Minor Anime Characters

Many of these characters appear in one or two episodes throughout the anime and do not reappear again. Even though these characters most often are not recurring, they do play an important role in the storylines in which they appear.

Mr. Zen Atsuko Villager Kogawa Old Woman Mr. Ogane Mrs. Ogane Sasaki Kin Ono Pand Master TV Reporter Kinnosuke Daikoku Manager Athletes Kaori Daikoku Man Sasuke Sarugakure Snowman Battle Announcer Former Chairman Yang Guifei Kinnii Chairman Vice-Chairman Chengensai Mio Rin-Rin (Ling-Ling) Ran-Ran (Lung-Lung) Evil Ranma Copycat Ken Obstacle Course Emcee Clown Sakura Pig Torajiro Higuma Heita Genji Midori Gindo Yasukichi Red Thread of Fate Salesman Mousse's Mother Temari Kaminarimon Hyottoko/Tatsukichi Komagataya Okame/Torahachi Kachidokibashi Ultra/Kumajiro Kaminarimon

Tea Server Matsu Take Ume Kimiyasu Daitokuji Manager Yutaro The Frog Hermit Crepe Joe Monk Crepe Joe Sankichi Uragishi Koharu Uragishi The Gunman Charlie Grandpa Anna The Cowboy Shopkeeper Ushinosuke Oshamanbe Dream Girl Takoyaki Shop Owner Seaweed Thief Seaweed Goblin Woman A Traveling Peddler Shadow Ranma Sotatsu Jikeiin Toramasa Kobayashi Rinko

The Furinkan Stalker Snow Girl Snow Girl Mu Ogre Monster Spider Monster Miyakoji Tea Martial Artists Tsukasa Satori Kogane Musashi Princess Ori Lychee Kirin

Ebitan Daihakusei & Daikokuse Wu Bishamoten Toma Sarutoru Toristan Wonton Natsume Karumi Ichiro

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Mr. Zen (善さん)
Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki

Mr. Zen is an old man who lives in the neighborhood and is friends with the old woman who is often seen scattering water in front of her home. He is warned not to go see Dr. Tofu while Kasumi is visiting.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 6: Akane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know

Atsuko (敦子)
Voice: Yuka Kobayashi & Cathy Weseluck

Genma attempts to explain to Ranma that treating Akane better is his responsibility. He tells Ranma of how he cruelly broke up with Atsuko during his youth.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 6: Akane's Lost Love... These Things Happen, You Know

Villager (村人)
Voice: Mitsuru Ogata (likely)

During Ryoga's wanderings trying to find Ranma, he encounters this curly haired villager in Shikoku numerous times.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Enter Ryoga! The Eternal "Lost Boy"

Kogawa (小川)
Voice: ???

The leader of the Furinkan High School Chemistry Club, Kogawa is trying to use land mines to cause Ranma to lose his battle against Ryoga in hopes that Akane will end her relationship with Ranma.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 8: School is a Battlefield! Ranma vs. Ryoga

Old Woman (老婆)
Voice: Yuko Maruyama

Ryoga drags this old woman all across Japan, all the way to Mount Aso in Kyushu prefecture when she asks for help with directions in order to find the Tanaka household.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 9: True Confessions! A Girls Hair is Her Life

Mr. Ogane (大金氏)
Voice: Kenichi Ogata & Michael Donovan

This rich man finds P-chan wandering around the city, and he and his wife decide to adopt him, renaming him "Tonkichi". The couple promises him that he will inherit their fortune. The couple's last name, Ogane (大金), means "big money".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 10: P-P- P-chan! He's Good for Nothin'

Mrs. Ogane (大金夫人)
Voice: Toshiko Sawada & Kathleen Barr

The wife of the old man who adopt P-chan after finding him sitting on a bridge downtown in the city. The couple's last name, Ogane (大金), means "big money".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 10: P-P- P-chan! He's Good for Nothin'

Sasaki (ささき)
Voice: ??

