History Characters / RanmaOneHalfUkyoKuonji

* GoodIsNotNice: Ukyo is initially introduced as the "good girl" of Akane's three romantic rivals, which mostly manifests as her taking the most sane and sensible ways to earn Ranma's affection (until she gets a case of TookALevelInJerkass, at least). Despite this, she's also plain-spoken and strongly opinionated, which means she does ''not'' hold back from criticizing others on their stupidity (most commonly Ryoga, when they team up). Of course, given this is a comedy series, her criticisms can often fall into HypocriticalHumor.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's not above hurting Akane's feelings sometimes because she wants Ranma. However she's still nice and a good person, and not at all amoral as Shampoo or Kodachi.

* HairDecorations: She's rarely seen without her white hair ribbon, which she fashions into a large bow.

* BenevolentBoss: How Konatsu sees her. Of course, the reality is [[BadBoss rather the opposite]]; it's just that Konatsu is so screwed up that being paid 10 yen an hour and given free room and board without regular beatings is heaven to him.

* GirlinessUpgrade: When she was a kid, Ukyo was such a tomboy that Ranma never realized she was a girl. In her first appearance, she was dressed as a guy because she renounced living as a woman after Genma had shamed her by renegging on her engagement to Ranma, by abandoning her. After Ranma finally discovers Ukyo is actually a woman and calls her cute, Ukyo fully embraces her femininity once more. Though she continues to dress in a rather masculine fashion after joining the regular cast, she does enjoy wearing feminine clothes when she has the opportunity.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Konatsu's Feminine Boy.

* ImNotPretty: Her initial reaction to Ranma saying she's cute. She turns red as a tomato and stutters like mad while denying she grew into a cute girl.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While reasonably cute in the manga, the anime made significant changes to Ukyō's appearance to make her more appealing.
** In the manga, her hair was only shoulder-length and usually worn in a short ponytail. The anime makes it much longer, by having her [[LettingHerHairDown leave it down]] to show it [[RapunzelHair extends past her buttocks.]]
** Ukyō's legs were never shown because of the baggy ninja-to leggings she wore with her chef's attire. In the anime, she wears form-fitting stockings with her chef's uniform and the shapeliness of her bare legs [[MaleGaze is emphasized]] several times[[note]]during the ''Battle for "Ms. Beachside"'' episode and ''Nihao My Concubine''[[/note]].
** She was also given a bigger bustline, comparable to Shampoo's and Nabiki's bosoms, whereas the manga made her seem semi-flatchested even without her sarashi.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The anime notably toned down her nastier aspects from the manga and left out some of her most antagonistic moments.

* DoggedNiceGirl: While she doesn't hide her crush on Ranma, she never gets pushy enough to drive him away from her, unlike those like Shampoo and Kodachi. She's the only one of Ranma's suitors who can hang out with him as friends and he does often enjoy her company, but he just doesn't like her in a romantic way.

** Zigzagged in the anime. Whilst she does get involve in some more "typical romantic rival" hijinks, like trying to abuse Ranma's being under the effects of a LovePotion-laced bandaid, she doesn't go to any of the same extents that happened in the manga.

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: She's introduced this way. She makes a HeelFaceTurn and puts herself in the running for Ranma. It's one of the things that make

* HiddenBuxom: It isn't noticeable because of the sarashi she usually wears underneath her clothes, but when she takes it off, [[BoobsOfSteel she's as stacked as any of her rivals]]. Best seen in ''"The Tunnel of Lost Love"'' OVA and ''"Nihao My Concubine"''.

* OneOfTheBoys: It's how Ranma's always seen her, ever since they were kids, and even thought that she ''was'' a boy. It wasn't until years later that he finally realized she was a girl. Despite this, he still continues to think of her as one of his guy friends and treats her accordingly. Which depresses Ukyo, knowing she's stuck just being friends with him.

* ShipperOnDeck: Actively tries to get Ryoga and Akane together, though more for ulterior motives than actually finding them a cute couple; she's in love with Ranma and wants him for herself, but because she's also friends with Akane, she doesn't want her ending up alone.

* SuppressedMammaries: She was initially mistaken for a male transfer student, until she and Ranma fought. During which, he got [[AccidentalPervert a surprise]] [[ThanksForTheMammaries handful of her melons]], followed by a slap. Ukyo then explained that she began binding her breasts as her way of renouncing her womanhood, after Genma had shamed her by renegging on her engagement to Ranma, by abandoning her.

