Saotome, Genma

早乙女玄馬

Genma Saotome is Ranma Saotome's father and the sensei of the Saotome Dojo of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū karate ("School of Indiscriminate Grappling," more commonly known in the West as "Anything Goes Martial Arts"). While Genma took Ranma on a decade-long training voyage to improve their martial arts skills, he insisted on visiting Jusenkyo in China, a place he believed to be a training ground. However, due to Genma's ignorance of the Chinese language, he did not realize that the area was unfrequented because it was cursed. Genma realized all too late the mistake he had made, after his son knocked him into a cursed spring during this fateful training session.
Genma was knocked into Shonmaoniichuan (Xiongmaoniquan), 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.
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 the agreement were as follows: Ranma would marry one of Soun's daughters and carry on the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts.
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.
Unlike Ryoga, Mousse, and Shampoo, Genma automatically regains his clothing when shifting back to normal, despite being too large to keep them in cursed form. The only other character who shares a similar trait is Pantyhose Taro. Occasionally, primarily in the earliest stories, the top half of Genma's gi and his glasses will also remain on him when he turns into a panda.

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First name:: Genma
Last name:: Saotome
Other names:: Pops
Old Man

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Productions featuring this character

(13)

TV

Supporting

Ranma ½ (2024) 3rd Season

Ranma ½ (2024) Season 3

TV

Supporting

Ranma ½ (2024) 2nd Season

Ranma ½ (2024) Season 2

TV

Supporting

Ranma ½ (2024)

Ranma1/2 (2024)

OVA

Supporting

Ranma ½: Akumu! Shunmin Kou

OVA

Supporting

Ranma ½ Super

OVA

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Ranma ½: Yomigaeru Kioku

Ranma 1/2 Special: Reawakening Memories

Movie

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Ranma ½: Chou Musabetsu Kessen! Ranma Team vs. Densetsu no Houou

Ranma ½: Team Ranma vs. The Legendary Phoenix

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Ranma ½ OVA

Ranma ½ (OVA)

Special

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Ranma ½: Tendou-ke no Oyobidenai Yatsura!

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Ranma ½: Kessen Tougenkyou! Hanayome wo Torimodose!

Ranma ½: The Movie 2 - The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!

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Ranma ½: Chuugoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi no Gekitou-hen!!

Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

OVA

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Ranma ½: Nettou Uta Gassen

Ranma 1/2: Hot Song Contest

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Ranma ½

Voice actors for this character

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ChoVoices: Japanese

Fred TatascioreVoices: English

Alessandro BudroniVoices: Italian

Pierre-François PistorioVoices: French

Carlos CampanileVoices: Portuguese (BR)

Raúl AnayaVoices: Spanish

Thomas RauscherVoices: German

Kenichi OgataVoices: Japanese

Robert SmithVoices: English

Roberto MendiolaVoices: Spanish

Armando TiraboschiVoices: Portuguese (BR)

Serge BourrierVoices: French

Vittorio Di PrimaVoices: Italian

Dave BridgesVoices: English

Michele KalameraVoices: Italian

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