Sasaki is one of the servants of the wealthy couple. He is the only one who is addressed by name when Mr. Ogane asks him to draw a bath for P-chan.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 10: P-P- P-chan! He's Good for Nothin'

Kin Ono (小乃きん)
Voice: Yoshiko Ota & Janyse Jaud

Dr. Tofu 's meddling mother decided it was time for him to settle down and get married. She pays a visit to his clinic and starts searching for bride with good, child-bearing hips.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 14: Pelvic Fortune Telling! Ranma is the No. 1 Bride in Japan

Pand Master (マスター)
Voice: Reizo Nomoto

The owner of the Pand Cafe, he is shocked to see his place of business badly damaged when Shampoo arrives in Japan.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 15: Enter Shampoo, the Gung-ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands

TV Reporter (アナウンサー)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba

This television host is reporting on a white-rock mountain called Amesores that is considered a deity in China. While there Ranma sees that he is near the Chinese Amazon village where he met Shampoo.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 15: Enter Shampoo, the Gung-ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands

Kinnosuke Daikoku (大黒金之介)
Voice: Yo Yoshimura & French Tickner

Kinnosuke is the father of Kaori. Over ten years ago Genma traded Ranma to Kinnosuke for a fish, a bowl of rice and two pickles. Kinnosuke had planned to raise baby Ranma as his heir so he could marry Kaori. His appearance is based on Daikokuten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 1: Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race

Manager (店長)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba & Michael Donovan

One of the employees or owners of Kinkadai Hanten who is sponsoring the year's supply of ramen that is the prize of the delivery girl race.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 1: Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race

Athletes (選手)
Voice: Yoshihiko Kamei and Midori Nakazawa & Venus Terzo and Willow Johnson

The two women helping pass out fliers for the race are both billed as "atheletes" in the credits.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 1: Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race

Kaori Daikoku (大黒かおり)
Voice: Hiromi Tsuru & Lynda Boyd

Kaori is a practicioner of Martial Arts Take-Out, a skill honed by martial artists making dangerous food delieveries during the Edo Period. She is often wearing a bridal gown until she removes it to enter the race to prove her skills against Akane.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 1: Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race

Man (男)
Voice: Masashi Hirose & ???

After Kaori and her father give up their claim on Ranma, this bushy-bearded man shows up claiming that Genma sold Ranma to him as well.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 1: Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race

Sasuke Sarugakure (猿隠佐助)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba & Robert O. Smith

Sasuke is introduced in the anime to replace Hikaru Gosunkugi initially. He is the 1th generation guardian of the House of Kuno. Sasuke functions as the Kuno family's inept ninja charged with carrying out their orders. He usually fails, and has come quite close to losing his job many times.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 2: You Really Do Hate Cats?

Snowman Battle Announcer (格闘雪だるま運び競争アナ)
Voice: Koji Tsujitani, Matsumi Oshiro, Takehito Koyasu or Mitsuru Ogata & Robert O. Smith

The play-by-play announcer helps to narrate the competition sponsored by the Cat Cafe. His particular voice actor is not listed, but he is played by one of the male guest voices listed above.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 6: Cool Runnings! The Race of the Snowman

Former Chairman (前会長)
Voice: Masato Tsujimura & ???

The former chairman of the town council passes the job to Soun and then tasks him with bringing the neighborhood panty thief, Happosai, to justice. The former chairman is also the owner of an antique store that holds the bra of Yang Guifei.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 28: The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story

Yang Guifei (楊貴妃)
Voice: Masako Katsuo & Cathy Weseluck

A great beauty of ancient China, how her ghost haunts her bra which is owned by the former chairman of the town council. Happosai has made its his mission to steal the bra, and Soun does his best to thwart his master's plans. In Japanese she is known as Youkihi.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 28: The Witch Who Loved Me: A Japanese Ghost Story

Kinnii (キンニー)
Voice: Takeshi Aono & Paul Dobson

Kinnii is a large and powerful martial artist sent by a group of Jusenkyo Guides to punish those who had been misusing their Jusenkyo curses. Kinnii winds up falling into the "Spring of Virtuous Man", and no longer wishes to fight. He is a poweful fighter who practices the Blue Dragon Sword Muscle School of martial arts.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 30: The Killer from Jusenkyo

Chairman (委員長)
Voice: Mugihito & Terry Klassen

The Chairman of the Jusenkyo Morals Committee has some misgivings about sending the overly enthusiastic Kinnii to sort out the rulebreakers, however the vice-chairman assures him that he will keep an eye on Kinnii.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 30: The Killer from Jusenkyo

Vice-Chairman (副委員長)
Voice: Hiroshi Masuoka & Terry Klassen

The vice-chairman watches out for Kinnii and helps restore him when he is splashed with cold water and becomes a pacifist. The vice-chairman shares in Kinnii's enthusiasm about punishing thoses who do not adhere to the strict moral codes of the Jusenkyo Morals Committee.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 30: The Killer from Jusenkyo

