Ranma ½ (Japanese: らんま ½⁠, Hepburn: Ranma Nibun-no-Ichi, pronounced Ranma One-Half in English) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi.

Akane Tendo (天道てんどう あかね, Tendō Akane) is the female protagonist of Ranma ½. She is the sixteen year old youngest daughter of Soun Tendo, the younger sister of Kasumi Tendo and Nabiki Tendo, the reluctant fiance of Ranma Saotome, and one of the heirs to the Tendo Branch of Anything Goes Martial Arts.