Ran (Urusei Yatsura)
| Ran | |
|---|---|
| Urusei Yatsura character | |
Ran, as depicted in a promotional artwork for the 2022 Urusei Yatsura TV series | |
| First appearance | Urusei Yatsura chapter 55: "Sports Festival Close Call" (October 1980) |
| Created by | Rumiko Takahashi |
| Voiced by | Japanese: Yō Inoue (1981 TV series, episodes 18 – 103) Kazue Komiya (1981 TV series, episodes 104 – 194) Kana Hanazawa (2022 TV series) English: Donna Bella Litton (2022 TV series) |
Ran is a fictional character appearing in the Japanese manga series Urusei Yatsura, created by Rumiko Takahashi. The character made her first appearance in the 55th chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine on October 22, 1980. In Urusei Yatsura, Ran is portrayed as an alien with a bipolar personality who grew up as childhood friends with the Oni alien Lum, for whom Ran developed a one-sided rivalry after years of resentment towards her.
In the anime adaptations of Urusei Yatsura, the character was initially voiced in Japanese by Yō Inoue and then by Kazue Komiya in the 1981 TV series, and by Kana Hanazawa in the 2022 TV series, while Donna Bella Litton provides her voice in English.