Chengensai (珍玄斉)
Voice: Kinto Tamura & Terry Klassen

Soun and Genma begin training under martial arts master Chengensai. Chengensai attempts to teach them his "Invisible Man" trick, but Genma and Soun are later shocked to learn that he and Happosai are old friends. His name is written with the kanji for "rare" and "mysterious" plus the same "sai" (斉) as found in "Happosai".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 32: Final Facedown! Happosai vs. the Invisible Man

Mio (未央)
Voice: Masako Katsuki & Nicole Oliver

Mio is a classmate of Akane's at Furinkan High. She comes from a long line of fortune-tellers. When she gives a tarot reading to Akane, she predicts that Ranma and Akane will wed in five days, but that terrible misfortune tied to Happosai will befall their home as well.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 39: The Last Days of Happosai?

Rin-Rin (Ling-Ling) (リンリン)
Voice: Yuko Mita & Nicole Oliver

Rin-Rin and her sister, Ran-Ran, are from the same Chinese village as Shampoo. They travel to Japan to see if Shampoo has killed female Ranma (as per Shampoo's "Kiss of Death" given to female Ranma when they first met). Once they see that female Ranma is still alive the duo attack her. They later come back to get rid of Ranma's fiancées in order to speed along Shampoo and Ranma's marriage. The Viz adaptation phoneticizes her name as "Ling-Ling".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 40: Two, Too-Violent Girls: Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung

Ran-Ran (Lung-Lung) (リンリン)
Voice: Yuko Kobayashi & Nicole Oliver

Like her twin siste, Rin-Rin, Ran-Ran has come to check on Shampoo's progress in defeating female Ranma. While in Japan, she uses her special technique, the Dance of the Great Fire Dragon, that has allegedly made the duo invincible back in their village in China. The Viz adaptation phoneticizes her name as "Lung-Lung".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 40: Two, Too-Violent Girls: Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung

Evil Ranma (悪いらんま)
Voice: Megumi Hayashibara & Venus Terzo

When Ranma make a passing comment that he would consider staying a girl forever, Happosai is able to use magical insense to split male and female Ranma, however the ghostly female Ranma embodies Ranma's bad side. She tries to lure male Ranma away and violently attacks anyone that tries to stop her.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 41: Ranma and the Evil Spirit Within

Copycat Ken (真似っこケン)
Voice: Masami Kiguchi & Toby Proctor

A martial artist who is an incredible mimic, Ken is able to imitate anyone with a wave of his kerchief. Not only can he copy their appearance, but he is able to mimic all of their strongest techniques flawlessly as well.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 42: Enter Ken and his Copycat Kerchief

Obstacle Course Emcee (障害物競走司会者)
Voice: Koji Tsujitani & David Kaye (?)

With a trip to China on the line, this emcee hosts the Martial Arts Miracle Obstacle Course Race. He reminds the contests of the rules and disqualifies anyone who breaks them.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 44: Fight! The Anything-Goes Obstacle Course Race

Clown (ピエロ)
Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki & Paul Dobson (?)

The clown works at the circus and happens to see Ranma and Genma sparring when he arrives in town and is promoting the upcoming show.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 52: Here Comes Ranma's Mom

Sakura (女団長)
Voice: Kazuko Sugiyama & Cathy Weseluck

Happosai tells everyone that Sakura is Genma's long lost love and the mother of Ranma. However, after much nervousness, it is revealed that she is actually a ringmaster for a traveling circus that is hoping to hire Ranma and Genma due to their abilities to transform. In the credits she is billed as "Female Leader" despite her name being said a number of times in the episode.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 52: Here Comes Ranma's Mom

Pig (豚)
Voice: Kazumi Tanaka & ???

As Ryoga seeks shelter from a storm at night, nearby farmers are searching for their pigs who have escaped their enclosure. This little pig takes shelter with Ryoga, becoming smitten when she realizes he is P-chan after he briefly got wet from the rain in her presence. When he leaves, she hide in his backpack and travels with him back to Tokyo.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 53: Ryoga... Beyond the Pleasure and Pain

Torajiro Higuma (ひぐまとらじろう)
Voice: Hideyuki Tanaka & Paul Dobson

Higuma was the new teacher at Furinkan High School. Most of the students thought he would be another tough teacher, but Higuma turned out to be very attentive to the students and encourage them to explore their passions with great exuberance. He tried to get them to "appreciate their youth", before he left to go help another school. His last name means "brown bear" (ひぐま).

