<strong>Name:</strong>Shinji Yamagawa<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>16<br/><br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Black<br/><br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Dark Blue<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Almost always wears the Furinkan High School boys' school uniform.<br/><br/>(http://www.suzaku.nu/oujirou/uniform.gif)<br/><br/><strong>Jusenkyo Curse (If Any):</strong>Spring of Drowned Raven (Can fly in raven form)<br/><br/><strong>Martial Arts Style:</strong>Technically the Saotome Anything Goes style, though he is mostly self taught.<br/><br/><strong>Element or Elements Attuned to:</strong>Wind<br/><br/><strong>Special Technique:</strong>Kazesutoraiku or "Wind Strike".  By channeling his ki and striking forth at extremely high speeds, he is able to strike opponents from a distance as if he were standing right next to them.  With concentration, he can even send forth nearly invisible "wind blades", thin sheets of compressed air that are capable of cutting.  As with most "lethal" effects in the Ranma-verse, the blades are usually used on objects as opposed to living targets.<br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES:</strong>(Numbers after the slash indicates stats when in raven form)<br/><br/><strong>Strength:</strong>5/1<br/><br/><strong>Speed:</strong>6/6<br/><br/><strong>Durability:</strong>4/3<br/><br/><strong>Wisdom:</strong>4/4 (Effectively 6 for noticing and spotting things visually)<br/><br/><strong>Knack:</strong>5/5<br/><br/><strong>Charm:</strong>3/2<br/><br/><strong>Martial Art Skill:</strong>Martial Arts x3<br/><br/><strong>Special Training:</strong>Speed x3, Ki Training x2, Jump x1<br/><br/><strong>Flaw:</strong>Jusenkyo Curse (Drowned Raven), Bad Luck<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Shinji was an infant when his father, on his death bed promised a passing travelling martial artist named Genma Saotome his world renowned family Ramen recipe for swearing to take his only son as his own and train him in the ways of martial arts.  The deal was made and after Genma took the two infants (Shinji and his own son Ranma) with him, Shinji's father could finally rest, content that his son was in good hands.  Unfortunately, as soon as he was able, Genma promptly dropped Shinji off at a monastary, leaving him to be raised by the monks with a note that said his name and nothing else.  Shinji grew up ignorant of what had transpired, training as a monk on the moutainous peaks until one day, a traveller arrived when Shinji was 14.  Somehow he knew of the deal between his father and Genma... and knew that it had been broken.  Shinji was outraged and vowed to track Genma down to the ends of the Earth.  He left the monastery and tracked Genma and his son all the way to the Jusenkyo training grounds in China.  For weeks he watched from the shadows and prepared to strike.  Finally he found Genma alone.  He was about to confront him when a passing bird hit him from above with it's droppings... which caused him to stumble back and fall into one of the many springs.  Thus was he cursed to become a raven whenever he was splashed with cold water.  Ashamed and very unlucky, he remained in raven form as Genma and Ranma left... watching their styles and techniques, training himself as best as he could in the martial arts style that should have been taught to him as a Saotome.  Finally he discovered where they were heading next.... Nerima, Japan.  He would train himself and train himself hard in the meantime.  Another month would pass before he considered himself ready to travel to Genma again and finally face his "father".  Is Nerima ready for Shinji?  Only time will tell.