(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080208204014/ranma/images/thumb/f/fb/GenmaPanda.jpg/230px-GenmaPanda.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Genma Saotome<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>Mid 40s<br/><br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><br/><strong>Hair:</strong>None<br/><br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Black<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Jusenkyo Curse (If Any):</strong>Shonmaoniichuan, Spring of Drowned Panda<br/><br/><strong>Martial Arts Style:</strong>Saotome Anything Goes Martial Arts<br/><br/><strong>Element or Elements Attuned to:</strong>Earth<br/><br/><strong>Special Technique:</strong>None Notable<br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES:</strong>(Numbers after the slash are when Genma is in his Panda form)<br/><br/><strong>Strength:</strong>6/6<br/><br/><strong>Speed:</strong>5/4<br/><br/><strong>Durability:</strong>5/6<br/><br/><strong>Wisdom:</strong>4/4<br/><br/><strong>Knack:</strong>4/4<br/><br/><strong>Charm:</strong>2/3<br/><br/><strong>Martial Art Skill:</strong>x3 (Will generally only use x2 out of laziness)<br/><br/><strong>Special Training:</strong>Strength x1 (x2 in Panda Form), Speed x1 (Loses this in Panda Form), Toughness x1, Ki Training x3, Jump x2<br/><br/><strong>Flaw:</strong>Cowardice, Greed, Gluttony<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Genma Saotome is Ranma Saotome's father and the sensei of the Tendo Dojo of Anything Goes Martial Arts. During the time when Genma took Ranma on a decade-long training voyage to improve their martial arts skills, he insisted on going to Jusenkyo in China - a place which he believed to be a training ground. However, because of Genma's ignorance of the Chinese language, he did not realize that the ground was unfrequented because it was cursed. Genma realized all too late the mistake he made, after his son knocked him into a cursed spring during this fateful training session.<br/><br/>Genma was knocked into Shonmaoniichuan, the Spring of Drowned Panda. Due to the nature of the Jusenkyo curse, a victim who falls into the spring is cursed to turn into who or whatever drowned there when doused with cold water. Thus, whenever Genma is splashed with cold water, he becomes a giant panda. Hot water, as with the rest of the Jusenkyo-cursed characters, can change him back into human form.<br/><br/>Despite the fact that he and his son were cursed, Genma still brought Ranma back to Japan to fulfill a marriage engagement with his longtime friend and fellow martial artist Soun Tendo, the terms of which were as follows: Ranma would marry one of Soun's daughters and carry on the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts.<br/><br/>Genma and Soun decided that Soun's youngest daughter Akane would one day marry Ranma after Akane's sisters made the ruling on their own — against their will, at least at first. Genma currently resides in the Tendo Dojo along with Ranma, in the hopes that one day Ranma and Akane will get married and fulfill the agreement made by the two families. He spends most of his time playing Go or Shogi with Soun, although he briefly had a job at Dr. Tofu's clinic.