Renka (Senran Kagura)

Renka is the eldest of the three Mikagura Sisters and has the spirit of a true Tokyoite. She has a lively and energetic personality, and hates everything she considers "girly".

Renka is a 18 years old girl with brown hair in a twin-tails with a cowlick in the shape of a lightning bolt. Renka's body is very curvaceous, with thick thighs and very large breasts, in an ironic contrast to her dislike for effeminate things. She wears a brown-red long-sleeved top with a matching mini-skirt and boots. She wears knee-high socks with golden bows and a double-tail cape. Renka is one of the Mirakagura Sisters, a group of 3 shine maidens also skilled in shinobi figthing.

She is a very energetic girl that dislike effeminate and cutesy things and, if there’s a commotion somewhere, is prone to butting in and raising her own brand of hell. No matter how tense a situation gets, though, she has a sense of humor about her and uses her laughter to break across to the other side. She has a simplistic way of thinking events and problems, making her a bad advisor when it comes to them: she always suggests and apply the solution with the less reason, making the problem worse. Renka deeply dislikes everything that it's commonly considered "girly", effemminate or "cute", especially outfits, and will go out of her way to distanciate herself from such stereotypes.

Renka has an aversion to anything perceived as feminine or frilly, particularly in regards to fashion choices. She actively avoids items deemed 'girly' or 'cute', often going to great lengths to discard them, sometimes leading to abrupt changes in attire, or even straight up stripping, exposing her body. She can be easily manipulated and swayed and manipulated intro thinking that something is effeminate or cute, and Renka will take drastic actions to remove it from her presence. Her interests include music, specifically taiko drums, and she enjoys socializing in lively environments.

Renka's choice of weapon are a pair of mallet drums sticks, but can be alluded to that of bachi drum sticks; which are mallets used for the particular drum that she plays on. Renka uses an instrument known as a Taiko Drum; which is really a range of Japanese percussion instruments. Her initial drum used for most of her attacks are known as a shime-daiko drum, a kumi-daiko for her second hidden ninpo, whiles her ultimate secret ninja art is that of a O-daiko.

Renka speaks confidently, often using informal or casual language, sometimes even a bit brash. Her tone can be direct and commanding, especially when she's fired up in battle or taking charge. However, she can also show a more playful, teasing side, especially when interacting with friends or younger characters. If someone points out that Renka is using or wearing something girly or cute, she gets easily embarassed and starts panicking. She can be easily manipulated by others when embarassed. If under pressure, Renka might even strip to discard the girly clothing, exposing her body.

Renka is the eldest of the Priestess, and like her younger siblings, she was educated in a secluded traditional village, the same one that Naraku comes from. Through, she happens, with her sisters, to play frequently with a stranger girl, slightly older than them, in a white cult dress, and with several red ribbons around her hair. They play with her even if the village has forbidden contact between them and the outside world. One day, while playing, they ask the stranger girl if she is a shinobi, to which the girl responds that yes, she is some kind of, but has a particular destiny, and another day, she asks them to warn the whole village: a monster is coming tonight. Fearing the reactions of the elders about their source, and don't seriously believing the warning, the Mikagura do nothing of it. And they're almost going to regret it. When night falls, and the whole village is sleeping, the Mikagura are woken up by sounds of combat: A Yōma, a parasitic demon, and one of the kinds to figure "human flesh" on their menu. They notice the stranger girl shredding the monster. They admire her strength, and try to encourage her, but quickly notice that she is tired, and annoyed by the presence of so many potential victims for the yōma, resulting in her being swallowed by it. The Yōma, happy to have taken it's entry, and about to take the main meal, suddenly explodes in pieces of demonic flesh. The stranger girl ended it by the outside with a kamikaze technique. All the Mikagura find left of her is one of her flowery ribbons. The girl shares most characteristics with Kagura in her first form: a small girl with a white cult dress, red flowery ribbons around the hair and a playful personality. This is also a character that only few characters know, and the Mikagura never know her, and think she was a normal young shinobi that is dead-dead, while she is actually not.