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 55: Blow, Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho

Heita Genji (平太)
Voice: Shinnosuke Furumoto & Tony Sampson

Heita is the nice, polite, and caring new student at the Tendo Dojo who impresses everyone with his earnestness and desire to work hard. Happosai takes him under his wing, but Ranma seriously does not like him. His last name is written with the kanji for "peace" and "plump" (平太).

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 56: Blow, Wind! To Be Young is to Go Gung-Ho

Midori (みどり)
Voice: Yumi Takada & Megan Leitch

Midori is the kind-hearted local nursery school teacher that hates the neighborhood panty thief. Happosai has a crush on Midori, and tries to change his ways for her going so far to volunteer at her school. Ultimately however, he fails to curb his panty-stealing ways.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 59: Happosai's Happy Heart

Gindo (銀堂)
Voice: Yoshitada Otsuka & Michael Dobson

Gindo is a childhood friend of Sasuke's who is staying at the Kuno home. Tatewaki Kuno does not believe that Gindo is able to predict his future, so Gindo makes some small predictions to prove it. When Kuno asks who he will marry, Gindo mistakenly forecasts Nabiki, much to Kuno's dismay who expected Gindo to help him choose between Akane Tendo or the Pig-tailed Girl.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 60: Extra, Extra! Kuno and Nabiki! Read All About It

Yasukichi (安吉)
Voice: Koji Tsujitani & Brian Drummond

Yasukichi, an expert at catching eggs due to his childhood on a poulty farm, was a little boy when he moved away from Nerima. He used to have a crush on Kasumi, and is happy to see that she is still living there. Upon visiting he does not reveal his former connection and soon realizes that Dr. Tofu, who treats him after he is attacked by a dog, is in love with Kasumi.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 63: The Egg-Catcher Man

Red Thread of Fate Salesman (運命の赤い糸のセールスマン)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba (?) & Michael Donovan (?)

After trying to sell Cologne some herbal remedy for her stiff shoulders, Shampoo notices he is selling a red thread of fate that is supposed to bind her to her lover and future husband. She hopes to use it to tie herself to Ranma.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 65: Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread

Priest (神父)
Voice: ?

This Christian priest is prepared to marry Shampoo and Ranma in the local church when Shampoo uses the red thread of fate to make Ranma fall in love with her.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 65: Shampoo's Red Thread of Dread

Mousse's Mother (ムースの母)
Voice: Reiko Suzuki & Kathleen Barr (?)

Mousse's mother writes to him from the Village of the Amazons, expressing he hope that he will marry Shampoo and return to China as she is starting to get older.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 66: Mousse Goes Home to the Country!

Temari Kaminarimon (雷門てまり)
Voice: Minori Matsushima & Chantal Strand

This little girl practices Shitamachi Martial Arts, or "Good Old Days Martial Arts". She manages to defeat Akane in battle, and win the Tendo Dojo sign, but is later defeated when Akane sees through her attack thanks to Kasumi's help in making Akane focus rather than get lost in nostalgic rememberances of their mother.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 76: And the Challenger Is... A Girl?!

Hyottoko/Tatsukichi Komagataya (ひょっとこ/龍吉)
Voice: Rokuro Naya & Paul Dobson

Ryukichi dresses in a hyottoko mask and practices the Shitamachi tyle of martial arts which makes use of nostalgic toys and old-timey skills. His main focus is on using cards from the game "menko" to battle his opponents.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 76: And the Challenger Is... A Girl?!

Okame/Torahachi Kachidokibashi (おかめ/虎八)
Voice: Jun Hazumi & Ward Perry

Another practicioner of Shitamachi martial arts, Torahachi wears an okame mask and makes use of marbles as his form of martial arts.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 76: And the Challenger Is... A Girl?!

Ultra/Kumajiro Kaminarimon (ウルトラ/雷門熊次郎)
Voice: Rokuro Naya & Michael Dobson

Dressing in an Ultraman mask, Kumajiro Kaminarimon is Temari's grandfather and is the 11th head of the Shitamachi School of Martial Arts and elder of the League for the Preservation of Street Culture.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 76: And the Challenger Is... A Girl?!

