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The village of the Chinese Amazons, also known as Nyuchiehzu is the home of the Joketsuzoku, and is located somewhere deep within the Bayankala Mountains of China. The Joketsuzoku are from a village close to Jusenkyo within the Bayankala Mountains.

The most unusual locale is a massive treetrunk that is suspended horizontally from a pair of sturdy support arches, presumably close to the center of the village; this is evidently the official arena for the village's many martial artists, as it is shown that the yearly fighting tournament is conducted atop it.

While the village may seem primitive, they are not totally isolated from modern amenities or the outside world. They have their own printing press, which they use to produce a newspaper that is distributed even to other nearby villages, and they presumably have their own phonelines.

Shampoo, Mousse, and Cologne are Joketsuzoku.

The Joketsuzoku train many, or possibly even all, of their womenfolk in martial arts. These female martial artists are encouraged to take a great deal of pride in their skills and to be honorable, courageous warriors, though the referenced and displayed conducts of the Joketsuzoku suggests a rather brutal and amoral code of honor that encourages ruthlessness. Joketsuzoku women take such pride in their skills that they are deeply ashamed to be defeated by women from outside the village, and even have a law referred to as the Kiss of Death. Performed by giving the outsider who defeated the Joketsuzoku warrior a kiss on her cheek, it symbolically declares that the Joketsuzoku will continue to challenge the outsider, chasing her to the ends of the earth if need be, until one of them is dead.

In truth, the Joketsuzoku seem to welcome strong martial arts practitioners of the male sex, as their law states that women who are defeated by outsider men must marry those men. Joketsuzoku do not seem to hold any contempt for men, except when they are fighters who prove weaker than the Joketsuzoku they challenged.

The Joketsuzoku are an old society and steeped in much martial arts lore; Cologne routinely mentions techniques that date back over three thousand years.

Nicknames:

• Sweet Tootsie (by Mousse)
• Purple Fur Ball (by Kodachi)

• name: Shampoo, Xian Pu;
• age: 19;
• nationality: Chinese (In tribe of women heroes, Chinese Amazon);
• occupation: martial artist, delivery girl, waitress;
• species: human (Jusenkyo curse Human to Cat; cat form appearance: light pink fur with darker pink paws and ears, transforms into a cat by being splashed or soaked by cold water, hot water turns her back into a human or remains a human if not splashed originally, Shampoo cannot speak while a cat);
• appearance: knee-length purplish blue hair, dark pink eyes, pale pigmentation, dark pink eyeshadow;
• outfit: She dresses in various forms of Chinese clothing, usually a matching blouse and pants, over which she may wear an apron while working, For formal occasions she favors sleeveless cheongsam;
• weapon: Chui;
• speech: does broken English, referring to herself in the third person and utilizing a minimalistic dialogue that emphasizes nouns and verbs whilst omitting prepositions, indefinite articles and definite articles, can speak Mandarin Chinese and Japanese;
• relationships: Cologne ( great- grandmother, close), Monomer (father, close), Mousse (childhood friends), Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung (twin sisters, close);

• Shampoo is a Chinese Amazon ("tribe of women heroes") from Joketsuzoku, a village located in China. Joketsuzoku is from a village close to Jusenkyo known as Nyucheizu within the Bayankala Mountains.

• She is manipulative. She has repeatedly shown as devious and strategic as well as not being above scheming, play-acting or completely ruthless behavior to advance her position towards the object of her attention. However, Shampoo does seem to enjoy having fun from the trouble she causes;
• Shampoo is sexually uninhibited and sensual, possibly due to her upbringing in a society including extensive warrior training for both males and females. Nudity is also not a problem for her, as she rather enjoys being naked.

• Shampoo tends to make her entrance by running over people with her bicycle;
• She works at a Chinese restaurant called the Cat Café with her great- grandmother, Cologne, her father, and Mousse;

Nicknames:

• Mu-Tsu, Mu Mu-chan the duck, Stupid Duck-boy (by Shampoo)
• Mister Part-time (by Cologne)
• Moron, Insect (by Ranma)

• name: Mousse, (Mūsu);
• age: 19;
• species: human;
• Jusenkyo curse: human to duck, transforms into a white duck by being splashed or soaked by cold water, hot water turns him back into a human(while in duck form, he cannot talk);
• gender: male;
• nationality: Chinese (In tribe of women heroes, Nyuchiehzu, Chinese Amazon: Joketsuzoku);
• occupation: waiter at the Cat Café, a chinese restaurant with Cologne and Shampoo;
• appearance: Mousse has long, black hair which is either past shoulder length, He wears a long, white chinese robe with a diamond pattern on the chest with black cuffs and voluminous sleeves from which he produces his arsenal of hidden weapons, he has coke-bottle glasses;
• relationships: Mascara (Mousse's mother)

• Mousse is Chinese Amazon ("tribe of women heroes") from Joketsuzoku, a village located in China. Joketsuzoku is from a village close to Jusenkyo known as Nyucheizu within the Bayankala Mountains.

• He was cursed at Jusenkyo to turn into a duck, having accidentally walked into the Spring of Drowned Duck due to his poor eyesight. According to the Jusenkyo Guide, he is the first person to ever fall into a spring after taking only one step.

• Devoted and Persistent, Rivalrous, Skilled but Flawed, Obsessed, Can be Cowardly, Tricky and Deceptive;

• Mousse is extremely near-sighted, an ailment that brings him into many unflattering misunderstandings whenever he's not wearing his glasses. Mousse has a habit of taking off his glasses when he talks about something important, so sometimes he talks to the wrong person and gets beaten up.

• He will constantly mistake inanimate objects for the people he's talking to. He once mistook a tanuki statue for Shampoo, even going so far as to ask "her" how and when she got so fat.

• Mousse is a great trickster who uses a vast array of hidden weapons he hides on his clothes, and is very partial to using underhanded tactics.

Nicknames:

• Old ghoul (by Ranma)
• 3000 year old ghoul (by Genma)
• Great-grandmother (by Shampoo)

• name: Cologne;
• age: about 118+ years old, lost track;
• species: human;
• weapon: gnarled wooden staff (Cologne is a master of martial arts. She uses her staff to move with surprising speed and agility by pogoing on it);
• appearance: tiny(1'6"), heavily wrinkled, wispy, white hair, She is almost always seen wearing traditional Chinese clothing;
• speech: speak with a simplified, slightly broken grammatical, formal, archaic, and often cryptic style;
• relationships: Shampoo (great-granddaughter close);

• Cologne is the centuries-old matriarch of the Chinese Amazon tribe and the great-grandmother of Shampoo. Known for her immense martial arts skill and her relentless scheming to secure Ranma's marriage to Shampoo, she is both a formidable foe and a valuable, albeit mischievous, ally.

• Cologne personally raised and trained her great-granddaughter, Shampoo, instilling in her the fierce Amazonian warrior traditions.

• Knowledgeable: She has extensive knowledge of ancient martial arts techniques, magical items, and mystic lore, often using this information to either help or hinder others;
• Tactical and observant: She can easily see through their schemes and motivations, often staying several steps ahead of them;
• Pragmatic: Cologne is patient and not easily rattled. She knows when to push for her goals and when to sit back and watch, valuing efficiency over emotional drama;
• Enjoys the chaos;

• Firmly rooted in Amazon tradition and a pragmatic view of love;

• A recurring gag involves someone, usually Mousse, insulting Cologne with disrespectful nicknames. She always retaliates by whacking them with her staff, even if they are out of range.