga ( the eternally lost boy (always get lost, even walking throughout a house)who also fell into the cursed spring, therefore, turns into a little black piglet—named P-chan which means cute pig. Ryoga is always tries to defeat Ranma so that he can gain Akane's love. As P-chan he is Akane’s pet, which she sleeps with. She doesn’t know that the pig is Ryoga, Ranma knows but is sworn to secrecy because he is the reason Ryoga is cursed, according to Ryoga. Ryoga followed Ranma to China when Ranma didn’t show for the fight between them during grade school. However, Ranma did show up and waited for three day! Ryoga finally shows the forth day and when Ranma isn’t there he swears to hunt him down. As a result he ends up in China and is accidentally pushed into the spring of a drown pig by Ranma who runs by him. As stated before he has no sense of direction, extreme depression and a quick temper. Does not mix well is all I can say. Ryoga always blames Ranma for his problems, just like Mousse. He is extremely strong martial artist, but not as fast as Ranma. Ranma always finds a way to beat him.

Ryoga

P-chan

As for fighting styles and more characters I suggest you go check out
"The Ranma 1/2 Library" or "The Absolutely Ranma 1/2 page"

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