(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080501195917/ranma/images/5/5b/RanmaMaleFemaleRW1.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Ranma Saotome<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>16<br/><br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male/Female<br/><br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Black<br/><br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Black<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Jusenkyo Curse (If Any):</strong>Nyannichuan, Spring of Drowned Girl<br/><br/><strong>Martial Arts Style:</strong>Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts<br/><br/><strong>Element or Elements Attuned to:</strong>Wind<br/><br/><strong>Special Technique:</strong>Kachū Tenshin Amaguriken<br/><br/>Hiryū Shōten Ha<br/><br/>Nekoken (Cat Fist):  When Ranma's acute fear of cats reaches a certain level, he enters a state where he believes himself to be a cat and becomes practically unbeatable.  He gains the following traits:<br/><br/>Martial Arts x4<br/>Strength 6 + Strength x2<br/>Speed 6 + Speed x4<br/>Durability 6 + Toughness x2<br/>Wisdom 1<br/><br/>In this state Ranma can shred a variety of things with the air pressure created by his fingertips.<br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES:</strong>(Number after the slash represents "Girl Type" stats)<br/><br/><strong>Strength:</strong>6/5<br/><br/><strong>Speed:</strong>6/6<br/><br/><strong>Durability:</strong>5/5<br/><br/><strong>Wisdom:</strong>4/4<br/><br/><strong>Knack:</strong>6/6<br/><br/><strong>Charm:</strong>6/6<br/><br/><strong>Martial Art Skill:</strong>x3<br/><br/><strong>Special Training:</strong>Strength x1, Speed x2, Toughness x1, Ki Training x2, Jump x2<br/><br/><strong>Flaw:</strong>Arrogance/Pride, Short in his Girl Form (less reach), Ailurophobia (fear of cats)<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Ranma, the only son of Genma and Nodoka Saotome, was taken from his home by his father when approximately 2 years old, to begin a 13-14-year training trip to perfect his skills in the martial arts. Later, near the end of the trip, Genma took Ranma to a training ground in China named Jusenkyo that few people used, due to the springs being cursed. Falling into them would transform a person into whatever first fell in. Not knowing this, and not having the patience to listen to a warning from the local guide, Genma attempted to train with Ranma atop the bamboo poles which jutted up out of the pools. When Ranma knocked Genma into Shonmaoniichuan/"Spring of 'Drowned' Panda", he was surprised to watch a panda emerge from the pond and leap onto one of the poles. Genma, now cursed, was able to hit Ranma into Nyannichuan, or the "Spring of 'Drowned' Girl". Thus he turns into a female version of his original form when splashed with cold water, which is only (temporarily) reversible through contact with hot water. Sometime after that he had eaten a large bowl of porridge made from Dragon's Whisker which would make his hair grow at ridiculous rates when he was a man. The cook of the porridge then gave him a sliver of Dragon's Whisker to seal the effect until it wears off which leads to Ranma constantly keeping his hair as a braided pigtail even after the effects wore off (before the incident he tied his hair back in a simple, loose ponytail).<br/><br/>Before this incident, Genma had made an arrangement with his best friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun's daughters and carry on the Tendo Dojo. After learning of Ranma's condition, Soun's daughters Kasumi and Nabiki began to insist that Ranma choose their younger sister Akane, and rationalized that a tomboy would be a more appropriate fiancee for a man who transforms into a woman. Although Akane and Ranma were initially unwilling to be engaged, they develop feelings for each other, while generally struggling to deny or otherwise avoid openly expressing throughout the entire series.<br/><br/>Ranma and Genma moved in as house guests of the Tendo dojo. Since then, Ranma has endured, among other things, Chinese Amazons, old rivals, Dojo destroyers, and even evil demons. Female Ranma has also received a few male suitors, such as Tatewaki Kuno and Mikado Sanzenin.