Tea Server (茶坊主)
Voice: Koji Tsujitani & Terry Klassen

The tea server greets Sentaro's Grandmother, the matriarch of the Daimonji School of Martial Arts Tea Ceremony and updates her about the upcoming hydrangea ceremony, he is shocked to learn that she plans on standing up there after remaining in a seated position for many years. He is credited a "Tea Server" (茶坊主/chabozu), but appropriately the term can also mean "flatterer" or "sycophant".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 79: The Matriarch Takes a Stand

Matsu (まつ)
Voice: Chie Kitagawa & Daphne Goldrick

One of the elder disciples of the Daimonji School of Tea Ceremony Martial Arts, she warns Sentaro about the ominous implications of his grandmother standing up for the first time in memory and offers him a record of what happened with the 9th grandmaster of the Daimonji School stood up in 1716.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 79: The Matriarch Takes a Stand

Take (まつ)
Voice: Natsumi Sakuma & Cathy Weseluck

Another of the elders who encourages Sentaro to sacrifice one of the girls he brought, Akane or Ranma, to quell the bad omens brought about by his grandmother standing up.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 79: The Matriarch Takes a Stand

Ume (まつ)
Voice: Natsuko Fuji & Cathy Weseluck

These three older women attempt to prevent Akane from interrupting what Akane believes to be a sacrifice of Ranma. Actually Ranma was just being asked to rub Sentaro's grandmother's legs.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 79: The Matriarch Takes a Stand

Kimiyasu Daitokuji (大徳寺公康)
Voice: Keiji Fujiwara & Scott McNeil

Daitokuji is the captain of a team of male rhythmic gymnast martial artists and is attempting to steal the Three Sacred Treasures of Rhythmic Gymnastics in order to assert the importance of men in the sport over women.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 80: A Leotard Is A Girl's Burden

Manager (支配人)
Voice: Masashi Sugawara & Michael Dobson

With Yutaro too withdrawn to oversee the Royal Prince Okura Hotel, the manager has no choice but to try to draw in customers. When the Tendo family arrives he hopes that one of the sisters will be a suitable bridal candidate for his withdrawn master.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 81: The Mixed-Bath Horror!

Yutaro Yudono (湯殿湯太郎)
Voice: Akira Ishida & Paul Dobson

Heir and inheritor of the remote Royal Prince Okura Hotel, when Yutaro was unable to find a bride before the death of his father and give him grandchilden, he became dour and retreated to the hot spring baths of his hotel. Because the waters of the hotel's hot springs were rumored to be good for enhancing martial artist's abilities, only burly men would come to the remote destination, further preventing Yutaro from ever finding a suitable bride. Living in the baths, he developed a special bath-centric style of martial arts. His last name is an archaic word that means "bathing attendant" and both his first and last name have the kanji for "hot water" in them.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 81: The Mixed-Bath Horror!

The Frog Hermit (カエル仙人)
Voice: Ryuji Saikachi & French Tickner

The Frog Hermit comes to Tokyo to take revenge on Ranma who does not recall knocking him into the Spring of Drowned Frog. Using his trained frogs to fight, the Hermit threatens to turn Ranma into a frog, and claims to have done as much to Ryoga, Shampoo and Genma. Even when cursed, the Frog Hermit can still speak while in his frog-form, unlike other Jusenkyo animal transformations. He returns again in episode 141 to try and retrieve the immortality-granting dragon's meat.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 82: The Frogman's Curse!

Crepe Joe (クレープのジョー)
Voice: Koji Tsujitani & Brian Drummond

The Crepe King, Joe, opens a crepe food truck in Nerima that causes Ukyo to lose customers. When she challenges him to a match, she is defeated and realizes that thanks to having gone soft after falling in love with Ranma, he okonomiyaki lacks the needed fortitude to stand against Joe's new crepes.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 83: Revenge! Raging Okonomiyaki...!

Monk (和尚)
Voice: Kohei Miyauchi & Richard Newman

The monk oversees Manpukuji, a temple dedicated to helping chefs regain their lost luster. At the temple, the monk keeps a 100 year old okonomiyaki that has not aged a day in a century and reveals that this was crafted by Ukyo's great-grandfather.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 83: Revenge! Raging Okonomiyaki...!

