The hero of the film.
Age: ?
Birth place:    ?
Parents:    Hono [a.k.a. Jeke] & mother [not named I think]
Personality:    Adventurous, undisciplined, but wants to help others
Hates:    Rodoists, man who killed mother with a scar on his chest.

    Ran has grown up with a foster parent known as Gramps.  His father left and had never returned from work.  It is wrong to infer that his father is dead.  The truth is that his mother did not know.  His mother was gunned down in front of him while still a young toddler.