Vital Statistics:


Age: 18
Occupation: Wandering Martial Artist
Cursed Form: Tiny Black Piglet
First Appearance: Volume One, Chapter One

Who is that guy up there with the Umbrella? Why, that's good old Ryoga Hibiki, one of the most popular characters in all of Ranma 1/2! What's the deal with Ryoga, you ask? Well, pull up a chair and I'll tell you all about it...
Ryoga has a few problems. He went to junior high school with Ranma and, well, Ranma always stole the last bread before Ryoga could get to it. Everyday. Fed up with this humiliation, Ryoga challenged Ranma to a duel in an abandoned lot behind Ryoga's house. However, Ryoga has no sense of direction. I mean NONE at all. Let's just say it took him 4 days to find the lot. Of course, Ranma was gone, his father having dragged him off to China the previous day for his ill-fated training mission. Infuriated because he thought Ranma ran out on their duel, Ryoga chased them all the way to Junsenkyo (don't ask me HOW, given his problem. I don't know).
Now, at Junsenkyo, Ryoga is standing on a cliff overlooking the springs when a panda goes flying by, knocking him off balance and almost sending him into the cursed water. He's about to regain himself when a red-haired girl chasing said panda (actually Genma and Ranma, just cursed) knocks him off the cliff. he falls into the "Spring of drowned pig", and from now on, he turns into a tiny black piglet when splashed with cold water.
Anyway, to make a long story short, Ryoga trails Ranma back to the Tendo dojo, tries to duel with Ranma (although their duel is never officially settled), accidentally cuts Akane's hair short, Falls in love with her, accidentally becomes her pet pig P-Chan, and discovers Ranma is the cause of his curse. Pretty full schedule, I'd say.
The Eternal Lost Boy, Ryouga hasn't felt more confused and aimless as he does now, with the declaration of Ranma and Akane's impending wedding. For him, it was the end of the most important time of his life, and the complete crushing of his lifelong dream of being with Akane Tendo. Lonely and feeling unusually contemplative, he decided to embark on a long journey, with no real purpose or destination. In fact, it was shaping up to be just about like any other trip he took...anywhere...when a former ally against Ranma and Akane offered to tag along...
Now, having been travelling with Ukyou for more than a few months, the two have grown closer than either were to their respective infatuations, and have even begun to develop a romance. So much so, in fact, that the two are now informally engaged. Of course, Ryouga's still quite shy, and his discomfort with intimacy makes things tough on Ukyou sometimes, but the two seem content on working out their problems.


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