Sankichi Uragishi (裏棋士三吉)
Voice: Katsuji Mori & Ron Halder

Sankichi arrives at the Tendo home to challenge Genma to a game of shogi. Sankichi had lost to Genma in a previous match, giving him his only loss. Sankichi does not realize that Genma cheated to win, and when he loses once more, Sankichi dons his shogi piece costume and has a game involving both the Tendos and Saotomes. Sankichi also thinks that all the women he sees look like his wife and tries to abscond with Akane after deciding she is his missing Koharu. The family name "Uragishi" (裏棋士) means "hidden shogi player".

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 85: Shogi Showdown

Koharu Uragishi (裏棋士小春)
Voice: Kachiko Hino & Cathy Weseluck

Koharu leave Sankichi after his loss against Genma drives him to drink. Now Sankichi is in search of his lost while while trying to get his revenge against Genma.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 85: Shogi Showdown

The Gunman (ガンマン)
Voice: Takeshi Matsuo & Michael Donovan

Ranma and Akane are watching this fictional gunman on TV when Ranma jokes that perhaps Ryoga has wandered back into the old west.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

Charlie (チャーリー)
Voice: None

Charlie is the steer belonging to Anna and her grandpa. Strangely, he sometimes walks on his hind legs and behaves in a very human-like manner. When he attacks Ryoga, Ryoga defeats him, which causes Ryoga to get involved with Anna and her grandfather's quest for vengence against the Oshamanbe Clan. Charlie was called "Gertie" in the English dub.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

Grandpa (祖父)
Voice: Ryuji Saikachi & Don Brown

Anna's grandfather is a rancher who has come into conflict with the ruthless Oshamanbe Clan. In the dubbed version he is called "Farmer Brown" however neither his first or last name is ever given in Japanese.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

Anna (安奈)
Voice: Yuko Kobayashi & Maggie Blue O'Hara

Anna develops a crush on Ryoga, who she believes is a legendary cowboy hero named Wandeing Joe. Ultimately Ryoga decides to leave Anna and her father, because his love for Akane is too strong.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

The Cowboy (カウボーイ)
Voice: Toshihiko Nakajima & Robert O. Smith

This motorcycle riding cowboy is the primary henchman of the villanous Oshamanbe Clan who are terrorizing Anna and her grandfather.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

Shopkeeper (店主)
Voice: Mitsuaki Madono & Terry Klassen

This saloonkeeper actually runs a western-themed ramen shop where Ryoga first encounters Ushinosuke.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

Ushinosuke Oshamanbe (長万部牛之介)
Voice: Sho Hayami & Scott McNeil

Ushinosuke Oshamanbe is eye-patch wearing clan wrecking havoc on local ranchers including Anna and her grandfather. He is a practicioner of Western Martial Arts and rides a steer named Kotaro who also wears an eye-patch. The first kanji in his name is, appropriately, "cow" (牛/ushi).

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 90: Ryoga, Run Into the Sunset

Dream Girl (夢の少女)
Voice: Midori Nakazawa or Momoko Ishi & Cathy Weseluck

Happosai dreams of being a wandering monk who buries a skull he finds, in his dream, the ghost of the girl he helped lay to rest visits him and cuddles while serving him alcohol.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 91: Into the Darkness

Takoyaki Shop Owner (たこ焼屋のおやじ)
Voice: Toshihiko Nakajima & Paul Dobson

The neighborhood takoyaki salesman sales Kasumi six balls of takoyaki, with an extra because he says she is so cute.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 93: Case of the Missing Takoyaki!

Seaweed Thief (青海苔童子)
Voice: ???

The Seaweed Thief is a legendary character in a story told by Happosai that eats anything that has seaweed on it, and then leaves bits of seaweed on other people's faces to make them look like they were the ones that ate it. Referred to as the "Seaweed Child" in English and also as the "Aonori Thief" in Japanese. His little red garment says "seaweed" (のり/nori) on it.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 93: Case of the Missing Takoyaki!

Seaweed Goblin (青海苔入道)
Voice: ???

The Seaweed Goblin is a legendary character in a story told by Genma that eats anything that has seaweed on it, and then leaves bits of seaweed on other people's mouths to make them look like they were the ones that ate it. Referred to as the "Seaweed Monster" in English. The goblin portion of its name, "nyudo" refers to a bald monster that has a shaved head (like a monk, hence "nyudo" meaning "priest" or "monk" but also referring to this specific type of creature).

