(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080210052049/ranma/images/thumb/8/84/Akane_Tendo.jpg/250px-Akane_Tendo.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Akane Tendo<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>16<br/><br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Black<br/><br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Brown<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Jusenkyo Curse (If Any):</strong>None<br/><br/><strong>Martial Arts Style:</strong>Tendo Anything Goes Style of Kenpo<br/><br/><strong>Element or Elements Attuned to:</strong>Earth<br/><br/><strong>Special Technique:</strong>Anime Slap<br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Strength:</strong>5<br/><br/><strong>Speed:</strong>3<br/><br/><strong>Durability:</strong>4<br/><br/><strong>Wisdom:</strong>3<br/><br/><strong>Knack:</strong>3<br/><br/><strong>Charm:</strong>4<br/><br/><strong>Martial Art Skill:</strong>x1<br/><br/><strong>Special Training:</strong>Strength x1 (Only when she gets angry)<br/><br/><strong>Flaw:</strong>Stubborn, "Uncute" (Short Temper), Complete Inability to Cook or perform any other "domestic" skill<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Akane's mother died when she was very young. Perhaps because of this, she appears not to have learned many traditionally feminine skills, and her terrible cooking is a running joke during the series as nearly everything she cooks ends up making people sick, except for her curry. Akane may see her sister Kasumi as a surrogate mother figure, since she helps her with more traditionally feminine chores.<br/><br/>Akane grows up as a tomboy, getting into fights, acting tough, and improving her martial arts. In elementary school, her classmates thought she was so much like a boy that she was cast to play Romeo in their production of Romeo and Juliet; Akane accepts the role and plays a very cute Romeo, though deep down she always wanted to be cast as Juliet, a wish that she'll have fulfilled only years later (though she would have four different Romeos fighting for her).<br/><br/>At the beginning of the series Akane has a crush on Dr. Tofu Ono, who patched her up many times when she got into fights. Unfortunately for Akane, Dr. Tofu is besotted with her older sister Kasumi. In an attempt to get his attention, Akane grew out her hair longer like Kasumi's. However during one of the first fights between Ranma and Ryoga, her hair is cut, a look she retains for the rest of the series.<br/><br/>Because of her unrequited crush on Dr. Tofu, she initially claims to hate boys.[1] It turned out that because her original 'suitor', Tatewaki Kuno, declared that only someone who defeated her in battle would be allowed to date her, many of the strongest male athletes at Furinkan High School began to violently attack her en masses every morning. Akane always beat them all without being late for class.<br/><br/>When the series begins, Akane is engaged against her will to her father's friend's son, Ranma Saotome, so that the Tendo dojo and the school of the Anything Goes Martial Arts will be assured a future. At first, Ranma could have been engaged to any of the Tendo girls, but Akane's older sisters palm Ranma off on Akane. Akane's first meeting with Ranma does not go smoothly: when Akane first meets Ranma, he is in his girl form, and they have a short sparring match. But as she goes to wash off the sweat from their workout, Akane unknowingly walks in on him in the bathroom just after he's transformed back into his boy form.<br/><br/>Akane and Ranma often fight and insult each other. Usually, Ranma insults Akane for being a tomboy and calls her "uncute," while Akane insults Ranma for being a pervert. Despite their bickering, Ranma is always there to protect her, and Akane often helps him through his fights, or saves his life. The two are also usually seen hanging out with each other outside of school and the dojo. Ranma's arrival heralds the end of her daily morning fights shortly after he defeats Kuno, the school's best warrior, in combat. Because of this and due to learning of her engagement, her daily attackers tearfully declare that they give up on her.<br/><br/>After Akane's hair, which she had worked hard to grow out for Dr. Tofu, was suddenly and accidentally shorn off during Ranma's battle with his rival, Ryoga, she became extremely angry and sad. Realizing this, Ranma comforted her by telling her she looked cute with short hair. After that, Akane was able to get over her feelings for Dr. Tofu (later making several attempts to help bring Kasumi and Dr. Tofu closer) and began to develop affection for Ranma, although his abrasiveness sometimes jeopardized these emotions.