* TokenGoodTeammate: While they're not really a "team", Ukyo is easily the nicest of the three main "runner-up fiances" compared to Shampoo and Kodachi. She can be nasty when she needs to, but she's really a rather sweet girl at heart.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: She dressed up in male clothing as a symbol of the fact Ranma had "ruined her womanhood". Though she continues to dress in a rather masculine fashion after joining the regular cast, she does enjoy wearing feminine clothes when she has the opportunity and is quite emphatically straight.

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* GirlNextDoor: Leaving aside the conflict in her introduction, she's the closest the series comes to having [[OnlySaneMan a "normal"]] character. She's known Ranma since childhood, is usually only modestly attractive and, unlike Ranma's other suitors, he enjoys her company because she's a good cook ''and'' a good listener.

* ArrangedMarriage: When they were kids playing together, her dad brought up the idea of Ukyo marrying Ranma to Genma Saotome, seeing as how the two were so fond of him. In Genma's favor, he did initially decline the suggestion, telling Mr. Kuonji that Ranma was already engaged. in Genma's condemnation, he ''immediately'' changed his tune when Mr. Kuonji mentioned that the family yattai[[note]]food-vendor's cart[[/note]] was Ukyo's dowry, agreeing to break off the Tendo engagement for the Kuonji engagement... and then stole the dowry and ran away with it.

* GirlNextDoor: Leaving aside the conflict in her introduction, Ukyo plays the role well. She has known Ranma since childhood and unlike most of Ranma's other suitors, he enjoys her company and sees her as a friend, and so often goes to eat at her restaurant.

** In the manga, her hair was only shoulder-length and usually worn in a short ponytail. The anime makes it much longer, by having her [[LettingHerHairDown leave it down]] to show it [[RapunzelHair extends to her waist.]]
** Ukyō's legs were never shown because of the baggy ninja-to leggings she wore with her chef's attire, when not in school uniform. In the anime, she wears form-fitting stockings with her chef's uniform and the shapeliness of her bare legs [[MaleGaze is emphasized]] several times[[note]]during the ''Battle for "Ms. Beachside"'' episode and ''Nihao My Concubine''[[/note]].

* NotSoDifferent: Zigzagged. Some stories show her acting rather similarly to Akane, in terms of slapping Ranma when he says something affectionate-sounding or seemingly flirtatious to her. Normally, however, she's more openly affectionate towards him than Akane is, if less aggressively than Shampoo. Likewise, whereas Akane tends to be very distrustful of Ranma, Ukyo is normally quite trusting. Most notably, during the Spoiled Sauce story, she never gets mad with Ranma when he tries to act like an abusive spouse towards her -- even before she learns through eavesdropping that his behavior is just his hairbrained way of trying to drive her off.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: At first, and debatedly later on in the manga, where she continues to wear her more masculine school uniform and this coupled with the art makes her look more like a boy than the anime does.

** Ryoga wanders around with a weighted bamboo parasol strapped to his back, while Ukyo does the same with her spatula, which is the size of a baker's peel. Likewise, both are capable of [[FlechetteStorm spamming projectiles]]: Ryoga with his seemingly never-ending supply of bandanas[[note]]even though it appears to be a single bandana, [[HammerSpace regardless how many he pulls from it]][[/note]], whereas Ukyo's bandolier never runs out of mini-spatula.
** Her hair ribbon is also analogous to Ryoga's bandana, as both are rarely seen without them.

* DropInCharacter: Almost a case of DemotedToExtra after Konatsu's introduction arc.

* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Spatulas and noodles are pretty deadly in her hands.

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: She's introduced this way. She makes a HeelFaceTurn and puts herself in the running for Ranma.

* FriendlyRivals: Despite being rivals for Ranma's hand, Ukyo and Akane do often act quite friendly, a stark contrast to Akane's relationships with Shampoo or Kodachi. In the anime, during the love-potion bandaid episode, Ukyo even stops from chasing after Shampoo and the abducted Ranma to tell Akane that "she has a shot in this too" (meaning a chance to get Ranma to be hers at last), if she has the courage to pursue it.

