Mikado Sanzenin

Mikado Sanzenin is the male half of the martial arts skating team, the Golden Pair. He is quite a Letharo and has kissed over a thousand women, often breaking up other figure skating pairs. He also gave Ranma his first kiss, which Ranma was not pleased at all about.

Mikado winds up suffering severely due to the beating Ranma gives him. Mikado never learns of Ranma's secret curse, but even after upsetting female Ranma he continues to pursue more women left and right. Even Akane becomes involved much to the dislike of both Ryoga and Ranma.

Mikado at times actually seems to dislike Azusa and understands peoples frustration with her. He often loses his temper with her childish behavior, but often suffers for it. Azusa has no patience for his playboy tomfoolery and it is often a wonder that these two very different people can come together and make such an excellent team. Ultimately Mikado is sidelined after a crushing blow from Ryoga and his partner shows little sympathy for his situation.

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The Meaning Behind the Name - 三千院帝

Mikado (帝) means "emperor" which is stated to be his nickname in the English to help convey this subtext. Sanzenin is "3000 temples" (三千院).

Voices:
Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue provides this ladykiller's Japanese voice. He is probably best known as Mamoru Kusanagi in Blue Seed, but he was also Grey in Grey and Kazuhiro Hasukawa in Here is Greenwood. He also provided the voice of Urusei Yatsura's Western educated magician, Tsubame Ozuno, Mikado Sanzenin in Ranma 1/2, Ryukotsusei in Inuyasha and Mr. Mendo in the 2022 adaptation of Urusei Yatsura.











Ian James Corlett

Ian Corlett, Ranma ½'s own Dr. Tofu and Jusenkyo Guide provides Mikado's English voice. His other roles include Goku in Dragonball Z, Hikari Daitokuji in Project A-ko and Shuichi Tataki in Key the Metal Idol. After the death of Kirby Morrow, Ian replaced him in the role of Miroku for Yashahime.