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 93: Case of the Missing Takoyaki!

Woman A (女Ⓐ)
Voice: Midori Nakazawa and Cathy Weseluck

A woman who Happosai claims to have tried to steal a particularly coveted bra from for a number of years, though she attacked him and fended him off each time until he was finally successful.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 94: Ranma Versus Shadow Ranma!

Traveling Peddler (行商人)
Voice: Toshihiko Nakajima and Paul Dobson

A Chinese salesman who was hoping to sell some of his products to the Cat Cafe, however they were closed when he arrived. He happens upon an injured Ranma and sells him the Shadow Clone Incense.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 94: Ranma Versus Shadow Ranma!

Shadow Ranma (影乱馬)
Voice: None

Using the Shadow Clone Incense, Ranma is able to bring his shadow to life so that he can train against it, however the shadow soon takes on a life of its own and acts on Ranma's hidden impulses.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 94: Ranma Versus Shadow Ranma!

Sotatsu Jikeiin (慈恵院宗達)
Voice: Koji Tsujitani & Allistair Abell

Sotatsu is a martial arts calligrapher. He quickly dispatches Kuno, which makes Ranma take an interest in defeating him. Unfortunately for Ranma, his handwriting is atrocious and Sotatsu repeatedly deems Ranma as not being worthy of challenging him.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Nettohen Episode 97: Ranma's Calligraphy Challenge

Toramasa Kobayashi

voices: Hiroshi Masuoka & Terry Klassen

Nettôhen episode: 98

Toramasa Kobayashi is the owner of the Furinkan High school store. The Principal is trying to get rid of him, because he knows about the Principal's poor high school grades.

Rinko

voices: You Inoue & Nicole Oliver

Nettôhen episodes: 101

Rinko is a champion go-cart racer, who tries to prevent the rest of the gang from winning the race. Ultimately a major crash takes her out of the competition.

The Furinkan Stalker

voices: Issei Futamata & Micheal Benyaer

Nettôhen episode: 102

The Furinkan Stalker has been terrorizing the girls of Furinkan High School, and everyone assumes it's Ranma because of his ponytail. It is revealed though, that it is actually Hikaru Gosunkugi in a misguided attempt at getting Ranma in trouble.

Snow Girl

voice: Masako Tsugaya & Tabitha St. Germaine

Nettôhen episode: 106

This little girl was lost in a severe snowstorm that hit Nerima, the Tendo's found her and nursed her back to health.

Snow Girl

voices: Masako Tsugaya & Tabitha St. Germaine

Nettôhen episode: 106

The little snow girl is revealed to actually be a snow spirit, who lost her flute. The rampaging monster, Mu, is actually her pet.

Mu

voices: None

Nettôhen episode: 106

Mu is the giant abominable snow creature who was responsible for the blizzard in Nerima. He is actually the pet of the Snow Girl.

Ogre Monster

voices: None

Nettôhen episode: 107

The Ogre Monster was one of the creatures released when Ranma and Genma knocked the wards off the cursed scrolls.

Spider Monster

voices: None

Nettôhen episode: 107

The Spider Monster is the other creature that was released from the cursed scroll along with the Ogre and Panda doodle.

Miyakoji Tea Martial Artists

voices: Various

Nettôhen episode: 112

The Miyakoji Tea Martial Artists capture Sentaro's Grandmother as a test to ensure that he is worthy of marrying Satsuki.

Tsukasa

voices: Mitsuki Yayoi & Jen Forgie

Nettôhen episode: 114

Tsukasa is a sickly woman that Happosai brings food to when he is disguised as an octopus pot.

Satori

voices: Kazue Ikura & Rhys Huber

Nettôhen episode: 137-141

Satori is a young boy who is able to read other people's minds. After meeting Ryoga and learning of Akane, he travels to the Tendo home hoping to meet her. After seeing Ranma lie to her, he proceeds to make Ranma's day very difficult.

Kogane Musashi

voices: Mako Hyodo & Saffron Henderson

Nettôhen episode: 117 & 135

Kogane is a ghost girl that Ranma, Akane and Kuno discover in a notebook sold at the Furinkan High school store. Kogane sings a song that supposedly leads to a treasure, which winds up being a stuffed raccoon doll she had lost.