The last of Ranma's fiancées to appear, Ukyo is the victim of a childhood crush gone horribly wrong. First, she made a ChildhoodMarriagePromise to Ranma that he would end up forgetting about (not that he knew what he was promising at the time -- and then he ended up accidentally sabotaging the promise in the first place), and then, when her father and Genma apparently made an ArrangedMarriage... but then Genma stole her dowry and ran off with it, leaving her behind. Believing Ranma had been in on it, Ukyo swore revenge and began crossdressing as part of an elaborate vow, tracking Ranma down with the intent of making him pay for deceiving her... only to discover it had all been Genma's fault, and Ranma was never even told about the engagement. Between this, the fact she was still in love with him, the fact Ranma evidently found her attractive despite the crossdressing, Ukyo believes she has a legitimate chance at winning Ranma's heart, and calls off her revenge to instead try and woo him to her. Generally the nicest of Ranma's fiancées, but she has her ugly side too and can use threats, destructive ambush-beatings, or manipulation when she feels it's called for. It's worth noting that she is the only fiancée who always regrets manipulating the others.

* AffectionateNickname: Ranma calls her "Ucchan".
* ArrangedMarriage: When they were kids playing together, her dad brought up the idea of Ukyo marrying Ranma to Genma Saotome, who insisted Ranma was already engaged. His resistance to the idea immediately vanished when Mr. Kuonji admitted his cart was Ukyo's dowry. Not that this stopped Genma stealing the cart anyway.
* ArrogantKungFuGirl: In the anime, she is the latest of several generations of Kuonjis to practice Martial Arts Okonomiyaki, and she is very proud of this fact and her skills. A {{filler}} episode has her get beaten by a master of Martial Arts Crepes and being utterly devastated, even angrily asking if Ranma is insinuating that she shouldn't care so much about martial arts because she's a girl before declaring that she doesn't even deserve to be Ranma's wife if she's that inept a fighter. She then spends the rest of the episode in training for a rematch. {{Subverted|Trope}} in the original manga, however, where she seems to have made up her style singlehandedly to try and get revenge on Ranma and Genma, and she is here portrayed as being more or less indifferent to her actual skills as a fighter -- a late manga filler arc has her fighting a Martial Arts Takoyaki fighter she beat as a kid, and who has been wearing a goofy mask ever since. Not only does she admit outright that she never expected him to take the terms (whoever lost would wear a goofy mask forever after) seriously, to the point she implies that if she had lost she would have thrown it away once they weren't around each other any more, she is quite happy to lose the fight because it means that he will now take the mask off and leave her alone.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Perfectly willing to attack those without martial arts skills if they get too close to Ranma, most notably Nabiki during her stint as Ranma's fiancée and masterminding the attack against Miss Hinako for "using her position as a teacher to seduce Ranma".

** Both came to Nerima seeking revenge on Ranma for a childhood offense, but ultimately hold him responsible for the loss their dignity (Ryoga, due to being knocked into the Spring of Drowned Piglet) and femininity (Ukyo, after being ditched by Genma). And, when each finally caught up to him, their exact words were: "Because of you, I've seen hell!".

* DropInCharacter: Almost a case of DemotedToExtra after Konatsu's introduction arc. It gets to the point where she falls as low as Kodachi and Shampoo in [[spoiler:helping destroy the Saotome house without remorse.]]

* ShipTease: This was [[RelationshipWritingFumble the main reason]] behind the popularity of the Ryoga/Ukyo pairing, as they were given many more scenes together and [[WillTheyOrWontThey seemed to be shaping up to be a couple.]] The ''"Tunnel of Lost Love"'' story was intended to sink the pairing, but the anime version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4VTmtTtkE4 appeared to be promoting it instead.]] They defend each other from the spirits (which didn't happen in the manga), complete with a BackToBackBadasses moment, and ends with them collapsing in exhaustion while being teased as "lovebirds" by Ranma and the others. ''"Nihao My Concubine"'', added fuel to the fire by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApD5uG5IlE having Ryoga rescue her]] and, during the end credits, he's seen manning the grill for her.

* SupremeChef: While okinomiyaki is her specialty, it's been shown that her culinary skills encompass a broad range of dishes; including French cuisine.

** She was also given a bigger bustline, comparable to Shampoo's and Nabiki's bossoms, whereas the manga made her seem semi-flatchested even without her sarashi.

* CharacterDevelopment: In the manga, she ends up with a ''negative'' example of character growth in that she [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes more malicious, destructive, abusive and scheming as the manga progresses]]. She goes from being the "sane" extra fiancées who would rather try to non-violently pair up Ryoga and Akane so she can peacefully have Ranma for herself to engaging in the same crazy stunts as Shampoo and Kodachi.

* {{Flanderization}}: When Ukyo is introduced, she's depicted as "the nice girl with a temper"; she can fly off the handle when she feels pushed, but overall she's the reasonable one out of Ranma's extraneous fiancees. In the manga, she ends up becoming vastly more negative and abusive as the series progresses; joining in on Kodachi and Shampoo's more extreme actions and shamelessly exploiting Konatsu.

* CharacterDevelopment: In the manga, she ends up with a ''negative'' example of character growth in that she [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes more malicious, destructive, abusive and scheming as the manga progresses]]. She goes from being the "sane" extra fiancee who would rather try to non-violently pair up Ryoga & Akane so she can peacefully have Ranma for herself to engaging in the same crazy stunts as Shampoo & Kodachi.

* {{Flanderization}}: When Ukyo is introduced, she's depicted as "the nice girl with a temper"; she can fly off the handle when she feels pushed, but overall she's the reasonable one out of Ranma's extraneous fiancees. In the manga, she ends up becoming vastly more negative and abusive as the series progresses; joining in on Kodachi & Shampoo's more extreme actions and shamelessly exploiting Konatsu.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Ukyo is, initially, the ''nice one'' of the three girls trying to displace Akane from Ranma's heart, mostly trying to push Akane aside with Ryoga than through violence. By the later parts of the manga, though, she has devolved to becoming as violent and crazy as Shampoo and Kodachi, where she does things like join them in trying to bump off Nabiki when she takes up the Tendo engagement, levels the Saotome house alongside them, shamelessly exploits Konatsu's ignorance and feelings for her to use him as cheap labor, and joins Shampoo in slinging bombs around at Ranma & Akane's abortive wedding.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While reasonably cute in the manga, the anime made significant changes to Ukyō's appearance to make her more appealing.
** In the manga, her hair was only shoulder-length and usually worn in a short ponytail. The anime makes it much longer, by having her [[LettingHerHairDown leave it down]] to show it [[RapunzelHair extends to her waist.]]
** Ukyō's legs were never shown because of the baggy ninja-to leggings she wore with her chef's attire, when not in school uniform. In the anime, she wears form-fitting stockings with her chef's uniform and the shapeliness of her bare legs are emphasized several times[[note]]during the ''Battle for "Ms. Beachside"'' episode and ''Nihao My Concubine''[[/note]].
** She was also given a bigger bustline, comparable to Shampoo's and Nabiki's bossoms, whereas the manga made her seem semi-flatchested even without her sarashi.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While reasonably cute in the manga, the anime made significant changes to Ukyō's appearance to make her more appealing.
** In the manga, her hair was only shoulder-length and usually worn in a short ponytail. The anime makes it much longer, by having her [[LettingHerHairDown leave it down]] to show it [RapunzelHair extends to her waist.]]
** Ukyō's legs were never shown because of the baggy ninja-to leggings she wore with her chef's attire, when not in school uniform. In the anime, she wears form-fitting stockings with her chef's uniform and the shapeliness of her bare legs are emphasized several times[[note]]during the ''Battle for "Ms. Beachside"'' episode and ''Nihao My Concubine''[[/note]].
** She was also given a bigger bustline, comparable to Shampoo's and Nabiki's bossoms, whereas the manga made her seem semi-flatchested even without her sarashi.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While reasonably cute in the manga, the anime made significant changes to Ukyō's appearance to make her more appealing.
** In the manga, her hair was only shoulder-length and usually worn in a short ponytail. The anime makes it much longer, by having her [[LettingDownHerHair leave it down]] to show it [RapunzelHair extends to her waist.]]
** Ukyō's legs were never shown because of the baggy ninja-to leggings she wore with her chef's attire, when not in school uniform. In the anime, she wears form-fitting stockings with her chef's uniform and the shapeliness of her bare legs are emphasized several times[[note]]during the ''Battle for "Ms. Beachside"'' episode and ''Nihao My Concubine''[[/note]].
** She was also given a bigger bustline, comparable to Shampoo's and Nabiki's bossoms, whereas the manga made her seem semi-flatchested even without her sarashi.

->Voiced by: Creator/HiromiTsuru (Japanese), Creator/KellySheridan (English), Gaby Willer (LA)