Princess Ori

voices: Yuko Mita & Moneca Stori

Nettôhen episode: 130

A famous character from Japanese literature, Akane dreams that she meets her and is surprised that she and her fiance seem to have the same sort of relationship as Ranma and Akane do.

Lychee & Jasmine

voices: Sakiko Tamagawa & Diana Wong

movie: 1

Lychee and her pet elephant, Jasmine, were given a scroll by Happosai. The scroll entitles her to marry Kirin, but when Kirin finally arrives after many years, Akane happens to be holding the scroll....

Kirin

voices: Kaneto Shiozawa & John Payne

movie: 1

Prince Kirin is the leader of the Seven Lucky God Martial Artists. He has come to claim the holder of the scroll as his bride, and while Lychee actually owns the scroll, Akane happens to be holding it when Kirin arrives.

Ebitan

voices: Yo Yoshimura & Nick Misura

movie: 1

Ebitan is a member of the Seven Lucky Gods Martial Artists as well, and seems to be Kirin's right hand man. Ebitan uses a fishing pole as a weapon, and is surprisingly adept at combat.

Monlon

voices: Eiko Yamada & Linda Boyd

movie: 1

A member of the Seven Lucky Gods Martial Artists, Monlon is able to use her lute as a deadly weapon. Ultimately Shampoo is able to defeat her.

Daihakuse & Daikokuse

voices: Mitsuaki Madono/Michael Dobson Daihakuse Takehito Koyasu/Paul Dobson Daikokuse

movie: 1

Both of these young twins are members of the Seven Lucky Gods Martial Artists, they have an affinity for playing Go, and attempt to crush their opponents underneath their giant Go pieces. Ranma is able to outsmart them, and destory's their temple with a single blow .

Wu

voices: Yo Yoshimura & Terry Klassen

movie: 1

Wu is the largest member of the Seven Lucky God Martial Artists. This gentle giant seems to have a love for elephants, as he seems to enjoy playing with Lychee's elepant Jasmine.

Bishamonten

voices: Kazuhiko Inoue & Robert O. Smith

movie: 1

Bishamonten is the trident-wielding member of the Seven Lucky Gods Martial Artists. He is quickly dispatched by a well-placed bomb from Happosai who is in a hurry to meet up with Monlon.

Toma

voices: Mitsuaki Madono & Alessandro Juliani

movie: 2

Toma is the prince of Togenkyo Island, he has captured many women in hopes of making them his bride-to-be. Toma manages to capture all of the shipwrecked females after Kuno's yacht crashes on a neighboring island.

Sarutoru

voices: Nobuo Tobita & Paul Dobson

movie: 2

Sarutoru manages to kidnap Ukyo for himself, but no one seems interested in rescuing her. When Ryoga accidently wanders in and tries, Sarutoru uses his special technique "Shadow Fall" on Ryoga, which depresses him with thoughts of Akane's rejection. Unfortunately for Sarotoru the more depressed Ryoga gets the more powerful his Shi Shi Hakodan is.

Toristan

voices: Issei Futamata & Gerard Plunkett

movie: 2

This bird-man kidnaps Shampoo as his bride until Mousse bursts in to stop him. After a spectacular battle Mousse manages to knock off his mask and knock him unconscious.

Wonton

voices: Satohito Nakajima & Terry Klassen

movie: 2

Wonton is the giant dog-man, who seems to be seriously lacking any intelligence. Wonton is able to mop the floor with Kuno until Nabiki steps in and uses brains rather than brawn to defeat the dim-witted brawler.

Natsume

voices: Masako Katsuki & Lalainia Lindbjerg

OVA: The One to Carry On Part 1 & 2

Natsume is the more ruthless of the two sisters. She believes Soun is her father, and that by defeating Akane that she deserves to inherit the Tendo Dojo.

Karumi

voices: Yuko Mizutani & Kelly Sheridan

OVA: The One to Carry On Part 1 & 2

Karumi is the younger and more kind-hearted sister of the two. Like her sister, she believes Soun Tendo is her father, but doesn't quite agree that they should inherit the Tendo Dojo rather than Akane. Karumi also loves to eat quite a bit. She was even able to eat Akane's cooking.

Ichiro (いちろう)
Voice: Toshihiko Seki & Andrew Frankel

Ichiro is a member of the Furinkan High Broadcasting Club, he tries to get interviews with various students at Furinkan High School and often provides commentary for the fights going on at the school.

Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 2: I Hate Men!